blihanstealer | c5ec33d2fda66d4559145861c6bd5278f375078b7e63f18ad6dcb8c694873d82

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
126s
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, 18:12

Sharing

Copy URL Twitter E-mail

Report Analysis Logs

General

Target
2026-08-25_8ae2dbecd9b67a0a686bb89cd924b0c6_elex_qilin.exe
Size 93KB
Sample260826-wtbhcatena
SHA256 c5ec33d2fda66d4559145861c6bd5278f375078b7e63f18ad6dcb8c694873d82
MD5 8ae2dbecd9b67a0a686bb89cd924b0c6
SHA1 f9f274a873a89149fda0a911443a1bba329005cf
SHA512 35108960ba70301c44439d0c1d5408b9ccebf28d8b89697de46ce52fbe31ab6370b93f2d13b78db5bc0c33269c6a630899259d7e97b6ecdde7dd9faceac1a0a8
SSDEEP 1536:e6q10k0EFjed6rqJ+6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHAjU+EmkcU+h+hhjhkhMh8hN:E1oEFlt6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHa
TLSH
T18093C34B4E62CDDBD804103BABEAA21C86E3FD455CDCF35557EEC80670C2918C89E997
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

discovery blihanstealer persistence stealer trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

blihanstealer

Mutex

pomdfghrt

Attributes

user_agent
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; CIBA; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.5.21022)

Signatures

Family: BlihanStealer
Blihan is a stealer written in C++.
trojan stealer blihanstealer

Detects executables built or packed with MPress PE compressor 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2952-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/2952-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/files/0x001100000001b303-4.dat	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/5828-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress
behavioral2/memory/5064-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_MPress

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5064	microsofthelp.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
5064	microsofthelp.exe
5828	microsofthelp.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4046655672-1449839301-2197395821-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\microsofthelp = "C:\\Windows\\microsofthelp.exe"	2026-08-25_8ae2dbecd9b67a0a686bb89cd924b0c6_elex_qilin.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe	2026-08-25_8ae2dbecd9b67a0a686bb89cd924b0c6_elex_qilin.exe
File created	C:\Windows\HidePlugin.dll	microsofthelp.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-08-25_8ae2dbecd9b67a0a686bb89cd924b0c6_elex_qilin.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	microsofthelp.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 5064	2952	2026-08-25_8ae2dbecd9b67a0a686bb89cd924b0c6_elex_qilin.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-25_8ae2dbecd9b67a0a686bb89cd924b0c6_elex_qilin.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-25_8ae2dbecd9b67a0a686bb89cd924b0c6_elex_qilin.exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2952
- C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
  "C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe"
  2⤵
  - Deletes itself
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:5064

C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:5828

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

Replay Monitor

Loading Replay Monitor...

Downloads

microsofthelp.exe

Path C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
Size 94KB
SHA256 e62384a0ab46c528db868c901ce7160f44429cb8fa7d42fdf9dece57fb4eb701
MD5 b23d241a11d621e940345fd332fa129d
SHA1 54c61e0149e330dc10dce539e33b59020f09e7fe
SHA512 f5c95cff906b7fc705d32470153aa1d1f6339ef901069808b3778f0d9badf465b9ef423dd61a3f5b2c587580e768d27a7249638a5577204bfb4e68a5b4b37d0f
SSDEEP 1536:e6q10k0EFjed6rqJ+6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHAjU+EmkcU+h+hhjhkhMh8hF:E1oEFlt6vghzwYu7vih9GueIh9j2IoHu
TLSH
T1AA93C34B4EA2CDDBD804103BABEAA25C86E3FC451CDCF35557EEC80670C2918C89E997
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Submit Download

memory/2952-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

Download

memory/2952-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

Download

memory/5064-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

Download

memory/5828-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Replay Monitor

Loading Replay Monitor...

Downloads