File name:

Set-up.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/d681d326-3e98-4649-996f-7ea5efae8b24
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: May 16, 2025, 08:02:19
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:
adobeinstaller
installer
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 5 sections
MD5:

5A52B411F3DB447064B7D2979D5097B9

SHA1:

9C4160400F4BECE54016D2F051CA60C0AEF49900

SHA256:

50C728125C297E0BD5EAADA1364E8BA6EB1089EC2A346853674CD61C87D02633

SSDEEP:

98304:jAxbirZ5jTpEgz5zov+PCpB3xTv1dCcd0q/ZoNKi0C86fzg7yLz2NhufETTwxgow:fk

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Executing a file with an untrusted certificate

      • Set-up.exe (PID: 4172)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • Set-up.exe (PID: 4172)

  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • Set-up.exe (PID: 4172)

    • The sample compiled with english language support

      • Set-up.exe (PID: 4172)

    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • Set-up.exe (PID: 4172)

    • Reads the computer name

      • Set-up.exe (PID: 4172)

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • Set-up.exe (PID: 4172)

    • Checks proxy server information

      • Set-up.exe (PID: 4172)

    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • Set-up.exe (PID: 4172)

    • Reads the software policy settings

      • Set-up.exe (PID: 4172)

    • ADOBEINSTALLER mutex has been found

      • Set-up.exe (PID: 4172)

    • Process checks whether UAC notifications are on

      • Set-up.exe (PID: 4172)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (52.9)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (23.5)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (23.5)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2020:09:16 08:44:19+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, 32-bit
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 14.23
CodeSize: 3613696
InitializedDataSize: 4041728
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x2d147a
OSVersion: 5.1
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 5.1
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 6.1.0.587
ProductVersionNumber: 6.1.0.587
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Windows NT 32-bit
ObjectFileType: Dynamic link library
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
CharacterSet: Unicode
CompanyName: Adobe Inc.
FileDescription: Adobe Installer
FileVersion: 6.1.0.587
InternalName: Adobe Installer
LegalCopyright: © 2013-2023 Adobe. All rights reserved.
OriginalFileName: Adobe Installer
ProductName: Adobe Installer
ProductVersion: 6.1.0.587
No data.
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Total processes
129
Monitored processes
3
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
1

Behavior graph

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start set-up.exe sppextcomobj.exe no specs slui.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
1132C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe—svchost.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
1280"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.exe—SppExtComObj.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
4172"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Set-up.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Set-up.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Inc.
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Adobe Installer
Exit code:
1
Version:
6.1.0.587
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\set-up.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\shlwapi.dll
Total events
3 497
Read events
3 497
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
4
Text files
1
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
4172Set-up.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8890A77645B73478F5B1DED18ACBF795_C090A8C88B266C6FF99A97210E92B44Dbinary
MD5:CF13A5E3EF5208F8F0616E5F7E583BBD
SHA256:A3205750433B61A0E0C0C9F3FE3EB720B33DCD32E3EF4CF649905C758EBF507D
4172Set-up.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\DA3B6E45325D5FFF28CF6BAD6065C907_EA01B8AC2C0BE6E5850A0487D704D929binary
MD5:619A9465F1B41ED51F3E3E38FD680BCF
SHA256:2E49FBF75D8BBEB7746D1D9DC127428AD7B4FFED028E68DC0E6B292964DCC905
4172Set-up.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CreativeCloud\ACC\AdobeDownload\HDInstaller.logtext
MD5:F3B25701FE362EC84616A93A45CE9998
SHA256:B3D510EF04275CA8E698E5B3CBB0ECE3949EF9252F0CDC839E9EE347409A2209
4172Set-up.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\DA3B6E45325D5FFF28CF6BAD6065C907_EA01B8AC2C0BE6E5850A0487D704D929binary
MD5:EC21F90FEDF3BFFBABFA9A8B9192E5F9
SHA256:407BA2066C879976AC070EF443AC2F13AD6487F4F374AF33B4C4C5AAAC1A31F0
4172Set-up.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8890A77645B73478F5B1DED18ACBF795_C090A8C88B266C6FF99A97210E92B44Dbinary
MD5:F47D984AF6AB0EB8EE631E589528E3E7
SHA256:42F571CBAED30385523D05D1F7B0B61ACF961729DE4F79B0FF69C53B75AA7180
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HTTP(S) requests
7
TCP/UDP connections
20
DNS requests
12
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
—
—
GET
200
2.23.246.101:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
GET
200
2.19.11.120:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4172
Set-up.exe
GET
200
2.23.77.188:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSPwl%2BrBFlJbvzLXU1bGW08VysJ2wQUj%2Bh%2B8G0yagAFI8dwl2o6kP9r6tQCEAbyTZ9NsHvX7K0Gf17ibCk%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4172
Set-up.exe
GET
200
2.23.77.188:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTfqhLjKLEJQZPin0KCzkdAQpVYowQUsT7DaQP4v0cB1JgmGggC72NkK8MCEAPxtOFfOoLxFJZ4s9fYR1w%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
GET
200
2.23.77.188:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
1184
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.52.120.96:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
1184
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.52.120.96:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
51.104.136.2:443
—
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
—
—
2.19.11.120:80
crl.microsoft.com
Elisa Oyj
NL
whitelisted
—
—
2.23.246.101:80
www.microsoft.com
Ooredoo Q.S.C.
QA
whitelisted
2104
svchost.exe
51.104.136.2:443
—
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
4172
Set-up.exe
2.23.77.188:80
ocsp.digicert.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
2112
svchost.exe
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
3216
svchost.exe
172.211.123.250:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
40.126.32.138:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
crl.microsoft.com
  • 2.19.11.120
  • 2.19.11.105
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 2.23.246.101
  • 23.52.120.96
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.185.78
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 2.23.77.188
whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 20.73.194.208
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.250
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 40.126.32.138
  • 40.126.32.133
  • 20.190.160.17
  • 20.190.160.65
  • 20.190.160.2
  • 40.126.32.76
  • 20.190.160.64
  • 20.190.160.131
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 4.175.87.197
whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 20.3.187.198
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info
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