Malware analysis Neon.exe Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	Neon.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/142983a4-f7ec-432d-84fc-edb87697e3ce
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	September 17, 2024, 13:22:18
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:	pyinstaller
Indicators:
MIME:	application/x-dosexec
File info:	PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64, for MS Windows
MD5:	4FE4EBF920E0D34CA6B5BE4B7275FB29
SHA1:	8EAA13E5A71911633A65C43FDEDC8745079ACF50
SHA256:	2FADF6BAD9322A1CA64FFD1142E61749AFFE4AA18802753C514C699BBDCFD6DD
SSDEEP:	98304:V6Cy+VsuDacbtDjHk9IRQJ+FgLHIcc1Umb7b9RvOYVAYwVf9TtYw9pk9dbXtpEKF:zI4hrYLh8BHzsQot

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 180 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: 120 seconds
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 (122.0.6261.70)
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 (122.0.2365.59)
Microsoft Edge Update (1.3.185.17)
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) (123.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (123.0)
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)
Skype version 8.104 (8.104)
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
No malicious indicators.
SUSPICIOUS
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - Neon.exe (PID: 6152)
- Process drops python dynamic module
  - Neon.exe (PID: 6152)
- Application launched itself
  - Neon.exe (PID: 6152)
INFO
- PyInstaller has been detected (YARA)
  - Neon.exe (PID: 6152)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.exe	\|	InstallShield setup (57.6)
.exe	\|	Win64 Executable (generic) (36.9)
.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (2.6)
.exe	\|	DOS Executable Generic (2.6)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	AMD AMD64
TimeStamp:	2024:09:17 12:48:01+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, Large address aware
PEType:	PE32+
LinkerVersion:	14.4
CodeSize:	172032
InitializedDataSize:	154624
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0xcdb0
OSVersion:	6
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	6
Subsystem:	Windows GUI

No data.

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Total processes

131

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

1372

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

—

systeminfo.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Console Window Host

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\conhost.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\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

2988

systeminfo

C:\Windows\System32\systeminfo.exe

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Neon.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Displays system information

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\systeminfo.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.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

4040

C:\WINDOWS\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.19041.3989_none_7ddb45627cb30e03\TiWorker.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.19041.3989_none_7ddb45627cb30e03\TiWorker.exe

—

svchost.exe

User:

SYSTEM

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

Windows Modules Installer Worker

Version:

10.0.19041.3989 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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c:\windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.19041.3989_none_7ddb45627cb30e03\tiworker.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll

4232

wmic path win32_videocontroller get caption

C:\Windows\System32\wbem\WMIC.exe

—

Neon.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

WMI Commandline Utility

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\wbem\wmic.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\iphlpapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\framedynos.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll

5060

"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Neon.exe"

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Neon.exe

—

Neon.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Exit code:

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\neon.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

6152

"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Neon.exe"

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Neon.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Exit code:

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\neon.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

6340

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

—

WMIC.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Console Window Host

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.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\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

6516

wmic csproduct get uuid

C:\Windows\System32\wbem\WMIC.exe

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Neon.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

WMI Commandline Utility

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\wbem\wmic.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\iphlpapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\framedynos.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll

6544

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

—

WMIC.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Console Window Host

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.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\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

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Total events

5 595

Read events

5 593

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(4040) TiWorker.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing
Operation:	write	Name:	SessionIdHigh
Value: 31131908
(PID) Process:	(4040) TiWorker.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing
Operation:	write	Name:	SessionIdLow
Value:

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

929

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
6152	Neon.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI61522\_queue.pyd		executable
		MD5:F00133F7758627A15F2D98C034CF1657	SHA256:35609869EDC57D806925EC52CCA9BC5A035E30D5F40549647D4DA6D7983F8659
6152	Neon.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI61522\_hashlib.pyd		executable
		MD5:4255C44DC64F11F32C961BF275AAB3A2	SHA256:E557873D5AD59FD6BD29D0F801AD0651DBB8D9AC21545DEFE508089E92A15E29
6152	Neon.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI61522\_lzma.pyd		executable
		MD5:E5ABC3A72996F8FDE0BCF709E6577D9D	SHA256:1796038480754A680F33A4E37C8B5673CC86C49281A287DC0C5CAE984D0CB4BB
6152	Neon.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI61522\_cffi_backend.cp311-win_amd64.pyd		executable
		MD5:739D352BD982ED3957D376A9237C9248	SHA256:9AEE90CF7980C8FF694BB3FFE06C71F87EB6A613033F73E3174A732648D39980
6152	Neon.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI61522\_tcl_data\auto.tcl		text
		MD5:08EDF746B4A088CB4185C165177BD604	SHA256:517204EE436D08EFC287ABC97433C3BFFCAF42EC6592A3009B9FD3B985AD772C
6152	Neon.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI61522\_tcl_data\encoding\ascii.enc		text
		MD5:9E3A454FA480E9A99D2D5ACDAA775233	SHA256:FB87BF197F4F485B08EA81F7534BC07D9C3A538D022424BE11011A1FE3C413FD
6152	Neon.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI61522\_decimal.pyd		executable
		MD5:65B4AB77D6C6231C145D3E20E7073F51	SHA256:93EB9D1859EDCA1C29594491863BF3D72AF70B9A4240E0D9DD171F668F4F8614
6152	Neon.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI61522\_socket.pyd		executable
		MD5:1EEA9568D6FDEF29B9963783827F5867	SHA256:74181072392A3727049EA3681FE9E59516373809CED53E08F6DA7C496B76E117
6152	Neon.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI61522\_ssl.pyd		executable
		MD5:208B0108172E59542260934A2E7CFA85	SHA256:5160500474EC95D4F3AF7E467CC70CB37BEC1D12545F0299AAB6D69CEA106C69
6152	Neon.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI61522\_tcl_data\clock.tcl		text
		MD5:88BB44A1364147FDD80F9FD78FBCEF61	SHA256:1947F8B188AB4AB6AA72EA68A58D2D9ADD0894FDF320F6B074EAE0F198368FB7

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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
2120	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	88.221.169.152:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2968	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.16.164.49:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut_2010-06-23.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1964	svchost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6000	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	88.221.169.152:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6000	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	88.221.169.152:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
6272	svchost.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
6428	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
2120	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	88.221.169.152:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
3888	svchost.exe	239.255.255.250:1900	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
1964	svchost.exe	40.126.32.138:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
1964	svchost.exe	192.229.221.95:80	ocsp.digicert.com	EDGECAST	US	whitelisted
6272	svchost.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	40.127.240.158 20.73.194.208 51.104.136.2	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	88.221.169.152	whitelisted
google.com	172.217.16.206	whitelisted
login.live.com	40.126.32.138 20.190.160.14 40.126.32.74 20.190.160.20 40.126.32.134 20.190.160.17 40.126.32.133 20.190.160.22	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	192.229.221.95	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	20.114.59.183	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	13.85.23.206	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	2.16.164.49 2.16.164.120	whitelisted
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com	52.111.227.11	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

Neon.exe

4FE4EBF920E0D34CA6B5BE4B7275FB29

8EAA13E5A71911633A65C43FDEDC8745079ACF50

2FADF6BAD9322A1CA64FFD1142E61749AFFE4AA18802753C514C699BBDCFD6DD

98304:V6Cy+VsuDacbtDjHk9IRQJ+FgLHIcc1Umb7b9RvOYVAYwVf9TtYw9pk9dbXtpEKF:zI4hrYLh8BHzsQot

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Executable content was dropped or overwritten

Process drops python dynamic module

Application launched itself

INFO

PyInstaller has been detected (YARA)

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