| File name: | Desktop.zip |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/5d1aa11b-6cfc-4a2d-92ec-26aa1960518d |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | Sality is a highly sophisticated malware known for infecting executable files and rapidly spreading across networks. It primarily creates a peer-to-peer botnet that is used for malicious activities such as spamming, data theft, and downloading additional malware. Sality has strong persistence mechanisms, including disabling security software, making it difficult to remove. Its ability to spread quickly and silently, along with its polymorphic nature, allows it to evade detection by traditional antivirus solutions. |
| Analysis date: | March 24, 2025, 13:23:29 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/zip |
| File info: | Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compression method=deflate |
| MD5: | CCF57D5C453DB2B82AC9E6683CEEE827 |
| SHA1: | D7175945B43B3CDB405C6F94D24AD099247D1AC1 |
| SHA256: | 0F723057F188B278B2AAA185B821E816E15D50D3C669CB99778EEB4A7F24B63A |
| SSDEEP: | 6144:nBko9+TUkNi28q8HcgyqO765A4V5bomzZ9sC2i7QmQgHXf4VTPaIYp:Bko9+TUDyDgy776bVXsC2i7QPQU6 |
MALICIOUS
Generic archive extractor
- WinRAR.exe (PID: 6044)
Disables Windows firewall
- Sality.AU' in file setup.exe (PID: 7628)
UAC/LUA settings modification
- Sality.AU' in file setup.exe (PID: 7628)
Changes Security Center notification settings
- Sality.AU' in file setup.exe (PID: 7628)
Disables task manager
- Sality.AU' in file setup.exe (PID: 7628)
Changes firewall settings
- Sality.AU' in file setup.exe (PID: 7628)
SALITY mutex has been found
- Sality.AU' in file setup.exe (PID: 7628)
SUSPICIOUS
The process creates files with name similar to system file names
- WinRAR.exe (PID: 6044)
Process drops legitimate windows executable
- WinRAR.exe (PID: 6044)
Starts a Microsoft application from unusual location
- Sality.AU' in file setup.exe (PID: 7628)
- Sality.AU' in file setup.exe (PID: 7548)
Read disk information to detect sandboxing environments
- hkcmd.exe (PID: 7428)
INFO
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- WinRAR.exe (PID: 6044)
Manual execution by a user
- hkcmd.exe (PID: 7428)
- hkcmd.exe (PID: 7240)
- Sality.AU' in file setup.exe (PID: 7548)
- Sality.AU' in file setup.exe (PID: 7628)
The sample compiled with english language support
- WinRAR.exe (PID: 6044)
Creates files or folders in the user directory
- BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 7680)
Reads the computer name
- Sality.AU' in file setup.exe (PID: 7628)
Checks supported languages
- ShellExperienceHost.exe (PID: 7208)
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TRiD
| .zip | | | ZIP compressed archive (100) |
|---|
EXIF
ZIP
| ZipRequiredVersion: | 20 |
|---|---|
| ZipBitFlag: | - |
| ZipCompression: | Deflated |
| ZipModifyDate: | 2025:03:24 13:15:08 |
| ZipCRC: | 0xdd4529d2 |
| ZipCompressedSize: | 50973 |
| ZipUncompressedSize: | 118784 |
| ZipFileName: | hccutils.dll |
Total processes
148
Monitored processes
13
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1180 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding | C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: KMS Connection Broker Version: 10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 4040 | "C:\WINDOWS\System32\SLUI.exe" RuleId=3482d82e-ca2c-4e1f-8864-da0267b484b2;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=4de7cb65-cdf1-4de9-8ae8-e3cce27b9f2c;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEvent | C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe | — | SppExtComObj.Exe | |||||||||||
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Windows Activation Client Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 4920 | "BackgroundTransferHost.exe" -ServerName:BackgroundTransferHost.1 | C:\Windows\System32\BackgroundTransferHost.exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Download/Upload Host Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 6044 | "C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Desktop.zip | C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Alexander Roshal Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: WinRAR archiver Exit code: 0 Version: 5.91.0 Modules
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| 7208 | "C:\WINDOWS\SystemApps\ShellExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\ShellExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXtk181tbxbce2qsex02s8tw7hfxa9xb3t.mca | C:\Windows\SystemApps\ShellExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\ShellExperienceHost.exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Shell Experience Host Version: 10.0.19041.3758 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7240 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\hkcmd.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\hkcmd.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Intel Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: hkcmd Module Exit code: 0 Version: 3.0.0.4020 Modules
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| 7428 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\hkcmd.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\hkcmd.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Intel Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: hkcmd Module Exit code: 0 Version: 3.0.0.4020 Modules
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| 7472 | "BackgroundTransferHost.exe" -ServerName:BackgroundTransferHost.1 | C:\Windows\System32\BackgroundTransferHost.exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Download/Upload Host Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7548 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Sality.AU' in file setup.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Sality.AU' in file setup.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Setup Bootstrap for Visual Basic Setup Toolkit Exit code: 3221226540 Version: 6.00.8169 Modules
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| 7628 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Sality.AU' in file setup.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Sality.AU' in file setup.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Setup Bootstrap for Visual Basic Setup Toolkit Exit code: 1 Version: 6.00.8169 Modules
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Total events
46 655
Read events
46 596
Write events
59
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (6044) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 3 |
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\preferences.zip | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6044) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 2 |
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\chromium_ext.zip | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6044) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1 |
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\omni_23_10_2024_.zip | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6044) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 0 |
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Desktop.zip | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6044) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths |
| Operation: | write | Name: | name |
Value: 120 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6044) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths |
| Operation: | write | Name: | size |
Value: 80 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6044) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths |
| Operation: | write | Name: | type |
Value: 120 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6044) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths |
| Operation: | write | Name: | mtime |
Value: 100 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6044) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\Interface\MainWin |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Placement |
Value: 2C0000000000000001000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF3D0000002D000000FD03000016020000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6044) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\ArcColumnWidths |
| Operation: | write | Name: | name |
Value: 256 | |||
Executable files
3
Suspicious files
6
Text files
1
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7680 | BackgroundTransferHost.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\BackgroundTransferApi\1509a54c-86b3-4b5c-bee2-17f19d4f98f3.down_data | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 7680 | BackgroundTransferHost.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\26C212D9399727259664BDFCA073966E_F9F7D6A7ECE73106D2A8C63168CDA10D | binary | |
MD5:4872BABAF39AA62B8D32695EBB7E9173 | SHA256:2EE85DF86EE29BBEB3DCA81AA29B6DE204F605A2769B84C728A329178A2D0999 | |||
| 7680 | BackgroundTransferHost.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\BackgroundTransferApi\1509a54c-86b3-4b5c-bee2-17f19d4f98f3.fd0573ee-e4e0-4344-986b-3ffe8c2b9e96.down_meta | binary | |
MD5:48E999CEDA3DAA9B683A3FE4E2AEF094 | SHA256:D38CB41F56F4A130156410FB75B9DCAAF571E4E9BC7B23A1C21C7FDF0EE5E62F | |||
| 7628 | Sality.AU' in file setup.exe | C:\Windows\system.ini | binary | |
MD5:28F96958B655AFDDF401898828C2532A | SHA256:BF838CAC4151E3F24EBB6E8DAFADAEDE1321D6BE338CDDED604D20252DDEE160 | |||
| 6044 | WinRAR.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRa6044.43505\Sality.AU' in file 'setup.exe' | executable | |
MD5:FDC45D4E334BEF9FE31D72B47006921D | SHA256:FEADDC233C8BA06B816EF9F7189E333EE0D6CD3490AA2B3C08331B358421A015 | |||
| 7680 | BackgroundTransferHost.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\BackgroundTransferApi\2fa40eb1-0835-4503-8459-27a072580def.fd0573ee-e4e0-4344-986b-3ffe8c2b9e96.down_meta | binary | |
MD5:48E999CEDA3DAA9B683A3FE4E2AEF094 | SHA256:D38CB41F56F4A130156410FB75B9DCAAF571E4E9BC7B23A1C21C7FDF0EE5E62F | |||
| 6044 | WinRAR.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRa6044.43505\hccutils.dll | executable | |
MD5:129A8BC118B57FA1F4145E9B14E4A50C | SHA256:F0803CDF24DB29A6F795C91CDF8BC4D11E5017B8CDF7D818158DF67582E524BA | |||
| 6044 | WinRAR.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRa6044.43505\hkcmd.exe | executable | |
MD5:472181A5772ACD07E7C236F49DA8D4D3 | SHA256:97B9B58EAD8F3D4560C3CE31B3CEC9131EE11247B095CBCC16007DDE3ACDB8D4 | |||
| 7628 | Sality.AU' in file setup.exe | C:\Windows\ST6UNST.000 | text | |
MD5:9940604D92C6460226F33C3EFF667846 | SHA256:A60E84F4CE6F1FC0742D797571F89FB9D329603BDC0C4021E20ABF1E4729F5C6 | |||
| 7680 | BackgroundTransferHost.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\26C212D9399727259664BDFCA073966E_F9F7D6A7ECE73106D2A8C63168CDA10D | binary | |
MD5:7F98D42F33D9600E1A651F7873EFDF6C | SHA256:35FE8F7071E3A6AEBE30181EE73B3756FBE7A21321D3602229C3BF1256D1A86F | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
6
TCP/UDP connections
23
DNS requests
14
Threats
0
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | GET | 200 | 23.48.23.156:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | unknown |
7020 | backgroundTaskHost.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.131.245:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D | unknown | — | — | unknown |
6544 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.131.245:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | unknown |
7680 | BackgroundTransferHost.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.131.245:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D | unknown | — | — | unknown |
5984 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.219.150.101:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | unknown |
5984 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.219.150.101:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | unknown |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | unknown |
— | — | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | unknown |
— | — | 23.48.23.156:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | unknown |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | unknown |
3216 | svchost.exe | 40.113.110.67:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | unknown |
6544 | svchost.exe | 20.190.159.128:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | unknown |
6544 | svchost.exe | 184.30.131.245:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | US | unknown |
7020 | backgroundTaskHost.exe | 20.199.58.43:443 | arc.msn.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | FR | unknown |
7020 | backgroundTaskHost.exe | 184.30.131.245:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | US | unknown |
7680 | BackgroundTransferHost.exe | 2.16.204.135:443 | www.bing.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | unknown |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
google.com |
| unknown |
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| unknown |
crl.microsoft.com |
| unknown |
client.wns.windows.com |
| unknown |
login.live.com |
| unknown |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| unknown |
arc.msn.com |
| unknown |
www.bing.com |
| unknown |
slscr.update.microsoft.com |
| unknown |
www.microsoft.com |
| unknown |