File name:

VPNSTEIN-2021.zip

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/527da28c-d2bd-45db-adf4-e8758d5d3050
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: August 16, 2021, 13:16:42
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/zip
File info: Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract
MD5:

B04BE173C1BF3B253960C318A86BB117

SHA1:

005C9EFE92C017A51C59EB0D6F0443DAE40358BC

SHA256:

4DCF7A22FE3C62AA08E55C2286C21BCC1AA30C046BBDFD455D5ABF8FE3464A01

SSDEEP:

98304:R8bZUgZx8Bckt7ItiDmxktPpLI0C+dSVFC2Lg9JMWo/:R8bWQx8rt8tixxITLZg4X/

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Loads dropped or rewritten executable

      • SearchProtocolHost.exe (PID: 2092)
      • VPNSTEIN.exe (PID: 3980)

    • Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

      • VPNSTEIN.exe (PID: 2792)
      • VPNSTEIN.exe (PID: 3980)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Checks supported languages

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 2268)
      • VPNSTEIN.exe (PID: 3980)

    • Reads the computer name

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 2268)
      • VPNSTEIN.exe (PID: 3980)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 2268)

    • Drops a file with too old compile date

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 2268)

    • Drops a file that was compiled in debug mode

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 2268)

    • Reads Environment values

      • VPNSTEIN.exe (PID: 3980)

    • Reads internet explorer settings

      • VPNSTEIN.exe (PID: 3980)

    • Creates files in the program directory

      • VPNSTEIN.exe (PID: 3980)

  • INFO

    • Manual execution by user

      • VPNSTEIN.exe (PID: 2792)
      • VPNSTEIN.exe (PID: 3980)

    • Reads settings of System Certificates

      • VPNSTEIN.exe (PID: 3980)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.zip | ZIP compressed archive (100)

EXIF

ZIP

ZipFileName: VPNSTEIN.exe
ZipUncompressedSize: 330752
ZipCompressedSize: 201139
ZipCRC: 0xb83b15eb
ZipModifyDate: 2021:08:09 21:30:00
ZipCompression: Deflated
ZipBitFlag: -
ZipRequiredVersion: 20
No data.
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Total processes
43
Monitored processes
4
Malicious processes
3
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start winrar.exe searchprotocolhost.exe no specs vpnstein.exe no specs vpnstein.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2092"C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe4_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe4 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon" C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe—SearchIndexer.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Microsoft Windows Search Protocol Host
Exit code:
0
Version:
7.00.7601.24542 (win7sp1_ldr_escrow.191209-2211)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\searchprotocolhost.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\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2268"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VPNSTEIN-2021.zip"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe
Explorer.EXE
User:
admin
Company:
Alexander Roshal
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
WinRAR archiver
Exit code:
0
Version:
5.91.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\winrar\winrar.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\comdlg32.dll
2792"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\VPNSTEIN.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\VPNSTEIN.exe—Explorer.EXE
User:
admin
Company:
AoE2Tools
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
VPNSTEIN V3
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
3.0.0.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\vpnstein.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
3980"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\VPNSTEIN.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\VPNSTEIN.exe
Explorer.EXE
User:
admin
Company:
AoE2Tools
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
VPNSTEIN V3
Exit code:
0
Version:
3.0.0.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\vpnstein.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\mscoree.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\microsoft.net\framework\v4.0.30319\mscoreei.dll
Total events
5 256
Read events
5 183
Write events
73
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2268) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\Interface\Themes
Operation:writeName:ShellExtBMP
Value:
(PID) Process:(2268) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\Interface\Themes
Operation:writeName:ShellExtIcon
Value:
(PID) Process:(2268) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\16C\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:LanguageList
Value:
en-US
(PID) Process:(2268) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:writeName:1
Value:
C:\Users\admin\Desktop\virtio_ivshmem_master_build.zip
(PID) Process:(2268) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:writeName:0
Value:
C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VPNSTEIN-2021.zip
(PID) Process:(2268) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:name
Value:
120
(PID) Process:(2268) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:size
Value:
80
(PID) Process:(2268) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:type
Value:
120
(PID) Process:(2268) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:mtime
Value:
100
(PID) Process:(2268) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\16C\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:@C:\Windows\system32\notepad.exe,-469
Value:
Text Document
Executable files
10
Suspicious files
1
Text files
5
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2268WinRAR.exeC:\Users\admin\Desktop\ComponentFactory.Krypton.Navigator.dllexecutable
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2268WinRAR.exeC:\Users\admin\Desktop\customvpn.txttext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2268WinRAR.exeC:\Users\admin\Desktop\ComponentFactory.Krypton.Toolkit.dllexecutable
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2268WinRAR.exeC:\Users\admin\Desktop\DotRas.dllexecutable
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2268WinRAR.exeC:\Users\admin\Desktop\VPNSTEIN.exeexecutable
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2268WinRAR.exeC:\Users\admin\Desktop\ComponentFactory.Krypton.Ribbon.dllexecutable
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2268WinRAR.exeC:\Users\admin\Desktop\ComponentFactory.Krypton.Workspace.dllexecutable
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3980VPNSTEIN.exeC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Network\Connections\Pbk\rasphone.pbktext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3980VPNSTEIN.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\server.txttext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2268WinRAR.exeC:\Users\admin\Desktop\ComponentFactory.Krypton.Design.dllexecutable
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
7
DNS requests
5
Threats
3

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
3980
VPNSTEIN.exe
162.125.66.14:443
content.dropboxapi.com
Dropbox, Inc.
DE
suspicious
4
System
188.121.240.37:1723
pptp.ipjetable.net
Lost Oasis SARL
NL
unknown
4
System
188.121.240.6:1723
pptp.ipjetable.net
Lost Oasis SARL
NL
suspicious
—
—
188.121.240.37:443
pptp.ipjetable.net
Lost Oasis SARL
NL
unknown

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
google.com
  • 142.250.186.142
malicious
content.dropboxapi.com
  • 162.125.66.14
suspicious
pptp.ipjetable.net
  • 188.121.240.37
  • 188.121.240.7
  • 188.121.240.36
  • 188.121.240.6
  • 188.121.240.39
  • 188.121.240.38
  • 188.121.240.4
suspicious

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
3980
VPNSTEIN.exe
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
ET POLICY [401TRG] DropBox Access via API (SNI)
3980
VPNSTEIN.exe
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
ET POLICY [401TRG] DropBox Access via API (Certificate)
896
svchost.exe
Generic Protocol Command Decode
SURICATA IKEv2 malformed request data
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