Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    50s
  • max time network
    89s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    16/09/2026, 08:37

General

  • Target
    Payload.exe
  • Size 55KB
  • Sample260916-kh6cssss7q
  • SHA256 6c1a15aa4e42400c325a364ea2d1e4c91a47c6995ee81f15154caf664c5660e3
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: njRAT/Bladabindi

    Widely used RAT written in .NET.

  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Disables one or more Microsoft Defender components 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Uses the Powershell Set-MpPreference cmdlet to disable one or more Microsoft Defender components.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    A file was written to a Windows startup folder. Files in these directories are executed automatically when a user logs on or an application initializes.

  • Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Modifies system executable filetype association 2 TTPs 34 IoCs
  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

  • Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • 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.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 15 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 13 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Payload.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Payload.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Creates a file in the Startup directory
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3316
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /c powershell Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1044
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true
        3⤵
        • Disables one or more Microsoft Defender components
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4052
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /c sc query windefend
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1944
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc query windefend
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4740
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /c sc stop windefend
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2068
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc stop windefend
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4780
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /c sc delete windefend
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1652
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc delete windefend
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3428
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /c reg ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3848
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
        reg ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
        3⤵
        • UAC bypass
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:3868
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cbeb9ef9660a434abc2f984fd006b98f.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cbeb9ef9660a434abc2f984fd006b98f.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2368
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /k reg delete HKCR /f
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3104
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
          reg delete HKCR /f
          4⤵
          • Modifies system executable filetype association
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Modifies registry class
          PID:4252
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Payload.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Payload.exe" ..
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2556
  • C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
    C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x48c 0x500
    1⤵
      PID:2872

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_tz0ol2vr.qof.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_tz0ol2vr.qof.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          cbeb9ef9660a434abc2f984fd006b98f.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cbeb9ef9660a434abc2f984fd006b98f.exe
          • Size 14KB
          • SHA256 5906dc7c3cd938b874cfb12cd9a14a6e72116c31385f4584f997f1544e3da492
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2368-61-0x0000000005DD0000-0x0000000006374000-memory.dmp

          memory/2368-60-0x0000000005780000-0x0000000005812000-memory.dmp

          memory/2368-59-0x0000000000EC0000-0x0000000000ECA000-memory.dmp

          memory/3316-1-0x0000000074A22000-0x0000000074A24000-memory.dmp

          memory/3316-0-0x0000000000960000-0x0000000000970000-memory.dmp

          memory/3316-20-0x0000000074A22000-0x0000000074A24000-memory.dmp

          memory/3316-17-0x0000000000960000-0x0000000000970000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-22-0x0000000007750000-0x0000000007782000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-35-0x0000000008100000-0x000000000877A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-8-0x0000000006130000-0x0000000006196000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-18-0x00000000067A0000-0x00000000067BE000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-19-0x00000000067D0000-0x000000000681C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-7-0x00000000060C0000-0x0000000006126000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-21-0x000000007F980000-0x000000007F990000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-6-0x0000000005F20000-0x0000000005F42000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-33-0x0000000006D70000-0x0000000006D8E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-32-0x0000000002EE0000-0x0000000002EF0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-31-0x0000000002EE0000-0x0000000002EF0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-23-0x000000006EC40000-0x000000006EC8C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-34-0x0000000007990000-0x0000000007A33000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-16-0x00000000061A0000-0x00000000064F4000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-36-0x0000000007AC0000-0x0000000007ADA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-37-0x0000000007B30000-0x0000000007B3A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-38-0x0000000007D40000-0x0000000007DD6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-39-0x0000000007CC0000-0x0000000007CD1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-40-0x0000000007CF0000-0x0000000007CFE000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-41-0x0000000007D00000-0x0000000007D14000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-42-0x0000000007E00000-0x0000000007E1A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-43-0x0000000007DE0000-0x0000000007DE8000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-5-0x00000000058F0000-0x0000000005F18000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-4-0x0000000002EE0000-0x0000000002EF0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-3-0x0000000002E80000-0x0000000002EB6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-2-0x0000000002EE0000-0x0000000002EF0000-memory.dmp