Analysis

  • max time kernel
    298s
  • max time network
    125s
  • 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, 03:47

General

  • Target
    ask-ahmed-1.1.1-x86_64.msi
  • Size 1.8MB
  • Sample261024-ecnynshw4m
  • SHA256 2d2f3072f7443733cae0a74f4ae71f62254dcbff6196478e4fbbc977e526c061
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 12 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 3 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 27 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    msiexec.exe /I C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ask-ahmed-1.1.1-x86_64.msi
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1208
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1980
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding C185AADE83A1998AFC914526618DC806 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:5392
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:2100
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:4632

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e59a05e.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e59a05e.rbs
          • Size 8KB
          • SHA256 98680b5ef2186bc2bf83bac0ab8f6f6ecee052a889f5e3e108552d0cebb31b91
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI2AFE.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI2AFE.tmp
          • Size 132KB
          • SHA256 7f47d98ab25cfea9b3a2e898c3376cc9ba1cd893b4948b0c27caa530fd0e34cc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          e59a05f.msi

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\e59a05f.msi
          • Size 1.8MB
          • SHA256 2d2f3072f7443733cae0a74f4ae71f62254dcbff6196478e4fbbc977e526c061
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          metadata-2

          • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
          • Size 26.1MB
          • SHA256 c84c4d8af9133b15866918bf19e423f6bdf622180e3b946f4abf313e289ab489
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {250905c7-f0fc-4836-9a52-7aed3efdccda}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{9cfaea72-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{250905c7-f0fc-4836-9a52-7aed3efdccda}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 6f1f79e46e0e44a51e5be770892b2dc2837e314ba71ef5382ed7b3ac0ac07ef0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1980-23-0x0000023F55EC0000-0x0000023F56864000-memory.dmp