Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    898s
  • max time network
    858s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    15/08/2026, 03:47

General

  • Target
    ChilledWindows.exe
  • Size 4.4MB
  • Sample260815-eckk9ael9v
  • SHA256 ccb9502bf8ba5becf8b758ca04a5625c30b79e2d10d2677cc43ae4253e1288ec
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
6/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 5 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 47 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ChilledWindows.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ChilledWindows.exe"
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    PID:1220
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\MiniSearchHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\MiniSearchHost.exe" -ServerName:MiniSearchUI.AppXj3y73at8fy1htwztzxs68sxx1v7cksp7.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1368
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalService -p -s NPSMSvc
    1⤵
      PID:4156
    • C:\Windows\System32\oobe\UserOOBEBroker.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\oobe\UserOOBEBroker.exe -Embedding
      1⤵
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      PID:2520
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\FileCoAuth.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\FileCoAuth.exe -Embedding
      1⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1680
    • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
      1⤵
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:3320
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\FileCoAuth.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\FileCoAuth.exe -Embedding
      1⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4200
    • C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
      C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x00000000000004DC 0x00000000000004CC
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4060

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          CurrentDatabase_400.wmdb

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Media Player\CurrentDatabase_400.wmdb
          • Size 704KB
          • SHA256 ac94dca3b88e69d0f2854bdc62354046f46b2ce5fe6693b312c56b737c47f0b9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          FileCoAuth-2026-8-15.349.1680.1.odl

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\logs\Common\FileCoAuth-2026-8-15.349.1680.1.odl
          • Size 706B
          • SHA256 4a1d137aea13753c45df60377c551950870ef3c5d798eeee370a4d98351e2721
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          WMSDKNS.XML.bak

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Media\12.0\WMSDKNS.XML.bak
          • Size 9KB
          • SHA256 cb87767c4a384c24e4a0f88455f59101b1ae7b4fb8de8a5adb4136c5f7ee545b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          microsoftwindows.client[1].xml

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStore\E1Z9YJJA\microsoftwindows.client[1].xml
          • Size 96B
          • SHA256 b015706749327ffdfff64515cd33e307af99463a842a366dd5c3ed2999d6a9de
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          microsoftwindows.client[1].xml

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStore\E1Z9YJJA\microsoftwindows.client[1].xml
          • Size 4KB
          • SHA256 0eb67fcdf76ff3ad14900ef487510b1dac48d8317098b6d16197cad2aa94bad8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          SearchHoverUnifiedTileModelCache.dat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\SearchHoverUnifiedTileModelCache.dat
          • Size 20KB
          • SHA256 05f5f41bd6027217f2603b0865e03c5490658a666ef4a1c9e6a3558c6ca818e9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          chilledwindows.mp4

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\chilledwindows.mp4
          • Size 3.6MB
          • SHA256 cde975f975d21edb2e5faa505205ab8a2c5a565ba1ff8585d1f0e372b2a1d78b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1220-36-0x000000001D5D0000-0x000000001D5E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1220-12-0x000000001D5D0000-0x000000001D5E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1220-16-0x00000000248C0000-0x00000000248F8000-memory.dmp

          memory/1220-15-0x000000001D5D0000-0x000000001D5E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1220-35-0x000000001D5D0000-0x000000001D5E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1220-0-0x0000000000920000-0x0000000000D84000-memory.dmp

          memory/1220-37-0x000000001D5D0000-0x000000001D5E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1220-38-0x000000001D5D0000-0x000000001D5E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1220-14-0x0000000024410000-0x0000000024418000-memory.dmp

          memory/1220-17-0x0000000024890000-0x000000002489E000-memory.dmp

          memory/1220-1-0x000000001D5D0000-0x000000001D5E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1220-2-0x000000001D5D0000-0x000000001D5E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3320-121-0x000001FFD3E20000-0x000001FFD3E40000-memory.dmp

          memory/3320-103-0x000001FFD3E40000-0x000001FFD3E60000-memory.dmp

          memory/3320-122-0x000001FFD3C60000-0x000001FFD3C80000-memory.dmp

          memory/3320-85-0x000001FFD37C0000-0x000001FFD37E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3320-71-0x000001FFD22B0000-0x000001FFD23B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3320-68-0x000001FFD2670000-0x000001FFD2770000-memory.dmp

          memory/3320-66-0x000001FFD2670000-0x000001FFD2770000-memory.dmp

          memory/3320-72-0x000001FFD22B0000-0x000001FFD23B0000-memory.dmp