File name:

PowerISO8-x64.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/3025df33-6f85-47c5-86e3-52f457d45035
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: October 05, 2023, 14:07:17
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive
MD5:

7513A757A9B43CEDA8D7614DCC73957E

SHA1:

26F283F8B0E4900974A629EC9B567DB989186D77

SHA256:

29A96E7B461B21FE4C2A037798AAA9ADCE3B047A1A81E486352A090E1DBA2656

SSDEEP:

98304:f4lC2jLjuDROkdZ+dfEt3zvhl9fLBYIucektZlTQiXlKauUu4rjwpszLubfY6qWy:hNu1QvHv

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Drops the executable file immediately after the start

      • PowerISO8-x64.exe (PID: 604)
      • CCUpdate.exe (PID: 3008)

    • Loads dropped or rewritten executable

      • PowerISO8-x64.exe (PID: 604)

    • Steals credentials from Web Browsers

      • CCleaner.exe (PID: 2616)

    • Actions looks like stealing of personal data

      • CCleaner.exe (PID: 2616)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • The process creates files with name similar to system file names

      • PowerISO8-x64.exe (PID: 604)

    • The process executes via Task Scheduler

      • CCUpdate.exe (PID: 3008)

    • Malware-specific behavior (creating "System.dll" in Temp)

      • PowerISO8-x64.exe (PID: 604)

    • Searches for installed software

      • CCleaner.exe (PID: 2616)

  • INFO

    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • PowerISO8-x64.exe (PID: 604)

    • Reads the computer name

      • PowerISO8-x64.exe (PID: 604)
      • CCUpdate.exe (PID: 3008)
      • CCleaner.exe (PID: 2616)

    • Checks supported languages

      • PowerISO8-x64.exe (PID: 604)
      • CCUpdate.exe (PID: 3008)
      • CCleaner.exe (PID: 2616)

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • CCUpdate.exe (PID: 3008)
      • CCleaner.exe (PID: 2616)

    • Creates files in the program directory

      • CCUpdate.exe (PID: 3008)

    • Reads Environment values

      • CCleaner.exe (PID: 2616)

    • Reads CPU info

      • CCleaner.exe (PID: 2616)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (42.2)
.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (37.3)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (8.8)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (6)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (2.7)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2019:12:16 01:50:53+01:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 6
CodeSize: 26112
InitializedDataSize: 141824
UninitializedDataSize: 2048
EntryPoint: 0x350d
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: 6
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 8.6.0.0
ProductVersionNumber: 8.6.0.0
FileFlagsMask: 0x0000
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Win32
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
CharacterSet: Windows, Latin1
CompanyName: Power Software Ltd
FileDescription: PowerISO Setup
FileVersion: 8.6.0.0
LegalCopyright: Copyright(c) 2004-2023
ProductName: PowerISO Setup
ProductVersion: 8.6.0.0
No data.
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Total processes
42
Monitored processes
4
Malicious processes
3
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start poweriso8-x64.exe ccupdate.exe ccleaner.exe poweriso8-x64.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
604"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PowerISO8-x64.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PowerISO8-x64.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Power Software Ltd
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
PowerISO Setup
Exit code:
2
Version:
8.6.0.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\poweriso8-x64.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
2616dummy /ccupdateC:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner.exe
CCUpdate.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Piriform Software Ltd
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
CCleaner
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.14.0.10584
Modules
Images
c:\program files\ccleaner\ccleaner.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\ws2_32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\nsi.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
3008"C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCUpdate.exe" C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCUpdate.exe
taskeng.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Piriform Software Ltd
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
CCleaner CCleaner emergency updater
Exit code:
0
Version:
23.3.12.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\ccleaner\ccupdate.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\ws2_32.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\nsi.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
3628"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PowerISO8-x64.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PowerISO8-x64.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Power Software Ltd
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
PowerISO Setup
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
8.6.0.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\poweriso8-x64.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
Total events
8 148
Read events
8 124
Write events
24
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(3008) CCUpdate.exeKey:HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Classes\Local Settings\MuiCache\178\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:LanguageList
Value:
en-US
(PID) Process:(2616) CCleaner.exeKey:HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Classes\Local Settings\MuiCache\178\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:LanguageList
Value:
en-US
Executable files
4
Suspicious files
2
Text files
2
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
3008CCUpdate.exeC:\Program Files\CCleaner\Setup\0e9f8492-70a5-4861-b7b7-e73c61c353ed.xmlxml
MD5:F9326B00FBE652751CF4782BBDB76EB0
SHA256:D1163FFADD89832040C2F9D2A39605CCD227A39CC80D72A2819FF3F8795BC639
3008CCUpdate.exeC:\Program Files\CCleaner\Setup\d8799e43-7768-4b4c-97b8-effac9ce9fe0.initext
MD5:2AF9F69DF769F876F6E02DA18E966020
SHA256:473D48A44A348F6C547AEFD2C60DD4B9DE0092E1FB94A7611BDD374783EF3B2C
3008CCUpdate.exeC:\Program Files\CCleaner\Setup\46c2098e-983d-4571-b28b-c624e82108fe\ccleaner_update_helper.exeexecutable
MD5:A8972ED3F3B9C685FCE499DC5BF546C1
SHA256:162FF9CA559E82B0F3FB081768695916F79650E60531CAC7167EC95E8163105C
3008CCUpdate.exeC:\Program Files\CCleaner\Setup\46c2098e-983d-4571-b28b-c624e82108fe\update.xmlxml
MD5:95AFA91E459D4E8EBE1E5CDABA96E621
SHA256:2874AED0490885680F7911DE90B44CE956C8DE27476EFA047D142D1DEB546164
3008CCUpdate.exeC:\Program Files\CCleaner\ccleaner_update_helper.exeexecutable
MD5:A8972ED3F3B9C685FCE499DC5BF546C1
SHA256:162FF9CA559E82B0F3FB081768695916F79650E60531CAC7167EC95E8163105C
604PowerISO8-x64.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsz1160.tmpbinary
MD5:77EE3D675799B1F219B066E0D24906BE
SHA256:90EE711CD575B4F1E62CA2A4659DAF5417E308C18DA9418FBBB397543B32F3BF
604PowerISO8-x64.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nso1170.tmp\System.dllexecutable
MD5:8CF2AC271D7679B1D68EEFC1AE0C5618
SHA256:6950991102462D84FDC0E3B0AE30C95AF8C192F77CE3D78E8D54E6B22F7C09BA
3008CCUpdate.exeC:\Program Files\CCleaner\Setup\08cf39d4-488c-4b36-b01a-9a30e3323940.cabcompressed
MD5:604E84A6639CC605DB06ED57FD3C7F3D
SHA256:EA397887F59EE8B4C942A9BFF4CB045B96B0AC8BF323E64ABEB7D16C67B07EF1
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HTTP(S) requests
4
TCP/UDP connections
7
DNS requests
11
Threats
4

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
3008
CCUpdate.exe
HEAD
200
23.48.23.40:80
http://emupdate.avcdn.net/files/emupdate/pong.txt
unknown
—
—
unknown
3008
CCUpdate.exe
GET
200
23.48.23.59:80
http://ccleaner.tools.avcdn.net/tools/ccleaner/update/updates.xml
unknown
xml
1.58 Kb
unknown
3008
CCUpdate.exe
GET
200
23.48.23.59:80
http://ccleaner.tools.avcdn.net/tools/ccleaner/update/ccupdate036.cab
unknown
compressed
414 Kb
unknown
3008
CCUpdate.exe
GET
200
23.48.23.59:80
http://ccleaner.tools.avcdn.net/tools/ccleaner/update/patches.ini
unknown
text
170 b
unknown
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
2656
svchost.exe
239.255.255.250:1900
—
—
—
whitelisted
3008
CCUpdate.exe
34.149.149.62:443
ip-info.ff.avast.com
GOOGLE
US
unknown
3008
CCUpdate.exe
23.48.23.40:80
emupdate.avcdn.net
Akamai International B.V.
DE
unknown
3008
CCUpdate.exe
23.48.23.59:80
ccleaner.tools.avcdn.net
Akamai International B.V.
DE
unknown
2616
CCleaner.exe
34.117.223.223:443
analytics.ff.avast.com
GOOGLE-CLOUD-PLATFORM
US
unknown
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
ip-info.ff.avast.com
  • 34.149.149.62
whitelisted
emupdate.avcdn.net
  • 23.48.23.4
  • 23.48.23.40
whitelisted
ccleaner.tools.avcdn.net
  • 23.48.23.7
  • 23.48.23.59
whitelisted
analytics.ff.avast.com
  • 34.117.223.223
whitelisted

Threats

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Process
Message
CCleaner.exe
[2023-10-05 14:07:35.431] [error ] [settings ] [ 2616: 948] [6000C4: 356] Failed to get program directory Exception: Unable to determine program folder of product 'piriform-cc'! Code: 0x000000c0 (192)
CCleaner.exe
Failed to open log file 'C:\Program Files\CCleaner'
CCleaner.exe
[2023-10-05 14:07:35.509] [error ] [lil ] [ 2616: 948] [81E517: 189] ~rLEQYNz+MoTE+7IlsQUVha6xC2aMmy2SyO/mJa1LQsSzsB5nk8kzx9HqtC2zDlvAr95fM9ybaseBq+Zs/ksPhf30XzPcm2rHgavmbP5LD4X99F8z3Jtqx4Gr5mz+Sw+F/fRfM9ybaseBq+Zs/ksPhf30PHyY3nDHkfP2fO5bH5Xo4187xIxj
CCleaner.exe
[2023-10-05 14:07:35.509] [error ] [lil ] [ 2616: 948] [81E517: 189] ~radfVZ3SJpLT7uYoqxlGy7r0Fn2Vzw==
CCleaner.exe
[2023-10-05 14:07:35.509] [error ] [lif_utils ] [ 2616: 948] [226DB9: 571] ~ubhfYJnPP5eB7LMluktG1v25Hn2Y2j6I0/LmPL8ZTsi4oBph
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PowerISO8-x64.exe