File name:

PingCastle.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/c43ea8e4-ce89-4543-aae7-79890625c642
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: March 03, 2023, 10:07:07
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows
MD5:

9B0C7FD5763F66E9B8C7B457FCE53F96

SHA1:

A586BB06B59A4736A47ABFF8423A54FE8E2C05C4

SHA256:

5614F2BC9B2ED414AAB2C5C7997BDCBE8236E67CED8F91A63D1B6CFBE6E08726

SSDEEP:

49152:fjrWONqOlw2OPBh4JYGuIryyU9omhHoAg:/lDOpKJYGpybFg

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Reads the Internet Settings

      • PingCastle.exe (PID: 3524)
    • Reads settings of System Certificates

      • PingCastle.exe (PID: 3524)
    • Checks Windows Trust Settings

      • PingCastle.exe (PID: 3524)
    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • PingCastle.exe (PID: 3524)
  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • PingCastle.exe (PID: 3524)
    • Reads the computer name

      • PingCastle.exe (PID: 3524)
    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • PingCastle.exe (PID: 3524)
    • The process checks LSA protection

      • PingCastle.exe (PID: 3524)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (49.4)
.scr | Windows screen saver (23.4)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (11.7)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (8)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (3.5)

EXIF

EXE

AssemblyVersion: 3.0.0.0
ProductVersion: 3.0.0.0
ProductName: Ping Castle
OriginalFileName: PingCastle.exe
LegalCopyright: Copyright © 2015-2022 Ping Castle
InternalName: PingCastle.exe
FileVersion: 3.0.0.0
FileDescription: Ping Castle
CompanyName: Ping Castle
CharacterSet: Unicode
LanguageCode: Neutral
FileSubtype: -
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileOS: Win32
FileFlags: (none)
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
ProductVersionNumber: 3.0.0.0
FileVersionNumber: 3.0.0.0
Subsystem: Windows command line
SubsystemVersion: 6
ImageVersion: -
OSVersion: 4
EntryPoint: 0x2359de
UninitializedDataSize: -
InitializedDataSize: 36864
CodeSize: 2308608
LinkerVersion: 11
PEType: PE32
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, 32-bit
TimeStamp: 2023:02:21 18:25:24+00:00
MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_CUI
Compilation Date: 21-Feb-2023 18:25:24
Debug artifacts:
  • c:\git\PingCastlePublic\obj\Release\PingCastle.pdb
CompanyName: Ping Castle
FileDescription: Ping Castle
FileVersion: 3.0.0.0
InternalName: PingCastle.exe
LegalCopyright: Copyright © 2015-2022 Ping Castle
OriginalFilename: PingCastle.exe
ProductName: Ping Castle
ProductVersion: 3.0.0.0
Assembly Version: 3.0.0.0

DOS Header

Magic number: MZ
Bytes on last page of file: 0x0090
Pages in file: 0x0003
Relocations: 0x0000
Size of header: 0x0004
Min extra paragraphs: 0x0000
Max extra paragraphs: 0xFFFF
Initial SS value: 0x0000
Initial SP value: 0x00B8
Checksum: 0x0000
Initial IP value: 0x0000
Initial CS value: 0x0000
Overlay number: 0x0000
OEM identifier: 0x0000
OEM information: 0x0000
Address of NE header: 0x00000080

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 3
Time date stamp: 21-Feb-2023 18:25:24
Pointer to Symbol Table: 0x00000000
Number of symbols: 0
Size of Optional Header: 0x00E0
Characteristics:
  • IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
  • IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
.text
0x00002000
0x002339E4
0x00233A00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.19166
.rsrc
0x00236000
0x00008C10
0x00008E00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.4292
.reloc
0x00240000
0x0000000C
0x00000200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
0.10191

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
5.00112
490
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_MANIFEST
2
4.93647
1128
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_ICON
3
4.55559
2440
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_ICON
4
4.29168
4264
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_ICON
5
3.91192
9640
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_ICON
6
7.9445
16505
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_ICON
32512
2.70088
76
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_GROUP_ICON

Imports

mscoree.dll
No data.
screenshotscreenshot
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Total processes
36
Monitored processes
1
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start pingcastle.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
3524"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PingCastle.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PingCastle.exe
Explorer.EXE
User:
admin
Company:
Ping Castle
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Ping Castle
Exit code:
0
Version:
3.0.0.0
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\pingcastle.exe
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
6 050
Read events
6 006
Write events
44
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(3524) PingCastle.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:ProxyBypass
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3524) PingCastle.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:IntranetName
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3524) PingCastle.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:UNCAsIntranet
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3524) PingCastle.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:AutoDetect
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3524) PingCastle.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\16D\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:LanguageList
Value:
en-US
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
0
Text files
0
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

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

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

No data

DNS requests

No data

Threats

No threats detected
Process
Message
PingCastle.exe
Running on dotnet:4.0.30319.34209
PingCastle.exe
Running on dotnet:4.0.30319.34209
PingCastle.exe
Starting the license checking
PingCastle.exe
PingCastle version 3.0.0.0
PingCastle.exe
PingCastle version 3.0.0.0
PingCastle.exe
Starting the license checking
PingCastle.exe
Using the license inside the product
PingCastle.exe
at PingCastle.Program.GetSerialNumber()
PingCastle.exe
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
PingCastle.exe
Exception when getting the license string