File name:

activate.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/0c609c0d-0c69-4bd6-a0c0-0c0ccb2af6da
Verdict: Malicious activity
Threats:

Lumma is an information stealer, developed using the C programming language. It is offered for sale as a malware-as-a-service, with several plans available. It usually targets cryptocurrency wallets, login credentials, and other sensitive information on a compromised system. The malicious software regularly gets updates that improve and expand its functionality, making it a serious stealer threat.

Analysis date: May 15, 2025, 16:17:10
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:
lumma
stealer
pastebin
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 9 sections
MD5:

17CAA72FC8B369D354514E3B1669B6A1

SHA1:

971F5C5F70D078C6D17316239D53EB73549F46A0

SHA256:

5247039CA1DED5B2AD1551216BDD019F20BE0B097D66584383A0ABB139CF10E2

SSDEEP:

196608:SeTkxQzGMshtcxvAUKgWpMzUTLCjP+wxveXxSKZyswAJJP6x:OQzVsnOpAJJP6x

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  • MALICIOUS

    • LUMMA mutex has been found

      • activate.exe (PID: 7384)
    • Steals credentials from Web Browsers

      • activate.exe (PID: 7384)
    • Actions looks like stealing of personal data

      • activate.exe (PID: 7384)
    • Bypass execution policy to execute commands

      • powershell.exe (PID: 7720)
    • Changes powershell execution policy (Bypass)

      • activate.exe (PID: 7384)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)

      • activate.exe (PID: 7384)
    • Searches for installed software

      • activate.exe (PID: 7384)
    • Starts POWERSHELL.EXE for commands execution

      • activate.exe (PID: 7384)
  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • activate.exe (PID: 7384)
    • The sample compiled with english language support

      • activate.exe (PID: 7384)
    • Reads the software policy settings

      • activate.exe (PID: 7384)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 7720)
      • slui.exe (PID: 7988)
    • Reads the computer name

      • activate.exe (PID: 7384)
    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • powershell.exe (PID: 7720)
    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • powershell.exe (PID: 7720)
    • Script raised an exception (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 7720)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 EXE PECompact compressed (generic) (83)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (9)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (3.9)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (3.9)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2020:11:02 08:18:32+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, 32-bit
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 14
CodeSize: 15058944
InitializedDataSize: 7045632
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0xdb6eae
OSVersion: 6
ImageVersion: 4
SubsystemVersion: 6
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 4.0.0.0
ProductVersionNumber: 0.0.0.0
FileFlagsMask: 0x0000
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Win32
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
CharacterSet: Unicode
FileVersion: 
No data.
screenshot
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Total processes
131
Monitored processes
4
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start #LUMMA activate.exe powershell.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs slui.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
7384"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\activate.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\activate.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\activate.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
7720powershell -exec bypass <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=0.75, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=yes" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>Pastebin.com - Not Found (#404)</title> </head> <body> <h1>Not Found (#404)</h1> <p>This page is no longer available. It has either expired, been removed by its creator, or removed by one of the Pastebin staff.</p> </body> </html>C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exeactivate.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows PowerShell
Exit code:
1
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.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\msvcrt.dll
7732\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exepowershell.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Console Window Host
Exit code:
0
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
7988C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\slui.exe
svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
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
Total events
4 784
Read events
4 784
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
1
Text files
2
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
7720powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_atewnhas.pse.ps1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
7720powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_v1doj01s.vfb.psm1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
7720powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractivebinary
MD5:E2538545DFC6B1441938BAD4868ABA3E
SHA256:67E7A47CA7E3BAC287A74C3B78848B05F3EB1A05290939731007D6B7F8B85F95
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HTTP(S) requests
6
TCP/UDP connections
28
DNS requests
17
Threats
1

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
GET
200
23.48.23.145:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
whitelisted
GET
200
23.35.229.160:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
whitelisted
5496
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
23.35.229.160:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
whitelisted
7852
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
6544
svchost.exe
GET
200
2.23.77.188:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
whitelisted
7852
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
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
23.48.23.145:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
23.35.229.160:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
5496
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
23.35.229.160:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
3216
svchost.exe
172.211.123.250:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
20.190.160.22:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
2.23.77.188:80
ocsp.digicert.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
2104
svchost.exe
51.124.78.146:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
7384
activate.exe
188.114.96.3:443
cumuloxrlf.live
CLOUDFLARENET
NL
unknown

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 20.73.194.208
  • 51.124.78.146
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.48.23.145
  • 23.48.23.183
  • 23.48.23.162
  • 23.48.23.150
  • 23.48.23.139
  • 23.48.23.169
  • 23.48.23.176
  • 23.48.23.156
  • 23.48.23.140
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 23.35.229.160
  • 95.101.149.131
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.185.174
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.250
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 20.190.160.22
  • 20.190.160.67
  • 20.190.160.5
  • 20.190.160.14
  • 40.126.32.74
  • 40.126.32.134
  • 20.190.160.66
  • 20.190.160.131
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 2.23.77.188
whitelisted
cumuloxrlf.live
  • 188.114.96.3
  • 188.114.97.3
unknown
pastebin.com
  • 172.67.25.94
  • 104.22.69.199
  • 104.22.68.199
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 20.109.210.53
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
2196
svchost.exe
Not Suspicious Traffic
INFO [ANY.RUN] Online Pastebin Text Storage
No debug info