File name:

ImportantUpdate.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/4a21873e-292c-494f-8245-ca0cf9eed941
Verdict: Malicious activity
Threats:

Remote access trojans (RATs) are a type of malware that enables attackers to establish complete to partial control over infected computers. Such malicious programs often have a modular design, offering a wide range of functionalities for conducting illicit activities on compromised systems. Some of the most common features of RATs include access to the users’ data, webcam, and keystrokes. This malware is often distributed through phishing emails and links.

Analysis date: May 20, 2024, 00:02:01
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:
cybergate
rat
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
MD5:

9D43C235AB9DDE6D24064F5B903008FD

SHA1:

6738227714A3E9860E784B5D2FABCCD3546A124A

SHA256:

5391E1DC56D57AD36012726F1C7F8C152FCA9A4DF03B97C67F638F1D865D8D08

SSDEEP:

6144:sJ+TRMOCbvQeFDhiX2YxYCbvQeFDhiX2Yxee2qh9x:i2obzFDM9rbzFDM9ea

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Application was injected by another process

      • smss.exe (PID: 260)
      • csrss.exe (PID: 384)
      • csrss.exe (PID: 340)
      • wininit.exe (PID: 376)
    • CYBERGATE mutex has been found

      • ImportantUpdate.exe (PID: 4084)
    • Drops the executable file immediately after the start

      • ImportantUpdate.exe (PID: 4084)
    • Runs injected code in another process

      • ImportantUpdate.exe (PID: 4084)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    No suspicious indicators.
  • INFO

    • Reads the computer name

      • ImportantUpdate.exe (PID: 4084)
    • Checks supported languages

      • ImportantUpdate.exe (PID: 4084)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 Executable Borland Delphi 7 (98.4)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (0.6)
.exe | Win16/32 Executable Delphi generic (0.3)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (0.2)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (0.2)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 1992:06:19 22:22:17+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, Bytes reversed lo, 32-bit, Bytes reversed hi
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 2.25
CodeSize: 29184
InitializedDataSize: 241664
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x7af8
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows GUI
No data.
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Total processes
39
Monitored processes
7
Malicious processes
5
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start importantupdate.exe iexplore.exe no specs smss.exe csrss.exe wininit.exe csrss.exe importantupdate.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
260\SystemRoot\System32\smss.exeC:\Windows\System32\smss.exe
System
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Windows Session Manager
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
\systemroot\system32\smss.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
340%SystemRoot%\system32\csrss.exe ObjectDirectory=\Windows SharedSection=1024,12288,512 Windows=On SubSystemType=Windows ServerDll=basesrv,1 ServerDll=winsrv:UserServerDllInitialization,3 ServerDll=winsrv:ConServerDllInitialization,2 ServerDll=sxssrv,4 ProfileControl=Off MaxRequestThreads=16C:\Windows\System32\csrss.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Client Server Runtime Process
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\csrss.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\csrsrv.dll
c:\windows\system32\basesrv.dll
c:\windows\system32\winsrv.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
376wininit.exeC:\Windows\System32\wininit.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Windows Start-Up Application
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\wininit.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\rpcrt4.dll
384%SystemRoot%\system32\csrss.exe ObjectDirectory=\Windows SharedSection=1024,12288,512 Windows=On SubSystemType=Windows ServerDll=basesrv,1 ServerDll=winsrv:UserServerDllInitialization,3 ServerDll=winsrv:ConServerDllInitialization,2 ServerDll=sxssrv,4 ProfileControl=Off MaxRequestThreads=16C:\Windows\System32\csrss.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Client Server Runtime Process
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\csrss.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\csrsrv.dll
c:\windows\system32\basesrv.dll
c:\windows\system32\winsrv.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
1200"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exeImportantUpdate.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Internet Explorer
Version:
11.00.9600.16428 (winblue_gdr.131013-1700)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-downlevel-advapi32-l1-1-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\iertutil.dll
3980"C:\Users\admin\ImportantUpdate.exe" C:\Users\admin\ImportantUpdate.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
3221226540
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\importantupdate.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
4084"C:\Users\admin\ImportantUpdate.exe" C:\Users\admin\ImportantUpdate.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\importantupdate.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\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
Total events
287
Read events
285
Write events
2
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(4084) ImportantUpdate.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CovidUpdater
Operation:writeName:FileNameAtual
Value:
C:\Users\admin\ImportantUpdate.exe
(PID) Process:(1200) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CovidUpdater
Operation:writeName:FirstExecution
Value:
05/20/2024
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
0
Text files
0
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

No data
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HTTP(S) requests
2
TCP/UDP connections
25
DNS requests
5
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
HEAD
200
104.102.39.173:80
http://query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com/cms/api/am/binary/RE2JgkA?v=133606515526250000
unknown
unknown
HEAD
200
104.102.39.173:80
http://query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com/cms/api/am/binary/RE2JgkA?v=133606441718120000
unknown
unknown
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
224.0.0.252:5355
unknown
1088
svchost.exe
224.0.0.252:5355
unknown
239.255.255.250:3702
unknown
104.102.39.173:80
query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
unknown
104.208.16.93:443
oca.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
unknown
184.24.201.247:443
aka.ms
AKAMAI-AS
IE
unknown
52.239.160.36:443
pscoretestdata.blob.core.windows.net
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
unknown

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com
  • 104.102.39.173
whitelisted
oca.microsoft.com
  • 104.208.16.93
whitelisted
aka.ms
  • 184.24.201.247
whitelisted
pscoretestdata.blob.core.windows.net
  • 52.239.160.36
unknown

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info