Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    129s
  • max time network
    129s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/11/2026, 06:36

General

  • Target
    photocraft-0.18.0-windows-x86.msi
  • Size 98.3MB
  • Sample261102-hc47faed29
  • SHA256 8e2cec488eee06da057192bce2c4512a69317ed96d7fb3009906eee96751b423
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Badlisted process makes network request 3 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.

  • Drops file in Windows directory 12 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 5 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs
  • 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\photocraft-0.18.0-windows-x86.msi
    1⤵
    • Badlisted process makes network request
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    PID:464
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4072
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 2891F24F78BACFDF405F5F20AFEC1975 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4196
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ArtCraft\PhotoCraft\photocraft.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ArtCraft\PhotoCraft\photocraft.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5820
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
          "reg" query "HKCU\Control Panel\International" /v LocaleName
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4944
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ArtCraft\PhotoCraft\photocraft.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\ArtCraft\PhotoCraft\photocraft.exe" --safe-gpu
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1804
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
            "reg" query "HKCU\Control Panel\International" /v LocaleName
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:4240
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:4576
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:1444

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e5904ca.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e5904ca.rbs
          • Size 18KB
          • SHA256 6b1c8f096e5eea871b91c8e25d9fe98aa8961b6ca6d65f041076d45e0693f4b6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          77003E887FC21E505B9E28CBA30E18ED_8ACE642DC0A43382FABA7AE806561A50

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\77003E887FC21E505B9E28CBA30E18ED_8ACE642DC0A43382FABA7AE806561A50
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 4cb5b34ad822a0d86a127981c37a8c99ed9436096a29cc8490ae86aa4ab808fd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          C8D02B4227BDBA17232BCBB5B61BEFB6

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\C8D02B4227BDBA17232BCBB5B61BEFB6
          • Size 21KB
          • SHA256 922040803bb0784c34d4a438ff31cf60e516cf8f7c827f07940489e142689d6e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          EF7234CDBB1649702229F955C785C39F

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\EF7234CDBB1649702229F955C785C39F
          • Size 785B
          • SHA256 9e153cc9331fb887cacd6f08cfa3dc5aac7b9b26b4b9cfa75d2ac57288e9142a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          77003E887FC21E505B9E28CBA30E18ED_8ACE642DC0A43382FABA7AE806561A50

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\77003E887FC21E505B9E28CBA30E18ED_8ACE642DC0A43382FABA7AE806561A50
          • Size 422B
          • SHA256 71963c88b0c2e31108f659e65e451476605ad6e43ccaa6996da3206024513c56
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          C8D02B4227BDBA17232BCBB5B61BEFB6

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\C8D02B4227BDBA17232BCBB5B61BEFB6
          • Size 290B
          • SHA256 cc5fb0822cb65f8e45b49590e717bd5fa8b3208d49833afd7c530e150e462668
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          EF7234CDBB1649702229F955C785C39F

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\EF7234CDBB1649702229F955C785C39F
          • Size 308B
          • SHA256 a5c90d821a0fa32088b5d92192897515a5cb25b32fd68b494796d440fd401faa
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          F4EB2D6C-ED2B-4BDD-AD9D-F913287E6768.idx

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\D3DSCache\76cb7b40f5d0e371\F4EB2D6C-ED2B-4BDD-AD9D-F913287E6768.idx
          • Size 64KB
          • SHA256 f5daa74e79bf66442453398dd5998ea94abe8de892bde3c28bfadbd49fdb85e8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          F4EB2D6C-ED2B-4BDD-AD9D-F913287E6768.lock

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\D3DSCache\76cb7b40f5d0e371\F4EB2D6C-ED2B-4BDD-AD9D-F913287E6768.lock
          • Size 4B
          • SHA256 7852fce59c67ddf1d6b8b997eaa1adfac004a9f3a91c37295de9223674011fba
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          F4EB2D6C-ED2B-4BDD-AD9D-F913287E6768.val

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\D3DSCache\76cb7b40f5d0e371\F4EB2D6C-ED2B-4BDD-AD9D-F913287E6768.val
          • Size 5KB
          • SHA256 a7eebbd89c58064ffebef48b05b78e169d89f436f7cb9e1bc60e59154282768d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI280C.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI280C.tmp
          • Size 342KB
          • SHA256 1acf96054b98d1298f553f7065bfccb9a306a3d86358f849671b81b7e89c109d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIB9A6.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIB9A6.tmp
          • Size 145KB
          • SHA256 f34eff56497107449a836c4643d01ad0ede4750d4a5a12d606b690d9f04561ec
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          metadata-2

          • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
          • Size 24.6MB
          • SHA256 337d047f8292af71db0262a38af2932081c8f96d038b66ae3954c1bf02cdb446
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {8c062b72-7516-4ae8-b110-c9d2ba8b0148}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{ded4cea0-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{8c062b72-7516-4ae8-b110-c9d2ba8b0148}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 35520493592603c7a6fa34d31b3e49035a6757acf92f04d6ef98bdb60c2292ea
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/5820-80-0x000000000A520000-0x000000000A521000-memory.dmp

          memory/5820-86-0x000000000CD80000-0x000000000CD81000-memory.dmp

          memory/5820-79-0x000000000A520000-0x000000000A521000-memory.dmp

          memory/5820-81-0x000000000A520000-0x000000000A521000-memory.dmp

          memory/5820-84-0x000000000A520000-0x000000000A521000-memory.dmp

          memory/5820-83-0x000000000A520000-0x000000000A521000-memory.dmp

          memory/5820-82-0x000000000A520000-0x000000000A521000-memory.dmp

          memory/5820-85-0x000000000CD80000-0x000000000CD81000-memory.dmp

          memory/5820-87-0x000000000CD80000-0x000000000CD81000-memory.dmp

          memory/5820-78-0x000000000A520000-0x000000000A521000-memory.dmp

          memory/5820-91-0x000000000CD80000-0x000000000CD81000-memory.dmp

          memory/5820-92-0x000000000CD80000-0x000000000CD81000-memory.dmp

          memory/5820-94-0x000000000CD80000-0x000000000CD81000-memory.dmp

          memory/5820-93-0x000000000CD80000-0x000000000CD81000-memory.dmp

          memory/5820-96-0x000000000CD80000-0x000000000CD81000-memory.dmp

          memory/5820-95-0x000000000CD80000-0x000000000CD81000-memory.dmp

          memory/5820-74-0x000000000A520000-0x000000000A521000-memory.dmp

          memory/5820-73-0x000000000A520000-0x000000000A521000-memory.dmp

          memory/5820-72-0x000000000A520000-0x000000000A521000-memory.dmp