Malwagon
EXE
afterpatch.exe File Analysis · first seen Sep 25, 2026 02:05 · 2.0 MB
4proc 2reg 3IOCs
Nothing conclusive27 Completed Public
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afterpatch.exePE analysis report - Nothing conclusive

Run integrity

sample ran

The guest staged the sample and launched it, so what follows describes this file rather than an empty desktop.

10.4sto launch
13telemetry events
6observed
41agent notes

Nothing conclusive

27/100

8 points short of the suspicious line at 35.

Clean0-34 Suspicious35-69 Malicious70-100

Why this verdict

+27
Static analysis
  • Packed (Inno Setup, confidence 53)
  • 1 high-risk capability(ies): token manipulation
  • 4 supporting capabilities in one unsigned binary: file discovery, obfuscation, registry query, system information
  • 1 high-risk capability bucket(s): Privilege escalation
+0
Model review
  • findings review (advisory, not scored): suspicious - anti-analysis evasion, debugger detection, registry manipulation, process suspension

Model reading

Measured CLEAN27 of 100

Evidence ledger above, row by row. Published verdict rests on this column and on nothing to its right.

Model reads it asadvisory, no points NOT ASSESSEDnot shown on this page

Reads this report's derived findings, never the sample itself.

A model reading exists for this scan and is shown to the submitter and to staff only. It is a second opinion about evidence the score already priced, it is worth no points, and on a public page it would stand beside the verdict with no grounding a stranger could check.

Analysis layers

Static ran moved the score
Dynamic ran no points
Threat intel local feeds only no points
AI not included

Sample

TypeFile
MIMEapplication/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable

Run conditions

Sandbox OSWindows 10
EnvironmentWorkgroup
InternetIsolated
Execution131s
Guest hardware2 vCPU4095 MB RAM

Detection signatures

11 detected · 6 withheld as common
Severity Detection Evidence Layer
MED
Creates a suspended process then resumes (hollowing/hijack)
MITRE T1055.012
import kernel32.dll!CreateProcessW requires createprocess
import kernel32.dll!ResumeThread requires resumethread
static
MED
Forces reboot/shutdown (post-impact)
MITRE T1529
import user32.dll!ExitWindowsEx
static
MED
Opens/suspends remote threads
MITRE T1055
import advapi32.dll!OpenThreadToken requires openthread
import kernel32.dll!SuspendThread requires suspendthread
static
MED
Packed with Inno Setup
MITRE T1027.002
packer Inno Setup packer identification
entropy 7.54 file entropy (8.0 = random)
static
MED
TLS callback (pre-main execution)
MITRE T1055
pe_header IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_TLS present callbacks run before the entry point
static
LOW
Adjusts token privileges (SeDebug / escalation)
MITRE T1134
seen in 8% of benign software
import advapi32.dll!AdjustTokenPrivileges
static
LOW
Checks free disk space (sandbox sizing check)
MITRE T1497.001
seen in 6% of benign software
import kernel32.dll!GetDiskFreeSpaceW
static
LOW
Direct memory execution (VirtualProtect + memory copy)
MITRE T1055
seen in 9% of benign software
import kernel32.dll!VirtualProtect requires virtualprotect
import kernel32.dll!VirtualAlloc requires virtualalloc
static
LOW
Reflective/manual DLL load pattern
MITRE T1620
seen in 8% of benign software
import kernel32.dll!VirtualAlloc requires virtualalloc
import kernel32.dll!GetProcAddress requires getprocaddress
import kernel32.dll!LoadLibraryA requires loadlibrary
import kernel32.dll!CreateThread requires createthread
static
LOW
Scans memory layout (VirtualQuery)
MITRE T1055
import kernel32.dll!VirtualQueryEx
static
LOW
Spawns child processes
MITRE T1106
seen in 16% of benign software
import kernel32.dll!CreateProcessW
static
Withheld: 6 rules fired and were not reported above

These rules matched this sample, and they also match this much of known-clean software (measured over 1145 signed Windows and third-party binaries). A rule that fires on most clean files cannot move a verdict, so it is held back unless the detonation confirms the behaviour. They are listed because a count that shrinks without saying so is not a count an analyst can check.

Timing-based anti-analysis (QueryPerformanceCounter/rdtsc) fires on 92% of benign software
Dynamic API resolution (obfuscation) fires on 65% of benign software
Resolves APIs dynamically (LoadLibrary + GetProcAddress) fires on 49% of benign software
Reads its own startup info (parent/desktop check) fires on 36% of benign software
Executes external code / commands fires on 30% of benign software
Queries system information (host recon) fires on 25% of benign software

What the tests returned

8 tests

Each test this run performed and what it returned. A test that was not performed says so rather than reading as a negative result.

TestResult
Persistence mechanismsnone established at runtime
Cross-process injectionnone observed
Payloads written to disknone observed
Network connectionsnot tested - internet was disabled
Behavioural rule matches (Sigma)none observed
Known-malicious hash (reputation sources)no source reported this file
Local anti-virus enginereported no detection
Anti-analysis / evasion checksnot measured on this run - no in-process API monitor reported in, so the runtime anti-debug and anti-VM calls were never watched

Absence of an observation is not proof of absence - see Coverage for what this run could and could not test.

Arguing against malice

  • The local anti-virus engine reported no detection.
  • No reputation source reported this file as malicious.

How much weight this carries

Structure only. Structural evidence only. Nothing matching this verdict was seen running. The one fact that decided it: packing detected.

Structure

What the file is made of: headers, imports, how it was built and whether it was signed.

Signature
Inno Setup Module
Packed Unsigned
CompilerBorland Delphi
LinkerTurbo Linker(2.25*,Delphi)[GUI32]
InstallerInno Setup Module
Identity
File
typeexecutable
size2.0 MB
file arch32-bit (x86)
subsystemGUI
entropy7.5396
date2025-03-15 01:30:50 UTC
version7.0.0
descriptionTopaz Video AI
productTopaz Video AI
languageEN, NEU

Antivirus engine

no signature matched

Nothing in the signature set below matched this file. That is one engine's negative answer against one signature set on one day, and it is not a verdict. A signature engine only recognises what has already been named and published, so a file nobody has named yet scans exactly like a file that is harmless. What this file does when it runs is the stronger evidence; read the behaviour sections for that.

This run did not record which signature set answered, so the result above cannot be tied to a named set or reproduced against one. Recording the set began part way through this platform's history, and this scan predates it.

Local ML assessment

no model score

This scan ran before the local classifier was installed on this host, so no model score was produced for it. Submitting the same file again produces one.

Structural rules of thumb, not a model. 4 cheap static signals fired, for 70 of 100 on a rule-of-thumb scale that is deliberately left out of the verdict score: the packing, entropy and signing cards on this report already price the same facts, and counting them a second time under a machine-learning heading would charge one piece of evidence twice.

  • high entropy 7.5396
  • packed (Inno Setup)
  • unsigned executable
  • TLS callback
Packing
Packed with Inno Setup
Packed code is compressed or encrypted on disk and only appears once the sample runs.
installer
53/100
packer confidence
Detonation is the reliable read here A packed file hides its behaviour from a static pass, so the verdict leans on what it does when it runs.
Evidence 3 signals
  • Packer section '.didata' (Inno Setup)
  • Marker 'Inno Setup' (Inno Setup)
  • TLS callback present

Capabilities

7 behaviour buckets · 1 high-risk
SeverityCapabilityMITREAPIs
high Privilege escalation
Adjusts tokens / privileges
 T1134, T1134.001 adjusttokenprivileges, openprocesstoken
med Dynamic API resolution
Resolves APIs at runtime (obfuscation)
 T1129 getprocaddress, loadlibrarya, loadlibraryw
med Evasion / stalling
Sleeps, times, or otherwise stalls analysis
 T1497.003 gettickcount, queryperformancecounter, sleep
med Code execution
Creates processes / runs commands or shellcode
 T1059, T1106 createprocessw, createthread, system
med Ransomware behaviour
Enumerates + encrypts files, deletes backups
 T1083 findfirstfilew
med System shutdown / reboot
Reboots or shuts down the host
 T1529 exitwindowsex
low Discovery
Enumerates the host, users, processes or network
 T1082 getsysteminfo, netwkstagetinfo

Security mitigations

partial posture
ON ASLR (DynamicBase)
OFF High-entropy ASLR (64-bit)
ON DEP / NX (NxCompat)
OFF Control Flow Guard
? SafeSEH
? Stack cookies (GS)
OFF Force Integrity
OFF AppContainer isolation
OFF Authenticode signed

Sections

10 sections · the file's memory layout
SectionVirtual addrRaw sizeVirtual sizeAccessEntropy
.text
Executable code
 0x1000
809.5 KB
809.5 KB
EXECUTEREAD
6.4441
.itextEP
Initialisation code
 0xcc000
5.0 KB
4.9 KB
EXECUTEREAD
6.2589
.data
Initialised data
 0xce000
19.5 KB
19.0 KB
READWRITE
5.5742
.bss
Uninitialised data
 0xd3000
0.0 B
27.7 KB
READWRITE
0.0
.idata
Import table
 0xda000
4.5 KB
4.2 KB
READWRITE
4.8741
.didata
Non-standard section
 0xdc000
512.0 B
420.0 B
READWRITE
2.7642
.edata
Export table
 0xdd000
512.0 B
154.0 B
READ
1.8772
.tls
Thread-local storage
 0xde000
0.0 B
24.0 B
READWRITE
0.0
.rdata
Read-only data
 0xdf000
512.0 B
93.0 B
READ
1.3824
.rsrc
Resources
 0xe0000
104.5 KB
104.1 KB
READ
3.1715
code data imports/exports resources metadata packer non-standard Entropy above 7.0 means compressed or encrypted content.

Imports

150 funcs / 8 DLLs · 13 suspicious
▸kernel32.dll103 funcs 10 suspicious
NameFile RVAIs undocumentedMITRE (tactic - technique)
GetACP 0x000da32c - -
GetExitCodeProcess 0x000da330 - -
LocalFree 0x000da334 - -
CloseHandle 0x000da338 - -
SizeofResource 0x000da33c - -
VirtualProtect 0x000da340 - T1055
QueryPerformanceFrequency 0x000da344 - -
VirtualFree 0x000da348 - -
GetFullPathNameW 0x000da34c - -
ExitProcess 0x000da350 - -
HeapAlloc 0x000da354 - -
GetCPInfoExW 0x000da358 - -
RtlUnwind 0x000da35c yes -
GetCPInfo 0x000da360 - -
GetStdHandle 0x000da364 - -
GetModuleHandleW 0x000da368 - -
FreeLibrary 0x000da36c - -
HeapDestroy 0x000da370 - -
ReadFile 0x000da374 - -
CreateProcessW 0x000da378 - T1106
GetLastError 0x000da37c - -
GetModuleFileNameW 0x000da380 - -
SetLastError 0x000da384 - -
FindResourceW 0x000da388 - -
CreateThread 0x000da38c - -
CompareStringW 0x000da390 - -
LoadLibraryA 0x000da394 - T1129
ResetEvent 0x000da398 - -
GetVolumeInformationW 0x000da39c - -
GetVersion 0x000da3a0 - -
GetDriveTypeW 0x000da3a4 - -
RaiseException 0x000da3a8 - -
FormatMessageW 0x000da3ac - -
SwitchToThread 0x000da3b0 - -
GetExitCodeThread 0x000da3b4 - -
GetCurrentThread 0x000da3b8 - -
LoadLibraryExW 0x000da3bc - -
LockResource 0x000da3c0 - -
GetCurrentThreadId 0x000da3c4 - -
UnhandledExceptionFilter 0x000da3c8 - -
VirtualQuery 0x000da3cc - -
VirtualQueryEx 0x000da3d0 - -
Sleep 0x000da3d4 - -
EnterCriticalSection 0x000da3d8 - -
SetFilePointer 0x000da3dc - -
LoadResource 0x000da3e0 - T1129
SuspendThread 0x000da3e4 - -
GetTickCount 0x000da3e8 - T1497
GetFileSize 0x000da3ec - -
GetStartupInfoW 0x000da3f0 - -
GetFileAttributesW 0x000da3f4 - -
InitializeCriticalSection 0x000da3f8 - -
GetSystemWindowsDirectoryW 0x000da3fc - -
GetThreadPriority 0x000da400 - -
SetThreadPriority 0x000da404 - -
GetCurrentProcess 0x000da408 - -
VirtualAlloc 0x000da40c - T1055
GetSystemInfo 0x000da410 - -
GetCommandLineW 0x000da414 - -
LeaveCriticalSection 0x000da418 - -
GetProcAddress 0x000da41c - T1129
ResumeThread 0x000da420 - -
GetVersionExW 0x000da424 - -
VerifyVersionInfoW 0x000da428 - -
HeapCreate 0x000da42c - -
GetWindowsDirectoryW 0x000da430 - -
VerSetConditionMask 0x000da434 - -
GetDiskFreeSpaceW 0x000da438 - -
FindFirstFileW 0x000da43c - T1083
GetUserDefaultUILanguage 0x000da440 - -
lstrlenW 0x000da444 - -
QueryPerformanceCounter 0x000da448 - T1497
SetEndOfFile 0x000da44c - -
HeapFree 0x000da450 - -
WideCharToMultiByte 0x000da454 - -
FindClose 0x000da458 - -
MultiByteToWideChar 0x000da45c - -
LoadLibraryW 0x000da460 - T1129
SetEvent 0x000da464 - -
CreateFileW 0x000da468 - -
GetLocaleInfoW 0x000da46c - -
GetSystemDirectoryW 0x000da470 - -
DeleteFileW 0x000da474 - -
GetLocalTime 0x000da478 - -
GetEnvironmentVariableW 0x000da47c - -
WaitForSingleObject 0x000da480 - -
WriteFile 0x000da484 - -
ExitThread 0x000da488 - -
DeleteCriticalSection 0x000da48c - -
TlsGetValue 0x000da490 - -
GetDateFormatW 0x000da494 - -
SetErrorMode 0x000da498 - -
IsValidLocale 0x000da49c - -
TlsSetValue 0x000da4a0 - -
CreateDirectoryW 0x000da4a4 - -
GetSystemDefaultUILanguage 0x000da4a8 - -
EnumCalendarInfoW 0x000da4ac - -
LocalAlloc 0x000da4b0 - -
GetUserDefaultLangID 0x000da4b4 - -
RemoveDirectoryW 0x000da4b8 - -
CreateEventW 0x000da4bc - -
SetThreadLocale 0x000da4c0 - -
GetThreadLocale 0x000da4c4 - -
▸comctl32.dll1 func
NameFile RVAIs undocumentedMITRE (tactic - technique)
InitCommonControls 0x000da4cc - -
▸version.dll3 funcs
NameFile RVAIs undocumentedMITRE (tactic - technique)
GetFileVersionInfoSizeW 0x000da4d4 - -
VerQueryValueW 0x000da4d8 - -
GetFileVersionInfoW 0x000da4dc - -
▸user32.dll16 funcs
NameFile RVAIs undocumentedMITRE (tactic - technique)
CreateWindowExW 0x000da4e4 - -
TranslateMessage 0x000da4e8 - -
CharLowerBuffW 0x000da4ec - -
CallWindowProcW 0x000da4f0 - -
CharUpperW 0x000da4f4 - -
PeekMessageW 0x000da4f8 - -
GetSystemMetrics 0x000da4fc - -
SetWindowLongW 0x000da500 - -
MessageBoxW 0x000da504 - -
DestroyWindow 0x000da508 - -
CharUpperBuffW 0x000da50c - -
CharNextW 0x000da510 - -
MsgWaitForMultipleObjects 0x000da514 - -
LoadStringW 0x000da518 - -
ExitWindowsEx 0x000da51c - -
DispatchMessageW 0x000da520 - -
▸oleaut32.dll11 funcs
NameFile RVAIs undocumentedMITRE (tactic - technique)
SysAllocStringLen 0x000da528 - -
SafeArrayPtrOfIndex 0x000da52c - -
VariantCopy 0x000da530 - -
SafeArrayGetLBound 0x000da534 - -
SafeArrayGetUBound 0x000da538 - -
VariantInit 0x000da53c - -
VariantClear 0x000da540 - -
SysFreeString 0x000da544 - -
SysReAllocStringLen 0x000da548 - -
VariantChangeType 0x000da54c - -
SafeArrayCreate 0x000da550 - -
▸msvcrt.dll1 func
NameFile RVAIs undocumentedMITRE (tactic - technique)
memcpy 0x000da558 - -
▸netapi32.dll2 funcs
NameFile RVAIs undocumentedMITRE (tactic - technique)
NetWkstaGetInfo 0x000da560 - -
NetApiBufferFree 0x000da564 - -
▸advapi32.dll13 funcs 3 suspicious
NameFile RVAIs undocumentedMITRE (tactic - technique)
ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW 0x000da56c - -
OpenThreadToken 0x000da570 - -
AdjustTokenPrivileges 0x000da574 - T1134
LookupPrivilegeValueW 0x000da578 - T1134
RegOpenKeyExW 0x000da57c - -
OpenProcessToken 0x000da580 - T1134
FreeSid 0x000da584 - -
AllocateAndInitializeSid 0x000da588 - -
EqualSid 0x000da58c - -
RegQueryValueExW 0x000da590 - -
GetTokenInformation 0x000da594 - -
ConvertSidToStringSidW 0x000da598 - -
RegCloseKey 0x000da59c - -

Binary metadata

what the headers declare about this build
Resource langsENNEU
Debug infono
TLS callbacksyes

Code signing

Unsigned

This binary carries no Authenticode signature. Unsigned executables are a weak suspicious signal - most legitimate vendor software is signed.

Similar samples

4 related samples

Ranked by fuzzy hash (TLSH distance - lower is closer) and ssdeep similarity, plus an identical import table. A near-identical neighbour is usually the same build; a variant is the same family rebuilt or repacked.

RelationSampleVerdictWhy it matched
related INSIDE_V2.0.0_Windows_Installer… Malicious identical export table (exphash)
related fsrdemoing.exe Suspicious identical export table (exphash)
related Setup_BrightSlide_1.1.2.exe No threats detected identical export table (exphash)
related AutoFishing.exe Suspicious identical export table (exphash)

Capability detection

52 capabilities
list is incomplete here

The capability analysis reports that this file is an installer, so the capabilities below are mostly its installer stub's, not the payload's.

Read what follows as the capabilities of the code that could be read, not of the file as a whole.

CapabilityNamespace
link function at runtime on Windows linking/runtime-linking
calculate modulo 256 via x86 assembly -
create or open file -
modify access privileges host-interaction/process/modify
create process on Windows host-interaction/process/create
allocate memory -
allocate or change RW memory -
delay execution -
generate random numbers using the Delphi LCG data-manipulation/prng/lcg
create thread host-interaction/thread/create
create or open registry key -
encode data using XOR data-manipulation/encoding/xor
change memory protection -
allocate or change RWX memory host-interaction/process/inject
PEB access -
suspend thread host-interaction/thread/suspend
get file attributes host-interaction/file-system/meta
compare security identifiers host-interaction/sid
create process suspended host-interaction/process/create
contain loop -
write file on Windows host-interaction/file-system/write
check for time delay via GetTickCount anti-analysis/anti-debugging/debugger-detection
terminate process host-interaction/process/terminate
get OS version -
check OS version host-interaction/os/version
get geographical location collection
identify system language via API targeting/language
query or enumerate registry value host-interaction/registry
get system information on Windows host-interaction/os/info
set thread local storage value host-interaction/thread/tls
get thread local storage value host-interaction/process
encrypt data using RC4 PRGA data-manipulation/encryption/rc4
get disk size host-interaction/hardware/storage
get file version info host-interaction/file-system/meta
query environment variable host-interaction/environment-variable
accept command line arguments host-interaction/cli
get common file path host-interaction/file-system
clear file content host-interaction/file-system/write
hash data using murmur3 data-manipulation/hashing/murmur
resolve function by parsing PE exports load-code/pe
delete file host-interaction/file-system/delete
create directory host-interaction/file-system/create
get disk information host-interaction/hardware/storage
shutdown system host-interaction/os
check if file exists host-interaction/file-system/exists
extract resource via kernel32 functions executable/resource
delete directory host-interaction/file-system/delete
packaged as an Inno Setup installer executable/installer/inno-setup
reference analysis tools strings anti-analysis
contain a thread local storage (.tls) section executable/pe/section/tls
compiled with Borland Delphi compiler/delphi
ATT&CK techniques
Defense Evasion::Obfuscated Files or Information [T1027]Discovery::File and Directory Discovery [T1083]Discovery::Query Registry [T1012]Discovery::System Information Discovery [T1082]Discovery::System Location Discovery [T1614]Discovery::System Location Discovery::System Language Discovery [T1614.001]Execution::Command and Scripting Interpreter [T1059]Execution::Shared Modules [T1129]Impact::System Shutdown/Reboot [T1529]Privilege Escalation::Access Token Manipulation [T1134]
Malware Behavior Catalog
Anti-Behavioral Analysis::Debugger Detection::Process Environment BlockAnti-Behavioral Analysis::Debugger Detection::Timing/Delay Check GetTickCountAnti-Behavioral Analysis::Dynamic Analysis Evasion::Delayed ExecutionCryptography::Encrypt Data::RC4Cryptography::Generate Pseudo-random SequenceCryptography::Generate Pseudo-random Sequence::RC4 PRGAData::Encode Data::XORData::ModuloData::Non-Cryptographic Hash::MurmurHashDefense Evasion::Obfuscated Files or Information::Encoding-Standard AlgorithmDiscovery::Analysis Tool Discovery::Process detectionDiscovery::File and Directory DiscoveryDiscovery::System Information DiscoveryExecution::Command and Scripting InterpreterFile System::Create DirectoryFile System::Create FileFile System::Delete DirectoryFile System::Delete FileFile System::Get File AttributesFile System::Writes FileMemory::Allocate MemoryMemory::Change Memory ProtectionOperating System::Registry::Create Registry KeyOperating System::Registry::Open Registry KeyOperating System::Registry::Query Registry ValueProcess::Create ProcessProcess::Create Process::Create Suspended ProcessProcess::Create ThreadProcess::Set Thread Local Storage ValueProcess::Suspend ThreadProcess::Terminate Process

Signature matches

0 findings · 5 file properties · 0 scored
File properties
IsPE32IsWindowsGUIIsPackedHasOverlayborland_delphi

These say what the file IS or holds - bitness, subsystem, an overlay, an embedded macro stream, which compiler built it. Ordinary files match several, and none of them carry weight in the score.

No signature rule identified a threat in this file.

Extracted strings

showing 200 of 3342
  • This program must be run under Win32
  • .text
  • `.itext
  • `.data
  • .bss
  • .idata
  • .didata
  • .edata
  • @.tls
  • .rdata
  • @.rsrc
  • Boolean
  • False
  • True
  • System
  • AnsiChar
  • Char
  • ShortInt
  • SmallInt
  • Integer
  • Byte
  • Word
  • Cardinal
  • Pointer
  • UInt64
  • NativeInt
  • NativeUInt
  • Single
  • Extended
  • Double
  • Comp
  • Currency
  • ShortString
  • PAnsiChar0
  • PWideCharL
  • ByteBool
  • WordBool
  • LongBool
  • string
  • WideString
  • AnsiString
  • Variant
  • OleVariant
  • TClass
  • HRESULT
  • TGUID
  • &op_Equality
  • Left
  • Right
  • &op_Inequality
  • Create
  • Data
  • BigEndian
  • AStartIndex
  • IsEmpty
  • PInterfaceEntry
  • TInterfaceEntry
  • VTable
  • IOffset
  • ImplGetter
  • PInterfaceTableH
  • TInterfaceTable
  • EntryCount
  • Entries
  • TMethod
  • Code
  • &op_GreaterThan
  • &op_GreaterThanOrEqual
  • &op_LessThan
  • &op_LessThanOrEqual
  • TObject&
  • Self
  • Free
  • DisposeOf
  • InitInstance
  • Instance
  • CleanupInstance
  • ClassType
  • ClassName
  • ClassNameIs
  • Name
  • ClassParent
  • ClassInfo
  • InstanceSize
  • InheritsFrom
  • AClass
  • MethodAddress
  • MethodName
  • Address
  • QualifiedClassName
  • FieldAddress
  • GetInterface
  • GetInterfaceEntry
  • GetInterfaceTable
  • UnitName
  • UnitScope
  • GetHashCode
  • ToString
  • SafeCallException
  • ExceptObject
  • ExceptAddr
  • AfterConstruction
  • BeforeDestruction
  • Dispatch
  • Message
  • DefaultHandler
  • NewInstance
  • FreeInstance
  • Destroy
  • TObject|
  • TCustomAttribute
  • WeakAttribute
  • UnsafeAttribute
  • UnsafeAttributeT!@
  • VolatileAttribute
  • HPPGENAttribute5
  • AData
  • AFlag
  • HPPGENAttribute
  • PMonitorh$@
  • TMonitor.PWaitingThread
  • TMonitor.TWaitingThread
  • Next
  • Thread
  • WaitEvent
  • TMonitor.TSpinLock
  • Enter
  • Exit
  • TMonitor
  • FLockCount
  • FRecursionCount
  • FOwningThread
  • FLockEvent
  • FSpinCount
  • SetSpinCount
  • ASpinCount
  • Timeout
  • TryEnter
  • Wait
  • ALock
  • Pulse
  • PulseAll
  • IInterface
  • IEnumerable
  • IDispatch
  • FRefCount
  • TInterfacedObject1
  • TInterfacedObject
  • RefCount
  • PShortString
  • UTF8String
  • RawByteString
  • PByte
  • PInt64
  • PExtended
  • PCurrency
  • PVariant
  • PPointer
  • TDateTime
  • TDate
  • TVarArrayBound
  • ElementCount
  • LowBound
  • TVarArrayBoundArray
  • PVarArray
  • TVarArray
  • DimCount
  • Flags
  • ElementSize
  • LockCount
  • Bounds
  • TVarRecord
  • PRecord
  • RecInfo
  • TVarData
  • VType
  • Reserved1
  • Reserved2
  • Reserved3
  • VSmallInt
  • VInteger
  • VSingle
  • VDouble
  • VCurrency
  • VDate
  • VOleStr
  • VDispatch
  • VError
  • VBoolean
  • VShortInt
  • VByte
  • VWord
  • VLongWord
  • VUInt32
  • VInt64
  • VUInt64
  • VString
  • VAny
  • VArray
  • VPointer

Stack and decoded strings were not recovered: it did not finish within the time allowed. Only literal strings present in the file are listed above.

Disassembly

entry point · x86 · 60 insns (listing capped)
AddressBytesMnemonicOperands
0x4ccbd055pushebp
0x4ccbd18becmovebp, esp
0x4ccbd383c4a4addesp, -0x5c
0x4ccbd653pushebx
0x4ccbd756pushesi
0x4ccbd857pushedi
0x4ccbd933c0xoreax, eax
0x4ccbdb8945c4movdword ptr [ebp - 0x3c], eax
0x4ccbde8945c0movdword ptr [ebp - 0x40], eax
0x4ccbe18945a4movdword ptr [ebp - 0x5c], eax
0x4ccbe48945d0movdword ptr [ebp - 0x30], eax
0x4ccbe78945c8movdword ptr [ebp - 0x38], eax
0x4ccbea8945ccmovdword ptr [ebp - 0x34], eax
0x4ccbed8945d4movdword ptr [ebp - 0x2c], eax
0x4ccbf08945d8movdword ptr [ebp - 0x28], eax
0x4ccbf38945ecmovdword ptr [ebp - 0x14], eax
0x4ccbf6b87c814c00moveax, 0x4c817c
0x4ccbfbe8dc28f4ffcall0x40f4dc
0x4ccc0033c0xoreax, eax
0x4ccc0255pushebp
0x4ccc0368ddd24c00push0x4cd2dd
0x4ccc0864ff30pushdword ptr fs:[eax]
0x4ccc0b648920movdword ptr fs:[eax], esp
0x4ccc0ea144294d00moveax, dword ptr [0x4d2944]
0x4ccc13c60001movbyte ptr [eax], 1
0x4ccc1633d2xoredx, edx
0x4ccc1855pushebp
0x4ccc196897d24c00push0x4cd297
0x4ccc1e64ff32pushdword ptr fs:[edx]
0x4ccc21648922movdword ptr fs:[edx], esp
0x4ccc24a134664d00moveax, dword ptr [0x4d6634]
0x4ccc29e86e9dffffcall0x4c699c
0x4ccc2ee8c198ffffcall0x4c64f4
0x4ccc338d55ecleaedx, [ebp - 0x14]
0x4ccc3633c0xoreax, eax
0x4ccc38e83f4cfeffcall0x4b187c
0x4ccc3d8b55ecmovedx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x14]
0x4ccc40b8549e4d00moveax, 0x4d9e54
0x4ccc45e8faccf3ffcall0x409944
0x4ccc4a6a02push2
0x4ccc4c6a00push0
0x4ccc4e6a01push1
0x4ccc508b0d549e4d00movecx, dword ptr [0x4d9e54]
0x4ccc56b201movdl, 1
0x4ccc58a120274b00moveax, dword ptr [0x4b2720]
0x4ccc5de82e60feffcall0x4b2c90
0x4ccc62a3589e4d00movdword ptr [0x4d9e58], eax
0x4ccc6733d2xoredx, edx
0x4ccc6955pushebp
0x4ccc6a6843d24c00push0x4cd243
0x4ccc6f64ff32pushdword ptr fs:[edx]
0x4ccc72648922movdword ptr fs:[edx], esp
0x4ccc75e8f69dffffcall0x4c6a70
0x4ccc7aa3609e4d00movdword ptr [0x4d9e60], eax
0x4ccc7fa1609e4d00moveax, dword ptr [0x4d9e60]
0x4ccc8483780c01cmpdword ptr [eax + 0xc], 1
0x4ccc887548jne0x4cccd2
0x4ccc8aa1609e4d00moveax, dword ptr [0x4d9e60]
0x4ccc8fba28000000movedx, 0x28
0x4ccc94e87749ffffcall0x4c1610
callbranchretstackarithregisterimmediatememory

Screen recording

15 frames · screen recording · 132s
Screen recording frame
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Behavior summary

ran 131s

4 process(es) observed

LaunchedC:\Users\user\Desktop\afterpatch.exe
Privilegestandard
Telemetry sources: Kernel ETW (16 of 462 events) agent poll: 4Process audit: 4

Evasion / anti-analysis checks

5 checks
MED
Check for time delay via GetTickCount Capability rule
MITRE T1622 · Debugger detection
MED
Reference analysis tools strings Capability rule
MITRE T1497 · Anti-analysis
MED
Debugger Detection::Process Environment Block Capability taxonomy
MITRE T1497 · Anti-Behavioral Analysis
MED
Debugger Detection::Timing/Delay Check GetTickCount Capability taxonomy
MITRE T1497 · Anti-Behavioral Analysis
MED
Dynamic Analysis Evasion::Delayed Execution Capability taxonomy
MITRE T1497 · Anti-Behavioral Analysis

Statically visible checks (RDTSC/CPUID/red-pill instructions, anti-debug APIs) plus runtime evasion signals. Instruction-level interception at runtime requires hypervisor introspection (VMI).

No WMI attributed to the sample. The WMI-Activity trace was running and recorded 1076 operations on the machine during the run; none of them came from the sample's process tree.

Command lines, unwrapped

4 read

4 captured texts were read and unwrapped locally. No address was recovered from any of them, and none of them was hiding its own contents behind an encoding or a format string. This is a result, not a gap.

Network activity

The network section is a paid-plan layer: the DNS the sample resolved, the connections it opened, the TLS it negotiated, and the rule engine's reading of the capture.

This run was captured, and what it captured is on a paid plan rather than absent. An internet-connected detonation is the same plan, so a paid run also shows what the sample reached rather than only what it tried.

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Process tree

What ran during the detonation, and what each process did. Select a node to see the activity attributed to it.

4processes
2registry operations

afterpatch.exe

4 processes
4 processes

Attributed activity

0Mechanisms found
90Methods checked
0ATT&CK techniques
NONEHighest severity

Persistence mechanisms

clean

No persistence established

None of the 90 auto-start methods below were established during this run.

Detection coverage

0 / 90

Every auto-start method checked on this sample, grouped by family. A method with no result is reported clean, and one the sample only names in its own strings reads "named" rather than "detected".

Logon & Startup 22 clean
  • Active Setup Installed Component T1547.014 clean
  • Explorer Delay-Load Object T1547.001 clean
  • Explorer Run Key T1547.001 clean
  • Explorer SharedTaskScheduler T1547.001 clean
  • Group Policy Extension DLL T1547.004 clean
  • Group Policy Run Key T1547.001 clean
  • Logon Script T1037.001 clean
  • RDP WDS Startup Program T1547.001 clean
  • Registry Run Key T1547.001 clean
  • Registry RunEx Key T1547.001 clean
  • Registry RunOnce Key T1547.001 clean
  • Registry RunOnceEx Key T1547.001 clean
  • Registry RunServices Key T1547.001 clean
  • Startup Folder Item T1547.001 clean
  • Startup Folder Redirection T1547.001 clean
  • Terminal Services Initial Program T1547.001 clean
  • Winlogon GINA DLL T1547.004 clean
  • Winlogon MPNotify Value T1547.004 clean
  • Winlogon Notify Package T1547.004 clean
  • Winlogon Shell Value T1547.004 clean
  • Winlogon Taskman Value T1547.004 clean
  • Winlogon Userinit Value T1547.004 clean
Services & Tasks 9 clean
  • BITS Job T1197 clean
  • Print Monitor DLL T1547.010 clean
  • Print Processor DLL T1547.012 clean
  • Scheduled Task T1053.005 clean
  • Scheduled Task Registry Implant T1053.005 clean
  • Service Control Manager Security Descriptor T1574.011 clean
  • Service DLL Hijack T1543.003 clean
  • Time Provider DLL T1547.003 clean
  • Windows Service Creation T1543.003 clean
Execution Hijack 17 clean
  • .NET Managed Debugger T1546.012 clean
  • Accessibility Tool Hijack T1546.008 clean
  • AeDebug Postmortem Debugger T1546.012 clean
  • App Paths Hijack T1546.012 clean
  • Application Shim Database T1546.011 clean
  • Boot Verification Program T1547.002 clean
  • Command Processor AutoRun T1546.011 clean
  • Explorer Load Value T1547.001 clean
  • Explorer MyComputer Tool Hijack T1546.001 clean
  • Registry Image File Execution Options T1546.012 clean
  • Screensaver Hijack T1546.002 clean
  • Setup ErrorHandler Script T1546 clean
  • Shell Open Command Hijack T1546.001 clean
  • SilentProcessExit Monitor T1546.012 clean
  • Telemetry Controller Command T1546.015 clean
  • WER ReflectDebugger T1546.012 clean
  • Windows Error Reporting Debugger T1546.012 clean
DLL Load Order 12 clean
  • .NET CLR Profiler DLL T1574.012 clean
  • .NET Startup Hook DLL T1574 clean
  • AppCert DLLs T1546.009 clean
  • AppInit DLLs T1546.010 clean
  • AutodialDLL Winsock Injection T1546.006 clean
  • DLL Search-Order Hijack T1574.001 T1574.002 clean
  • DNS Server Plugin DLL T1574.001 clean
  • HTML Help Helper DLL T1546 clean
  • KnownDLLs Manipulation T1574.001 clean
  • Natural Language Platform DLL Override T1546 clean
  • Netsh Helper DLL T1546.007 clean
  • Winsock Layered Service Provider T1546.006 clean
COM & Browser 6 clean
  • Browser Extension T1176 clean
  • Browser Helper Object T1176 clean
  • COM Server Hijack T1546.015 clean
  • HTML Help COM Object Hijack T1546.015 clean
  • Shell Context Menu Handler T1546.001 clean
  • Shell Extension Handler T1546.001 clean
Security Providers & Accounts 11 clean
  • Account RID Hijack T1098 clean
  • AMSI Provider T1562.001 clean
  • Credential Provider T1547.014 clean
  • DSRM Admin Logon Backdoor T1556 clean
  • Hidden Local Account T1136.001 clean
  • LSA Authentication Package T1547.002 clean
  • LSA Extension DLL T1547.005 clean
  • LSA Notification Package T1547.005 clean
  • LSA Security Package T1547.005 clean
  • Network Provider DLL T1556.008 clean
  • Security Support Provider T1547.005 clean
Scripting & Applications 9 clean
  • Netsh Port Proxy T1090.001 clean
  • Office Add-in T1137.006 clean
  • Office Executable Sideload T1574.002 clean
  • Office Startup Template T1137.001 clean
  • Office Test Key T1137.002 clean
  • Power Automate Flow T1546 clean
  • PowerShell Profile T1546.013 clean
  • Windows Terminal Startup Action T1546 clean
  • WMI Event Subscription T1546.003 clean
Boot & Firmware 4 clean
  • BootExecute Native Image T1547.002 clean
  • PlatformExecute Native Image T1547.002 clean
  • SetupExecute Native Image T1547.002 clean
  • UEFI / Bootkit Artifact T1542.003 T1542.001 clean

File activity summary

create 0 write 0 modify 0 delete 0 rename 0

Dropped payload analysis

none kept

The sample ran and none of what it wrote was a payload this run kept and examined. That is a measured absence rather than an unasked question.

File & registry ops

0 file · 2 registry · sample scope
OperationTargetProcess
create
\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\WBEM\CIMOM
 afterpatch.exe pid 4384
create
\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\WOW6432Node
 afterpatch.exe pid 4384

External reputation was not produced for this scan. Threat intelligence enrichment is a paid-plan layer: every extracted indicator - hashes, addresses, hostnames - is checked against the external reputation services. Our own ingested feeds ran on this scan and every result below is theirs. Adding the paid layer adds an external reputation verdict on each indicator, so VirusTotal, MalwareBazaar and filescan.io are listed below as not checked. See plans.

10 answered no 13 had nothing to check
0Sources with a hit
10Sources queriedof 23 available
470.5kFeed records
0Could not answer

File reputation

4 clear · 3 not checked
SourceChecksResultDetailFeed
MalwareBazaar hash feed File hash clean not in feed 2,934 records
39 minutes ago
MalwareBazaar ransomware feed File hash clean not in feed 3,348 records
4 hours ago
ThreatFox hash IOCs File hash clean not in feed 1,146 records
39 minutes ago
URLhaus payload hashes File hash clean not in feed 1,658 records
39 minutes ago
filescan.io File hash not checked no hash lookup ran for this scan live lookup
MalwareBazaar File hash not checked no hash lookup ran for this scan live lookup
VirusTotal File hash not checked no hash lookup ran for this scan live lookup

Hash lookups only - the sample itself is never uploaded to any third party.

Network indicators

nothing of this kind to check
SourceChecksResultDetailFeed
blocklist.de IP / domain / URL not checked no IP, domain or URL observed to check 27.6k records
39 minutes ago
CINS Army IP / domain / URL not checked no IP, domain or URL observed to check 15k records
39 minutes ago
Emerging Threats IP / domain / URL not checked no IP, domain or URL observed to check 482 records
39 minutes ago
Feodo Tracker IP / domain / URL not checked no IP, domain or URL observed to check 5 records
39 minutes ago
IPsum IP / domain / URL not checked no IP, domain or URL observed to check 19.7k records
39 minutes ago
Phishing.Database IP / domain / URL not checked no IP, domain or URL observed to check 391.5k records
4 hours ago
ThreatFox IP / domain / URL not checked no IP, domain or URL observed to check 1,146 records
39 minutes ago
URLhaus IP / domain / URL not checked no IP, domain or URL observed to check no records ingested

TLS fingerprints

nothing of this kind to check
SourceChecksResultDetailFeed
JA3 / JA4 fingerprint blocklists JA3 / JA4 not checked no TLS client fingerprint observed 97 records
11 hours ago
SSL blocklist Server certificate not checked no server certificate fingerprint is extracted to check live lookup

Detection rules

2 clear
SourceChecksResultDetailFeed
Sigma rules Behavior log clean - 2,275 records
6 hours ago
Signature rules Sample content clean 5 structural rules matched (file properties, not findings) 110 records
39 minutes ago

Tooling catalogs

4 clear
SourceChecksResultDetailFeed
LOLBAS Process image paths clean 4 process image paths, none masqueraded 245 records
39 minutes ago
LOLBootloaders File hash clean not a known vulnerable bootloader 520 records
38 minutes ago
LOLDrivers File hash clean not a known vulnerable driver 2,333 records
39 minutes ago
LOLRMM Names and domains clean 5 name/domain indicators checked, no remote-management tooling 360 records
39 minutes ago

AI analysis

The AI layer is a paid-plan feature. It reads what the other layers produced - the behaviour summary, the call sequence, the indicator list - and writes the narrative and the kill-chain walkthrough.

Nothing is being withheld. This layer did not run for this scan, so there is no result stored behind the lock.

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0 malicious 0 suspicious 3 info

File indicators

3
SeverityTypeIndicatorDescription
info sample_sha256 38b74567533fe1545f9d417cd4ef61f879e14908a3185bb7fc7db89207afdea6 Submitted sample (SHA256)
info sample_md5 4126486a125d4488e9d71740296af48d Submitted sample (MD5)
info imphash 18d60425fd93eccbd964ff66b826efa1 Import table hash (imphash)

Sigma detections

0 matches of 2275 rules

The Sigma corpus was evaluated against this run's processes, registry, file, network, DNS and script activity. Nothing matched.

Generated rules

Sigma: auto_file_2509_sigma_reg

Auto-generated
title: Auto-generated registry behavior rule (sandbox scan 2509)
id: sandbox-auto-2509-reg
status: experimental
description: Auto-generated from sandbox scan 2509
logsource:
    category: registry_event
    product: windows
detection:
    selection:
        TargetObject|contains:
            - '\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\WBEM\CIMOM'
            - '\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\WOW6432Node'
    condition: selection
level: medium

YARA: auto_file_2509_yara

Auto-generated
import "pe"

rule auto_file_2509_yara
{
    meta:
        description = "Auto-generated from scan 2509"
        author = "sandbox auto-generator"
        imphash = "18d60425fd93eccbd964ff66b826efa1"
    condition:
        uint16(0) == 0x5a4d and filesize < 8564488 and pe.imphash() == "18d60425fd93eccbd964ff66b826efa1"
}

Extracted files

What came out of the sample: unpacked payloads, carved objects and captured memory. Each one is stored by content hash, so the same object extracted twice is the same row.

No extracted files

Nothing was unpacked or carved out of this sample. Packed samples, documents with embedded objects and installers are the ones that usually produce artifacts here.

Export & download

/s/2509

Structured exports for your SIEM/TIP - ATT&CK Navigator layer, STIX 2.1 bundle, MISP event and a defanged IOC list - are free on every report. The packet capture follows this scan's plan, because a capture is the rawest network output this platform produces.

AI analysis report

An enterprise report with an AI-written executive summary, threat assessment, kill chain, and recommendations, plus the derived evidence (verdict, MITRE ATT&CK, network, file modifications, dropped files, IOCs) and screenshots. The AI narrative is built from derived analysis data only, so the raw sample never leaves the host (no-upload and AI-boundary preserved).

Public analyses of this file

1 run
SubmittedEnvironmentVerdictScore
2026-09-25 02:05 Shown below Windows 10 22H2 Nothing conclusive 27/100