52a9286bc9d2198b2afc010eefa8174b25e4b02692ced9b52a478401231c3d96

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
125s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
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24/09/2026, 11:02

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General

Target
AskAdmin/AskAdmin.exe
Size 908KB
Sample260924-m43vxaca53
SHA256 52a9286bc9d2198b2afc010eefa8174b25e4b02692ced9b52a478401231c3d96
MD5 0d35b53f59b0c4b06580558492423356
SHA1 b9a4c850abb7333da6f03db7db856347bed69748
SHA512 c0841ae73ddf4aaff6a976b75d36f59d519d314e52c315d37cb933f22f3926770cab161672fdabe24a58856438971455c296e63ec8b63125d8ee6f5a09f21346
SSDEEP 12288:+aWzgMg7v3qnCi0ErQohh0F4xCJ8lnyyQXZL96cN4Df/vNSszYtc73HQ4:JaHMv6CArjVnyyQRNOSszYG3HV
TLSH
T15815C012B7D680F2D9A338B0297BE327EB3575194327C4DBA7E02E779E111409B36762
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

5^/10

discovery

Malware Config

Signatures

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy\Machine\Registry.pol	AskAdmin_x64.exe
File created	C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy\User\Registry.pol	AskAdmin_x64.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	AskAdmin.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2256	AskAdmin_x64.exe
2256	AskAdmin_x64.exe
2256	AskAdmin_x64.exe
2256	AskAdmin_x64.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2256	AskAdmin_x64.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2256	AskAdmin_x64.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2256	AskAdmin_x64.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2256	AskAdmin_x64.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2256	AskAdmin_x64.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4728 wrote to memory of 2256	4728	AskAdmin.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AskAdmin\AskAdmin.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AskAdmin\AskAdmin.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4728
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AskAdmin\AskAdmin_x64.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AskAdmin\AskAdmin_x64.exe
  2⤵
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2256

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

4g7c2z8i.tmp

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4g7c2z8i.tmp
Size 59KB
SHA256 1db33b4722252e068e257b6b6621b56a570c72da84fb3a615b9e42ddca9a0787
MD5 b916e2ccdf2152440ad7859160cdc24a
SHA1 d6fa394a914a7c2fa82aeb74162d4502a0e78f2f
SHA512 7d6cfbd9a8956ce13677b3be0d9a135f98f04dc1380890724ccecf53e3561bffa1e0bd1f0be822a50fb8322cda7a629746aed9bc9758049982d016386754353e
SSDEEP 3::
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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