Malware analysis https://cnn.com Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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URL:	https://cnn.com
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/916fa8e5-3bf5-475a-b7a4-1969287ff233
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	August 13, 2019, 15:55:52
OS:	Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MD5:	019D1D2B418B3B6070E47672F10D8576
SHA1:	13C6106A6DB05C7AF756C173A79D178230F596A2
SHA256:	18190FA9B43E54E13854201F6A5B477954502ACFF8FEE40EC85EE43EB68E9785
SSDEEP:	3:N8WSn:2WS

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: none
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: off
Route via Tor:: off
Autoconfirmation of UAC:: on
Network:: on

Software preset

Internet Explorer 8.0.7601.17514 undefined
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC MUI (15.023.20070)
Adobe Flash Player 26 ActiveX (26.0.0.131)
Adobe Flash Player 26 NPAPI (26.0.0.131)
Adobe Flash Player 26 PPAPI (26.0.0.131)
Adobe Refresh Manager (1.8.0)
CCleaner (5.35)
FileZilla Client 3.36.0 (3.36.0)
Google Chrome (75.0.3770.100)
Google Update Helper (1.3.34.7)
Java 8 Update 92 (8.0.920.14)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.92.14)
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 (4.7.03062)
Microsoft Office Access MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Access Setup Metadata MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Excel MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office OneNote MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Outlook MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office PowerPoint MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Professional 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proof (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proof (French) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proof (Spanish) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proofing (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Publisher MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Shared MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Shared Setup Metadata MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Single Image 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Word MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.6161 (9.0.30729.6161)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable - 10.0.40219 (10.0.40219)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x86) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x86 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x86 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x86) - 14.21.27702 (14.21.27702.2)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.21.27702 (14.21.27702)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.21.27702 (14.21.27702)
Mozilla Firefox 68.0.1 (x86 en-US) (68.0.1)
Notepad++ (32-bit x86) (7.5.1)
Opera 12.15 (12.15.1748)
Skype version 8.29 (8.29)
Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 (KB4087364) (1)
VLC media player (2.2.6)
WinRAR 5.60 (32-bit) (5.60.0)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
Client Refresh LanguagePack Package
CodecPack Basic Package
Foundation Package
IE Troubleshooters Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB2534111
KB2999226
KB4019990
KB976902
LocalPack AU Package
LocalPack CA Package
LocalPack GB Package
LocalPack US Package
LocalPack ZA Package
ProfessionalEdition
UltimateEdition

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MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.
SUSPICIOUS
- Modifies files in Chrome extension folder
  - chrome.exe (PID: 2988)
INFO
- Reads settings of System Certificates
  - chrome.exe (PID: 3600)
- Changes settings of System certificates
  - chrome.exe (PID: 3600)
- Application launched itself
  - chrome.exe (PID: 2988)

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Total processes

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID	CMD	Path	Indicators	Parent process
2988	"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" "https://cnn.com"	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe		explorer.exe
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Version: 75.0.3770.100
2504	"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=crashpad-handler "--user-data-dir=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data" /prefetch:7 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad" "--metrics-dir=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data" --url=https://clients2.google.com/cr/report --annotation=channel= --annotation=plat=Win32 --annotation=prod=Chrome --annotation=ver=75.0.3770.100 --initial-client-data=0x7c,0x80,0x84,0x78,0x88,0x70fea9d0,0x70fea9e0,0x70fea9ec	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe	—	chrome.exe
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Version: 75.0.3770.100
2984	"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=watcher --main-thread-id=3128 --on-initialized-event-handle=312 --parent-handle=316 /prefetch:6	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe	—	chrome.exe
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Version: 75.0.3770.100
4040	"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=gpu-process --field-trial-handle=984,1582926331875655820,8594875852970815209,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --gpu-preferences=KAAAAAAAAADgAAAgAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAACgAAAAEAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAoAAAAAAAAADAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAABAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAUAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAGAAAA --service-request-channel-token=2812507457633837436 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1000 --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:2	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe	—	chrome.exe
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Version: 75.0.3770.100
3600	"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=984,1582926331875655820,8594875852970815209,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=network --service-request-channel-token=14069505979614047272 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1532 /prefetch:8	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe		chrome.exe
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Version: 75.0.3770.100
992	"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=984,1582926331875655820,8594875852970815209,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=17929932767780169518 --renderer-client-id=6 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2228 /prefetch:1	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe	—	chrome.exe
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Version: 75.0.3770.100
2256	"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=984,1582926331875655820,8594875852970815209,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=12758782861718493915 --renderer-client-id=5 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2244 /prefetch:1	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe	—	chrome.exe
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Version: 75.0.3770.100
2096	"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=984,1582926331875655820,8594875852970815209,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --extension-process --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=10466486094513945910 --renderer-client-id=4 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2392 /prefetch:1	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe	—	chrome.exe
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 75.0.3770.100
3116	"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=984,1582926331875655820,8594875852970815209,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=12687889442313322561 --renderer-client-id=7 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3244 /prefetch:1	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe	—	chrome.exe
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Version: 75.0.3770.100
3804	"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=984,1582926331875655820,8594875852970815209,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=18026689022630076143 --renderer-client-id=8 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3532 /prefetch:1	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe	—	chrome.exe
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Version: 75.0.3770.100

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Total events

663

Read events

559

Write events

100

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(2988) chrome.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:	write	Name:	failed_count
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(2988) chrome.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:	write	Name:	state
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(2988) chrome.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:	write	Name:	StatusCodes
Value:
(PID) Process:	(2988) chrome.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:	write	Name:	StatusCodes
Value: 01000000
(PID) Process:	(2988) chrome.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:	write	Name:	state
Value: 1
(PID) Process:	(2988) chrome.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:	write	Name:	dr
Value: 1
(PID) Process:	—	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes
Operation:	write	Name:	2988-13210185367945500
Value: 259
(PID) Process:	(2988) chrome.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome
Operation:	write	Name:	UsageStatsInSample
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(2988) chrome.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes
Operation:	delete value	Name:	1512-13197841398593750
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(2988) chrome.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Update\ClientStateMedium\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:	write	Name:	usagestats
Value: 0

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Executable files

Suspicious files

153

Text files

206

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
2988	chrome.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\350c9257-6909-479d-bb1b-19cb34704c4f.tmp		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2988	chrome.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\000020.dbtmp		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2988	chrome.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.old~RF379ed4.TMP		text
		MD5:DC32343F45B01764B6267AD36548102A	SHA256:A250F5AD57D4BD58AAE92810D50278E3BE2DBF869F126A3A3519691BCDFC2075
2988	chrome.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\BudgetDatabase\LOG.old		text
		MD5:A519780ED0A2F4336DB4F5651D79C369	SHA256:DA5B71BD0075B55757BF757BF5F4D4A1DCBCF0762CDA5B31B28680963E068C75
2988	chrome.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Feature Engagement Tracker\EventDB\LOG.old		text
		MD5:3D551B6E929CF62F7AA66091E718704B	SHA256:1698A1B1BC3E86676392FB8BD4C712438302A5A2220503C08F290ED4B1790404
2988	chrome.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Session Storage\LOG.old		text
		MD5:0ACECCA4CF9ADE756DA7CC9DCDF02D50	SHA256:18F910775132B4FEE014EA0FAB836D857F367E76232FAB4AE6A86A92E4C3EBEE
2988	chrome.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\LOG.old~RF379ee4.TMP		text
		MD5:213AE3DA120D7862D60B5763B6C9D466	SHA256:5736534D6EE654C1BF1A8E79E73330AF58F622E8657285330D2C7189A55604F4
2988	chrome.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Site Characteristics Database\LOG.old		text
		MD5:C4D6CBB269C626168A5D6D0D8CCE6C30	SHA256:B62CDBB758278A0C2E50593357390119441D8DE09428EB29027F3DFD1332E348
2988	chrome.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\LOG.old		text
		MD5:213AE3DA120D7862D60B5763B6C9D466	SHA256:5736534D6EE654C1BF1A8E79E73330AF58F622E8657285330D2C7189A55604F4
2988	chrome.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\shared_proto_db\LOG.old		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—

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HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

312

DNS requests

200

Threats

HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
3600	chrome.exe	GET	200	93.184.221.240:80	http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab	US	compressed	56.6 Kb	whitelisted
3600	chrome.exe	GET	200	91.199.212.52:80	http://crt.usertrust.com/USERTrustRSAAddTrustCA.crt	GB	der	1.37 Kb	whitelisted
3600	chrome.exe	GET	200	93.184.221.240:80	http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab	US	compressed	56.6 Kb	whitelisted
3600	chrome.exe	GET	302	172.217.22.110:80	http://redirector.gvt1.com/edgedl/chromewebstore/L2Nocm9tZV9leHRlbnNpb24vYmxvYnMvOWVmQUFXS041NV9ZVXlJVWwxbGc5TUM4dw/7519.422.0.3_pkedcjkdefgpdelpbcmbmeomcjbeemfm.crx	US	html	514 b	whitelisted
3600	chrome.exe	GET	200	204.13.202.71:80	http://ssl.trustwave.com/issuers/STCA.crt	US	der	956 b	whitelisted
3600	chrome.exe	GET	200	173.194.150.251:80	http://r5---sn-2gb7sn7z.gvt1.com/edgedl/chromewebstore/L2Nocm9tZV9leHRlbnNpb24vYmxvYnMvOWVmQUFXS041NV9ZVXlJVWwxbGc5TUM4dw/7519.422.0.3_pkedcjkdefgpdelpbcmbmeomcjbeemfm.crx?cms_redirect=yes&mip=89.187.165.34&mm=28&mn=sn-2gb7sn7z&ms=nvh&mt=1565711722&mv=m&mvi=4&pl=25&shardbypass=yes	US	crx	862 Kb	whitelisted
3600	chrome.exe	GET	200	91.199.212.52:80	http://crt.comodoca.com/COMODORSAAddTrustCA.crt	GB	der	1.37 Kb	whitelisted
3600	chrome.exe	GET	200	13.35.254.54:80	http://x.ss2.us/x.cer	US	der	1.27 Kb	whitelisted
3600	chrome.exe	GET	200	93.184.221.240:80	http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/47BEABC922EAE80E78783462A79F45C254FDE68B.crt	US	der	969 b	whitelisted
3600	chrome.exe	GET	200	93.184.221.240:80	http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/47BEABC922EAE80E78783462A79F45C254FDE68B.crt	US	der	969 b	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
3600	chrome.exe	216.58.207.34:443	www.googletagservices.com	Google Inc.	US	whitelisted
3600	chrome.exe	172.217.22.99:443	clientservices.googleapis.com	Google Inc.	US	whitelisted
3600	chrome.exe	216.58.207.77:443	accounts.google.com	Google Inc.	US	whitelisted
3600	chrome.exe	152.195.132.202:443	cdn.cookielaw.org	MCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business	US	whitelisted
3600	chrome.exe	13.225.74.186:443	c.amazon-adsystem.com	—	US	unknown
3600	chrome.exe	151.101.1.67:443	cnn.com	Fastly	US	suspicious
3600	chrome.exe	2.16.186.112:443	a.postrelease.com	Akamai International B.V.	—	whitelisted
3600	chrome.exe	151.101.2.109:443	cdn.jsdelivr.net	Fastly	US	suspicious
3600	chrome.exe	52.71.7.32:443	www.ugdturner.com	Amazon.com, Inc.	US	unknown
3600	chrome.exe	18.194.54.220:443	agility.cnn.com	Amazon.com, Inc.	DE	unknown

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
cnn.com	151.101.129.67 151.101.65.67 151.101.193.67 151.101.1.67	whitelisted
accounts.google.com	216.58.207.77	shared
clientservices.googleapis.com	172.217.22.99	whitelisted
www.cnn.com	151.101.1.67 151.101.65.67 151.101.129.67 151.101.193.67	whitelisted
edition.cnn.com	151.101.129.67 151.101.1.67 151.101.193.67 151.101.65.67	whitelisted
cdn.cnn.com	104.111.216.81	whitelisted
c.amazon-adsystem.com	13.225.74.186	whitelisted
www.googletagservices.com	216.58.207.34	whitelisted
edition.i.cdn.cnn.com	151.101.1.67 151.101.65.67 151.101.129.67 151.101.193.67	whitelisted
agility.cnn.com	18.194.54.220 18.196.215.46	suspicious

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https://cnn.com

019D1D2B418B3B6070E47672F10D8576

13C6106A6DB05C7AF756C173A79D178230F596A2

18190FA9B43E54E13854201F6A5B477954502ACFF8FEE40EC85EE43EB68E9785

3:N8WSn:2WS

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Modifies files in Chrome extension folder

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Reads settings of System Certificates

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