Overview
overview
10Static
static
10SmartLab.exe
windows10-2004-x64
10SmartLab.exe
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
10WebView2Loader.dll
windows10-2004-x64
1WebView2Loader.dll
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
1mfc140u.dll
windows10-2004-x64
1mfc140u.dll
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
1msvcp140.dll
windows10-2004-x64
1msvcp140.dll
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
1msvcp_win.dll
windows10-2004-x64
1ucrtbase.dll
windows10-2004-x64
1vcruntime140.dll
windows10-2004-x64
1vcruntime140.dll
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
1vcruntime140_1.dll
windows10-2004-x64
1vcruntime140_1.dll
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
1Analysis
- 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
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
SmartLab.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
SmartLab.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral3
Sample
WebView2Loader.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral4
Sample
WebView2Loader.dll
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral5
Sample
mfc140u.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral6
Sample
mfc140u.dll
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral7
Sample
msvcp140.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral8
Sample
msvcp140.dll
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral9
Sample
msvcp_win.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral10
Sample
ucrtbase.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral11
Sample
vcruntime140.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral12
Sample
vcruntime140.dll
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral13
Sample
vcruntime140_1.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral14
Sample
vcruntime140_1.dll
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
General
- Target SmartLab.exe
- Size 5.4MB
- Sample261109-ppqcdazycy
- SHA256 0bcdb372f12666baf0c8eaee6faa5edf58aa153399c0fcad9e927e5537564fa1
- MD5 af38e0c7438ff03b1c9a7abcb5f1ec7b
- SHA1 70193aa46434e24261537012813ecd20c160dfb8
- SHA512 1654649695f9ec3afd0ffac41ea31c3916c2985e7a90d5020f4017ee0014994e73355de1e3fd95b317b2ab452c9c40d3dd72d1213f70b50f98ca68dc514e76d7
- SSDEEP 49152:hr3bJzBQN4cQ75rDAgCuHbIy5kcStHPI8GNrU77i6htA4lYSdDyGwewEcgf9htm:BbZBixmg7/D5lYSdDrwew89htm
- TLSH T1E7464A25279F1093E092E5398D5E5637DAA0BC07437E51EBD2A6BF060E326F3163BB14
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
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hijackloader
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directory
%APPDATA%\WordpadDownload_v3
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inject_dll
%windir%\SysWOW64\input.dll
Signatures
- Family: HijackLoader, IDAT loader, Ghostulse,
HijackLoader is a multi-stage loader, first seen in 2023.
- Detects HijackLoader (aka IDAT Loader) 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x00070000000243eb-26.dat family_hijackloader - Detects SectopRAT aka Arechclient2 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/3472-52-0x000002AC78470000-0x000002AC784DC000-memory.dmp family_sectoprat - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3604 set thread context of 3472 3604 SmartLab.exe 95 PID 3604 set thread context of 1696 3604 SmartLab.exe 96 - Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\Tasks\MSFTShield_rel.job XPFix.exe - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 3604 SmartLab.exe - Loads dropped DLL 8 IoCs
pid Process 3604 SmartLab.exe 3604 SmartLab.exe 3604 SmartLab.exe 3604 SmartLab.exe 3604 SmartLab.exe 3604 SmartLab.exe 3472 QuantumS86.exe 1696 XPFix.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language XPFix.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 17 IoCs
pid Process 1616 SmartLab.exe 3604 SmartLab.exe 3604 SmartLab.exe 3604 SmartLab.exe 3604 SmartLab.exe 3472 QuantumS86.exe 3472 QuantumS86.exe 3472 QuantumS86.exe 3472 QuantumS86.exe 1696 XPFix.exe 1696 XPFix.exe 1696 XPFix.exe 1696 XPFix.exe 1696 XPFix.exe 1696 XPFix.exe 1696 XPFix.exe 1696 XPFix.exe - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
pid Process 3604 SmartLab.exe 3604 SmartLab.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3472 QuantumS86.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1616 wrote to memory of 3604 1616 SmartLab.exe 92 PID 3604 wrote to memory of 3472 3604 SmartLab.exe 95 PID 3604 wrote to memory of 3472 3604 SmartLab.exe 95 PID 3604 wrote to memory of 1696 3604 SmartLab.exe 96 PID 3604 wrote to memory of 1696 3604 SmartLab.exe 96
Processes
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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.exeC:\ProgramData\WordpadDownload_v3\SmartLab.exe2⤵
- 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.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QuantumS86.exe3⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3472
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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" /u3⤵
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:1696
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\WordpadDownload_v3\SmartLab.exe
- Size 5.4MB
- SHA256 0bcdb372f12666baf0c8eaee6faa5edf58aa153399c0fcad9e927e5537564fa1
- MD5 af38e0c7438ff03b1c9a7abcb5f1ec7b
- SHA1 70193aa46434e24261537012813ecd20c160dfb8
- SHA512 1654649695f9ec3afd0ffac41ea31c3916c2985e7a90d5020f4017ee0014994e73355de1e3fd95b317b2ab452c9c40d3dd72d1213f70b50f98ca68dc514e76d7
- SSDEEP 49152:hr3bJzBQN4cQ75rDAgCuHbIy5kcStHPI8GNrU77i6htA4lYSdDyGwewEcgf9htm:BbZBixmg7/D5lYSdDrwew89htm
- TLSH T1E7464A25279F1093E092E5398D5E5637DAA0BC07437E51EBD2A6BF060E326F3163BB14
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\ProgramData\WordpadDownload_v3\VCRUNTIME140.dll
- Size 121KB
- SHA256 60b813f8b87ff4fa344f081c163c1a2234b5e3e41f748721c28fbdecbcfecb8a
- MD5 ec0117040bd1e880088753d9b8467234
- SHA1 ccadc48b2df78c1622073200aaf1d4f1624c8f84
- SHA512 fb169c2395438d5ae491ea8b0fde1e6ff94616c19dd427566feb6cece678a0a990514dbc208ed6fc0010068b342eaab89756baf266daaa4abf776db84fe0b0c5
- SSDEEP 1536:rbmQhxfqEu7IrHwOsEDzvvGfWJhEMjaecbWIG9lM5zM6dgzHv:r+EFrHw43GfWJhE8aecbWIG8UL
- TLSH T188C36B42B2B802FBD12BC174C2A2DA23FBB5B4454B605BDF07AA9A640F53BD06D3D745
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\ProgramData\WordpadDownload_v3\WebView2Loader.dll
- Size 145KB
- SHA256 a86733c70d1eed6bbcd4e587ada4580289abc740187eb7cefff3b1a41b4d0434
- MD5 7b4a5f64bd77100059baea5d6d884f38
- SHA1 b1e3139a0a6007ffe06ba14392c81d024e069725
- SHA512 164c68068cd9cc3e08c02d905a35bbada2faeb67afc642c48dadbc3668d33d5130c0dd42028c88bee4648ed4c706e67eed4c67915e2188d99f6bf6dd61e1a417
- SSDEEP 3072:ALT7tOWKpfVR/5KYhXlU/tO7+Z6pATzgEtal9A2Fp:ApyVR/5KaXq1OZEtKA
- TLSH T145E34B5773E500BBE16686B8C9A34A15E77378100B609FDF03A442695F237D5AE3EB31
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\ProgramData\WordpadDownload_v3\graphlog15.bak
- Size 1.6MB
- SHA256 6250c35538916301923093e4920f90fb99d7e828a3a76a033e576321c53eb28f
- MD5 125f4b3acb842b3a706b08ec72a7bd97
- SHA1 bfb42e835a3bd6c1b1c12f7acd9f4e870be7f6ae
- SHA512 f6268d34b898296b74ca89fecb18e9a03e885d96711c1172680617af684ddd86a18856a5a53583cfde0a4d1d6c5cd43c7b4cddccbb9b66d7f9977dfc99d2ea12
- SSDEEP 49152:SoovLnSKmLvOfLcNlA85PlcjliRwhcO/9so2DiaoVa:ovLSKcWePlcjWwhcMio2Diaog
- TLSH T19C75332A118C5F35DF4AAD3B14B8109BE298F02B17779779FF4282BD787D2804A51F98
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\ProgramData\WordpadDownload_v3\mfc140u.dll
- Size 5.4MB
- SHA256 8d97422cb84fd123deafce190fce6f34d868f7e692593fe1ed7d91ee7161ac27
- MD5 b4d93addb6f8cd8baefe3004f94a12a4
- SHA1 e65d55dadc2f799dc8af209452fa8bdee2f0b12b
- SHA512 1ce894d6bedf52e8446dc3590d41c7d80b1951508c33d4fac43645ae6baa71228295d43be5204f34c2af9409fd508f664cff3040c2715744d019714fe843b2b4
- SSDEEP 98304:Njy+T3PDBkmAvKFLOAkGkzdnEVomFHKnP:Nj/T3LR7FLOyomFHKnP
- TLSH T186467D8A7AED0494D5A5D07AC6678E5FD3B3FC50132193CF0061A78EAF737D2493A622
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\ProgramData\WordpadDownload_v3\msvcp140.dll
- Size 544KB
- SHA256 1e2e2bcb916931f0ee6d0a567212511244e7442da574757c331c1b91087f2a0f
- MD5 b08063e2d0bb587538575af2babac0b2
- SHA1 82a72fad0b6935880fa9909db183b54d09285b39
- SHA512 f1345e0ed02c5f4208766458b68792995b37a103e8951286d9b97dcb02d52d1905f63a395a03459643518e5b51817744548bfbce8d5835fdc1c4e828e29acde7
- SSDEEP 12288:ihSlSEiVO3dam7VDIsZEXES1gfQEKZm+jWodEEV4Ks:ihWiVO3dNIsZTS4QEKZm+jWodEEOf
- TLSH T152C41A27F74906F0E195E3B8A1838702D7F1BC4A8322A3C792EB955D2F573D0A67B650
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\ProgramData\WordpadDownload_v3\particle_policy.dat
- Size 17KB
- SHA256 a93feeaa5c2d3818a32d770380ef637ebdb124c621e8aeea7ce2b7cf147cc83a
- MD5 61a021ac62f45346c854feae0fbfbf79
- SHA1 15d04704a86d010fa7978d8c616a38fadb3354d7
- SHA512 3d1c50679837422700904d60fe7e075f4d19d0f5f09dfe0b9d7126e811862adcf51d27e9ef5b9d5959fe464e8521195fd256d373268f902b3647fffb9fddfd71
- SSDEEP 384:cjYXcbR/tT4sseNixDoD2zO0yTnpOrKMvUOKTQD24c:cicpmxeNia2C04n8GIUOKi2l
- TLSH T141724ADA8D620E48ACDBAFB14704195DA2981422FF7A96B173E8504F706790DCA24E3E
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\ProgramData\WordpadDownload_v3\vcruntime140_1.dll
- Size 48KB
- SHA256 e30b3f4979b63b50438d061858c9cde962f4494e585c627a11c98b6c5b7b2592
- MD5 851760a3cc87354e057985e42e69f425
- SHA1 9ad109ef885e5a07c59c010ca006cfcd06a00f30
- SHA512 598450a96c5db0958cbaf84a35104ad52dcce1786dca5943294bc5cb50f68202ea9717e8fb96e46a826efede25515db9374ea86f2e89db74419178ae27f36de3
- SSDEEP 768:/J1E6sCUocm8zuAMFAz3SPZMsJGJ+x9z1Vjk6bK9z6:/UjU+KesgJuzU6az6
- TLSH T1DB236BD197A84042D4AB9970C1E7EE27BD3CF7A61B50968B07E5E24C0E537D0EB3931A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\QuantumS86.exe
- Size 511KB
- SHA256 f7c666dbcb9c1c9ac1204cf62ca3efa5c3eaf3e7dd08ea9258eaee490a9bd050
- MD5 65d17cce4863d028f81456f711c03bd9
- SHA1 e53337ab536f4c4c915a5ce706a0a82803b6903f
- SHA512 47bac25b2c4c7f015d3702d66c2c84248a975b9f5e9f2f912bdfad9c648c512d2ea3c2248a6840dc098cc0abe9a52276fd55f29ca4eac4f7b7b9bf68bf547820
- SSDEEP 6144:KUbqVIrt8zwHRePB4ck/XlSCl0iA7+67R9etDMSwMd7wvc5:K2r7xGadSdt+67RktISwM+k
- TLSH T158B45B42B36C3DF9D067D139C9724692E971BC155720E70E03BD676A1F23362BE2AB21
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\25D98FC.tmp
- Size 40B
- SHA256 957df25bbebfb31f953820d733f4dc5f0f3c3139fd408865eb46e09598eeda99
- MD5 c21b90ec75e89bdfff89d6f57471d197
- SHA1 68e03e1881a7e6d76e6e525374775e235cce279f
- SHA512 c917ce567c79d09e24fd2c5e4db579f47a409a844c0a957bafacdb0d2eaf3b73585e31cf359e7e130154caeb945c2a5ba11eb4b7000b3edee0cbc2df8003ac74
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\E706FC7.tmp
- Size 1.9MB
- SHA256 b73e3cce31084187f810923a13a155990e88de82e026ea04e592a89fc79e73bc
- MD5 78fec3fb31c00c0f4e272796d0110e2e
- SHA1 1e3531436f51f185f7116cbf04b98b410cf975e9
- SHA512 f1192d883ec50146904586ce8b5be3624124738ed87990b89242f902320cd7a22da3c16013c6c46dbe1b655819a83b1cbcbcdc1203fa80e127bdeb180111030d
- SSDEEP 49152:SbqCFZQ0SzuJ32BXO5XVbFN5ytZqpwuFS/vsLwZ3:zf0SzqGBXO5XVOZKRw/vdZ3
- TLSH T1319533EC2B6DD8C80860CA913B76F869D3C0899057469F3041DFB6923DBC27636ED9E5
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\E706FC7.tmp
- Size 1.9MB
- SHA256 68092f9cb4d92265c42930555f2613312d5c674e3dd62126499e0dfcf50feb2c
- MD5 73fe59cecf25ddaaa01aec04e91218dd
- SHA1 ed69f07d93c2911f8a9edc4c8199073b51520ff0
- SHA512 b36d2b8b212862ad3c2698e7fb2c7c6df164fa0ce62349154c170253aa19b24e7d145e84e620efee15db5180e15976ca73192c2692f9ded6e27e640d1596b914
- SSDEEP 49152:PbqCFZQVSzuJ32BXO5XVbFN5ytZqpwuFS/vsLwZ3:mfVSzqGBXO5XVOZKRw/vdZ3
- TLSH T1719533EC2B6DD8C80860CA913B76F869D3C0899057469F3041DFB6923DBC27636ED9E5
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WordpadDownload_v3\XPFix.exe
- Size 286KB
- SHA256 5ec174af8a18a5516b8a6e11d8a27481d70df14d1edb67c48b5458ff44df9146
- MD5 810d42177538ad5ca18d4dd597c00658
- SHA1 7374bbe63c44de9536c22cdc111894c6d4929eb3
- SHA512 233cdbaa1658719e9e44869930aef8ed09a17bd1e227c43785ce1b4298fd9f767818b75888db9cb5184a134a0babedd32cc0788059c251a1dff3f6aa27ebd30d
- SSDEEP 6144:WEDFuBN6zANskE9qgfyMEvt93L2kx3W71+KL:WiuB4fyzvtFt3WFL
- TLSH T164547E00B651C136F5F318768AFE9B79993DBD312B1551C363C40EAEBE22BE1793121A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH