File name:

putty-portable-0.83-installer_jm-oCT2.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/182a087a-553a-4029-923b-c181f48a6333
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: April 12, 2025, 21:28:51
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:
putty
rmm-tool
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 5 sections
MD5:

519323C0BA82598E4304211EE225D998

SHA1:

34488CDA57D1A98ED2B8FB6B65307AD285F16ED4

SHA256:

4BC69ACDBC93F0CFA42B28DBCD51BBA4F2E4347EC84054AB5B3178788BB3C60A

SSDEEP:

98304:7PIRMu5DUrszskSGjKuV3XNr/g4T6Gq+flu+ehce/Unba+O+CB3jD9hlS:k

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Executing a file with an untrusted certificate

      • PuTTYPortable.exe (PID: 8160)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)

      • putty-portable-0.83-installer_jm-oCT2.exe (PID: 7200)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • putty-portable-0.83-installer_jm-oCT2.exe (PID: 7200)
      • putty-portable-0.83-installer.exe (PID: 7752)
      • PuTTYPortable.exe (PID: 8160)
    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • putty-portable-0.83-installer_jm-oCT2.exe (PID: 7200)
      • PuTTYPortable.exe (PID: 8160)
    • The process creates files with name similar to system file names

      • putty-portable-0.83-installer.exe (PID: 7752)
      • PuTTYPortable.exe (PID: 8160)
    • Malware-specific behavior (creating "System.dll" in Temp)

      • putty-portable-0.83-installer.exe (PID: 7752)
      • PuTTYPortable.exe (PID: 8160)
    • Executes application which crashes

      • putty-portable-0.83-installer_jm-oCT2.exe (PID: 7200)
    • PUTTY has been detected

      • PUTTY.EXE (PID: 6032)
  • INFO

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • putty-portable-0.83-installer_jm-oCT2.exe (PID: 7200)
    • Reads the software policy settings

      • putty-portable-0.83-installer_jm-oCT2.exe (PID: 7200)
    • Reads the computer name

      • putty-portable-0.83-installer_jm-oCT2.exe (PID: 7200)
      • putty-portable-0.83-installer.exe (PID: 7752)
      • PuTTYPortable.exe (PID: 8160)
      • PUTTY.EXE (PID: 6032)
    • Checks proxy server information

      • putty-portable-0.83-installer_jm-oCT2.exe (PID: 7200)
    • Checks supported languages

      • putty-portable-0.83-installer_jm-oCT2.exe (PID: 7200)
      • putty-portable-0.83-installer.exe (PID: 7752)
      • PuTTYPortable.exe (PID: 8160)
      • PUTTY.EXE (PID: 6032)
    • The sample compiled with english language support

      • putty-portable-0.83-installer_jm-oCT2.exe (PID: 7200)
      • putty-portable-0.83-installer.exe (PID: 7752)
    • Process checks computer location settings

      • putty-portable-0.83-installer_jm-oCT2.exe (PID: 7200)
    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • putty-portable-0.83-installer.exe (PID: 7752)
      • PuTTYPortable.exe (PID: 8160)
    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • WerFault.exe (PID: 7880)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (17.3)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (4.1)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (2.8)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (1.2)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2024:10:31 15:22:05+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, 32-bit
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 14.42
CodeSize: 2143744
InitializedDataSize: 2316288
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x1c118b
OSVersion: 6
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 6
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 3.0.11.0
ProductVersionNumber: 3.0.11.0
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Windows NT 32-bit
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
CharacterSet: Unicode
CompanyName: Softonic
FileDescription: Softonic
FileVersion: 3.0.11.0.0
LegalCopyright: (c) Softonic
ProductName: Softonic
ProductVersion: 3.0.11.0.0
No data.
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Total processes
139
Monitored processes
8
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
1

Behavior graph

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start putty-portable-0.83-installer_jm-oct2.exe sppextcomobj.exe no specs slui.exe no specs putty-portable-0.83-installer.exe werfault.exe no specs puttyportable.exe THREAT putty.exe no specs putty-portable-0.83-installer_jm-oct2.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
5972"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\putty-portable-0.83-installer_jm-oCT2.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\putty-portable-0.83-installer_jm-oCT2.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Softonic
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Softonic
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
3.0.11.0.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\putty-portable-0.83-installer_jm-oct2.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
6032"C:\Users\admin\Downloads\PuTTYPortable\App\putty\putty.exe"C:\Users\admin\Downloads\PuTTYPortable\App\putty\PUTTY.EXE
PuTTYPortable.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Simon Tatham
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
SSH, Telnet, Rlogin, and SUPDUP client
Version:
Release 0.83 (with embedded help)
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\downloads\puttyportable\app\putty\putty.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\gdi32.dll
7200"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\putty-portable-0.83-installer_jm-oCT2.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\putty-portable-0.83-installer_jm-oCT2.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Softonic
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Softonic
Exit code:
3221226356
Version:
3.0.11.0.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\putty-portable-0.83-installer_jm-oct2.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\user32.dll
7240C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exesvchost.exe
User:
NETWORK SERVICE
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
KMS Connection Broker
Version:
10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\sppextcomobj.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\oleaut32.dll
7272"C:\WINDOWS\System32\SLUI.exe" RuleId=3482d82e-ca2c-4e1f-8864-da0267b484b2;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=4de7cb65-cdf1-4de9-8ae8-e3cce27b9f2c;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEventC:\Windows\System32\slui.exeSppExtComObj.Exe
User:
NETWORK SERVICE
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
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
7752"C:\Users\admin\Downloads\putty-portable-0.83-installer.exe" C:\Users\admin\Downloads\putty-portable-0.83-installer.exe
putty-portable-0.83-installer_jm-oCT2.exe
User:
admin
Company:
PortableApps.com
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
PuTTY Portable
Exit code:
0
Version:
0.83.0.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\downloads\putty-portable-0.83-installer.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\advapi32.dll
7880C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 7200 -s 896C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeputty-portable-0.83-installer_jm-oCT2.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows Problem Reporting
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\syswow64\werfault.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\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\combase.dll
8160"C:\Users\admin\Downloads\PuTTYPortable\PuTTYPortable.exe"C:\Users\admin\Downloads\PuTTYPortable\PuTTYPortable.exe
putty-portable-0.83-installer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
PortableApps.com
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
PuTTY Portable (PortableApps.com Launcher)
Version:
2.2.9.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\downloads\puttyportable\puttyportable.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\user32.dll
Total events
3 141
Read events
3 135
Write events
3
Delete events
3

Modification events

(PID) Process:(7880) WerFault.exeKey:\REGISTRY\A\{a7ebfaa1-e30d-3c01-a831-c6d459d106c9}\Root\InventoryApplicationFile
Operation:writeName:WritePermissionsCheck
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(7880) WerFault.exeKey:\REGISTRY\A\{a7ebfaa1-e30d-3c01-a831-c6d459d106c9}\Root\InventoryApplicationFile\PermissionsCheckTestKey
Operation:delete keyName:(default)
Value:
Executable files
17
Suspicious files
5
Text files
24
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
7880WerFault.exeC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_putty-portable-0_6b3643f0d914541b178a9239d9c6491dfc5b524_13caa590_599fee78-03d7-4e98-94dd-14eeb833252a\Report.wer
MD5:
SHA256:
7200putty-portable-0.83-installer_jm-oCT2.exeC:\Users\admin\Downloads\putty-portable-0.83-installer.exeexecutable
MD5:710ADA266BBB007A4CB0E6D057DA3D76
SHA256:7A19751ED16E5A355BDB3F415DF9F28F47EC87B608A59D691256A8983F6D3987
7752putty-portable-0.83-installer.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nshFBB9.tmp\nsDialogs.dllexecutable
MD5:B7D61F3F56ABF7B7FF0D4E7DA3AD783D
SHA256:89A82C4849C21DFE765052681E1FAD02D2D7B13C8B5075880C52423DCA72A912
7880WerFault.exeC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER8E7.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xmlxml
MD5:93EA605941F59DCD6BF8047ADFDF5ED0
SHA256:A73759300F1429345406895A191C304A5191B3951ACDDEF1810C473E4D9621EB
7752putty-portable-0.83-installer.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nshFBB9.tmp\modern-wizard.bmpimage
MD5:4DF53EFCAA2C52F39618B2AAD77BB552
SHA256:EE13539F3D66CC0592942EA1A4C35D8FD9AF67B1A7F272D0D791931E6E9CE4EB
7880WerFault.exeC:\Windows\appcompat\Programs\Amcache.hvebinary
MD5:EB2B62259CF279D0E1FA968BBD8FDD55
SHA256:936D4B48C23155C073A3304DB6F6BDDE7EE90439A01A3F36FD4AEE6AF6049CE7
7880WerFault.exeC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER721.tmp.dmpbinary
MD5:AD0E7A19E19CA949831CB3220F9FE22F
SHA256:52C3758281EBC562D6C9804DEB8CC134BCE26292B0254EF02AFDF635C36432ED
7880WerFault.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\putty-portable-0.83-installer_jm-oCT2.exe.7200.dmpbinary
MD5:97D29C5A9DB75BE2611E77D2F35FC335
SHA256:22D14AE7E094DFB733633D9D63A05F5088EEAD3D840E932CF2B11E87DDDFE453
7752putty-portable-0.83-installer.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nshFBB9.tmp\System.dllexecutable
MD5:192639861E3DC2DC5C08BB8F8C7260D5
SHA256:23D618A0293C78CE00F7C6E6DD8B8923621DA7DD1F63A070163EF4C0EC3033D6
7752putty-portable-0.83-installer.exeC:\Users\admin\Downloads\PuTTYPortable\App\Readme.txttext
MD5:50A1227C8DFEF16D5F98039EAD77010D
SHA256:7DDD729BA9DB617E8364B8F2793C8239270C66DAF192269B359BE2620807E972
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HTTP(S) requests
4
TCP/UDP connections
22
DNS requests
15
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
GET
200
2.16.241.19:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
GET
200
2.23.77.188:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
whitelisted
8032
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
whitelisted
8032
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
192.168.100.255:137
whitelisted
4.231.128.59:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
2.16.241.19:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
3216
svchost.exe
172.211.123.248:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
20.190.159.68:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
2.23.77.188:80
ocsp.digicert.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
7200
putty-portable-0.83-installer_jm-oCT2.exe
3.160.203.199:443
di7e1j5f1plfo.cloudfront.net
US
whitelisted
7200
putty-portable-0.83-installer_jm-oCT2.exe
151.101.1.91:443
images.sftcdn.net
FASTLY
US
whitelisted
2104
svchost.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 4.231.128.59
  • 40.127.240.158
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 2.16.241.19
  • 2.16.241.12
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.185.78
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.248
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 20.190.159.68
  • 20.190.159.0
  • 20.190.159.128
  • 40.126.31.129
  • 40.126.31.69
  • 40.126.31.73
  • 20.190.159.64
  • 20.190.159.129
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 2.23.77.188
whitelisted
di7e1j5f1plfo.cloudfront.net
  • 3.160.203.199
  • 3.160.203.34
  • 3.160.203.18
  • 3.160.203.13
whitelisted
images.sftcdn.net
  • 151.101.1.91
  • 151.101.65.91
  • 151.101.129.91
  • 151.101.193.91
whitelisted
gsf-fl.softonic.com
  • 151.101.1.91
  • 151.101.65.91
  • 151.101.129.91
  • 151.101.193.91
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 4.175.87.197
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info