Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    601s
  • max time network
    551s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    26/08/2026, 17:43

General

  • Target
    16.exe
  • Size 82.9MB
  • Sample260826-waxaps1scv
  • SHA256 3a4919120324f59f9524e28ea15e9a7d67c5f5d6350df4404b788bd44f74d623
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

  • Loads dropped DLL 51 IoCs
  • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 62 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 38 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 37 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 53 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 52 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\16.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\16.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4256
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\16.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\16.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:6044
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:2856
    • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
      sihost.exe
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3580
      • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
        explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
        2⤵
        • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
        • Enumerates connected drives
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:4432
    • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
      1⤵
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:784
    • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
      1⤵
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4932

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
          • Size 599B
          • SHA256 b536a3dae9ea5c69081f0491eed829e3b57e32401fdf49a63031bcd6b20e6fdb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          VCRUNTIME140.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\VCRUNTIME140.dll
          • Size 117KB
          • SHA256 052ad6a20d375957e82aa6a3c441ea548d89be0981516ca7eb306e063d5027f4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          VCRUNTIME140_1.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\VCRUNTIME140_1.dll
          • Size 48KB
          • SHA256 6a99bc0128e0c7d6cbbf615fcc26909565e17d4ca3451b97f8987f9c6acbc6c8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _asyncio.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\_asyncio.pyd
          • Size 71KB
          • SHA256 2d13fa4b5ef94464bb94e2ec613eceb5bbad70c8e7e05f0e8ef25f6078397cdc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _bz2.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\_bz2.pyd
          • Size 84KB
          • SHA256 76a33e2baa3880aa46290cc7d5810b3155c5e2f5a1cc7d3f7b751f6434144ada
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _ctypes.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\_ctypes.pyd
          • Size 131KB
          • SHA256 75687620596877b0dde462e74ae12140d695b3c78df3c6c099d55717768dde42
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _hashlib.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\_hashlib.pyd
          • Size 67KB
          • SHA256 5eb4a2aa9e28b49cb2a4f6ecee21f3c2b629b43a0709bad1d7e6204bac74eac2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _lzma.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\_lzma.pyd
          • Size 155KB
          • SHA256 f221ed5f1c2789aa357f3c2dc4cd22af134b4b91acb3fb78f9fa5f7f9a7b62e4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _overlapped.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\_overlapped.pyd
          • Size 56KB
          • SHA256 579438a55311bf39b32145b8dec7846bd6830dfa461345236a37cc0c833a4a51
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _queue.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\_queue.pyd
          • Size 34KB
          • SHA256 6d77d15d668cb5ddff53cff1479dffc97db5858451d4b98f6e60a23cfb529e01
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _socket.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\_socket.pyd
          • Size 84KB
          • SHA256 ba944001aa6b53350f8c64e93643742abf1a08dd07c7dbbc13996e7d4d8a9efa
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _sqlite3.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\_sqlite3.pyd
          • Size 128KB
          • SHA256 ff76e7c20008fa59e8cd9c6bb8ec47f689a2cc2dc0c9b8ad9e19572b37b9d7db
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _ssl.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\_ssl.pyd
          • Size 177KB
          • SHA256 1cf939510359f5aa3c5f51a0ad994d9b819f5603dd100872cd30a1e25cd83f05
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _wmi.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\_wmi.pyd
          • Size 38KB
          • SHA256 ca38a50c27413a5acfd14b30b0433fcf80a64ad0020e41aceeb3666f8439aba4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _http_writer.cp313-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\aiohttp\_http_writer.cp313-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 45KB
          • SHA256 02833dd9af3b82c7d9df4e6738734f3907e102be546c10bd75ab0e365e9ce97e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          base_library.zip

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\base_library.zip
          • Size 1.3MB
          • SHA256 d4e122ed5b693d244c3bb3fdb34e2a589da268813269e1b8206caa851d07e46b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libcrypto-3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\libcrypto-3.dll
          • Size 5.0MB
          • SHA256 09499e186cf0e434ffa17ad153aa9a66d6048c54a2c03b823e2a06c49d9affe4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libffi-8.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\libffi-8.dll
          • Size 38KB
          • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libssl-3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\libssl-3.dll
          • Size 776KB
          • SHA256 28c395290279fa4f4f54a57b85cd66d853895f925fefb8f6fdebc0d8b1cdd07c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _multidict.cp313-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\multidict\_multidict.cp313-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 78KB
          • SHA256 d20eb8153da9ecfd280788f8c6dcfb3e3703c847df22d70d72568c380b63a1d6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _helpers_c.cp313-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\propcache\_helpers_c.cp313-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 60KB
          • SHA256 1c3eafe00c2a0e1dd93647a01ebf1874fb2265cb09f58619761f814dc8599f3a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          python3.DLL

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\python3.DLL
          • Size 70KB
          • SHA256 16f109e8411bc08341497c87704b7cf0d22a2678f1e3a7dca416ea7bff995469
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          python313.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\python313.dll
          • Size 5.8MB
          • SHA256 3a7a6170ea840bf2a2a76d05b687b946fcdc8d0cfedfe159012b38f1e8959a7c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          pywintypes313.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\pywin32_system32\pywintypes313.dll
          • Size 133KB
          • SHA256 ea82e185e0bed58485a8df23712b62224f5e486dbb84d946115cad17512065cb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          select.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\select.pyd
          • Size 32KB
          • SHA256 a208997eb871b5c7785eb9bcc6a22ba8c43262255b59a3394fbe9912f38b4692
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Lorem ipsum.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\setuptools\_vendor\jaraco\text\Lorem ipsum.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 37fedcffbf73c4eb9f058f47677cb33203a436ff9390e4d38a8e01c9dad28e0b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          sqlite3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\sqlite3.dll
          • Size 1.5MB
          • SHA256 4b37aa9be1f66e27096da257d46fa680b74e47179f5d2137af82aeca9466d2ef
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          unicodedata.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\unicodedata.pyd
          • Size 696KB
          • SHA256 7f8d28574732959cdb1188127fe3494c3618b602eede69c0a71846f0b5cc8a15
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          win32api.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\win32\win32api.pyd
          • Size 135KB
          • SHA256 040d6a9ce12555d2585f89dce2aa4e25265c27dfa827eb9cae4c922e12ec731c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          win32clipboard.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\win32\win32clipboard.pyd
          • Size 28KB
          • SHA256 6923de81e3bdb90be043b66bb6ddd91c7db0be3aa221eeff5ecfc1077cbf92ba
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          win32gui.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\win32\win32gui.pyd
          • Size 218KB
          • SHA256 b021c6ab915fd9370c659aebc90db1b52b3da7ccf61420687d40ff7eb813f20e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          win32process.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\win32\win32process.pyd
          • Size 52KB
          • SHA256 05dc1c58c825d0282194b34ff519b3fe29083324b59e0ff06d73f0ed8c890c98
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          win32security.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\win32\win32security.pyd
          • Size 129KB
          • SHA256 b3440637936125aef9ad9b78c5f8f5041347a3d15b570abd69946b7a7eb8a1e4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _quoting_c.cp313-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI42562\yarl\_quoting_c.cp313-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 81KB
          • SHA256 40e5131ebda53a875049518b994ceb263ba187ccbc8e80c9d7f764e687b491e0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/784-1225-0x0000013C94810000-0x0000013C94830000-memory.dmp

          memory/784-1179-0x0000013C801E0000-0x0000013C802E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/784-1192-0x0000013C94000000-0x0000013C94100000-memory.dmp

          memory/784-1210-0x0000013C82D90000-0x0000013C82DB0000-memory.dmp

          memory/784-1191-0x0000013C82A30000-0x0000013C82A50000-memory.dmp