Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    28/08/2026, 23:37

General

  • Target
    triage.exe
  • Size 111KB
  • Sample260828-3mfxtaed57
  • SHA256 b3d18e3d9ffb8eead022772418640a67a948ab0d0009aef1bfdd90fd8fe5435d
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 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

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\triage.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\triage.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2716
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
      "schtasks.exe" /delete /tn "Runtime Cache" /f
      2⤵
        PID:4736
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
        "schtasks.exe" /delete /tn "Runtime Cache Maintenance" /f
        2⤵
          PID:4748
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          "schtasks.exe" /delete /tn "CobraGo Support" /f
          2⤵
            PID:4880
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
            "schtasks.exe" /create /tn "PkgMeta" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\t03856ebc8a5e448c821a53cb520e351e.xml" /f
            2⤵
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:2636
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
            "schtasks.exe" /create /tn "PkgMetaSvc" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\t9868874a6ab1466888cf5230533adfeb.xml" /f
            2⤵
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:5664
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            "powershell.exe" -NoProfile -STA -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\g78d72382b22a4bda82f9e578e131022d.ps1"
            2⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:5380
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\PkgMeta\v4.0\hp.exe
          C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\PkgMeta\v4.0\hp.exe
          1⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1696

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              hp.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\PkgMeta\v4.0\hp.exe
              • Size 111KB
              • SHA256 b3d18e3d9ffb8eead022772418640a67a948ab0d0009aef1bfdd90fd8fe5435d
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              __PSScriptPolicyTest_j5n3bwyf.lpn.ps1

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_j5n3bwyf.lpn.ps1
              • Size 60B
              • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              g78d72382b22a4bda82f9e578e131022d.ps1

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\g78d72382b22a4bda82f9e578e131022d.ps1
              • Size 2KB
              • SHA256 6578f7e8c7fd85c4e5c3641b10b89eb1ad91a76bc2453868ace6f534d867e8fc
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              t03856ebc8a5e448c821a53cb520e351e.xml

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\t03856ebc8a5e448c821a53cb520e351e.xml
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 e202a7c0b7a6dbf1ca870d775b0a61e81fd872ded1f02af96c2f95663587c5b4
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              t9868874a6ab1466888cf5230533adfeb.xml

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\t9868874a6ab1466888cf5230533adfeb.xml
              • Size 2KB
              • SHA256 2e8872ed4161bfb96a5cb93e37deee078b16a5bc9f458fa31b81877ee49f2a37
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              memory/2716-0-0x0000000000E50000-0x0000000000E72000-memory.dmp

              memory/2716-1-0x000000001D130000-0x000000001D140000-memory.dmp

              memory/2716-26-0x000000001D130000-0x000000001D140000-memory.dmp

              memory/5380-17-0x000001B9A8CB0000-0x000001B9A8CD2000-memory.dmp

              memory/5380-21-0x000001B9A8E40000-0x000001B9A8E48000-memory.dmp

              memory/5380-20-0x000001B9A8E30000-0x000001B9A8E3A000-memory.dmp

              memory/5380-22-0x000001B9A8EE0000-0x000001B9A8F06000-memory.dmp

              memory/5380-23-0x000001B9A8F10000-0x000001B9A8F22000-memory.dmp