Malware analysis http://www.chinanews.com/cj/2019/05-16/8838217.shtml Malicious activity

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URL:	http://www.chinanews.com/cj/2019/05-16/8838217.shtml
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/cc19770a-6f5e-43eb-bc03-90b17f29391f
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	June 19, 2019, 16:13:40
OS:	Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MD5:	B45E7300F77451A24004268422598944
SHA1:	D93FEE6BFBC3197A38FDB8740A49FF5F13878C76
SHA256:	3FC717737A1574E9100A572E83CB39AE056926F19B7C59E45316E45FD621D101
SSDEEP:	3:N1KJS4fRRGPKXj/IRflpGn:Cc4fRgPKXc6n

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: none
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: off
Route via Tor:: off
Autoconfirmation of UAC:: on
Network:: on

Software preset

Internet Explorer 8.0.7601.17514 undefined
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC MUI (15.023.20070)
Adobe Flash Player 26 ActiveX (26.0.0.131)
Adobe Flash Player 26 NPAPI (26.0.0.131)
Adobe Flash Player 26 PPAPI (26.0.0.131)
Adobe Refresh Manager (1.8.0)
CCleaner (5.35)
FileZilla Client 3.36.0 (3.36.0)
Google Chrome (73.0.3683.75)
Google Update Helper (1.3.33.23)
Java 8 Update 92 (8.0.920.14)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.92.14)
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.1 (4.6.01055)
Microsoft Office Access MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Access Setup Metadata MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Excel MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office OneNote MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Outlook MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office PowerPoint MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Professional 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proof (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proof (French) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proof (Spanish) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proofing (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Publisher MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Shared MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Shared Setup Metadata MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Single Image 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Word MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.6161 (9.0.30729.6161)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable - 10.0.40219 (10.0.40219)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x86) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x86 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x86 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x86) - 14.15.26706 (14.15.26706.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 x86 Additional Runtime - 14.15.26706 (14.15.26706)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 x86 Minimum Runtime - 14.15.26706 (14.15.26706)
Mozilla Firefox 65.0.2 (x86 en-US) (65.0.2)
Notepad++ (32-bit x86) (7.5.1)
Opera 12.15 (12.15.1748)
Skype version 8.29 (8.29)
VLC media player (2.2.6)
WinRAR 5.60 (32-bit) (5.60.0)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
Client Refresh LanguagePack Package
CodecPack Basic Package
Foundation Package
IE Troubleshooters Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB2534111
KB2999226
KB976902
LocalPack AU Package
LocalPack CA Package
LocalPack GB Package
LocalPack US Package
LocalPack ZA Package
ProfessionalEdition
UltimateEdition

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MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.
SUSPICIOUS
No suspicious indicators.
INFO
- Application launched itself
  - iexplore.exe (PID: 3336)
- Changes internet zones settings
  - iexplore.exe (PID: 3336)
- Reads Internet Cache Settings
  - iexplore.exe (PID: 3308)
  - iexplore.exe (PID: 3240)
- Reads internet explorer settings
  - iexplore.exe (PID: 3308)
  - iexplore.exe (PID: 3240)
- Creates files in the user directory
  - iexplore.exe (PID: 3240)

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No Malware configuration.

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No data.

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Total processes

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID	CMD	Path	Indicators	Parent process
3336	"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://www.chinanews.com/cj/2019/05-16/8838217.shtml	C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe		explorer.exe
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Internet Explorer Version: 8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
3240	"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" SCODEF:3336 CREDAT:71937	C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe		iexplore.exe
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Internet Explorer Version: 8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
3308	"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" SCODEF:3336 CREDAT:6403	C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe	—	iexplore.exe
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Internet Explorer Version: 8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)

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Total events

514

Read events

455

Write events

Delete events

Modification events

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
3336	iexplore.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\H6QNMHE9\favicon[1].ico		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
3336	iexplore.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Services\search_{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}.ico		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
3240	iexplore.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\B5WJ7E1S\main20160219[1].css		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
3240	iexplore.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History\Low\History.IE5\index.dat		dat
		MD5:18E3844C5D1441AB8F1F731B65E1F9DF	SHA256:277A7D75D4EA437B5E5FE9A6859011DD472CF55A7AB00CF89D777F1CA9E564EC
3240	iexplore.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\Low\index.dat		dat
		MD5:810173C582FC7B1A22C4542F0663E229	SHA256:D690F4CB40A20F685A20082FB2446F055AE9C70488BA78AA762BBEBC30798EA9
3240	iexplore.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\G97Z9HXQ\jquery1.4[1].js		text
		MD5:5EBB2E60948187B39CF8EEF7EE284A1F	SHA256:541F263D4B9AD20BCF6DADC0A2541FAC4F2EC1E933ECC8F8008785B087BD937B
3240	iexplore.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\RK1ERUK6\zenwenpv[1].js		text
		MD5:4CE1D3242A0934FE00477A933A0FF209	SHA256:5E2EF255A0C1AD738A08F24D4426F6B4DA96A217AC7FDE01EDB6DDFDCEC0BF11
3240	iexplore.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\B5WJ7E1S\spm[1].js		text
		MD5:00194AA1090DF91F5AF00B9A531173EC	SHA256:D8643A3304A7BA80592498056AF8C51FD2335B222D53347D308D858D99D7EF7D
3240	iexplore.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\index.dat		dat
		MD5:891F6FED6FACB69E10E2F6EEBAC68BD9	SHA256:2CCEFD5658E9D46D064697E88B29DAE953EC7E23B78252EA6F5694DB0BA319E8
3240	iexplore.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\Low\admin@chinanews[1].txt		text
		MD5:3632DCE5523303B9659AD99F22EE2DCE	SHA256:9D93DC2A7A56BC8A6B58DE9FC29ECC5960EE82AFB839CE40FA28FBCDDE31D220

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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
3240	iexplore.exe	GET	—	163.171.128.148:80	http://www.chinanews.com/js/jquery1.4.js	US	—	—	whitelisted
3240	iexplore.exe	GET	—	27.221.54.22:80	http://cdn.bootcss.com/jquery-autocomplete/1.0.7/jquery.auto-complete.min.css	CN	—	—	whitelisted
3240	iexplore.exe	GET	200	163.171.128.148:80	http://www.chinanews.com/pv/js/zenwenpv.js	US	text	2.40 Kb	whitelisted
3240	iexplore.exe	GET	200	163.171.128.148:80	http://www.chinanews.com/fileftp/2019/06/2019-06-17/U194P4T47D44661F981DT20190617084114.jpg	US	image	30.7 Kb	whitelisted
3240	iexplore.exe	GET	200	163.171.128.150:80	http://i4.chinanews.com/2012/news/main20160219.css	US	text	3.31 Kb	malicious
3240	iexplore.exe	GET	200	163.171.128.150:80	http://i4.chinanews.com/2012/news/main20160219.css	US	text	3.31 Kb	malicious
3240	iexplore.exe	GET	—	27.221.54.22:80	http://cdn.bootcss.com/jquery-autocomplete/1.0.7/jquery.auto-complete.min.css	CN	—	—	whitelisted
3240	iexplore.exe	GET	200	163.171.128.148:80	http://www.chinanews.com/cj/2019/05-16/8838217.shtml	US	html	20.7 Kb	whitelisted
3240	iexplore.exe	GET	200	163.171.128.150:80	http://i4.chinanews.com/2012/news/images/nbg.jpg	US	image	488 b	malicious
3240	iexplore.exe	GET	200	163.171.128.148:80	http://www.chinanews.com/js/jquery1.4.js	US	text	93.8 Kb	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
3240	iexplore.exe	163.171.128.148:80	www.chinanews.com	—	US	malicious
—	—	204.79.197.200:80	www.bing.com	Microsoft Corporation	US	whitelisted
3240	iexplore.exe	213.244.178.244:443	p.wts.xinwen.cn	Level 3 Communications, Inc.	GB	suspicious
3240	iexplore.exe	58.68.149.54:8090	lc.chinanews.com	China Unicom Beijing Province Network	CN	unknown
3240	iexplore.exe	163.171.128.150:80	i4.chinanews.com	—	US	malicious
3240	iexplore.exe	27.221.54.22:80	cdn.bootcss.com	CHINA UNICOM China169 Backbone	CN	malicious
3240	iexplore.exe	103.235.46.191:443	hm.baidu.com	Beijing Baidu Netcom Science and Technology Co., Ltd.	HK	suspicious

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
www.chinanews.com	163.171.128.148	whitelisted
www.bing.com	204.79.197.200 13.107.21.200	whitelisted
i4.chinanews.com	163.171.128.150	malicious
i2.chinanews.com	163.171.128.150	malicious
p.wts.xinwen.cn	213.244.178.244 213.244.178.205 213.244.178.178 213.244.178.210 213.244.178.208 213.244.178.207 213.244.178.209 213.244.178.206	malicious
lc.chinanews.com	58.68.149.54	unknown
hm.baidu.com	103.235.46.191	whitelisted
i3.chinanews.com	163.171.128.150	malicious
cdn.bootcss.com	27.221.54.22 118.212.226.103 211.91.160.204 118.212.225.117 101.206.209.105 123.6.2.238 27.221.54.21 27.221.54.20 123.6.2.101 113.1.0.63 27.221.54.19 1.189.213.200 1.189.213.92 119.6.229.32 118.212.231.61	whitelisted
i6.chinanews.com	163.171.128.150	malicious

Threats

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General Info

http://www.chinanews.com/cj/2019/05-16/8838217.shtml

B45E7300F77451A24004268422598944

D93FEE6BFBC3197A38FDB8740A49FF5F13878C76

3FC717737A1574E9100A572E83CB39AE056926F19B7C59E45316E45FD621D101

3:N1KJS4fRRGPKXj/IRflpGn:Cc4fRgPKXc6n

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Application launched itself

Changes internet zones settings

Reads Internet Cache Settings

Reads internet explorer settings

Creates files in the user directory

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