Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
142s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
03/10/2026, 20:35
General
- Target 2026-10-01_5ae9c3562bd1196fd5b07adbb5ff8920_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_stop.exe
- Size 1.9MB
- Sample261003-zdhs9sysg1
- SHA256 f7c320296e6792b6f92daa04f30d5eadf4202d0b2660881d3ce191211bc5546a
Malware Config
Signatures
- Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
- Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 1 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
- Drops file in System32 directory 20 IoCs
- Drops file in Program Files directory 19 IoCs
- Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- 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 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 10 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-01_5ae9c3562bd1196fd5b07adbb5ff8920_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-01_5ae9c3562bd1196fd5b07adbb5ff8920_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_stop.exe"1⤵
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Enumerates connected drives
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"2⤵
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C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\21821\AdobeARMHelper.exe"C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\21821\AdobeARMHelper.exe" /ArmUpdate /MSI FOLDER:"C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\21821" /MODE:3 /PRODUCT:{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5} /VERSION:19.0 /LANG:ENU2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe" /ArmUpdate /MSI FOLDER:"C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\21821" /MODE:3 /PRODUCT:{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5} /VERSION:19.0 /LANG:ENU3⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
ArmReport.ini
ArmReport.ini
ArmReport.ini
AdobeARMHelper.exe
698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_54359052731E413C60F1C59EABAD4E05
8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_5809FDAACC125718B26BC11DC8E8116A
C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_54359052731E413C60F1C59EABAD4E05
8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_5809FDAACC125718B26BC11DC8E8116A
C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
AdobeARM.log
AdobeARM.log
ArmUI.ini
Tmp7313.tmp
Tmp9217.tmp
Tmp92D3.tmp
Tmp99D9.tmp
TmpCA34.tmp
memory/4380-7-0x00000000036B0000-0x0000000003735000-memory.dmp
memory/4380-6-0x00000000036B0000-0x0000000003735000-memory.dmp
memory/4380-1-0x00000000036B0000-0x0000000003735000-memory.dmp
memory/4380-0-0x0000000001D80000-0x0000000001E80000-memory.dmp