| File name: | wininit.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/d001116a-f4e3-4d90-bdcf-f3b548d76fe0 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | November 20, 2023, 13:15:33 |
| 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: | 05DEB65C1EC7BD893D6746DA00C630BA |
| SHA1: | BFC2B7ADBFBE97A596D218F997804CD0DFF8E150 |
| SHA256: | 0CDF35B06E3DDD3EB144FB87EE3C763DC2DE40B4C4B6BAD2EF41A611AD5E76AE |
| SSDEEP: | 49152:5ldkP3oCZurNkctc3b6HT1r9SBBbauqyco4Mu2+GyYCXwJfl4Fjq6j8Phv4+Q3if:qP3oCZukctcEEqyco8+UxGy7FDEAV4 |
MALICIOUS
Drops the executable file immediately after the start
- wininit.exe (PID: 3508)
- wininit.exe (PID: 3572)
- spoolsv.exe (PID: 3576)
UAC/LUA settings modification
- wininit.exe (PID: 3508)
- wininit.exe (PID: 3572)
- svchost.exe (PID: 3276)
- spoolsv.exe (PID: 3576)
Changes the login/logoff helper path in the registry
- wininit.exe (PID: 3508)
- wininit.exe (PID: 3572)
- svchost.exe (PID: 3276)
Changes appearance of the Explorer extensions
- svchost.exe (PID: 3276)
SUSPICIOUS
Starts itself from another location
- wininit.exe (PID: 3508)
- wininit.exe (PID: 3572)
- spoolsv.exe (PID: 3576)
Reads the Internet Settings
- wininit.exe (PID: 3508)
- wininit.exe (PID: 3572)
- spoolsv.exe (PID: 3576)
The process creates files with name similar to system file names
- spoolsv.exe (PID: 3576)
INFO
Reads the computer name
- wininit.exe (PID: 3508)
- wininit.exe (PID: 3572)
- spoolsv.exe (PID: 3576)
- svchost.exe (PID: 3276)
Checks supported languages
- wininit.exe (PID: 3508)
- wininit.exe (PID: 3572)
- spoolsv.exe (PID: 3576)
- svchost.exe (PID: 3276)
Process checks are UAC notifies on
- wininit.exe (PID: 3508)
- wininit.exe (PID: 3572)
- spoolsv.exe (PID: 3576)
- svchost.exe (PID: 3276)
Creates files or folders in the user directory
- wininit.exe (PID: 3572)
Reads the machine GUID from the registry
- svchost.exe (PID: 3276)
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TRiD
| .exe | | | Win32 EXE PECompact compressed (generic) (79.7) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (8.6) |
| .exe | | | Win16/32 Executable Delphi generic (3.9) |
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (3.8) |
| .exe | | | DOS Executable Generic (3.8) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2018:10:24 09:34:01+02:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, Bytes reversed lo, 32-bit, Bytes reversed hi |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 2.25 |
| CodeSize: | 2472448 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 519168 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x25c7d4 |
| OSVersion: | 5 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 5 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 1.0.0.0 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 1.0.0.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | English (U.S.) |
| CharacterSet: | Windows, Latin1 |
| FileVersion: | 1.0.0.0 |
| ProductVersion: | 1.0.0.0 |
Total processes
41
Monitored processes
5
Malicious processes
4
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3276 | "C:\windows\svchost.exe" | C:\Windows\svchost.exe | spoolsv.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
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| 3460 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\wininit.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\wininit.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 3221226540 Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
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| 3508 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\wininit.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\wininit.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
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| 3572 | "C:\windows\wininit.exe" | C:\Windows\wininit.exe | wininit.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
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| 3576 | "C:\Users\admin\appdata\roaming\spoolsv.exe" /SE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\spoolsv.exe | — | wininit.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
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Total events
1 108
Read events
1 066
Write events
40
Delete events
2
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (3508) wininit.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3508) wininit.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableLUA |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3508) wininit.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System |
| Operation: | write | Name: | PromptOnSecureDesktop |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3508) wininit.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ProxyBypass |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3508) wininit.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | IntranetName |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3508) wininit.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UNCAsIntranet |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3508) wininit.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | AutoDetect |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3508) wininit.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | shell |
Value: explorer.exe | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3572) wininit.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3572) wininit.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableLUA |
Value: 0 | |||
Executable files
3
Suspicious files
0
Text files
1
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3508 | wininit.exe | C:\windows\wininit.exe | executable | |
MD5:05DEB65C1EC7BD893D6746DA00C630BA | SHA256:0CDF35B06E3DDD3EB144FB87EE3C763DC2DE40B4C4B6BAD2EF41A611AD5E76AE | |||
| 3576 | spoolsv.exe | C:\windows\svchost.exe | executable | |
MD5:05DEB65C1EC7BD893D6746DA00C630BA | SHA256:0CDF35B06E3DDD3EB144FB87EE3C763DC2DE40B4C4B6BAD2EF41A611AD5E76AE | |||
| 3572 | wininit.exe | C:\users\admin\appdata\roaming\spoolsv.exe | executable | |
MD5:05DEB65C1EC7BD893D6746DA00C630BA | SHA256:0CDF35B06E3DDD3EB144FB87EE3C763DC2DE40B4C4B6BAD2EF41A611AD5E76AE | |||
| 3508 | wininit.exe | C:\Windows\Wininit | text | |
MD5:DC88C4AA03F5180BBECE1ABDFEC93E70 | SHA256:764DF4D37A31BE29B4D87041C66C520CF72260D05B22C92DF5F61E1EB67EF728 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
5
DNS requests
0
Threats
0
HTTP requests
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
1080 | svchost.exe | 224.0.0.252:5355 | — | — | — | unknown |
2588 | svchost.exe | 239.255.255.250:1900 | — | — | — | whitelisted |