Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    58s
  • max time network
    23s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    24/10/2026, 22:15

General

  • Target
    Cuphead.exe
  • Size 635KB
  • Sample261024-16b2vsst8r
  • SHA256 c5fffd221234ea520b9b5d545d9fff65eba497a0ce1b852334d293770d7ee02d
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
5/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 3 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 46 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 43 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 43 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cuphead.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cuphead.exe"
    1⤵
      PID:3472
    • C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SecHealthUI_1000.26100.1.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\SecHealthUI.exe
      "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SecHealthUI_1000.26100.1.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\SecHealthUI.exe" -ServerName:SecHealthUI.AppX8tam42xc7v2czs3s1nt0nkxvfjtepzp9.mca
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1264
    • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalService -p -s NPSMSvc
      1⤵
        PID:3436
      • C:\Windows\System32\SecurityHealthHost.exe
        \\?\C:\Windows\System32\SecurityHealthHost.exe {E041C90B-68BA-42C9-991E-477B73A75C90} -Embedding
        1⤵
          PID:2820
        • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k WbioSvcGroup -s WbioSrvc
          1⤵
          • Drops file in System32 directory
          • Checks processor information in registry
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4084
        • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -p -s NgcSvc
          1⤵
            PID:1120
          • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalServiceNetworkRestricted -p -s NgcCtnrSvc
            1⤵
            • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
            PID:812
          • C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe" /4
            1⤵
            • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
            • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
            • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
            PID:5864

          Network

                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                Downloads

                memory/1264-0-0x0000013956710000-0x0000013956CF3000-memory.dmp

                memory/5864-3-0x000002B1EB480000-0x000002B1EB481000-memory.dmp

                memory/5864-2-0x000002B1EB480000-0x000002B1EB481000-memory.dmp

                memory/5864-8-0x000002B1EB480000-0x000002B1EB481000-memory.dmp

                memory/5864-12-0x000002B1EB480000-0x000002B1EB481000-memory.dmp

                memory/5864-11-0x000002B1EB480000-0x000002B1EB481000-memory.dmp

                memory/5864-10-0x000002B1EB480000-0x000002B1EB481000-memory.dmp

                memory/5864-9-0x000002B1EB480000-0x000002B1EB481000-memory.dmp

                memory/5864-7-0x000002B1EB480000-0x000002B1EB481000-memory.dmp

                memory/5864-26-0x000002B1E29E0000-0x000002B1E2A79000-memory.dmp

                memory/5864-28-0x000002B1E29E0000-0x000002B1E2A79000-memory.dmp