General Info

File name

dllhostex.exe.malware

Full analysis
https://app.any.run/tasks/e0a9abab-788b-40db-b98a-5c759004858d
Verdict
Malicious activity
Analysis date
7/18/2019, 05:21:15
OS:
Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:

miner

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

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Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Task duration
60 seconds
Additional time used
none
Fakenet option
off
Heavy Evaision option
off
MITM proxy
off
Route via Tor
off
Network geolocation
off
Privacy
Public submission
Autoconfirmation of UAC
on

Software preset

  • Internet Explorer 8.0.7601.17514
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader DC MUI (15.023.20070)
  • Adobe Flash Player 26 ActiveX (26.0.0.131)
  • Adobe Flash Player 26 NPAPI (26.0.0.131)
  • Adobe Flash Player 26 PPAPI (26.0.0.131)
  • Adobe Refresh Manager (1.8.0)
  • CCleaner (5.35)
  • FileZilla Client 3.36.0 (3.36.0)
  • Google Chrome (75.0.3770.100)
  • Google Update Helper (1.3.34.7)
  • Java 8 Update 92 (8.0.920.14)
  • Java Auto Updater (2.8.92.14)
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 (4.7.03062)
  • Microsoft Office Access MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
  • Microsoft Office Access Setup Metadata MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
  • Microsoft Office Excel MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
  • Microsoft Office OneNote MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
  • Microsoft Office Outlook MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
  • Microsoft Office Professional 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
  • Microsoft Office Proof (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
  • Microsoft Office Proof (French) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
  • Microsoft Office Proof (Spanish) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
  • Microsoft Office Proofing (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
  • Microsoft Office Publisher MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
  • Microsoft Office Shared MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
  • Microsoft Office Shared Setup Metadata MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
  • Microsoft Office Single Image 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
  • Microsoft Office Word MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.6161 (9.0.30729.6161)
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable - 10.0.40219 (10.0.40219)
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x86) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x86 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x86 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x86) - 14.21.27702 (14.21.27702.2)
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.21.27702 (14.21.27702)
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.21.27702 (14.21.27702)
  • Mozilla Firefox 67.0.4 (x86 en-US) (67.0.4)
  • Notepad++ (32-bit x86) (7.5.1)
  • Opera 12.15 (12.15.1748)
  • Skype version 8.29 (8.29)
  • Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 (KB4087364) (1)
  • VLC media player (2.2.6)
  • WinRAR 5.60 (32-bit) (5.60.0)

Hotfixes

  • Client LanguagePack Package
  • Client Refresh LanguagePack Package
  • CodecPack Basic Package
  • Foundation Package
  • IE Troubleshooters Package
  • InternetExplorer Optional Package
  • KB2534111
  • KB2999226
  • KB4019990
  • KB976902
  • LocalPack AU Package
  • LocalPack CA Package
  • LocalPack GB Package
  • LocalPack US Package
  • LocalPack ZA Package
  • ProfessionalEdition
  • UltimateEdition

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS SUSPICIOUS INFO
MINER was detected
  • dllhostex.exe.malware.exe (PID: 3736)
Connects to CnC server
  • dllhostex.exe.malware.exe (PID: 3736)

No suspicious indicators.

No info indicators.

Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report

Static information

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:
null
EntryPoint:
0xc3daa
OSVersion:
6
ImageVersion:
null
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:
null
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
English - United States
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
IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE
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
1

Imports
    WS2_32.dll

    IPHLPAPI.DLL

    KERNEL32.dll

    USER32.dll

    ADVAPI32.dll

Exports

    No exports.

Screenshots

Screenshot of 1bc9762470423393521d9aa64d505501d201d3cb50c8e6576d4381590b090d75 taken from 16291 ms from task started Screenshot of 1bc9762470423393521d9aa64d505501d201d3cb50c8e6576d4381590b090d75 taken from 52149 ms from task started Screenshot of 1bc9762470423393521d9aa64d505501d201d3cb50c8e6576d4381590b090d75 taken from 58190 ms from task started Screenshot of 1bc9762470423393521d9aa64d505501d201d3cb50c8e6576d4381590b090d75 taken from 59192 ms from task started Screenshot of 1bc9762470423393521d9aa64d505501d201d3cb50c8e6576d4381590b090d75 taken from 61193 ms from task started Screenshot of 1bc9762470423393521d9aa64d505501d201d3cb50c8e6576d4381590b090d75 taken from 65246 ms from task started Screenshot of 1bc9762470423393521d9aa64d505501d201d3cb50c8e6576d4381590b090d75 taken from 70247 ms from task started

Processes

Total processes
34
Monitored processes
1
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

–
+
start #MINER dllhostex.exe.malware.exe
Specs description
Program did not start
Integrity level elevation
Task сontains an error or was rebooted
Process has crashed
Task contains several apps running
Executable file was dropped
Debug information is available
Process was injected
Network attacks were detected
Application downloaded the executable file
Actions similar to stealing personal data
Behavior similar to exploiting the vulnerability
Inspected object has sucpicious PE structure
File is detected by antivirus software
CPU overrun
RAM overrun
Process starts the services
Process was added to the startup
Behavior similar to spam
Low-level access to the HDD
Probably Tor was used
System was rebooted
Connects to the network
Known threat

Process information

Click at the process to see the details.

PID
3736
CMD
"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dllhostex.exe.malware.exe"
Path
C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dllhostex.exe.malware.exe
Indicators
Parent process
––
User
admin
Integrity Level
MEDIUM
Version:
Company
Microsoft Corporation
Description
COM Surrogate
Version
6.3.9600.16384
Modules
Image
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\dllhostex.exe.malware.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ws2_32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\nsi.dll
c:\windows\system32\iphlpapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\winnsi.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\imm32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msctf.dll
c:\windows\system32\powrprof.dll
c:\windows\system32\setupapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\cfgmgr32.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
c:\windows\system32\devobj.dll
c:\windows\system32\mswsock.dll
c:\windows\system32\wshtcpip.dll
c:\windows\system32\wship6.dll
c:\windows\system32\wshqos.dll
c:\windows\system32\nlaapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\napinsp.dll
c:\windows\system32\pnrpnsp.dll
c:\windows\system32\dnsapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\winrnr.dll
c:\windows\system32\dhcpcsvc6.dll
c:\windows\system32\dhcpcsvc.dll
c:\windows\system32\rasadhlp.dll
c:\windows\system32\fwpuclnt.dll

Registry activity

Total events
7
Read events
7
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No registry activity.

Files activity

Executable files
0
Suspicious files
0
Text files
0
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

No files activity.

Network activity

HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
1
DNS requests
1
Threats
4

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests.

Connections

PID Process IP ASN CN Reputation
3736 dllhostex.exe.malware.exe 165.22.143.11:443 US suspicious

DNS requests

Domain IP Reputation
cake.pilutce.com 134.209.188.169
157.230.120.236
178.128.74.151
138.197.106.239
165.22.23.102
165.22.143.11
134.209.173.244
134.209.181.186
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

Debug output strings

Process Message
dllhostex.exe.malware.exe m -o cake.pilutce.com:443 -u cake2 -p x -t 2 --donate-level=1 --nicehash