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File name:

pupdate.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/8e2e72e8-e178-4b48-b289-dbe5ba742d28
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: June 18, 2019, 18:34:20
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:

5E3B592B8E093F92AE9F6CFC93B22C58

SHA1:

A0FAE7A58F711AF72A9A6F62AEDC1735C863A76F

SHA256:

144E4B5A6E99D9E89DAE2AC2907C313D253878E13DB86C6F5C50DAE6E17A015A

SSDEEP:

6144:KCy+bnr+Mp0yN90QE43axpS1+32K0Yp96snaZDnCGZYmRlkDwA6:SMrgy902CpS8Z0YT6snaZDnCGPRldA6

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

      • ZUpdater.exe (PID: 292)
    • Changes the autorun value in the registry

      • ZUpdater.exe (PID: 292)
    • Loads the Task Scheduler COM API

      • schtasks.exe (PID: 1692)
    • Uses Task Scheduler to run other applications

      • ZUpdater.exe (PID: 292)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • ZUpdater.exe (PID: 292)
      • pupdate.exe (PID: 3400)
    • Creates files in the user directory

      • ZUpdater.exe (PID: 292)
  • INFO

    No info indicators.
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (42.2)
.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (37.3)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (8.8)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (6)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (2.7)

EXIF

EXE

ProductVersion: 11.00.17763.1
ProductName: Internet Explorer
OriginalFileName: WEXTRACT.EXE .MUI
LegalCopyright: © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
InternalName: Wextract
FileVersion: 11.00.17763.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
FileDescription: Win32 Cabinet Self-Extractor
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
CharacterSet: Unicode
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
FileSubtype: -
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileOS: Windows NT 32-bit
FileFlags: (none)
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
ProductVersionNumber: 11.0.17763.1
FileVersionNumber: 11.0.17763.1
Subsystem: Windows GUI
SubsystemVersion: 6
ImageVersion: 10
OSVersion: 10
EntryPoint: 0x6a60
UninitializedDataSize: -
InitializedDataSize: 304640
CodeSize: 25600
LinkerVersion: 14.13
PEType: PE32
TimeStamp: 2022:05:25 00:49:06+02:00
MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 24-May-2022 22:49:06
Detected languages:
  • English - United States
Debug artifacts:
  • wextract.pdb
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription: Win32 Cabinet Self-Extractor
FileVersion: 11.00.17763.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
InternalName: Wextract
LegalCopyright: © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
OriginalFilename: WEXTRACT.EXE .MUI
ProductName: Internet Explorer
ProductVersion: 11.00.17763.1

DOS Header

Magic number: MZ
Bytes on last page of file: 0x0090
Pages in file: 0x0003
Relocations: 0x0000
Size of header: 0x0004
Min extra paragraphs: 0x0000
Max extra paragraphs: 0xFFFF
Initial SS value: 0x0000
Initial SP value: 0x00B8
Checksum: 0x0000
Initial IP value: 0x0000
Initial CS value: 0x0000
Overlay number: 0x0000
OEM identifier: 0x0000
OEM information: 0x0000
Address of NE header: 0x000000E0

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 5
Time date stamp: 24-May-2022 22:49:06
Pointer to Symbol Table: 0x00000000
Number of symbols: 0
Size of Optional Header: 0x00E0
Characteristics:
  • IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
  • IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
.text
0x00001000
0x00006314
0x00006400
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.31416
.data
0x00008000
0x00001A48
0x00000200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
4.97064
.idata
0x0000A000
0x00001052
0x00001200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
5.02595
.rsrc
0x0000C000
0x00049000
0x00048800
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
7.74044
.reloc
0x00055000
0x00000888
0x00000A00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.22264

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
5.00338
2018
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_MANIFEST
2
3.15864
744
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
3
3.07737
488
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
4
3.50949
296
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
5
5.56662
3752
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
6
5.94251
2216
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
7
5.99361
1736
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
8
3.37828
1384
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
9
7.98515
55762
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
10
5.33023
9640
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON

Imports

ADVAPI32.dll
COMCTL32.dll
Cabinet.dll
GDI32.dll
KERNEL32.dll
USER32.dll
VERSION.dll
msvcrt.dll
No data.
screenshot
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Total processes
36
Monitored processes
3
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
1

Behavior graph

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drop and start start pupdate.exe zupdater.exe schtasks.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
3400"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pupdate.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pupdate.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Win32 Cabinet Self-Extractor
Exit code:
0
Version:
11.00.17763.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
292C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\ZUpdater.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\ZUpdater.exe
pupdate.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
ZUpdater
Exit code:
0
Version:
1.0.0.0
1692"schtasks.exe" /create /SC DAILY /TN ZUpdater /TR "\"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\ZUpdater\ZUpdater.exe\" do://zupdaterC:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeZUpdater.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Manages scheduled tasks
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Total events
95
Read events
82
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
2
Suspicious files
0
Text files
2
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
3400pupdate.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\ZUpdater.exeexecutable
MD5:1FFDF10E4BA48C827DBB988883137AD6
SHA256:F8E0AB07C518280F79D17448FD74C019D4E03AB42E7C32237BF12D735EEEB6BD
292ZUpdater.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\ZUpdater\ZUpdater.exeexecutable
MD5:1FFDF10E4BA48C827DBB988883137AD6
SHA256:F8E0AB07C518280F79D17448FD74C019D4E03AB42E7C32237BF12D735EEEB6BD
292ZUpdater.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\ZUpdater\ZUpdater.exe.configxml
MD5:2D3D9EDF445C408DD56576D039630FBF
SHA256:D6CA195E9E1531AE1C2016147530E2803BDE68F8CE19B88506E1BDA9F4A272B8
3400pupdate.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\ZUpdater.exe.configxml
MD5:2D3D9EDF445C408DD56576D039630FBF
SHA256:D6CA195E9E1531AE1C2016147530E2803BDE68F8CE19B88506E1BDA9F4A272B8
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HTTP(S) requests
3
TCP/UDP connections
2
DNS requests
2
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
292
ZUpdater.exe
POST
200
45.33.90.169:80
http://inf.bonnapatit.com/api/report?
US
malicious
292
ZUpdater.exe
POST
200
45.33.90.169:80
http://inf.bonnapatit.com/api/report?
US
malicious
292
ZUpdater.exe
POST
200
45.33.90.169:80
http://inf.bonnapatit.com/api/report?
US
malicious
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
292
ZUpdater.exe
45.33.90.169:80
inf.bonnapatit.com
Linode, LLC
US
malicious

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
inf.bonnapatit.com
  • 45.33.90.169
unknown

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
292
ZUpdater.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
MALWARE [PTsecurity] Trojan:Win32/Zpevdo.A (zupdater base64 xor key takton)
292
ZUpdater.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
MALWARE [PTsecurity] Trojan:Win32/Zpevdo.A (zupdater base64 xor key takton)
292
ZUpdater.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
MALWARE [PTsecurity] Trojan:Win32/Zpevdo.A (zupdater base64 xor key takton)
No debug info