Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    132s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    14/10/2026, 22:54

General

  • Target
    2026-10-14_402ba1a564c16d554039f6748afeddab_amadey_avoslocker_darkgate_elex_glassworm_helldown_hijac.exe
  • Size 14.0MB
  • Sample261014-2vtcfatwey
  • SHA256 f9c4ecd9bc85e5b9999c3b367907dea5fa5fc91351c2ca83ae14db5bb30d2505
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
6/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 8 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 6 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 46 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-14_402ba1a564c16d554039f6748afeddab_amadey_avoslocker_darkgate_elex_glassworm_helldown_hijac.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-14_402ba1a564c16d554039f6748afeddab_amadey_avoslocker_darkgate_elex_glassworm_helldown_hijac.exe"
    1⤵
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3256
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFSuite20\20.0.10.3169\B0CA30F5-17BF-40A7-A5AF-B31D77562799\PDFSuite20.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFSuite20\20.0.10.3169\B0CA30F5-17BF-40A7-A5AF-B31D77562799\PDFSuite20.exe" /update=start /welcome
      2⤵
      • Downloads MZ/PE file
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4120
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFSuite20\20.0.52.3306\554381CA-5182-49DB-AF5D-3199A41E2099\PDFSuite20.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFSuite20\20.0.52.3306\554381CA-5182-49DB-AF5D-3199A41E2099\PDFSuite20.exe" /update=finish /welcome
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2672
        • C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\PDFSuite20.exe
          "C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\PDFSuite20.exe" /RegServer
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Modifies registry class
          PID:2820
        • C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\PDFSuite20.exe
          "C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\PDFSuite20.exe" /welcome /no-check-updates
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          PID:5288
        • C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\PDFSuite20.exe
          "C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\PDFSuite20.exe" /CleanupTempFolder /ParentProcessId=2672
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4616

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        2026.10.14_23.54.44_2026-10-14_402ba1a564c16d554039f6748afeddab_amadey_avoslocker_darkgate_elex_glassworm_helldown_hijac_3256.txt

        • Path C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\logs\2026.10.14_23.54.44_2026-10-14_402ba1a564c16d554039f6748afeddab_amadey_avoslocker_darkgate_elex_glassworm_helldown_hijac_3256.txt
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 a9a38604c974dcd476b86614c41845f4a5be4ddf9c859b92f559537c4f9d61be
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        2026.10.14_23.54.46_PDFSuite20_4120.txt

        • Path C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\logs\2026.10.14_23.54.46_PDFSuite20_4120.txt
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 1abdc3969c21cb4327f78a5e788749726d0eb6a62bc545224af3e9fddd375904
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        2026.10.14_23.54.55_PDFSuite20_2672.txt

        • Path C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\logs\2026.10.14_23.54.55_PDFSuite20_2672.txt
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 9a8a6675d733078920a0198546cde6afd8def50a66dd8724528ff524ba1af273
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        updates-info.json

        • Path C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\updates-info.json
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 e9e2cc78c3330f36a6feb654b77f052fa01c13a5be0cddfe1c27e7891706712b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
        • Size 471B
        • SHA256 02b5a379735d1f135a9b9fac90d3282c98721a58228ed2e1e532dff35e612e0a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 791735e52af30a1c6a750df3837784a34cfe763332e5b45acfd731ddaa159b83
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        8C7F1D8619347684DFBCB844964213E1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8C7F1D8619347684DFBCB844964213E1
        • Size 309B
        • SHA256 e4c40081994cee6713d7ec5f54a8e48d758516e7fbd9ebe65f0c56ad5812e322
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_627195D761F7715D3B72D0DCB397B7C9

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_627195D761F7715D3B72D0DCB397B7C9
        • Size 727B
        • SHA256 1e65d4f35fc657278c12f62b559c3f866753d748ad3489773d0b52e4858ddc0c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8
        • Size 529B
        • SHA256 39c727d70b8bdf5fc324233d0823555eb66ce846119609a22d1cebedbc3cf80c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
        • Size 727B
        • SHA256 6cffa6aafff2185baf6aaafe651f52e8718763f51e76217fa3242a4ea5a47c7e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
        • Size 400B
        • SHA256 e26a6028d9caefc38dacfc08182d566ed4d63340365bd9e537a90489aed268c5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12
        • Size 174B
        • SHA256 f5891c07dda1420c9bb5c2b2379215a41dd71861ecb489f6b5e8152ed9628862
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        8C7F1D8619347684DFBCB844964213E1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8C7F1D8619347684DFBCB844964213E1
        • Size 192B
        • SHA256 7f35b571c2ac53839f3bcb6f813080be33b2029b1d3ab0e213a6d6ac7275de02
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_627195D761F7715D3B72D0DCB397B7C9

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_627195D761F7715D3B72D0DCB397B7C9
        • Size 404B
        • SHA256 f6b5eac4dd9b3f49917154f7f02255365a2ce04540b7ac20ef26f89adeb298c9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8
        • Size 170B
        • SHA256 f4aa29d290eb8b5d8f5d9f966dfb0311479f5ced557a06ddcb69d72fcb8c8335
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
        • Size 412B
        • SHA256 c89513e75b47fc8d860298f7b6db54b64c817ced516a45a3fda9d98cb4858a8d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        PDFSuite20.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFSuite20\20.0.10.3169\B0CA30F5-17BF-40A7-A5AF-B31D77562799\PDFSuite20.exe
        • Size 14.0MB
        • SHA256 f9c4ecd9bc85e5b9999c3b367907dea5fa5fc91351c2ca83ae14db5bb30d2505
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        PDFSuite20.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFSuite20\20.0.52.3306\554381CA-5182-49DB-AF5D-3199A41E2099\PDFSuite20.exe
        • Size 12.4MB
        • SHA256 17e3552e611d1d8f6c9121ec74c26a8ffc67ec3ac8f5ca83088624fb76cd0af6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH