Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    127s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/11/2026, 08:19

General

  • Target
    2026-11-01_ce92d1380a59b012da96e45594ee4076_amadey_avoslocker_darkgate_elex_glassworm_helldown_hijac.exe
  • Size 13.3MB
  • Sample261102-j79wvaav8l
  • SHA256 3bfc6c0b2426e32c3dd8f0de4bcbb29814d085cb235a6a52c4e9142ba3a6275b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 8 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 6 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 46 IoCs
  • Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-01_ce92d1380a59b012da96e45594ee4076_amadey_avoslocker_darkgate_elex_glassworm_helldown_hijac.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-01_ce92d1380a59b012da96e45594ee4076_amadey_avoslocker_darkgate_elex_glassworm_helldown_hijac.exe"
    1⤵
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5036
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SodaPDFDesktop14\14.0.343.2888\9F712A28-B1D5-4840-B8C1-976BED975A29\SodaPDFDesktop14.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SodaPDFDesktop14\14.0.343.2888\9F712A28-B1D5-4840-B8C1-976BED975A29\SodaPDFDesktop14.exe /update=start
      2⤵
      • Downloads MZ/PE file
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Modifies system certificate store
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4852
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SodaPDFDesktop14\14.0.506.3407\A7BA9DEF-D4D6-4B4C-B33F-03760E40C0A5\SodaPDFDesktop14.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SodaPDFDesktop14\14.0.506.3407\A7BA9DEF-D4D6-4B4C-B33F-03760E40C0A5\SodaPDFDesktop14.exe" /update=finish /second-instance
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4664
        • C:\ProgramData\Soda PDF Desktop 14\Installation\SodaPDFDesktop14.exe
          "C:\ProgramData\Soda PDF Desktop 14\Installation\SodaPDFDesktop14.exe" /RegServer
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Modifies registry class
          PID:1616
        • C:\ProgramData\Soda PDF Desktop 14\Installation\SodaPDFDesktop14.exe
          "C:\ProgramData\Soda PDF Desktop 14\Installation\SodaPDFDesktop14.exe" /welcome /no-check-updates
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          PID:3372
        • C:\ProgramData\Soda PDF Desktop 14\Installation\SodaPDFDesktop14.exe
          "C:\ProgramData\Soda PDF Desktop 14\Installation\SodaPDFDesktop14.exe" /CleanupTempFolder /ParentProcessId=4664
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:5764

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        PlayaSDK.dll

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Soda PDF Desktop 14\Installation\PlayaSDK\PlayaSDK.dll
        • Size 960KB
        • SHA256 3f933bced2d9f65d48f7c48715bf286fd431341a74e1ce15d39b7c4c96603cf9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        app-config.json

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Soda PDF Desktop 14\Installation\app-config.json
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 12622c5af1320c88463b3d58249ecaf215f3cb477b15fd092abe8002f79f1a8e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        2026.11.02_08.19.57_2026-11-01_ce92d1380a59b012da96e45594ee4076_amadey_avoslocker_darkgate_elex_glassworm_helldown_hijac_5036.txt

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Soda PDF Desktop 14\Installation\logs\2026.11.02_08.19.57_2026-11-01_ce92d1380a59b012da96e45594ee4076_amadey_avoslocker_darkgate_elex_glassworm_helldown_hijac_5036.txt
        • Size 932B
        • SHA256 b73038e73d3507c41e4625f3118dbdc0988b9ad49fe2315764a2e39d09f519b3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        2026.11.02_08.19.59_SodaPDFDesktop14_4852.txt

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Soda PDF Desktop 14\Installation\logs\2026.11.02_08.19.59_SodaPDFDesktop14_4852.txt
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 fa54f74e560fa99083b33b02fcbeeb5d9335c0eda21e4f729dc066f72909a17e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        2026.11.02_08.20.07_SodaPDFDesktop14_4664.txt

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Soda PDF Desktop 14\Installation\logs\2026.11.02_08.20.07_SodaPDFDesktop14_4664.txt
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 caf7f61f97678096facd3061e244223da7ddac9e44261021dc628a0ae90372d7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        updates-info.json

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Soda PDF Desktop 14\Installation\updates-info.json
        • Size 3KB
        • SHA256 9099b4b4cb4b6756cf522483af943f9c433fb441b3704ae908b8549366da2208
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
        • Size 471B
        • SHA256 774203ea9ed53b626aa394ccbd3fe79aea2aa04b0682e81596a382656488252f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 791735e52af30a1c6a750df3837784a34cfe763332e5b45acfd731ddaa159b83
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_22FC0A8DC6C5B7377CD197648CE602F6

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_22FC0A8DC6C5B7377CD197648CE602F6
        • Size 727B
        • SHA256 3e49a513b7babe8599ea272e8a97f06c39bc605b4b9961ecdea45a9d2248f89e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8
        • Size 529B
        • SHA256 39c727d70b8bdf5fc324233d0823555eb66ce846119609a22d1cebedbc3cf80c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
        • Size 727B
        • SHA256 5ed6e3278d522b55a451b979c6976812b6d4c8fe921b5fed6f8ebb57d5981a71
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        E303F04DC2A86EA0046DA5FB0C4B6A6E

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\E303F04DC2A86EA0046DA5FB0C4B6A6E
        • Size 310B
        • SHA256 72a2ad2a7ceb930f48e25d4ec029f42d0393ce9b5515fb2f24f8095952a4aee2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
        • Size 400B
        • SHA256 7924fdcbee08664d4a16f0f963f92cdd4a3bea3c4252cedc6db437cb09ee34fa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12
        • Size 174B
        • SHA256 d08f434002d3fb9ea77d7d6fe7dedc1eeed966a4cfed4c8c019dc915704ab5aa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_22FC0A8DC6C5B7377CD197648CE602F6

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_22FC0A8DC6C5B7377CD197648CE602F6
        • Size 404B
        • SHA256 cb571ecb78ad2cb4f1c5fa84aacfa780fe638761ea7d04bb780451da99f49d72
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8
        • Size 170B
        • SHA256 366eb5f1d9204d88f5c9e1a9a240da197d22544ad7d6f4a7876b2628d5f0118d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
        • Size 412B
        • SHA256 571597ca894f933cd5592edca8c1ca307a90174aff0b8cbadd69fb92e24be4e3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        E303F04DC2A86EA0046DA5FB0C4B6A6E

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\E303F04DC2A86EA0046DA5FB0C4B6A6E
        • Size 192B
        • SHA256 9547e58f6dd3a0f2acd11a3f57b642fcd8cb4997fa3ed5e201a96c1d004aa685
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        SodaPDFDesktop14.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SodaPDFDesktop14\14.0.343.2888\9F712A28-B1D5-4840-B8C1-976BED975A29\SodaPDFDesktop14.exe
        • Size 13.3MB
        • SHA256 3bfc6c0b2426e32c3dd8f0de4bcbb29814d085cb235a6a52c4e9142ba3a6275b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        SodaPDFDesktop14.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SodaPDFDesktop14\14.0.506.3407\A7BA9DEF-D4D6-4B4C-B33F-03760E40C0A5\SodaPDFDesktop14.exe
        • Size 11.5MB
        • SHA256 2cc0bbc2247405ece54b493068b9ecfb4c78aee77fdfbb8c6227d52bc113992d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH