Malware analysis MDE_File_Sample_2c4855ed91650e8d60a84cff9ef1b46f4e1250b6.zip Malicious activity

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File name:	MDE_File_Sample_2c4855ed91650e8d60a84cff9ef1b46f4e1250b6.zip
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/c6917a84-6dde-4683-876a-ea3c3881200e
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	June 27, 2025, 08:49:33
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	arch-exec
Indicators:
MIME:	application/zip
File info:	Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compression method=deflate
MD5:	F8C928E4B78B6B426EA6F6126D6CABA9
SHA1:	7D820E13AF5EC8A64139797276ECFF089414A10B
SHA256:	29C4351ECDDEFE6B42FA8E7C28BB2D0B50BD35D3B1791C9BD3B23891A7B81AF4
SSDEEP:	98304:BRuOP7/nXiIWymHRRaHb45wWooKH1fv2eXsUxLkJSb6S1F7KkbDDnmaEJX8KFHRs:TpoFk5TB

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 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 (133.0.6943.127)
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 (133.0.3065.92)
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) (136.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (136.0)
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)
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
- Generic archive extractor
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 6808)
SUSPICIOUS
- The process creates files with name similar to system file names
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 6808)
- Process drops legitimate windows executable
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 6808)
- Starts a Microsoft application from unusual location
  - Explorer.EXE (PID: 1028)
  - Explorer.EXE (PID: 420)
INFO
- The sample compiled with english language support
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 6808)
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 6808)
- Manual execution by a user
  - Explorer.EXE (PID: 1028)
  - Explorer.EXE (PID: 420)
- Checks supported languages
  - Explorer.EXE (PID: 1028)
  - Explorer.EXE (PID: 420)
- Reads the computer name
  - Explorer.EXE (PID: 1028)
  - Explorer.EXE (PID: 420)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.zip	\|	ZIP compressed archive (100)

EXIF

ZIP

ZipRequiredVersion:	20
ZipBitFlag:	0x0001
ZipCompression:	Deflated
ZipModifyDate:	2025:06:27 08:49:02
ZipCRC:	0xe60a6337
ZipCompressedSize:	2760898
ZipUncompressedSize:	5965664
ZipFileName:	Explorer.EXE

No data.

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Total processes

139

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

420

"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Explorer.EXE"

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Explorer.EXE

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Explorer

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.5678 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\explorer.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\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\aepic.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll

1028

"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Explorer.EXE"

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Explorer.EXE

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Explorer

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.5678 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\explorer.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll

6808

"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MDE_File_Sample_2c4855ed91650e8d60a84cff9ef1b46f4e1250b6.zip

C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Alexander Roshal

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

WinRAR archiver

Exit code:

Version:

5.91.0

Modules

Images
c:\program files\winrar\winrar.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll

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Total events

6 180

Read events

6 159

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(6808) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\Interface\Themes
Operation:	write	Name:	ShellExtBMP
Value:
(PID) Process:	(6808) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\Interface\Themes
Operation:	write	Name:	ShellExtIcon
Value:
(PID) Process:	(6808) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	3
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\preferences.zip
(PID) Process:	(6808) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	2
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\chromium_ext.zip
(PID) Process:	(6808) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	1
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\omni_23_10_2024_.zip
(PID) Process:	(6808) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	0
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MDE_File_Sample_2c4855ed91650e8d60a84cff9ef1b46f4e1250b6.zip
(PID) Process:	(6808) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	name
Value: 120
(PID) Process:	(6808) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	size
Value: 80
(PID) Process:	(6808) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	type
Value: 120
(PID) Process:	(6808) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	mtime
Value: 100

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
6808	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRb6808.49260\Explorer.EXE		executable
		MD5:E923CFF13105ACBCF5156292D9D175F0	SHA256:A7B8D6634A77B8AC872A00CF6EFB6D2F10D622E86B4547263C8041B9EE1FAED8

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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
1268	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.16.168.114:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
4156	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	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
5944	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
6980	RUXIMICS.exe	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	51.124.78.146:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	2.16.168.114:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	RU	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	95.101.149.131:80	www.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
4156	svchost.exe	40.126.32.140:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
4156	svchost.exe	2.23.77.188:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	40.127.240.158 51.124.78.146 51.104.136.2	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.184.238	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	2.16.168.114 2.16.168.124	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	95.101.149.131	whitelisted
login.live.com	40.126.32.140 20.190.160.67 20.190.160.14 20.190.160.3 40.126.32.68 40.126.32.136 20.190.160.65 20.190.160.131	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.23.77.188	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.250	whitelisted
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com	52.111.229.48	whitelisted

Threats

PID	Process	Class	Message
—	—	Unknown Traffic	ET USER_AGENTS Microsoft Dr Watson User-Agent (MSDW)

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General Info

MDE_File_Sample_2c4855ed91650e8d60a84cff9ef1b46f4e1250b6.zip

F8C928E4B78B6B426EA6F6126D6CABA9

7D820E13AF5EC8A64139797276ECFF089414A10B

29C4351ECDDEFE6B42FA8E7C28BB2D0B50BD35D3B1791C9BD3B23891A7B81AF4

98304:BRuOP7/nXiIWymHRRaHb45wWooKH1fv2eXsUxLkJSb6S1F7KkbDDnmaEJX8KFHRs:TpoFk5TB

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Generic archive extractor

SUSPICIOUS

The process creates files with name similar to system file names

Process drops legitimate windows executable

Starts a Microsoft application from unusual location

INFO

The sample compiled with english language support

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

Manual execution by a user

Checks supported languages

Reads the computer name

Malware configuration

Static information

TRiD

EXIF

ZIP

Video and screenshots

Processes

Behavior graph

Specs description

Process information

Information

Modules

Information

Modules

Information

Modules

Registry activity

Modification events

Files activity

Dropped files

Network activity

HTTP requests

Connections

DNS requests

Threats

Debug output strings