Analysis

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

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    25/08/2026, 19:01

General

  • Target
    ff0d201c45a0ccee0b80b7fa89f0104dab0e9e05fd44a29412340a159289695a.exe
  • Size 272KB
  • Sample260825-xpcehsvtas
  • SHA256 ff0d201c45a0ccee0b80b7fa89f0104dab0e9e05fd44a29412340a159289695a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • asyncrat

Version
  • 0.4.9G

C2
  • corporation.warzonedns.com:9341

Mutex
  • 480-28105c055659

Attributes
  • delay

    0

  • install

    false

  • install_folder

    %AppData%

aes.plain

Signatures

  • Family: AsyncRat

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

  • Contains code to disable Windows Defender 1 IoCs

    A .NET executable tasked with disabling Windows Defender capabilities such as realtime monitoring, blocking at first seen, etc.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 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.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 52 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ff0d201c45a0ccee0b80b7fa89f0104dab0e9e05fd44a29412340a159289695a.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ff0d201c45a0ccee0b80b7fa89f0104dab0e9e05fd44a29412340a159289695a.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4376
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\HiPatch\HiPatchService.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\HiPatch\HiPatchService.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5092
      • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegAsm.exe
        "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegAsm.exe"
        3⤵
          PID:1784
        • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegAsm.exe
          "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegAsm.exe"
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Checks processor information in registry
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:3896
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\HiPatch\HiPatchService.bat""
        2⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2600
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
          timeout /t 180
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Delays execution with timeout.exe
          PID:1240
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\HiPatch\HiPatchService.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\HiPatch\HiPatchService.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5884
      • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegAsm.exe
        "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegAsm.exe"
        2⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Checks processor information in registry
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:2428
    • C:\Windows\system32\wbem\WmiApSrv.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\wbem\WmiApSrv.exe
      1⤵
        PID:4604

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            HiPatchService.exe.log

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\HiPatchService.exe.log
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 48178f884b8a4dd96e330b210b0530667d9473a7629fc6b4ad12b614bf438ee8
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            HiPatchService.bat

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\HiPatch\HiPatchService.bat
            • Size 213B
            • SHA256 9092dbb1ca1767d1966b7f79349dd95a802a68248251bf070c0f1d74d5681d71
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            HiPatchService.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\HiPatch\HiPatchService.exe
            • Size 272KB
            • SHA256 7de1a8da64fca640d437ed0257f22cb44670e7682901585a1003921b7b383d81
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            memory/2428-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

            memory/4376-3-0x0000000005550000-0x0000000005560000-memory.dmp

            memory/4376-5-0x00000000052F0000-0x00000000052FA000-memory.dmp

            memory/4376-4-0x0000000005300000-0x000000000530A000-memory.dmp

            memory/4376-13-0x0000000005550000-0x0000000005560000-memory.dmp

            memory/4376-0-0x00000000008A0000-0x00000000008E6000-memory.dmp

            memory/4376-2-0x0000000005340000-0x00000000053D2000-memory.dmp

            memory/4376-1-0x0000000005850000-0x0000000005DF4000-memory.dmp

            memory/5092-17-0x0000000005770000-0x0000000005780000-memory.dmp

            memory/5884-11-0x00000000052A0000-0x00000000052B0000-memory.dmp