| File name: | Ducky.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/bdf10e52-a0ab-4d60-b96e-ec2ab7a8f0be |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | A loader is malicious software that infiltrates devices to deliver malicious payloads. This malware is capable of infecting victims’ computers, analyzing their system information, and installing other types of threats, such as trojans or stealers. Criminals usually deliver loaders through phishing emails and links by relying on social engineering to trick users into downloading and running their executables. Loaders employ advanced evasion and persistence tactics to avoid detection. |
| Analysis date: | June 21, 2025, 17:08:50 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64, for MS Windows, 6 sections |
| MD5: | 3F79B586A78394FD9A830C2E28D3CE42 |
| SHA1: | 907F9DE4AD35219A3957AAC9E3A156B744BB34C5 |
| SHA256: | 51C34A35453C73B873AC0D6800FD4D20B8D8779D7CC9A1A3A03F7828C9F7A133 |
| SSDEEP: | 1536:Ytit94vkBEVBZEU9RbcRCo1b0LeVYMAu5Jx2I0AW9nwL6FL33333G:vbBEqU/bcRCo1bx1QaowP |
MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.SUSPICIOUS
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- Ducky.exe (PID: 6188)
- Ducky.exe (PID: 1760)
Reads the date of Windows installation
- Ducky.exe (PID: 6188)
Starts itself from another location
- Ducky.exe (PID: 6188)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- Ducky.exe (PID: 1760)
- Ducky.exe (PID: 6188)
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
- Ducky.exe (PID: 1760)
Executes as Windows Service
- watchdog.exe (PID: 5116)
INFO
Reads the computer name
- Ducky.exe (PID: 6188)
- Ducky.exe (PID: 1760)
- watchdog.exe (PID: 5116)
Checks supported languages
- Ducky.exe (PID: 6188)
- Ducky.exe (PID: 1760)
- watchdog.exe (PID: 5116)
Process checks computer location settings
- Ducky.exe (PID: 6188)
Checks proxy server information
- Ducky.exe (PID: 1760)
- slui.exe (PID: 1136)
Reads the software policy settings
- slui.exe (PID: 1136)
Creates files or folders in the user directory
- Ducky.exe (PID: 1760)
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TRiD
| .exe | | | Win64 Executable (generic) (87.3) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (6.3) |
| .exe | | | DOS Executable Generic (6.3) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | AMD AMD64 |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2025:06:21 17:01:26+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, Large address aware |
| PEType: | PE32+ |
| LinkerVersion: | 14.44 |
| CodeSize: | 13824 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 87552 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x3640 |
| OSVersion: | 6 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 6 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
Total processes
158
Monitored processes
8
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
1
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1136 | 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: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 1760 | "C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ducky.exe" | C:\Windows\System32\Ducky.exe | Ducky.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Modules
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| 2200 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p -s Dnscache | C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe | services.exe | ||||||||||||
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Host Process for Windows Services Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 2596 | "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: 0 Version: 1.0.0.414301 Modules
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| 3956 | \??\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: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 5116 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\watchdog.exe | C:\Windows\System32\watchdog.exe | — | services.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Integrity Level: SYSTEM Modules
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| 6188 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ducky.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ducky.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Exit code: 0 Modules
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| 6652 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ducky.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ducky.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 3221226540 Modules
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Total events
1 818
Read events
1 815
Write events
3
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (1760) Ducky.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1760) Ducky.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Cookie: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1760) Ducky.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Visited: | |||
Executable files
3
Suspicious files
0
Text files
1
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1760 | Ducky.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\E4DJRUXW\wayne[1].wav | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 6188 | Ducky.exe | C:\Windows\System32\Ducky.exe | executable | |
MD5:3F79B586A78394FD9A830C2E28D3CE42 | SHA256:51C34A35453C73B873AC0D6800FD4D20B8D8779D7CC9A1A3A03F7828C9F7A133 | |||
| 1760 | Ducky.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\RR3E01RZ\watchdog[1].exe | executable | |
MD5:9AC7FA5FACF34F4DFACE95E4F9ACB3A1 | SHA256:4A92F25B5934C9CD550A13546024353EFC411E3E19D9083B731B69FDECAC5F27 | |||
| 1760 | Ducky.exe | C:\Windows\System32\watchdog.exe | executable | |
MD5:9AC7FA5FACF34F4DFACE95E4F9ACB3A1 | SHA256:4A92F25B5934C9CD550A13546024353EFC411E3E19D9083B731B69FDECAC5F27 | |||
| 1760 | Ducky.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\KCV3KQBA\rubberduck[1].png | image | |
MD5:50521603664AEEFE5B1ED3738F528140 | SHA256:F0880C0CA2458D7B624B6B104F983EB7544D3E5C667C54B0B001F8BB4E406E20 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
11
TCP/UDP connections
50
DNS requests
25
Threats
6
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1760 | Ducky.exe | GET | 200 | 188.114.97.3:80 | http://hlelo.cc/files/watchdog.exe | unknown | — | — | malicious |
1760 | Ducky.exe | GET | 200 | 188.114.97.3:80 | http://hlelo.cc/files/rubberduck.png | unknown | — | — | unknown |
1760 | Ducky.exe | GET | 200 | 188.114.97.3:80 | http://hlelo.cc/files/wayne.wav | unknown | — | — | unknown |
3936 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.17.190.73:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | GET | 200 | 184.24.77.35:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6896 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6896 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2940 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.209.209.135:80 | http://x1.c.lencr.org/ | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
480 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5944 | 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 |
1268 | svchost.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
856 | RUXIMICS.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
1760 | Ducky.exe | 188.114.97.3:80 | hlelo.cc | CLOUDFLARENET | NL | malicious |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
3936 | svchost.exe | 40.126.32.68:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
2336 | svchost.exe | 172.211.123.249:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | FR | whitelisted |
3936 | svchost.exe | 2.17.190.73:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
hlelo.cc |
| malicious |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
slscr.update.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
2200 | svchost.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET DNS Query for .cc TLD |
1760 | Ducky.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET USER_AGENTS Suspicious User-Agent - Possible Trojan Downloader (WinInet) |
1760 | Ducky.exe | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | ET INFO PE EXE or DLL Windows file download HTTP |
1760 | Ducky.exe | Misc activity | ET INFO Packed Executable Download |
1760 | Ducky.exe | Misc activity | ET INFO EXE IsDebuggerPresent (Used in Malware Anti-Debugging) |
1760 | Ducky.exe | Misc activity | ET INFO EXE - Served Attached HTTP |