Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    147s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    05/09/2026, 09:26

General

  • Target
    fe209b6fc10f578f3a73ea20f53c0661d0f7bc8ebb3e9c49fa237c12514ef2e9.exe
  • Size 45KB
  • Sample260905-ledn2shr9t
  • SHA256 fe209b6fc10f578f3a73ea20f53c0661d0f7bc8ebb3e9c49fa237c12514ef2e9
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • asyncrat

Version
  • 0.5.8

Botnet
  • Default

C2
  • sex-vn.net:80

  • sex-vn.net:22

  • sex-vn.net:8080

  • sex-vn.net:8880

  • sex-vn.net:2052

  • sex-vn.net:2082

  • sex-vn.net:2086

  • sex-vn.net:2095

  • sex-vn.net:443

  • sex-vn.net:2053

  • sex-vn.net:2083

  • sex-vn.net:2087

  • sex-vn.net:2096

  • sex-vn.net:8443

  • www.sex-vn.net:80

  • www.sex-vn.net:22

  • www.sex-vn.net:8080

  • www.sex-vn.net:8880

  • www.sex-vn.net:2052

  • www.sex-vn.net:2082

Mutex
  • Vp89IiymIRsj

Attributes
  • delay

    0

  • install

    true

  • install_file

    a8ri3c3w.exe

  • install_folder

    %AppData%

aes.plain

Signatures

  • Family: AsyncRat

    AsyncRAT is designed to remotely monitor and control other computers written in C#.

  • Async RAT payload 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Outbound SSH connection to public host 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    SSH is used for remote access. This may indicate SSH host discovery, encrypted C2 traffic, or data exfiltration.

  • 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.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

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

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 31 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fe209b6fc10f578f3a73ea20f53c0661d0f7bc8ebb3e9c49fa237c12514ef2e9.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fe209b6fc10f578f3a73ea20f53c0661d0f7bc8ebb3e9c49fa237c12514ef2e9.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1800
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "a8ri3c3w" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\a8ri3c3w.exe"' & exit
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4704
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "a8ri3c3w" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\a8ri3c3w.exe"'
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5988
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp869B.tmp.bat""
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2508
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
        timeout 3
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:5788
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\a8ri3c3w.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\a8ri3c3w.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3308
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\a8ri3c3w.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\a8ri3c3w.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:5296

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        tmp869B.tmp.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp869B.tmp.bat
        • Size 152B
        • SHA256 c9de894a950e5491581b98ee1697f5760aeb25b09ab6b61c579e8a547b3bf879
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        a8ri3c3w.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\a8ri3c3w.exe
        • Size 45KB
        • SHA256 fe209b6fc10f578f3a73ea20f53c0661d0f7bc8ebb3e9c49fa237c12514ef2e9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1800-0-0x0000000074F52000-0x0000000074F53000-memory.dmp

        memory/1800-1-0x0000000000B20000-0x0000000000B32000-memory.dmp

        memory/1800-2-0x0000000074F40000-0x00000000756FC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1800-3-0x00000000056E0000-0x000000000577C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1800-8-0x0000000074F40000-0x00000000756FC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5296-12-0x0000000074D70000-0x000000007552C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5296-14-0x0000000074D70000-0x000000007552C000-memory.dmp