Overview

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f3f635c53a...er.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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f3f635c53a...er.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    138s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/11/2026, 10:42

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General

  • Target
    f3f635c53ace98551ea63cf12b301e92-Mercury_Loader.exe
  • Size 175KB
  • Sample261102-mrpshsbs7p
  • SHA256 162439d53564a418daf81dc7bbb4630c798d0bc7f6b110ef2fbffc582f5a10bc
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
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Malware Config

Signatures

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs
  • 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
  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 8 IoCs
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  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f3f635c53ace98551ea63cf12b301e92-Mercury_Loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f3f635c53ace98551ea63cf12b301e92-Mercury_Loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2856
    • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
      "explorer.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\version-5a21b87bbc2641cf
      2⤵
        PID:2172
      • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
        "explorer.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\version-5a21b87bbc2641cf
        2⤵
          PID:1924
      • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
        C:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding
        1⤵
        • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
        • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4008
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\version-5a21b87bbc2641cf\Mercury.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\version-5a21b87bbc2641cf\Mercury.exe"
          2⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          PID:2296
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\version-5a21b87bbc2641cf\Mercury.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\version-5a21b87bbc2641cf\Mercury.exe"
          2⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          PID:3840
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\version-5a21b87bbc2641cf\Mercury.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\version-5a21b87bbc2641cf\Mercury.exe"
          2⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          PID:5036
      • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
        C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
        1⤵
          PID:888
        • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
          C:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding
          1⤵
          • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
          • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2876
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\version-5a21b87bbc2641cf\Mercury.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\version-5a21b87bbc2641cf\Mercury.exe"
            2⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            PID:4232
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\version-5a21b87bbc2641cf\Mercury.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\version-5a21b87bbc2641cf\Mercury.exe"
            2⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            PID:4632
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\version-5a21b87bbc2641cf\Mercury.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\version-5a21b87bbc2641cf\Mercury.exe"
            2⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            PID:3616

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              version-5a21b87bbc2641cf.zip
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\version-5a21b87bbc2641cf.zip
              • Size 29.6MB
              • SHA256 220f022d5dac3b37141396388a8a58583da5f62cd906e7d050243cee2baf6d88
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              Mercury.exe
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\version-5a21b87bbc2641cf\Mercury.exe
              • Size 33.4MB
              • SHA256 983313aadd45c8afa699ae5dbbce59e8a68a6e0f1bc8218d0fecf98fac9632ea
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              VMProtectSDK64.dll
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\version-5a21b87bbc2641cf\VMProtectSDK64.dll
              • Size 115KB
              • SHA256 ec3235136a4daee2a6f72c0f2994a8365ca8427c8068d068130b74c9fa64cd02
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
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