Overview

overview

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Static

static

3

Pingrift_0...up.exe

windows10-2004-x64

8

Pingrift_0...up.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

8

$PLUGINSDI...LL.dll

windows10-2004-x64

3

$PLUGINSDI...LL.dll

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

3

$PLUGINSDI...dl.dll

windows10-2004-x64

3

$PLUGINSDI...dl.dll

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

3

$PLUGINSDI...nu.dll

windows10-2004-x64

3

$PLUGINSDI...nu.dll

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

3

$PLUGINSDI...em.dll

windows10-2004-x64

3

$PLUGINSDI...em.dll

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

3

$PLUGINSDI...gs.dll

windows10-2004-x64

3

$PLUGINSDI...gs.dll

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

3

$PLUGINSDI...ec.dll

windows10-2004-x64

3

$PLUGINSDI...ec.dll

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

3

$PLUGINSDI...ls.dll

windows10-2004-x64

3

$PLUGINSDI...ls.dll

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

3

PresentMon.exe

windows10-2004-x64

1

PresentMon.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

1

WinDivert.dll

windows10-2004-x64

1

WinDivert.dll

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

1

WinDivert64.sys

windows10-2004-x64

3

pingrift.exe

windows10-2004-x64

8

pingrift.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

8

Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    141s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    01/11/2026, 12:12

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General

  • Target
    Pingrift_0.2.36_x64-setup.exe
  • Size 6.0MB
  • Sample261101-pdg7macb36
  • SHA256 ea5d1052796ef5276355e2dde0af8c2d490770e99e79051f6d91fc108652ed39
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
8/10
defense_evasiondiscoveryexecutionexploit

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Possible privilege escalation attempt 3 IoCs
    exploit
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 9 IoCs
  • Modifies file permissions 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
    discovery
  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
    defense_evasionexecution
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

    discovery
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 11 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 1 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.

    discovery
  • 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.

    discovery
  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

    discovery
  • Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
    defense_evasion
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Pingrift_0.2.36_x64-setup.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Pingrift_0.2.36_x64-setup.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4864
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
      taskkill /F /IM PresentMon.exe
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Kills process with taskkill
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2084
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc.exe stop WinDivert
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2852
    • C:\Program Files\Pingrift\pingrift.exe
      "C:\Program Files\Pingrift\pingrift.exe" --install-service
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
      PID:3020
  • C:\Program Files\Pingrift\pingrift.exe
    "C:\Program Files\Pingrift\pingrift.exe" --service
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1640
    • C:\Program Files\Pingrift\pingrift.exe
      "C:\Program Files\Pingrift\pingrift.exe" --engine
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3968
      • C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe
        "takeown.exe" /F C:\ProgramData\Pingrift\state /A
        3⤵
        • Possible privilege escalation attempt
        • Modifies file permissions
        PID:4824
      • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
        "icacls.exe" C:\ProgramData\Pingrift\state /inheritance:r /grant:r *S-1-5-18:(OI)(CI)F *S-1-5-32-544:(OI)(CI)F /L /Q
        3⤵
        • Possible privilege escalation attempt
        • Modifies file permissions
        PID:1804
      • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
        "icacls.exe" C:\ProgramData\Pingrift\state\* /reset /T /C /L /Q
        3⤵
        • Possible privilege escalation attempt
        • Modifies file permissions
        PID:4844

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        pingrift.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Pingrift\pingrift.exe
        • Size 13.5MB
        • SHA256 46bd493819f5ccdf5a37ef2e510809b2f1b2c9a931f0637aaf17c9da237fb0bf
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        library.json
        • Path C:\ProgramData\Pingrift\state\S-1-5-18\library.json
        • Size 2B
        • SHA256 4f53cda18c2baa0c0354bb5f9a3ecbe5ed12ab4d8e11ba873c2f11161202b945
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        LangDLL.dll
        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsc70C8.tmp\LangDLL.dll
        • Size 5KB
        • SHA256 3c8b2629048c118e4fcf80188cbcdaad3a668270e49fd95d2809feccc98fe220
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        System.dll
        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsc70C8.tmp\System.dll
        • Size 12KB
        • SHA256 afe032f942e2ed0bf7494ec08ba813f5739fb522c640bde81d30ecaf9f894432
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        modern-wizard.bmp
        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsc70C8.tmp\modern-wizard.bmp
        • Size 25KB
        • SHA256 3ad2dc318056d0a2024af1804ea741146cfc18cc404649a44610cbf8b2056cf2
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        nsDialogs.dll
        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsc70C8.tmp\nsDialogs.dll
        • Size 9KB
        • SHA256 9c76f4d53ceee2a471c936e0899688405e1009ce962d140e9acb49ed68d114cb
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        nsExec.dll
        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsc70C8.tmp\nsExec.dll
        • Size 7KB
        • SHA256 1dee37f6abb2dec9e767bd022d29386b6b295bbd55bf316d2649b8d298f89e9d
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        nsis_tauri_utils.dll
        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsc70C8.tmp\nsis_tauri_utils.dll
        • Size 33KB
        • SHA256 5ba143b5db4a87d32d6e7802e033330aae56cbceabe0d1e3ba41948385ad4709
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