Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
126s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
25/09/2026, 10:02
General
- Target 2026-09-24_50b9a57f2db5a33092bc404b6cdafcf2_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_stop.exe
- Size 1.1MB
- Sample260925-l2ymqstemd
- SHA256 1f28a19955315b9ef72c712e2dcd6dc5486fd15a98e196a8ae82e1721302c7f6
Malware Config
Extracted
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xred
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xred.mooo.com
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payload_url
http://freedns.afraid.org/api/?action=getdyndns&sha=a30fa98efc092684e8d1c5cff797bcc613562978
https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVlVsOGlEVGxuZVk&export=download
https://www.dropbox.com/s/n1w4p8gc6jzo0sg/SUpdate.ini?dl=1
http://xred.site50.net/syn/SUpdate.ini
https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVzUyaHFYVkQxeFk&export=download
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zhp1b06imehwylq/Synaptics.rar?dl=1
http://xred.site50.net/syn/Synaptics.rar
https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSTmlVYkxhSDg5TzQ&export=download
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fzj752whr3ontsm/SSLLibrary.dll?dl=1
http://xred.site50.net/syn/SSLLibrary.dll
Extracted
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sality
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http://89.119.67.154/testo5/
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http://kukutrustnet777.info/home.gif
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http://kukutrustnet888.info/home.gif
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http://kukutrustnet987.info/home.gif
Signatures
- Family: Sality
Sality is backdoor written in C++, first discovered in 2003.
- Family: Xred
Xred is backdoor written in Delphi.
- Modifies firewall policy service 3 TTPs 3 IoCs
- UAC bypass 3 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
- Detects executables packed with Sality Polymorphic Code Generator or Simple Poly Engine or Sality 2 IoCs
- UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 4 IoCs
- Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
- Windows security modification 2 TTPs 7 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
- UPX packed file 2 IoCs
Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.
- Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
- System policy modification 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_50b9a57f2db5a33092bc404b6cdafcf2_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_50b9a57f2db5a33092bc404b6cdafcf2_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_stop.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-09-24_50b9a57f2db5a33092bc404b6cdafcf2_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-09-24_50b9a57f2db5a33092bc404b6cdafcf2_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_stop.exe"2⤵
- Modifies firewall policy service
- UAC bypass
- Windows security bypass
- Executes dropped EXE
- Windows security modification
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System policy modification
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe"C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
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C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exeC:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Privilege Escalation
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
1Bypass User Account Control
1Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Defense Evasion
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
1Bypass User Account Control
1Impair Defenses
4Disable or Modify System Firewall
1Disable or Modify Tools
3Modify Registry
6Replay Monitor
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Downloads
Synaptics.exe
._cache_2026-09-24_50b9a57f2db5a33092bc404b6cdafcf2_dark-comet_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_rhadamanthys_stop.exe
memory/948-132-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C3000-memory.dmp
memory/2152-121-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000459000-memory.dmp
memory/2152-60-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000459000-memory.dmp
memory/2152-118-0x0000000000C50000-0x0000000001D0A000-memory.dmp
memory/2152-120-0x0000000000C50000-0x0000000001D0A000-memory.dmp
memory/2152-129-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000459000-memory.dmp
memory/5504-2-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp
memory/5504-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000051C000-memory.dmp
memory/5504-125-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000051C000-memory.dmp
memory/5504-1-0x0000000000830000-0x0000000000831000-memory.dmp
memory/5564-126-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C3000-memory.dmp
memory/5564-133-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C3000-memory.dmp
memory/5564-152-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C3000-memory.dmp