| File name: | ASUSLiveUpdate_V3.6.15_13688_1.zip |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/ab13fba0-fb4f-41a3-9e1f-4b772ee62dbd |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | June 15, 2024, 07:45:42 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/zip |
| File info: | Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compression method=store |
| MD5: | 0E8EEFAA41381CA2673CFCE7A032F48C |
| SHA1: | 6CE43D9C43B40FAEB89E18A929D2CE12F17B8331 |
| SHA256: | 5E7E135084732109CA7EDE691778A0B5D3EC23FBBAA69FC4E51C0CD28323A25B |
| SSDEEP: | 98304:lKPpibLT8TpGCIo/MsiHi0L/SOBw/JtMTFWWNUGmbW3k//vuwm1/wvZCMKSZR5Eb:caJgSn13DDo23xnnhf |
MALICIOUS
Drops the executable file immediately after the start
- WinRAR.exe (PID: 3988)
- msiexec.exe (PID: 1592)
- Setup.exe (PID: 1432)
Uses Task Scheduler to run other applications
- rundll32.exe (PID: 2344)
SUSPICIOUS
Creates file in the systems drive root
- WinRAR.exe (PID: 3988)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- Setup.exe (PID: 1432)
Checks Windows Trust Settings
- Setup.exe (PID: 1432)
- msiexec.exe (PID: 1592)
Reads settings of System Certificates
- Setup.exe (PID: 1432)
Searches for installed software
- Setup.exe (PID: 1432)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- Setup.exe (PID: 1432)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 2344)
Reads the Internet Settings
- Setup.exe (PID: 1432)
The process drops C-runtime libraries
- msiexec.exe (PID: 1592)
Executes as Windows Service
- VSSVC.exe (PID: 2064)
Process drops legitimate windows executable
- msiexec.exe (PID: 1592)
Uses RUNDLL32.EXE to load library
- msiexec.exe (PID: 1980)
INFO
Manual execution by a user
- Setup.exe (PID: 1020)
- Setup.exe (PID: 1432)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- WinRAR.exe (PID: 3988)
- msiexec.exe (PID: 1592)
Reads the computer name
- Setup.exe (PID: 1432)
- msiexec.exe (PID: 1592)
Checks supported languages
- Setup.exe (PID: 1432)
- msiexec.exe (PID: 1592)
Reads the software policy settings
- Setup.exe (PID: 1432)
- msiexec.exe (PID: 1488)
Creates files in the program directory
- Setup.exe (PID: 1432)
Reads the machine GUID from the registry
- Setup.exe (PID: 1432)
- msiexec.exe (PID: 1592)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- msiexec.exe (PID: 1488)
Drops the executable file immediately after the start
- rundll32.exe (PID: 2344)
Application launched itself
- msiexec.exe (PID: 1592)
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TRiD
| .zip | | | ZIP compressed archive (100) |
|---|
EXIF
ZIP
| ZipRequiredVersion: | 20 |
|---|---|
| ZipBitFlag: | - |
| ZipCompression: | None |
| ZipModifyDate: | 2021:10:14 10:57:18 |
| ZipCRC: | 0x00000000 |
| ZipCompressedSize: | - |
| ZipUncompressedSize: | - |
| ZipFileName: | data_win8/ |
Total processes
47
Monitored processes
9
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
2
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1020 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\test\Setup.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\test\Setup.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: ASUSTek Computer Inc. Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Installer Application Exit code: 3221226540 Version: 1.0.6.0 Modules
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| 1432 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\test\Setup.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\test\Setup.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: ASUSTek Computer Inc. Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Installer Application Version: 1.0.6.0 Modules
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| 1488 | "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\test\data_win8\409.msi" | C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe | — | Setup.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Windows® installer Version: 5.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 1592 | C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V | C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe | services.exe | ||||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Windows® installer Version: 5.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 1696 | "schtasks.exe" /CREATE /TN "Update Checker" /XML "C:\Windows\Installer\MSI1442.tmp-\UpdateCheckerTask.xml" | C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe | — | rundll32.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Manages scheduled tasks Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) | |||||||||||||||
| 1980 | C:\Windows\system32\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 38DE31F4D0333481A389B629C19FD003 E Global\MSI0000 | C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe | — | msiexec.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Windows® installer Version: 5.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) | |||||||||||||||
| 2064 | C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe | C:\Windows\System32\VSSVC.exe | — | services.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Microsoft® Volume Shadow Copy Service Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 2344 | rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\Installer\MSI1442.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_1119375 1 SetupCustomAction!SetupCustomAction.CustomActions.SetupTaskSchedule | C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe | msiexec.exe | ||||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Windows host process (Rundll32) Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) | |||||||||||||||
| 3988 | "C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ASUSLiveUpdate_V3.6.15_13688_1.zip | C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Alexander Roshal Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: WinRAR archiver Version: 5.91.0 Modules
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Total events
13 589
Read events
13 390
Write events
196
Delete events
3
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (3988) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\Interface\Themes |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ShellExtBMP |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3988) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\Interface\Themes |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ShellExtIcon |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3988) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\182\52C64B7E |
| Operation: | write | Name: | LanguageList |
Value: en-US | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3988) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\ArcHistory |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 3 |
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\phacker.zip | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3988) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\ArcHistory |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 2 |
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Win7-KB3191566-x86.zip | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3988) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\ArcHistory |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1 |
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\curl-8.5.0_1-win32-mingw.zip | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3988) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\ArcHistory |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 0 |
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ASUSLiveUpdate_V3.6.15_13688_1.zip | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3988) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths |
| Operation: | write | Name: | name |
Value: 120 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3988) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths |
| Operation: | write | Name: | size |
Value: 80 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3988) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths |
| Operation: | write | Name: | type |
Value: 120 | |||
Executable files
16
Suspicious files
6
Text files
8
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3988 | WinRAR.exe | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\test\data_win8\409.msi | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1592 | msiexec.exe | C:\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2 | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1592 | msiexec.exe | C:\Windows\Installer\110fdb.msi | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1592 | msiexec.exe | C:\Program Files\ASUS\ASUS Live Update\adrvld.dll | executable | |
MD5:A4C703EA1321B8B059573D8290EC2709 | SHA256:5DC5EBA32CEA994AC5060F880BDCCBA513447F435B32EBC670E3C4BF1BDA308F | |||
| 1432 | Setup.exe | C:\Program Files\ASUS\HotfixChecker\HotfixChecker.exe | executable | |
MD5:91DF7ADFCAF7DAB8B323ADA62F549586 | SHA256:CFFA01BF66ECEB946979E40524C946A6A0792250AB6345E22B022C450E08F8BE | |||
| 3988 | WinRAR.exe | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\test\HotfixChecker.exe | executable | |
MD5:91DF7ADFCAF7DAB8B323ADA62F549586 | SHA256:CFFA01BF66ECEB946979E40524C946A6A0792250AB6345E22B022C450E08F8BE | |||
| 1592 | msiexec.exe | C:\Program Files\ASUS\ASUS Live Update\restore.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1592 | msiexec.exe | C:\Program Files\ASUS\ASUS Live Update\alvupdt.dll | executable | |
MD5:F07D145CD1E558E27CA7833D7CB0945C | SHA256:D94DF2ED65C232FBC58F8D97495CF1B85026337B4431117B9767C429299DD4BA | |||
| 1592 | msiexec.exe | C:\Program Files\ASUS\ASUS Live Update\tempfile.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1592 | msiexec.exe | C:\Program Files\ASUS\ASUS Live Update\ETW.dll | executable | |
MD5:BE5118D9DEDA69E647D63364A3B3B587 | SHA256:60C0457805A6244DFBCE2A52C35A90DA69E04958CD70DEB6F21ECF7998AA328D | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
4
DNS requests
0
Threats
0
HTTP requests
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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 |
1088 | svchost.exe | 224.0.0.252:5355 | — | — | — | unknown |
DNS requests
Threats
Process | Message |
|---|---|
Setup.exe | <alvupdt><MSIstarter> [3.4.9] Start MSIStarter
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Setup.exe | <alvupdt><MSIstarter> Connected to ROOT\CIMV2 WMI namespace |
Setup.exe | <alvupdt><MSIstarter> EnableTriggerLogon: _blMode = RELEASE |
Setup.exe | <alvupdt><MSIstarter> Group: Administrators |
Setup.exe | <alvupdt><MSIstarter> Task successfully registered. |
Setup.exe | <alvupdt><MSIstarter> Try to launch C:\Users\admin\Desktop\test\data_win8\409.msi
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Setup.exe | <alvupdt><MSIstarter> Install new version
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Setup.exe | <alvupdt><MSIstarter> 3.3.7 Write m_dwCriticalUpdate 0
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Setup.exe | <alvupdt><MSIstarter> 3.3.7 SetDefaultSetting
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Setup.exe | <alvupdt><MSIstarter> 3.3.7 Write m_dwRecommUpdate 1
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