Malware analysis shark.bin Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	shark.bin
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/b9dda42f-477b-45d7-950f-244575d51da0
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	May 15, 2025, 15:42:39
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	delphi
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 8 sections
MD5:	7019B60173E7DE285F19621945DEDF25
SHA1:	78BF14702430935D529372B21B0395DE0F909003
SHA256:	25A375F5CBA3DCE4024BC78F7D4768A83CF09A64DDB971BD10C87FA97E4A5D65
SSDEEP:	98304:n/Rh5Rxy1u7QdyNb3e9YGdfVIxoTPOhvssYP60LPP1htqFF72MqLU01FNR2yzBI+:QNkU

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 120 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
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
  - shark.bin.exe (PID: 6148)
  - shark.exe (PID: 4188)
- Uses Task Scheduler to run other applications
  - cmd.exe (PID: 3100)
SUSPICIOUS
- There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)
  - shark.bin.exe (PID: 6148)
  - shark.exe (PID: 4188)
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - shark.bin.exe (PID: 6148)
- Executes application which crashes
  - shark.bin.exe (PID: 6148)
  - shark.exe (PID: 4188)
- Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
  - shark.bin.exe (PID: 6148)
- The process executes via Task Scheduler
  - shark.exe (PID: 4188)
- Accesses product unique identifier via WMI (SCRIPT)
  - WMIC.exe (PID: 5024)
- Uses WMIC.EXE to obtain Windows Installer data
  - shark.exe (PID: 4188)
- Connects to unusual port
  - shark.exe (PID: 4188)
INFO
- Checks supported languages
  - shark.bin.exe (PID: 6148)
  - shark.exe (PID: 4188)
- Compiled with Borland Delphi (YARA)
  - shark.bin.exe (PID: 6148)
  - shark.exe (PID: 4188)
- Creates files in the program directory
  - shark.bin.exe (PID: 6148)
- Drops encrypted JS script (Microsoft Script Encoder)
  - shark.bin.exe (PID: 6148)
  - shark.exe (PID: 4188)
- Reads the software policy settings
  - slui.exe (PID: 4448)
  - shark.exe (PID: 4188)
- Reads the machine GUID from the registry
  - shark.exe (PID: 4188)
- Reads the computer name
  - shark.exe (PID: 4188)
- Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
  - WMIC.exe (PID: 5024)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.exe	\|	Win32 Executable Delphi generic (37.4)
.scr	\|	Windows screen saver (34.5)
.exe	\|	Win32 Executable (generic) (11.9)
.exe	\|	Win16/32 Executable Delphi generic (5.4)
.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (5.2)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp:	1992:06:19 22:22:17+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, Bytes reversed lo, 32-bit, Bytes reversed hi
PEType:	PE32
LinkerVersion:	2.25
CodeSize:	361472
InitializedDataSize:	5585920
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0x59300
OSVersion:	4
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	4
Subsystem:	Windows GUI

No data.

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Total processes

169

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

684

C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4188 -s 632

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe

—

shark.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Problem Reporting

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\syswow64\werfault.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\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\combase.dll

728

C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4188 -s 928

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe

—

shark.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Problem Reporting

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\syswow64\werfault.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\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\combase.dll

1324

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

—

cmd.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Console Window Host

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

1764

C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4188 -s 540

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe

—

shark.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Problem Reporting

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\syswow64\werfault.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\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\combase.dll

3100

cmd /c "schtasks /create /f /sc MINUTE /mo 1 /tn shark /tr C:\ProgramData\shark.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe

—

shark.bin.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Command Processor

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\syswow64\cmd.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\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll

4188

"C:\ProgramData\shark.exe"

C:\ProgramData\shark.exe

svchost.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Modules

Images
c:\programdata\shark.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\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\user32.dll

4424

C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 6148 -s 156

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe

—

shark.bin.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Problem Reporting

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\syswow64\werfault.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\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\combase.dll

4448

"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\msxml6.dll
c:\windows\system32\ws2_32.dll
c:\windows\system32\ondemandconnroutehelper.dll
c:\windows\system32\iphlpapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\nsi.dll
c:\windows\system32\dhcpcsvc6.dll
c:\windows\system32\dhcpcsvc.dll
c:\windows\system32\webio.dll
c:\windows\system32\mswsock.dll
c:\windows\system32\winnsi.dll

5024

wmic csproduct get UUID

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wbem\WMIC.exe

—

shark.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

WMI Commandline Utility

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\syswow64\wbem\wmic.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\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\iphlpapi.dll

5084

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

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

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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

8 296

Read events

8 296

Write events

Delete events

Modification events

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
6148	shark.bin.exe	C:\ProgramData\shark.exe		executable
		MD5:7019B60173E7DE285F19621945DEDF25	SHA256:25A375F5CBA3DCE4024BC78F7D4768A83CF09A64DDB971BD10C87FA97E4A5D65

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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
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	2.20.245.137:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	23.219.150.101:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2088	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	2.23.246.101:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2088	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	2.23.246.101:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.23.77.188:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	51.124.78.146:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	2.20.245.137:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	23.219.150.101:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	CL	whitelisted
3216	svchost.exe	172.211.123.248:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	FR	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	40.126.31.2:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	2.23.77.188:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
2088	SIHClient.exe	20.109.210.53:443	slscr.update.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
google.com	142.250.184.238	whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.124.78.146 4.231.128.59	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	2.20.245.137 2.20.245.139	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	23.219.150.101 2.23.246.101	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.248	whitelisted
login.live.com	40.126.31.2 20.190.159.131 40.126.31.69 40.126.31.73 20.190.159.64 40.126.31.3 20.190.159.73 40.126.31.71	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.23.77.188	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	20.109.210.53	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	20.3.187.198	whitelisted
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com	52.111.236.23	whitelisted

Threats

PID	Process	Class	Message
2196	svchost.exe	Misc activity	ET TA_ABUSED_SERVICES DNS Query to Commonly Actor Abused Online Service (data-seed-prebsc-2-s1 .binance .org)
4188	shark.exe	Misc activity	ET TA_ABUSED_SERVICES Observed Commonly Actor Abused Online Service Domain (data-seed-prebsc-2-s1 .binance .org in TLS SNI)

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General Info

shark.bin

7019B60173E7DE285F19621945DEDF25

78BF14702430935D529372B21B0395DE0F909003

25A375F5CBA3DCE4024BC78F7D4768A83CF09A64DDB971BD10C87FA97E4A5D65

98304:n/Rh5Rxy1u7QdyNb3e9YGdfVIxoTPOhvssYP60LPP1htqFF72MqLU01FNR2yzBI+:QNkU

Software environment set and analysis options

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Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Executing a file with an untrusted certificate

Uses Task Scheduler to run other applications

SUSPICIOUS

There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

Executes application which crashes

Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

The process executes via Task Scheduler

Accesses product unique identifier via WMI (SCRIPT)

Uses WMIC.EXE to obtain Windows Installer data

Connects to unusual port

INFO

Checks supported languages

Compiled with Borland Delphi (YARA)

Creates files in the program directory

Drops encrypted JS script (Microsoft Script Encoder)

Reads the software policy settings

Reads the machine GUID from the registry

Reads the computer name

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

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