Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    115s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    14/08/2026, 01:11

General

  • Target
    Game Maker 8.2 Setup.exe
  • Size 27.9MB
  • Sample260814-bjxbvasbrb
  • SHA256 2fd0581dbd66bc77293d69a350da7837d2aae9c3585f78375ad1bb3880a0c6c2
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 29 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Game Maker 8.2 Setup.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Game Maker 8.2 Setup.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3800
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
      taskkill /f /im GameMaker.exe
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Kills process with taskkill
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5184
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GameMaker8.2\7za.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GameMaker8.2\7za.exe" -y x Game_Maker_8.2_portable.7z
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5824
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GameMaker8.2\associate.bat""
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:4996
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GameMaker8.2\7za.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GameMaker8.2\7za.exe" -y x doc.7z
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5944
  • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:4276

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          nsExec.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsu8CB7.tmp\nsExec.dll
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 0d7f702c518286a2d87db689af169c3857142324de4c9d76d51ebf639dced3df
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          7za.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GameMaker8.2\7za.exe
          • Size 838KB
          • SHA256 26817725650583d99ca3e617a618dd75c0f71bd316b5761780b7361f5f824cad
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          doc.7z

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GameMaker8.2\Game Maker 8.2 Documentation\doc.7z
          • Size 1.4MB
          • SHA256 b3e292d1b949e1cc1e8230c68ad33214068e9db5a29f4c9ffebaf16cbf833e9e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          GameMaker.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GameMaker8.2\GameMaker.exe
          • Size 5.0MB
          • SHA256 04b5eb0a46ea073d76dd623837675e5bb8450912de3ca472e78921f34a07714c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Game_Maker_8.2_portable.7z

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GameMaker8.2\Game_Maker_8.2_portable.7z
          • Size 25.3MB
          • SHA256 19027973c1c6c90239b12e2fbece1dc13cae949ea50151d92037242e54035b64
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          anvil.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GameMaker8.2\anvil.exe
          • Size 5.5MB
          • SHA256 8b67e5db0deafeb3c9fe5cfaa77c61b266ddfef585e6daf157aa3bce26ad4bdb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          associate.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GameMaker8.2\associate.bat
          • Size 251B
          • SHA256 527c9f08d816202cfd2eb9a5efded27ae601b97c1fbb54ce6039053e79300e99
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          gm82hub.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GameMaker8.2\gm82hub.exe
          • Size 4.8MB
          • SHA256 2b13b6a53edaa011d80485eb6939516bc69e311a0006b82831322928e7eb0c75
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          gm82mv.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GameMaker8.2\gm82mv.exe
          • Size 4.8MB
          • SHA256 1f8dc91bafb221eb8692891aeac4285c347f7bfa98f5af3958b2e24c8c1c499b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          gm82room.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GameMaker8.2\gm82room.exe
          • Size 4.9MB
          • SHA256 f1de5bdafd4924b8e3ffc950e96cfa244c15bc9a6676afa65d4a79ee765db5e2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          gm82venc.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GameMaker8.2\gm82venc.exe
          • Size 5.4MB
          • SHA256 f7a31f97f48a017a6260ec4ae6e90ec48b91b2b251e23855b024421d10665efa
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          gm82vp.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GameMaker8.2\gm82vp.exe
          • Size 4.8MB
          • SHA256 4ad6271aa92fb444331d4e8c744008a24220ddb6d69db4d1aa409d37dd358de7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/3800-461-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000459000-memory.dmp

          memory/3800-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000459000-memory.dmp

          memory/3800-620-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000459000-memory.dmp