File name:

OfficeClickToRun.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/794460ff-f87e-4c32-8bfd-ac32a23f016b
Verdict: Malicious activity
Threats:

Stealers are a group of malicious software that are intended for gaining unauthorized access to users’ information and transferring it to the attacker. The stealer malware category includes various types of programs that focus on their particular kind of data, including files, passwords, and cryptocurrency. Stealers are capable of spying on their targets by recording their keystrokes and taking screenshots. This type of malware is primarily distributed as part of phishing campaigns.

Analysis date: May 15, 2025, 20:57:58
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:
stealer
ms-smartcard
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, UPX compressed, 3 sections
MD5:

A5E6B60E3A6483905C7E7D121917A8DA

SHA1:

7FC66DE97D22EEC4768911E26B3A334119319FBB

SHA256:

0206DBF5768766A8F9E9F7089F45AD4472743BA284224C9898C6742E106D76A3

SSDEEP:

98304:lKFT7k9nBEhhVLQXzRZ3uk3jSVDTziYo8TSF36XYwCLzh7Hsc77BIEXCi72Uc/rG:N+OEw7

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Actions looks like stealing of personal data

      • StartMenuExperienceHost.exe (PID: 7848)
    • Steals credentials from Web Browsers

      • StartMenuExperienceHost.exe (PID: 7848)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • OfficeClickToRun.exe (PID: 7488)
    • Application launched itself

      • OfficeClickToRun.exe (PID: 7488)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • OfficeClickToRun.exe (PID: 7640)
      • StartMenuExperienceHost.exe (PID: 7848)
    • The process creates files with name similar to system file names

      • OfficeClickToRun.exe (PID: 7640)
      • StartMenuExperienceHost.exe (PID: 7848)
    • Starts itself from another location

      • OfficeClickToRun.exe (PID: 7640)
      • StartMenuExperienceHost.exe (PID: 7848)
  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • OfficeClickToRun.exe (PID: 7488)
      • OfficeClickToRun.exe (PID: 7640)
      • StartMenuExperienceHost.exe (PID: 7848)
      • StartMenuExperienceHost.exe (PID: 8152)
      • StartMenuExperienceHost.exe (PID: 900)
    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • OfficeClickToRun.exe (PID: 7488)
      • OfficeClickToRun.exe (PID: 7640)
      • StartMenuExperienceHost.exe (PID: 7848)
      • StartMenuExperienceHost.exe (PID: 8152)
      • StartMenuExperienceHost.exe (PID: 900)
    • Reads the computer name

      • OfficeClickToRun.exe (PID: 7488)
      • OfficeClickToRun.exe (PID: 7640)
      • StartMenuExperienceHost.exe (PID: 7848)
      • StartMenuExperienceHost.exe (PID: 8152)
      • StartMenuExperienceHost.exe (PID: 900)
    • Process checks computer location settings

      • OfficeClickToRun.exe (PID: 7488)
    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • OfficeClickToRun.exe (PID: 7640)
    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • StartMenuExperienceHost.exe (PID: 7848)
    • Creates files in the program directory

      • StartMenuExperienceHost.exe (PID: 7848)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | UPX compressed Win32 Executable (64.2)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (15.6)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (10.6)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (4.7)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (4.7)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 0000:00:00 00:00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, 32-bit
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 3
CodeSize: 3276800
InitializedDataSize: 4096
UninitializedDataSize: 8769536
EntryPoint: 0xb7d3a0
OSVersion: 6.1
ImageVersion: 1
SubsystemVersion: 6.1
Subsystem: Windows GUI
No data.
screenshot
All screenshots are available in the full report
All screenshots are available in the full report
Total processes
141
Monitored processes
7
Malicious processes
3
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start officeclicktorun.exe no specs officeclicktorun.exe startmenuexperiencehost.exe sppextcomobj.exe no specs slui.exe no specs startmenuexperiencehost.exe no specs startmenuexperiencehost.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
900"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\StartMenuExperienceHost.exeStartMenuExperienceHost.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\edge\application\startmenuexperiencehost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\bcryptprimitives.dll
7488"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\OfficeClickToRun.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\OfficeClickToRun.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
2
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\officeclicktorun.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\bcryptprimitives.dll
7640"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\OfficeClickToRun.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\OfficeClickToRun.exe
OfficeClickToRun.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\officeclicktorun.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\bcryptprimitives.dll
7848C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\StartMenuExperienceHost.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
OfficeClickToRun.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\microsoft\startmenuexperiencehost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\bcryptprimitives.dll
7860C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exesvchost.exe
User:
NETWORK SERVICE
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
KMS Connection Broker
Version:
10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
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
7892"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=TimerEventC:\Windows\System32\slui.exeSppExtComObj.Exe
User:
NETWORK SERVICE
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
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
8152"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\StartMenuExperienceHost.exeStartMenuExperienceHost.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\startmenuexperiencehost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\bcryptprimitives.dll
Total events
3 863
Read events
3 863
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
5
Suspicious files
0
Text files
0
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
7640OfficeClickToRun.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Programs\csrss.exeexecutable
MD5:A5E6B60E3A6483905C7E7D121917A8DA
SHA256:0206DBF5768766A8F9E9F7089F45AD4472743BA284224C9898C6742E106D76A3
7640OfficeClickToRun.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\StartMenuExperienceHost.exeexecutable
MD5:A5E6B60E3A6483905C7E7D121917A8DA
SHA256:0206DBF5768766A8F9E9F7089F45AD4472743BA284224C9898C6742E106D76A3
7848StartMenuExperienceHost.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\StartMenuExperienceHost.exeexecutable
MD5:A5E6B60E3A6483905C7E7D121917A8DA
SHA256:0206DBF5768766A8F9E9F7089F45AD4472743BA284224C9898C6742E106D76A3
7640OfficeClickToRun.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\dummy\RuntimeBroker.exeexecutable
MD5:A5E6B60E3A6483905C7E7D121917A8DA
SHA256:0206DBF5768766A8F9E9F7089F45AD4472743BA284224C9898C6742E106D76A3
7848StartMenuExperienceHost.exeC:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\StartMenuExperienceHost.exeexecutable
MD5:A5E6B60E3A6483905C7E7D121917A8DA
SHA256:0206DBF5768766A8F9E9F7089F45AD4472743BA284224C9898C6742E106D76A3
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HTTP(S) requests
5
TCP/UDP connections
29
DNS requests
11
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
GET
200
23.216.77.13:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
whitelisted
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
GET
200
2.17.190.73:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
whitelisted
7176
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
whitelisted
7176
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
whitelisted
51.124.78.146:443
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
23.216.77.13:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
2104
svchost.exe
51.124.78.146:443
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
184.30.21.171:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
3216
svchost.exe
172.211.123.250:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted
7640
OfficeClickToRun.exe
1.1.1.1:443
whitelisted
7640
OfficeClickToRun.exe
172.67.191.102:443
unknown
7848
StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
1.1.1.1:443
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
google.com
  • 142.250.185.174
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.216.77.13
  • 23.216.77.25
  • 23.216.77.15
  • 23.216.77.21
  • 23.216.77.26
  • 23.216.77.22
  • 23.216.77.28
  • 23.216.77.17
  • 23.216.77.16
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 184.30.21.171
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.250
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 40.126.32.76
  • 40.126.32.72
  • 20.190.160.65
  • 40.126.32.134
  • 40.126.32.74
  • 20.190.160.14
  • 40.126.32.136
  • 20.190.160.17
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 2.17.190.73
whitelisted
go.microsoft.com
  • 23.35.238.131
whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 20.73.194.208
  • 40.127.240.158
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 4.245.163.56
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info