Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    114s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    24/08/2026, 10:50

General

  • Target
    WinaeroTweaker-1.65.0.0-setup.exe
  • Size 5.8MB
  • Sample260824-mxmkcada75
  • SHA256 4af7d37322fb7167c26043bae23d34877733e4bd478a863b92d317e840f87377
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 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 6 IoCs

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

  • Inno Setup is an open-source installation builder for Windows applications. 2 IoCs

    Inno Setup installer

  • Kills process with taskkill 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WinaeroTweaker-1.65.0.0-setup.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WinaeroTweaker-1.65.0.0-setup.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:6096
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-881CL.tmp\WinaeroTweaker-1.65.0.0-setup.tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-881CL.tmp\WinaeroTweaker-1.65.0.0-setup.tmp" /SL5="$40180,5221241,832000,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WinaeroTweaker-1.65.0.0-setup.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4924
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c taskkill /im winaerotweaker.exe /f
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3436
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /im winaerotweaker.exe /f
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:3660
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c taskkill /im winaerotweakerhelper.exe /f
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5436
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /im winaerotweakerhelper.exe /f
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4224

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        _iscrypt.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-0O68S.tmp\_isetup\_iscrypt.dll
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 2f6294f9aa09f59a574b5dcd33be54e16b39377984f3d5658cda44950fa0f8fc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        WinaeroTweaker-1.65.0.0-setup.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-881CL.tmp\WinaeroTweaker-1.65.0.0-setup.tmp
        • Size 3.0MB
        • SHA256 eb73d7e0c7078f08d81de230612b73d4479553f42d2e2d4d8f9aa1361393cfae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4924-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000713000-memory.dmp

        memory/4924-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000713000-memory.dmp

        memory/4924-39-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000713000-memory.dmp

        memory/4924-13-0x0000000002500000-0x0000000002501000-memory.dmp

        memory/4924-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000713000-memory.dmp

        memory/4924-15-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000713000-memory.dmp

        memory/4924-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000713000-memory.dmp

        memory/4924-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000713000-memory.dmp

        memory/4924-37-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000713000-memory.dmp

        memory/4924-6-0x0000000002500000-0x0000000002501000-memory.dmp

        memory/4924-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000713000-memory.dmp

        memory/4924-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000713000-memory.dmp

        memory/4924-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000713000-memory.dmp

        memory/4924-31-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000713000-memory.dmp

        memory/4924-33-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000713000-memory.dmp

        memory/4924-35-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000713000-memory.dmp

        memory/6096-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D8000-memory.dmp

        memory/6096-11-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D8000-memory.dmp