File name:

csc.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/de4bc8f6-5261-4a00-a770-7d5a1d6b2c1d
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: October 03, 2025, 17:15:55
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 3 sections
MD5:

8A12A8E76647FA02CE51BB74DF22C0A3

SHA1:

A3D4A40A3A5919A18C85D1841307516F61E07FB0

SHA256:

4AFF59EF2CCD2C087E5A06E00129B2AC1D740F80CCA563CEAC2E83932E48AB17

SSDEEP:

768:m9/7Ouq1rCPwkrG1Zc5VwfQLar8SuvE6iAxyosvDpnoXSbpm2y31Kv:m9/7OVR1z+VwfQLartIE5NvDRAGM2kc

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Executing a file with an untrusted certificate

      • csc.exe (PID: 5796)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Process drops legitimate windows executable

      • csc.exe (PID: 5796)

    • Starts a Microsoft application from unusual location

      • csc.exe (PID: 5796)

  • INFO

    • The sample compiled with english language support

      • csc.exe (PID: 5796)

    • Checks supported languages

      • csc.exe (PID: 5796)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (64.6)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (15.4)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (10.5)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (4.6)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (4.6)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2014:05:23 04:41:13+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: No relocs, Executable, 32-bit
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 8
CodeSize: 61440
InitializedDataSize: 9216
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x914a
OSVersion: 5
ImageVersion: 8
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows command line
FileVersionNumber: 8.0.50727.6419
ProductVersionNumber: 8.0.50727.6419
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
FileFlags: Pre-release, Private build
FileOS: Win32
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
CharacterSet: Unicode
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription: Visual C# Command Line Compiler
FileVersion: 8.0.50727.6419 (Win8RTMGDR.050727-6400)
InternalName: csc.exe
LegalCopyright: © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
OriginalFileName: csc.exe
ProductName: Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005
ProductVersion: 8.0.50727.6419
No data.
screenshotscreenshot
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Total processes
168
Monitored processes
3
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start csc.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs slui.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2080\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe—csc.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Console Window Host
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
5796"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csc.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csc.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Visual C# Command Line Compiler
Version:
8.0.50727.6419 (Win8RTMGDR.050727-6400)
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\csc.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ole32.dll
7360C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\slui.exe—svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Activation Client
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
Total events
319
Read events
319
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
0
Text files
0
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

No data
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HTTP(S) requests
5
TCP/UDP connections
31
DNS requests
14
Threats
1

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
796
svchost.exe
GET
200
162.159.142.9:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
796
svchost.exe
GET
200
162.159.142.9:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
7564
backgroundTaskHost.exe
GET
200
162.159.142.9:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
7416
backgroundTaskHost.exe
GET
200
162.159.142.9:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAn5bsKVVV8kdJ6vHl3O1J0%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
5648
backgroundTaskHost.exe
GET
200
162.159.142.9:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAn5bsKVVV8kdJ6vHl3O1J0%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
6016
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
4.231.128.59:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
3432
RUXIMICS.exe
4.231.128.59:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
5224
SearchApp.exe
2.16.241.218:443
www.bing.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
796
svchost.exe
40.126.32.134:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
796
svchost.exe
162.159.142.9:80
ocsp.digicert.com
CLOUDFLARENET
—
whitelisted
7564
backgroundTaskHost.exe
2.16.241.218:443
www.bing.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
7564
backgroundTaskHost.exe
162.159.142.9:80
ocsp.digicert.com
CLOUDFLARENET
—
whitelisted
3464
svchost.exe
172.211.123.250:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 4.231.128.59
  • 20.73.194.208
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.185.174
whitelisted
www.bing.com
  • 2.16.241.218
  • 2.16.241.201
  • 2.16.241.205
  • 2.16.241.207
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 40.126.32.134
  • 20.190.160.3
  • 40.126.32.76
  • 40.126.32.72
  • 20.190.160.66
  • 40.126.32.138
  • 20.190.160.64
  • 40.126.32.136
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 162.159.142.9
  • 172.66.2.5
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.250
whitelisted
arc.msn.com
  • 20.223.35.26
whitelisted
fd.api.iris.microsoft.com
  • 20.223.36.55
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 74.178.240.61
whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 20.242.39.171
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
—
—
Unknown Traffic
ET USER_AGENTS Microsoft Dr Watson User-Agent (MSDW)
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