| File name: | phaze.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/d9372224-722e-4dda-8b19-f67346cf723c |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | Stealers are a group of malicious software that are intended for gaining unauthorized access to users’ information and transferring it to the attacker. The stealer malware category includes various types of programs that focus on their particular kind of data, including files, passwords, and cryptocurrency. Stealers are capable of spying on their targets by recording their keystrokes and taking screenshots. This type of malware is primarily distributed as part of phishing campaigns. |
| Analysis date: | June 21, 2025, 13:29:48 |
| OS: | Windows 11 Professional (build: 22000, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows, 12 sections |
| MD5: | EE950F3BA4AE2A65D9EBF44A0EC452C0 |
| SHA1: | 5739CFEBEAC1F15DFD41852A35891AB3B7543EF5 |
| SHA256: | 0EB46DE1ECD036F7560A72BBEDEAF02F8773CF6137F4C21ABFF1975CDD3D9EB0 |
| SSDEEP: | 393216:uLl3lHrofjZ8LC5p4DEaZpN6vEt/NnM1RB577hZ:qfcfFyC58bYvm/d2RBN |
MALICIOUS
TROX has been detected
- phaze.exe (PID: 2644)
- phaze.exe (PID: 4560)
SUSPICIOUS
Process drops python dynamic module
- phaze.exe (PID: 2644)
- phaze.exe (PID: 4560)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- phaze.exe (PID: 2644)
- phaze.exe (PID: 4560)
Process drops legitimate windows executable
- phaze.exe (PID: 4560)
- phaze.exe (PID: 2644)
The process drops C-runtime libraries
- phaze.exe (PID: 4560)
- phaze.exe (PID: 2644)
Loads Python modules
- phaze.exe (PID: 6440)
- phaze.exe (PID: 6024)
Application launched itself
- phaze.exe (PID: 4560)
- phaze.exe (PID: 2644)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- phaze.exe (PID: 2644)
- phaze.exe (PID: 4560)
There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)
- dllhost.exe (PID: 6696)
INFO
Checks supported languages
- phaze.exe (PID: 4560)
- phaze.exe (PID: 2644)
- phaze.exe (PID: 6440)
- phaze.exe (PID: 6024)
The sample compiled with english language support
- phaze.exe (PID: 4560)
- phaze.exe (PID: 2644)
Create files in a temporary directory
- phaze.exe (PID: 4560)
- phaze.exe (PID: 2644)
Reads the computer name
- phaze.exe (PID: 6440)
- phaze.exe (PID: 2644)
- phaze.exe (PID: 6024)
- phaze.exe (PID: 4560)
Manual execution by a user
- phaze.exe (PID: 2644)
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TRiD
| .exe | | | Win64 Executable (generic) (87.3) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (6.3) |
| .exe | | | DOS Executable Generic (6.3) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | AMD AMD64 |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2025:06:01 17:39:09+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, Large address aware, No debug |
| PEType: | PE32+ |
| LinkerVersion: | 2.43 |
| CodeSize: | 128000 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 34887680 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | 163328 |
| EntryPoint: | 0x10f6 |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 5.2 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
Total processes
106
Monitored processes
5
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2644 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\phaze.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\phaze.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Exit code: 1 Modules
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| 4560 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\phaze.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\phaze.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 1 Modules
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| 6024 | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\phaze.exe | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\phaze.exe | — | phaze.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Exit code: 1 Modules
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| 6440 | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\phaze.exe | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\phaze.exe | — | phaze.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 1 Modules
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| 6696 | "C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe" /Processid:{B41DB860-64E4-11D2-9906-E49FADC173CA} | C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: COM Surrogate Version: 10.0.22000.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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Total events
2 126
Read events
2 126
Write events
0
Delete events
0
Modification events
Executable files
178
Suspicious files
2
Text files
4
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4560 | phaze.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_4560_133949862108580337\Phaze.dll | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 4560 | phaze.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_4560_133949862108580337\_ctypes.pyd | executable | |
MD5:10FDCF63D1C3C3B7E5861FBB04D64557 | SHA256:BC3B83D2DC9E2F0E6386ED952384C6CF48F6EED51129A50DFD5EF6CBBC0A8FB3 | |||
| 4560 | phaze.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_4560_133949862108580337\_asyncio.pyd | executable | |
MD5:2CD68FF636394D3019411611E27D0A3B | SHA256:0D4FBD46F922E548060EA74C95E99DC5F19B1DF69BE17706806760515C1C64FE | |||
| 4560 | phaze.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_4560_133949862108580337\_hashlib.pyd | executable | |
MD5:F495D1897A1B52A2B15C20DCECB84B47 | SHA256:E47E76D70D508B62924FE480F30E615B12FDD7745C0AAC68A2CDDABD07B692AE | |||
| 4560 | phaze.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_4560_133949862108580337\_lzma.pyd | executable | |
MD5:4E2239ECE266230ECB231B306ADDE070 | SHA256:34130D8ABE27586EE315262D69AF4E27429B7EAB1F3131EA375C2BB62CF094BE | |||
| 4560 | phaze.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_4560_133949862108580337\_decimal.pyd | executable | |
MD5:21C73E7E0D7DAD7A1FE728E3B80CE073 | SHA256:A28C543976AA4B6D37DA6F94A280D72124B429F458D0D57B7DBCF71B4BEA8F73 | |||
| 4560 | phaze.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_4560_133949862108580337\_bz2.pyd | executable | |
MD5:C7CE973F261F698E3DB148CCAD057C96 | SHA256:02D772C03704FE243C8DE2672C210A5804D075C1F75E738D6130A173D08DFCDE | |||
| 4560 | phaze.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_4560_133949862108580337\_mysql_connector.pyd | executable | |
MD5:F1B8CF907FA97E48662AE065F60A54B3 | SHA256:42BFF3C580DD00E67D0F1E0E91794D73C962E56301BA34D3A08806B9F1684420 | |||
| 4560 | phaze.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_4560_133949862108580337\_multiprocessing.pyd | executable | |
MD5:811BCEE2F4246265898167B103FC699B | SHA256:FB69005B972DC3703F9EF42E8E0FDDF8C835CB91F57EF9B6C66BBDF978C00A8C | |||
| 4560 | phaze.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_4560_133949862108580337\_queue.pyd | executable | |
MD5:6E00E0821BB519333CCFD4E61A83CB38 | SHA256:2AD02D49691A629F038F48FCDEE46A07C4FCC2CB0620086E7B09AC11915AE6B7 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
17
TCP/UDP connections
29
DNS requests
21
Threats
1
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | GET | 304 | 2.19.11.178:80 | http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/disallowedcertstl.cab?a3900b9aa1408728 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 304 | 2.19.11.178:80 | http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/disallowedcertstl.cab?374cad77f5107e58 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | POST | 200 | 2.23.77.188:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/ | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 2.23.77.188:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAo1CNVcKSsBffitZcAP9%2BQ%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | POST | 200 | 2.23.77.188:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/ | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2840 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.19.11.178:80 | http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab?6c478a3cb1f9bc68 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 13.107.6.156:443 | https://mrodevicemgr.officeapps.live.com/mrodevicemgrsvc/api/v1/C2RTargetAudienceData?omid=97560490bafb0d49bca6f8f0df91025d&susid=c408ee57-2103-4c34-9e6f-30bdf6c87e50&audienceFFN=492350f6-3a01-4f97-b9c0-c7c6ddf67d60&tid=&osver=Client%7C10.0.22000&offver=16.0.16626.20134&ring=Production&aud=Production&ch=CC&osarch=x64&manstate=6 | unknown | binary | 189 b | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 2.23.77.188:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTk45WiKdPUwcMf8JgMC07ACYqr2AQUt2ui6qiqhIx56rTaD5iyxZV2ufQCEAOav%2F2w8K4jHzmTOaTzWTM%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2840 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.19.11.178:80 | http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/pinrulesstl.cab?979a56df26e925db | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | POST | 200 | 20.190.159.4:443 | https://login.live.com/RST2.srf | unknown | xml | 10.3 Kb | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 23.55.104.146:80 | www.msftconnecttest.com | Akamai International B.V. | US | whitelisted |
— | — | 52.109.76.240:443 | officeclient.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
— | — | 34.120.208.123:443 | incoming.telemetry.mozilla.org | GOOGLE-CLOUD-PLATFORM | US | whitelisted |
— | — | 40.127.240.158:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
— | — | 52.168.117.169:443 | v10.events.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
— | — | 2.19.11.178:80 | ctldl.windowsupdate.com | Elisa Oyj | NL | whitelisted |
2020 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 2.19.11.178:80 | ctldl.windowsupdate.com | Elisa Oyj | NL | whitelisted |
— | — | 2.23.77.188:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | unknown |
— | — | 52.123.129.14:443 | ecs.office.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
www.msftconnecttest.com |
| whitelisted |
officeclient.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
incoming.telemetry.mozilla.org |
| whitelisted |
telemetry-incoming.r53-2.services.mozilla.com |
| whitelisted |
v10.events.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
ctldl.windowsupdate.com |
| whitelisted |
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
e3913.cd.akamaiedge.net |
| unknown |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
— | — | Misc activity | ET INFO Microsoft Connection Test |