Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    26s
  • max time network
    90s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    08/09/2026, 01:55

General

  • Target
    SpotifySetup.exe
  • Size 1.2MB
  • Sample260908-cb94eazdmc
  • SHA256 718ba1cb98b42de2c4609953531e6b255e31ca31fd3645cb98b2ca040763fea3
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
6/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Time Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversary may gather the system time and/or time zone settings from a local or remote system.

  • Modifies registry class 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SpotifySetup.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SpotifySetup.exe"
    1⤵
    • Downloads MZ/PE file
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1672
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\SpWebInst0.exe
      SpWebInst0.exe /webinstall
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:6060
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
        Spotify.exe /INSTALLCOMPLETE
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:724
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
          C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe --type=crashpad-handler /prefetch:4 --max-uploads=5 --max-db-size=20 --max-db-age=5 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\User Data\Crashpad" --url=https://crashdump.spotify.com:443/ --annotation=platform=win64 --annotation=product=spotify --annotation=version=1.2.99.317 --initial-client-data=0x250,0x254,0x258,0x22c,0x25c,0x7fffc0995448,0x7fffc0995454,0x7fffc0995460
          4⤵
            PID:6032
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe" --type=gpu-process --no-pre-read-main-dll --force-high-res-timeticks=disabled --start-stack-profiler --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify" --log-severity=disable --user-agent-product="Chrome/146.0.7680.179 Spotify/1.2.99.317" --gpu-preferences=SAAAAAAAAADgAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAA== --metrics-shmem-handle=2160,i,7629682558775139668,12392039419764083585,262144 --field-trial-handle=2560,i,4856919516636225724,15062591234710516571,262144 --disable-features=AutofillActorMode,BackForwardCache,FullscreenBubbleShowOrigin,GlicActorUi,HardwareMediaKeyHandling,LensOverlay,PartitionAllocDanglingPtr,PartitionAllocUnretainedDanglingPtr,StorageNotificationService --variations-seed-version --pseudonymization-salt-handle=2564,i,9839362260630606800,5558793199815940414,4 --trace-process-track-uuid=3190708988185955192 --enable-logging=handle --log-file=2568 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2556 /prefetch:2
            4⤵
              PID:4480
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --no-pre-read-main-dll --force-high-res-timeticks=disabled --start-stack-profiler --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify" --log-severity=disable --user-agent-product="Chrome/146.0.7680.179 Spotify/1.2.99.317" --metrics-shmem-handle=2428,i,800451379779482590,8372718556385457089,524288 --field-trial-handle=2560,i,4856919516636225724,15062591234710516571,262144 --disable-features=AutofillActorMode,BackForwardCache,FullscreenBubbleShowOrigin,GlicActorUi,HardwareMediaKeyHandling,LensOverlay,PartitionAllocDanglingPtr,PartitionAllocUnretainedDanglingPtr,StorageNotificationService --variations-seed-version --pseudonymization-salt-handle=2564,i,9839362260630606800,5558793199815940414,4 --trace-process-track-uuid=3190708989122997041 --enable-logging=handle --log-file=2600 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2596 /prefetch:11
              4⤵
              • System Time Discovery
              PID:3544
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --force-high-res-timeticks=disabled --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify" --log-severity=disable --user-agent-product="Chrome/146.0.7680.179 Spotify/1.2.99.317" --metrics-shmem-handle=2924,i,8776115524321322333,4052339078890273288,524288 --field-trial-handle=2560,i,4856919516636225724,15062591234710516571,262144 --disable-features=AutofillActorMode,BackForwardCache,FullscreenBubbleShowOrigin,GlicActorUi,HardwareMediaKeyHandling,LensOverlay,PartitionAllocDanglingPtr,PartitionAllocUnretainedDanglingPtr,StorageNotificationService --variations-seed-version --pseudonymization-salt-handle=2564,i,9839362260630606800,5558793199815940414,4 --trace-process-track-uuid=3190708990060038890 --enable-logging=handle --log-file=3112 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3108 /prefetch:13
              4⤵
                PID:4368
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
                "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe" --type=renderer --force-high-res-timeticks=disabled --start-stack-profiler --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify" --log-severity=disable --user-agent-product="Chrome/146.0.7680.179 Spotify/1.2.99.317" --autoplay-policy=no-user-gesture-required --disable-gpu-compositing --enable-blink-features=DocumentPictureInPictureCefOptions --video-capture-use-gpu-memory-buffer --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=6 --metrics-shmem-handle=6176,i,1998438221743898131,5044206353396509797,2097152 --field-trial-handle=2560,i,4856919516636225724,15062591234710516571,262144 --disable-features=AutofillActorMode,BackForwardCache,FullscreenBubbleShowOrigin,GlicActorUi,HardwareMediaKeyHandling,LensOverlay,PartitionAllocDanglingPtr,PartitionAllocUnretainedDanglingPtr,StorageNotificationService --variations-seed-version --pseudonymization-salt-handle=2564,i,9839362260630606800,5558793199815940414,4 --trace-process-track-uuid=3190708991934122588 --enable-logging=handle --log-file=6236 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=6232 /prefetch:1
                4⤵
                  PID:2880
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
                  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=chrome.mojom.ProcessorMetrics --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --force-high-res-timeticks=disabled --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify" --log-severity=disable --user-agent-product="Chrome/146.0.7680.179 Spotify/1.2.99.317" --metrics-shmem-handle=7668,i,13543582630921105224,8393951768708157401,524288 --field-trial-handle=2560,i,4856919516636225724,15062591234710516571,262144 --disable-features=AutofillActorMode,BackForwardCache,FullscreenBubbleShowOrigin,GlicActorUi,HardwareMediaKeyHandling,LensOverlay,PartitionAllocDanglingPtr,PartitionAllocUnretainedDanglingPtr,StorageNotificationService --variations-seed-version --pseudonymization-salt-handle=2564,i,9839362260630606800,5558793199815940414,4 --trace-process-track-uuid=3190708992871164437 --enable-logging=handle --log-file=7676 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=7672 /prefetch:14
                  4⤵
                    PID:1496
            • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
              C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -p -s NgcSvc
              1⤵
                PID:5768
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
                "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe" --autostart --minimized
                1⤵
                  PID:4620
                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
                    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe --type=crashpad-handler /prefetch:4 --max-uploads=5 --max-db-size=20 --max-db-age=5 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\User Data\Crashpad" --url=https://crashdump.spotify.com:443/ --annotation=platform=win64 --annotation=product=spotify --annotation=version=1.2.99.317 --initial-client-data=0x254,0x258,0x25c,0x230,0x260,0x7fffc0995448,0x7fffc0995454,0x7fffc0995460
                    2⤵
                      PID:4896
                  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
                    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalServiceNetworkRestricted -p -s NgcCtnrSvc
                    1⤵
                      PID:5232
                    • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
                      C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
                      1⤵
                        PID:2672

                      Network

                            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                            Downloads

                            data_0

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\DawnWebGPUCache\data_0
                            • Size 8KB
                            • SHA256 d6a5fe39cd672781b256e0e3102f7022635f1d4bb7cfcc90a80fffe4d0f3877e
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                            data_2

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\DawnWebGPUCache\data_2
                            • Size 8KB
                            • SHA256 ec1702806f4cc7c42a82fc2b38e89835fde7c64bb32060e0823c9077ca92efb7
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                            data_3

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\Browser\DawnWebGPUCache\data_3
                            • Size 8KB
                            • SHA256 e09f42c398d688dce168570291f1f92d079987deda3099a34adb9e8c0522b30c
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                            data_1

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\Default\Cache\Cache_Data\data_1
                            • Size 264KB
                            • SHA256 2a7850a0f8bb87b2a109efb5cc5bfc43230ed3a836b0e019ca16623a08c042ea
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            MANIFEST-000001

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\Default\Extension Rules\MANIFEST-000001
                            • Size 41B
                            • SHA256 f9d31b278e215eb0d0e9cd709edfa037e828f36214ab7906f612160fead4b2b4
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                            SCT Auditing Pending Reports

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

                            index

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\Default\Shared Dictionary\cache\index
                            • Size 24B
                            • SHA256 fbcfe23a2ecb82b7100c50811691dde0a33aa3da8d176be9882a9db485dc0f2d
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                            CURRENT

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\Default\Site Characteristics Database\CURRENT
                            • Size 16B
                            • SHA256 0f1bad70c7bd1e0a69562853ec529355462fcd0423263a3d39d6d0d70b780443
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                            Local State

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\Local State
                            • Size 3KB
                            • SHA256 477575f1c2880d2dce8f613b5701a551f4dc8d23c3dd8a4c524fc27c28dc083c
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                            Local State~RFe5a68dd.TMP

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\Local State~RFe5a68dd.TMP
                            • Size 1008B
                            • SHA256 2cd1d49cdbd2226156356abda54bafbf211f9ea7fccf1e8d4f0d863ba2800532
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                            settings.dat

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\User Data\Crashpad\settings.dat
                            • Size 56B
                            • SHA256 6bce5ebc518b37224e00649567cdb3827b8faeca9ccd7389bc53619646e51cbd
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                            000002.dbtmp

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\public.ldb\000002.dbtmp
                            • Size 16B
                            • SHA256 1005a525006f148c86efcbfb36c6eac091b311532448010f70f7de9a68007167
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                            login.spa

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\login.spa
                            • Size 3.9MB
                            • SHA256 ac5a8494192b0c745677606db03c6514d02250761951f62ca36f019e0dc72b58
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            Spotify.dll

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.dll
                            • Size 40.8MB
                            • SHA256 660c8c2f2894b78e620df1b1af6b4ac8cee5a081eb7c434da16ee62b340ac11c
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            Spotify.dll

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.dll
                            • Size 32.7MB
                            • SHA256 b3b9e6319c963a6c86a4fd8bb5df4f1ab4e38deb5ccf4a669c97a403efb402d8
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            Spotify.exe

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
                            • Size 2.8MB
                            • SHA256 340c6d121e2cf8ec89073f5e8e91fc0c37ced419064b4f19623f4fb7d36200aa
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            chrome_100_percent.pak

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\chrome_100_percent.pak
                            • Size 705KB
                            • SHA256 2c7dd3dc856c0389e56690e6c1bd3c509be950b95831972d5b4a78422cc14a3b
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            chrome_200_percent.pak

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\chrome_200_percent.pak
                            • Size 1.2MB
                            • SHA256 b65200138ef17d5a462da4f11ed93e98a779efa8260454a6d4266205ebbd4caf
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            chrome_elf.dll

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\chrome_elf.dll
                            • Size 2.4MB
                            • SHA256 cb337e6a548cecd3c538945a00976d53844e3408806d5d815fb901b091fd78a8
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            crash_reporter.cfg

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\crash_reporter.cfg
                            • Size 632B
                            • SHA256 31059d6506ed1919fc71d820b2238644983af7213f5e106cd183ae61758e49ef
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                            d3dcompiler_47.dll

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\d3dcompiler_47.dll
                            • Size 4.5MB
                            • SHA256 da68283aa7656602765d3c5bc1c9a0e23a5ce9aa555068e865917dc98fdffad0
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            icudtl.dat

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\icudtl.dat
                            • Size 10.3MB
                            • SHA256 1cf67874b5a87a8363a86fb3f81e3cbbed54d389062dab8fb52308d5cf8c8612
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            libEGL.dll

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\libEGL.dll
                            • Size 504KB
                            • SHA256 5022515bb0cde8d947e15a39084ac54590b4439e37696d1cce8fc167f3d8cbd1
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            libglesv2.dll

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\libglesv2.dll
                            • Size 7.5MB
                            • SHA256 3e133170d513f46aaffa6540cc39405798f5d3c4bed1d306967d95a0cae224e4
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            en-US.pak

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\en-US.pak
                            • Size 577KB
                            • SHA256 76572fbc138ae74d2f2ecdb3dc8924d54f92745db7ee8eb8e8ad7dc4eb576825
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            en.mo

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\en.mo
                            • Size 16KB
                            • SHA256 ea9d1bcb4a56f14a2fe7e4b214e3826c4619e6abe55cc90f42b6af579c06d83b
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            zh-Hant.mo

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\zh-Hant.mo
                            • Size 16KB
                            • SHA256 75cdeb4157d44565f56e900476bf34b7760a148a3bfdb826045adff24e96615a
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            prefs

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\prefs
                            • Size 154B
                            • SHA256 ec7409dc427dffc856f0a37b360ab7af898733551b320e907285749a6b2a54f8
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                            resources.pak

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\resources.pak
                            • Size 17.8MB
                            • SHA256 e3a6200122f362e77bee9418fec7469202c81852807f7dd70b021ed600374215
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            v8_context_snapshot.bin

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\v8_context_snapshot.bin
                            • Size 17.0MB
                            • SHA256 06eec0169b635a18317eccc676001a6179ea0eabe3a078945500ee2b7e6cbd88
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            vk_swiftshader.dll

                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\vk_swiftshader.dll
                            • Size 5.2MB
                            • SHA256 8ab4c7a81e06974faf10c083c8fc25dc11a8b57486dac25e66df2350d593d841
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            memory/724-352-0x00000195185D0000-0x000001951AED2000-memory.dmp

                            memory/724-343-0x00000195185D0000-0x000001951AED2000-memory.dmp

                            memory/724-342-0x00000195185D0000-0x000001951AED2000-memory.dmp

                            memory/724-607-0x00000195185D0000-0x000001951AED2000-memory.dmp

                            memory/724-613-0x00000195185D0000-0x000001951AED2000-memory.dmp

                            memory/724-655-0x00000195185D0000-0x000001951AED2000-memory.dmp

                            memory/724-685-0x00000195185D0000-0x000001951AED2000-memory.dmp

                            memory/724-687-0x00000195185D0000-0x000001951AED2000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1496-672-0x0000012A7BF20000-0x0000012A7E822000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3544-608-0x000002A7FB700000-0x000002A7FE002000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4368-404-0x00007FFFCEB80000-0x00007FFFCEB81000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4368-403-0x00007FFFCEB70000-0x00007FFFCEB71000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4620-574-0x00000238860A0000-0x00000238889A2000-memory.dmp