URL:

https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/d625ea96-24bf-46f6-85e2-2acd0e9f1ea2
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: July 03, 2024, 19:39:20
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MD5:

F21B0DCB1B67991793C80645D60173F5

SHA1:

53C3366DCAEBFF248B104236A44DA233E7030E8D

SHA256:

40F69874F4286621B834052B97804BF75A0E77AA78B24D80B3F1F66F171E6642

SSDEEP:

3:N8O8WKTNoBhgv:2O8NTiB2v

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Drops the executable file immediately after the start

      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 748)
      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 2028)
      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 1820)

    • Changes the autorun value in the registry

      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 1820)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Process drops legitimate windows executable

      • msedge.exe (PID: 3176)
      • msedge.exe (PID: 3264)
      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 748)
      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 2028)
      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 1820)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 748)
      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 2028)
      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 1820)

    • Starts a Microsoft application from unusual location

      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 2028)
      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 1820)

    • Starts itself from another location

      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 2028)

    • Searches for installed software

      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 1820)
      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 2028)

    • Executes as Windows Service

      • VSSVC.exe (PID: 2984)

    • Creates a software uninstall entry

      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 1820)

    • Reads the Internet Settings

      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 2028)

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 2028)

  • INFO

    • Application launched itself

      • msedge.exe (PID: 3264)

    • Drops the executable file immediately after the start

      • msedge.exe (PID: 3176)
      • msedge.exe (PID: 3264)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • msedge.exe (PID: 3176)
      • msedge.exe (PID: 3264)

    • The process uses the downloaded file

      • msedge.exe (PID: 2196)
      • msedge.exe (PID: 3264)

    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 748)
      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 2028)

    • Checks supported languages

      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 748)
      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 2028)
      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 1820)
      • wmpnscfg.exe (PID: 2684)

    • Reads the computer name

      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 2028)
      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 1820)
      • wmpnscfg.exe (PID: 2684)

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 2028)
      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 1820)

    • Creates files in the program directory

      • VC_redist.x64.exe (PID: 1820)

    • Manual execution by a user

      • wmpnscfg.exe (PID: 2684)
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No Malware configuration.
No data.
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Total processes
61
Monitored processes
20
Malicious processes
4
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start msedge.exe msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs vc_redist.x64.exe vc_redist.x64.exe vc_redist.x64.exe msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs wmpnscfg.exe no specs vssvc.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
348"C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=chrome.mojom.UtilWin --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4404 --field-trial-handle=1272,i,3894332095442379276,7417914383591579440,131072 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe—msedge.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft Edge
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.1518.115
Modules
Images
c:\program files\microsoft\edge\application\msedge.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\microsoft\edge\application\109.0.1518.115\msedge_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
524"C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=asset_store.mojom.AssetStoreService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=asset_store_service --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3028 --field-trial-handle=1272,i,3894332095442379276,7417914383591579440,131072 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe—msedge.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Microsoft Edge
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.1518.115
656"C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=edge_collections.mojom.CollectionsDataManager --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=collections --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3880 --field-trial-handle=1272,i,3894332095442379276,7417914383591579440,131072 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe—msedge.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Microsoft Edge
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.1518.115
748"C:\Users\admin\Downloads\VC_redist.x64.exe" C:\Users\admin\Downloads\VC_redist.x64.exe
msedge.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.40.33810
Exit code:
0
Version:
14.40.33810.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\downloads\vc_redist.x64.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\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1476"C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --lang=en-US --js-flags=--ms-user-locale= --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=11 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3244 --field-trial-handle=1272,i,3894332095442379276,7417914383591579440,131072 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe—msedge.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Microsoft Edge
Version:
109.0.1518.115
1820"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{E4D294C5-B935-4182-97A5-6F9BFF604B99}\.be\VC_redist.x64.exe" -q -burn.elevated BurnPipe.{D2B9FBC5-C717-4134-ABCE-3C62BAD536B2} {87B5C0A6-94E7-4B0D-B327-541E002BC0A1} 2028C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{E4D294C5-B935-4182-97A5-6F9BFF604B99}\.be\VC_redist.x64.exe
VC_redist.x64.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.40.33810
Exit code:
0
Version:
14.40.33810.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\{e4d294c5-b935-4182-97a5-6f9bff604b99}\.be\vc_redist.x64.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\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2028"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{7777EE4E-3398-4BED-B577-3C9703C714E2}\.cr\VC_redist.x64.exe" -burn.clean.room="C:\Users\admin\Downloads\VC_redist.x64.exe" -burn.filehandle.attached=152 -burn.filehandle.self=160 C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{7777EE4E-3398-4BED-B577-3C9703C714E2}\.cr\VC_redist.x64.exe
VC_redist.x64.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.40.33810
Exit code:
0
Version:
14.40.33810.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\{7777ee4e-3398-4bed-b577-3c9703c714e2}\.cr\vc_redist.x64.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\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2080"C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1256 --field-trial-handle=1272,i,3894332095442379276,7417914383591579440,131072 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe—msedge.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Microsoft Edge
Version:
109.0.1518.115
2196"C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=quarantine.mojom.Quarantine --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4288 --field-trial-handle=1272,i,3894332095442379276,7417914383591579440,131072 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe—msedge.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft Edge
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.1518.115
Modules
Images
c:\program files\microsoft\edge\application\msedge.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\microsoft\edge\application\109.0.1518.115\msedge_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
2684"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnscfg.exe"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnscfg.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service Configuration Application
Exit code:
0
Version:
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\windows media player\wmpnscfg.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
Total events
13 972
Read events
13 740
Write events
220
Delete events
12

Modification events

(PID) Process:(3264) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:failed_count
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3264) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(3264) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Edge\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
(PID) Process:(3264) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Edge\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
01000000
(PID) Process:(3264) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3264) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\ClientState\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}
Operation:writeName:dr
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3264) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Edge\StabilityMetrics
Operation:writeName:user_experience_metrics.stability.exited_cleanly
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3264) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\ClientStateMedium\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}\LastWasDefault
Operation:writeName:S-1-5-21-1302019708-1500728564-335382590-1000
Value:
24B25545F37A2F00
(PID) Process:(3264) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\ClientStateMedium\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}\FirstNotDefault
Operation:delete valueName:S-1-5-21-1302019708-1500728564-335382590-1000
Value:
(PID) Process:(3264) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Edge
Operation:writeName:UsageStatsInSample
Value:
1
Executable files
8
Suspicious files
68
Text files
58
Unknown types
2

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
3264msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old~RF5503a.TMP —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3264msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3264msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\EdgePushStorageWithConnectTokenAndKey\LOG.old~RF55069.TMP —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3264msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\EdgePushStorageWithConnectTokenAndKey\LOG.old —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3264msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\EdgePushStorageWithConnectTokenAndKey\LOG.old~RF55079.TMP —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3264msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\LOG.old~RF550a8.TMP —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3264msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\LOG.old —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3412msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\CrashpadMetrics.pmabinary
MD5:886E82F2CA62ECCCE64601B30592078A
SHA256:E5E13D53601100FF3D6BB71514CBCCC4C73FE9B7EF5E930100E644187B42948E
3264msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Last Versiontext
MD5:61FE7896F9494DCDF53480A325F4FB85
SHA256:ACFD3CD36E0DFCF1DCB67C7F31F2A5B9BA0815528A0C604D4330DFAA9E683E51
3264msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Site Characteristics Database\LOG.oldtext
MD5:CE3AC3673EB3498DDF7BEC3328D23765
SHA256:D2304AEDC7D32192364DCDECAF7A17972F3ABF909A79646A47B66917ECA30E9A
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HTTP(S) requests
4
TCP/UDP connections
29
DNS requests
26
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
1060
svchost.exe
GET
—
217.20.57.34:80
http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/disallowedcertstl.cab?fbe613066ac7852b
US
—
—
unknown
1372
svchost.exe
GET
304
199.232.214.172:80
http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/disallowedcertstl.cab?33775f6043c93e33
US
—
—
unknown
—
—
GET
200
23.48.23.175:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
DE
binary
1.01 Kb
unknown
1372
svchost.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
DE
binary
973 b
unknown
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
4.231.128.59:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
3264
msedge.exe
239.255.255.250:1900
—
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
2.20.158.181:443
aka.ms
AKAMAI-AS
IT
unknown
—
—
13.107.42.16:443
config.edge.skype.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted
—
—
204.79.197.239:443
edge.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
unknown
—
—
68.232.34.200:443
download.visualstudio.microsoft.com
EDGECAST
US
whitelisted
—
—
224.0.0.251:5353
—
—
—
unknown
1060
svchost.exe
224.0.0.252:5355
—
—
—
unknown

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
aka.ms
  • 2.20.158.181
whitelisted
config.edge.skype.com
  • 13.107.42.16
whitelisted
edge.microsoft.com
  • 204.79.197.239
  • 13.107.21.239
whitelisted
download.visualstudio.microsoft.com
  • 68.232.34.200
whitelisted
www.bing.com
  • 2.20.142.163
  • 2.20.142.147
  • 2.20.142.184
  • 2.20.142.153
  • 2.20.142.192
  • 2.20.142.180
  • 2.20.142.178
  • 2.20.142.155
  • 2.20.142.186
  • 2.20.142.137
  • 92.122.215.58
  • 2.20.142.145
  • 2.20.142.139
  • 2.20.142.129
  • 92.122.215.72
  • 92.122.215.95
  • 92.122.215.60
  • 92.122.215.99
whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 4.231.128.59
whitelisted
ctldl.windowsupdate.com
  • 199.232.214.172
  • 199.232.210.172
  • 217.20.57.34
  • 217.20.57.18
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.48.23.175
  • 23.48.23.160
  • 23.48.23.162
  • 23.48.23.177
  • 23.48.23.178
  • 23.48.23.150
  • 23.48.23.149
  • 23.48.23.153
  • 23.48.23.159
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 184.30.21.171
whitelisted
self.events.data.microsoft.com
  • 20.189.173.5
whitelisted

Threats

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https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe