Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    16/08/2026, 16:24

General

  • Target
    Exodus FN.exe
  • Size 895KB
  • Sample260816-twddlsste1
  • SHA256 058171b49194033b274276750264f1dfc027248b948335902e54b23f76fa700a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • asyncrat

Version
  • 0.5.8

Botnet
  • Default

Mutex
  • XDnMRoMxvCmp

Attributes
  • delay

    3

  • install

    true

  • install_file

    Exodus FN.exe

  • install_folder

    %AppData%

  • local_host

    127.0.0.1

aes.plain

Signatures

  • Family: AsyncRat

    AsyncRAT is designed to remotely monitor and control other computers written in C#.

  • Async RAT payload 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 5 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 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 7 IoCs

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

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 23 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Exodus FN.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Exodus FN.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3840
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Exodus Beta.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Exodus Beta.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3392
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "Exodus FN" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Exodus FN.exe"' & exit
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3680
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "Exodus FN" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Exodus FN.exe"'
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:4408
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp199E.tmp.bat""
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1056
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
          timeout 3
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Delays execution with timeout.exe
          PID:4488
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Exodus FN.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Exodus FN.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4996
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\project.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\project.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4584
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Exodus FN.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Exodus FN.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4304

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Exodus Beta.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Exodus Beta.exe
        • Size 45KB
        • SHA256 d97f005b6609a88f5b4d1c8723abf65d9b59fbb3a7b3d57eff9ff5f644b98df8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        project.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\project.exe
        • Size 934KB
        • SHA256 938e57b0de5017c032f2ae7a3e6af1f5ee91b931af30515faeff8ba35d432c06
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tmp199E.tmp.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp199E.tmp.bat
        • Size 153B
        • SHA256 5a9cff3a60f2bf7fd2a4b2ac74100afd2a58221831736a55bbdcb5a9c841266c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/3392-21-0x0000000000370000-0x0000000000382000-memory.dmp

        memory/3392-22-0x0000000004CF0000-0x0000000004D56000-memory.dmp

        memory/3392-23-0x00000000051C0000-0x000000000525C000-memory.dmp