File name:

vlc-setup-win32.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/b92d0168-84fd-4269-8528-bf5cf53d9bd2
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: March 02, 2023, 14:50:50
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:

322C08209115EBDA64617CB8350EB21E

SHA1:

376E797D1ECB29E6AE090ED1DCD18D839D6EDD9A

SHA256:

2B629AE280D6E29875627721C10F6CC84FDBA3A31B63BFABA127EBE00DBCCDA0

SSDEEP:

3072:aQZvOsPPKedcrbdJIMjINI8yZQ/3ZjahoCf+UI52TAx6:aBeEb1jpQ/JGh7fAS

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Drops the executable file immediately after the start

      • vlc-setup-win32.exe (PID: 3496)
    • Changes the autorun value in the registry

      • vlc-setup-win32.exe (PID: 3496)
    • Uses Task Scheduler to autorun other applications

      • ns28A0.tmp (PID: 3932)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Reads the Internet Settings

      • vlc-setup-win32.exe (PID: 3496)
    • Starts application with an unusual extension

      • vlc-setup-win32.exe (PID: 3496)
    • The process creates files with name similar to system file names

      • vlc-setup-win32.exe (PID: 3496)
    • Malware-specific behavior (creating "System.dll" in Temp)

      • vlc-setup-win32.exe (PID: 3496)
    • Creates a software uninstall entry

      • vlc-setup-win32.exe (PID: 3496)
    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • vlc-setup-win32.exe (PID: 3496)
    • Checks Windows Trust Settings

      • vlc-setup-win32.exe (PID: 3496)
    • Reads settings of System Certificates

      • vlc-setup-win32.exe (PID: 3496)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • vlc-setup-win32.exe (PID: 3496)
  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • vlc-setup-win32.exe (PID: 3496)
      • ns28A0.tmp (PID: 3932)
    • Reads the computer name

      • vlc-setup-win32.exe (PID: 3496)
    • The process checks LSA protection

      • vlc-setup-win32.exe (PID: 3496)
    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • vlc-setup-win32.exe (PID: 3496)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 692)
    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • vlc-setup-win32.exe (PID: 3496)
    • Checks proxy server information

      • vlc-setup-win32.exe (PID: 3496)
    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • vlc-setup-win32.exe (PID: 3496)
    • Application launched itself

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 692)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (67.4)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (14.2)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (9.7)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (4.3)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (4.3)

EXIF

EXE

Subsystem: Windows GUI
SubsystemVersion: 4
ImageVersion: 6
OSVersion: 4
EntryPoint: 0x316d
UninitializedDataSize: 1024
InitializedDataSize: 118272
CodeSize: 24064
LinkerVersion: 6
PEType: PE32
ImageFileCharacteristics: No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit
TimeStamp: 2016:12:11 21:50:38+00:00
MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 11-Dec-2016 21:50:38
Detected languages:
  • English - United States

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: 0x000000D8

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 5
Time date stamp: 11-Dec-2016 21:50:38
Pointer to Symbol Table: 0x00000000
Number of symbols: 0
Size of Optional Header: 0x00E0
Characteristics:
  • IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
  • IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE
  • IMAGE_FILE_LINE_NUMS_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_LOCAL_SYMS_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_RELOCS_STRIPPED

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
.text
0x00001000
0x00005CEF
0x00005E00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.44129
.rdata
0x00007000
0x00001246
0x00001400
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
5.00503
.data
0x00009000
0x0001A7F8
0x00000400
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
5.1145
.ndata
0x00024000
0x0000B000
0x00000000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
0
.rsrc
0x0002F000
0x000190A8
0x00019200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
5.30167

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
5.2963
1059
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_MANIFEST
2
4.03782
16936
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
3
4.27757
9640
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
4
4.87484
4264
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
5
5.68416
1128
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
102
2.71813
180
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_DIALOG
103
2.80283
76
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_GROUP_ICON
105
2.73893
514
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_DIALOG
106
2.91148
248
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_DIALOG
111
2.89887
238
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_DIALOG

Imports

ADVAPI32.dll
COMCTL32.dll
GDI32.dll
KERNEL32.dll
SHELL32.dll
USER32.dll
ole32.dll
No data.
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Total processes
44
Monitored processes
5
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

Click at the process to see the details
start vlc-setup-win32.exe ns28a0.tmp schtasks.exe no specs iexplore.exe iexplore.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
692"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://www.vlc.de/ok/?id=_install_udt_ok.C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
vlc-setup-win32.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Internet Explorer
Exit code:
0
Version:
11.00.9600.16428 (winblue_gdr.131013-1700)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-downlevel-advapi32-l1-1-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-downlevel-version-l1-1-0.dll
3424"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" SCODEF:692 CREDAT:267521 /prefetch:2C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
iexplore.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Internet Explorer
Exit code:
0
Version:
11.00.9600.16428 (winblue_gdr.131013-1700)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-downlevel-advapi32-l1-1-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\iertutil.dll
3496"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vlc-setup-win32.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vlc-setup-win32.exe
Explorer.EXE
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\vlc-setup-win32.exe
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
3932"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsg196D.tmp\ns28A0.tmp" "schtasks.exe" /create /tn "VLC Plus Player (x86) Updater" /tr "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\VLC Plus Player (x86) Updater\Updater.exe" /rl HIGHEST /sc onlogon /fC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsg196D.tmp\ns28A0.tmp
vlc-setup-win32.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
1
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\nsg196d.tmp\ns28a0.tmp
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\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
3976"schtasks.exe" /create /tn "VLC Plus Player (x86) Updater" /tr "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\VLC Plus Player (x86) Updater\Updater.exe" /rl HIGHEST /sc onlogon /fC:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exens28A0.tmp
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Manages scheduled tasks
Exit code:
1
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\schtasks.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
Total events
33 208
Read events
32 876
Write events
326
Delete events
6

Modification events

(PID) Process:(3496) vlc-setup-win32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Operation:writeName:VLC Plus Player (x86) Updater
Value:
"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\VLC Plus Player (x86) Updater\Updater.exe"
(PID) Process:(3496) vlc-setup-win32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AM VLC Plus Player (x86) Updater
Operation:writeName:DisplayName
Value:
VLC Plus Player (x86) Updater
(PID) Process:(3496) vlc-setup-win32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AM VLC Plus Player (x86) Updater
Operation:writeName:UninstallString
Value:
"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\VLC Plus Player (x86) Updater\uninst.exe"
(PID) Process:(3496) vlc-setup-win32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AM VLC Plus Player (x86) Updater
Operation:writeName:DisplayIcon
Value:
C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\VLC Plus Player (x86) Updater\uninst.exe
(PID) Process:(3496) vlc-setup-win32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AM VLC Plus Player (x86) Updater
Operation:writeName:DisplayVersion
Value:
1.1.1
(PID) Process:(3496) vlc-setup-win32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Operation:writeName:ProxyEnable
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3496) vlc-setup-win32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections
Operation:writeName:SavedLegacySettings
Value:
460000003E010000090000000000000000000000000000000400000000000000C0E333BBEAB1D3010000000000000000000000000100000002000000C0A80164000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
(PID) Process:(3496) vlc-setup-win32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:ProxyBypass
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3496) vlc-setup-win32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:IntranetName
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3496) vlc-setup-win32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:UNCAsIntranet
Value:
1
Executable files
20
Suspicious files
14
Text files
52
Unknown types
12

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
3496vlc-setup-win32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsg196D.tmp\ns28A0.tmpexecutable
MD5:B5A1F9DC73E2944A388A61411BDD8C70
SHA256:288100583F65A2B7ACFC0C7E231C0E268C58D3067675543F627C01E82F6FD884
3496vlc-setup-win32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsg196D.tmp\nsisdl.dllexecutable
MD5:41F557E065B405F94D0ECE8B5727233B
SHA256:9DE492995D2180635AA3194B88CE6DD94E0C2B001AF5952A73D4A84FBC32B6AB
3496vlc-setup-win32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\0DA515F703BB9B49479E8697ADB0B955_96EEC010953ED454BBCDFA69FC071E7Cbinary
MD5:
SHA256:
3496vlc-setup-win32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\0DA515F703BB9B49479E8697ADB0B955_96EEC010953ED454BBCDFA69FC071E7Cder
MD5:
SHA256:
692iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\6BADA8974A10C4BD62CC921D13E43B18_711ED44619924BA6DC33E69F97E7FF63der
MD5:
SHA256:
3496vlc-setup-win32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\PO2HN1X2\vlcplus-3.0.18-win32[1].exeexecutable
MD5:
SHA256:
3496vlc-setup-win32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsg196D.tmp\nsExec.dllexecutable
MD5:B5A1F9DC73E2944A388A61411BDD8C70
SHA256:288100583F65A2B7ACFC0C7E231C0E268C58D3067675543F627C01E82F6FD884
3496vlc-setup-win32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157binary
MD5:
SHA256:
3496vlc-setup-win32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vlcplus-3.0.18-win32.exeexecutable
MD5:
SHA256:
3496vlc-setup-win32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157compressed
MD5:F7DCB24540769805E5BB30D193944DCE
SHA256:6B88C6AC55BBD6FEA0EBE5A760D1AD2CFCE251C59D0151A1400701CB927E36EA
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HTTP(S) requests
10
TCP/UDP connections
38
DNS requests
21
Threats
2

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
3424
iexplore.exe
GET
104.18.20.226:80
http://crl.globalsign.com/alphasslcasha256g4.crl
US
whitelisted
3424
iexplore.exe
GET
104.18.21.226:80
http://ocsp.globalsign.com/alphasslcasha256g4/ME0wSzBJMEcwRTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSPdwLcDiHQXlVfp8h37hrpMerTggQUT8usqMLvq92Db2u%2Fzpg9XFgldhUCDAdhS7KCW2gWElDQKQ%3D%3D
US
whitelisted
3496
vlc-setup-win32.exe
GET
200
104.18.21.226:80
http://ocsp.globalsign.com/rootr1/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBS3V7W2nAf4FiMTjpDJKg6%2BMgGqMQQUYHtmGkUNl8qJUC99BM00qP%2F8%2FUsCEH1NQqkrQx1%2BZFPnwZqNWHc%3D
US
der
1.41 Kb
whitelisted
692
iexplore.exe
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTBL0V27RVZ7LBduom%2FnYB45SPUEwQU5Z1ZMIJHWMys%2BghUNoZ7OrUETfACEA8Ull8gIGmZT9XHrHiJQeI%3D
US
der
1.47 Kb
whitelisted
692
iexplore.exe
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTBL0V27RVZ7LBduom%2FnYB45SPUEwQU5Z1ZMIJHWMys%2BghUNoZ7OrUETfACEA%2BnRyLFPYjID1ie%2Bx%2BdSjo%3D
US
der
1.47 Kb
whitelisted
3496
vlc-setup-win32.exe
GET
200
93.184.221.240:80
http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/disallowedcertstl.cab?6f264909448736d1
US
compressed
4.70 Kb
whitelisted
3496
vlc-setup-win32.exe
GET
200
87.230.43.108:80
http://www.vlc.de/install/setup_x86.txt
DE
text
84 b
suspicious
3424
iexplore.exe
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ5rEWLwbJFq%2FmAU80sm7E%3D
US
der
471 b
whitelisted
692
iexplore.exe
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
US
der
471 b
whitelisted
692
iexplore.exe
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEALnkXH7gCHpP%2BLZg4NMUMA%3D
US
der
471 b
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
3496
vlc-setup-win32.exe
87.230.43.108:80
www.vlc.de
Host Europe GmbH
DE
suspicious
3496
vlc-setup-win32.exe
151.139.128.10:443
files.vlc.de
STACKPATH-CDN
US
malicious
3496
vlc-setup-win32.exe
104.18.21.226:80
ocsp.globalsign.com
CLOUDFLARENET
shared
3424
iexplore.exe
87.230.43.108:443
www.vlc.de
Host Europe GmbH
DE
suspicious
692
iexplore.exe
192.229.221.95:80
ocsp.digicert.com
EDGECAST
US
whitelisted
3424
iexplore.exe
104.18.21.226:80
ocsp.globalsign.com
CLOUDFLARENET
shared
692
iexplore.exe
152.199.19.161:443
iecvlist.microsoft.com
EDGECAST
US
whitelisted
692
iexplore.exe
204.79.197.200:443
ieonline.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted
692
iexplore.exe
104.87.130.101:443
go.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
AT
suspicious
692
iexplore.exe
204.79.197.203:443
www.msn.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
malicious

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
www.vlc.de
  • 87.230.43.108
suspicious
files.vlc.de
  • 151.139.128.10
malicious
ctldl.windowsupdate.com
  • 93.184.221.240
whitelisted
ocsp.globalsign.com
  • 104.18.21.226
  • 104.18.20.226
whitelisted
api.bing.com
  • 13.107.5.80
whitelisted
www.bing.com
  • 95.101.23.50
  • 95.101.23.58
  • 95.101.23.51
  • 95.101.23.65
  • 95.101.23.97
  • 95.101.23.43
  • 95.101.23.104
  • 95.101.23.49
  • 95.101.23.59
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 192.229.221.95
whitelisted
iecvlist.microsoft.com
  • 152.199.19.161
whitelisted
r20swj13mr.microsoft.com
  • 152.199.19.161
whitelisted
crl.globalsign.com
  • 104.18.20.226
  • 104.18.21.226
whitelisted

Threats

Found threats are available for the paid subscriptions
2 ETPRO signatures available at the full report
No debug info