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GWSetup.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/01ea2832-8a12-4c82-816b-23b9f1f492f1
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: June 10, 2019, 12:45:47
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, InstallShield self-extracting archive
MD5:

DA5CAFC3825FA9582CC0C2E2B9CD155C

SHA1:

5EE54C27F73315593AA2EBB683462ACA1BBA45E5

SHA256:

16E45CA2059C5D02015F9F37F53D02492AE64F8E8B0875D4696836C21BFC8C17

SSDEEP:

98304:ySZHKSlISIpJ53Zo848+X+fcrBZCluuVJ8:EnSeJc0+NBoluuc

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

      • gwupdater.exe (PID: 3376)
      • gwservice.exe (PID: 1240)

    • Loads dropped or rewritten executable

      • GWSetup.exe (PID: 2536)
      • gwservice.exe (PID: 1240)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • GWSetup.exe (PID: 2536)

    • Creates files in the program directory

      • GWSetup.exe (PID: 2536)

    • Executed as Windows Service

      • gwupdater.exe (PID: 3376)
      • gwservice.exe (PID: 1240)

    • Creates COM task schedule object

      • GWSetup.exe (PID: 2536)

    • Creates a software uninstall entry

      • GWSetup.exe (PID: 2536)

    • Creates or modifies windows services

      • GWSetup.exe (PID: 2536)

    • Low-level read access rights to disk partition

      • gwservice.exe (PID: 1240)

  • INFO

    • Dropped object may contain Bitcoin addresses

      • GWSetup.exe (PID: 2536)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (64.6)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (15.4)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (10.5)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (4.6)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (4.6)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2018:09:06 04:51:27+02:00
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 6
CodeSize: 17408
InitializedDataSize: 27136
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x51f0
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 5
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 0.0.1.0
ProductVersionNumber: 1.0.0.0
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Windows NT 32-bit
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: Chinese (Simplified)
CharacterSet: Unicode
Comments: -
CompanyName: -
FileDescription: GWSetup
FileVersion: 0, 0, 1, 0
InternalName: GWSetup
LegalCopyright: Copyright 2011
LegalTrademarks: -
OriginalFileName: SetupStub.exe
PrivateBuild: -
ProductName: -
ProductVersion: 1, 0, 0, 0
SpecialBuild: -

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 06-Sep-2018 02:51:27
Detected languages:
  • Chinese - PRC
Comments: -
CompanyName: -
FileDescription: GWSetup
FileVersion: 0, 0, 1, 0
InternalName: GWSetup
LegalCopyright: Copyright 2011
LegalTrademarks: -
OriginalFilename: SetupStub.exe
PrivateBuild: -
ProductName: -
ProductVersion: 1, 0, 0, 0
SpecialBuild: -

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: 0x000000F8

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 4
Time date stamp: 06-Sep-2018 02:51:27
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_LINE_NUMS_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_LOCAL_SYMS_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_RELOCS_STRIPPED

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
.text
0x00001000
0x0000439A
0x00004400
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.51342
.rdata
0x00006000
0x00000BC0
0x00000C00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
4.83472
.data
0x00007000
0x00001D00
0x00000600
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
4.45501
.rsrc
0x00009000
0x00003F38
0x00004000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
3.27749

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
3.29437
768
UNKNOWN
Chinese - PRC
RT_VERSION
2
3.29663
4264
UNKNOWN
Chinese - PRC
RT_ICON
3
3.68803
1128
UNKNOWN
Chinese - PRC
RT_ICON
102
2.45849
48
UNKNOWN
Chinese - PRC
RT_GROUP_ICON

Imports

ADVAPI32.dll
KERNEL32.dll
MSVCRT.dll
SETUPAPI.dll
SHELL32.dll
VERSION.dll
No data.
screenshotscreenshotscreenshot
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Total processes
37
Monitored processes
4
Malicious processes
3
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start gwsetup.exe gwupdater.exe gwservice.exe gwsetup.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
1240"C:\Program Files\Gateway\SSLVPN\gwservice.exe"C:\Program Files\Gateway\SSLVPN\gwservice.exe
services.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
gwservice
Exit code:
0
Version:
0, 0, 1, 45
Modules
Images
c:\program files\gateway\sslvpn\gwservice.exe
c:\systemroot\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\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
2536"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GWSetup.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GWSetup.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
GWSetup
Exit code:
0
Version:
0, 0, 1, 0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\gwsetup.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
3276"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GWSetup.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GWSetup.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
GWSetup
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
0, 0, 1, 0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\gwsetup.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
3376"C:\Program Files\Gateway\SSLVPN\gwupdater.exe"C:\Program Files\Gateway\SSLVPN\gwupdater.exe
services.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
gwservice
Exit code:
0
Version:
0, 0, 1, 45
Modules
Images
c:\program files\gateway\sslvpn\gwupdater.exe
c:\systemroot\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\advapi32.dll
Total events
370
Read events
180
Write events
186
Delete events
4

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2536) GWSetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GWClient\Install
Operation:writeName:UpdaterFlag
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2536) GWSetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GWClient\Install
Operation:writeName:InstallPath
Value:
C:\Program Files\Gateway\SSLVPN
(PID) Process:(2536) GWSetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GWClient\Install
Operation:writeName:InstallPath64
Value:
(PID) Process:(2536) GWSetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GWClient\Install\Shortcut
Operation:delete keyName:
Value:
(PID) Process:(2536) GWSetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GWClient\Debug
Operation:delete keyName:
Value:
(PID) Process:(2536) GWSetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GWClient\Install
Operation:delete keyName:
Value:
(PID) Process:(2536) GWSetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GWClient
Operation:delete keyName:
Value:
(PID) Process:(2536) GWSetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Gwieplug.IeAx.1
Operation:writeName:
Value:
IeAx Class
(PID) Process:(2536) GWSetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Gwieplug.IeAx.1\CLSID
Operation:writeName:
Value:
{100C2765-1362-4CCF-AB02-56D916BB8732}
(PID) Process:(2536) GWSetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Gwieplug.IeAx
Operation:writeName:
Value:
IeAx Class
Executable files
75
Suspicious files
4
Text files
8
Unknown types
10

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2536GWSetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gwtemp\gwupdater.dll.cab —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2536GWSetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gwtemp\gwclient.exe.cab —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2536GWSetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gwtemp\gwtrayclient.exe.cab —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2536GWSetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gwtemp\vsdagent.exe.cab —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2536GWSetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gwtemp\gwupdater.exe.cab —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2536GWSetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gwtemp\gwservice.exe.cab —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2536GWSetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gwtemp\gwvnic.sys.cab —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2536GWSetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gwtemp\gwvnic.sys.64.cab —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2536GWSetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gwtemp\gwvnic.cat.64.cab —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2536GWSetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gwtemp\gwvnic.inf.cab —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
0
DNS requests
0
Threats
0

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

No data

DNS requests

No data

Threats

No threats detected
Process
Message
GWSetup.exe
[06-10 13:46:31][INF][GWUPDLL]DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH
gwupdater.exe
[06-10 13:46:32][EMG][GWSERVICE]Loadlibrary 'gwlog.dll' Error(126).
gwupdater.exe
[06-10 13:46:32][WAR][GWSERVICE]GWService can't open gwlog.dll.
gwupdater.exe
[06-10 13:46:32][WAR][GWSERVICE]CEventDataList(UNNAMED)::Pop() Failed!
gwupdater.exe
[06-10 13:46:32][WAR][GWSERVICE]CEventDataList(UNNAMED)::Pop() Failed!
GWSetup.exe
[06-10 13:46:35][WAR][GWUPDLL]CreateUnderPrograms(Gateway SSLVPN,Sina VPN,C:\Program Files\Gateway\SSLVPN\gwclient.exe,,%ProgramFiles%\Gateway\SSLVPN\gwclient.exe)
GWSetup.exe
[06-10 13:46:35][WAR][GWUPDLL]CreateUnderPrograms(Gateway SSLVPN,File Cabinet,C:\Program Files\Gateway\SSLVPN\gwclient.exe,filecabinet,%ProgramFiles%\Gateway\SSLVPN\gwclient.exe)
gwservice.exe
[session]DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH.
gwservice.exe
logger config file: C:\Windows\gwlogger.cfg
gwservice.exe
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