Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    55s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    16/08/2026, 00:38

General

  • Target
    Lunar-Patcher-v9.exe
  • Size 74.5MB
  • Sample260816-ay9eaaxtgv
  • SHA256 24011df44749540dd411135847e42355aece975d75f8a4d8dcbbbd7c98556a98
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

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

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 12 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.

  • Inno Setup is an open-source installation builder for Windows applications. 3 IoCs

    Inno Setup installer

  • Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Lunar-Patcher-v9.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Lunar-Patcher-v9.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3756
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-DRUZ9K8DWW.tmp\Lunar-Patcher-v9.tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-DRUZ9K8DWW.tmp\Lunar-Patcher-v9.tmp" /SL5="$400BE,76314117,991232,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Lunar-Patcher-v9.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5440
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\taskkill.exe
        "taskkill.exe" /F /IM LunarPatcher.exe /T
        3⤵
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2648
      • C:\Program Files\Lunar Patcher\LunarPatcher.exe
        "C:\Program Files\Lunar Patcher\LunarPatcher.exe"
        3⤵
        • Drops file in Drivers directory
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3064
  • C:\Program Files\Lunar Patcher\LunarPatcher.exe
    "C:\Program Files\Lunar Patcher\LunarPatcher.exe" /background
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3816
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:4652

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          accounts.json

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\.lunarclient\settings\game\accounts.json
          • Size 53B
          • SHA256 656967cb536e94199da44fb524374cbe48d488b0cdce9a945ac50fbc39bd34ab
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          D3DCompiler_47_cor3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\LunarPatcher\MfMNQN1rjsWn\D3DCompiler_47_cor3.dll
          • Size 4.5MB
          • SHA256 320565434e5d8a77e13980e9c0e641daa08d12693ac0d77df9ccf2b25d9e526c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          PresentationNative_cor3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\LunarPatcher\MfMNQN1rjsWn\PresentationNative_cor3.dll
          • Size 1.2MB
          • SHA256 0002f81ee5c803cb90329f2ab08556fd6de29d1ddd6d83446d1d4c19748f25e8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          vcruntime140_cor3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\LunarPatcher\MfMNQN1rjsWn\vcruntime140_cor3.dll
          • Size 121KB
          • SHA256 d5e4d9a3e835fa679450145d6a7d94e36573a509317111904d9b3712c30d9066
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          wpfgfx_cor3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\LunarPatcher\MfMNQN1rjsWn\wpfgfx_cor3.dll
          • Size 1.9MB
          • SHA256 905625129daab0f6dee6c6d2e95beb47f24590b8d9022392fa4440e9d2957402
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Lunar-Patcher-v9.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-DRUZ9K8DWW.tmp\Lunar-Patcher-v9.tmp
          • Size 4.3MB
          • SHA256 d472aa68730d35e17770f1be18d55ff253d2e66a7709b3f18db780b0311a408a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          hosts

          • Path C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 15c8a22d668203cdadec823b98ba7d96a91fe5e6f5a3df6907250e051573fecb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/3064-45-0x0000020518460000-0x000002051DF70000-memory.dmp

          memory/3756-54-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000000710000-memory.dmp

          memory/3756-8-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000000710000-memory.dmp

          memory/3756-0-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000000710000-memory.dmp

          memory/5440-10-0x0000000001290000-0x0000000001291000-memory.dmp

          memory/5440-50-0x0000000000280000-0x00000000006DB000-memory.dmp

          memory/5440-31-0x0000000000280000-0x00000000006DB000-memory.dmp

          memory/5440-12-0x0000000000280000-0x00000000006DB000-memory.dmp

          memory/5440-9-0x0000000000280000-0x00000000006DB000-memory.dmp

          memory/5440-6-0x0000000001290000-0x0000000001291000-memory.dmp