| File name: | dllhostex.exe.malware |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/e0a9abab-788b-40db-b98a-5c759004858d |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | Crypto mining malware is a resource-intensive threat that infiltrates computers with the purpose of mining cryptocurrencies. This type of threat can be deployed either on an infected machine or a compromised website. In both cases the miner will utilize the computing power of the device and its network bandwidth. |
| Analysis date: | July 18, 2019, 03:21:15 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/x-dosexec |
| File info: | PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386, for MS Windows |
| MD5: | A013BC89F72C0C343A32ADB6D6A2342E |
| SHA1: | B5FE4034BD3760BB02FDD8709CBB1E3063BA080F |
| SHA256: | 1BC9762470423393521D9AA64D505501D201D3CB50C8E6576D4381590B090D75 |
| SSDEEP: | 24576:wOTuFoSUpzjLJrr4FtnILnSqmdoRdSeUSjguAF11N0i7TwONgV0HL1z9ChftQAgU:2oSUpzjLJYFtnILtmdoRdgSjguA30i7g |
MALICIOUS
Connects to CnC server
- dllhostex.exe.malware.exe (PID: 3736)
MINER was detected
- dllhostex.exe.malware.exe (PID: 3736)
SUSPICIOUS
No suspicious indicators.INFO
No info indicators.
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TRiD
| .exe | | | Win64 Executable (generic) (76.4) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (12.4) |
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (5.5) |
| .exe | | | DOS Executable Generic (5.5) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2019:03:16 05:45:33+01:00 |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 14.15 |
| CodeSize: | 1164800 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 200704 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0xc3daa |
| OSVersion: | 6 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 6 |
| Subsystem: | Windows command line |
| FileVersionNumber: | 6.3.9600.16384 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 6.3.9600.16384 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | Neutral |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| CompanyName: | Microsoft Corporation |
| FileDescription: | COM Surrogate |
| FileVersion: | 6.3.9600.16384 |
| InternalName: | dllhostex.exe |
| LegalCopyright: | © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. |
| OriginalFileName: | dllhostex.exe |
| ProductName: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| ProductVersion: | 6.3.9600.16384 |
Summary
| Architecture: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
|---|---|
| Subsystem: | IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_CUI |
| Compilation Date: | 16-Mar-2019 04:45:33 |
| Detected languages: |
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| CompanyName: | Microsoft Corporation |
| FileDescription: | COM Surrogate |
| FileVersion: | 6.3.9600.16384 |
| InternalName: | dllhostex.exe |
| LegalCopyright: | © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. |
| OriginalFilename: | dllhostex.exe |
| ProductName: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| ProductVersion: | 6.3.9600.16384 |
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: | 0x00000120 |
PE Headers
| Signature: | PE |
|---|---|
| Machine: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
| Number of sections: | 5 |
| Time date stamp: | 16-Mar-2019 04:45:33 |
| 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 | 0x0011C418 | 0x0011C600 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 6.44211 |
.rdata | 0x0011E000 | 0x0001D5E0 | 0x0001D600 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 5.83179 |
.data | 0x0013C000 | 0x00009D84 | 0x00008600 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 5.19732 |
.rsrc | 0x00146000 | 0x00000580 | 0x00000600 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 3.92145 |
.reloc | 0x00147000 | 0x000095F0 | 0x00009600 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 6.73006 |
Resources
Title | Entropy | Size | Codepage | Language | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4.91161 | 381 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_MANIFEST |
Imports
ADVAPI32.dll |
IPHLPAPI.DLL |
KERNEL32.dll |
USER32.dll |
WS2_32.dll |
Total processes
34
Monitored processes
1
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3736 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dllhostex.exe.malware.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dllhostex.exe.malware.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: COM Surrogate Exit code: 0 Version: 6.3.9600.16384 Modules
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Total events
7
Read events
7
Write events
0
Delete events
0
Modification events
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
0
Text files
0
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
1
DNS requests
1
Threats
4
HTTP requests
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3736 | dllhostex.exe.malware.exe | 165.22.143.11:443 | cake.pilutce.com | — | US | suspicious |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
cake.pilutce.com |
| malicious |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
3736 | dllhostex.exe.malware.exe | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | ET POLICY Cryptocurrency Miner Checkin |
3736 | dllhostex.exe.malware.exe | Misc activity | MINER [PTsecurity] Riskware/CoinMiner JSON_RPC Response |
3736 | dllhostex.exe.malware.exe | Misc activity | MINER [PTsecurity] Risktool.W32.coinminer!c |
3736 | dllhostex.exe.malware.exe | Misc activity | MINER [PTsecurity] CoinMiner CryptoNight algo JSON_RPC server Response |
Process | Message |
|---|---|
dllhostex.exe.malware.exe | m -o cake.pilutce.com:443 -u cake2 -p x -t 2 --donate-level=1 --nicehash |