Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    140s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    24/09/2026, 12:34

General

  • Target
    WindowsCodecs.dll
  • Size 24.2MB
  • Sample260924-pr95ka1z5l
  • SHA256 9cbd85e3e0e386d105a24669a74b907ab4c60cbfaf3651fd7adefed19afa47db
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: ParallaxRat

    ParallaxRat is a multipurpose RAT written in MASM.

  • ParallaxRat payload 20 IoCs

    Detects payload of Parallax Rat, a small portable Rat usually digitally signed with a Sectigo certificate.

  • Badlisted process makes network request 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 28 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
    rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WindowsCodecs.dll,#1
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2996
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
      rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WindowsCodecs.dll,#1
      2⤵
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2408
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe"
        3⤵
        • Badlisted process makes network request
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2504
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\pro\rundll32.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\pro\rundll32.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2624

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        rundll32.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\pro\rundll32.exe
        • Size 51KB
        • SHA256 ce6bb7eddc83762c708d4a41709ae00371dbdc09b2a380f28fa60b1edf917473
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2408-10-0x0000000002D70000-0x0000000002E37000-memory.dmp

        memory/2408-1-0x0000000073B30000-0x0000000075341000-memory.dmp

        memory/2408-2-0x0000000073B30000-0x0000000075341000-memory.dmp

        memory/2408-11-0x0000000002F00000-0x00000000032A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/2408-0-0x0000000074E0F000-0x0000000074E11000-memory.dmp

        memory/2504-33-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000AED000-memory.dmp

        memory/2504-30-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000AED000-memory.dmp

        memory/2504-20-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000AED000-memory.dmp

        memory/2504-19-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000AED000-memory.dmp

        memory/2504-12-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000AED000-memory.dmp

        memory/2504-36-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000AED000-memory.dmp

        memory/2504-35-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000AED000-memory.dmp

        memory/2504-34-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000AED000-memory.dmp

        memory/2504-9-0x0000000000600000-0x0000000000667000-memory.dmp

        memory/2504-32-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000AED000-memory.dmp

        memory/2504-31-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000AED000-memory.dmp

        memory/2504-8-0x0000000000A70000-0x0000000000AC0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2504-29-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000AED000-memory.dmp

        memory/2504-28-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000AED000-memory.dmp

        memory/2504-27-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000AED000-memory.dmp

        memory/2504-26-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000AED000-memory.dmp

        memory/2504-25-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000AED000-memory.dmp

        memory/2504-24-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000AED000-memory.dmp

        memory/2504-23-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000AED000-memory.dmp

        memory/2504-22-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000AED000-memory.dmp

        memory/2504-21-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000AED000-memory.dmp

        memory/2504-6-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000AED000-memory.dmp

        memory/2504-5-0x0000000000600000-0x0000000000667000-memory.dmp

        memory/2504-38-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000AED000-memory.dmp