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File name:

acer.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/e7a712f5-961a-45b4-a7e5-a0f7196113a5
Verdict: Malicious activity
Threats:

DarkSide ransomware is a novel ransomware strain involved in high-profile incidents. Its attacks lead to data theft and encryption, causing significant damage to victims.

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Analysis date: May 12, 2021, 14:52:24
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:
trojan
ransomware
darkside
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
MD5:

979692CD7FC638BEEA6E9D68C752F360

SHA1:

C511AE4D80AAA281C610190AA13630DE61CA714C

SHA256:

0A0C225F0E5EE941A79F2B7701F1285E4975A2859EB4D025D96D9E366E81ABB9

SSDEEP:

768:piN4q1eksgR4SiI+rxQ3rjFrXRRWxXyw/Afy8fIaJ/ZB49j9xOOLd9kvAx0:g4HHerjZX7pLjJKjSO5i

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Known privilege escalation attack

      • DllHost.exe (PID: 2108)

    • Renames files like Ransomware

      • acer.exe (PID: 2856)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Application launched itself

      • acer.exe (PID: 2424)
      • acer.exe (PID: 3628)

    • Executed as Windows Service

      • acer.exe (PID: 2424)

    • Executed via COM

      • DllHost.exe (PID: 2108)

    • Changes the desktop background image

      • acer.exe (PID: 3628)

    • Creates files like Ransomware instruction

      • acer.exe (PID: 2856)

    • Drops a file with a compile date too recent

      • acer.exe (PID: 2856)

    • Creates files in the program directory

      • acer.exe (PID: 3628)

  • INFO

    • Dropped object may contain TOR URL's

      • acer.exe (PID: 2856)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (61.6)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (14.6)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (10)
.exe | Win16/32 Executable Delphi generic (4.6)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (4.4)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2021:04:06 00:09:09+02:00
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 14.12
CodeSize: 38912
InitializedDataSize: 81920
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0xb2bd
OSVersion: 5.1
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 5.1
Subsystem: Windows GUI

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 05-Apr-2021 22:09:09

DOS Header

Magic number: MZ
Bytes on last page of file: 0x0090
Pages in file: 0x0003
Relocations: 0x0000
Size of header: 0x0004
Min extra paragraphs: 0x0000
Max extra paragraphs: 0xFFFF
Initial SS value: 0x0000
Initial SP value: 0x00B8
Checksum: 0x0000
Initial IP value: 0x0000
Initial CS value: 0x0000
Overlay number: 0x0000
OEM identifier: 0x0000
OEM information: 0x0000
Address of NE header: 0x00000080

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 5
Time date stamp: 05-Apr-2021 22:09:09
Pointer to Symbol Table: 0x00000000
Number of symbols: 0
Size of Optional Header: 0x00E0
Characteristics:
  • IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
  • IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE
  • IMAGE_FILE_RELOCS_STRIPPED

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
.text
0x00001000
0x000093AB
0x00009400
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.09567
.text1
0x0000B000
0x000002E0
0x00000400
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
4.90376
.rdata
0x0000C000
0x000001C0
0x00000200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
3.43189
.data
0x0000D000
0x00013A28
0x00003200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
7.59261
.ndata
0x00021000
0x000011E3
0x00001200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
7.95371

Imports

KERNEL32.dll
ntdll.dll
No data.
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Total processes
44
Monitored processes
6
Malicious processes
4
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
1476"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acer.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acer.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
2108C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3E5FC7F9-9A51-4367-9063-A120244FBEC7}C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe—svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
COM Surrogate
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
2856"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acer.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acer.exe—DllHost.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Exit code:
0
2424"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acer.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acer.exe—services.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Exit code:
0
3628"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acer.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acer.exe
acer.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
2856C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acer.exe -work worker0 job0-3628C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\acer.exe—acer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
Total events
466
Read events
394
Write events
48
Delete events
24

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2108) DllHost.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:UNCAsIntranet
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2108) DllHost.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:AutoDetect
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3628) acer.exeKey:HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections
Operation:writeName:DefaultConnectionSettings
Value:
4600000002000000090000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
(PID) Process:(3628) acer.exeKey:HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
(PID) Process:(3628) acer.exeKey:HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
Cookie:
(PID) Process:(3628) acer.exeKey:HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
Visited:
(PID) Process:(3628) acer.exeKey:HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Operation:writeName:ProxyEnable
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3628) acer.exeKey:HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections
Operation:writeName:SavedLegacySettings
Value:
4600000002000000090000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
(PID) Process:(3628) acer.exeKey:HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections
Operation:writeName:DefaultConnectionSettings
Value:
460000000300000009000000000000000000000000000000040000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000100000002000000C0A8642F000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
(PID) Process:(3628) acer.exeKey:HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:UNCAsIntranet
Value:
0
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
101
Text files
46
Unknown types
2

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2856acer.exeC:\Recovery\345b46fe-a9f9-11e7-a83c-e8a4f72b1d33\Winre.wim.425b93ba —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2856acer.exeC:\Users\admin\Desktop\callsfun.rtf.425b93babinary
MD5:DEFC13992F3CA44E6B3A80970898E856
SHA256:DFFED13E83293E0D361E96A22C2FD1CC88A6783E508A721F808EB08EE31D5226
2856acer.exeC:\Recovery\345b46fe-a9f9-11e7-a83c-e8a4f72b1d33\boot.sdi.425b93babinary
MD5:17AE1E48A5CA3A6F89FE4EE871835BDB
SHA256:FE276868B98C74DABD55007CB260303A8107DD7E854316C587E1649074F6E5DE
2856acer.exeC:\Users\admin\Desktop\columbiaplus.png.425b93babinary
MD5:EC2C7BA87493D6FF8FD4A2E48393E9EE
SHA256:D7F769E9B01D280F0EEA55732A6E726DABA7E6E11D12DA6AF698AAC08ADBCFCF
2856acer.exeC:\Users\admin\Desktop\manyfootball.jpg.425b93babinary
MD5:03C269E04FAA6EFE324C641B80015B6B
SHA256:48C6F3AA4C712BA53A91A645B78CDCEE4C8AFE549B2DF504323AB4BCD2588B11
2856acer.exeC:\Users\admin\.oracle_jre_usage\90737d32e3abaa4.timestamp.425b93babinary
MD5:136D4457463999678C443CD1D9491F40
SHA256:8A2ABE2AC5791E1F42E052CBECC5BF0EDF09215790149DF0744A0F975B09CC5B
2856acer.exeC:\Users\admin\Contacts\admin.contact.425b93baini
MD5:8C5D7561090D5C4BFD1E3D0ED9564A16
SHA256:CA62525B6AA3B8E0E0002253D1CDFD899AD2608B63A5BD14769470B9CC17CF48
2856acer.exeC:\Users\admin\Desktop\placescreen.png.425b93babinary
MD5:CA3587EA468F928DE3D0A40439FEA5E2
SHA256:74A93E86FD725E00632F98D07487CD2D4DCFDACFCBDFBAF4B87BB93CAA533124
2856acer.exeC:\Users\admin\Desktop\netjune.jpg.425b93babinary
MD5:B31258DDDCDCB0D4D8557142BE9FE512
SHA256:0EEBD36E5C5651971A6CF7B32F3376E044C5905E375426EF6B97D71DE73223D8
2856acer.exeC:\Users\admin\Contacts\README.425b93ba.TXTtext
MD5:164AA420BE8E0C2BCDEF574355EDAA32
SHA256:B326D11DD90C2E4EFB0A384981F71C2BD1A6FAA0553D6389ACB08945B699F73D
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
6
DNS requests
3
Threats
0

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
3628
acer.exe
176.103.62.217:443
baroquetees.com
ITL Company
UA
malicious

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
baroquetees.com
  • 176.103.62.217
malicious
dns.msftncsi.com
  • 131.107.255.255
shared

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
3628
acer.exe
Potentially Bad Traffic
ET INFO TLS Handshake Failure
3628
acer.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
ET TROJAN Observed DarkSide Ransomware Domain (baroquetees .com in TLS SNI)
3628
acer.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
ET TROJAN Observed DarkSide Ransomware Domain (baroquetees .com in TLS SNI)
3628
acer.exe
Potentially Bad Traffic
ET INFO TLS Handshake Failure
3628
acer.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
ET TROJAN Observed DarkSide Ransomware Domain (baroquetees .com in TLS SNI)
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