File name:

kernel32.dll

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/5db75c28-3a85-4244-958e-436b5a3cc837
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: April 16, 2020, 04:59:22
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (DLL) (console) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
MD5:

226049BC657B3884E96C5B9EDC908CD7

SHA1:

D194E8F2B0DBE0A2B78B4674709259190B0613EF

SHA256:

5BCAAB23297A6643426F8A0DAFEB6AD24AD536CA588CB8405098384A550C7946

SSDEEP:

12288:V8NuOcWfOBb5syUVI9w4cOTzOCYV/+W5WzQ0Q+k4rH/SasC:V8NumOBb5syUG9w4cO2CYV/+hzvk4rHf

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Loads dropped or rewritten executable

      • explorer.exe (PID: 372)
      • consent.exe (PID: 2548)
      • svchost.exe (PID: 860)

    • Actions looks like stealing of personal data

      • explorer.exe (PID: 372)
      • DllHost.exe (PID: 3012)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Uses RUNDLL32.EXE to load library

      • explorer.exe (PID: 372)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • explorer.exe (PID: 372)

    • Creates files in the user directory

      • explorer.exe (PID: 372)

    • Executed via COM

      • DllHost.exe (PID: 3012)

  • INFO

    • Loads main object executable

      • rundll32.exe (PID: 1520)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 EXE PECompact compressed (generic) (35.9)
.exe | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (27)
.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (23.9)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (5.6)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (3.9)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 1982:04:09 02:25:11+02:00
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 14.15
CodeSize: 409600
InitializedDataSize: 200704
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x15f70
OSVersion: 10
ImageVersion: 10
SubsystemVersion: 10
Subsystem: Windows command line
FileVersionNumber: 10.0.18362.778
ProductVersionNumber: 10.0.18362.778
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Windows NT 32-bit
ObjectFileType: Dynamic link library
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
CharacterSet: Unicode
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription: Windows NT BASE API Client DLL
FileVersion: 10.0.18362.778 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
InternalName: kernel32
LegalCopyright: © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
OriginalFileName: kernel32
ProductName: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
ProductVersion: 10.0.18362.778

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_CUI
Compilation Date: 09-Apr-1982 00:25:11
Detected languages:
  • English - United States
Debug artifacts:
  • wkernel32.pdb
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription: Windows NT BASE API Client DLL
FileVersion: 10.0.18362.778 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
InternalName: kernel32
LegalCopyright: © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
OriginalFilename: kernel32
ProductName: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
ProductVersion: 10.0.18362.778

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: 0x000000E8

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 5
Time date stamp: 09-Apr-1982 00:25:11
Pointer to Symbol Table: 0x00000000
Number of symbols: 0
Size of Optional Header: 0x00E0
Characteristics:
  • IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
  • IMAGE_FILE_DLL
  • IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
.text
0x00010000
0x00063EF1
0x00064000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.55394
.rdata
0x00080000
0x0002922C
0x0002A000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
5.8142
.data
0x000B0000
0x00000C50
0x00001000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
1.09348
.rsrc
0x000C0000
0x00000520
0x00001000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
1.32487
.reloc
0x000D0000
0x000047B0
0x00005000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.4598

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
3.52779
932
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_VERSION

Imports

KERNELBASE.dll
api-ms-win-core-appcompat-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-appcompat-l1-1-1.dll
api-ms-win-core-comm-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-console-l1-2-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-console-l1-2-1.dll
api-ms-win-core-console-l2-1-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-console-l2-2-0.dll
api-ms-win-core-console-l3-2-0.dll

Exports

Title
Ordinal
Address
BaseThreadInitThunk
1
0x00016340
InterlockedPushListSList
2
0x00096140
Wow64Transition
3
0x00081F90
AcquireSRWLockExclusive
4
0x0009618A
AcquireSRWLockShared
5
0x000961C0
ActivateActCtx
6
0x00021FE0
ActivateActCtxWorker
7
0x00017CC0
AddAtomA
8
0x0001F1C0
AddAtomW
9
0x00013890
AddConsoleAliasA
10
0x00024980
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Total processes
40
Monitored processes
5
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start rundll32.exe no specs explorer.exe svchost.exe consent.exe no specs PhotoViewer.dll

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
372C:\Windows\Explorer.EXEC:\Windows\explorer.exe
—
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Explorer
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\winanr.dll
c:\windows\system32\wshtcpip.dll
c:\windows\explorer.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
860C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcsC:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
services.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Host Process for Windows Services
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\windanr.exe
c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1520"C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\kernel32.dll.exe", BaseThreadInitThunkC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows host process (Rundll32)
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe
c:\systemroot\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\imagehlp.dll
2548consent.exe 860 312 01BFB0F8C:\Windows\system32\consent.exe—svchost.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Consent UI for administrative applications
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\consent.exe
c:\systemroot\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\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
3012C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe /Processid:{76D0CB12-7604-4048-B83C-1005C7DDC503}C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe
svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
COM Surrogate
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\dllhost.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
Total events
1 856
Read events
1 811
Write events
44
Delete events
1

Modification events

(PID) Process:(372) explorer.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\12B\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:LanguageList
Value:
en-US
(PID) Process:(2548) consent.exeKey:HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1302019708-1500728564-335382590-1000_CLASSES\Local Settings\MuiCache\12B\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:LanguageList
Value:
en-US
(PID) Process:(860) svchost.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\S-1-5-21-1302019708-1500728564-335382590-1000
Operation:writeName:RefCount
Value:
6
(PID) Process:(860) svchost.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\S-1-5-21-1302019708-1500728564-335382590-1000
Operation:writeName:RefCount
Value:
5
(PID) Process:(372) explorer.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache
Operation:writeName:C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe
Value:
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
(PID) Process:(372) explorer.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BitBucket\Volume\{e1a82db4-a9f0-11e7-b142-806e6f6e6963}
Operation:writeName:NeedToPurge
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(372) explorer.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BitBucket\Volume\{e1a82db4-a9f0-11e7-b142-806e6f6e6963}
Operation:delete valueName:NeedToPurge
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(372) explorer.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\DefaultIcon
Operation:writeName:
Value:
C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll,-54
(PID) Process:(3012) DllHost.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Direct3D\MostRecentApplication
Operation:writeName:Name
Value:
DllHost.exe
(PID) Process:(372) explorer.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Cached
Operation:writeName:{FFE2A43C-56B9-4BF5-9A79-CC6D4285608A} {000214E4-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} 0xFFFF
Value:
010000000000000040BF05E6AB13D601
Executable files
1
Suspicious files
1
Text files
0
Unknown types
3

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
372explorer.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations\1b4dd67f29cb1962.automaticDestinations-msautomaticdestinations-ms
MD5:—
SHA256:—
372explorer.exeC:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-1302019708-1500728564-335382590-1000\$I2LXY5F.exebinary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
860svchost.exeC:\Windows\appcompat\programs\RecentFileCache.bcftxt
MD5:—
SHA256:—
372explorer.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\publishedasked.jpg.lnklnk
MD5:—
SHA256:—
372explorer.exeC:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-1302019708-1500728564-335382590-1000\$R2LXY5F.exeexecutable
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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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
No debug info
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