Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    09/11/2026, 12:30

General

  • Target
    SmartLab.exe
  • Size 5.4MB
  • Sample261109-ppqcdazycy
  • SHA256 0bcdb372f12666baf0c8eaee6faa5edf58aa153399c0fcad9e927e5537564fa1
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • hijackloader

Attributes
  • directory

    %APPDATA%\WordpadDownload_v3

  • inject_dll

    %windir%\SysWOW64\input.dll

xor.hex

Signatures

  • Family: HijackLoader, IDAT loader, Ghostulse,

    HijackLoader is a multi-stage loader, first seen in 2023.

  • Family: SectopRAT

    SectopRAT also known as Arechclient2 is a remote access trojan first seen in November 2019.

  • Detects HijackLoader (aka IDAT Loader) 1 IoCs
  • Detects SectopRAT aka Arechclient2 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 8 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 17 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SmartLab.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SmartLab.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1616
    • C:\ProgramData\WordpadDownload_v3\SmartLab.exe
      C:\ProgramData\WordpadDownload_v3\SmartLab.exe
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3604
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QuantumS86.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QuantumS86.exe
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3472
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WordpadDownload_v3\XPFix.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WordpadDownload_v3\XPFix.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WordpadDownload_v3\XPFix.exe" /u
        3⤵
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:1696

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        SmartLab.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\WordpadDownload_v3\SmartLab.exe
        • Size 5.4MB
        • SHA256 0bcdb372f12666baf0c8eaee6faa5edf58aa153399c0fcad9e927e5537564fa1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VCRUNTIME140.dll

        • Path C:\ProgramData\WordpadDownload_v3\VCRUNTIME140.dll
        • Size 121KB
        • SHA256 60b813f8b87ff4fa344f081c163c1a2234b5e3e41f748721c28fbdecbcfecb8a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        WebView2Loader.dll

        • Path C:\ProgramData\WordpadDownload_v3\WebView2Loader.dll
        • Size 145KB
        • SHA256 a86733c70d1eed6bbcd4e587ada4580289abc740187eb7cefff3b1a41b4d0434
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        graphlog15.bak

        • Path C:\ProgramData\WordpadDownload_v3\graphlog15.bak
        • Size 1.6MB
        • SHA256 6250c35538916301923093e4920f90fb99d7e828a3a76a033e576321c53eb28f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        mfc140u.dll

        • Path C:\ProgramData\WordpadDownload_v3\mfc140u.dll
        • Size 5.4MB
        • SHA256 8d97422cb84fd123deafce190fce6f34d868f7e692593fe1ed7d91ee7161ac27
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        msvcp140.dll

        • Path C:\ProgramData\WordpadDownload_v3\msvcp140.dll
        • Size 544KB
        • SHA256 1e2e2bcb916931f0ee6d0a567212511244e7442da574757c331c1b91087f2a0f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        particle_policy.dat

        • Path C:\ProgramData\WordpadDownload_v3\particle_policy.dat
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 a93feeaa5c2d3818a32d770380ef637ebdb124c621e8aeea7ce2b7cf147cc83a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        vcruntime140_1.dll

        • Path C:\ProgramData\WordpadDownload_v3\vcruntime140_1.dll
        • Size 48KB
        • SHA256 e30b3f4979b63b50438d061858c9cde962f4494e585c627a11c98b6c5b7b2592
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        QuantumS86.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QuantumS86.exe
        • Size 511KB
        • SHA256 f7c666dbcb9c1c9ac1204cf62ca3efa5c3eaf3e7dd08ea9258eaee490a9bd050
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        25D98FC.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\25D98FC.tmp
        • Size 40B
        • SHA256 957df25bbebfb31f953820d733f4dc5f0f3c3139fd408865eb46e09598eeda99
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        E706FC7.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\E706FC7.tmp
        • Size 1.9MB
        • SHA256 b73e3cce31084187f810923a13a155990e88de82e026ea04e592a89fc79e73bc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        E706FC7.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\E706FC7.tmp
        • Size 1.9MB
        • SHA256 68092f9cb4d92265c42930555f2613312d5c674e3dd62126499e0dfcf50feb2c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        XPFix.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WordpadDownload_v3\XPFix.exe
        • Size 286KB
        • SHA256 5ec174af8a18a5516b8a6e11d8a27481d70df14d1edb67c48b5458ff44df9146
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1616-0-0x00007FF9C27A0000-0x00007FF9C2800000-memory.dmp

        memory/1696-58-0x0000000075820000-0x000000007586F000-memory.dmp

        memory/1696-50-0x00007FF9DFFF0000-0x00007FF9E01E5000-memory.dmp

        memory/3472-38-0x00007FF614730000-0x00007FF6147C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/3472-52-0x000002AC78470000-0x000002AC784DC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3472-42-0x00007FF614730000-0x00007FF6147C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/3472-57-0x000002AC79D70000-0x000002AC79E1D000-memory.dmp

        memory/3472-56-0x00007FF614730000-0x00007FF6147C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/3472-55-0x000002AC79F40000-0x000002AC79FB6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3472-54-0x000002AC79E70000-0x000002AC79EC0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3472-53-0x000002AC79FF0000-0x000002AC7A1B2000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-34-0x00007FF9C1DB0000-0x00007FF9C1E10000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-31-0x00007FF9C1DB0000-0x00007FF9C1E10000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-30-0x00007FF9C1DCD000-0x00007FF9C1DCF000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-48-0x00007FF6F8670000-0x00007FF6F8BE2000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-36-0x00007FF9C1DB0000-0x00007FF9C1E10000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-43-0x00007FF9C1DB0000-0x00007FF9C1E10000-memory.dmp

        memory/3604-27-0x00007FF9C1DB0000-0x00007FF9C1E10000-memory.dmp