Malware analysis MdCharm-Setup.exe Malicious activity

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File name:	MdCharm-Setup.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/e8dbcf06-6955-4d04-b1c1-ea25364ecf83
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	April 29, 2025, 01:57:52
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive, 5 sections
MD5:	59CAA9C0DDBF55934A91D1984F21FE95
SHA1:	5E4A5B228210B239D623478FA1EE0EDD03A8EDAC
SHA256:	0965CFDD5905C38D0635BC9FCB12737D8149F58A20E9D95435DFC61A02269770
SSDEEP:	98304:fVKGHX738lQMfNNiQpNxnBSt7hI8Z5XMzY98AOhWvj78fFfI3zL2kVV8AUAKs9yD:WUK8cgOUB7pqi78

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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:: on
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
No malicious indicators.
SUSPICIOUS
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - MdCharm-Setup.exe (PID: 960)
- There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)
  - MdCharm-Setup.exe (PID: 960)
- The process drops C-runtime libraries
  - MdCharm-Setup.exe (PID: 960)
- Creates a software uninstall entry
  - MdCharm-Setup.exe (PID: 960)
- Process drops legitimate windows executable
  - MdCharm-Setup.exe (PID: 960)
INFO
- Checks supported languages
  - MdCharm-Setup.exe (PID: 960)
  - MdCharm.exe (PID: 1272)
- Reads the computer name
  - MdCharm-Setup.exe (PID: 960)
  - MdCharm.exe (PID: 1272)
- Create files in a temporary directory
  - MdCharm-Setup.exe (PID: 960)
- The sample compiled with english language support
  - MdCharm-Setup.exe (PID: 960)
- Creates files in the program directory
  - MdCharm-Setup.exe (PID: 960)
- Creates files or folders in the user directory
  - MdCharm.exe (PID: 1272)
- Reads the machine GUID from the registry
  - MdCharm.exe (PID: 1272)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.exe	\|	NSIS - Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (94.8)
.exe	\|	Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (3.4)
.dll	\|	Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (0.7)
.exe	\|	Win32 Executable (generic) (0.5)
.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (0.2)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp:	2009:12:05 22:50:41+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit
PEType:	PE32
LinkerVersion:	6
CodeSize:	23040
InitializedDataSize:	119808
UninitializedDataSize:	1024
EntryPoint:	0x30cb
OSVersion:	4
ImageVersion:	6
SubsystemVersion:	4
Subsystem:	Windows GUI

No data.

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Total processes

127

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

660

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MdCharm-Setup.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MdCharm-Setup.exe

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explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Exit code:

3221226540

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\mdcharm-setup.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll

960

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MdCharm-Setup.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MdCharm-Setup.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Exit code:

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\mdcharm-setup.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\user32.dll

1272

"C:\Program Files (x86)\MdCharm\MdCharm.exe"

C:\Program Files (x86)\MdCharm\MdCharm.exe

MdCharm-Setup.exe

User:

admin

Company:

MdCharm

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

MdCharm-Wiki Editor [msvc]

Version:

1.0.0

Modules

Images
c:\program files (x86)\mdcharm\mdcharm.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:\program files (x86)\mdcharm\core.dll

2240

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

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

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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

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Total events

808

Read events

788

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(960) MdCharm-Setup.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MdCharm
Operation:	write	Name:	DisplayName
Value: MdCharm 1.1.6
(PID) Process:	(960) MdCharm-Setup.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MdCharm
Operation:	write	Name:	UninstallString
Value: C:\Program Files (x86)\MdCharm\uninst.exe
(PID) Process:	(960) MdCharm-Setup.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MdCharm
Operation:	write	Name:	DisplayIcon
Value: C:\Program Files (x86)\MdCharm\MdCharm.exe
(PID) Process:	(960) MdCharm-Setup.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MdCharm
Operation:	write	Name:	DisplayVersion
Value: 1.1.6
(PID) Process:	(960) MdCharm-Setup.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MdCharm
Operation:	write	Name:	URLInfoAbout
Value: http://www.mdcharm.com
(PID) Process:	(960) MdCharm-Setup.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MdCharm
Operation:	write	Name:	Publisher
Value: mdcharm.com
(PID) Process:	(960) MdCharm-Setup.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MdCharm
Operation:	write	Name:	ReleaseTime
Value: 14051814
(PID) Process:	(1272) MdCharm.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Trolltech\OrganizationDefaults\Qt Plugin Cache 4.8.false\C:\Program Files (x86)\MdCharm\imageformats
Operation:	write	Name:	qgif4.dll
Value: 40801
(PID) Process:	(1272) MdCharm.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Trolltech\OrganizationDefaults\Qt Factory Cache 4.8\com.trolltech.Qt.QImageIOHandlerFactoryInterface:\C:\Program Files (x86)\MdCharm\imageformats
Operation:	write	Name:	qgif4.dll
Value: 2012-05-12T12:47:44
(PID) Process:	(1272) MdCharm.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Trolltech\OrganizationDefaults\Qt Plugin Cache 4.8.false\C:\Program Files (x86)\MdCharm\imageformats
Operation:	write	Name:	qico4.dll
Value: 40801

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
960	MdCharm-Setup.exe	C:\Program Files (x86)\MdCharm\spellcheckdict\en_GB.aff		text
		MD5:BF3BF1853C24324CB05E9869E8F9AA49	SHA256:FA4D026CDEBF0CF09BB2B2FAA0CAA048B78566DC316B7C43EECE9346227E919C
960	MdCharm-Setup.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nskD0DF.tmp\InstallOptions.dll		executable
		MD5:325B008AEC81E5AAA57096F05D4212B5	SHA256:C9CD5C9609E70005926AE5171726A4142FFBCCCC771D307EFCD195DAFC1E6B4B
960	MdCharm-Setup.exe	C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\MdCharm\MdCharm.lnk		binary
		MD5:756573DDDB8CABB8A83D74A0EEA97558	SHA256:E7263D4C6E8CD21A34C9E4A991242E2318809DA56659FAEFC2010D463CCAC6AD
960	MdCharm-Setup.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nskD0DF.tmp\ioSpecial.ini		text
		MD5:E2D5070BC28DB1AC745613689FF86067	SHA256:D95AED234F932A1C48A2B1B0D98C60CA31F962310C03158E2884AB4DDD3EA1E0
960	MdCharm-Setup.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nskD0DF.tmp\modern-wizard.bmp		image
		MD5:CBE40FD2B1EC96DAEDC65DA172D90022	SHA256:3AD2DC318056D0A2024AF1804EA741146CFC18CC404649A44610CBF8B2056CF2
960	MdCharm-Setup.exe	C:\Program Files (x86)\MdCharm\MdCharm.exe		executable
		MD5:5DCAADCFCC4427C3D656C8D528194C0E	SHA256:18EB1052EE7FE96EF543965A0D1814386C911DF881005179E83E82E224819D04
960	MdCharm-Setup.exe	C:\Program Files (x86)\MdCharm\spellcheckdict\README_en_GB.txt		text
		MD5:2B0B45718F24B66F916AFB815D83F0F1	SHA256:B6D9A05E1CB793B41C021AB5082CFC89DE4E3266968D1A5CD3357F394741D9BB
960	MdCharm-Setup.exe	C:\Users\Public\Desktop\MdCharm.lnk		binary
		MD5:D757D03F69EC15F045718CF536815A81	SHA256:69887C36C72849E228ECD84C969DA8C272BEA4A46B63B71ADFF6111C80E0B298
960	MdCharm-Setup.exe	C:\Program Files (x86)\MdCharm\codecs\qjpcodecs4.dll		executable
		MD5:753663CE296F39A7083600101BE933A4	SHA256:38F684534692D1FC6632B34B768F683C18066409A30B42A8ABCD5DF7E83FA1CA
960	MdCharm-Setup.exe	C:\Program Files (x86)\MdCharm\msvcp100.dll		executable
		MD5:03E9314004F504A14A61C3D364B62F66	SHA256:A3BA6421991241BEA9C8334B62C3088F8F131AB906C3CC52113945D05016A35F

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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	23.53.40.176:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	23.52.120.96:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5960	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
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	23.53.40.176:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	23.52.120.96:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	184.30.131.245:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5960	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
1272	MdCharm.exe	GET	302	192.157.56.142:80	http://www.mdcharm.com/checkupdate?current_version=1.0.0&type=Windows	unknown	—	—	unknown

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
—	—	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	23.53.40.176:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
—	—	23.53.40.176:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	23.52.120.96:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
—	—	23.52.120.96:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
—	—	172.211.123.250:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	FR	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	20.190.160.132:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	184.30.131.245:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	US	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	4.231.128.59	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.185.78	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	23.53.40.176 23.53.40.178	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	23.52.120.96	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.250	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.160.132 40.126.32.72 20.190.160.130 20.190.160.20 20.190.160.67 40.126.32.133 20.190.160.66 20.190.160.5	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	184.30.131.245	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	20.109.210.53	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	20.3.187.198	whitelisted
www.mdcharm.com	192.157.56.142	unknown

Threats

PID	Process	Class	Message
1272	MdCharm.exe	Misc activity	INFO [ANY.RUN] USER_AGENTS Suspicious User-Agent (Mozilla/5.0)

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General Info

MdCharm-Setup.exe

59CAA9C0DDBF55934A91D1984F21FE95

5E4A5B228210B239D623478FA1EE0EDD03A8EDAC

0965CFDD5905C38D0635BC9FCB12737D8149F58A20E9D95435DFC61A02269770

98304:fVKGHX738lQMfNNiQpNxnBSt7hI8Z5XMzY98AOhWvj78fFfI3zL2kVV8AUAKs9yD:WUK8cgOUB7pqi78

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SUSPICIOUS

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)

The process drops C-runtime libraries

Creates a software uninstall entry

Process drops legitimate windows executable

INFO

Checks supported languages

Reads the computer name

Create files in a temporary directory

The sample compiled with english language support

Creates files in the program directory

Creates files or folders in the user directory

Reads the machine GUID from the registry

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