Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    155s
  • 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, 12:18

General

  • Target
    install_q2.0.17.exe
  • Size 25.4MB
  • Sample260905-pgm72stgrf
  • SHA256 32e8f91de32319a57f201f48ba858c805679dce876204d2444f027d9d50fd913
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Clear artifacts associated with previously established persistence like scheduletasks on a host.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 9 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 22 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 24 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\install_q2.0.17.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\install_q2.0.17.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:4404
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:5568
    • C:\Users\Public\ed0eSl\9DtkH5.exe
      "C:\Users\Public\ed0eSl\9DtkH5.exe"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4636
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData','C:\Users','C:\Program Files (x86)','C:\' -Force
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2100
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Public\ed0eSl\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
        2⤵
        • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5644
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Public\ed0eSl\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
          3⤵
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:3572
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
          3⤵
            PID:2108
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
            3⤵
              PID:1472
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\ProgramData\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
            2⤵
            • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1320
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\ProgramData\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
              3⤵
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:3348
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
              3⤵
                PID:4340
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                3⤵
                  PID:4660
              • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                2⤵
                • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:4548
                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                  SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
                  3⤵
                  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                  PID:5472
                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                  SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                  3⤵
                    PID:4260
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                    3⤵
                      PID:5188
                  • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                    "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Program Files (x86)\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                    2⤵
                    • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:3732
                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                      SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Program Files (x86)\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
                      3⤵
                      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                      PID:5396
                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                      SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                      3⤵
                        PID:1820
                      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                        SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                        3⤵
                          PID:3440
                      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"%USERPROFILE%\Documents\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                        2⤵
                        • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
                        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                        PID:3084
                        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                          SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Admin\Documents\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
                          3⤵
                          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                          PID:2528
                        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                          SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                          3⤵
                            PID:620
                          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                            SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                            3⤵
                              PID:2652
                          • C:\Program Files (x86)\ekBE7a\ekBE7a.exe
                            "C:\Program Files (x86)\ekBE7a\ekBE7a.exe"
                            2⤵
                              PID:1132
                              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                                cmd.exe /c vssadmin delete shadows /all /quiet
                                3⤵
                                • Executes a command shell one-liner
                                PID:4872
                              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                                cmd.exe /c icacls "C:\Program Files (x86)\ekBE7a" /inheritance:r
                                3⤵
                                • Executes a command shell one-liner
                                PID:5556
                              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                                cmd /c echo.>c:\xxxx.ini
                                3⤵
                                • Executes a command shell one-liner
                                PID:3044
                          • C:\Users\Public\ed0eSl\9DtkH5.exe
                            "C:\Users\Public\ed0eSl\9DtkH5.exe"
                            1⤵
                            • Executes dropped EXE
                            • Loads dropped DLL
                            PID:3248
                          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                            "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\ed0eSl" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                            1⤵
                            • Executes a command shell one-liner
                            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                            PID:4572
                            • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                              reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\ed0eSl" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                              2⤵
                              • Windows security bypass
                              PID:3928
                          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                            cmd.exe
                            1⤵
                              PID:5340
                            • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                              "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                              1⤵
                              • Executes a command shell one-liner
                              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                              PID:3528
                              • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                                reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                                2⤵
                                • Windows security bypass
                                PID:4080
                            • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                              "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Admin\Documents" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                              1⤵
                              • Executes a command shell one-liner
                              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                              PID:1104
                              • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                                reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Admin\Documents" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                                2⤵
                                • Windows security bypass
                                PID:1456
                            • C:\Program Files (x86)\ekBE7a\ekBE7a.exe
                              "C:\Program Files (x86)\ekBE7a\ekBE7a.exe"
                              1⤵
                                PID:5364
                              • C:\Program Files (x86)\3ha0F7\6IUlE.exe
                                "C:\Program Files (x86)\3ha0F7\6IUlE.exe"
                                1⤵
                                  PID:5352

                                Network

                                      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                                      Downloads

                                      XPSPLOG.dll

                                      • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\3ha0F7\XPSPLOG.dll
                                      • Size 2.9MB
                                      • SHA256 3f6af352f3956b9ff712e7656e21d57aeeae6fe23b4fffb1828dbbc270c6fc51
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      XPSPLOG.dll

                                      • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\3ha0F7\XPSPLOG.dll
                                      • Size 2.4MB
                                      • SHA256 105f1f705d82fb665a5c5b6154673335443316874195ddeda89f9199ff6f2d0f
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      XPSPLOG.dll

                                      • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ekBE7a\XPSPLOG.dll
                                      • Size 4.6MB
                                      • SHA256 88894921f4d4599f1b3fd3d833b3657133b6e7ba8c683a924d900158101efdf5
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      XPSPLOG.dll

                                      • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ekBE7a\XPSPLOG.dll
                                      • Size 3.4MB
                                      • SHA256 d05e4b868de5e1c1fb30e907e22009fcda1ee17b70f23d62d64032ae5fe272f4
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      ekBE7a.exe

                                      • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ekBE7a\ekBE7a.exe
                                      • Size 145KB
                                      • SHA256 6d6ba2bc9ad414837826f7278bc3e0116f1aeda02d0c2284ed65819f5d9180a8
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      image.png

                                      • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ekBE7a\image.png
                                      • Size 4.8MB
                                      • SHA256 7991a3864a7e4b812fbb34de34f8856a7920779330e3ecd7fb2786938fb08c5a
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      thumbs.db

                                      • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ekBE7a\thumbs.db
                                      • Size 358KB
                                      • SHA256 ac398374d49ea2c9698115e7ff4c1ad3e0fcf77ea9a0c690fb1e04b066b3b1e9
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      1BA79029EC3FFD076F5DAC2F70A18685

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\1BA79029EC3FFD076F5DAC2F70A18685
                                      • Size 1KB
                                      • SHA256 6f7bfa4789bd506ccf81640feec036bac7c0354084ca472f55a79ce53b9c3ade
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                      1BA79029EC3FFD076F5DAC2F70A18685

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\1BA79029EC3FFD076F5DAC2F70A18685
                                      • Size 186B
                                      • SHA256 29897a21ff2f1da186c4f66160c86779e7682c1cb376d0a53ade84aeb100c45f
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                      destopbak.ini

                                      • Path C:\Users\Public\Music\destopbak.ini
                                      • Size 2B
                                      • SHA256 dd1e2826c0124a6d4f7397a5a71f633928926c0608b62fb9e615ba778acc39ff
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                      9DtkH5.exe

                                      • Path C:\Users\Public\ed0eSl\9DtkH5.exe
                                      • Size 135KB
                                      • SHA256 676a2a7b94ca2f8ec76352ee656e4d075bb342bd7ad6efbc7c19c060001eace7
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      UxEnhance64.dll

                                      • Path C:\Users\Public\ed0eSl\UxEnhance64.dll
                                      • Size 3.1MB
                                      • SHA256 ccc2ff33b3052af3ce96098b1166399fdbb97cf0b8454c98ed79c31f01d55363
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      adoresd.dat

                                      • Path C:\Users\Public\ed0eSl\adoresd.dat
                                      • Size 4.7MB
                                      • SHA256 8cd9239a9a5f535ce10b02a47bf957f20c7e53f7e1f90d6e6c91d8ab6fac1230
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      msadox.tb

                                      • Path C:\Users\Public\ed0eSl\msadox.tb
                                      • Size 8KB
                                      • SHA256 538bf12b0ebcbf9f8b721f0396738d61b15a792acddf0556d999217a364c3122
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      memory/1132-690-0x00000000038C0000-0x000000000409D000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1132-685-0x0000000002D30000-0x0000000002D31000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1132-683-0x00000000038C0000-0x000000000409D000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1132-686-0x00000000038C0000-0x000000000409D000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1132-679-0x0000000074B60000-0x00000000752AA000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1132-678-0x00000000016F0000-0x00000000016F1000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1132-697-0x00000000055C0000-0x00000000055D4000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1132-710-0x00000000038C0000-0x000000000409D000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1132-718-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010061000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/2100-611-0x000001BD69A40000-0x000001BD69A4A000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/2100-610-0x000001BD69CB0000-0x000001BD69D62000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/2100-609-0x000001BD69A50000-0x000001BD69A6E000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/2100-605-0x000001BD69A00000-0x000001BD69A22000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/3248-582-0x000001BDB2A10000-0x000001BDB3297000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/3248-593-0x00007FFA5AB70000-0x00007FFA5AB72000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/3248-579-0x00007FFA3B4D0000-0x00007FFA3B9EE000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/3248-591-0x000001BDB2A10000-0x000001BDB3297000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/3248-584-0x00007FFA5AB80000-0x00007FFA5AB82000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/3248-586-0x000001BDB2A10000-0x000001BDB3297000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/3248-589-0x000001BDB2A10000-0x000001BDB3297000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/3248-590-0x000001BDB2A10000-0x000001BDB3297000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/3248-592-0x000001BDB2A10000-0x000001BDB3297000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4404-528-0x00007FFA50E70000-0x00007FFA50E82000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4404-0-0x00000000005A0000-0x00000000005AE000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4404-1-0x0000000002050000-0x000000000205C000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4404-503-0x00007FFA50E70000-0x00007FFA50E82000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4404-527-0x00000000005A0000-0x00000000005AE000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4636-561-0x0000024F503C0000-0x0000024F5044A000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4636-539-0x0000024F4FA10000-0x0000024F50297000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4636-564-0x0000024F503C0000-0x0000024F5044A000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4636-570-0x0000024F4FA10000-0x0000024F50297000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4636-554-0x0000024F4FA10000-0x0000024F50297000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4636-548-0x0000024F4FA10000-0x0000024F50297000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4636-549-0x0000024F4FA10000-0x0000024F50297000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4636-547-0x0000024F4FA10000-0x0000024F50297000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4636-546-0x0000024F4FA10000-0x0000024F50297000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4636-542-0x0000024F4FA10000-0x0000024F50297000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4636-541-0x00007FFA5AB80000-0x00007FFA5AB82000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4636-565-0x0000024F503C0000-0x0000024F5044A000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4636-534-0x00007FFA3B4D0000-0x00007FFA3B9EE000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4636-533-0x00007FFA5AB70000-0x00007FFA5AB72000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4636-563-0x0000024F503C0000-0x0000024F5044A000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4636-560-0x0000024F502A0000-0x0000024F502EE000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4636-567-0x0000024F4FA10000-0x0000024F50297000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4636-569-0x0000024F4FA10000-0x0000024F50297000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/5364-723-0x0000000074B60000-0x00000000752AA000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/5364-722-0x0000000000FC0000-0x0000000000FC1000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/5364-732-0x00000000036F0000-0x0000000003ECD000-memory.dmp