Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
147s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
- submitted
27/08/2026, 12:30
General
- Target client.exe
- Size 37KB
- Sample260827-ppntjsvbrb
- SHA256 ef934adf694468560d1c78ec13639dbe21bc5cb93cefee0d1949043479dff61a
Malware Config
Signatures
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.
- Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
- Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
- Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.
- Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 6 IoCs
Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 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.
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\client.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\client.exe"1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exeschtasks /Create /F /TN "DiskDiagnostic_Logon_Init" /TR "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic\diskdiag.exe" /SC ONLOGON /RL HIGHEST2⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exeschtasks /Create /F /TN "DiskDiagnostic_Health_Audit" /TR "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic\diskdiag.exe' --disk-diag-svc" /SC MINUTE /MO 5 /RL HIGHEST2⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic\diskdiag.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic\diskdiag.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic\diskdiag.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic\diskdiag.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exepowershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic\diskdiag.exe' -ExclusionProcess 'diskdiag.exe' -ExclusionExtension '.exe' -Force"2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exenetsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Windows Disk Diagnostic Infrastructure" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic\diskdiag.exe" enable=yes profile=any2⤵
- Modifies Windows Firewall
- Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
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C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exenetsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Windows Disk Diagnostic Infrastructure" dir=out action=allow program="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic\diskdiag.exe" enable=yes profile=any2⤵
- Modifies Windows Firewall
- Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks /Create /F /TN "DiskDiagnostic_Logon_Init" /TR "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic\diskdiag.exe" /SC ONLOGON /RL HIGHEST2⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks /Create /F /TN "DiskDiagnostic_Health_Audit" /TR "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic\diskdiag.exe' --disk-diag-svc" /SC MINUTE /MO 5 /RL HIGHEST2⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic\diskdiag.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic\diskdiag.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
1PowerShell
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Persistence
Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Event Triggered Execution
1Netsh Helper DLL
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
diskdiag.exe
__PSScriptPolicyTest_txdj503n.p5z.ps1
memory/544-7-0x00007FF797150000-0x00007FF797162000-memory.dmp
memory/1836-22-0x00007FF797150000-0x00007FF797162000-memory.dmp
memory/1836-28-0x00007FF797150000-0x00007FF797162000-memory.dmp
memory/1836-35-0x00007FF797150000-0x00007FF797162000-memory.dmp
memory/1836-18-0x00007FF797150000-0x00007FF797162000-memory.dmp
memory/1836-19-0x00007FF797150000-0x00007FF797162000-memory.dmp
memory/1836-20-0x00007FF797150000-0x00007FF797162000-memory.dmp
memory/1836-21-0x00007FF797150000-0x00007FF797162000-memory.dmp
memory/1836-34-0x00007FF797150000-0x00007FF797162000-memory.dmp
memory/1836-26-0x00007FF797150000-0x00007FF797162000-memory.dmp
memory/1836-33-0x00007FF797150000-0x00007FF797162000-memory.dmp
memory/1836-29-0x00007FF797150000-0x00007FF797162000-memory.dmp
memory/1836-30-0x00007FF797150000-0x00007FF797162000-memory.dmp
memory/1836-31-0x00007FF797150000-0x00007FF797162000-memory.dmp
memory/1836-32-0x00007FF797150000-0x00007FF797162000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-13-0x0000029970CD0000-0x0000029970CF2000-memory.dmp
memory/4224-3-0x00007FF63D9D0000-0x00007FF63D9E2000-memory.dmp
memory/4480-4-0x00007FF797150000-0x00007FF797162000-memory.dmp