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File name:

sethc.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/43ca0ecd-0f89-4e0a-84fa-db8c3efca8fb
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: September 19, 2019, 06:51:53
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
MD5:

246B1FDA624985D2792C9D814F05894B

SHA1:

9CBE87C3939FE1794EEDE87E0D252EDA472B0D29

SHA256:

4AA43FA1BDB5C444C77C6A333456EA72A17EE300F42DF0D90BFB8FDC4C8BB63F

SSDEEP:

49152:+UJ6ZNXox4SgJhBsfHJq/nCFT4Mv0Pt97m:+tR4xGnCtvwC

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  • MALICIOUS

    • UAC/LUA settings modification

      • sethc.exe (PID: 2368)
      • wininit.exe (PID: 2240)
      • svchost.exe (PID: 2476)
    • Changes the login/logoff helper path in the registry

      • svchost.exe (PID: 2476)
      • wininit.exe (PID: 2240)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Starts itself from another location

      • sethc.exe (PID: 2368)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • sethc.exe (PID: 2368)
    • Creates files in the user directory

      • sethc.exe (PID: 2368)
    • Creates executable files which already exist in Windows

      • sethc.exe (PID: 2368)
    • Creates files in the Windows directory

      • sethc.exe (PID: 2368)
  • INFO

    No info indicators.
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 EXE PECompact compressed (generic) (79.7)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (8.6)
.exe | Win16/32 Executable Delphi generic (3.9)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (3.8)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (3.8)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2015:12:17 00:58:52+01:00
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 2.25
CodeSize: 2651136
InitializedDataSize: 649728
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x288844
OSVersion: 5
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 5
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 1.0.0.0
ProductVersionNumber: 1.0.0.0
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Win32
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
CharacterSet: Windows, Latin1
FileVersion: 1.0.0.0
ProductVersion: 1.0.0.0

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 16-Dec-2015 23:58:52
Detected languages:
  • English - United States
FileVersion: 1.0.0.0
ProductVersion: 1.0.0.0

DOS Header

Magic number: MZ
Bytes on last page of file: 0x0050
Pages in file: 0x0002
Relocations: 0x0000
Size of header: 0x0004
Min extra paragraphs: 0x000F
Max extra paragraphs: 0xFFFF
Initial SS value: 0x0000
Initial SP value: 0x00B8
Checksum: 0x0000
Initial IP value: 0x0000
Initial CS value: 0x0000
Overlay number: 0x001A
OEM identifier: 0x0000
OEM information: 0x0000
Address of NE header: 0x00000100

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 11
Time date stamp: 16-Dec-2015 23:58:52
Pointer to Symbol Table: 0x00000000
Number of symbols: 0
Size of Optional Header: 0x00E0
Characteristics:
  • IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
  • IMAGE_FILE_BYTES_REVERSED_HI
  • IMAGE_FILE_BYTES_REVERSED_LO
  • IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE
  • IMAGE_FILE_LINE_NUMS_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_LOCAL_SYMS_STRIPPED

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
.text
0x00001000
0x00285820
0x00285A00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.45907
.itext
0x00287000
0x000018B8
0x00001A00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.23514
.data
0x00289000
0x0000C128
0x0000C200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
6.3565
.bss
0x00296000
0x00087084
0x00000000
IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
0
.idata
0x0031E000
0x00004432
0x00004600
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
5.25195
.didata
0x00323000
0x00000A68
0x00000C00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
3.74964
.edata
0x00324000
0x0000005E
0x00000200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
1.09063
.tls
0x00325000
0x00000044
0x00000000
IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
0
.rdata
0x00326000
0x0000005D
0x00000200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
1.36117
.reloc
0x00327000
0x00038438
0x00038600
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.72156

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
4.88693
726
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_MANIFEST
2
3.61117
4264
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
3
3.81537
9640
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
4
3.35533
16936
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
5
3.20472
67624
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
6
2.62527
308
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_CURSOR
7
2.91604
308
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_CURSOR
8
2.31558
308
Latin 1 / Western European
UNKNOWN
RT_CURSOR
9
2.6633
308
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_CURSOR
4054
3.1908
588
Latin 1 / Western European
UNKNOWN
RT_STRING

Imports

advapi32.dll
comctl32.dll
gdi32.dll
kernel32.dll
kernel32.dll (delay-loaded)
msvcrt.dll
ole32.dll
oleaut32.dll
shell32.dll
user32.dll

Exports

Title
Ordinal
Address
TMethodImplementationIntercept
1
0x000649FC
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Total processes
39
Monitored processes
4
Malicious processes
3
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start sethc.exe no specs sethc.exe wininit.exe svchost.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
3756"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sethc.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sethc.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
1.0.0.0
2368"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sethc.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sethc.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Exit code:
0
Version:
1.0.0.0
2240c:\windows\wininit.exec:\windows\wininit.exe
sethc.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Version:
1.0.0.0
2476c:\users\admin\appdata\local\svchost.exec:\users\admin\appdata\local\svchost.exe
sethc.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Version:
1.0.0.0
Total events
129
Read events
107
Write events
22
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2368) sethc.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Operation:writeName:ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2368) sethc.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Operation:writeName:EnableLUA
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2368) sethc.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Operation:writeName:PromptOnSecureDesktop
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2240) wininit.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Operation:writeName:ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2240) wininit.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Operation:writeName:EnableLUA
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2240) wininit.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Operation:writeName:PromptOnSecureDesktop
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2240) wininit.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Operation:writeName:Shell
Value:
Explorer.exe
(PID) Process:(2240) wininit.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Operation:writeName:Userinit
Value:
userinit.exe, cmd.exe /c start c:\windows\wininit.exe
(PID) Process:(2476) svchost.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Operation:writeName:ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2476) svchost.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Operation:writeName:EnableLUA
Value:
0
Executable files
6
Suspicious files
0
Text files
1
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2368sethc.exeC:\windows\RCXA2BD.tmp
MD5:
SHA256:
2368sethc.exeC:\users\admin\appdata\local\RCXA2DD.tmp
MD5:
SHA256:
2368sethc.exeC:\users\admin\appdata\roaming\RCXA30D.tmp
MD5:
SHA256:
2368sethc.exec:\users\admin\appdata\roaming\spoolsv.exeexecutable
MD5:05920EE0AACC8DB3B93FD153E443FA80
SHA256:E4EC3A27CCC6735EB0BD779C96D1595EF43A1AAD2554157556E26D9242163CD7
2368sethc.exeC:\windows\wininit.exeexecutable
MD5:3B8F3316C410C7B04A7FF1769FA0A455
SHA256:04599BC0B433DA8A74C26FFB83FC69F79BDA46D05B172709DF92038E5A2588C1
2368sethc.exeC:\users\admin\appdata\roaming\spoolsv.exeexecutable
MD5:05920EE0AACC8DB3B93FD153E443FA80
SHA256:E4EC3A27CCC6735EB0BD779C96D1595EF43A1AAD2554157556E26D9242163CD7
2368sethc.exec:\windows\wininit.exeexecutable
MD5:3B8F3316C410C7B04A7FF1769FA0A455
SHA256:04599BC0B433DA8A74C26FFB83FC69F79BDA46D05B172709DF92038E5A2588C1
2368sethc.exec:\users\admin\appdata\local\svchost.exeexecutable
MD5:0F04FB496D067BEDC35B1ED7343D8934
SHA256:48406047ED85ADD4C786B8D75BC49A49C37AAA2D595B86D06EAFA3B4D4111FBB
2368sethc.exeC:\users\admin\appdata\local\svchost.exeexecutable
MD5:0F04FB496D067BEDC35B1ED7343D8934
SHA256:48406047ED85ADD4C786B8D75BC49A49C37AAA2D595B86D06EAFA3B4D4111FBB
2368sethc.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\icsys.icoimage
MD5:EBA6686372C2215D20363B9D58B00B1D
SHA256:81A326C55CEDB39115F4784BDDECBD142991623559FC57760B6C81C144ADEF89
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
0
DNS requests
0
Threats
0

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

No data

DNS requests

No data

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info