| File name: | app_tool.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/9a46d2ab-24b3-4d23-abe4-7b5c745fe046 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | August 21, 2025, 03:53:14 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 6 sections |
| MD5: | 0950AA9781A99AE6F32AA97EA65031F3 |
| SHA1: | 656A49FF03EE7970AD9D53C71B42F977F581DA46 |
| SHA256: | 2E0EA569392F1D2139E77AB611ACE4C60B8500312A94FBB023114B338B72D256 |
| SSDEEP: | 98304:E+U18dKVXpHty9qUPrP84w8lVSWukaSZcAxadkyypSVmAYtpMrfGO2eg2ZSUNH9g:fdDn56NlHmB8SgyQlO3x34Q37 |
MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.SUSPICIOUS
Process drops legitimate windows executable
- app_tool.exe (PID: 6256)
The process drops C-runtime libraries
- app_tool.exe (PID: 6256)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- app_tool.exe (PID: 6256)
- application_control.exe (PID: 4748)
There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)
- app_tool.exe (PID: 6256)
- application_control.exe (PID: 4748)
Searches for installed software
- application_control.exe (PID: 4748)
INFO
Reads the computer name
- app_tool.exe (PID: 6256)
- application_control.exe (PID: 4748)
Create files in a temporary directory
- app_tool.exe (PID: 6256)
The sample compiled with english language support
- app_tool.exe (PID: 6256)
Checks supported languages
- app_tool.exe (PID: 6256)
- application_control.exe (PID: 4748)
Process checks computer location settings
- app_tool.exe (PID: 6256)
Creates files in the program directory
- application_control.exe (PID: 4748)
Reads the machine GUID from the registry
- application_control.exe (PID: 4748)
Checks proxy server information
- slui.exe (PID: 5532)
Reads the software policy settings
- slui.exe (PID: 5532)
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TRiD
| .exe | | | Win64 Executable (generic) (76.4) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (12.4) |
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (5.5) |
| .exe | | | DOS Executable Generic (5.5) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2022:01:24 07:31:18+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, 32-bit |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 14.3 |
| CodeSize: | 201216 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 89600 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x1f110 |
| OSVersion: | 5.1 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 5.1 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
Total processes
136
Monitored processes
3
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4748 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\application_control.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\application_control.exe | app_tool.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: EAIO3 Binary Version: 16,47,1026 Modules
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| 5532 | C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding | C:\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
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| 6256 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\app_tool.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\app_tool.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Modules
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Total events
4 046
Read events
4 007
Write events
38
Delete events
1
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (4748) application_control.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU |
| Operation: | write | Name: | NodeSlots |
Value: 02020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4748) application_control.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU |
| Operation: | write | Name: | MRUListEx |
Value: 040000000000000003000000110000000E000000100000000F0000000C0000000D0000000B000000050000000A000000090000000800000001000000070000000600000002000000FFFFFFFF | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4748) application_control.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\4 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | MRUListEx |
Value: 010000000000000003000000050000000400000002000000FFFFFFFF | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4748) application_control.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\34\Shell |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SniffedFolderType |
Value: Generic | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4748) application_control.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | GlobalAssocChangedCounter |
Value: 121 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4748) application_control.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\OneDrive\Accounts |
| Operation: | write | Name: | LastUpdate |
Value: 3998A66800000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4748) application_control.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\34\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7} |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Mode |
Value: 4 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4748) application_control.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\34\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7} |
| Operation: | write | Name: | LogicalViewMode |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4748) application_control.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\34\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7} |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FFlags |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4748) application_control.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\34\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7} |
| Operation: | write | Name: | IconSize |
Value: 16 | |||
Executable files
66
Suspicious files
0
Text files
1
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6256 | app_tool.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll | executable | |
MD5:163D64F0558D8D93B86ACD1055EF2CA8 | SHA256:94AF705CCFD2E10D65A06451226ACE0E13EAA1FE5AF9B3F7AB81D96ED0775C4B | |||
| 6256 | app_tool.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll | executable | |
MD5:114A2B70FDCF21357F3070DC0C070B3C | SHA256:D91F680B1F54DCCEDDD9EAD63DC08EE11845803F2CC6DE7C545335803016F2D0 | |||
| 6256 | app_tool.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll | executable | |
MD5:01EE5032CB31B9A83C6B0EAED810315A | SHA256:A2CEE2281A78F0A58F2A6C1E735F1725E96512C5DEE49F021C549CAC3C618BA7 | |||
| 6256 | app_tool.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll | executable | |
MD5:7001BEE6D2B9189081F4B558050FE106 | SHA256:6BBBC652AC07511AF4126A4A820661EAFAA3903C6A6993E2F5C0CDFF541AE195 | |||
| 6256 | app_tool.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll | executable | |
MD5:109032959967F8CB078D72E397238509 | SHA256:C05208903446E2BD528F726AF1287BE05243DD6CD1E42359440F9303FB7790BE | |||
| 6256 | app_tool.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll | executable | |
MD5:1F6A4F144E52A23767CC74FE2F796FF0 | SHA256:634924290057AE9C0E4599D2C70656916BE24BD594AB1904C0BE7A8EA91DDC7C | |||
| 6256 | app_tool.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll | executable | |
MD5:2A3DA8E1CD09ACA0FC13BE43848C7695 | SHA256:C3F671D3B41FFFA444A33F79C0E65DF7CA01E56598E4B2F90E7AF18C77B97652 | |||
| 6256 | app_tool.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll | executable | |
MD5:146E9998951E897A4F7F5A97BAEFA823 | SHA256:AC011F904F8AA7C9A2577D959F7E430CDA544CA13A1B3818C69D8514D079399A | |||
| 6256 | app_tool.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll | executable | |
MD5:1922B0A9AB3CBB0F4A93C0DF1E812996 | SHA256:89C930D2E4482799F4F0F040B994C457310912ED1BBF2A4B61E58CC98F31F0D5 | |||
| 6256 | app_tool.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll | executable | |
MD5:1F462654C1BBC1CED7E4D8E879732E14 | SHA256:B8E6DECEACBC5F8E483AD076196DF819377D2731E146EB4F48C5A59DA9ABDD65 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
6
TCP/UDP connections
23
DNS requests
17
Threats
0
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.53.40.178:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | DE | binary | 825 b | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | NL | binary | 814 b | whitelisted |
4224 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.17.190.73:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | DE | binary | 471 b | whitelisted |
512 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | NL | binary | 420 b | whitelisted |
512 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | NL | binary | 407 b | whitelisted |
2940 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.3.109.48:80 | http://x1.c.lencr.org/ | DE | binary | 734 b | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1268 | svchost.exe | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
4692 | RUXIMICS.exe | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 23.53.40.178:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 95.101.149.131:80 | www.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | NL | whitelisted |
4224 | svchost.exe | 40.126.31.3:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4224 | svchost.exe | 2.17.190.73:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
slscr.update.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
self.events.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
Threats
Process | Message |
|---|---|
application_control.exe | Unknown property z-index
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application_control.exe | Unknown property z-index
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application_control.exe | Unknown property z-index
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application_control.exe | Unknown property z-index
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