| File name: | Gauge_MTFH_UpdatePackage_Version_1.12.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/f34df897-aa06-4045-8b1e-a61a4889a21c |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | March 24, 2025, 11:52:42 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 10 sections |
| MD5: | CC90DFF9D65AB44A5887C5300CDE4207 |
| SHA1: | 3FF4467D33AEA2FF391D456DC93FFA9CAFCA33D5 |
| SHA256: | 18B0185EE36FD3296367CF9DD378F0EDBAD776F81D9F4747343CD0502C563343 |
| SSDEEP: | 98304:l+cD4dnh8WN6higf6VdTeK8cs9x7HMrEG6+kEn1wToD3W5NSSdaJ9W4DkShZqRIk:mfdSJdKUKmoW3XQjkpYrlW9PunoX |
MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.SUSPICIOUS
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- Gauge_MTFH_UpdatePackage_Version_1.12.tmp (PID: 5552)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- Gauge_MTFH_UpdatePackage_Version_1.12.exe (PID: 4776)
- drvinst.exe (PID: 5964)
- pnputil.exe (PID: 1228)
Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
- cmd.exe (PID: 2384)
Application launched itself
- cmd.exe (PID: 2384)
Reads the BIOS version
- MTFH_UpdateTool.exe (PID: 5728)
Read disk information to detect sandboxing environments
- MTFH_UpdateTool.exe (PID: 5728)
Process drops legitimate windows executable
- drvinst.exe (PID: 5964)
Creates files in the driver directory
- drvinst.exe (PID: 5964)
INFO
Process checks computer location settings
- Gauge_MTFH_UpdatePackage_Version_1.12.tmp (PID: 5552)
Create files in a temporary directory
- Gauge_MTFH_UpdatePackage_Version_1.12.exe (PID: 4776)
- pnputil.exe (PID: 1228)
Checks supported languages
- Gauge_MTFH_UpdatePackage_Version_1.12.exe (PID: 4776)
- Gauge_MTFH_UpdatePackage_Version_1.12.tmp (PID: 5552)
- MTFH_UpdateTool.exe (PID: 5728)
- drvinst.exe (PID: 5964)
Reads the computer name
- Gauge_MTFH_UpdatePackage_Version_1.12.tmp (PID: 5552)
Detects InnoSetup installer (YARA)
- Gauge_MTFH_UpdatePackage_Version_1.12.exe (PID: 4776)
- Gauge_MTFH_UpdatePackage_Version_1.12.tmp (PID: 5552)
Compiled with Borland Delphi (YARA)
- Gauge_MTFH_UpdatePackage_Version_1.12.exe (PID: 4776)
- Gauge_MTFH_UpdatePackage_Version_1.12.tmp (PID: 5552)
Checks operating system version
- cmd.exe (PID: 2384)
Reads product name
- MTFH_UpdateTool.exe (PID: 5728)
Reads Environment values
- MTFH_UpdateTool.exe (PID: 5728)
The sample compiled with english language support
- pnputil.exe (PID: 1228)
- drvinst.exe (PID: 5964)
Reads the machine GUID from the registry
- drvinst.exe (PID: 5964)
Reads the software policy settings
- drvinst.exe (PID: 5964)
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TRiD
| .exe | | | Inno Setup installer (67.7) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Win32 EXE PECompact compressed (generic) (25.6) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (2.7) |
| .exe | | | Win16/32 Executable Delphi generic (1.2) |
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (1.2) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2023:02:15 14:54:16+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, Bytes reversed lo, 32-bit, Bytes reversed hi |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 2.25 |
| CodeSize: | 741888 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 103936 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0xb5eec |
| OSVersion: | 6.1 |
| ImageVersion: | 6 |
| SubsystemVersion: | 6.1 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 1.12.0.0 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 1.12.0.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | Neutral |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| Comments: | This installation was built with Inno Setup. |
| CompanyName: | ElektroPhysik |
| FileDescription: | MiniTest FH Update Tool |
| FileVersion: | 1.12 |
| LegalCopyright: | 2025 |
| OriginalFileName: | |
| ProductName: | Firmware_MTFH_UpdatePackage |
| ProductVersion: | 1.12 |
Total processes
144
Monitored processes
12
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1228 | C:\WINDOWS\sysnative\pnputil.exe -i -a "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-K7U6B.tmp\DFU_Driver\STM32Bootloader.bat"\..\Driver\STM32Bootloader.inf | C:\Windows\System32\pnputil.exe | cmd.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Microsoft PnP Utility - Tool to add, delete, export, and enumerate driver packages. Exit code: 3758096967 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 1660 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c ver | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | — | cmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 2384 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-K7U6B.tmp\DFU_Driver\STM32Bootloader.bat" " | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | — | Gauge_MTFH_UpdatePackage_Version_1.12.tmp | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 2908 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Gauge_MTFH_UpdatePackage_Version_1.12.exe" /SPAWNWND=$80200 /NOTIFYWND=$502CC | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Gauge_MTFH_UpdatePackage_Version_1.12.exe | Gauge_MTFH_UpdatePackage_Version_1.12.tmp | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: ElektroPhysik Integrity Level: HIGH Description: MiniTest FH Update Tool Version: 1.12 | |||||||||||||||
| 3676 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding | C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: KMS Connection Broker Version: 10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 4452 | "C:\WINDOWS\System32\SLUI.exe" RuleId=3482d82e-ca2c-4e1f-8864-da0267b484b2;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=4de7cb65-cdf1-4de9-8ae8-e3cce27b9f2c;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEvent | C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe | — | SppExtComObj.Exe | |||||||||||
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Windows Activation Client Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 4776 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Gauge_MTFH_UpdatePackage_Version_1.12.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Gauge_MTFH_UpdatePackage_Version_1.12.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: ElektroPhysik Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: MiniTest FH Update Tool Version: 1.12 Modules
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| 5344 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | pnputil.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 5552 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-HTNIR.tmp\Gauge_MTFH_UpdatePackage_Version_1.12.tmp" /SL5="$502CC,12954152,846848,C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Gauge_MTFH_UpdatePackage_Version_1.12.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-HTNIR.tmp\Gauge_MTFH_UpdatePackage_Version_1.12.tmp | — | Gauge_MTFH_UpdatePackage_Version_1.12.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: ElektroPhysik Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Setup/Uninstall Version: 51.1052.0.0 Modules
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| 5728 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-K7U6B.tmp\MTFH_UpdateTool.exe" TMP="C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-K7U6B.tmp\STM32_Programmer_CLI" FILE=MiniTest_FHPlus.hex | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-K7U6B.tmp\MTFH_UpdateTool.exe | — | Gauge_MTFH_UpdatePackage_Version_1.12.tmp | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Description: MTFH_UpdateTool Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
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Total events
3 704
Read events
3 703
Write events
1
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (1228) pnputil.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\SetupapiLogStatus |
| Operation: | write | Name: | setupapi.dev.log |
Value: 4096 | |||
Executable files
10
Suspicious files
4
Text files
4
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4776 | Gauge_MTFH_UpdatePackage_Version_1.12.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-HTNIR.tmp\Gauge_MTFH_UpdatePackage_Version_1.12.tmp | executable | |
MD5:4337176C211D154AA93966841BED1F08 | SHA256:DE17FA79E459669CDC60A747F2726BCCD0E4F918AEC971299DF4C6B1AA4774BB | |||
| 1228 | pnputil.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{6c47e7db-3809-b44d-8171-c4fff60a8b32}\amd64\SETF1E5.tmp | executable | |
MD5:758B41F5ED91F8C3BC6DE962707A344E | SHA256:6A3CDFD1C28A5E7C242B6824ED6F4281519079C632453734C4AC03D387048F3F | |||
| 1228 | pnputil.exe | C:\Windows\INF\setupapi.dev.log | text | |
MD5:15B777A64F75D213B174A0EABAEB7A1F | SHA256:8ED43049B365CFE664C59695A38EBE1D02F8DDCCBFE7EDA4AFF04E52FF3EB995 | |||
| 1228 | pnputil.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{6c47e7db-3809-b44d-8171-c4fff60a8b32}\SETF205.tmp | binary | |
MD5:C15AC24F17914D9D03A0C0E8E33BCEC8 | SHA256:2F597C783B5E169ACB426F13DA0107A020AB1E2084FD63E94C953E30C3AADE38 | |||
| 1228 | pnputil.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{6c47e7db-3809-b44d-8171-c4fff60a8b32}\amd64\SETF195.tmp | executable | |
MD5:A2A2296DB191575B96A6ECA93FEB8B43 | SHA256:56AF50768EE1095DB0FEC866A8E545D13E2E43EF108F0A4DBD12AFF1DE962F11 | |||
| 1228 | pnputil.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{6c47e7db-3809-b44d-8171-c4fff60a8b32}\amd64\WinUSBCoInstaller2.dll | executable | |
MD5:758B41F5ED91F8C3BC6DE962707A344E | SHA256:6A3CDFD1C28A5E7C242B6824ED6F4281519079C632453734C4AC03D387048F3F | |||
| 1228 | pnputil.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{6c47e7db-3809-b44d-8171-c4fff60a8b32}\STM32Bootloader.cat | binary | |
MD5:C15AC24F17914D9D03A0C0E8E33BCEC8 | SHA256:2F597C783B5E169ACB426F13DA0107A020AB1E2084FD63E94C953E30C3AADE38 | |||
| 5964 | drvinst.exe | C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\Temp\{0a8065d2-b850-a043-a823-0bd491884ba3}\amd64\SETF31D.tmp | executable | |
MD5:758B41F5ED91F8C3BC6DE962707A344E | SHA256:6A3CDFD1C28A5E7C242B6824ED6F4281519079C632453734C4AC03D387048F3F | |||
| 5964 | drvinst.exe | C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\Temp\{0a8065d2-b850-a043-a823-0bd491884ba3}\amd64\WinUSBCoInstaller2.dll | executable | |
MD5:758B41F5ED91F8C3BC6DE962707A344E | SHA256:6A3CDFD1C28A5E7C242B6824ED6F4281519079C632453734C4AC03D387048F3F | |||
| 5964 | drvinst.exe | C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\Temp\{0a8065d2-b850-a043-a823-0bd491884ba3}\STM32Bootloader.cat | binary | |
MD5:C15AC24F17914D9D03A0C0E8E33BCEC8 | SHA256:2F597C783B5E169ACB426F13DA0107A020AB1E2084FD63E94C953E30C3AADE38 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
5
TCP/UDP connections
22
DNS requests
12
Threats
0
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | GET | 200 | 23.53.40.178:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.131.245:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1072 | backgroundTaskHost.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.131.245:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1628 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1628 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 23.53.40.178:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
2112 | svchost.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
3216 | svchost.exe | 40.113.110.67:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 20.190.159.2:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 184.30.131.245:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | US | whitelisted |
1072 | backgroundTaskHost.exe | 20.31.169.57:443 | arc.msn.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
1072 | backgroundTaskHost.exe | 184.30.131.245:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | US | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
google.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
arc.msn.com |
| whitelisted |
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
slscr.update.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |