File name:

OperaGXSetup.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/4e4f35b5-ead3-433b-ba6b-109f70a27006
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: March 31, 2023, 19:39:12
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, UPX compressed
MD5:

2D1079B9CB21A2CDB56799C2601A4F57

SHA1:

DE7642E21B26CD2110B5587C5BABE6D3E913808D

SHA256:

0F7C489C79CFFBD581CFBB32FB066C223F8DE1FF30F71E129D0F4DE34ED532AB

SSDEEP:

98304:vPxoH1bw2wniA9q7hbBLKeqV9PdDOAz9ulhDAtmLPUFOOY961QdOjcXSnoJQ:vJcb+Zq7hbyVbPtmhOGOtT

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Application launched itself

      • OperaGXSetup.exe (PID: 2668)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • OperaGXSetup.exe (PID: 3060)
      • OperaGXSetup.exe (PID: 2668)
      • OperaGXSetup.exe (PID: 3116)

    • Reads the Internet Settings

      • OperaGXSetup.exe (PID: 2668)

    • Starts itself from another location

      • OperaGXSetup.exe (PID: 2668)

    • Checks Windows Trust Settings

      • OperaGXSetup.exe (PID: 2668)

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • OperaGXSetup.exe (PID: 2668)

    • Reads settings of System Certificates

      • OperaGXSetup.exe (PID: 2668)

  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • OperaGXSetup.exe (PID: 2668)
      • OperaGXSetup.exe (PID: 3060)
      • OperaGXSetup.exe (PID: 3116)

    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • OperaGXSetup.exe (PID: 3060)
      • OperaGXSetup.exe (PID: 2668)
      • OperaGXSetup.exe (PID: 3116)

    • The process checks LSA protection

      • OperaGXSetup.exe (PID: 2668)

    • Reads the computer name

      • OperaGXSetup.exe (PID: 2668)

    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • OperaGXSetup.exe (PID: 3060)
      • OperaGXSetup.exe (PID: 2668)

    • Checks proxy server information

      • OperaGXSetup.exe (PID: 2668)

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • OperaGXSetup.exe (PID: 2668)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (50)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (49.9)

EXIF

EXE

ProductVersion: 96.0.4693.127
ProductName: Opera GX Installer
LegalCopyright: Copyright Opera Software 2023
InternalName: Opera GX
FileVersion: 96.0.4693.127
FileDescription: Opera GX Installer
CompanyName: Opera Software
CharacterSet: Unicode
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
FileSubtype: -
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileOS: Windows NT 32-bit
FileFlags: (none)
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
ProductVersionNumber: 96.0.4693.127
FileVersionNumber: 96.0.4693.127
Subsystem: Windows GUI
SubsystemVersion: 5.1
ImageVersion: -
OSVersion: 5.1
EntryPoint: 0x5e2e70
UninitializedDataSize: 2588672
InitializedDataSize: 16384
CodeSize: 3584000
LinkerVersion: 14
PEType: PE32
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, Large address aware, 32-bit
TimeStamp: 2023:03:28 15:34:35+00:00
MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 28-Mar-2023 15:34:35
Detected languages:
  • English - United States
CompanyName: Opera Software
FileDescription: Opera GX Installer
FileVersion: 96.0.4693.127
InternalName: Opera GX
LegalCopyright: Copyright Opera Software 2023
ProductName: Opera GX Installer
ProductVersion: 96.0.4693.127

DOS Header

Magic number: MZ
Bytes on last page of file: 0x0078
Pages in file: 0x0001
Relocations: 0x0000
Size of header: 0x0004
Min extra paragraphs: 0x0000
Max extra paragraphs: 0x0000
Initial SS value: 0x0000
Initial SP value: 0x0000
Checksum: 0x0000
Initial IP value: 0x0000
Initial CS value: 0x0000
Overlay number: 0x0000
OEM identifier: 0x0000
OEM information: 0x0000
Address of NE header: 0x00000078

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 3
Time date stamp: 28-Mar-2023 15:34:35
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_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
UPX0
0x00001000
0x00278000
0x00000000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
0
UPX1
0x00279000
0x0036B000
0x0036A200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
7.7771
.rsrc
0x005E4000
0x00004000
0x00003200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
5.30527

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
5.34927
978
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_MANIFEST
132
5.27193
40
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
TXT
140
7.69054
11540
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
TXT
141
7.46366
1267
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
PNG
142
7.43993
1508
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
PNG
143
7.57355
1792
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
PNG
144
7.68251
2370
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
PNG
145
7.70518
11540
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
TXT
146
7.74528
52724
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
TXT
147
7.70817
52724
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
TXT

Imports

COMCTL32.dll
KERNEL32.DLL
USER32.dll
No data.
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Total processes
38
Monitored processes
3
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
1

Behavior graph

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drop and start drop and start start operagxsetup.exe operagxsetup.exe operagxsetup.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2668"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OperaGXSetup.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OperaGXSetup.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Opera Software
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Opera GX Installer
Exit code:
0
Version:
96.0.4693.127
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\operagxsetup.exe
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.7601.24483_none_2b200f664577e14b\comctl32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
3060C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OperaGXSetup.exe --type=crashpad-handler /prefetch:7 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera GX Stable\Crash Reports" "--crash-count-file=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera GX Stable\crash_count.txt" --url=https://crashstats-collector.opera.com/collector/submit --annotation=channel=Stable --annotation=plat=Win32 --annotation=prod=OperaDesktopGX --annotation=ver=96.0.4693.127 --initial-client-data=0x178,0x17c,0x180,0x14c,0x184,0x6ceea4b0,0x6ceea4c0,0x6ceea4ccC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OperaGXSetup.exe
OperaGXSetup.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Opera Software
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Opera GX Installer
Exit code:
0
Version:
96.0.4693.127
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\operagxsetup.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.7601.24483_none_2b200f664577e14b\comctl32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\imm32.dll
3116"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.opera\Opera GX Installer Temp\OperaGXSetup.exe" --versionC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.opera\Opera GX Installer Temp\OperaGXSetup.exe
OperaGXSetup.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Opera Software
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Opera GX Installer
Exit code:
0
Version:
96.0.4693.127
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\.opera\opera gx installer temp\operagxsetup.exe
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.7601.24483_none_2b200f664577e14b\comctl32.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
Total events
9 744
Read events
9 692
Write events
52
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2668) OperaGXSetup.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
Cookie:
(PID) Process:(2668) OperaGXSetup.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
Visited:
(PID) Process:(2668) OperaGXSetup.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Operation:writeName:ProxyEnable
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2668) OperaGXSetup.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections
Operation:writeName:SavedLegacySettings
Value:
460000003D010000090000000000000000000000000000000400000000000000C0E333BBEAB1D3010000000000000000000000000100000002000000C0A80164000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
(PID) Process:(2668) OperaGXSetup.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:ProxyBypass
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2668) OperaGXSetup.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:IntranetName
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2668) OperaGXSetup.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:UNCAsIntranet
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2668) OperaGXSetup.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:AutoDetect
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2668) OperaGXSetup.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\16D\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:LanguageList
Value:
en-US
Executable files
8
Suspicious files
16
Text files
0
Unknown types
8

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2668OperaGXSetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.opera\Opera GX Installer Temp\OperaGXSetup.exeexecutable
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2668OperaGXSetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera GX Stable\Crash Reports\settings.datbinary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3060OperaGXSetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Opera_installer_2303311939191143060.dllexecutable
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2668OperaGXSetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Opera_installer_2303311939189422668.dllexecutable
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2668OperaGXSetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\50CD3D75D026C82E2E718570BD6F44D0_4951C995B7E4D893C4215525FE046100binary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2668OperaGXSetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\B398B80134F72209547439DB21AB308D_ADE4E4D3A3BCBCA5C39C54D362D88565binary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2668OperaGXSetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\B398B80134F72209547439DB21AB308D_ADE4E4D3A3BCBCA5C39C54D362D88565der
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2668OperaGXSetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\50CD3D75D026C82E2E718570BD6F44D0_4951C995B7E4D893C4215525FE046100der
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2668OperaGXSetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\7423F88C7F265F0DEFC08EA88C3BDE45_B514E3306E9B5CC22C1D3DB90570477Ader
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2668OperaGXSetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\6BADA8974A10C4BD62CC921D13E43B18_28DEA62A0AE77228DD387E155AD0BA27binary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
5
TCP/UDP connections
14
DNS requests
7
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
2668
OperaGXSetup.exe
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAonX%2BcE1u7LI9XNW0saTgQ%3D
US
der
471 b
whitelisted
2668
OperaGXSetup.exe
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQrHR6YzPN2BNbByL0VoiTIBBMAOAQUCrwIKReMpTlteg7OM8cus%2B37w3oCEAkWPlmkY2sM4Y0QWNg2lJM%3D
US
der
313 b
whitelisted
2668
OperaGXSetup.exe
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAfy81yHqHeveu%2FpR5k1Jb0%3D
US
der
471 b
whitelisted
2668
OperaGXSetup.exe
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTBL0V27RVZ7LBduom%2FnYB45SPUEwQU5Z1ZMIJHWMys%2BghUNoZ7OrUETfACEAo3h2ReX7SMIk79G%2B0UDDw%3D
US
der
1.47 Kb
whitelisted
2668
OperaGXSetup.exe
GET
200
93.184.221.240:80
http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/disallowedcertstl.cab?d6feabe791fc9d3c
US
compressed
4.70 Kb
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
2668
OperaGXSetup.exe
82.145.217.121:443
desktop-netinstaller-sub.osp.opera.software
Opera Software AS
NO
suspicious
2668
OperaGXSetup.exe
185.26.182.124:443
autoupdate.geo.opera.com
Opera Software AS
—
suspicious
2668
OperaGXSetup.exe
192.229.221.95:80
ocsp.digicert.com
EDGECAST
US
whitelisted
2668
OperaGXSetup.exe
185.26.182.123:443
autoupdate.geo.opera.com
Opera Software AS
—
suspicious
2668
OperaGXSetup.exe
93.184.221.240:80
ctldl.windowsupdate.com
EDGECAST
GB
whitelisted
2668
OperaGXSetup.exe
82.145.216.16:443
features.opera-api2.com
Opera Software AS
NO
suspicious
2668
OperaGXSetup.exe
185.26.182.122:443
download.opera.com
Opera Software AS
—
unknown
2668
OperaGXSetup.exe
185.26.182.117:443
download.opera.com
Opera Software AS
—
unknown
2668
OperaGXSetup.exe
82.145.216.15:443
features.opera-api2.com
Opera Software AS
NO
suspicious
2668
OperaGXSetup.exe
104.18.2.211:443
download5.operacdn.com
CLOUDFLARENET
—
unknown

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
desktop-netinstaller-sub.osp.opera.software
  • 82.145.217.121
whitelisted
autoupdate.geo.opera.com
  • 185.26.182.124
  • 185.26.182.123
whitelisted
ctldl.windowsupdate.com
  • 93.184.221.240
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 192.229.221.95
whitelisted
features.opera-api2.com
  • 82.145.216.16
  • 82.145.216.15
malicious
download.opera.com
  • 185.26.182.122
  • 185.26.182.117
whitelisted
download5.operacdn.com
  • 104.18.2.211
  • 104.18.3.211
suspicious

Threats

No threats detected
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Reports
OperaGXSetup.exe