Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    137s
  • max time network
    133s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    21/08/2026, 16:27

General

  • Target
    Minecraft Mod Installer v26.30+.zip
  • Size 23.8MB
  • Sample260821-tx4xystdjb
  • SHA256 7a8dab6692ced2784ce2414957d4041a50599b8adb195647275d742d98431c6a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Hide Artifacts: Ignore Process Interrupts 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Command interpreters often include specific commands/flags that ignore errors and other hangups.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • 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.

  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\Explorer.exe
    C:\Windows\Explorer.exe /idlist,,"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Minecraft Mod Installer v26.30+.zip"
    1⤵
      PID:1748
    • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
      1⤵
        PID:828
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\Minecraft Mod Installer v26.30+\Minecraft Mod Installer v26.30+\KG UP Mod Installer v26.30+\KG-UP-Installer.bat" "
        1⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3984
        • C:\Windows\system32\net.exe
          net session
          2⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:392
          • C:\Windows\system32\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 session
            3⤵
              PID:4956
          • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
            reg add "HKCU\Console" /v VirtualTerminalLevel /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
            2⤵
              PID:3252
            • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
              C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c echo prompt $E | cmd
              2⤵
              • Executes a command shell one-liner
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1648
              • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /S /D /c" echo prompt $E "
                3⤵
                  PID:4404
                • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                  cmd
                  3⤵
                    PID:3480
                • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c powershell -NoProfile -Command "(Get-Culture).TwoLetterISOLanguageName"
                  2⤵
                  • Executes a command shell one-liner
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:700
                  • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                    powershell -NoProfile -Command "(Get-Culture).TwoLetterISOLanguageName"
                    3⤵
                    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                    PID:4212
                • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                  reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\VC\Runtimes\x64" /v Installed
                  2⤵
                    PID:4828
                  • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                    reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\VC\Runtimes\x86" /v Installed
                    2⤵
                      PID:3832
                    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "$pkg = Get-AppxPackage -Name Microsoft.MinecraftUWP -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; if ($pkg) { Write-Output $pkg.InstallLocation }" 2>nul
                      2⤵
                      • Executes a command shell one-liner
                      PID:1520
                      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                        powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "$pkg = Get-AppxPackage -Name Microsoft.MinecraftUWP -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; if ($pkg) { Write-Output $pkg.InstallLocation }"
                        3⤵
                        • Hide Artifacts: Ignore Process Interrupts
                        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                        PID:3508

                  Network

                        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                        Downloads

                        powershell.exe.log

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
                        • Size 2KB
                        • SHA256 3b0068d29ae4b20c447227fbf410aa2deedfef6220ccc3f698f3c7707c032c55
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                        • Size 1KB
                        • SHA256 acdd7e903fd88b676f139da52f719d0ad2dcdce07eded15587a33c01c1cfe5f2
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                        __PSScriptPolicyTest_ce1pyter.xdg.ps1

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ce1pyter.xdg.ps1
                        • Size 60B
                        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                        memory/3508-19-0x00000262D7FD0000-0x00000262D7FE6000-memory.dmp

                        memory/3508-20-0x00000262D7FF0000-0x00000262D7FFA000-memory.dmp

                        memory/3508-21-0x00000262D8060000-0x00000262D8086000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4212-0-0x00000261F0DF0000-0x00000261F0E12000-memory.dmp