File name:

rufus-3.15p.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/5370c40b-a52f-4dd5-ab86-835deb8b7177
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: November 08, 2021, 02:32:31
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows, UPX compressed
MD5:

69BB28DD11ACF510A13DC4193F0C91D9

SHA1:

1388725F70AF2829902CDD52BAEFDEEB9F75BD6F

SHA256:

19A2F7BD08CB6711937A71ADAE9D13BBE8A3AF08D3551D121C2D7F84EC3D7AAF

SSDEEP:

24576:CsxAqdu/XYcdIH8FQhyxhD7dK05JoeRIlm71Zl5:NdEYaIceyxh15Tomj5Z/

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Changes Windows auto-update feature

      • rufus-3.15p.exe (PID: 2180)

    • Disables Windows Defender

      • rufus-3.15p.exe (PID: 2180)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Reads the computer name

      • rufus-3.15p.exe (PID: 2180)

    • Checks supported languages

      • rufus-3.15p.exe (PID: 2180)

  • INFO

    No info indicators.
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | UPX compressed Win32 Executable (64.2)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (15.6)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (10.6)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (4.7)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (4.7)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 0000:00:00 00:00:00
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 2.37
CodeSize: 1134592
InitializedDataSize: 45056
UninitializedDataSize: 2310144
EntryPoint: 0x3486f0
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: 1
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 3.15.1812.0
ProductVersionNumber: 3.15.1812.0
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Windows NT 32-bit
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: Neutral
CharacterSet: Unicode
Comments: https://rufus.ie
CompanyName: Akeo Consulting
FileDescription: Rufus
FileVersion: 3.15.1812
InternalName: Rufus
LegalCopyright: © 2011-2021 Pete Batard (GPL v3)
LegalTrademarks: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
OriginalFileName: rufus-3.15.exe
ProductName: Rufus
ProductVersion: 3.15.1812

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 01-Jan-1970 00:00:00
TLS Callbacks: 1 callback(s) detected.
Comments: https://rufus.ie
CompanyName: Akeo Consulting
FileDescription: Rufus
FileVersion: 3.15.1812
InternalName: Rufus
LegalCopyright: © 2011-2021 Pete Batard (GPL v3)
LegalTrademarks: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
OriginalFilename: rufus-3.15.exe
ProductName: Rufus
ProductVersion: 3.15.1812

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: 0x00000080

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 3
Time date stamp: 01-Jan-1970 00:00:00
Pointer to Symbol Table: 0x00000000
Number of symbols: 0
Size of Optional Header: 0x00E0
Characteristics:
  • IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
  • IMAGE_FILE_DEBUG_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE
  • IMAGE_FILE_LINE_NUMS_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_LOCAL_SYMS_STRIPPED

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
UPX0
0x00001000
0x00234000
0x00000000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
0
UPX1
0x00235000
0x00115000
0x00114400
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
7.99979
.rsrc
0x0034A000
0x0000B000
0x0000A600
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
3.95944

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
5.21284
2238
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_MANIFEST
2
3.68423
9640
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_ICON
3
3.77127
4264
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_ICON
4
3.98144
2440
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_ICON
5
4.04318
1128
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_ICON
101
0
2398
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_DIALOG
102
0
316
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_DIALOG
103
0
470
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_DIALOG
104
0
1268
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_DIALOG
105
0
172
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_DIALOG

Imports

ADVAPI32.dll
COMCTL32.DLL
COMDLG32.DLL
CRYPT32.dll
GDI32.dll
KERNEL32.DLL
SETUPAPI.dll
SHELL32.dll
SHLWAPI.dll
USER32.dll
No data.
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Total processes
38
Monitored processes
2
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2180"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rufus-3.15p.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rufus-3.15p.exe
Explorer.EXE
User:
admin
Company:
Akeo Consulting
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Rufus
Exit code:
0
Version:
3.15.1812
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\rufus-3.15p.exe
c:\windows\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\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.7601.24483_none_2b200f664577e14b\comctl32.dll
3684"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rufus-3.15p.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rufus-3.15p.exe—Explorer.EXE
User:
admin
Company:
Akeo Consulting
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Rufus
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
3.15.1812
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\rufus-3.15p.exe
Total events
132
Read events
87
Write events
17
Delete events
28

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2180) rufus-3.15p.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\16C\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:LanguageList
Value:
en-US
(PID) Process:(2180) rufus-3.15p.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\{7D6E5622-B528-41F4-B05B-6578B91AAA60}Machine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
Operation:writeName:IncludeRecommendedUpdates
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2180) rufus-3.15p.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\{7D6E5622-B528-41F4-B05B-6578B91AAA60}Machine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
Operation:writeName:AutoInstallMinorUpdates
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2180) rufus-3.15p.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\{7D6E5622-B528-41F4-B05B-6578B91AAA60}Machine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender
Operation:writeName:DisableAntiSpyware
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2180) rufus-3.15p.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\{7D6E5622-B528-41F4-B05B-6578B91AAA60}Machine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-time Protection
Operation:writeName:DisableRealtimeMonitoring
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2180) rufus-3.15p.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\{7D6E5622-B528-41F4-B05B-6578B91AAA60}Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Operation:writeName:NoDriveTypeAutorun
Value:
158
(PID) Process:(2180) rufus-3.15p.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\{7D6E5622-B528-41F4-B05B-6578B91AAA60}User
Operation:delete keyName:(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:(2180) rufus-3.15p.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects
Operation:delete keyName:(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:(2180) rufus-3.15p.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\{7D6E5622-B528-41F4-B05B-6578B91AAA60}Machine
Operation:delete keyName:(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:(2180) rufus-3.15p.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\{7D6E5622-B528-41F4-B05B-6578B91AAA60}Machine\Software
Operation:delete keyName:(default)
Value:
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
1
Text files
5
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2180rufus-3.15p.exeC:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy\Machine\Registry.polbinary
MD5:377AC641CF4F9667421E54D62A25BD4C
SHA256:F25A5A5ABA722FC2F09A1086A132AEEBDBCC17ADCBBDBDE1A7AE960DB97DBD37
2180rufus-3.15p.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ruf6CE5.tmptext
MD5:567F445E5D5AFE4DEC8845B8F54935B8
SHA256:B66AAEBAA8FD9DF231702F371CE908BF8A79BF831553E413679B1269CA7EB605
2180rufus-3.15p.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rufus.initext
MD5:25F951ACCB182500A1A135F7556724C3
SHA256:DEE26225B0313E2A75B3A5B75C615E67C6C20617D50C5A0C17B2A425EAD98609
2180rufus-3.15p.exeC:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy\gpt.initext
MD5:FED929AE34422010496B5B4A1827A501
SHA256:2DDA40A266ECA9DDD736701EFA24C6FE186EDD6737DB7BF52BFFE32D614667ED
2180rufus-3.15p.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rufus.ini~text
MD5:25F951ACCB182500A1A135F7556724C3
SHA256:DEE26225B0313E2A75B3A5B75C615E67C6C20617D50C5A0C17B2A425EAD98609
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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
rufus-3.15p.exe
*** Rufus init ***
rufus-3.15p.exe
Binary executable is signed by 'Akeo Consulting'
rufus-3.15p.exe
Will use settings from INI file
rufus-3.15p.exe
loc file not found in current directory - embedded one will be used
rufus-3.15p.exe
localization: extracted data to 'C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ruf6CE5.tmp'
rufus-3.15p.exe
localization: found locale 'en-US'
rufus-3.15p.exe
localization: found locale 'ar-SA'
rufus-3.15p.exe
embedded.loc(404): the version of this translation is older than the base one and may result in some messages not being properly translated. If you are the translator, please update your translation with the changes that intervened between v3.5 and v3.14. See https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/blob/master/res/loc/ChangeLog.txt
rufus-3.15p.exe
localization: found locale 'bg-BG'
rufus-3.15p.exe
embedded.loc(758): the version of this translation is older than the base one and may result in some messages not being properly translated. If you are the translator, please update your translation with the changes that intervened between v3.5 and v3.14. See https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/blob/master/res/loc/ChangeLog.txt
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