File name:

system_updater.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/3d004915-df4a-4c8f-bad6-3ed3cd204866
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: May 15, 2025, 23:16:46
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:
python
pyinstaller
ims-api
generic
rust
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64, for MS Windows, 7 sections
MD5:

63F4BBADEC43529F903A6B5B80BF93C0

SHA1:

27C5E8EC93988317DEBDE06FE1CB44378B5384A7

SHA256:

2AFD8F6A959FD865CD4530B6DBD48E7E8E31A5BA988844C0AD479BCF9A174624

SSDEEP:

196608:Vw7fk+qxFHBtiJ881mwD/kivNAnQ5Y5e7:VAfk+qFtiJ6wD/jFAKKg

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Process drops legitimate windows executable

      • system_updater.exe (PID: 6972)
    • Starts a Microsoft application from unusual location

      • system_updater.exe (PID: 6972)
      • system_updater.exe (PID: 680)
    • The process drops C-runtime libraries

      • system_updater.exe (PID: 6972)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • system_updater.exe (PID: 6972)
    • Process drops python dynamic module

      • system_updater.exe (PID: 6972)
    • Application launched itself

      • system_updater.exe (PID: 6972)
    • Loads Python modules

      • system_updater.exe (PID: 680)
    • Possible usage of Discord/Telegram API has been detected (YARA)

      • system_updater.exe (PID: 680)
  • INFO

    • The sample compiled with english language support

      • system_updater.exe (PID: 6972)
    • Reads the computer name

      • system_updater.exe (PID: 6972)
      • system_updater.exe (PID: 680)
    • Checks supported languages

      • system_updater.exe (PID: 6972)
      • system_updater.exe (PID: 680)
    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • system_updater.exe (PID: 6972)
    • Process checks whether UAC notifications are on

      • system_updater.exe (PID: 680)
    • PyInstaller has been detected (YARA)

      • system_updater.exe (PID: 6972)
      • system_updater.exe (PID: 680)
    • Reads the software policy settings

      • slui.exe (PID: 976)
    • Application based on Rust

      • system_updater.exe (PID: 680)
    • Checks proxy server information

      • slui.exe (PID: 976)
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ims-api

(PID) Process(680) system_updater.exe
Discord-Webhook-Tokens (1)1269784280750362727/GlKlPgaYIDrzI8ZebGdwiQPmcY3w64y2JUTcv89ezH27tYkis8XWGjUa-ItOoPka-2db
Discord-Info-Links
1269784280750362727/GlKlPgaYIDrzI8ZebGdwiQPmcY3w64y2JUTcv89ezH27tYkis8XWGjUa-ItOoPka-2db
Get Webhook Infohttps://discord.com/api/webhooks/1269784280750362727/GlKlPgaYIDrzI8ZebGdwiQPmcY3w64y2JUTcv89ezH27tYkis8XWGjUa-ItOoPka-2db
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (87.3)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (6.3)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (6.3)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: AMD AMD64
TimeStamp: 2025:05:15 23:00:43+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, Large address aware
PEType: PE32+
LinkerVersion: 14.43
CodeSize: 173568
InitializedDataSize: 156160
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0xce30
OSVersion: 6
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 6
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 10.0.19041.746
ProductVersionNumber: 10.0.19041.746
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Windows NT 32-bit
ObjectFileType: Dynamic link library
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
CharacterSet: Unicode
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription: Exela Services
FileVersion: 10.0.19041.746 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
InternalName: Exela.exe
LegalCopyright: © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
OriginalFileName: Exela.exe
ProductName: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
ProductVersion: 10.0.19041.746
No data.
screenshotscreenshot
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Total processes
128
Monitored processes
3
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start system_updater.exe system_updater.exe no specs slui.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
680"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\system_updater.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\system_updater.exe
system_updater.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Exela Services
Version:
10.0.19041.746 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\system_updater.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.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
ims-api
(PID) Process(680) system_updater.exe
Discord-Webhook-Tokens (1)1269784280750362727/GlKlPgaYIDrzI8ZebGdwiQPmcY3w64y2JUTcv89ezH27tYkis8XWGjUa-ItOoPka-2db
Discord-Info-Links
1269784280750362727/GlKlPgaYIDrzI8ZebGdwiQPmcY3w64y2JUTcv89ezH27tYkis8XWGjUa-ItOoPka-2db
Get Webhook Infohttps://discord.com/api/webhooks/1269784280750362727/GlKlPgaYIDrzI8ZebGdwiQPmcY3w64y2JUTcv89ezH27tYkis8XWGjUa-ItOoPka-2db
976C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\slui.exe
svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Activation Client
Exit code:
0
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
6972"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\system_updater.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\system_updater.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Exela Services
Version:
10.0.19041.746 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\system_updater.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.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
Total events
6 535
Read events
6 535
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
36
Suspicious files
1
Text files
25
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
6972system_updater.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI69722\_cffi_backend.cp313-win_amd64.pydexecutable
MD5:5CBA92E7C00D09A55F5CBADC8D16CD26
SHA256:0E3D149B91FC7DC3367AB94620A5E13AF6E419F423B31D4800C381468CB8AD85
6972system_updater.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI69722\VCRUNTIME140_1.dllexecutable
MD5:C0C0B4C611561F94798B62EB43097722
SHA256:497A280550443E3E9F89E428E51CB795139CA8944D5DEDD54A7083C00E7164E5
6972system_updater.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI69722\_bz2.pydexecutable
MD5:684D656AADA9F7D74F5A5BDCF16D0EDB
SHA256:A5DFB4A663DEF3D2276B88866F6D220F6D30CC777B5D841CF6DBB15C6858017C
6972system_updater.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI69722\_hashlib.pydexecutable
MD5:3E540EF568215561590DF215801B0F59
SHA256:0ED7A6ED080499BC6C29D7113485A8A61BDBA93087B010FCA67D9B8289CBE6FA
6972system_updater.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI69722\_brotli.cp313-win_amd64.pydexecutable
MD5:5ED46A7126DBDB70F3C60530E35BA035
SHA256:67DFA82DCAED04ED3F358D84B18D1375D59126161DE92E00164D36087B179D4D
6972system_updater.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI69722\_decimal.pydexecutable
MD5:21FCB8E3D4310346A5DC1A216E7E23CA
SHA256:9A0E05274CAD8D90F6BA6BC594261B36BFBDDF4F5CA6846B6367FE6A4E2FDCE4
6972system_updater.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI69722\_asyncio.pydexecutable
MD5:56F958EEBBC62305B4BF690D61C78E28
SHA256:50631361EF074BE42D788818AF91D0301D22FA24A970F41F496D8272B92CFE31
6972system_updater.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI69722\_overlapped.pydexecutable
MD5:363409FBACB1867F2CE45E3C6922DDB4
SHA256:F154AC9D5CA0646D18F6197C0406F7541B6E0752B2D82A330036C1E39D3A49E7
6972system_updater.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI69722\VCRUNTIME140.dllexecutable
MD5:32DA96115C9D783A0769312C0482A62D
SHA256:8B10C53241726B0ACC9F513157E67FCB01C166FEC69E5E38CA6AADA8F9A3619F
6972system_updater.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI69722\_multiprocessing.pydexecutable
MD5:807DD90BE59EA971DAC06F3AAB4F2A7E
SHA256:B20DD6F5FAB31476D3D8D7F40CB5AB098117FA5612168C0FF4044945B6156D47
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HTTP(S) requests
9
TCP/UDP connections
43
DNS requests
15
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
2656
RUXIMICS.exe
GET
200
23.216.77.42:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
whitelisted
2656
RUXIMICS.exe
GET
200
23.35.229.160:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
whitelisted
3268
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.35.229.160:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
whitelisted
3268
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.216.77.36:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut_2010-06-23.crl
unknown
whitelisted
3268
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.216.77.36:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicTimStaPCA_2010-07-01.crl
unknown
whitelisted
3268
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.35.229.160:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
whitelisted
3268
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.35.229.160:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
whitelisted
3268
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.35.229.160:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.2.crl
unknown
whitelisted
3268
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.35.229.160:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.2.crl
unknown
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
whitelisted
2656
RUXIMICS.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4.231.128.59:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
2656
RUXIMICS.exe
23.216.77.42:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
3216
svchost.exe
172.211.123.250:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted
2656
RUXIMICS.exe
23.35.229.160:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
3268
SIHClient.exe
4.245.163.56:443
slscr.update.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted
3268
SIHClient.exe
23.35.229.160:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 40.127.240.158
  • 4.231.128.59
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.185.174
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.216.77.42
  • 23.216.77.20
  • 23.216.77.25
  • 23.216.77.36
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.250
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 23.35.229.160
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 4.245.163.56
whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 20.3.187.198
whitelisted
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com
  • 20.83.72.98
whitelisted
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com
  • 52.111.236.22
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 20.190.160.20
  • 40.126.32.72
  • 20.190.160.17
  • 20.190.160.132
  • 20.190.160.128
  • 40.126.32.138
  • 40.126.32.134
  • 40.126.32.136
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info