Analysis
- user interaction
yes - max time kernel
27s - max time network
27s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
19/08/2026, 22:35
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
Potassium.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
2 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
Potassium.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
7 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target Potassium.exe
- Size 13.9MB
- Sample260819-2hq2jsaa35
- SHA256 a152fd006bcf346ac8c5c3d2f90e1a324372bafd28b6af0df702e478da44cc85
- MD5 9fb54999da61c5afbfbe22b1dd1bef74
- SHA1 32cd130b381aeb09cdbd424c669d2bea88450e99
- SHA512 0f24d0d6a0f4d23a986bbcd02a2dfe7b365e0139789ed8ffcb958119b7c83b59017a0591514bd350dbd929e07aad5362c855a4f5e4cb47ea407e57b96000819c
- SSDEEP 393216:13Q2dlDNcYyyXUtxNt45UT6WqOeywfSSqf8wDYF:FQ2d1NjEt+5u6Sw8rDY
- TLSH T1E8E622F644C521E0E9C74B60A28E17CE31D0B6A95DF8691C3ED50C839F36FEB8549A63
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
5/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 2 IoCs
pid Process 1596 Potassium.exe 1596 Potassium.exe - Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 3 IoCs
SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_WDC&Prod_WDS100T2B0A\4&215468a5&0&000000 taskmgr.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_WDC&Prod_WDS100T2B0A\4&215468a5&0&000000\Properties\{b725f130-47ef-101a-a5f1-02608c9eebac}\000A taskmgr.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_WDC&Prod_WDS100T2B0A\4&215468a5&0&000000\FriendlyName taskmgr.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 35 IoCs
pid Process 1596 Potassium.exe 1596 Potassium.exe 1596 Potassium.exe 1596 Potassium.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2356 taskmgr.exe Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege 2356 taskmgr.exe Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege 2356 taskmgr.exe Token: 33 2356 taskmgr.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2356 taskmgr.exe - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 37 IoCs
pid Process 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe - Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 37 IoCs
pid Process 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe 2356 taskmgr.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 2356 taskmgr.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Potassium.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Potassium.exe"1⤵
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:1596
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C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe"C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe" /41⤵
- Checks SCSI registry key(s)
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:2356
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C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup1⤵PID:4612