File name:

similar_to_cry2.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/f79cdfd6-8c81-4a56-afc6-9084473730d6
Verdict: Malicious activity
Threats:

WarZone RAT is a remote access trojan, which is written in C++ and offered as a malware-as-a-service. It packs a wide range of capabilities, from stealing victims’ files and passwords to capturing desktop activities. WarZone RAT is primarily distributed via phishing emails and receives regular updates from its C2.

Analysis date: October 20, 2020, 07:16:10
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:
trojan
rat
stealer
avemaria
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
MD5:

2F7B1964F89E9EFBFD1588DEC19E7712

SHA1:

5EF9A08C05E13180345687FA407DE303EF503472

SHA256:

1890F57B87F10179F2166F9570829A70A247825C1BDD6D0233DC0A87D171707D

SSDEEP:

6144:MhKTKX20HgXOWBuNTjDJpa5qxLKnDfuMumtd7hyqSs5nxJQQhw8x52TveSGkAuCu:Mhqy20MusjuAB4ZX1n

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Runs app for hidden code execution

      • similar_to_cry2.exe (PID: 968)
      • images.exe (PID: 3264)
    • AVEMARIA was detected

      • similar_to_cry2.exe (PID: 968)
      • images.exe (PID: 3264)
    • Changes the autorun value in the registry

      • similar_to_cry2.exe (PID: 968)
    • Loads dropped or rewritten executable

      • dism.exe (PID: 3352)
      • dism.exe (PID: 3972)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

      • similar_to_cry2.exe (PID: 968)
      • images.exe (PID: 3264)
    • Creates files in the user directory

      • similar_to_cry2.exe (PID: 968)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 2932)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • similar_to_cry2.exe (PID: 968)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 3320)
      • DllHost.exe (PID: 3744)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 2772)
      • DllHost.exe (PID: 3256)
    • Starts itself from another location

      • similar_to_cry2.exe (PID: 968)
    • Executed via COM

      • DllHost.exe (PID: 3744)
      • DllHost.exe (PID: 3256)
    • Executes PowerShell scripts

      • images.exe (PID: 3600)
  • 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

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2020:10:19 02:17:44+02:00
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 14.16
CodeSize: 70144
InitializedDataSize: 715264
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x1398
OSVersion: 6
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 6
Subsystem: Windows command line

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_CUI
Compilation Date: 19-Oct-2020 00:17:44
Detected languages:
  • English - United States
Debug artifacts:
  • C:\Users\W7H64\Desktop\VCSamples-master\VC2010Samples\ATL\General\ATLCollections\Client\symbol error.pdb

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: 5
Time date stamp: 19-Oct-2020 00:17:44
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
0x00011171
0x00011200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.6369
.rdata
0x00013000
0x0000678A
0x00006800
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
5.24151
.data
0x0001A000
0x000A6F9C
0x000A6600
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
2.72358
.rsrc
0x000C1000
0x000001E0
0x00000200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
4.71768
.reloc
0x000C2000
0x00000FE8
0x00001000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.50264

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
4.91161
381
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_MANIFEST

Imports

KERNEL32.dll
ole32.dll
No data.
screenshot
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Total processes
66
Monitored processes
15
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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drop and start start #AVEMARIA similar_to_cry2.exe cmd.exe #AVEMARIA images.exe Copy/Move/Rename/Delete/Link Object pkgmgr.exe no specs pkgmgr.exe dism.exe no specs similar_to_cry2.exe no specs cmd.exe Copy/Move/Rename/Delete/Link Object pkgmgr.exe no specs pkgmgr.exe dism.exe no specs images.exe powershell.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
968"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\similar_to_cry2.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\similar_to_cry2.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\similar_to_cry2.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
1516"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\similar_to_cry2.exe"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\similar_to_cry2.exedism.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\similar_to_cry2.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
1524"C:\Windows\system32\pkgmgr.exe" /n:%temp%\ellocnak.xmlC:\Windows\system32\pkgmgr.execmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Package Manager
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\pkgmgr.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
2268"C:\Windows\system32\pkgmgr.exe" /n:%temp%\ellocnak.xmlC:\Windows\system32\pkgmgr.execmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Package Manager
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\pkgmgr.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
2772"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
images.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.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\shell32.dll
2900"C:\Windows\system32\pkgmgr.exe" /n:%temp%\ellocnak.xmlC:\Windows\system32\pkgmgr.exe
cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows Package Manager
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\pkgmgr.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\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2932powershell Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath C:\C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exeimages.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows PowerShell
Exit code:
1
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.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\atl.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
3256C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3AD05575-8857-4850-9277-11B85BDB8E09}C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe
svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
COM Surrogate
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\dllhost.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
3264"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\images.exe"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\images.exe
similar_to_cry2.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\roaming\images.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
3320"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
similar_to_cry2.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
Total events
1 084
Read events
1 007
Write events
77
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(968) similar_to_cry2.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Operation:writeName:MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server
Value:
10
(PID) Process:(968) similar_to_cry2.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Operation:writeName:MaxConnectionsPerServer
Value:
10
(PID) Process:(968) similar_to_cry2.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\_rptls
Operation:writeName:Install
Value:
C:\Users\admin\Desktop\similar_to_cry2.exe
(PID) Process:(968) similar_to_cry2.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\SB8JT1KRBU
Operation:writeName:inst
Value:
874B562707029415C91B4DABF30D7CEE40EA7F17F279B6BEA8125D11EF0FCA25012E6C2C7E0FEC3B4A3F0E32D8C26C4B274C9114E26BF14DA6A6DEB918E4F176E05AAF5D02D2096CEF860E3C652CF4AD7BBC3AC8
(PID) Process:(968) similar_to_cry2.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Operation:writeName:Images
Value:
C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\images.exe
(PID) Process:(3320) cmd.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:UNCAsIntranet
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3320) cmd.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:AutoDetect
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3264) images.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Operation:writeName:MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server
Value:
10
(PID) Process:(3264) images.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Operation:writeName:MaxConnectionsPerServer
Value:
10
(PID) Process:(3264) images.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\_rptls
Operation:writeName:Install
Value:
C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\images.exe
Executable files
5
Suspicious files
2
Text files
4
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2932powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\V17XJ85KFSP94RKWBM77.temp
MD5:
SHA256:
3744DllHost.exeC:\Windows\System32\dismcore.dllexecutable
MD5:6B906764A35508A7FD266CDD512E46B1
SHA256:FC0C90044B94B080F307C16494369A0796AC1D4E74E7912BA79C15CCA241801C
2932powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\d93f411851d7c929.customDestinations-ms~RF2db2f9.TMPbinary
MD5:
SHA256:
2900pkgmgr.exeC:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.logtext
MD5:
SHA256:
968similar_to_cry2.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\images.exeexecutable
MD5:
SHA256:
3764pkgmgr.exeC:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.logtext
MD5:
SHA256:
2932powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\d93f411851d7c929.customDestinations-msbinary
MD5:
SHA256:
3320cmd.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ellocnak.xmlxml
MD5:427EB7374887305B72F5C552837C9036
SHA256:B3F421780A49CBE680A317259D4DF9CE1D0CDACA3020B4DF0DC18CC01D68CCBB
2772cmd.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dismcore.dllexecutable
MD5:6B906764A35508A7FD266CDD512E46B1
SHA256:FC0C90044B94B080F307C16494369A0796AC1D4E74E7912BA79C15CCA241801C
3256DllHost.exeC:\Windows\System32\dismcore.dllexecutable
MD5:6B906764A35508A7FD266CDD512E46B1
SHA256:FC0C90044B94B080F307C16494369A0796AC1D4E74E7912BA79C15CCA241801C
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
21
DNS requests
7
Threats
7

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
3264
images.exe
185.32.221.45:5200
minekroft.duckdns.org
SOFTplus Entwicklungen GmbH
CH
unknown
3600
images.exe
185.32.221.45:5200
minekroft.duckdns.org
SOFTplus Entwicklungen GmbH
CH
unknown

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
minekroft.duckdns.org
  • 185.32.221.45
malicious

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
1052
svchost.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO DYNAMIC_DNS Query to *.duckdns. Domain
1052
svchost.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO DYNAMIC_DNS Query to *.duckdns. Domain
1052
svchost.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO DYNAMIC_DNS Query to *.duckdns. Domain
1052
svchost.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO DYNAMIC_DNS Query to *.duckdns. Domain
1052
svchost.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO DYNAMIC_DNS Query to *.duckdns. Domain
1052
svchost.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO DYNAMIC_DNS Query to *.duckdns. Domain
1052
svchost.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO DYNAMIC_DNS Query to *.duckdns. Domain
No debug info