Malware analysis PWA Identity Proxy Malicious activity

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File name:	PWA Identity Proxy
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/787c74f1-d35a-45a8-ba4d-8a7cc0ccec70
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	March 20, 2025, 00:00:33
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows, 3 sections
MD5:	46F169BDF8A6E0641BA59F37B4D19CAF
SHA1:	5DF5FE1EE30DA96B1B36645DBFCA6CCA8CEE76FD
SHA256:	1B0CB8DF1E30D264491DDB8904D1395767755D92FC2B7E9F792DDB75ED1AA4C9
SSDEEP:	24576:t85tqTAd4hfE4vwNUbpGPJHNRVvAgLybnFjNPDd4:t85ATAd45E4vwNUbpGPJHNRVvAgLybn2

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 120 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:
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 11.3636.19041.0
Adobe Acrobat (64-bit) (23.001.20093)
Adobe Flash Player 32 NPAPI (32.0.0.465)
Adobe Flash Player 32 PPAPI (32.0.0.465)
CCleaner (6.20)
FileZilla 3.65.0 (3.65.0)
Google Chrome (122.0.6261.70)
Google Update Helper (1.3.36.51)
Java 8 Update 271 (64-bit) (8.0.2710.9)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.271.9)
Microsoft Edge (122.0.2365.59)
Microsoft Edge Update (1.3.185.17)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - de-de (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - es-es (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - it-it (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ja-jp (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ko-kr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - pt-br (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - tr-tr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professionnel 2019 - fr-fr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office профессиональный 2019 - ru-ru (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft OneNote - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Update Health Tools (3.74.0.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Mozilla Firefox (x64 en-US) (123.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (123.0)
Notepad++ (64-bit x64) (7.9.1)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Extensibility Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Licensing Component (16.0.16026.20146)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15928.20198)
PowerShell 7-x64 (7.3.5.0)
Skype version 8.104 (8.104)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.59.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.63.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4480730) (2.55.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB5001716) (8.93.0.0)
VLC media player (3.0.11)
WinRAR 5.91 (64-bit) (5.91.0)
Windows PC Health Check (3.6.2204.08001)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
DotNetRollup
DotNetRollup 481
FodMetadata Package
Foundation Package
Hello Face Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB5003791
KB5011048
KB5015684
KB5033052
LanguageFeatures Basic en us Package
LanguageFeatures Handwriting en us Package
LanguageFeatures OCR en us Package
LanguageFeatures Speech en us Package
LanguageFeatures TextToSpeech en us Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MediaPlayer Package
Microsoft OneCore ApplicationModel Sync Desktop FOD Package
Microsoft OneCore DirectX Database FOD Package
NetFx3 OnDemand Package
Notepad FoD Package
OpenSSH Client Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
Printing PMCPPC FoD Package
Printing WFS FoD Package
ProfessionalEdition
QuickAssist Package
RollupFix
ServicingStack
ServicingStack 3989
StepsRecorder Package
TabletPCMath Package
UserExperience Desktop Package
WordPad FoD Package

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MALICIOUS
- Executing a file with an untrusted certificate
  - PWA Identity Proxy.exe (PID: 1276)
SUSPICIOUS
- Process drops legitimate windows executable
  - PWA Identity Proxy.exe (PID: 1276)
- Starts a Microsoft application from unusual location
  - PWA Identity Proxy.exe (PID: 1276)
INFO
- Reads the software policy settings
  - slui.exe (PID: 4920)
- Checks supported languages
  - PWA Identity Proxy.exe (PID: 1276)
- Reads the computer name
  - PWA Identity Proxy.exe (PID: 1276)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.exe	\|	Win32 Executable (generic) (52.9)
.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (23.5)
.exe	\|	DOS Executable Generic (23.5)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp:	2025:02:14 16:55:01+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, Large address aware
PEType:	PE32
LinkerVersion:	48
CodeSize:	12800
InitializedDataSize:	2048
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0x89c60
OSVersion:	4
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	6
Subsystem:	Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber:	133.0.3065.69
ProductVersionNumber:	133.0.3065.69
FileFlagsMask:	0x003f
FileFlags:	(none)
FileOS:	Windows NT
ObjectFileType:	Executable application
FileSubtype:	-
LanguageCode:	Neutral
CharacterSet:	Unicode
FileVersion:	133.0.3065.69
ProductVersion:	133.0.3065.69
FileDescription:	PwaHelper executable for Identity Proxy
CompanyName:	Microsoft Corporation
OriginalFileName:	PWA Identity Proxy
ProductName:	Microsoft Edge
LegalCopyright:	Copyright Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

No data.

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Total processes

137

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

1276

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PWA Identity Proxy.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PWA Identity Proxy.exe

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

PwaHelper executable for Identity Proxy

Exit code:

Version:

133.0.3065.69

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\pwa identity proxy.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\mscoree.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll

2384

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

Images
c:\windows\system32\sppextcomobj.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\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll

4920

"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

Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.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\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

5428

C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

—

svchost.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Activation Client

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.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\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

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Total events

624

Read events

624

Write events

Delete events

Modification events

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

No data

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HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

DNS requests

Threats

HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
—	—	GET	200	23.53.40.176:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
672	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6032	backgroundTaskHost.exe	GET	200	184.30.131.245:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
672	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	184.30.131.245:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
—	—	23.53.40.176:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	4.231.128.59:443	—	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	4.231.128.59:443	—	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
3216	svchost.exe	40.113.103.199:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	20.190.159.4:443	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
2104	svchost.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
2112	svchost.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
6032	backgroundTaskHost.exe	20.31.169.57:443	arc.msn.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
crl.microsoft.com	23.53.40.176 23.53.40.178	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	40.113.103.199	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.159.4 20.190.159.71 40.126.31.73 40.126.31.67 40.126.31.2 20.190.159.0 20.190.159.2 40.126.31.130	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	184.30.131.245	whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.104.136.2 20.73.194.208	whitelisted
arc.msn.com	20.31.169.57	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	20.12.23.50	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	184.30.21.171	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	13.85.23.206	whitelisted
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com	52.111.236.23	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

PWA Identity Proxy

46F169BDF8A6E0641BA59F37B4D19CAF

5DF5FE1EE30DA96B1B36645DBFCA6CCA8CEE76FD

1B0CB8DF1E30D264491DDB8904D1395767755D92FC2B7E9F792DDB75ED1AA4C9

24576:t85tqTAd4hfE4vwNUbpGPJHNRVvAgLybnFjNPDd4:t85ATAd45E4vwNUbpGPJHNRVvAgLybn2

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

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Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Executing a file with an untrusted certificate

SUSPICIOUS

Process drops legitimate windows executable

Starts a Microsoft application from unusual location

INFO

Reads the software policy settings

Checks supported languages

Reads the computer name

Malware configuration

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EXE

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