Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    144s
  • max time network
    148s
  • 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, 17:11

General

  • Target
    LiquidLauncher_0.6.1_x64_en-US.msi
  • Size 9.6MB
  • Sample260905-vqpecswte1
  • SHA256 c9e08018574191c83413a66d709a439e34b9911b2964de219dce2d97a0ac7e72
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Network Share Discovery 1 TTPs

    Attempt to gather information on host network.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 14 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 3 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 26 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 18 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    msiexec.exe /I C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\LiquidLauncher_0.6.1_x64_en-US.msi
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1684
    • C:\Program Files\LiquidLauncher\liquidlauncher.exe
      "C:\Program Files\LiquidLauncher\liquidlauncher.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Checks whether UAC is enabled
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4244
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe" --embedded-browser-webview=1 --webview-exe-name=liquidlauncher.exe --webview-exe-version=0.6.1 --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\net.ccbluex.liquidlauncher\EBWebView" --noerrdialogs --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --edge-webview-custom-scheme --autoplay-policy=no-user-gesture-required --disable-features=msWebOOUI,msPdfOOUI,msSmartScreenProtection --enable-features=MojoIpcz --lang=en-US --accept-lang=en-US --mojo-named-platform-channel-pipe=4244.5556.10767239531715183232 /pfhostedapp:547281418f4107e286430cacadfceb152897fb2f
        3⤵
        • Enumerates system info in registry
        • Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4636
        • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe
          "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=crashpad-handler --user-data-dir=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\net.ccbluex.liquidlauncher\EBWebView /prefetch:4 /pfhostedapp:547281418f4107e286430cacadfceb152897fb2f --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler --database=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\net.ccbluex.liquidlauncher\EBWebView\Crashpad --annotation=IsOfficialBuild=1 --annotation=channel= --annotation=chromium-version=122.0.6261.139 "--annotation=exe=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe" --annotation=plat=Win64 "--annotation=prod=Edge WebView2" --annotation=ver=122.0.2365.106 --initial-client-data=0x184,0x188,0x18c,0x160,0x194,0x7ff913965fd8,0x7ff913965fe4,0x7ff913965ff0
          4⤵
            PID:1740
          • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe
            "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=gpu-process --noerrdialogs --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\net.ccbluex.liquidlauncher\EBWebView" --webview-exe-name=liquidlauncher.exe --webview-exe-version=0.6.1 --embedded-browser-webview=1 --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --edge-webview-custom-scheme --no-appcompat-clear --gpu-preferences=WAAAAAAAAADgAAAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAA4AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAA== --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1724 --field-trial-handle=1744,i,13316124735961364144,4922839508310548570,262144 --enable-features=MojoIpcz --disable-features=msPdfOOUI,msSmartScreenProtection,msWebOOUI --variations-seed-version /prefetch:2 /pfhostedapp:547281418f4107e286430cacadfceb152897fb2f
            4⤵
              PID:2712
            • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe
              "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --noerrdialogs --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\net.ccbluex.liquidlauncher\EBWebView" --webview-exe-name=liquidlauncher.exe --webview-exe-version=0.6.1 --embedded-browser-webview=1 --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --edge-webview-custom-scheme --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2188 --field-trial-handle=1744,i,13316124735961364144,4922839508310548570,262144 --enable-features=MojoIpcz --disable-features=msPdfOOUI,msSmartScreenProtection,msWebOOUI --variations-seed-version /prefetch:3 /pfhostedapp:547281418f4107e286430cacadfceb152897fb2f
              4⤵
                PID:2408
              • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe
                "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --noerrdialogs --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\net.ccbluex.liquidlauncher\EBWebView" --webview-exe-name=liquidlauncher.exe --webview-exe-version=0.6.1 --embedded-browser-webview=1 --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --edge-webview-custom-scheme --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2436 --field-trial-handle=1744,i,13316124735961364144,4922839508310548570,262144 --enable-features=MojoIpcz --disable-features=msPdfOOUI,msSmartScreenProtection,msWebOOUI --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 /pfhostedapp:547281418f4107e286430cacadfceb152897fb2f
                4⤵
                  PID:3732
                • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe
                  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=renderer --noerrdialogs --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\net.ccbluex.liquidlauncher\EBWebView" --webview-exe-name=liquidlauncher.exe --webview-exe-version=0.6.1 --embedded-browser-webview=1 --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --edge-webview-custom-scheme --no-appcompat-clear --autoplay-policy=no-user-gesture-required --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=5 --js-flags="--harmony-weak-refs-with-cleanup-some --expose-gc --ms-user-locale=" --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2920 --field-trial-handle=1744,i,13316124735961364144,4922839508310548570,262144 --enable-features=MojoIpcz --disable-features=msPdfOOUI,msSmartScreenProtection,msWebOOUI --variations-seed-version /pfhostedapp:547281418f4107e286430cacadfceb152897fb2f /prefetch:1
                  4⤵
                    PID:2808
            • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
              C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
              1⤵
              • Enumerates connected drives
              • Drops file in Program Files directory
              • Drops file in Windows directory
              • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
              • Modifies registry class
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1112
              • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
                C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 7A55862B75857B3F45C7E0629713E1A3 C
                2⤵
                • Loads dropped DLL
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
                PID:5036
              • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
                2⤵
                  PID:2288
              • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
                1⤵
                • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
                PID:4144

              Network

                    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                    Downloads

                    e598321.rbs

                    • Path C:\Config.Msi\e598321.rbs
                    • Size 10KB
                    • SHA256 0c69fc7e37929d83227cb59945e3d263c440822fa9e81a024176456c57267e4e
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                    liquidlauncher.exe

                    • Path C:\Program Files\LiquidLauncher\liquidlauncher.exe
                    • Size 19.8MB
                    • SHA256 d87cf4b9d4080323b2390ef9387535a029583c7868ed0b77cd0d95d0f290ad10
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                    LiquidLauncher.lnk~RFe598b6d.TMP

                    • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\LiquidLauncher\LiquidLauncher.lnk~RFe598b6d.TMP
                    • Size 1KB
                    • SHA256 19713904867724f2e7546763293da0ccf7879646d2869eb80234022ec363c510
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    ~iquidLauncher.tmp

                    • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\LiquidLauncher\~iquidLauncher.tmp
                    • Size 2KB
                    • SHA256 9f3896159fc781e5280f6848f02161797713b8ead61eaed66ec0817c31ef3a7f
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    MSI267A.tmp

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI267A.tmp
                    • Size 132KB
                    • SHA256 7f47d98ab25cfea9b3a2e898c3376cc9ba1cd893b4948b0c27caa530fd0e34cc
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                    settings.dat

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\net.ccbluex.liquidlauncher\EBWebView\Crashpad\settings.dat
                    • Size 280B
                    • SHA256 a40b8baf7649bbac36bd2bdcdd93128e7d16644db7d8863ac61e253a5d655fe8
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                    settings.dat

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\net.ccbluex.liquidlauncher\EBWebView\Crashpad\settings.dat
                    • Size 280B
                    • SHA256 b55814716b2b387c2bae63eb58c2210cc37b82e18a9fe29ba3ac96580ae1f593
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    throttle_store.dat

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\net.ccbluex.liquidlauncher\EBWebView\Crashpad\throttle_store.dat
                    • Size 20B
                    • SHA256 41c91a9c93d76295746a149dce7ebb3b9ee2cb551d84365fff108e59a61cc304
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                    data_1

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\net.ccbluex.liquidlauncher\EBWebView\Default\Cache\Cache_Data\data_1
                    • Size 264KB
                    • SHA256 902f30c1fb0597d0734bc34b979ec5d131f8f39a4b71b338083821216ec8d61b
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                    the-real-index

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\net.ccbluex.liquidlauncher\EBWebView\Default\Code Cache\js\index-dir\the-real-index
                    • Size 72B
                    • SHA256 39812c1b864eed8d71b1e902e2526240243ebbf9c381753a08d14888ce317ffe
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    the-real-index~RFe59f543.TMP

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\net.ccbluex.liquidlauncher\EBWebView\Default\Code Cache\js\index-dir\the-real-index~RFe59f543.TMP
                    • Size 48B
                    • SHA256 f1c3c22650b4cba68c422210f1162357002ce5fa698d3ddd8e0a8bdb78c6b445
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                    Network Persistent State

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\net.ccbluex.liquidlauncher\EBWebView\Default\Network\Network Persistent State
                    • Size 111B
                    • SHA256 5dfc321417fc31359f23320ea68014ebfd793c5bbed55f77dab4180bbd4a2026
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    Network Persistent State~RFe5acbae.TMP

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\net.ccbluex.liquidlauncher\EBWebView\Default\Network\Network Persistent State~RFe5acbae.TMP
                    • Size 59B
                    • SHA256 226eec4486509917aa336afebd6ff65777b75b65f1fb06891d2a857a9421a974
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    SCT Auditing Pending Reports

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\net.ccbluex.liquidlauncher\EBWebView\Default\Network\SCT Auditing Pending Reports
                    • Size 2B
                    • SHA256 4f53cda18c2baa0c0354bb5f9a3ecbe5ed12ab4d8e11ba873c2f11161202b945
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                    Preferences

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\net.ccbluex.liquidlauncher\EBWebView\Default\Preferences
                    • Size 6KB
                    • SHA256 00a61ef620d8b031913c5d8f7cd10245918bbf2d7d3fb756dffcde45cbddc5e3
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                    CURRENT

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\net.ccbluex.liquidlauncher\EBWebView\Default\Site Characteristics Database\CURRENT
                    • Size 16B
                    • SHA256 0f1bad70c7bd1e0a69562853ec529355462fcd0423263a3d39d6d0d70b780443
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                    MANIFEST-000001

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\net.ccbluex.liquidlauncher\EBWebView\Default\shared_proto_db\metadata\MANIFEST-000001
                    • Size 41B
                    • SHA256 f9d31b278e215eb0d0e9cd709edfa037e828f36214ab7906f612160fead4b2b4
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                    data_0

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\net.ccbluex.liquidlauncher\EBWebView\GraphiteDawnCache\data_0
                    • Size 8KB
                    • SHA256 d6a5fe39cd672781b256e0e3102f7022635f1d4bb7cfcc90a80fffe4d0f3877e
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                    data_2

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\net.ccbluex.liquidlauncher\EBWebView\GraphiteDawnCache\data_2
                    • Size 8KB
                    • SHA256 ec1702806f4cc7c42a82fc2b38e89835fde7c64bb32060e0823c9077ca92efb7
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                    data_3

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\net.ccbluex.liquidlauncher\EBWebView\GraphiteDawnCache\data_3
                    • Size 8KB
                    • SHA256 e09f42c398d688dce168570291f1f92d079987deda3099a34adb9e8c0522b30c
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                    Local State

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\net.ccbluex.liquidlauncher\EBWebView\Local State
                    • Size 15KB
                    • SHA256 927006ca8522ca02d0009abfda893af8feb8f0b89991dfff14016ca7ab00165b
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                    Local State

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\net.ccbluex.liquidlauncher\EBWebView\Local State
                    • Size 2KB
                    • SHA256 6a316228944e101112805c849e2b3e8b091e58b7c3f8d5be647c47e3b61db504
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    Local State

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\net.ccbluex.liquidlauncher\EBWebView\Local State
                    • Size 3KB
                    • SHA256 8612019898fdef5d5de3193d0de1f746768ad0e4d44e0d4670cb642b88945e88
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    Local State~RFe59a4e1.TMP

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\net.ccbluex.liquidlauncher\EBWebView\Local State~RFe59a4e1.TMP
                    • Size 1KB
                    • SHA256 f3f810d5b34255b5a2d1f378be24b9284ca64394f5ae47b2ae4b8c0bc4f75a7e
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    e598320.msi

                    • Path C:\Windows\Installer\e598320.msi
                    • Size 9.6MB
                    • SHA256 c9e08018574191c83413a66d709a439e34b9911b2964de219dce2d97a0ac7e72
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                    metadata-2

                    • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
                    • Size 26.1MB
                    • SHA256 149402b227f759f27c0e93858ef5fcefea724c3abae106b5618789ab95e2af13
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                    {b7ec9cc7-5e17-491f-9526-77ee5cfd5389}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

                    • Path \??\Volume{c576ab2f-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{b7ec9cc7-5e17-491f-9526-77ee5cfd5389}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
                    • Size 6KB
                    • SHA256 1a525ac1948539b27651cd00c2b0ab18b2498705dfddba12efd012f9c18ad17d
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                    memory/1112-43-0x000001FA41EA0000-0x000001FA42844000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2712-68-0x00007FF937950000-0x00007FF937951000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2808-78-0x00007FF937950000-0x00007FF937951000-memory.dmp