Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    54s
  • 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, 12:10

General

  • Target
    setup.vbs
  • Size 6.3MB
  • Sample261027-pcd4kscz2w
  • SHA256 20afbb48f723f32c7a9e28affa5071f68450728fc56a1453a527bfcce426d51a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • hijackloader

Attributes
  • directory

    %APPDATA%\graphqllauncher_debug

  • inject_dll

    %windir%\SysWOW64\ieframe.dll

xor.hex

Signatures

  • Family: HijackLoader, IDAT loader, Ghostulse,

    HijackLoader is a multi-stage loader, first seen in 2023.

  • Detects HijackLoader (aka IDAT Loader) 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs
  • Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting 2 TTPs
  • Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Payload decoded via CertUtil.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs

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

  • Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host. 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 12 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    PID:2524
    • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\setup.vbs"
      2⤵
      • Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host.
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3564
      • C:\Windows\System32\certutil.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\certutil.exe" -decode -f "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~d866be2b.b64" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~d866be2b.msi"
        3⤵
        • Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information
        PID:4548
      • C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~d866be2b.msi" /qn /norestart
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:4844
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5852
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Doura\MatrixX_Bandwidth.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Doura\MatrixX_Bandwidth.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4608
      • C:\ProgramData\graphqllauncher_debug\MatrixX_Bandwidth.exe
        C:\ProgramData\graphqllauncher_debug\MatrixX_Bandwidth.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5672
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\BridgeSc.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\BridgeSc.exe"
          4⤵
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • Drops file in Program Files directory
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3652
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:1156

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e5953b7.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e5953b7.rbs
          • Size 8KB
          • SHA256 be27dd7b7d8265b664b92b6c63e7799d197d409e2323ccd00b225156a64b308e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          BridgeSc.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\BridgeSc.exe
          • Size 66KB
          • SHA256 57ec97f531753ff2c825eabb56134754d0a7c1edb606d278ccbcb8506b5a5a6c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MatrixX_Bandwidth.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Doura\MatrixX_Bandwidth.exe
          • Size 2.0MB
          • SHA256 8caed59074228cbec7a30c9e1d4576f291edeff754499788d6cc634395d5077f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          SsUCommon.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Doura\SsUCommon.dll
          • Size 1.9MB
          • SHA256 54e921e4a62cccca73c968e93c4c8923a219489e949488a4d4e5cc7e52f9f17a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          cache1024.lib

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Doura\cache1024.lib
          • Size 2.7MB
          • SHA256 a840dda0beb37fa473f560ec8348cece17fe3f88b1f53d80a28c6b2a120c17e4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          msvcp_win.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Doura\msvcp_win.dll
          • Size 493KB
          • SHA256 7a3d3b2dd5dbc304a1b0536ef0f9a41922e9ce06a25e9914a36d3160ba1f3d40
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          terminalindex13.log

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Doura\terminalindex13.log
          • Size 97KB
          • SHA256 db105932938acc7c04556eb288a3f30a4b07a527cba9708ec982903fc9bf5027
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ucrtbase.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Doura\ucrtbase.dll
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 b59c1f7e457b144a211b74b31492a68a7844232121c4046c7538b0d2ab3cfc31
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          225CAF9.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\225CAF9.tmp
          • Size 40B
          • SHA256 82eed8f094ce4c87f6176e2fe96247370ea5179bb70628d8e9444190e7e3a351
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          EDAA87B.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\EDAA87B.tmp
          • Size 3.6MB
          • SHA256 065a886d917f1fb4cd63dd8657c9c9d613edeff86337f0b6892b57229c25e996
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ~d866be2b.b64

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~d866be2b.b64
          • Size 6.1MB
          • SHA256 39fb7f8da4cdaf6b713c15b829d13c8444cd4eb6a7bda3c7bdd4b0075f2acfa4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ~d866be2b.msi

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~d866be2b.msi
          • Size 4.6MB
          • SHA256 26b3e2307eb4a3ed9ab6ad3d2b9acec9ee9af84f48e011ff13aa3aca1448763f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2524-90-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-82-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-69-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-71-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-73-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-76-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-63-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-81-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-64-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-60-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-59-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-58-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-83-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-57-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-56-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-55-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-54-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-77-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-79-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-87-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-84-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-85-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-88-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-80-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-75-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-74-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-72-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-70-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-89-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-65-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-86-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-68-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-67-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/2524-66-0x0000000003380000-0x0000000003421000-memory.dmp

          memory/3652-61-0x00007FF788230000-0x00007FF78835D000-memory.dmp

          memory/3652-53-0x00007FF788230000-0x00007FF78835D000-memory.dmp

          memory/3652-52-0x00007FF718120000-0x00007FF718131000-memory.dmp

          memory/3652-46-0x00007FF788230000-0x00007FF78835D000-memory.dmp

          memory/4608-30-0x0000000074A80000-0x0000000074AC8000-memory.dmp

          memory/4608-31-0x0000000002F40000-0x0000000002F46000-memory.dmp

          memory/4608-33-0x0000000002F60000-0x0000000002F68000-memory.dmp

          memory/5672-38-0x0000000074A80000-0x0000000074AC8000-memory.dmp

          memory/5672-39-0x0000000000F40000-0x0000000000F46000-memory.dmp

          memory/5672-40-0x0000000000F60000-0x0000000000F68000-memory.dmp