Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    17s
  • max time network
    15s
  • 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, 22:17

General

  • Target
    loader.exe
  • Size 18.0MB
  • Sample261024-17frfast9p
  • SHA256 5961887469e47036c40aa15e3ee291e1fed091bfee7d6b01c3b600f49af6b687
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

  • Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Direct Volume Access: Opens a physical disk for reading 1 TTPs 24 IoCs

    Opens a raw handle to a physical disk, which bypasses file system access controls and is used for disk inspection, anti-VM checks and privilege checks.

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger
    • Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
    • Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5280
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\loader.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\loader.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
      • Direct Volume Access: Opens a physical disk for reading
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3160
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command ^"^& { $encoded = 'QXBwIGluaXRpYWxpemF0aW9uIGVycm9yIDB4MTAz'; $text = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString([Convert]::FromBase64String($encoded)); $text = $text.Replace('\n', [Environment]::NewLine); Add-Type -AssemblyName PresentationFramework; [System.Windows.MessageBox]::Show($text, 'sync.top', 'OK', 'Error', 'None', 'DefaultDesktopOnly') }^"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:936
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& { $encoded = 'QXBwIGluaXRpYWxpemF0aW9uIGVycm9yIDB4MTAz'; $text = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString([Convert]::FromBase64String($encoded)); $text = $text.Replace('\n', [Environment]::NewLine); Add-Type -AssemblyName PresentationFramework; [System.Windows.MessageBox]::Show($text, 'sync.top', 'OK', 'Error', 'None', 'DefaultDesktopOnly') }"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:5044

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        loader.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\loader.exe
        • Size 18.0MB
        • SHA256 6bf6beb7e9b8f211f274d054ac20c2bb96cdeefb8ae997af837ede36c5c85c31
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/3160-36-0x00007FF6E4B20000-0x00007FF6E6D0B000-memory.dmp

        memory/3160-81-0x00007FF6E4B20000-0x00007FF6E6D0B000-memory.dmp

        memory/5044-80-0x000002CE592D0000-0x000002CE592F2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5280-0-0x00007FF7BFA70000-0x00007FF7C1C5B000-memory.dmp

        memory/5280-35-0x00007FF7BFA70000-0x00007FF7C1C5B000-memory.dmp