| File name: | plug.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/b712daf3-a3c8-47d0-9081-5e5372b2cc32 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | PlugX is a remote access trojan that is used extensively by Chinese APTs. The malware is primarily employed for spying on victims and can perform a variety of malicious activities, such as logging users’ keystrokes and exfiltrating information from browsers. |
| Analysis date: | November 15, 2018, 07:33:50 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/x-dosexec |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows |
| MD5: | AC6F90E79E46F7CA9FDC8A75735EA7A1 |
| SHA1: | 8CCDAE0E07C1300F76E5010BB941B00620768C1B |
| SHA256: | 197F763CB325D90B546F8C9913EA5C7B53FBBC3CC8620E620073EA54D6E6105F |
| SSDEEP: | 6144:4iULHIwnYTB0HAbpGxmC8aEVWmzSWiAjOWWslIc:wnYToAbpGGaEvzSLAjOW13 |
MALICIOUS
Changes the autorun value in the registry
- dascgosrky.exe (PID: 768)
Application was dropped or rewritten from another process
- dascgosrky.exe (PID: 768)
Loads dropped or rewritten executable
- dascgosrky.exe (PID: 768)
Connects to CnC server
- dllhost.exe (PID: 684)
PLUGX was detected
- dllhost.exe (PID: 684)
SUSPICIOUS
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- plug.exe (PID: 1908)
Creates files in the user directory
- plug.exe (PID: 1908)
Creates files in the program directory
- dllhost.exe (PID: 684)
Uses RUNDLL32.EXE to load library
- dllhost.exe (PID: 684)
INFO
No info indicators.
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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: | 2018:04:02 13:46:56+02:00 |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 10 |
| CodeSize: | 40448 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 226304 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x4ff0 |
| OSVersion: | 5.1 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 5.1 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
Summary
| Architecture: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
|---|---|
| Subsystem: | IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI |
| Compilation Date: | 02-Apr-2018 11:46:56 |
| Detected languages: |
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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: | 0x00000100 |
PE Headers
| Signature: | PE |
|---|---|
| Machine: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
| Number of sections: | 4 |
| Time date stamp: | 02-Apr-2018 11:46:56 |
| Pointer to Symbol Table: | 0x00000000 |
| Number of symbols: | 0 |
| Size of Optional Header: | 0x00E0 |
| Characteristics: |
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Sections
Name | Virtual Address | Virtual Size | Raw Size | Charateristics | Entropy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.text | 0x00001000 | 0x00009CB5 | 0x00009E00 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 6.63318 |
.rdata | 0x0000B000 | 0x00005AFC | 0x00005C00 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 6.38868 |
.data | 0x00011000 | 0x000326A0 | 0x00031600 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 7.98433 |
.rsrc | 0x00044000 | 0x000001B4 | 0x00000200 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 5.10501 |
Resources
Title | Entropy | Size | Codepage | Language | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4.79597 | 346 | Latin 1 / Western European | English - United States | RT_MANIFEST |
Imports
KERNEL32.dll |
SHELL32.dll |
USER32.dll |
ole32.dll |
Total processes
35
Monitored processes
5
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 684 | "C:\Windows\system32\dllhost.exe" | C:\Windows\system32\dllhost.exe | dascgosrky.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: COM Surrogate Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 768 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts\dascgosrky.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts\dascgosrky.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Symantec Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Symantec 802.1x Supplicant Exit code: 0 Version: 11.0.4010.7 Modules
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| 1908 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\plug.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\plug.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 1 Modules
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| 3168 | "C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe" "C:\Windows\system32\wininet.DLL",DispatchAPICall 1 | C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe | — | dllhost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Windows host process (Rundll32) Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 3952 | "C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe" "C:\Windows\system32\wininet.DLL",DispatchAPICall 1 | C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe | — | dllhost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Windows host process (Rundll32) Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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Total events
385
Read events
364
Write events
21
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (768) dascgosrky.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run |
| Operation: | write | Name: | difxapi32 |
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\MICROS~1\Windows\NETWOR~1\DASCGO~1.EXE | |||
| (PID) Process: | (684) dllhost.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\dllhost_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (684) dllhost.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\dllhost_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableConsoleTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (684) dllhost.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\dllhost_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileTracingMask |
Value: 4294901760 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (684) dllhost.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\dllhost_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ConsoleTracingMask |
Value: 4294901760 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (684) dllhost.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\dllhost_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | MaxFileSize |
Value: 1048576 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (684) dllhost.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\dllhost_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileDirectory |
Value: %windir%\tracing | |||
| (PID) Process: | (684) dllhost.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\dllhost_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (684) dllhost.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\dllhost_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableConsoleTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (684) dllhost.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\dllhost_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileTracingMask |
Value: 4294901760 | |||
Executable files
2
Suspicious files
4
Text files
0
Unknown types
1
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | plug.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts\RasTls.dll | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1908 | plug.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\firefox.lnk | lnk | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 684 | dllhost.exe | C:\ProgramData\gZwJElkSUikCYK\thspwdzuhgorikym | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1908 | plug.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts\dascgosrky.exe | executable | |
MD5:62944E26B36B1DCACE429AE26BA66164 | SHA256:F9EBF6AEB3F0FB0C29BD8F3D652476CD1FE8BD9A0C11CB15C43DE33BBCE0BF68 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
1
TCP/UDP connections
2
DNS requests
2
Threats
3
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
684 | dllhost.exe | GET | — | 94.177.12.253:80 | http://login.vietnamairlines.cf/B0FE1FC426235C759B489926 | NL | — | — | malicious |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
684 | dllhost.exe | 94.177.12.253:80 | login.vietnamairlines.cf | WorldStream B.V. | NL | suspicious |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
login.vietnamairlines.cf |
| malicious |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
1056 | svchost.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET INFO DNS Query for Suspicious .cf Domain |
684 | dllhost.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | MALWARE [PTsecurity] PlugX HTTP GET Request |
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