Malware analysis PhotoshopPortable.exe Malicious activity

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File name:	PhotoshopPortable.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/f85ed869-f0ec-430b-81ef-65bd3195ee56
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	May 15, 2025, 21:45:11
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	upx
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 6 sections
MD5:	49A3598D23EE8AB703C6E59DE0317168
SHA1:	09ABEDFD110F52C3265E085A45C1FEDAD8CC891F
SHA256:	4CBC4D474F59F3E86B3ADF84F0EAB452742C05AE13A8BA099F129138F14FD9E8
SSDEEP:	6144:BwaTrdogaqI/4DvG3gkwAaoOH6d6/zsPsV:B91vTIgDbV6OY6rsa

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 300 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
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
- Executing a file with an untrusted certificate
  - PhotoshopPortable.exe (PID: 7376)
  - PhotoshopPortable.exe (PID: 7268)
  - PhotoshopPortable.exe (PID: 8052)
  - PhotoshopPortable.exe (PID: 8100)
SUSPICIOUS
- The process creates files with name similar to system file names
  - PhotoshopPortable.exe (PID: 7376)
  - PhotoshopPortable.exe (PID: 8100)
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - PhotoshopPortable.exe (PID: 7376)
  - PhotoshopPortable.exe (PID: 8100)
- Malware-specific behavior (creating "System.dll" in Temp)
  - PhotoshopPortable.exe (PID: 7376)
  - PhotoshopPortable.exe (PID: 8100)
- There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)
  - PhotoshopPortable.exe (PID: 7376)
INFO
- Create files in a temporary directory
  - PhotoshopPortable.exe (PID: 7376)
  - PhotoshopPortable.exe (PID: 8100)
- Checks supported languages
  - PhotoshopPortable.exe (PID: 7376)
  - PhotoshopPortable.exe (PID: 8100)
- Reads the computer name
  - PhotoshopPortable.exe (PID: 7376)
  - PhotoshopPortable.exe (PID: 8100)
- UPX packer has been detected
  - PhotoshopPortable.exe (PID: 7376)
- Manual execution by a user
  - PhotoshopPortable.exe (PID: 8100)
  - PhotoshopPortable.exe (PID: 8052)
- Reads the software policy settings
  - slui.exe (PID: 7500)
  - slui.exe (PID: 7204)
- Checks proxy server information
  - slui.exe (PID: 7204)

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TRiD

.exe	\|	Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (42.2)
.exe	\|	Win64 Executable (generic) (37.3)
.dll	\|	Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (8.8)
.exe	\|	Win32 Executable (generic) (6)
.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (2.7)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp:	2012:02:24 19:19:59+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, 32-bit
PEType:	PE32
LinkerVersion:	10
CodeSize:	28672
InitializedDataSize:	445952
UninitializedDataSize:	16896
EntryPoint:	0x39e3
OSVersion:	5
ImageVersion:	6
SubsystemVersion:	5
Subsystem:	Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber:	16.0.0.88
ProductVersionNumber:	16.0.0.88
FileFlagsMask:	0x0000
FileFlags:	(none)
FileOS:	Win32
ObjectFileType:	Executable application
FileSubtype:	-
LanguageCode:	Neutral
CharacterSet:	Windows, Cyrillic
Comments:	http://portablewares.blogspot.com/
CompanyName:	Adobe Systems, Incorporated
FileDescription:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2015
FileVersion:	16.0.0.88
InternalName:	PhotoshopPortable.exe
LegalCopyright:	Copyright 2015 Adobe Systems Inc.
OriginalFileName:	PhotoshopPortable.exe
ProductName:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2015
ProductVersion:	Portable

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Total processes

149

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

1168

"C:\WINDOWS\system32\UCPDMgr.exe"

C:\Windows\System32\UCPDMgr.exe

—

svchost.exe

User:

SYSTEM

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

User Choice Protection Manager

Exit code:

Version:

1.0.0.414301

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\ucpdmgr.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.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

1324

"C:\WINDOWS\system32\UCPDMgr.exe"

C:\Windows\System32\UCPDMgr.exe

—

svchost.exe

User:

SYSTEM

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

User Choice Protection Manager

Exit code:

Version:

1.0.0.414301

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\ucpdmgr.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.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

5508

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

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

—

UCPDMgr.exe

User:

SYSTEM

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

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

5772

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

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

—

UCPDMgr.exe

User:

SYSTEM

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

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

7204

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

7268

"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\PhotoshopPortable.exe"

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\PhotoshopPortable.exe

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Adobe Systems, Incorporated

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Adobe Photoshop CC 2015

Exit code:

3221226540

Version:

16.0.0.88

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\photoshopportable.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll

7376

"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\PhotoshopPortable.exe"

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\PhotoshopPortable.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Adobe Systems, Incorporated

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

Adobe Photoshop CC 2015

Exit code:

Version:

16.0.0.88

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\photoshopportable.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

7464

C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe

—

svchost.exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

KMS Connection Broker

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

7500

"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=TimerEvent

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

SppExtComObj.Exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

Windows Activation Client

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\msxml6.dll
c:\windows\system32\ws2_32.dll
c:\windows\system32\ondemandconnroutehelper.dll
c:\windows\system32\iphlpapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\nsi.dll
c:\windows\system32\dhcpcsvc6.dll
c:\windows\system32\dhcpcsvc.dll
c:\windows\system32\webio.dll
c:\windows\system32\mswsock.dll
c:\windows\system32\winnsi.dll

8052

"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\PhotoshopPortable.exe"

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\PhotoshopPortable.exe

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Adobe Systems, Incorporated

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Adobe Photoshop CC 2015

Exit code:

3221226540

Version:

16.0.0.88

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\photoshopportable.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll

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Total events

1 046

Read events

1 046

Write events

Delete events

Modification events

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
8100	PhotoshopPortable.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsj40B1.tmp\System.dll		executable
		MD5:BF712F32249029466FA86756F5546950	SHA256:7851CB12FA4131F1FEE5DE390D650EF65CAC561279F1CFE70AD16CC9780210AF
7376	PhotoshopPortable.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nslC518.tmp		binary
		MD5:2C589B7C98358EF0E87B18CE923FE3F8	SHA256:9DA0D0BC12B62747ACEE7FEF685938773C808E8D56377BE20D80A1D4E0AD4E9B
7376	PhotoshopPortable.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nswC690.tmp\System.dll		executable
		MD5:BF712F32249029466FA86756F5546950	SHA256:7851CB12FA4131F1FEE5DE390D650EF65CAC561279F1CFE70AD16CC9780210AF
8100	PhotoshopPortable.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsu40A1.tmp		binary
		MD5:2C589B7C98358EF0E87B18CE923FE3F8	SHA256:9DA0D0BC12B62747ACEE7FEF685938773C808E8D56377BE20D80A1D4E0AD4E9B
7376	PhotoshopPortable.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Data\settings\PhotoshopPortableSettings.ini		text
		MD5:3C6A63E0B62439CC2D938D2365569286	SHA256:18BAFD6069227D3028D75AEE80BF2AEFEB0DFBBA9657EB2BFD366405662AA8C6

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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
—	—	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	23.216.77.25:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7884	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
7884	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
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
—	—	23.216.77.25:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
—	—	184.30.21.171:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
2112	svchost.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
—	—	172.211.123.249:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	FR	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	20.190.159.23:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	2.17.190.73:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
google.com	142.250.74.206	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	23.216.77.25 23.216.77.8 23.216.77.30 23.216.77.13 23.216.77.28 23.216.77.21 23.216.77.41 23.216.77.22 23.216.77.18	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	184.30.21.171	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.249 172.211.123.250	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.159.23 20.190.159.131 20.190.159.128 40.126.31.1 40.126.31.71 40.126.31.130 40.126.31.69 20.190.159.73	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.17.190.73	whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.104.136.2	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	172.202.163.200	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	20.242.39.171	whitelisted
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com	52.111.227.11	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

PhotoshopPortable.exe

49A3598D23EE8AB703C6E59DE0317168

09ABEDFD110F52C3265E085A45C1FEDAD8CC891F

4CBC4D474F59F3E86B3ADF84F0EAB452742C05AE13A8BA099F129138F14FD9E8

6144:BwaTrdogaqI/4DvG3gkwAaoOH6d6/zsPsV:B91vTIgDbV6OY6rsa

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Executing a file with an untrusted certificate

SUSPICIOUS

The process creates files with name similar to system file names

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

Malware-specific behavior (creating "System.dll" in Temp)

There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)

INFO

Create files in a temporary directory

Checks supported languages

Reads the computer name

UPX packer has been detected

Manual execution by a user

Reads the software policy settings

Checks proxy server information

Malware configuration

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