| File name: | svchost.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/f307f28e-877a-415f-8195-2555f1243d48 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | AsyncRAT is a RAT that can monitor and remotely control infected systems. This malware was introduced on Github as a legitimate open-source remote administration software, but hackers use it for its many powerful malicious functions. |
| Analysis date: | April 10, 2025, 17:10:08 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows, 3 sections |
| MD5: | 0A0EA7E47A0E7AC8269F1024F841AEDA |
| SHA1: | 74191AA27C091ADCDB409FD071A40D77330A6DC2 |
| SHA256: | 120B4D79541D9210A0465BF3459B0EA033F62D3E1BCB43C07416E7908E71E18B |
| SSDEEP: | 1536:5uqkkxP2PfFtcc3tM70qh5jl77+QSu5b2APz5TerjoKx:5xkkxP2PfFtcc325b24qnx |
MALICIOUS
ASYNCRAT has been detected (MUTEX)
- svchost.exe (PID: 5720)
- svchost.exe (PID: 4696)
Changes the autorun value in the registry
- svchost.exe (PID: 5720)
ASYNCRAT has been detected (YARA)
- svchost.exe (PID: 4696)
SUSPICIOUS
The process creates files with name similar to system file names
- svchost.exe (PID: 5720)
Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
- svchost.exe (PID: 5720)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- svchost.exe (PID: 5720)
Executing commands from a ".bat" file
- svchost.exe (PID: 5720)
Uses TIMEOUT.EXE to delay execution
- cmd.exe (PID: 5800)
The executable file from the user directory is run by the CMD process
- svchost.exe (PID: 4696)
Connects to unusual port
- svchost.exe (PID: 4696)
INFO
Checks supported languages
- svchost.exe (PID: 5720)
- svchost.exe (PID: 4696)
Creates files or folders in the user directory
- svchost.exe (PID: 5720)
Create files in a temporary directory
- svchost.exe (PID: 5720)
Reads the computer name
- svchost.exe (PID: 5720)
- svchost.exe (PID: 4696)
Reads the machine GUID from the registry
- svchost.exe (PID: 5720)
- svchost.exe (PID: 4696)
Checks proxy server information
- svchost.exe (PID: 4696)
- slui.exe (PID: 4120)
Disables trace logs
- svchost.exe (PID: 4696)
Reads the software policy settings
- svchost.exe (PID: 4696)
- slui.exe (PID: 4120)
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AsyncRat
(PID) Process(4696) svchost.exe
C2 (1)null
Ports (1)null
VersionAWS | RxR
Options
AutoRuntrue
MutexAsyncMutex_1010101010150101001101010101010101010101010101010101010101001101010110101010101010101010101010011010110011010101010101010101011001010111011111011111010011010101010101010101011010101011010101010101010101010101010101
InstallFolder%AppData%
Certificates
Cert1MIIE8jCCAtqgAwIBAgIQAPeWQ4YJ3MvReCGwLzn7rTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQ0FADAaMRgwFgYDVQQDDA9Bc3luY1JBVCBTZXJ2ZXIwIBcNMjIwNDI1MDA0MTA5WhgPOTk5OTEyMzEyMzU5NTlaMBoxGDAWBgNVBAMMD0FzeW5jUkFUIFNlcnZlcjCCAiIwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADggIPADCCAgoCggIBAKT9nYYTjYTZhY+g1tekZ8/F29gsEIDgf/8odvCbCmYKGGZZi2yND9NjtBXEMANM9PAXCyMapGva...
Server_SignatureZdtTsiFfqaLC66WBZOoWlIwfQF0Z20Ulei1U/VBvN60hfG5TVGTd8FAlomaQpR/d7LuxgTrQ9bT7VuUEg2JVjOzP8HIjSmqpcvjH30y43dfQ7YKGnlblsJPQXEjEKR9rAZ+Mx/RWdHshcQ4iGgW2u/CC6WK5xclKAAFqSmJotgJWHSixYTosUXvAwyXxD1wZwWAEFZ7XfaMu7/HsCs2SDNwAlr54xc/qu0sNjGDh8PvLbRcv79/JG0+TelvQCBIl5T9jHs9X0lsEAs0GQsw4CYVd2ATgxIQD3R6pCzKDLSv6...
Keys
AESbed0c857784bfe14a63da16c20611b5857ba87d7d498996e38615d89f17db278
Saltbfeb1e56fbcd973bb219022430a57843003d5644d21e62b9d4f180e7e6c33941
TRiD
| .exe | | | Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (56.7) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Win64 Executable (generic) (21.3) |
| .scr | | | Windows screen saver (10.1) |
| .dll | | | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (5) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (3.4) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2023:06:02 22:17:26+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, 32-bit |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 8 |
| CodeSize: | 61952 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 2560 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x110ce |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 1.0.0.0 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 1.0.0.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | Neutral |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| Comments: | - |
| CompanyName: | - |
| FileDescription: | - |
| FileVersion: | 1.0.0.0 |
| InternalName: | Stub.exe |
| LegalCopyright: | - |
| LegalTrademarks: | - |
| OriginalFileName: | Stub.exe |
| ProductName: | - |
| ProductVersion: | 1.0.0.0 |
| AssemblyVersion: | 1.0.0.0 |
Total processes
126
Monitored processes
7
Malicious processes
3
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 960 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | cmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 2196 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p -s Dnscache | C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe | services.exe | ||||||||||||
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Host Process for Windows Services Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 4120 | C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding | C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe | svchost.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Activation Client Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 4696 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe | cmd.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
AsyncRat(PID) Process(4696) svchost.exe C2 (1)null Ports (1)null VersionAWS | RxR Options AutoRuntrue MutexAsyncMutex_1010101010150101001101010101010101010101010101010101010101001101010110101010101010101010101010011010110011010101010101010101011001010111011111011111010011010101010101010101011010101011010101010101010101010101010101 InstallFolder%AppData% Certificates Cert1MIIE8jCCAtqgAwIBAgIQAPeWQ4YJ3MvReCGwLzn7rTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQ0FADAaMRgwFgYDVQQDDA9Bc3luY1JBVCBTZXJ2ZXIwIBcNMjIwNDI1MDA0MTA5WhgPOTk5OTEyMzEyMzU5NTlaMBoxGDAWBgNVBAMMD0FzeW5jUkFUIFNlcnZlcjCCAiIwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADggIPADCCAgoCggIBAKT9nYYTjYTZhY+g1tekZ8/F29gsEIDgf/8odvCbCmYKGGZZi2yND9NjtBXEMANM9PAXCyMapGva... Server_SignatureZdtTsiFfqaLC66WBZOoWlIwfQF0Z20Ulei1U/VBvN60hfG5TVGTd8FAlomaQpR/d7LuxgTrQ9bT7VuUEg2JVjOzP8HIjSmqpcvjH30y43dfQ7YKGnlblsJPQXEjEKR9rAZ+Mx/RWdHshcQ4iGgW2u/CC6WK5xclKAAFqSmJotgJWHSixYTosUXvAwyXxD1wZwWAEFZ7XfaMu7/HsCs2SDNwAlr54xc/qu0sNjGDh8PvLbRcv79/JG0+TelvQCBIl5T9jHs9X0lsEAs0GQsw4CYVd2ATgxIQD3R6pCzKDLSv6... Keys AESbed0c857784bfe14a63da16c20611b5857ba87d7d498996e38615d89f17db278 Saltbfeb1e56fbcd973bb219022430a57843003d5644d21e62b9d4f180e7e6c33941 | |||||||||||||||
| 5720 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\svchost.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\svchost.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
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| 5800 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpCDA2.tmp.bat"" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7052 | timeout 3 | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe | — | cmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: timeout - pauses command processing Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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Total events
7 497
Read events
7 482
Write events
15
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (5720) svchost.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run |
| Operation: | write | Name: | svchost |
Value: "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe" | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4696) svchost.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\svchost_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4696) svchost.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\svchost_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableAutoFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4696) svchost.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\svchost_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableConsoleTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4696) svchost.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\svchost_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileTracingMask |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4696) svchost.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\svchost_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ConsoleTracingMask |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4696) svchost.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\svchost_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | MaxFileSize |
Value: 1048576 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4696) svchost.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\svchost_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileDirectory |
Value: %windir%\tracing | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4696) svchost.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\svchost_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4696) svchost.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\svchost_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableAutoFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
Executable files
1
Suspicious files
0
Text files
1
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5720 | svchost.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpCDA2.tmp.bat | text | |
MD5:46A466A5839EFF913EF2D99C3A728229 | SHA256:1021A852AA744054731FA820134CC67C90E44976B74E7607B79B581A3933D784 | |||
| 5720 | svchost.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe | executable | |
MD5:0A0EA7E47A0E7AC8269F1024F841AEDA | SHA256:120B4D79541D9210A0465BF3459B0EA033F62D3E1BCB43C07416E7908E71E18B | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
50
TCP/UDP connections
68
DNS requests
18
Threats
9
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | GET | 200 | 104.22.68.199:443 | https://pastebin.com/raw/TBi86jpV | unknown | — | — | — |
— | — | GET | 304 | 4.175.87.197:443 | https://slscr.update.microsoft.com/SLS/%7B522D76A4-93E1-47F8-B8CE-07C937AD1A1E%7D/x64/10.0.19045.4046/0?CH=686&L=en-US&P=&PT=0x30&WUA=10.0.19041.3996&MK=DELL&MD=DELL | unknown | — | — | — |
6248 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 104.124.11.17:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut_2010-06-23.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6248 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 104.124.11.17:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6248 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 104.124.11.17:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicTimStaPCA_2010-07-01.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6248 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.219.150.101:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6248 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.219.150.101:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6248 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.219.150.101:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 13.95.31.18:443 | https://fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/clientwebservice/ping | unknown | — | — | — |
— | — | GET | 200 | 4.175.87.197:443 | https://slscr.update.microsoft.com/sls/ping | unknown | — | — | — |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
3216 | svchost.exe | 172.211.123.248:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | FR | whitelisted |
4696 | svchost.exe | 104.22.68.199:443 | pastebin.com | CLOUDFLARENET | — | whitelisted |
4696 | svchost.exe | 51.195.211.236:972 | xleee90.duckdns.org | OVH SAS | FR | unknown |
6248 | SIHClient.exe | 172.202.163.200:443 | slscr.update.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | GB | whitelisted |
6248 | SIHClient.exe | 104.124.11.17:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
6248 | SIHClient.exe | 23.219.150.101:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | CL | whitelisted |
6248 | SIHClient.exe | 20.3.187.198:443 | fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
pastebin.com |
| whitelisted |
xleee90.duckdns.org |
| unknown |
slscr.update.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
2196 | svchost.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Online Pastebin Text Storage |
2196 | svchost.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET DYN_DNS DYNAMIC_DNS Query to a *.duckdns .org Domain |
2196 | svchost.exe | Misc activity | ET DYN_DNS DYNAMIC_DNS Query to *.duckdns. Domain |
2196 | svchost.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET DYN_DNS DYNAMIC_DNS Query to a *.duckdns .org Domain |
2196 | svchost.exe | Misc activity | ET DYN_DNS DYNAMIC_DNS Query to *.duckdns. Domain |
2196 | svchost.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET DYN_DNS DYNAMIC_DNS Query to a *.duckdns .org Domain |
2196 | svchost.exe | Misc activity | ET DYN_DNS DYNAMIC_DNS Query to *.duckdns. Domain |
2196 | svchost.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET DYN_DNS DYNAMIC_DNS Query to a *.duckdns .org Domain |
2196 | svchost.exe | Misc activity | ET DYN_DNS DYNAMIC_DNS Query to *.duckdns. Domain |