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usf.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/bb69db3f-3a17-4b38-a4b0-851041902a5e
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: March 22, 2022, 21:04:54
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows, UPX compressed
MD5:

311D64E4892F75019EE257B8377C723E

SHA1:

694C1C80280A031095CC2FA567526E88FD800BF4

SHA256:

168E625C7EB51720F5CE1922AEC6AD316B3AACA838BD864EE2BCDBD9B66171D0

SSDEEP:

49152:j6OV5mDYOgJXTr/xvsFZIUjHu0UaZHIIxB3zfEJUqi5:jV5mrgJX3xvkXi9aZRKc

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Uses RUNDLL32.EXE to load library

      • usf.exe (PID: 672)
    • Reads the computer name

      • usf.exe (PID: 672)
    • Starts Internet Explorer

      • rundll32.exe (PID: 3704)
    • Checks supported languages

      • usf.exe (PID: 672)
    • Reads Microsoft Outlook installation path

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 1148)
  • INFO

    • Reads the computer name

      • rundll32.exe (PID: 3704)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 1148)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 3228)
    • Checks supported languages

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 3228)
      • rundll32.exe (PID: 3704)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 1148)
    • Application launched itself

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 3228)
    • Changes internet zones settings

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 3228)
    • Checks Windows Trust Settings

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 3228)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 1148)
    • Reads settings of System Certificates

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 3228)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 1148)
    • Reads internet explorer settings

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 1148)
    • Creates files in the user directory

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 3228)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 1148)
    • Changes settings of System certificates

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 3228)
    • Adds / modifies Windows certificates

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 3228)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (52.9)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (23.5)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (23.5)

EXIF

EXE

Subsystem: Windows GUI
SubsystemVersion: 5.1
ImageVersion: 1
OSVersion: 5.1
EntryPoint: 0xcb4ac0
UninitializedDataSize: 10088448
InitializedDataSize: 155648
CodeSize: 3235840
LinkerVersion: 3
PEType: PE32
TimeStamp: 0000:00:00 00:00:00
MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 01-Jan-1970 00:00:00
Detected languages:
  • English - United States

DOS Header

Magic number: MZ
Bytes on last page of file: 0x0090
Pages in file: 0x0003
Relocations: 0x0004
Size of header: 0x0000
Min extra paragraphs: 0x0000
Max extra paragraphs: 0xFFFF
Initial SS value: 0x0000
Initial SP value: 0x008B
Checksum: 0x0000
Initial IP value: 0x0000
Initial CS value: 0x0000
Overlay number: 0x0000
OEM identifier: 0x0000
OEM information: 0x0000
Address of NE header: 0x00000080

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 3
Time date stamp: 01-Jan-1970 00:00:00
Pointer to Symbol Table: 0x00C18200
Number of symbols: 0
Size of Optional Header: 0x00E0
Characteristics:
  • IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
  • IMAGE_FILE_DEBUG_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
UPX0
0x00001000
0x0099F000
0x00000000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
0
UPX1
0x009A0000
0x00316000
0x00315800
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
7.99994
.rsrc
0x00CB6000
0x00026000
0x00025800
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
4.50977

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
5.25784
828
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_MANIFEST
2
4.47164
152104
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
3
2.22322
20
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_GROUP_ICON

Imports

KERNEL32.DLL
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Total processes
43
Monitored processes
4
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
1

Behavior graph

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start usf.exe rundll32.exe no specs iexplore.exe no specs iexplore.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
672"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\usf.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\usf.exe
Explorer.EXE
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\users\admin\desktop\usf.exe
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\winmm.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
1148"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" SCODEF:3228 CREDAT:267521 /prefetch:2C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exeiexplore.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Internet Explorer
Exit code:
0
Version:
11.00.9600.16428 (winblue_gdr.131013-1700)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-downlevel-advapi32-l1-1-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-downlevel-version-l1-1-0.dll
3228"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://home.ultrasurfing.com/C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exerundll32.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Internet Explorer
Exit code:
0
Version:
11.00.9600.16428 (winblue_gdr.131013-1700)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-downlevel-advapi32-l1-1-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-downlevel-version-l1-1-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\iertutil.dll
3704rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler https://home.ultrasurfing.comC:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exeusf.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows host process (Rundll32)
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\imagehlp.dll
Total events
30 197
Read events
29 712
Write events
477
Delete events
8

Modification events

(PID) Process:(672) usf.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Operation:writeName:ProxyServer
Value:
127.0.0.1:9666
(PID) Process:(672) usf.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Operation:writeName:ProxyEnable
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(672) usf.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections
Operation:writeName:SavedLegacySettings
Value:
460000003C0100000B0000000E0000003132372E302E302E313A3936363600000000000000000400000000000000C0E333BBEAB1D3010000000000000000000000000100000002000000C0A80164000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
(PID) Process:(672) usf.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections
Operation:writeName:SavedLegacySettings
Value:
460000003D0100000B0000000E0000003132372E302E302E313A3936363600000000000000000400000000000000C0E333BBEAB1D3010000000000000000000000000100000002000000C0A80164000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
(PID) Process:(3228) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing
Operation:writeName:NTPDaysSinceLastAutoMigration
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3228) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing
Operation:writeName:NTPLastLaunchLowDateTime
Value:
(PID) Process:(3228) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing
Operation:writeName:NTPLastLaunchHighDateTime
Value:
30948912
(PID) Process:(3228) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\UrlBlockManager
Operation:writeName:NextCheckForUpdateLowDateTime
Value:
(PID) Process:(3228) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\UrlBlockManager
Operation:writeName:NextCheckForUpdateHighDateTime
Value:
30948912
(PID) Process:(3228) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
66
Text files
200
Unknown types
61

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
672usf.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.ilxa567jbpz
MD5:
SHA256:
1148iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157binary
MD5:
SHA256:
1148iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\6BADA8974A10C4BD62CC921D13E43B18_28DEA62A0AE77228DD387E155AD0BA27der
MD5:
SHA256:
1148iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\6BADA8974A10C4BD62CC921D13E43B18_28DEA62A0AE77228DD387E155AD0BA27binary
MD5:
SHA256:
1148iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\5IWPIAR9\2502b4ea_photo0_610[1].jpgimage
MD5:
SHA256:
1148iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\24BD96D5497F70B3F510A6B53CD43F3E_3A89246FB90C5EE6620004F1AE0EB0EAder
MD5:
SHA256:
1148iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\MFAQUS6V\a15f6ebb_photo0_190[1].jpgimage
MD5:
SHA256:
1148iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\5IWPIAR9\aaf89cc3_photo0_190[1].jpgimage
MD5:
SHA256:
1148iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\5IWPIAR9\f3e6edcb_photo0_190[1].jpgimage
MD5:
SHA256:
1148iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\MFAQUS6V\ZB4ISV32.htmhtml
MD5:
SHA256:
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
8
DNS requests
0
Threats
0

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
672
usf.exe
9.9.9.11:443
US
unknown
672
usf.exe
65.49.2.66:14407
Hurricane Electric, Inc.
US
unknown
672
usf.exe
65.49.2.63:443
Hurricane Electric, Inc.
US
unknown
672
usf.exe
74.82.60.49:13260
Hurricane Electric, Inc.
US
unknown
672
usf.exe
74.82.60.25:443
Hurricane Electric, Inc.
US
unknown

DNS requests

No data

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info