Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    142s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    12/10/2026, 16:56

General

  • Target
    Vpethelper.exe
  • Size 388KB
  • Sample261012-vft7vsvs5r
  • SHA256 5988fbe4e21185bf3f4729a1a271d713193459cce2d54368d4e04b27bb744203
  • 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.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • 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 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Vpethelper.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Vpethelper.exe"
    1⤵
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3272
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Enc 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
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4008
  • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:4116

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          TmpA7A5.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpA7A5.tmp
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 f98e134907658e603eb2d605a1c631255639d87dae17c4d657969e3ace8ff270
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_o4wlbk4q.lfm.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_o4wlbk4q.lfm.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/3272-1-0x0000000005540000-0x0000000005550000-memory.dmp

          memory/3272-2-0x0000000005370000-0x00000000053E2000-memory.dmp

          memory/3272-3-0x00000000053E0000-0x0000000005432000-memory.dmp

          memory/3272-4-0x0000000005550000-0x00000000055E2000-memory.dmp

          memory/3272-5-0x00000000054E0000-0x000000000552C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3272-58-0x0000000006F00000-0x00000000074A6000-memory.dmp

          memory/3272-54-0x0000000005540000-0x0000000005550000-memory.dmp

          memory/3272-0-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000A88000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-32-0x0000000005F10000-0x0000000005F5C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-43-0x0000000002840000-0x0000000002850000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-23-0x0000000005750000-0x00000000057B6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-22-0x00000000055E0000-0x0000000005646000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-30-0x00000000057C0000-0x0000000005B17000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-31-0x0000000005CA0000-0x0000000005CBE000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-20-0x0000000004F40000-0x000000000556A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-33-0x000000007FB10000-0x000000007FB20000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-34-0x0000000006CA0000-0x0000000006CD4000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-35-0x0000000070DA0000-0x0000000070DEC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-44-0x0000000006290000-0x00000000062AE000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-21-0x0000000004DF0000-0x0000000004E12000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-42-0x0000000002840000-0x0000000002850000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-45-0x0000000006CE0000-0x0000000006D84000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-46-0x00000000076A0000-0x0000000007D1A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-47-0x0000000007020000-0x000000000703A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-48-0x0000000007070000-0x000000000707A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-49-0x0000000007290000-0x0000000007326000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-50-0x0000000007220000-0x0000000007231000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-51-0x0000000002840000-0x0000000002850000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-19-0x00000000027E0000-0x0000000002816000-memory.dmp

          memory/4008-18-0x0000000002840000-0x0000000002850000-memory.dmp