Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    58s
  • max time network
    61s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/08/2026, 15:35

General

  • Target
    Payload.exe
  • Size 54KB
  • Sample260820-s1vm1stthv
  • SHA256 245288dc289d12275c4ee6648553191eee51bc485fb4abcc7411cbe919429c2f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • njrat

Version
  • <- NjRAT 0.7d Horror Edition ->

Botnet
  • lzz

C2
  • 127.0.0.1:809

Mutex
  • 82815b34eb3cf39dfec213ea2e9a1338

Attributes
  • reg_key

    82815b34eb3cf39dfec213ea2e9a1338

  • splitter

    Y262SUCZ4UJJ

Signatures

  • Family: njRAT/Bladabindi

    Widely used RAT written in .NET.

  • Disables one or more Microsoft Defender components 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Uses the Powershell Set-MpPreference cmdlet to disable one or more Microsoft Defender components.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    A file was written to a Windows startup folder. Files in these directories are executed automatically when a user logs on or an application initializes.

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 4 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 16 IoCs

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

  • 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 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 16 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs
  • Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Payload.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Payload.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4200
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dllhost.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dllhost.exe"
      2⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1756
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exe
        attrib +h "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dllhost.exe"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Views/modifies file attributes
        PID:60
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd /c powershell Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3892
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true
          4⤵
          • Disables one or more Microsoft Defender components
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:3380
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd /c sc query windefend
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4584
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
          sc query windefend
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1224
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd /c sc stop windefend
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3268
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
          sc stop windefend
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2764
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd /c sc delete windefend
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3404
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
          sc delete windefend
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4548
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /delete /tn CleanSweepCheck /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:368
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn CleanSweepCheck /tr C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dllhost.exe
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2876
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dllhost.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dllhost.exe" ..
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2960
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dllhost.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dllhost.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1708
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dllhost.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dllhost.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1112

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        dllhost.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v2.0_32\UsageLogs\dllhost.exe.log
        • Size 319B
        • SHA256 7341a4a13e81cbb5b7f39ec47bb45f84836b08b8d8e3ea231d2c7dad982094f7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_i1kztklz.zdn.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_i1kztklz.zdn.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        dllhost.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dllhost.exe
        • Size 54KB
        • SHA256 245288dc289d12275c4ee6648553191eee51bc485fb4abcc7411cbe919429c2f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1756-13-0x0000000074E80000-0x0000000075431000-memory.dmp

        memory/1756-14-0x0000000074E80000-0x0000000075431000-memory.dmp

        memory/1756-29-0x0000000074E80000-0x0000000075431000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-30-0x00000000061F0000-0x000000000620E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-33-0x000000006F090000-0x000000006F0DC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-18-0x0000000005320000-0x0000000005342000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-19-0x0000000005B10000-0x0000000005B76000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-20-0x0000000005B80000-0x0000000005BE6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-16-0x0000000002A40000-0x0000000002A50000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-28-0x0000000005BF0000-0x0000000005F44000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-15-0x00000000028F0000-0x0000000002926000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-51-0x0000000007840000-0x0000000007848000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-31-0x0000000006290000-0x00000000062DC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-32-0x00000000067C0000-0x00000000067F2000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-17-0x00000000053F0000-0x0000000005A18000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-41-0x0000000006800000-0x000000000681E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-42-0x00000000071F0000-0x0000000007293000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-44-0x0000000007520000-0x000000000753A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-43-0x0000000007B60000-0x00000000081DA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-45-0x0000000007590000-0x000000000759A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-46-0x00000000077A0000-0x0000000007836000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-47-0x0000000007720000-0x0000000007731000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-48-0x0000000007750000-0x000000000775E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-49-0x0000000007760000-0x0000000007774000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-50-0x0000000007860000-0x000000000787A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4200-0-0x00000000010C0000-0x00000000010D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4200-1-0x0000000074E82000-0x0000000074E84000-memory.dmp