Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
148s - 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, 12:51
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
upgrade.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
upgrade.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
General
- Target upgrade.exe
- Size 112KB
- Sample261102-p3kn2sfb62
- SHA256 8a9c3f8187497cdd1eb45c4718382a458934af2e08dd29547257d75cd12b924a
- MD5 e810c2d1e991cf1016e3aab47d36da2d
- SHA1 a16101328fde25bffe673e8a87fabaf64c152f40
- SHA512 18288ed70a6935085b05d87b17059f692ab1878eb5bcf418cd3cf7c72d2a7528ac0e010d1f7e1f78bf1c82863b510dd36e0d7d37f090b823641db99d3782536e
- SSDEEP 1536:7uTO9TgQCv2IK0efbDXShyia6E4d6tKrqi35Rwa3:7uTaTg7v2r0efbDl4pPwa3
- TLSH T11CB39F30EFD7B03AED6D4AFC5CA371714925A9D3250EF57AFCC0328716226C1A5326A9
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
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asyncrat
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0.5.8
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Default
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fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:443
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fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:80
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fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:22
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fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:3306
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fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:21
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fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:5900
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api.fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:443
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api.fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:80
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api.fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:22
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api.fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:3306
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api.fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:21
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api.fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:5900
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www.fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:443
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www.fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:80
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www.fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:22
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www.fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:3306
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www.fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:21
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www.fulhamdrycleaners.co.uk:5900
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K5NJzfq5dpiW
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delay
3
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install
true
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install_file
upgrade.exe
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install_folder
%AppData%
Signatures
- Async RAT payload 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x000c000000021422-8.dat family_asyncrat - Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-747854149-4118156852-591593384-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation upgrade.exe - Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 2264 upgrade.exe 1904 upgrade.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.
pid Process 4776 cmd.exe 4268 cmd.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Domain upgrade.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Hostname upgrade.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language timeout.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language schtasks.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language upgrade.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language upgrade.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language upgrade.exe - Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
pid Process 532 timeout.exe - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 4548 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 23 IoCs
pid Process 4748 upgrade.exe 4748 upgrade.exe 4748 upgrade.exe 4748 upgrade.exe 4748 upgrade.exe 4748 upgrade.exe 4748 upgrade.exe 4748 upgrade.exe 4748 upgrade.exe 4748 upgrade.exe 4748 upgrade.exe 4748 upgrade.exe 4748 upgrade.exe 4748 upgrade.exe 4748 upgrade.exe 4748 upgrade.exe 4748 upgrade.exe 4748 upgrade.exe 4748 upgrade.exe 4748 upgrade.exe 4748 upgrade.exe 4748 upgrade.exe 4748 upgrade.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4748 upgrade.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2264 upgrade.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4748 wrote to memory of 4776 4748 upgrade.exe 86 PID 4748 wrote to memory of 4268 4748 upgrade.exe 88 PID 4268 wrote to memory of 532 4268 cmd.exe 90 PID 4776 wrote to memory of 4548 4776 cmd.exe 91 PID 4268 wrote to memory of 1904 4268 cmd.exe 96
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\upgrade.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\upgrade.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4748 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "upgrade" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\upgrade.exe"' & exit2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4776 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeschtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "upgrade" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\upgrade.exe"'3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:4548
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpD9F0.tmp.bat""2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4268 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exetimeout 33⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Delays execution with timeout.exe
PID:532
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\upgrade.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\upgrade.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1904
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\upgrade.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\upgrade.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2264
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
1Windows Command Shell
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\upgrade.exe.log
- Size 522B
- SHA256 2412679218bb0a7d05ceee32869bbb223619bde9966c4c460a68304a3367724b
- MD5 acc9090417037dfa2a55b46ed86e32b8
- SHA1 53fa6fb25fb3e88c24d2027aca6ae492b2800a4d
- SHA512 d51f7085ec147c708f446b9fb6923cd2fb64596d354ed929e125b30ace57c8cb3217589447a36960e5d3aea87a4e48aaa82c7509eced6d6c2cecd71fcfe3697b
- TLSH T11EF097303722E1E489423F521C1C3A9943EF079AA360EE2C3958036ED825227AB212E3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpD9F0.tmp.bat
- Size 151B
- SHA256 186c19dcb118d17bdb8f27a89f192b6006027efbb65baf5bc9a8b8824e4281a9
- MD5 d10cde7cc3a344d3e7aba612761ea84d
- SHA1 392a9adef8f3194c9d1b807fb45191f2f36cf7a0
- SHA512 ac5746c6de7354f16bb750ad72d79e6ebbfc7e05e7c4ce7220da39c38b652da7fed36f98c37604ccd293af4c25f0d138bc67d256d7ade899488b74815dcddfaf
- TLSH T13FC08C42A1C5AA1E2905142702BAA48E91A2A8993E40AB108B04808A62C0888E0DA343
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\upgrade.exe
- Size 112KB
- SHA256 8a9c3f8187497cdd1eb45c4718382a458934af2e08dd29547257d75cd12b924a
- MD5 e810c2d1e991cf1016e3aab47d36da2d
- SHA1 a16101328fde25bffe673e8a87fabaf64c152f40
- SHA512 18288ed70a6935085b05d87b17059f692ab1878eb5bcf418cd3cf7c72d2a7528ac0e010d1f7e1f78bf1c82863b510dd36e0d7d37f090b823641db99d3782536e
- SSDEEP 1536:7uTO9TgQCv2IK0efbDXShyia6E4d6tKrqi35Rwa3:7uTaTg7v2r0efbDl4pPwa3
- TLSH T11CB39F30EFD7B03AED6D4AFC5CA371714925A9D3250EF57AFCC0328716226C1A5326A9
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH