Analysis

  • max time kernel
    900s
  • max time network
    474s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    10/09/2026, 07:28

General

  • Target
    Geometry.Dash.v2.2081/Geometry.Dash.v2.2081/_Redist/xnafx40_redist.msi
  • Size 6.7MB
  • Sample260910-jasw3asxft
  • SHA256 e6c41d692ebcba854dad4b1c52bb7ddd05926bad3105595d6596b8bab01c25e7
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 7 IoCs
  • Badlisted process makes network request 1 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in System32 directory 21 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 14 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 33 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 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.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 53 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 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\Geometry.Dash.v2.2081\Geometry.Dash.v2.2081\_Redist\xnafx40_redist.msi
    1⤵
    • Badlisted process makes network request
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:4648
  • 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:4084
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:860
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v4.0\Redist\DX Redist\DXSETUP.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v4.0\Redist\DX Redist\DXSETUP.exe" /silent
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        • Modifies registry class
        PID:2336
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        "C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe" /Y "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\XNA\Framework\Shared\xnavisualizer.dll"
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:2564
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:124
    • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
      1⤵
        PID:1112
      • C:\Windows\System32\SecurityHealthHost.exe
        \\?\C:\Windows\System32\SecurityHealthHost.exe {08728914-3F57-4D52-9E31-49DAECA5A80A} -Embedding
        1⤵
          PID:5060

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              e5a227e.rbs

              • Path C:\Config.Msi\e5a227e.rbs
              • Size 17KB
              • SHA256 256c09f2a0757d108109e7bb437c3ae63e5a20f87d6121ca0ac670a2d4e31497
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              e5a2280.rbs

              • Path C:\Config.Msi\e5a2280.rbs
              • Size 596B
              • SHA256 116f5cdac5503f6404227cdbf67c2318409198011c3d98c904279d50fa484925
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              Apr2007_d3dx9_33_x86.cab

              • Path C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~2\XNAGAM~1\v4.0\Redist\DXREDI~1\Apr2007_d3dx9_33_x86.cab
              • Size 1.5MB
              • SHA256 219441f975c200352a12dc3d8f82811fc7b53ed28d63761327933afbb660f876
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              Apr2007_xinput_x86.cab

              • Path C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~2\XNAGAM~1\v4.0\Redist\DXREDI~1\Apr2007_xinput_x86.cab
              • Size 55KB
              • SHA256 5ab7bb15394e4ece850da5453413ab1de2ea97d5c93f86482b75073aaa05da9c
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              Feb2010_X3DAudio_x86.cab

              • Path C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~2\XNAGAM~1\v4.0\Redist\DXREDI~1\Feb2010_X3DAudio_x86.cab
              • Size 20KB
              • SHA256 7fbf09682fd15d721ff2c5cb110b5ffcf5982cd2dd8d72b708cf3cd0bc4fa250
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              Feb2010_XACT_x86.cab

              • Path C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~2\XNAGAM~1\v4.0\Redist\DXREDI~1\Feb2010_XACT_x86.cab
              • Size 90KB
              • SHA256 0ba00c41443639dea9b816fa2608088ccef5dbe850531dff4c1e7993804b0b60
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              Feb2010_XAudio_x86.cab

              • Path C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~2\XNAGAM~1\v4.0\Redist\DXREDI~1\Feb2010_XAudio_x86.cab
              • Size 270KB
              • SHA256 281bb0e12f617e9ae7fe3301a7d4a08201b377caa0311a886e8cddc2526f734a
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              Mar2009_d3dx9_41_x86.cab

              • Path C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~2\XNAGAM~1\v4.0\Redist\DXREDI~1\Mar2009_d3dx9_41_x86.cab
              • Size 1.5MB
              • SHA256 5146e15d4c65590704286bfcfbbcc31e98a6832f8a7cc3bfdcb1e7fa5a647bb1
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              dxupdate.cab

              • Path C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~2\XNAGAM~1\v4.0\Redist\DXREDI~1\dxupdate.cab
              • Size 93KB
              • SHA256 54d68f154058433865708ee0dbf3ecf2d609ffbd618e84a1056440379494d9fd
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              xnavisualizer.dll

              • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\XNA\Framework\Shared\xnavisualizer.dll
              • Size 46KB
              • SHA256 11bcc9f47d9b0397f6d78c08e7208ee812cbef54bb02a8c3a681608879471c8c
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              DSETUP.dll

              • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v4.0\Redist\DX Redist\DSETUP.dll
              • Size 91KB
              • SHA256 9d47b4fa2dcce6a02a51324cfb97f5e153086c2eb8832b211e175cbe5fb850b3
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              DSETUP32.DLL

              • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v4.0\Redist\DX Redist\DSETUP32.DLL
              • Size 1.6MB
              • SHA256 a5c6df12f9fe2edab2a22fe7abf3cb17eac110a6fd469f2570ba04afc88ad767
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              DXSETUP.exe

              • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft XNA\XNA Game Studio\v4.0\Redist\DX Redist\DXSETUP.exe
              • Size 512KB
              • SHA256 16953a202265db5655b3dd972b855619728da76545a2f94bcbb6c43262f48d5b
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              FEB2010_X3DAudio_x86.inf

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DX2C22.tmp\FEB2010_X3DAudio_x86.inf
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 d4da3e530982812d1e2a31570b80af541fac1b13c72997d2aad7ea3bfeaf4a4a
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              FEB2010_XACT_x86.inf

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DX2C22.tmp\FEB2010_XACT_x86.inf
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 e850fdb84bcac0f667927e53fee943efd3f43be6c6a0ae1e17f3fff83ddb2635
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              FEB2010_XAudio_x86.inf

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DX2C22.tmp\FEB2010_XAudio_x86.inf
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 74c827ef94881099761e04397ef8f162fd0ccaf4876a5503c4b53a5216d2acca
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              Mar2009_d3dx9_41_x86.inf

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DX2C22.tmp\Mar2009_d3dx9_41_x86.inf
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 bd29711cc2ecd924990167ffa95f48842e24aeed3acef1023717040240b4bbb6
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              X3DAudio1_7.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DX2C22.tmp\X3DAudio1_7.dll
              • Size 21KB
              • SHA256 288c701bdedf1d45c63dd0b7d424a752f8819f90feb5088c582f76bc98970ba3
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              XAPOFX1_4.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DX2C22.tmp\XAPOFX1_4.dll
              • Size 72KB
              • SHA256 0aee44b12913a95840ee6431d90518b0d72c54a27392e21ee6995e2151554a06
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              XAudio2_6.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DX2C22.tmp\XAudio2_6.dll
              • Size 515KB
              • SHA256 61b57170f7c6365714396072d22cb98746718c0f44c9f0d5c62fdb1b218639c7
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              apr2007_d3dx9_33_x86.inf

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DX2C22.tmp\apr2007_d3dx9_33_x86.inf
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 349a09a2791d697bffffc61410a536cdcf258f0d7c86dda44a297e8aec4bdf00
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              apr2007_xinput_x86.inf

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DX2C22.tmp\apr2007_xinput_x86.inf
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 1c798cb80e9e46ce03356ea7316e1eff5d3a88ccdd7cbfbfcdce73cded23b4e5
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              d3dx9_33.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DX2C22.tmp\d3dx9_33.dll
              • Size 3.3MB
              • SHA256 c6b7b2ad7742dde5dd8d1a35fdc1c185e586e551ad9c74d3fb21759cd8ca4da8
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              d3dx9_41.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DX2C22.tmp\d3dx9_41.dll
              • Size 4.0MB
              • SHA256 6ac4df203af419d3f3b7d9a99e14a3490ea3ad307c474bfe36baea642b1421f6
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              dxupdate.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DX2C22.tmp\dxupdate.dll
              • Size 169KB
              • SHA256 b1f954cd75dc3c9d5bc57f1a4c28720ee3639aa8a4306f3da7b27d3c361ff8f5
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              dxupdate.inf

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DX2C22.tmp\dxupdate.inf
              • Size 12KB
              • SHA256 7530c6e18dbb522c5f4fbf6714962c185ea318f9eab7aeb833b0cc07cd2fe656
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              xactengine3_6.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DX2C22.tmp\xactengine3_6.dll
              • Size 233KB
              • SHA256 8a7e7c5ac2e6230f0249d46751522e7ecf85e7490cf7491ab73bf2e7e59e4c0f
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              xinput1_3.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DX2C22.tmp\xinput1_3.dll
              • Size 79KB
              • SHA256 8d540d484ea41e374fd0107d55d253f87ded4ce780d515d8fd59bbe8c98970a7
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              e5a227f.msi

              • Path C:\Windows\Installer\e5a227f.msi
              • Size 6.7MB
              • SHA256 e6c41d692ebcba854dad4b1c52bb7ddd05926bad3105595d6596b8bab01c25e7
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              DirectX.log

              • Path C:\Windows\Logs\DirectX.log
              • Size 10KB
              • SHA256 7d38c591b69512dcc0e67316d04ee7c92d296d66f9636facc69ef75162f1f0cc
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.dll

              • Path C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_32\Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game\v4.0_4.0.0.0__842cf8be1de50553\Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.dll
              • Size 73KB
              • SHA256 a0347e9d9a646779a9bb1bd512af333ae07a3db65b3259fae3220ed87a80e756
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Xact.dll

              • Path C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_32\Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Xact\v4.0_4.0.0.0__842cf8be1de50553\Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Xact.dll
              • Size 74KB
              • SHA256 6824bb0b7b42626d1ed5b7ab7e4dab4a380fa010175d4de0fadb1c3904e491d1
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Avatar.dll

              • Path C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Avatar\v4.0_4.0.0.0__842cf8be1de50553\Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Avatar.dll
              • Size 24KB
              • SHA256 7688ebdffc98433eef8aada293a8c4beec6d6acfc0e1f91ca8eb2f1c350e7cec
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Input.Touch.dll

              • Path C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Input.Touch\v4.0_4.0.0.0__842cf8be1de50553\Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Input.Touch.dll
              • Size 22KB
              • SHA256 2191bad4540b50723acbda55bd2c6e5d80cc6f84ad989ff89ddda672348577b2
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Net.dll

              • Path C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Net\v4.0_4.0.0.0__842cf8be1de50553\Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Net.dll
              • Size 53KB
              • SHA256 3c0b37068ad56193fd613eb8f6bd321e7e08a99b9cf85606ccddf060afb1263b
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Storage.dll

              • Path C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Storage\v4.0_4.0.0.0__842cf8be1de50553\Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Storage.dll
              • Size 20KB
              • SHA256 7edbb80c699ce3ead8aee5a512ee34c7718cb5dceeb1d0577e788ad8d0ad9383
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              metadata-2

              • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
              • Size 26.1MB
              • SHA256 aba2b75daf52224f25d6d1ea0260a75e7fbb713a0457506e401cf58c5456a0ca
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              {1c6fbda6-216f-4077-b2da-914b1ec2e4d6}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

              • Path \??\Volume{cb1876cb-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{1c6fbda6-216f-4077-b2da-914b1ec2e4d6}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
              • Size 6KB
              • SHA256 48a2429d09e4119eb209441640bc1e2fb778a4e63cb6730cd382c9b07acef812
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              memory/4084-39-0x0000028C3C7B0000-0x0000028C3C7C4000-memory.dmp

              memory/4084-42-0x0000028C3C740000-0x0000028C3C74C000-memory.dmp

              memory/4084-36-0x0000028C3C730000-0x0000028C3C73C000-memory.dmp

              memory/4084-21-0x0000028C3C720000-0x0000028C3C72C000-memory.dmp

              memory/4084-30-0x0000028C3C770000-0x0000028C3C788000-memory.dmp

              memory/4084-27-0x0000028C3C750000-0x0000028C3C768000-memory.dmp

              memory/4084-24-0x0000000000160000-0x000000000020A000-memory.dmp

              memory/4084-48-0x0000000000280000-0x0000000000296000-memory.dmp

              memory/4084-33-0x0000000000210000-0x000000000027C000-memory.dmp

              memory/4084-45-0x0000028C3C790000-0x0000028C3C79A000-memory.dmp