Analysis

  • geolocation tags

    nanew-jerseynorth-americaunited-statesususa
  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    144s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    16/08/2026, 05:07

General

  • Target
    axontweakspatch/uninstall.bat
  • Size 1KB
  • Sample260816-fr128a1vbw
  • SHA256 3eeb6f5aa23ee4549ac632cf5eaa501df8637949d77e7c8b70d1c7e1b53a1a46
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
Score
8/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • 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 Network Connections Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Attempt to get a listing of network connections.

  • Gathers network information 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Uses commandline utility to view network configuration.

  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\axontweakspatch\uninstall.bat"
    1⤵
    • Executes a command shell one-liner
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4384
    • C:\Windows\system32\net.exe
      net session
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4180
      • C:\Windows\system32\net1.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\net1 session
        3⤵
          PID:4872
      • C:\Windows\system32\NETSTAT.EXE
        netstat -ano
        2⤵
        • System Network Connections Discovery
        • Gathers network information
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3444
      • C:\Windows\system32\findstr.exe
        findstr ":443 "
        2⤵
          PID:4532
        • C:\Windows\system32\findstr.exe
          findstr LISTENING
          2⤵
            PID:3040
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "$h='C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts'; $c=Get-Content $h | Where-Object { $_ -notmatch 'api\.axonservices\.cc' }; Set-Content -Path $h -Value $c -Encoding ASCII"
            2⤵
            • Drops file in Drivers directory
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:3244
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "if (Test-Path 'cert.cer') { $t=(New-Object System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2('cert.cer')).Thumbprint; foreach ($sn in @('Root','My')) { $st=New-Object System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Store($sn,'LocalMachine'); $st.Open('ReadWrite'); $f=@($st.Certificates | Where-Object { $_.Thumbprint -eq $t }); foreach ($x in $f) { $st.Remove($x) }; $st.Close() }; Write-Host '[3/3] cert removed from Trusted Root' } else { Write-Host '[3/3] cert.cer missing; nothing to remove' }"
            2⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:1904

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 bcf8325db72c06bb7f6a8df3c4648a150d766a1857214c6b533c467029424ce8
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              memory/1904-16-0x00000170784D0000-0x00000170785FF000-memory.dmp

              memory/3244-0-0x00007FFE9AF1F000-0x00007FFE9AF20000-memory.dmp

              memory/3244-3-0x00000268F52C0000-0x00000268F52E2000-memory.dmp

              memory/3244-4-0x00007FFE9AD90000-0x00007FFE9B734000-memory.dmp

              memory/3244-5-0x00007FFE9AD90000-0x00007FFE9B734000-memory.dmp

              memory/3244-6-0x00007FFE9AD90000-0x00007FFE9B734000-memory.dmp

              memory/3244-7-0x00007FFE9AD90000-0x00007FFE9B734000-memory.dmp

              memory/3244-10-0x00000268F56C0000-0x00000268F57EF000-memory.dmp

              memory/3244-11-0x00007FFE9AD90000-0x00007FFE9B734000-memory.dmp