| File name: | hkcmd.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/247d0012-9a84-40fc-890a-b937c58106a3 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | DBatLoader is a loader malware used for distributing payloads of different types, including WarzoneRAT and Formbook. It is employed in multi-stage attacks that usually start with a phishing email carrying a malicious attachment. |
| Analysis date: | April 14, 2025, 21:15:01 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 9 sections |
| MD5: | 05EF4CA659965C1D3FAA58077B0F9943 |
| SHA1: | C168978862AA0A8D00C7F9B359DC5E8059AC7844 |
| SHA256: | 00B229DE51C409D79B0084465543C9197F797D4A835290EBF72CBCE75CFB2044 |
| SSDEEP: | 49152:ll4svCOqCOdSqg6olwGDcDIGDcDVkYeMy6dSsAwzlnV/EXiK0vSXHe2l3scCV4RJ:Fcat7dSGxESf2+w3fCmywcelkEsVj7Q |
MALICIOUS
DBATLOADER has been detected (YARA)
- hkcmd.exe (PID: 7356)
SUSPICIOUS
There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)
- hkcmd.exe (PID: 7356)
Executing commands from ".cmd" file
- hkcmd.exe (PID: 7356)
Runs PING.EXE to delay simulation
- cmd.exe (PID: 7952)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- hkcmd.exe (PID: 7356)
Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
- hkcmd.exe (PID: 7356)
Likely accesses (executes) a file from the Public directory
- esentutl.exe (PID: 8048)
- alpha.pif (PID: 8100)
- alpha.pif (PID: 8080)
Drops a file with a rarely used extension (PIF)
- esentutl.exe (PID: 8048)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- esentutl.exe (PID: 8048)
Starts a Microsoft application from unusual location
- alpha.pif (PID: 8100)
- alpha.pif (PID: 8080)
Starts application with an unusual extension
- cmd.exe (PID: 7916)
Executes application which crashes
- hkcmd.exe (PID: 7356)
Created directory related to system
- alpha.pif (PID: 8080)
Starts itself from another location
- cmd.exe (PID: 7916)
INFO
Checks proxy server information
- hkcmd.exe (PID: 7356)
Checks supported languages
- hkcmd.exe (PID: 7356)
- alpha.pif (PID: 8100)
- alpha.pif (PID: 8080)
Reads the computer name
- hkcmd.exe (PID: 7356)
Compiled with Borland Delphi (YARA)
- hkcmd.exe (PID: 7356)
Creates files in the program directory
- hkcmd.exe (PID: 7356)
The sample compiled with english language support
- esentutl.exe (PID: 8048)
Creates files or folders in the user directory
- WerFault.exe (PID: 6964)
Reads the software policy settings
- slui.exe (PID: 7444)
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TRiD
| .exe | | | InstallShield setup (35.1) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Win32 EXE PECompact compressed (generic) (33.9) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable Delphi generic (11.5) |
| .scr | | | Windows screen saver (10.6) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (3.6) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 1992:06:19 22:22:17+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, Bytes reversed lo, 32-bit, Bytes reversed hi |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 2.25 |
| CodeSize: | 460800 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 1243648 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x7182c |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
Total processes
144
Monitored processes
14
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2236 | 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
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| 6964 | C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 7356 -s 1416 | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe | — | hkcmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Problem Reporting Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7208 | C:\Windows\System32\colorcpl.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\colorcpl.exe | — | hkcmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft Color Control Panel Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7356 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hkcmd.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hkcmd.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 3221225477 Modules
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| 7396 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding | C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe | — | 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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| 7444 | "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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| 7916 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\\ProgramData\\8401.cmd | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | — | hkcmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7924 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | cmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7952 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\\ProgramData\\21117.cmd | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | — | hkcmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7968 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | cmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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Total events
2 958
Read events
2 958
Write events
0
Delete events
0
Modification events
Executable files
1
Suspicious files
3
Text files
4
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6964 | WerFault.exe | C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_hkcmd.exe_9c25bed666bef16eb1154bf93a3aecbbf76768_251f22e3_6cc4ce09-5848-44f9-bdce-f28068e39f94\Report.wer | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 6964 | WerFault.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\hkcmd.exe.7356.dmp | binary | |
MD5:D64E232CB7502F006134AE1466CEBE7C | SHA256:1471C1122C6FF49BD8704DFA718104EB6D6E639506C059EDAF44E9B3FDD56B22 | |||
| 7356 | hkcmd.exe | C:\ProgramData\8401.cmd | text | |
MD5:1DF650CCA01129127D30063634AB5C03 | SHA256:EDD4094E7A82A6FF8BE65D6B075E9513BD15A6B74F8032B5C10CE18F7191FA60 | |||
| 6964 | WerFault.exe | C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER1E35.tmp.xml | xml | |
MD5:BC405D3616BF6859A48FB9EA52348418 | SHA256:478D28B570FF20E0170F182325357822C0D3EFA0A5520C5C056C9E79550DBC47 | |||
| 7356 | hkcmd.exe | C:\ProgramData\21117.cmd | text | |
MD5:9A020804EBA1FFAC2928D7C795144BBF | SHA256:A86C6C7A2BF9E12C45275A5E7EBEBD5E6D2BA302FE0A12600B7C9FDF283D9E63 | |||
| 6964 | WerFault.exe | C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER1903.tmp.dmp | binary | |
MD5:F67F5C17A857BB8FC763A0F4BC89C619 | SHA256:621A1922DB55ED50C21DCE43D3ED35B1666F2494AFF25298FDB760F107769978 | |||
| 6964 | WerFault.exe | C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER1DA8.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml | binary | |
MD5:200AB65471980BB508D586DBEF003CF2 | SHA256:9711763C7241A9D1E8805915782AA04C739ECE1818871574D641AACF3239248E | |||
| 8048 | esentutl.exe | C:\Users\Public\alpha.pif | executable | |
MD5:D3348AC2130C7E754754A6E9CB053B09 | SHA256:E9EF013238495BFFCE7459E059BFFE340A0F08B439EC94E7D4436F4E13714ECD | |||
| 7356 | hkcmd.exe | C:\ProgramData\neo.cmd | text | |
MD5:5BAF253744AD26F35BA17DB6B80763E9 | SHA256:9CBB41E6C4F8565A6D121B770FCF3F15A6891C8DF8BFBA6D0414B3AD3298BDBA | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
4
TCP/UDP connections
19
DNS requests
14
Threats
0
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | GET | 200 | 23.48.23.141:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.17.190.73:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7316 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.52.120.96:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7316 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.52.120.96:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
— | — | 23.48.23.141:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
3216 | svchost.exe | 172.211.123.249:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | FR | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 40.126.32.134:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 2.17.190.73:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
2104 | svchost.exe | 40.127.240.158:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
7316 | SIHClient.exe | 20.12.23.50:443 | slscr.update.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
7316 | SIHClient.exe | 23.52.120.96:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
slscr.update.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |