Analysis

  • geolocation tags

    nanew-jerseynorth-americaunited-statesususa
  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    131s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/10/2026, 20:21

General

  • Target
    FreezePERMloader.exe
  • Size 19.7MB
  • Sample261002-y4yfza1bmd
  • SHA256 f9c9919d782455d39dba3edaedae27fce4421ce745c68de36ff003c2acc8a8ad
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Launches sc.exe 1 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • 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.

  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 11 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FreezePERMloader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FreezePERMloader.exe"
    1⤵
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:788
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "schtasks.exe" /Delete /TN "CartPERMloader_TpmProfileBoot" /F
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2620
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "schtasks.exe" /Delete /TN "CartPERMloader_TpmClearGuard" /F
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3120
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "schtasks.exe" /Delete /TN "CartPERMloader_TpmClearGuardBoot" /F
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5668
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "schtasks.exe" /Delete /TN "CartPERMloader_TpmClearGuardDaemon" /F
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:400
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "schtasks.exe" /Delete /TN "CartPERMloader_TpmClearGuardDaemonBoot" /F
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5460
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "schtasks.exe" /Delete /TN "VirexPERMloader_TpmProfileBoot" /F
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4944
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "schtasks.exe" /Delete /TN "FreezePERMloader_TpmProfileBoot" /F
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4340
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "cmd.exe" /c sc query winmgmt | findstr RUNNING
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3760
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc query winmgmt
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4612
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\findstr.exe
        findstr RUNNING
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1872

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        memory/788-0-0x0000000074522000-0x0000000074523000-memory.dmp

        memory/788-1-0x0000000000690000-0x0000000001A42000-memory.dmp

        memory/788-2-0x0000000006AB0000-0x000000000706A000-memory.dmp

        memory/788-3-0x0000000006590000-0x0000000006622000-memory.dmp

        memory/788-4-0x00000000066B0000-0x00000000066BA000-memory.dmp

        memory/788-5-0x0000000074510000-0x0000000074CCC000-memory.dmp

        memory/788-6-0x00000000092A0000-0x0000000009306000-memory.dmp

        memory/788-11-0x0000000074522000-0x0000000074523000-memory.dmp

        memory/788-12-0x0000000074510000-0x0000000074CCC000-memory.dmp