Malware analysis Zeogen.exe Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	Zeogen.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/04f23e6a-e514-422d-bf02-953f6362b04d
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	July 29, 2024, 01:59:00
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:	python
Indicators:
MIME:	application/x-dosexec
File info:	PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows
MD5:	C6C519E43407EAAAF240077F1E8FA418
SHA1:	D5B20223F96619E997AB58D5E98CD10322A2ABD3
SHA256:	43717D6C756379B64D7F8289E2BCD7A585CED7FCDE720DB6171A190DE648DBD2
SSDEEP:	196608:8T6DSL2Vmd6+D0JJVAzDaku99mEQcy6d/AyfRL6H:PSL2Vmd6m0JJVAzDakArZd/Ayfw

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 120 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: 60 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
- Drops the executable file immediately after the start
  - Zeogen.exe (PID: 1596)
SUSPICIOUS
- Process drops legitimate windows executable
  - Zeogen.exe (PID: 1596)
- Process drops python dynamic module
  - Zeogen.exe (PID: 1596)
- Application launched itself
  - Zeogen.exe (PID: 1596)
- The process drops C-runtime libraries
  - Zeogen.exe (PID: 1596)
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - Zeogen.exe (PID: 1596)
- Loads Python modules
  - Zeogen.exe (PID: 2952)
INFO
- Create files in a temporary directory
  - Zeogen.exe (PID: 1596)
- Reads the computer name
  - Zeogen.exe (PID: 1596)
- Checks supported languages
  - Zeogen.exe (PID: 1596)
  - Zeogen.exe (PID: 2952)
- Reads the machine GUID from the registry
  - Zeogen.exe (PID: 2952)
- Checks proxy server information
  - slui.exe (PID: 528)
- Reads the software policy settings
  - slui.exe (PID: 528)

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TRiD

.exe	\|	Win64 Executable (generic) (87.3)
.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (6.3)
.exe	\|	DOS Executable Generic (6.3)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	AMD AMD64
TimeStamp:	2022:04:06 04:00:53+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, Large address aware
PEType:	PE32+
LinkerVersion:	14.29
CodeSize:	144896
InitializedDataSize:	146944
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0x9d30
OSVersion:	5.2
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	5.2
Subsystem:	Windows command line

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Total processes

143

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

456

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

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

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Zeogen.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

528

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

1388

C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

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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

1596

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Zeogen.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Zeogen.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Exit code:

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\zeogen.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

2952

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Zeogen.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Zeogen.exe

—

Zeogen.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Exit code:

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\zeogen.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

1 128

Read events

1 128

Write events

Delete events

Modification events

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
1596	Zeogen.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15962\_asyncio.pyd		executable
		MD5:43E7DA594AF7C0655CB9F57BD5556A49	SHA256:6241F72162099095F111819FD5B9B2A0995ED7CF45CA08F1D0134AB7B3FE601A
1596	Zeogen.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15962\_multiprocessing.pyd		executable
		MD5:7FCFF5C455D0D1B0B9C5C247518360DC	SHA256:CC6FF1CB52B57248F9FB49CEE4A4EF868DB12B3656CBC7BC6F11614357E183CF
1596	Zeogen.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15962\_hashlib.pyd		executable
		MD5:75ED91D3B7A40ECA5B32A13B90191EAD	SHA256:202535A5CEB0BF70C2046639A3884C24F2CCCB1BD92827E61B5A7A663D9399BA
1596	Zeogen.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15962\_decimal.pyd		executable
		MD5:1139CC9D936B6028305749568EC5CAC7	SHA256:67A47D85CC1A21069610C85DA64FC031231D43AF7876DFC48361C57D88EFEE0B
1596	Zeogen.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15962\_ctypes.pyd		executable
		MD5:38D9D8ED2B7DF64790150A2A523FD3B9	SHA256:11DAEF02AFE45D9F3987BAB5C2B6EF75B2B6F6F79704C45675D532F090F14B8B
1596	Zeogen.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15962\_bz2.pyd		executable
		MD5:7F2BBA8A38712D00907F6E37F0CE6028	SHA256:CD04EBE932B2CB2FD7F01C25412BDDD77B476FA47D0AFF69A04A27D3BFE4B37B
1596	Zeogen.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15962\_lzma.pyd		executable
		MD5:AD02EA81A127A401F4DF84C082F3CCE6	SHA256:4213FBB6936AD3EAC1E1BA28F10E15719176BC3A59FF01DDC6828DD7EEE52132
1596	Zeogen.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15962\_queue.pyd		executable
		MD5:F9718FE21174D8428F022AAF60BF92DA	SHA256:95E1C419E08D8AB229B8C64D51FD301CD9D75A659DFC05E75B0317CA0A4F22E3
1596	Zeogen.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15962\VCRUNTIME140.dll		executable
		MD5:A87575E7CF8967E481241F13940EE4F7	SHA256:DED5ADAA94341E6C62AEA03845762591666381DCA30EB7C17261DD154121B83E
1596	Zeogen.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15962\python39.dll		executable
		MD5:19E6D310C1BD0578D468A888D3EC0E3D	SHA256:F4609EC3BBCC74ED9257E3440EC15ADF3061F7162A89E4E9A370E1C2273370A1

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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
5368	SearchApp.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
4424	svchost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5368	SearchApp.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEApDqVCbATUviZV57HIIulA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
3676	backgroundTaskHost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAn5bsKVVV8kdJ6vHl3O1J0%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
4132	OfficeClickToRun.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEApDqVCbATUviZV57HIIulA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
3992	backgroundTaskHost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAn5bsKVVV8kdJ6vHl3O1J0%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4128	svchost.exe	51.124.78.146:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
—	—	131.253.33.254:443	a-ring-fallback.msedge.net	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	unknown
—	—	104.126.37.145:443	www.bing.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	unknown
6716	slui.exe	40.91.76.224:443	—	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
6012	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	51.124.78.146:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
6592	RUXIMICS.exe	51.124.78.146:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
3952	svchost.exe	239.255.255.250:1900	—	—	—	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
488	slui.exe	40.91.76.224:443	—	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.124.78.146 40.127.240.158 51.104.136.2	whitelisted
t-ring-fdv2.msedge.net	13.107.237.254	unknown
a-ring-fallback.msedge.net	131.253.33.254	unknown
www.bing.com	104.126.37.145 104.126.37.139 104.126.37.131 2.23.209.130 2.23.209.133 2.23.209.179 2.23.209.187 2.23.209.182 2.23.209.189 2.23.209.149	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.185.78	whitelisted
fp-afd-nocache-ccp.azureedge.net	13.107.246.45	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	192.229.221.95	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.160.17 20.190.160.20 40.126.32.134 40.126.32.133 40.126.32.72 40.126.32.76 20.190.160.22 40.126.32.138	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	40.113.110.67	whitelisted
fp.msedge.net	204.79.197.222	whitelisted

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General Info

Zeogen.exe

C6C519E43407EAAAF240077F1E8FA418

D5B20223F96619E997AB58D5E98CD10322A2ABD3

43717D6C756379B64D7F8289E2BCD7A585CED7FCDE720DB6171A190DE648DBD2

196608:8T6DSL2Vmd6+D0JJVAzDaku99mEQcy6d/AyfRL6H:PSL2Vmd6m0JJVAzDakArZd/Ayfw

Software environment set and analysis options

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MALICIOUS

Drops the executable file immediately after the start

SUSPICIOUS

Process drops legitimate windows executable

Process drops python dynamic module

Application launched itself

The process drops C-runtime libraries

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

Loads Python modules

INFO

Create files in a temporary directory

Reads the computer name

Checks supported languages

Reads the machine GUID from the registry

Checks proxy server information

Reads the software policy settings

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