Malware analysis mw.vbs Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	mw.vbs
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/e0ccd07f-a4e0-4fb4-ae83-874f23044277
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	July 10, 2025, 07:05:07
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	susp-lnk
Indicators:
MIME:	application/octet-stream
File info:	data
MD5:	0A456FFFF1D3FD522457C187EBCF41E4
SHA1:	38D10544919BF3F1183BA6BF040E1CC3E156C3AE
SHA256:	3D929FBD23378F3246F6643F503E48AE8ECE5BDD8899E7DDF86568EBD044A2F2
SSDEEP:	192:93vF19G19+6SzeMr6u6dI4Ozl5B8BsdNN40yqlVHVex2XGVc:9N1Qi6SiMOtdI4OzlABsdr4RqlV1gWQc

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 180 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
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 (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
- Opens a text file (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5020)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5712)
- Gets path to any of the special folders (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5712)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5020)
- Gets a file object corresponding to the file in a specified path (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5020)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5712)
- Uses sleep, probably for evasion detection (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5712)
- Modifies registry startup key (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5712)
- Creates a new registry key or changes the value of an existing one (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5712)
SUSPICIOUS
- Creates FileSystem object to access computer's file system (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5020)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5712)
- Reads data from a binary Stream object (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5020)
- Checks whether a specific file exists (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5020)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5712)
- Gets full path of the running script (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5020)
- The process executes VB scripts
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5020)
- Writes binary data to a Stream object (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5020)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5712)
- Application launched itself
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5020)
- Runs shell command (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5020)
- Creates a Folder object (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5712)
- Gets the drive type (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5712)
- Gets a collection of all available drive names (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5712)
- Creates file in the systems drive root
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5712)
- Accesses computer name via WMI (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5712)
- Accesses current user name via WMI (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5712)
- Detected use of alternative data streams (AltDS)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5712)
INFO
- Creates files in the program directory
  - wscript.exe (PID: 5712)
- Checks proxy server information
  - slui.exe (PID: 6268)
- Reads the software policy settings
  - slui.exe (PID: 6268)

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No data.

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Total processes

137

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

5020

"C:\WINDOWS\System32\WScript.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mw.vbs

C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Microsoft ® Windows Based Script Host

Exit code:

Version:

5.812.10240.16384

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\wscript.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

5712

"C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe" //e:VBScript C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rad5299E.tmp "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mw.vbs"

C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe

—

wscript.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Microsoft ® Windows Based Script Host

Version:

5.812.10240.16384

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\wscript.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

6268

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:

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

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Total events

1 597

Read events

1 595

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(5712) wscript.exe	Key:	HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile
Operation:	delete value	Name:	IsShortcut
Value:
(PID) Process:	(5712) wscript.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Operation:	write	Name:	Explorer
Value: Wscript.exe //e:VBScript "C:\Users\admin\Documents\database.mdb"

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
5020	wscript.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rad5299E.tmp		text
		MD5:977A2C8088B38E086137938079B25F43	SHA256:1B08C30E388C28E52F862A75230DC92C7338EE13B4CE3E606BF2A929ED349F52
5712	wscript.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\auto.exe		binary
		MD5:0A456FFFF1D3FD522457C187EBCF41E4	SHA256:3D929FBD23378F3246F6643F503E48AE8ECE5BDD8899E7DDF86568EBD044A2F2
5712	wscript.exe	C:\ProgramData\Adobe.lnk		lnk
		MD5:E31E2E67913410F5761C1DF5F710BD5B	SHA256:D9AF98A65FB9B4F74DC9B1A07B89F67C78D2A991ED9440F5D503741A4E2FD0AF
5712	wscript.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\radE41BE.tmp		binary
		MD5:0A456FFFF1D3FD522457C187EBCF41E4	SHA256:3D929FBD23378F3246F6643F503E48AE8ECE5BDD8899E7DDF86568EBD044A2F2
5712	wscript.exe	C:\ProgramData\Thumb.db		binary
		MD5:0A456FFFF1D3FD522457C187EBCF41E4	SHA256:3D929FBD23378F3246F6643F503E48AE8ECE5BDD8899E7DDF86568EBD044A2F2
5712	wscript.exe	C:\Users\admin\Documents\database.mdb		binary
		MD5:0A456FFFF1D3FD522457C187EBCF41E4	SHA256:3D929FBD23378F3246F6643F503E48AE8ECE5BDD8899E7DDF86568EBD044A2F2
5712	wscript.exe	C:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-21-1693682860-607145093-2874071422-1001\New Harry Potter and....lnk		lnk
		MD5:4863FB43D0184E6285053630F338CD0D	SHA256:6620FA4923C028BB952C8257AF7229B6ABFCDEE783159257C77ED94EF2F37AD8
5712	wscript.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\v.doc		text
		MD5:5F973C8004BE579518A85DFE2BCD56D7	SHA256:F48ED7892DD1743F121840D13CE017AABAEA41B121438ECA2FBF615352226A0A
5712	wscript.exe	C:\ProgramData\Desktop.lnk		lnk
		MD5:4F4897FA02F656C4EA3BB1945619408B	SHA256:1AF3961B9D98A33A66043B037853C514410A74C107356E31AB15B12DB7368400
5712	wscript.exe	C:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-21-1693682860-607145093-2874071422-1001\Microsoft.lnk		lnk
		MD5:F168868BE8AEDCE15C401F13EF1440DC	SHA256:72992A0F31447D543E68AE8D45767FA81BFB5E4A1865C9AFAA78AE198B96B71E

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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	2.20.245.137:80	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
6800	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
6800	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	23.35.229.160:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2940	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.23.197.184:80	http://x1.c.lencr.org/	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2668	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	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
1268	svchost.exe	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
5944	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
1632	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	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	2.20.245.137:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	95.101.149.131:80	www.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
2668	svchost.exe	20.190.159.64:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
2668	svchost.exe	2.17.190.73:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	20.73.194.208 51.104.136.2 40.127.240.158	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.186.78	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	2.20.245.137 2.20.245.139	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	95.101.149.131 23.35.229.160	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.159.64 40.126.31.69 20.190.159.2 40.126.31.131 20.190.159.0 40.126.31.73 20.190.159.4 20.190.159.131	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.17.190.73	whitelisted
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com	52.111.243.30	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	4.245.163.56	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	20.242.39.171	whitelisted
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com	40.91.76.224	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

mw.vbs

0A456FFFF1D3FD522457C187EBCF41E4

38D10544919BF3F1183BA6BF040E1CC3E156C3AE

3D929FBD23378F3246F6643F503E48AE8ECE5BDD8899E7DDF86568EBD044A2F2

192:93vF19G19+6SzeMr6u6dI4Ozl5B8BsdNN40yqlVHVex2XGVc:9N1Qi6SiMOtdI4OzlABsdr4RqlV1gWQc

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Opens a text file (SCRIPT)

Gets path to any of the special folders (SCRIPT)

Gets a file object corresponding to the file in a specified path (SCRIPT)

Uses sleep, probably for evasion detection (SCRIPT)

Modifies registry startup key (SCRIPT)

Creates a new registry key or changes the value of an existing one (SCRIPT)

SUSPICIOUS

Creates FileSystem object to access computer's file system (SCRIPT)

Reads data from a binary Stream object (SCRIPT)

Checks whether a specific file exists (SCRIPT)

Gets full path of the running script (SCRIPT)

The process executes VB scripts

Writes binary data to a Stream object (SCRIPT)

Application launched itself

Runs shell command (SCRIPT)

Creates a Folder object (SCRIPT)

Gets the drive type (SCRIPT)

Gets a collection of all available drive names (SCRIPT)

Creates file in the systems drive root

Accesses computer name via WMI (SCRIPT)

Accesses current user name via WMI (SCRIPT)

Detected use of alternative data streams (AltDS)

INFO

Creates files in the program directory

Checks proxy server information

Reads the software policy settings

Malware configuration

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