Analysis

  • max time kernel
    38s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    15/10/2026, 19:22

General

  • Target
    StealthSurf-windows-x64-setup.exe
  • Size 12.0MB
  • Sample261015-x3ef2aby8v
  • SHA256 a96bbb3e8598c79865f7e87990021b2d683543f1f5ca723ffe7afd8cc87349fd
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Loads dropped DLL 7 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • 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.

  • Modifies registry class 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\StealthSurf-windows-x64-setup.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\StealthSurf-windows-x64-setup.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4336
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\StealthSurf VPN\cli-path.ps1" -Directory "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\StealthSurf VPN" -Scope "User"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2616
      • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\csc.exe
        "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\csc.exe" /noconfig /fullpaths @"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qxacfxao\qxacfxao.cmdline"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4884
        • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe
          C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe /NOLOGO /READONLY /MACHINE:IX86 "/OUT:C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RES767E.tmp" "c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qxacfxao\CSC1D7696F125B743D3B3239B8054949BC9.TMP"
          4⤵
            PID:5868

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          cli-path.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\StealthSurf VPN\cli-path.ps1
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 a462d6213011ecb300b7bd1f14f5cb3d7498754c0b3add7d232ffadbfda536bd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          stealthsurf-desktop.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\StealthSurf VPN\stealthsurf-desktop.exe
          • Size 27.6MB
          • SHA256 02f5a76e9d5af95e7c5a7354b3f0c4ee36e6c96102b50af28fa9f7ef121d6718
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          RES767E.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RES767E.tmp
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 8ce59f9387c09d7508781634e2a95a6f570f0cceb765e9890d10f46f456f246b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          System.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsc21E8.tmp\System.dll
          • Size 12KB
          • SHA256 8b4c47c4cf5e76ec57dd5a050d5acd832a0d532ee875d7b44f6cdaf68f90d37c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          modern-wizard.bmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsc21E8.tmp\modern-wizard.bmp
          • Size 25KB
          • SHA256 3ad2dc318056d0a2024af1804ea741146cfc18cc404649a44610cbf8b2056cf2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          nsDialogs.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsc21E8.tmp\nsDialogs.dll
          • Size 9KB
          • SHA256 b1350f487692057c8ffde75dcc55287a52a3272240d4d4912f24464b27551fc0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          nsExec.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsc21E8.tmp\nsExec.dll
          • Size 7KB
          • SHA256 b121689861b506dbc9c3797b49bc8a90d555cb7db58cb959165cc758391c00bb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          nsis_tauri_utils.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsc21E8.tmp\nsis_tauri_utils.dll
          • Size 33KB
          • SHA256 5ba143b5db4a87d32d6e7802e033330aae56cbceabe0d1e3ba41948385ad4709
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qxacfxao.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qxacfxao\qxacfxao.dll
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 fbe8a1bd9f2340fc2eb21b80b341858a86f4c647e68b35b6c25e134d0535690f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          CSC1D7696F125B743D3B3239B8054949BC9.TMP

          • Path \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qxacfxao\CSC1D7696F125B743D3B3239B8054949BC9.TMP
          • Size 652B
          • SHA256 be54431db922f4811764cb02ac4c5532a5a5302214af8fdd9212ae8c389834ec
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          qxacfxao.0.cs

          • Path \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qxacfxao\qxacfxao.0.cs
          • Size 333B
          • SHA256 f9a8affcc48ae2c70be4e698d284d0fa2a5ddb1dd0fc3aaeec9ac7f326053c89
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          qxacfxao.cmdline

          • Path \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qxacfxao\qxacfxao.cmdline
          • Size 369B
          • SHA256 405da8a2c85c120d7b7eaef9703da9b81d59203339e2996bdb072f744d48edaa
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/2616-62-0x0000000006270000-0x0000000006292000-memory.dmp

          memory/2616-72-0x0000000006EC0000-0x0000000006EDA000-memory.dmp

          memory/2616-67-0x00000000063F0000-0x000000000674B000-memory.dmp

          memory/2616-68-0x00000000068E0000-0x00000000068FE000-memory.dmp

          memory/2616-69-0x0000000006910000-0x000000000695C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2616-63-0x0000000006310000-0x0000000006376000-memory.dmp

          memory/2616-71-0x0000000008170000-0x00000000087EC000-memory.dmp

          memory/2616-64-0x0000000006380000-0x00000000063E6000-memory.dmp

          memory/2616-61-0x0000000073080000-0x000000007383C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2616-60-0x0000000073080000-0x000000007383C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2616-59-0x0000000005C20000-0x000000000626A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2616-58-0x0000000005430000-0x0000000005466000-memory.dmp

          memory/2616-57-0x0000000073092000-0x0000000073093000-memory.dmp

          memory/2616-85-0x0000000006EF0000-0x0000000006EF8000-memory.dmp

          memory/2616-87-0x0000000073080000-0x000000007383C000-memory.dmp