Malware analysis /my_list/s/ac2439d58e872e3102d8fb3113d7c25e.m3u8 Malicious activity

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download:	/my_list/s/ac2439d58e872e3102d8fb3113d7c25e.m3u8
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/8a8f0211-0525-4426-94c7-7ccf9e232a71
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	August 10, 2024, 14:52:30
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:	ai-domain
Indicators:
MIME:	text/plain
File info:	M3U playlist, ASCII text
MD5:	17226EFA7D4F0DB9A66DD944EE946648
SHA1:	70C967BF825565EEC2B3C1D44B3993FEAD4884A7
SHA256:	4191B39C77768550D4930E87A5B7D1D7EB3124D1F53F1C2263485DFEDC482E89
SSDEEP:	6:PsvjLe2sEG3LXxd/T0d/tFSwAvM/iYJdInG0dvS:PsPen/W/LSwCM/tJdIX6

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 300 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: 240 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
- There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)
  - vlc.exe (PID: 6384)
- Connects to the server without a host name
  - vlc.exe (PID: 6384)
INFO
- Reads the computer name
  - vlc.exe (PID: 6384)
- May use AI service
  - vlc.exe (PID: 6384)
- Checks supported languages
  - vlc.exe (PID: 6384)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.m3u	\|	Extended M3U playlist (100)

No data.

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Total processes

132

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

6384

"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --started-from-file C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ac2439d58e872e3102d8fb3113d7c25e.m3u8.m3u

C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

VideoLAN

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

VLC media player

Version:

3.0.11

Modules

Images
c:\program files\videolan\vlc\vlc.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

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Total events

2 250

Read events

2 250

Write events

Delete events

Modification events

No data

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
6384	vlc.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\vlc\vlc-qt-interface.ini.ZP6384		text
		MD5:71F227191ECFE1E9A197B5E3EB085118	SHA256:6305067AC6AFC72768DCC8FFAC9A6512C019AB118F6418A5FF55C8779AA980CF
6384	vlc.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\vlc\vlc-qt-interface.ini.lock		text
		MD5:D225C18033C459B0C81506E9CFDDF8C6	SHA256:4F7426B3FBDF8C2A026DB0F606787179CE5B4C425227A4FE582A9DBAA83058AE
6384	vlc.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\vlc\vlc-qt-interface.ini		ini
		MD5:71F227191ECFE1E9A197B5E3EB085118	SHA256:6305067AC6AFC72768DCC8FFAC9A6512C019AB118F6418A5FF55C8779AA980CF
6384	vlc.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\vlc\vlc-qt-interface.ini.dh6384		ini
		MD5:71F227191ECFE1E9A197B5E3EB085118	SHA256:6305067AC6AFC72768DCC8FFAC9A6512C019AB118F6418A5FF55C8779AA980CF

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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
6384	vlc.exe	GET	302	143.244.60.97:80	http://fl2.moveonjoy.com/FOX_News_Channel/index.m3u8?checkedby:iptvcat.com	unknown	—	—	unknown
6384	vlc.exe	GET	206	212.102.60.231:80	http://212.102.60.231:80/FOX_News_Channel/index.m3u8?checkedby%3Aiptvcat.com	unknown	—	—	unknown
6384	vlc.exe	GET	206	212.102.60.231:80	http://212.102.60.231:80/FOX_News_Channel/tracks-v1a1/mono.m3u8?checkedby%3Aiptvcat.com	unknown	—	—	unknown
6384	vlc.exe	GET	200	212.102.60.231:80	http://212.102.60.231/FOX_News_Channel/tracks-v1a1/2024/08/10/14/52/15-05606.ts	unknown	—	—	unknown
6384	vlc.exe	GET	200	212.102.60.231:80	http://212.102.60.231/FOX_News_Channel/tracks-v1a1/2024/08/10/14/52/21-05072.ts	unknown	—	—	unknown
5336	SearchApp.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6384	vlc.exe	GET	200	212.102.60.231:80	http://212.102.60.231/FOX_News_Channel/tracks-v1a1/2024/08/10/14/52/26-05339.ts	unknown	—	—	unknown
1568	svchost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6936	backgroundTaskHost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAn5bsKVVV8kdJ6vHl3O1J0%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6384	vlc.exe	GET	206	212.102.60.231:80	http://212.102.60.231:80/FOX_News_Channel/tracks-v1a1/mono.m3u8?checkedby%3Aiptvcat.com	unknown	—	—	unknown

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
3140	svchost.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
1076	RUXIMICS.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
2120	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
3888	svchost.exe	239.255.255.250:1900	—	—	—	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
6384	vlc.exe	143.244.60.97:80	fl2.moveonjoy.com	Datacamp Limited	US	unknown
6384	vlc.exe	212.102.60.231:80	—	Datacamp Limited	US	unknown
3140	svchost.exe	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
5336	SearchApp.exe	92.123.104.63:443	www.bing.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	unknown

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.104.136.2 4.231.128.59 40.127.240.158	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.185.78	whitelisted
fl2.moveonjoy.com	143.244.60.97	unknown
www.bing.com	92.123.104.63 92.123.104.49 92.123.104.47 92.123.104.67 92.123.104.59 92.123.104.62 92.123.104.32 92.123.104.7 92.123.104.33	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	40.113.103.199	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.159.71 20.190.159.0 20.190.159.68 20.190.159.23 40.126.31.67 40.126.31.69 20.190.159.64 20.190.159.75	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	192.229.221.95	whitelisted
th.bing.com	92.123.104.32 92.123.104.47 92.123.104.7 92.123.104.67 92.123.104.19 92.123.104.28 92.123.104.49 92.123.104.33 92.123.104.11	whitelisted
fd.api.iris.microsoft.com	20.199.58.43	whitelisted
arc.msn.com	20.199.58.43	whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected

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Process	Message
vlc.exe	main libvlc debug: VLC media player - 3.0.11 Vetinari
vlc.exe	main libvlc debug: Copyright © 1996-2020 the VideoLAN team
vlc.exe	main libvlc debug: revision 3.0.11-0-gdc0c5ced72
vlc.exe	main libvlc debug: configured with ../extras/package/win32/../../../configure '--enable-update-check' '--enable-lua' '--enable-faad' '--enable-flac' '--enable-theora' '--enable-avcodec' '--enable-merge-ffmpeg' '--enable-dca' '--enable-mpc' '--enable-libass' '--enable-schroedinger' '--enable-realrtsp' '--enable-live555' '--enable-dvdread' '--enable-shout' '--enable-goom' '--enable-caca' '--enable-qt' '--enable-skins2' '--enable-sse' '--enable-mmx' '--enable-libcddb' '--enable-zvbi' '--disable-telx' '--enable-nls' '--host=x86_64-w64-mingw32' '--with-breakpad=https://win.crashes.videolan.org' 'host_alias=x86_64-w64-mingw32' 'PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=/home/jenkins/workspace/vlc-release/windows/vlc-release-win32-x64/contrib/x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/pkgconfig'
vlc.exe	main libvlc debug: using multimedia timers as clock source
vlc.exe	main libvlc debug: min period: 1 ms, max period: 1000000 ms
vlc.exe	main libvlc debug: searching plug-in modules
vlc.exe	main libvlc debug: loading plugins cache file C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\plugins.dat
vlc.exe	main libvlc debug: recursively browsing `C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins'
vlc.exe	main libvlc debug: plug-ins loaded: 494 modules

General Info

/my_list/s/ac2439d58e872e3102d8fb3113d7c25e.m3u8

17226EFA7D4F0DB9A66DD944EE946648

70C967BF825565EEC2B3C1D44B3993FEAD4884A7

4191B39C77768550D4930E87A5B7D1D7EB3124D1F53F1C2263485DFEDC482E89

6:PsvjLe2sEG3LXxd/T0d/tFSwAvM/iYJdInG0dvS:PsPen/W/LSwCM/tJdIX6

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

SUSPICIOUS

There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)

Connects to the server without a host name

INFO

Reads the computer name

May use AI service

Checks supported languages

Malware configuration

Static information

TRiD

Video and screenshots

Processes

Behavior graph

Specs description

Process information

Information

Modules

Registry activity

Modification events

Files activity

Dropped files

Network activity

HTTP requests

Connections

DNS requests

Threats

Debug output strings