Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    143s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    27/10/2026, 03:49

General

  • Target
    chocoGUIv2.exe
  • Size 1.1MB
  • Sample261027-edca9sat2v
  • SHA256 0819f07839c867fbe540685a21c59517b417e8af88d883805f4cca97c0fe3c4a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
10/10

Malware Config

Extracted

Language
  • ps1

Deobfuscated
Source
URLs
  • ps1.dropper

    https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1

Signatures

  • Badlisted process makes network request 2 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • 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.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\chocoGUIv2.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\chocoGUIv2.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5860
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /C @"%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET "PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4452
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))"
        3⤵
        • Badlisted process makes network request
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4256

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_smcjla1i.kdr.psm1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_smcjla1i.kdr.psm1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/4256-19-0x0000000073420000-0x0000000073BDC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-21-0x0000000073420000-0x0000000073BDC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-3-0x0000000004F90000-0x00000000055DA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-4-0x0000000004E00000-0x0000000004E22000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-5-0x0000000005650000-0x00000000056B6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-6-0x00000000056C0000-0x0000000005726000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-9-0x00000000057C0000-0x0000000005B1B000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-10-0x0000000005BB0000-0x0000000005BCE000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-20-0x0000000007190000-0x0000000007233000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-12-0x00000000073E0000-0x0000000007A5C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-13-0x0000000006120000-0x000000000613A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-14-0x0000000007120000-0x0000000007156000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-15-0x000000006FDC0000-0x000000006FE0C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-1-0x00000000023A0000-0x00000000023D6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-2-0x0000000073420000-0x0000000073BDC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-18-0x0000000007160000-0x0000000007180000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-11-0x0000000005BF0000-0x0000000005C3C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-0-0x0000000073432000-0x0000000073433000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-22-0x0000000007290000-0x000000000729A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-23-0x0000000073420000-0x0000000073BDC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-24-0x0000000007340000-0x00000000073D6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-26-0x0000000073420000-0x0000000073BDC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-25-0x00000000072C0000-0x00000000072D1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-27-0x00000000072F0000-0x0000000007300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-28-0x0000000007300000-0x0000000007315000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-29-0x0000000007A80000-0x0000000007A9C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-30-0x0000000007A60000-0x0000000007A68000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-31-0x0000000007A90000-0x0000000007AB2000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-32-0x0000000008080000-0x000000000863A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-33-0x0000000073432000-0x0000000073433000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-34-0x0000000073420000-0x0000000073BDC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-36-0x0000000073420000-0x0000000073BDC000-memory.dmp