Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    145s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    13/11/2026, 10:51

General

  • Target
    Potassium-Portable/Uninstall.bat
  • Size 1KB
  • Sample261113-mx91msax4m
  • SHA256 56363b12090977fce292580707963b427ecdad8df8e30a034cdbaa9d06cb4882
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Hide Artifacts: Ignore Process Interrupts 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Command interpreters often include specific commands/flags that ignore errors and other hangups.

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Potassium-Portable\Uninstall.bat"
    1⤵
    • Executes a command shell one-liner
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4980
    • C:\Windows\system32\net.exe
      net session
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2592
      • C:\Windows\system32\net1.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\net1 session
        3⤵
          PID:2796
      • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /f /im authsrv.exe
        2⤵
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3460
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "$p=Join-Path $env:SystemRoot 'System32\drivers\etc\hosts'; $l=@(Get-Content -LiteralPath $p -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object { $_ -notmatch [regex]::Escape($env:AUTHDOMAIN) }); [IO.File]::WriteAllLines($p, $l, [Text.Encoding]::ASCII)"
        2⤵
        • Drops file in Drivers directory
        • Hide Artifacts: Ignore Process Interrupts
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1732
      • C:\Windows\system32\certutil.exe
        certutil -delstore Root "8BB46D28D15148B3309664418F6434FC5DDCB988"
        2⤵
          PID:3768

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            __PSScriptPolicyTest_w00doer4.mjk.ps1

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_w00doer4.mjk.ps1
            • Size 60B
            • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            memory/1732-1-0x0000017228210000-0x0000017228220000-memory.dmp

            memory/1732-0-0x0000017228210000-0x0000017228220000-memory.dmp

            memory/1732-9-0x0000017228250000-0x0000017228272000-memory.dmp