| URL: | https://www.7-zip.org/a/7z2301-x64.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/a9135704-9e59-41a9-bbaf-14e835fede9e |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | April 14, 2025, 16:16:36 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Indicators: | |
| MD5: | 4532E08FD1D6FD45DDDD5C26242C23BA |
| SHA1: | B9ACFEF9A3FBAEA628188F13870978FE6B8D4F6D |
| SHA256: | 09D0383A5603EDD42603D4D60FCE7122FEEA898F4570527D79F0AD247B4F3B3F |
| SSDEEP: | 3:N8DSLohxI7AdA:2OLoE74A |
MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.SUSPICIOUS
Drops 7-zip archiver for unpacking
- chrome.exe (PID: 4892)
- 7z2301-x64.exe (PID: 4408)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- 7z2301-x64.exe (PID: 4408)
Creates a software uninstall entry
- 7z2301-x64.exe (PID: 4408)
Creates/Modifies COM task schedule object
- 7z2301-x64.exe (PID: 4408)
INFO
The sample compiled with english language support
- chrome.exe (PID: 4892)
- 7z2301-x64.exe (PID: 4408)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- chrome.exe (PID: 4892)
Application launched itself
- chrome.exe (PID: 4892)
Checks supported languages
- 7z2301-x64.exe (PID: 6668)
- 7z2301-x64.exe (PID: 4408)
Reads the computer name
- 7z2301-x64.exe (PID: 6668)
- 7z2301-x64.exe (PID: 4408)
The sample compiled with russian language support
- 7z2301-x64.exe (PID: 4408)
Creates files in the program directory
- 7z2301-x64.exe (PID: 4408)
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Total processes
151
Monitored processes
18
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 4408 | "C:\Users\admin\Downloads\7z2301-x64.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Downloads\7z2301-x64.exe | chrome.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Igor Pavlov Integrity Level: HIGH Description: 7-Zip Installer Version: 23.01 Modules
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| 4892 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --disk-cache-dir=null --disk-cache-size=1 --media-cache-size=1 --disable-gpu-shader-disk-cache --disable-background-networking --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction,OptimizationHints "https://www.7-zip.org/a/7z2301-x64.exe" | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 6080 | "C:\Users\admin\Downloads\7z2301-x64.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Downloads\7z2301-x64.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Igor Pavlov Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: 7-Zip Installer Exit code: 3221226540 Version: 23.01 Modules
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| 6300 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=chrome.mojom.ProcessorMetrics --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --disable-quic --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5680 --field-trial-handle=1840,i,15710149127910533591,9780378547490097915,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 6436 | "C:\Users\admin\Downloads\7z2301-x64.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Downloads\7z2301-x64.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Igor Pavlov Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: 7-Zip Installer Exit code: 3221226540 Version: 23.01 Modules
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| 6668 | "C:\Users\admin\Downloads\7z2301-x64.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Downloads\7z2301-x64.exe | chrome.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Igor Pavlov Integrity Level: HIGH Description: 7-Zip Installer Version: 23.01 Modules
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| 7208 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=crashpad-handler "--user-data-dir=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data" /prefetch:4 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad" --url=https://clients2.google.com/cr/report --annotation=channel= --annotation=plat=Win64 --annotation=prod=Chrome --annotation=ver=122.0.6261.70 --initial-client-data=0x220,0x224,0x228,0x1f8,0x22c,0x7ffc88dedc40,0x7ffc88dedc4c,0x7ffc88dedc58 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 7336 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=gpu-process --no-appcompat-clear --gpu-preferences=WAAAAAAAAADgABAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAA4AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAA== --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1828 --field-trial-handle=1840,i,15710149127910533591,9780378547490097915,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version /prefetch:2 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 7348 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --disable-quic --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2040 --field-trial-handle=1840,i,15710149127910533591,9780378547490097915,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version /prefetch:3 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | chrome.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 7392 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --disable-quic --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2268 --field-trial-handle=1840,i,15710149127910533591,9780378547490097915,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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Total events
4 032
Read events
4 005
Write events
27
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (4892) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | failed_count |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4892) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 2 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4892) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4892) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\StabilityMetrics |
| Operation: | write | Name: | user_experience_metrics.stability.exited_cleanly |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4892) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Google\Update\ClientStateMedium\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96} |
| Operation: | write | Name: | usagestats |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7808) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Cached |
| Operation: | write | Name: | {2781761E-28E0-4109-99FE-B9D127C57AFE} {56FFCC30-D398-11D0-B2AE-00A0C908FA49} 0xFFFF |
Value: 0100000000000000446B07A358ADDB01 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4408) 7z2301-x64.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\7-Zip |
| Operation: | write | Name: | VersionMinor |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4408) 7z2301-x64.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\7-Zip |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Publisher |
Value: Igor Pavlov | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4408) 7z2301-x64.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\7-Zip |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Path64 |
Value: C:\Program Files\7-Zip\ | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4408) 7z2301-x64.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\7-Zip |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Path |
Value: C:\Program Files\7-Zip\ | |||
Executable files
13
Suspicious files
39
Text files
116
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4892 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\parcel_tracking_db\LOG.old~RF10db9c.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 4892 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\parcel_tracking_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 4892 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old~RF10db9c.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 4892 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\chrome_cart_db\LOG.old~RF10db9c.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 4892 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\chrome_cart_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 4892 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 4892 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\coupon_db\LOG.old~RF10dbac.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 4892 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\coupon_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 4892 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\PersistentOriginTrials\LOG.old~RF10dbbc.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 4892 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\discounts_db\LOG.old~RF10dbbc.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
4
TCP/UDP connections
26
DNS requests
24
Threats
0
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | GET | 200 | 2.16.241.12:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.23.77.188:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7976 | 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 |
7976 | 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 |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 40.127.240.158:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
— | — | 2.16.241.12:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
— | — | 172.211.123.248:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | FR | whitelisted |
4892 | chrome.exe | 239.255.255.250:1900 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
7348 | chrome.exe | 49.12.202.237:443 | www.7-zip.org | Hetzner Online GmbH | DE | whitelisted |
7348 | chrome.exe | 142.251.168.84:443 | accounts.google.com | GOOGLE | US | whitelisted |
7348 | chrome.exe | 140.82.121.3:443 | github.com | GITHUB | US | whitelisted |
7348 | chrome.exe | 185.199.111.133:443 | objects.githubusercontent.com | FASTLY | US | whitelisted |
7348 | chrome.exe | 142.250.185.238:443 | sb-ssl.google.com | GOOGLE | US | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
www.7-zip.org |
| whitelisted |
accounts.google.com |
| whitelisted |
github.com |
| whitelisted |
objects.githubusercontent.com |
| whitelisted |
sb-ssl.google.com |
| whitelisted |
www.google.com |
| whitelisted |