Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    17/10/2026, 01:02

General

  • Target
    install.2.0.03.exe
  • Size 34.9MB
  • Sample261017-bdsrgacd95
  • SHA256 494bfc9db6983c6f95ef6f6929a26836f183bbda914699bdeaaea769e1cc219d
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • 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 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 9 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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 4 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 5 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 22 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 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\install.2.0.03.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\install.2.0.03.exe"
    1⤵
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:2908
  • C:\Users\Public\ZpjJ8s\vpLQxe.exe
    "C:\Users\Public\ZpjJ8s\vpLQxe.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3932
    • 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
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1160
    • 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\ZpjJ8s\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
      2⤵
      • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4632
      • 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\ZpjJ8s\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3216
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
        3⤵
          PID:4172
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
          3⤵
            PID:5240
        • 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
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2156
          • 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:3288
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
            3⤵
              PID:5880
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
              3⤵
                PID:1360
            • 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
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:5400
              • 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\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
                3⤵
                • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                PID:4352
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                3⤵
                  PID:5848
                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                  SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                  3⤵
                    PID:3708
                • 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:\Program Files (x86)\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                  2⤵
                  • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:4608
                  • 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:\Program Files (x86)\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
                    3⤵
                    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                    PID:5152
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                    3⤵
                      PID:5480
                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                      SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                      3⤵
                        PID:2648
                    • 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 \"%USERPROFILE%\Documents\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                      2⤵
                      • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
                      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                      PID:3348
                      • 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\Admin\Documents\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
                        3⤵
                        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                        PID:2420
                      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                        3⤵
                          PID:1088
                        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                          3⤵
                            PID:5220
                        • C:\Program Files (x86)\m2fbUG\m2fbUG.exe
                          "C:\Program Files (x86)\m2fbUG\m2fbUG.exe"
                          2⤵
                            PID:5588
                        • C:\Users\Public\ZpjJ8s\vpLQxe.exe
                          "C:\Users\Public\ZpjJ8s\vpLQxe.exe"
                          1⤵
                          • Executes dropped EXE
                          • Loads dropped DLL
                          PID:1988
                        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                          "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\ZpjJ8s" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                          1⤵
                          • Executes a command shell one-liner
                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                          PID:5812
                          • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                            reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\ZpjJ8s" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                            2⤵
                            • Windows security bypass
                            PID:4200
                        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                          cmd.exe
                          1⤵
                            PID:1640
                          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                            "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                            1⤵
                            • Executes a command shell one-liner
                            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                            PID:5188
                            • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                              reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                              2⤵
                              • Windows security bypass
                              PID:2808

                          Network

                                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                                Downloads

                                XPSPLOG.dll

                                • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\m2fbUG\XPSPLOG.dll
                                • Size 4.6MB
                                • SHA256 7ea98aeffd4fd2dfe7c87d5879603ed5ef1371b72afb62fdea07b022036a5768
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                image.png

                                • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\m2fbUG\image.png
                                • Size 576KB
                                • SHA256 a18b74a35ad78d034d09386e66bd4cbf78eb450daf743516f3e1197dac4b34fa
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                m2fbUG.exe

                                • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\m2fbUG\m2fbUG.exe
                                • Size 145KB
                                • SHA256 6d6ba2bc9ad414837826f7278bc3e0116f1aeda02d0c2284ed65819f5d9180a8
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                0DA515F703BB9B49479E8697ADB0B955_A825BDF54036A41AFA74CBF923C33A97

                                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\0DA515F703BB9B49479E8697ADB0B955_A825BDF54036A41AFA74CBF923C33A97
                                • Size 1KB
                                • SHA256 6c3e9051942c77fd718aaa63f85a383779e4d80fe0a31849c37da4c4b93cb25a
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6

                                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6
                                • Size 1KB
                                • SHA256 40d6293b3a3685c0bf748cf64758e7e3eeaf648648feeb5ba956a28e176cbfaa
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                0DA515F703BB9B49479E8697ADB0B955_A825BDF54036A41AFA74CBF923C33A97

                                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\0DA515F703BB9B49479E8697ADB0B955_A825BDF54036A41AFA74CBF923C33A97
                                • Size 512B
                                • SHA256 d8a00267a9622de8e5e81869c0977d7167f7f2e5c1921e835d5d0f30a8769579
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6

                                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6
                                • Size 506B
                                • SHA256 97e4b451c33fc72b32db5e61c61eb1a336f424895dff89573327ac5097f98a2c
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                __PSScriptPolicyTest_3sf0ecne.kzn.psm1

                                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_3sf0ecne.kzn.psm1
                                • Size 60B
                                • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                UxEnhance64.dll

                                • Path C:\Users\Public\ZpjJ8s\UxEnhance64.dll
                                • Size 3.1MB
                                • SHA256 6b06f3bb489cdd27abec4e893ea6960431d43a256ae39193a1c5a419ed3f8450
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                adoresd.dat

                                • Path C:\Users\Public\ZpjJ8s\adoresd.dat
                                • Size 4.7MB
                                • SHA256 0563f8b628dd62b78b012c9180c9b9e9e0e9abd9e5781502859e53bd5fd51cff
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                msadox.tb

                                • Path C:\Users\Public\ZpjJ8s\msadox.tb
                                • Size 8KB
                                • SHA256 da8eed8d5129513eaa302ffbc0660c9fe3c2dcbea50e6207e0c16e9892c2ca06
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                vpLQxe.exe

                                • Path C:\Users\Public\ZpjJ8s\vpLQxe.exe
                                • Size 135KB
                                • SHA256 676a2a7b94ca2f8ec76352ee656e4d075bb342bd7ad6efbc7c19c060001eace7
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                memory/1160-606-0x0000026AEB280000-0x0000026AEB28A000-memory.dmp

                                memory/1160-603-0x0000026AEB1A0000-0x0000026AEB1BE000-memory.dmp

                                memory/1160-600-0x0000026AEB100000-0x0000026AEB122000-memory.dmp

                                memory/1160-604-0x0000026AEB1C0000-0x0000026AEB272000-memory.dmp

                                memory/1988-582-0x00007FFB7F4C0000-0x00007FFB7F4C2000-memory.dmp

                                memory/1988-587-0x0000023E57670000-0x0000023E57EF7000-memory.dmp

                                memory/1988-574-0x00007FFB5D8B0000-0x00007FFB5DDCE000-memory.dmp

                                memory/1988-588-0x0000023E57670000-0x0000023E57EF7000-memory.dmp

                                memory/1988-590-0x0000023E57670000-0x0000023E57EF7000-memory.dmp

                                memory/1988-589-0x0000023E57670000-0x0000023E57EF7000-memory.dmp

                                memory/1988-591-0x00007FFB7F4B0000-0x00007FFB7F4B2000-memory.dmp

                                memory/1988-580-0x0000023E57670000-0x0000023E57EF7000-memory.dmp

                                memory/1988-583-0x0000023E57670000-0x0000023E57EF7000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2908-0-0x00000000001D0000-0x00000000001DE000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2908-524-0x00000000001D0000-0x00000000001DE000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2908-504-0x00007FFB77160000-0x00007FFB77172000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2908-525-0x00007FFB77160000-0x00007FFB77172000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2908-2-0x00000000001E0000-0x00000000001EC000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2908-1-0x00000000001D0000-0x00000000001DE000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3932-536-0x00000244865E0000-0x0000024486E67000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3932-550-0x00000244865E0000-0x0000024486E67000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3932-565-0x00000244865E0000-0x0000024486E67000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3932-563-0x00000244865E0000-0x0000024486E67000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3932-560-0x0000024486F70000-0x0000024486FFA000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3932-556-0x0000024485BA0000-0x0000024485BEE000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3932-558-0x0000024486F70000-0x0000024486FFA000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3932-559-0x0000024486F70000-0x0000024486FFA000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3932-561-0x0000024486F70000-0x0000024486FFA000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3932-567-0x00000244865E0000-0x0000024486E67000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3932-546-0x00000244865E0000-0x0000024486E67000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3932-545-0x00000244865E0000-0x0000024486E67000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3932-544-0x00000244865E0000-0x0000024486E67000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3932-539-0x00000244865E0000-0x0000024486E67000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3932-538-0x00007FFB7F4C0000-0x00007FFB7F4C2000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3932-543-0x00000244865E0000-0x0000024486E67000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3932-531-0x00007FFB5D8B0000-0x00007FFB5DDCE000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3932-530-0x00007FFB7F4B0000-0x00007FFB7F4B2000-memory.dmp

                                memory/5588-674-0x0000000074990000-0x00000000750DA000-memory.dmp

                                memory/5588-673-0x0000000002DB0000-0x0000000002DB1000-memory.dmp