Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    11s
  • max time network
    20s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    01/10/2026, 16:49

General

  • Target
    private (5).exe
  • Size 788KB
  • Sample261001-vbml8atvdw
  • SHA256 ee6384ee8602414e44faeefc43b9e3e43ccde6f7d091eb8f1bc30b6cd87cfb77
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: DarkSideRAT

    DarkSideRAT is a remote access trojan.

  • Detects DarkSideRAT 1 IoCs
  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Network Share Discovery 1 TTPs

    Attempt to gather information on host network.

  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\private (5).exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\private (5).exe"
    1⤵
    • Downloads MZ/PE file
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5196
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe" --embedded-browser-webview=1 --webview-exe-name="private (5).exe" --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\6B2F9A41-3C7E-4D18-A9E2-5F0C7B3D8E61\wv2\EBWebView" --noerrdialogs --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --mojo-named-platform-channel-pipe=5196.3316.12805753093627026243
      2⤵
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5660
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=crashpad-handler --user-data-dir=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\6B2F9A41-3C7E-4D18-A9E2-5F0C7B3D8E61\wv2\EBWebView /prefetch:4 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler --database=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\6B2F9A41-3C7E-4D18-A9E2-5F0C7B3D8E61\wv2\EBWebView\Crashpad --annotation=IsOfficialBuild=1 --annotation=channel= --annotation=chromium-version=132.0.6834.160 "--annotation=exe=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe" --annotation=plat=Win64 "--annotation=prod=Edge WebView2" --annotation=ver=132.0.2957.140 --initial-client-data=0x15c,0x160,0x164,0x138,0x16c,0x7ff8a167b078,0x7ff8a167b084,0x7ff8a167b090
        3⤵
          PID:3728
        • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe
          "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=gpu-process --string-annotations --noerrdialogs --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\6B2F9A41-3C7E-4D18-A9E2-5F0C7B3D8E61\wv2\EBWebView" --webview-exe-name="private (5).exe" --embedded-browser-webview=1 --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --gpu-preferences=UAAAAAAAAADgAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAA --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=1744,i,2652792533712041590,9314889469176929636,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1708 /prefetch:2
          3⤵
            PID:5008
          • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe
            "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --string-annotations --noerrdialogs --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\6B2F9A41-3C7E-4D18-A9E2-5F0C7B3D8E61\wv2\EBWebView" --webview-exe-name="private (5).exe" --embedded-browser-webview=1 --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=2040,i,2652792533712041590,9314889469176929636,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2056 /prefetch:3
            3⤵
              PID:1368
            • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe
              "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --string-annotations --noerrdialogs --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\6B2F9A41-3C7E-4D18-A9E2-5F0C7B3D8E61\wv2\EBWebView" --webview-exe-name="private (5).exe" --embedded-browser-webview=1 --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=2380,i,2652792533712041590,9314889469176929636,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2396 /prefetch:8
              3⤵
                PID:2644
              • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe
                "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=renderer --string-annotations --noerrdialogs --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\6B2F9A41-3C7E-4D18-A9E2-5F0C7B3D8E61\wv2\EBWebView" --webview-exe-name="private (5).exe" --embedded-browser-webview=1 --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --video-capture-use-gpu-memory-buffer --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=5 --js-flags="--harmony-weak-refs-with-cleanup-some --expose-gc --ms-user-locale=" --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=3600,i,2652792533712041590,9314889469176929636,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3612 /prefetch:1
                3⤵
                  PID:3232
              • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                /c start C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ox_1790873345390.exe
                2⤵
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:3516
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ox_1790873345390.exe
                  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ox_1790873345390.exe
                  3⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
                  PID:2500
                  • C:\Windows\System32\licensingdiag.exe
                    "C:\Windows\System32\licensingdiag.exe"
                    4⤵
                      PID:4784
              • C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe
                "C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe" /4
                1⤵
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
                • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
                PID:6048

              Network

                    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                    Downloads

                    103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751
                    • Size 808B
                    • SHA256 3dd5ea8a14eb665ba6057d424f94e5e83757ffaab456578dbf038af04053b19e
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751
                    • Size 192B
                    • SHA256 141bcf9cd746a6655963715077ea59c6afacbf225b1c3b16471c83e6472fbb59
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    4e9f977e-54cf-4547-9cf6-ee3f30b47e5c.tmp

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\6B2F9A41-3C7E-4D18-A9E2-5F0C7B3D8E61\wv2\EBWebView\4e9f977e-54cf-4547-9cf6-ee3f30b47e5c.tmp
                    • Size 3KB
                    • SHA256 0f3adffa671bf4e8639aeb57c5337bdce28eced6ae0bc4be0d8d7fd31091af72
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    50652401-1356-45d8-8dd1-3f939dadacdc.tmp

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\6B2F9A41-3C7E-4D18-A9E2-5F0C7B3D8E61\wv2\EBWebView\50652401-1356-45d8-8dd1-3f939dadacdc.tmp
                    • Size 2KB
                    • SHA256 68f6c0eca19a7ec3c795e04015ffc5271fc7f634a862cacedf01be1cc21a976f
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    6a9c7254-dee6-4172-b8e4-7ec994d62ad6.tmp

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\6B2F9A41-3C7E-4D18-A9E2-5F0C7B3D8E61\wv2\EBWebView\6a9c7254-dee6-4172-b8e4-7ec994d62ad6.tmp
                    • Size 1KB
                    • SHA256 d860b5cb156fa2ccf0cb195ff3c22ef7f92a250f212d882dba06c0d435f8adf4
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    settings.dat

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\6B2F9A41-3C7E-4D18-A9E2-5F0C7B3D8E61\wv2\EBWebView\Crashpad\settings.dat
                    • Size 280B
                    • SHA256 ea276b7688f41d63b0e6e87e5a6bf908f65c7c2d4077ba6152b788fa3fe9aa21
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                    settings.dat

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\6B2F9A41-3C7E-4D18-A9E2-5F0C7B3D8E61\wv2\EBWebView\Crashpad\settings.dat
                    • Size 280B
                    • SHA256 67add9c7c14210a89551202d7df312eebbc1ab9e2b3fd1e71d934cd322ac46e3
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    throttle_store.dat

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\6B2F9A41-3C7E-4D18-A9E2-5F0C7B3D8E61\wv2\EBWebView\Crashpad\throttle_store.dat
                    • Size 20B
                    • SHA256 41c91a9c93d76295746a149dce7ebb3b9ee2cb551d84365fff108e59a61cc304
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                    temp-index

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\6B2F9A41-3C7E-4D18-A9E2-5F0C7B3D8E61\wv2\EBWebView\Default\Code Cache\js\index-dir\temp-index
                    • Size 48B
                    • SHA256 71bdd5d8e72bf412f1aa7277094d71773b2900e1527a7d88c7c065f813b7554e
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                    index

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\6B2F9A41-3C7E-4D18-A9E2-5F0C7B3D8E61\wv2\EBWebView\Default\DawnWebGPUCache\index
                    • Size 256KB
                    • SHA256 82760b845740810fcc034418cf2dd81daadea53aef0832706fa2382de51a91d3
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                    data_0

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\6B2F9A41-3C7E-4D18-A9E2-5F0C7B3D8E61\wv2\EBWebView\Default\GPUCache\data_0
                    • Size 8KB
                    • SHA256 d6a5fe39cd672781b256e0e3102f7022635f1d4bb7cfcc90a80fffe4d0f3877e
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                    data_1

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\6B2F9A41-3C7E-4D18-A9E2-5F0C7B3D8E61\wv2\EBWebView\Default\GPUCache\data_1
                    • Size 264KB
                    • SHA256 902f30c1fb0597d0734bc34b979ec5d131f8f39a4b71b338083821216ec8d61b
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                    data_2

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\6B2F9A41-3C7E-4D18-A9E2-5F0C7B3D8E61\wv2\EBWebView\Default\GPUCache\data_2
                    • Size 8KB
                    • SHA256 ec1702806f4cc7c42a82fc2b38e89835fde7c64bb32060e0823c9077ca92efb7
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                    data_3

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\6B2F9A41-3C7E-4D18-A9E2-5F0C7B3D8E61\wv2\EBWebView\Default\GPUCache\data_3
                    • Size 8KB
                    • SHA256 e09f42c398d688dce168570291f1f92d079987deda3099a34adb9e8c0522b30c
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                    SCT Auditing Pending Reports

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\6B2F9A41-3C7E-4D18-A9E2-5F0C7B3D8E61\wv2\EBWebView\Default\Network\SCT Auditing Pending Reports
                    • Size 2B
                    • SHA256 4f53cda18c2baa0c0354bb5f9a3ecbe5ed12ab4d8e11ba873c2f11161202b945
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                    MANIFEST-000001

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\6B2F9A41-3C7E-4D18-A9E2-5F0C7B3D8E61\wv2\EBWebView\Default\Site Characteristics Database\MANIFEST-000001
                    • Size 41B
                    • SHA256 f9d31b278e215eb0d0e9cd709edfa037e828f36214ab7906f612160fead4b2b4
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                    CURRENT

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\6B2F9A41-3C7E-4D18-A9E2-5F0C7B3D8E61\wv2\EBWebView\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\CURRENT
                    • Size 16B
                    • SHA256 0f1bad70c7bd1e0a69562853ec529355462fcd0423263a3d39d6d0d70b780443
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                    Local State

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\6B2F9A41-3C7E-4D18-A9E2-5F0C7B3D8E61\wv2\EBWebView\Local State
                    • Size 1KB
                    • SHA256 3541876a0eade7dd3529fb8cd71b1006d3ac9898709974f4b338eab2e10bf703
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    e6553c1e-7875-49be-a925-0296e73dbda2.tmp

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault\6B2F9A41-3C7E-4D18-A9E2-5F0C7B3D8E61\wv2\EBWebView\e6553c1e-7875-49be-a925-0296e73dbda2.tmp
                    • Size 16KB
                    • SHA256 c7c8de46d31b6b3b09a335efb7342eab57b168895ea794c299afb91ec21170d8
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                    Retev[1].htm

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\FB6DDX4X\Retev[1].htm
                    • Size 56KB
                    • SHA256 0d0a91c58d930d76a2600f1b75965a4edfb63357284c5965fb3b3f08266f0237
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                    memory/2644-95-0x00007FF8BCAB0000-0x00007FF8BCAB1000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2644-94-0x00007FF8BDBD0000-0x00007FF8BDBD1000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3232-153-0x00007FF8BBDA0000-0x00007FF8BBDA1000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4784-285-0x00000188AFD60000-0x00000188AFD61000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4784-295-0x00000188AF640000-0x00000188AFD59000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4784-300-0x00000188AF640000-0x00000188AFD59000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4784-301-0x00000188AF640000-0x00000188AFD59000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4784-302-0x00000188AF640000-0x00000188AFD59000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4784-304-0x00000188AF640000-0x00000188AFD59000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4784-303-0x00000188AF640000-0x00000188AFD59000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4784-296-0x00000188AF640000-0x00000188AFD59000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4784-291-0x00000188AF640000-0x00000188AFD59000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4784-297-0x00000188AF640000-0x00000188AFD59000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4784-299-0x00000188AF640000-0x00000188AFD59000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4784-298-0x00000188AF640000-0x00000188AFD59000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4784-292-0x00000188AF640000-0x00000188AFD59000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4784-294-0x00000188AF640000-0x00000188AFD59000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4784-284-0x00000188AF640000-0x00000188AFD59000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4784-286-0x00000188AF640000-0x00000188AFD59000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4784-293-0x00000188AF640000-0x00000188AFD59000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5008-277-0x000001F438E60000-0x000001F438F8A000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5008-35-0x00007FF8BBDA0000-0x00007FF8BBDA1000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5196-248-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001400C5000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5196-0-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001400C5000-memory.dmp

                    memory/6048-258-0x000001DACD6F0000-0x000001DACD6F1000-memory.dmp

                    memory/6048-257-0x000001DACD6F0000-0x000001DACD6F1000-memory.dmp

                    memory/6048-256-0x000001DACD6F0000-0x000001DACD6F1000-memory.dmp

                    memory/6048-259-0x000001DACD6F0000-0x000001DACD6F1000-memory.dmp

                    memory/6048-260-0x000001DACD6F0000-0x000001DACD6F1000-memory.dmp

                    memory/6048-261-0x000001DACD6F0000-0x000001DACD6F1000-memory.dmp

                    memory/6048-262-0x000001DACD6F0000-0x000001DACD6F1000-memory.dmp

                    memory/6048-250-0x000001DACD6F0000-0x000001DACD6F1000-memory.dmp

                    memory/6048-251-0x000001DACD6F0000-0x000001DACD6F1000-memory.dmp

                    memory/6048-252-0x000001DACD6F0000-0x000001DACD6F1000-memory.dmp