Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
115s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
30/10/2026, 11:32
General
- Target svchost.exe
- Size 414KB
- Sample261030-nnqq3sec99
- SHA256 98ae6bcef3253b39eae0d33b6d01681286036c7ff38059b26772b730d33b737f
Malware Config
Signatures
- Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
- Executes a file named after a Windows system binary 1 TTPs 5 IoCs
The file runs from a user directory while carrying the name of an executable that normally only exists in System32.
- Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
- Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
- Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.
- Looks up external IP address via web service 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.
- Costura .NET executable packer 1 IoCs
Costura packer aka Costura Fody, is an add-in for the .NET framework that embeds all external dependency .dll files as resources inside main executable.
- Enumerates video capture drivers 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Queries the legacy Video for Windows capture drivers. This is commonly abused by RATs to check for available webcams on the system before reporting to their C2.
- Launches sc.exe 7 IoCs
Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- 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.
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 13 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 6 IoCs
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe"1⤵
- Executes a file named after a Windows system binary
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe"schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\SystemEvents\SystemHealth" /TR "\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SystemHealth\svchost.exe\"" /SC ONLOGON /RL HIGHEST /F2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe"sc.exe" query SystemHealthSvc2⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe"sc.exe" create SystemHealthSvc binPath= "\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SystemHealth\svchost.exe\" -service" start= auto DisplayName= "Windows System Health Service" obj= LocalSystem2⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe"sc.exe" description SystemHealthSvc "Maintains system health, update integrity and background maintenance for Windows."2⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe"sc.exe" start SystemHealthSvc2⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SystemHealth\svchost.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SystemHealth\svchost.exe"2⤵
- Executes a file named after a Windows system binary
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe"schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\SystemEvents\SystemHealth" /TR "\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SystemHealth\svchost.exe\"" /SC ONLOGON /RL HIGHEST /F3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe"sc.exe" query SystemHealthSvc3⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe"sc.exe" start SystemHealthSvc3⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SystemHealth\svchost.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SystemHealth\svchost.exe" -service1⤵
- Executes a file named after a Windows system binary
- Executes dropped EXE
- Enumerates video capture drivers
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe"sc.exe" stop SystemHealthSvc2⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SystemHealth\svchost.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SystemHealth\svchost.exe"1⤵
- Executes a file named after a Windows system binary
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1System Services
2Service Execution
2Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Create or Modify System Process
2Windows Service
2Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Create or Modify System Process
2Windows Service
2Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Defense Evasion
Impair Defenses
1Masquerading
1Match Legitimate Name or Location
1Modify Registry
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
svchost.exe
memory/4620-8-0x00000000047F0000-0x0000000004804000-memory.dmp
memory/4620-16-0x0000000005350000-0x0000000005360000-memory.dmp
memory/4620-21-0x0000000074440000-0x0000000074BFC000-memory.dmp
memory/4620-20-0x00000000064F0000-0x0000000006522000-memory.dmp
memory/4620-19-0x0000000074440000-0x0000000074BFC000-memory.dmp
memory/4620-6-0x0000000074440000-0x0000000074BFC000-memory.dmp
memory/4620-7-0x0000000074440000-0x0000000074BFC000-memory.dmp
memory/4620-9-0x0000000004840000-0x000000000485A000-memory.dmp
memory/4620-18-0x0000000074440000-0x0000000074BFC000-memory.dmp
memory/4620-17-0x00000000053A0000-0x00000000053AC000-memory.dmp
memory/4620-10-0x0000000004860000-0x0000000004894000-memory.dmp
memory/4620-14-0x00000000048E0000-0x00000000048F6000-memory.dmp
memory/4620-15-0x0000000005C70000-0x0000000005CD6000-memory.dmp
memory/5132-4-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006072000-memory.dmp
memory/5132-2-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FD2000-memory.dmp
memory/5132-1-0x00000000003C0000-0x000000000042E000-memory.dmp
memory/5132-0-0x0000000074452000-0x0000000074453000-memory.dmp
memory/5132-3-0x0000000006500000-0x0000000006ABA000-memory.dmp
memory/6096-13-0x00000000068F0000-0x00000000068FA000-memory.dmp