Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    05/09/2026, 02:25

General

  • Target
    sims-4-updater-v2.6.3.exe
  • Size 23.8MB
  • Sample260905-cwspvsverb
  • SHA256 8dca70ad38c2013792a257a17e022365db837a37a25ecd9348576250362fb45a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Loads dropped DLL 35 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sims-4-updater-v2.6.3.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sims-4-updater-v2.6.3.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4076
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sims-4-updater-v2.6.3.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sims-4-updater-v2.6.3.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      PID:800
  • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:2144

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Matrix

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          Downloads

          VCRUNTIME140.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\VCRUNTIME140.dll
          • Size 95KB
          • SHA256 9d2b40f0395cc5d1b4d5ea17b84970c29971d448c37104676db577586d4ad1b1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          VCRUNTIME140_1.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\VCRUNTIME140_1.dll
          • Size 36KB
          • SHA256 34048abaa070ecc13b318cea31425f4ca3edd133d350318ac65259e6058c8b32
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _brotli.cp310-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\_brotli.cp310-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 801KB
          • SHA256 791e7195d7df47a21466868f3d7386cff13f16c51fcd0350bf4028e96278dff1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _bz2.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\_bz2.pyd
          • Size 81KB
          • SHA256 62173a8fadd4bf4dd71ab89ea718754aa31620244372f0c5bbbae102e641a60e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _cffi_backend.cp310-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\_cffi_backend.cp310-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 175KB
          • SHA256 c379126647af2cbfb592d6a921f6218da59b886e2a56e9b82f8159aced6f1100
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _ctypes.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\_ctypes.pyd
          • Size 120KB
          • SHA256 1ea3dd3df393fa9b27bf6595be4ac859064cd8ef9908a12378a6021bba1cb177
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _hashlib.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\_hashlib.pyd
          • Size 63KB
          • SHA256 caa4d2f8795e9a55e128409cc016e2cc5c694cb026d7058fc561e4dd131ed1c9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _lzma.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\_lzma.pyd
          • Size 154KB
          • SHA256 60793c8592193cfbd00fd3e5263be4315d650ba4f9e4fda9c45a10642fd998be
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _queue.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\_queue.pyd
          • Size 30KB
          • SHA256 925f05255f4aae0997dc4ec94d900fd15950fd840685d5b8aa755427c7422b14
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _socket.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\_socket.pyd
          • Size 77KB
          • SHA256 e6deb751039cd5424a139708475ce83f9c042d43e650765a716cb4a924b07e4f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _ssl.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\_ssl.pyd
          • Size 156KB
          • SHA256 d2a7999e234e33828888ad455baa6ab101d90323579abc1095b8c42f0f723b6f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _tkinter.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\_tkinter.pyd
          • Size 64KB
          • SHA256 06b96357f5dd83d0d8105127e7aaeacb834ddf1ae03fa46aaffdc1e5fd0a7621
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _uuid.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\_uuid.pyd
          • Size 24KB
          • SHA256 990586f2a2ba00d48b59bdd03d3c223b8e9fb7d7fab6d414bac2833eb1241ca2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          base_library.zip

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\base_library.zip
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 66fd823db1db27bfee4036a894c54363080c129b18865579e2938946a088ddc5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          md.cp310-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\charset_normalizer\md.cp310-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 2801ea815200efc8e22e7062b0548cab2b0ce83693cd0ea36ca676542dd46a72
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          md__mypyc.cp310-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\charset_normalizer\md__mypyc.cp310-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 121KB
          • SHA256 fdd40ac4a207b797dfbe4052900206c53fdf4528844189ee928bb8f8cde4cfc3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          METADATA

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\curl_cffi-0.15.0.dist-info\METADATA
          • Size 18KB
          • SHA256 8e8971fdbc18bd5728d7194d52d2d819db03b7e936f40f73fa11554b8f294b1e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _wrapper.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\curl_cffi\_wrapper.pyd
          • Size 3.1MB
          • SHA256 f640dce86563f9814a11c5452cb84eef85c58243eab37d6ccb9672a966148112
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libcrypto-1_1.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\libcrypto-1_1.dll
          • Size 3.3MB
          • SHA256 9b7b4a0ad212095a8c2e35c71694d8a1764cd72a829e8e17c8afe3a55f147939
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libffi-7.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\libffi-7.dll
          • Size 32KB
          • SHA256 f60dd9f2fcbd495674dfc1555effb710eb081fc7d4cae5fa58c438ab50405081
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libssl-1_1.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\libssl-1_1.dll
          • Size 688KB
          • SHA256 d74ce01319ae6f54483a19375524aa39d9f5fd91f06cf7df238ca25e043130fd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _psutil_windows.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\psutil\_psutil_windows.pyd
          • Size 69KB
          • SHA256 0035450801bd7d938e9e146c5ec28e619cb5a5f4a18cdc53ac7e9734c7f94f78
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          python3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\python3.dll
          • Size 64KB
          • SHA256 dc909eb798a23ba8ee9f8e3f307d97755bc0d2dc0cb342cedae81fbbad32a8a9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          python310.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\python310.dll
          • Size 4.3MB
          • SHA256 14b06796f288bc6599e458fb23a944ab0c843e9868058f02a91d4606533505ed
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          pythoncom310.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\pywin32_system32\pythoncom310.dll
          • Size 664KB
          • SHA256 aa968a983382fd68b3e81ba56f4e34861c47dace4afed5dab24648257ff440b5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          pywintypes310.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\pywin32_system32\pywintypes310.dll
          • Size 132KB
          • SHA256 7a7e9bce1b56932dcc1d27edd05adbaeab82a201a15e0f24d2d32fbd99c1b682
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          select.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\select.pyd
          • Size 29KB
          • SHA256 db85f2f94d4994283e1055057372594538ae11020389d966e45607413851d9e9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          tcl86t.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\tcl86t.dll
          • Size 1.8MB
          • SHA256 fbfd065f861ec0a90dd513bc209c56bbc23c54d2839964a0ec2df95848af7860
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          cp1252.enc

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\tcl\encoding\cp1252.enc
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 741859cf238c3a63bbb20ec6ed51e46451372bb221cfff438297d261d0561c2e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          tk86t.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\tk86t.dll
          • Size 1.5MB
          • SHA256 cd2f60075064dfc2e65c88b239a970cb4bd07cb3eec7cc26fb1bf978d4356b08
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ucrtbase.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\ucrtbase.dll
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 27247c9dd53eac1939e830fdcfeec3749ee84a1c8fdbe685e1229b09663679c2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          unicodedata.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\unicodedata.pyd
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 1fb2d66c056f69e8bbdd8c6c910e72697874dae680264f8fb4b4df19af98aa2e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          win32api.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40762\win32\win32api.pyd
          • Size 131KB
          • SHA256 d2c0726bbc6707aec4e86743496b719cb8c6654dd77f6670290ef1beebb2a02e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH