Malware analysis waifu.exe Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	waifu.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/605b3d88-d3fa-451a-9dda-d89a63e12f95
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	May 12, 2025, 06:28:55
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows, 15 sections
MD5:	94862F6FD9AC93087DB2FDA5A3B87DE6
SHA1:	2C92DA082EBFF969A70830763D6B6D83A382090F
SHA256:	5DE1A39ED431D130BA886B0050F502F9F6286DB9A2820EF587F1BDD18AC5AF89
SSDEEP:	98304:EGdO7o9ijd6bS6wkYCq8pK+SZEcaOhdYWWPL0hA4oCH4o9KNEKZenhtMS+tR9Y5z:X/Ki0r

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: none
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: off
Route via Tor:: off
Autoconfirmation of UAC:: on
Network:: on

Software preset

Internet Explorer 11.3636.19041.0
Adobe Acrobat (64-bit) (23.001.20093)
Adobe Flash Player 32 NPAPI (32.0.0.465)
Adobe Flash Player 32 PPAPI (32.0.0.465)
CCleaner (6.20)
FileZilla 3.65.0 (3.65.0)
Google Chrome (122.0.6261.70)
Google Update Helper (1.3.36.51)
Java 8 Update 271 (64-bit) (8.0.2710.9)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.271.9)
Microsoft Edge (122.0.2365.59)
Microsoft Edge Update (1.3.185.17)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - de-de (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - es-es (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - it-it (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ja-jp (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ko-kr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - pt-br (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - tr-tr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professionnel 2019 - fr-fr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office профессиональный 2019 - ru-ru (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft OneNote - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Update Health Tools (3.74.0.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Mozilla Firefox (x64 en-US) (123.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (123.0)
Notepad++ (64-bit x64) (7.9.1)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Extensibility Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Licensing Component (16.0.16026.20146)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15928.20198)
PowerShell 7-x64 (7.3.5.0)
Skype version 8.104 (8.104)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.59.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.63.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4480730) (2.55.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB5001716) (8.93.0.0)
VLC media player (3.0.11)
WinRAR 5.91 (64-bit) (5.91.0)
Windows PC Health Check (3.6.2204.08001)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
DotNetRollup
DotNetRollup 481
FodMetadata Package
Foundation Package
Hello Face Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB5003791
KB5011048
KB5015684
KB5033052
LanguageFeatures Basic en us Package
LanguageFeatures Handwriting en us Package
LanguageFeatures OCR en us Package
LanguageFeatures Speech en us Package
LanguageFeatures TextToSpeech en us Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MediaPlayer Package
Microsoft OneCore ApplicationModel Sync Desktop FOD Package
Microsoft OneCore DirectX Database FOD Package
NetFx3 OnDemand Package
Notepad FoD Package
OpenSSH Client Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
Printing PMCPPC FoD Package
Printing WFS FoD Package
ProfessionalEdition
QuickAssist Package
RollupFix
ServicingStack
ServicingStack 3989
StepsRecorder Package
TabletPCMath Package
UserExperience Desktop Package
WordPad FoD Package

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MALICIOUS
- Changes powershell execution policy (Bypass)
  - waifu.exe (PID: 6988)
- Gets or sets the initialization vector for the symmetric algorithm (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 5720)
- Bypass execution policy to execute commands
  - powershell.exe (PID: 5720)
- Gets or sets the symmetric key that is used for encryption and decryption (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 5720)
- Uses AES cipher (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 5720)
SUSPICIOUS
- Gets path to any of the special folders (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 4008)
- The process bypasses the loading of PowerShell profile settings
  - waifu.exe (PID: 6988)
- The process executes Powershell scripts
  - waifu.exe (PID: 6988)
- Starts POWERSHELL.EXE for commands execution
  - waifu.exe (PID: 6988)
- Uses base64 encoding (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 5720)
INFO
- Drops encrypted JS script (Microsoft Script Encoder)
  - waifu.exe (PID: 6988)
- Reads the computer name
  - waifu.exe (PID: 6988)
- Checks supported languages
  - waifu.exe (PID: 6988)
- Gets data length (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 5720)
- Create files in a temporary directory
  - waifu.exe (PID: 6988)

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No Malware configuration.

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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:	0000:00:00 00:00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, Large address aware
PEType:	PE32+
LinkerVersion:	3
CodeSize:	2744320
InitializedDataSize:	1137152
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0x77640
OSVersion:	6.1
ImageVersion:	1
SubsystemVersion:	6.1
Subsystem:	Windows command line

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Total processes

135

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

660

C:\WINDOWS\System32\rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe

—

svchost.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows host process (Rundll32)

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\imagehlp.dll

1280

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

—

waifu.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Console Window Host

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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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

4008

powershell -NoProfile -Command [Environment]::GetFolderPath(\"Desktop\")

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

—

waifu.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows PowerShell

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll

4696

"C:\WINDOWS\System32\SLUI.exe" RuleId=3482d82e-ca2c-4e1f-8864-da0267b484b2;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=4de7cb65-cdf1-4de9-8ae8-e3cce27b9f2c;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEvent

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

—

SppExtComObj.Exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

Windows Activation Client

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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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

5720

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\duar.ps1 -InputText purapuranya-ini-data-chrome

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

—

waifu.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows PowerShell

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll

6740

C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe

—

svchost.exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

KMS Connection Broker

Version:

10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\sppextcomobj.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\oleaut32.dll

6988

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\waifu.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\waifu.exe

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Exit code:

Modules

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c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\waifu.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcryptprimitives.dll
c:\windows\system32\powrprof.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\umpdc.dll

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Total events

9 104

Read events

9 104

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Executable files

Suspicious files

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Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
4008	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_atulf4v1.vi1.ps1		text
		MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641	SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
4008	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_napqyhab.flj.psm1		text
		MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641	SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
6988	waifu.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\arle2.png		image
		MD5:0FB784DC29D31014D6288E9897E65ADC	SHA256:4FE3B3728A39ED1205EB27B742F207BB16863CF8DA9C1D135A43567C258BAB37
6988	waifu.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\arle6.png		image
		MD5:0FB784DC29D31014D6288E9897E65ADC	SHA256:4FE3B3728A39ED1205EB27B742F207BB16863CF8DA9C1D135A43567C258BAB37
6988	waifu.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\hutao7.png		image
		MD5:96EB850FC0D06786CC63CC279BD8C0F7	SHA256:D5DA83BD02CCDB557481ED003AE7DF02BD6E828346342465B84D52C85846D318
6988	waifu.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\arle7.png		image
		MD5:0FB784DC29D31014D6288E9897E65ADC	SHA256:4FE3B3728A39ED1205EB27B742F207BB16863CF8DA9C1D135A43567C258BAB37
6988	waifu.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\hutao8.png		image
		MD5:96EB850FC0D06786CC63CC279BD8C0F7	SHA256:D5DA83BD02CCDB557481ED003AE7DF02BD6E828346342465B84D52C85846D318
6988	waifu.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\arle1.png		image
		MD5:0FB784DC29D31014D6288E9897E65ADC	SHA256:4FE3B3728A39ED1205EB27B742F207BB16863CF8DA9C1D135A43567C258BAB37
6988	waifu.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\hutao9.png		image
		MD5:96EB850FC0D06786CC63CC279BD8C0F7	SHA256:D5DA83BD02CCDB557481ED003AE7DF02BD6E828346342465B84D52C85846D318
6988	waifu.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\hutao10.png		image
		MD5:96EB850FC0D06786CC63CC279BD8C0F7	SHA256:D5DA83BD02CCDB557481ED003AE7DF02BD6E828346342465B84D52C85846D318

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HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

DNS requests

Threats

HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
—	—	GET	200	23.216.77.15:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2924	SearchApp.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2924	SearchApp.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
4920	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
4920	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	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
—	—	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	23.216.77.15:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
—	—	184.30.21.171:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
3216	svchost.exe	172.211.123.249:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	FR	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	40.126.32.136:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	2.17.190.73:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
2112	svchost.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
google.com	172.217.16.206	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	23.216.77.15 23.216.77.19 23.216.77.8 23.216.77.18 23.216.77.26 23.216.77.6 23.216.77.13 23.216.77.22 23.216.77.42	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	184.30.21.171	whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.104.136.2 4.231.128.59	whitelisted
skemer.find-it.id	—	unknown
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.249	whitelisted
login.live.com	40.126.32.136 20.190.160.130 20.190.160.67 40.126.32.76 20.190.160.66 20.190.160.17 20.190.160.3 20.190.160.5	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.17.190.73	whitelisted
www.bing.com	104.126.37.178 104.126.37.186 104.126.37.130 104.126.37.185 104.126.37.171 104.126.37.123 104.126.37.184 104.126.37.131 104.126.37.128	whitelisted
th.bing.com	104.126.37.163 104.126.37.162 104.126.37.146 104.126.37.144 104.126.37.153 104.126.37.155 104.126.37.160 104.126.37.152 104.126.37.154	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

waifu.exe

94862F6FD9AC93087DB2FDA5A3B87DE6

2C92DA082EBFF969A70830763D6B6D83A382090F

5DE1A39ED431D130BA886B0050F502F9F6286DB9A2820EF587F1BDD18AC5AF89

98304:EGdO7o9ijd6bS6wkYCq8pK+SZEcaOhdYWWPL0hA4oCH4o9KNEKZenhtMS+tR9Y5z:X/Ki0r

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MALICIOUS

Changes powershell execution policy (Bypass)

Gets or sets the initialization vector for the symmetric algorithm (POWERSHELL)

Bypass execution policy to execute commands

Gets or sets the symmetric key that is used for encryption and decryption (POWERSHELL)

Uses AES cipher (POWERSHELL)

SUSPICIOUS

Gets path to any of the special folders (POWERSHELL)

The process bypasses the loading of PowerShell profile settings

The process executes Powershell scripts

Starts POWERSHELL.EXE for commands execution

Uses base64 encoding (POWERSHELL)

INFO

Drops encrypted JS script (Microsoft Script Encoder)

Reads the computer name

Checks supported languages

Gets data length (POWERSHELL)

Create files in a temporary directory

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