File name:

HxDSetup.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/5db66392-f857-43ec-bbf6-266c0f1c691d
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: August 01, 2023, 17:14:45
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
MD5:

2503FFB6F836DC25290E3C9D3CA1D1E0

SHA1:

C66550E6A7566D0C5B60EDECD5C3CBF049D440D4

SHA256:

0A7134C7C73B2F234AAF36568D3E93409FE3871ADFC3B55493E1718BFAA614E8

SSDEEP:

49152:hYTZ9V5luIL88sExuBbqNBQdmyPCnHnHY40LjE/tp1MmDE6ktsr/hjJ5J1DL5zZo:ypbdsEvNH4H8vLw6Ka19qjjpV9u1O

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

      • HxD.exe (PID: 3900)
      • HxD.exe (PID: 2052)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • HxDSetup.exe (PID: 2396)
      • HxDSetup.exe (PID: 3416)
      • HxDSetup.tmp (PID: 3516)

    • Reads the Windows owner or organization settings

      • HxDSetup.tmp (PID: 3516)

    • Start notepad (likely ransomware note)

      • HxDSetup.tmp (PID: 2316)

    • Application launched itself

      • HxD.exe (PID: 3900)

    • Searches for installed software

      • HxD.exe (PID: 3900)
      • HxD.exe (PID: 2052)

  • INFO

    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • HxDSetup.exe (PID: 2396)
      • HxDSetup.exe (PID: 3416)

    • Checks supported languages

      • HxDSetup.tmp (PID: 2316)
      • HxDSetup.tmp (PID: 3516)
      • HxDSetup.exe (PID: 3416)
      • HxDSetup.exe (PID: 2396)
      • HxD.exe (PID: 3900)
      • HxD.exe (PID: 2052)

    • Reads the computer name

      • HxDSetup.tmp (PID: 2316)
      • HxDSetup.tmp (PID: 3516)
      • HxD.exe (PID: 3900)

    • The process checks LSA protection

      • HxDSetup.tmp (PID: 2316)
      • HxDSetup.tmp (PID: 3516)

    • Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

      • HxDSetup.tmp (PID: 3516)
      • HxDSetup.tmp (PID: 2316)

    • Creates files in the program directory

      • HxDSetup.tmp (PID: 3516)

    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • HxD.exe (PID: 2052)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 Executable Delphi generic (45.2)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (20.9)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (14.3)
.exe | Win16/32 Executable Delphi generic (6.6)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (6.3)

EXIF

EXE

ProductVersion: 2.4
ProductName: HxD Hex Editor
LegalCopyright: Copyright © 2002-2020 Maël Hörz
FileVersion: 2.4
FileDescription: HxD Hex Editor Setup
CompanyName: Maël Hörz
Comments: This installation was built with Inno Setup.
CharacterSet: Unicode
LanguageCode: Neutral
FileSubtype: -
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileOS: Win32
FileFlags: (none)
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
ProductVersionNumber: 2.4.0.0
FileVersionNumber: 2.4.0.0
Subsystem: Windows GUI
SubsystemVersion: 5
ImageVersion: 6
OSVersion: 5
EntryPoint: 0x1181c
UninitializedDataSize: -
InitializedDataSize: 53760
CodeSize: 66560
LinkerVersion: 2.25
PEType: PE32
ImageFileCharacteristics: No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, Bytes reversed lo, 32-bit, Bytes reversed hi
TimeStamp: 2018:06:14 13:27:46+00:00
MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 14-Jun-2018 13:27:46
Detected languages:
  • Dutch - Netherlands
  • English - United States
Comments: This installation was built with Inno Setup.
CompanyName: Maël Hörz
FileDescription: HxD Hex Editor Setup
FileVersion: 2.4
LegalCopyright: Copyright © 2002-2020 Maël Hörz
ProductName: HxD Hex Editor
ProductVersion: 2.4

DOS Header

Magic number: MZ
Bytes on last page of file: 0x0050
Pages in file: 0x0002
Relocations: 0x0000
Size of header: 0x0004
Min extra paragraphs: 0x000F
Max extra paragraphs: 0xFFFF
Initial SS value: 0x0000
Initial SP value: 0x00B8
Checksum: 0x0000
Initial IP value: 0x0000
Initial CS value: 0x0000
Overlay number: 0x001A
OEM identifier: 0x0000
OEM information: 0x0000
Address of NE header: 0x00000100

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 8
Time date stamp: 14-Jun-2018 13:27:46
Pointer to Symbol Table: 0x00000000
Number of symbols: 0
Size of Optional Header: 0x00E0
Characteristics:
  • IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
  • IMAGE_FILE_BYTES_REVERSED_HI
  • IMAGE_FILE_BYTES_REVERSED_LO
  • IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE
  • IMAGE_FILE_LINE_NUMS_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_LOCAL_SYMS_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_RELOCS_STRIPPED

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
.text
0x00001000
0x0000F25C
0x0000F400
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.37588
.itext
0x00011000
0x00000FA4
0x00001000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
5.77877
.data
0x00012000
0x00000C8C
0x00000E00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
2.30283
.bss
0x00013000
0x000056BC
0x00000000
IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
0
.idata
0x00019000
0x00000E04
0x00001000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
4.59781
.tls
0x0001A000
0x00000008
0x00000000
IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
0
.rdata
0x0001B000
0x00000018
0x00000200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
0.204488
.rsrc
0x0001C000
0x0000B200
0x0000B200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
4.14328

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
5.13965
1580
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_MANIFEST
2
3.47151
1384
UNKNOWN
Dutch - Netherlands
RT_ICON
3
3.91708
744
UNKNOWN
Dutch - Netherlands
RT_ICON
4
3.91366
2216
UNKNOWN
Dutch - Netherlands
RT_ICON
4091
2.56031
104
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_STRING
4092
3.25287
212
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_STRING
4093
3.26919
164
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_STRING
4094
3.33268
684
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_STRING
4095
3.34579
844
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_STRING
4096
3.28057
660
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_STRING

Imports

advapi32.dll
comctl32.dll
kernel32.dll
oleaut32.dll
user32.dll
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Total processes
44
Monitored processes
7
Malicious processes
3
Suspicious processes
1

Behavior graph

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drop and start start drop and start hxdsetup.exe hxdsetup.tmp no specs hxdsetup.exe hxdsetup.tmp notepad.exe no specs hxd.exe no specs hxd.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2052"C:\Program Files\HxD\HxD.exe" /chooselangC:\Program Files\HxD\HxD.exe—HxD.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Maël Hörz
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
HxD Hex Editor
Exit code:
0
Version:
2.4.0.0
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\program files\hxd\hxd.exe
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
2316"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-VG108.tmp\HxDSetup.tmp" /SL5="$1001D2,2902046,121344,C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HxDSetup.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-VG108.tmp\HxDSetup.tmp—HxDSetup.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Setup/Uninstall
Exit code:
0
Version:
51.1052.0.0
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\is-vg108.tmp\hxdsetup.tmp
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
2396"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HxDSetup.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HxDSetup.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Maël Hörz
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
HxD Hex Editor Setup
Exit code:
0
Version:
2.4
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\hxdsetup.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
3416"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HxDSetup.exe" /SPAWNWND=$110264 /NOTIFYWND=$1001D2 C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HxDSetup.exe
HxDSetup.tmp
User:
admin
Company:
Maël Hörz
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
HxD Hex Editor Setup
Exit code:
0
Version:
2.4
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\hxdsetup.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
3516"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-N868N.tmp\HxDSetup.tmp" /SL5="$1401DA,2902046,121344,C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HxDSetup.exe" /SPAWNWND=$110264 /NOTIFYWND=$1001D2 C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-N868N.tmp\HxDSetup.tmp
HxDSetup.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Setup/Uninstall
Exit code:
0
Version:
51.1052.0.0
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\is-n868n.tmp\hxdsetup.tmp
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
3888"C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Program Files\HxD\readme.txtC:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe—HxDSetup.tmp
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Notepad
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.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\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
3900"C:\Program Files\HxD\HxD.exe"C:\Program Files\HxD\HxD.exe—HxDSetup.tmp
User:
admin
Company:
Maël Hörz
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
HxD Hex Editor
Exit code:
0
Version:
2.4.0.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\hxd\hxd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
Total events
1 269
Read events
1 263
Write events
0
Delete events
6

Modification events

(PID) Process:(3516) HxDSetup.tmpKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000
Operation:delete valueName:RegFilesHash
Value:
7F80A0F7737F9B6E9608565FE4E57806BFC857EAEA787BCC9F971086158E18F9
(PID) Process:(3516) HxDSetup.tmpKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000
Operation:delete valueName:RegFiles0000
Value:
C:\Program Files\HxD\HxD.exe
(PID) Process:(3516) HxDSetup.tmpKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000
Operation:delete valueName:Sequence
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3516) HxDSetup.tmpKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000
Operation:delete valueName:SessionHash
Value:
6B834CC72B78531DAA342D771118B88FC9144F4091B3B64915A86362B8FE21C6
(PID) Process:(3516) HxDSetup.tmpKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000
Operation:delete valueName:Owner
Value:
BC0D00009C449FB29BC4D901
(PID) Process:(3516) HxDSetup.tmpKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0000
Operation:delete keyName:(default)
Value:
Executable files
6
Suspicious files
7
Text files
9
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2396HxDSetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-VG108.tmp\HxDSetup.tmpexecutable
MD5:34ACC2BDB45A9C436181426828C4CB49
SHA256:9C81817ACD4982632D8C7F1DF3898FCA1477577738184265D735F49FC5480F07
3516HxDSetup.tmpC:\Program Files\HxD\is-Q3D5D.tmpexecutable
MD5:E0EEC9E8C014B73920ABB1458A16044C
SHA256:7366FEDDC96E7A08E5CCA7416B1B6026FF9ED3E825FFB0FC392B81530F0B48A2
3516HxDSetup.tmpC:\Program Files\HxD\HxD.exeexecutable
MD5:B06A42F7B3B35B5B2506F4542386A548
SHA256:0A1D3446E92098D0722C8CDDCE206A97557116006BFDEC6CCD0F66EFE98B449B
3516HxDSetup.tmpC:\Program Files\HxD\is-55M4L.tmptext
MD5:3724DEAC1378D7FDE229988749159B0E
SHA256:4E565465AF71AB31EB7535285D8781B866C9FFBA576D88EFC0E731DA11C71EF2
3516HxDSetup.tmpC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\HxD Hex Editor\License.lnkbinary
MD5:F58FE5CD084C8DE9AE58744498C97B09
SHA256:078FAF5BD1FE371274C568EAC5DCF747217C238C973EC822BD493CF2A3638B4B
3516HxDSetup.tmpC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\HxD Hex Editor\Donate.urltext
MD5:8409278BE27E7CA83F6A76B7D261160A
SHA256:4E7DAFD4CFB44727F48E1F3A419450427FF70B66D4005F25C689EC9D8D26E4EB
3516HxDSetup.tmpC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\HxD Hex Editor\Changelog.lnkbinary
MD5:795957B9FAE54408A498333866454DEF
SHA256:9E5B81DFC1A539DF0C818B5B8AA6D237CAD3ECB0569200F1D79E0F6C53D2856F
3516HxDSetup.tmpC:\Program Files\HxD\license.txttext
MD5:3724DEAC1378D7FDE229988749159B0E
SHA256:4E565465AF71AB31EB7535285D8781B866C9FFBA576D88EFC0E731DA11C71EF2
3516HxDSetup.tmpC:\Program Files\HxD\is-4HDG6.tmptext
MD5:2D2824A9BE812CEAFDD62C3ECC0F4475
SHA256:A80A093D2BD8495F4AFEF3B5E2C34D1124B0818AD1C6FCC63C596F05398F6E30
3416HxDSetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-N868N.tmp\HxDSetup.tmpexecutable
MD5:34ACC2BDB45A9C436181426828C4CB49
SHA256:9C81817ACD4982632D8C7F1DF3898FCA1477577738184265D735F49FC5480F07
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
4
DNS requests
0
Threats
0

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
2640
svchost.exe
239.255.255.250:1900
—
—
—
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
1088
svchost.exe
224.0.0.252:5355
—
—
—
unknown

DNS requests

No data

Threats

No threats detected
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HxDSetup.exe