Malware analysis sosafe.exe Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	sosafe.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/78918af2-9fe9-48c6-99dc-1fe8f7c06eb1
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	May 15, 2025, 12:45:11
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	mimikatz tools
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64, for MS Windows, 3 sections
MD5:	BCFFD1F8CD0872492CD96334529A27C4
SHA1:	E3036E8018AAC72491266CEC9E78A7BDC37528F8
SHA256:	5FC8211893F17BBC301C0C253A7765D1E259965A4B6272E14542582F84A332C4
SSDEEP:	48:YHyrpBQ6ge6KprAKZeAu1SHLIDqtr39P6CChhJMKMD6B:ikS7etrA6Bg2LOqtJinnL

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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
- MIMIKATZ has been detected (YARA)
  - sosafe.exe (PID: 7724)
SUSPICIOUS
- Uses SYSTEMINFO.EXE to read the environment
  - cmd.exe (PID: 8124)
- Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
  - sosafe.exe (PID: 7724)
- Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
  - sosafe.exe (PID: 7724)
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - sosafe.exe (PID: 7724)
- Process uses IPCONFIG to get network configuration information
  - cmd.exe (PID: 8124)
- Identifying current user with WHOAMI command
  - cmd.exe (PID: 8124)
INFO
- Reads the computer name
  - sosafe.exe (PID: 7724)
- Checks supported languages
  - sosafe.exe (PID: 7724)
- Checks proxy server information
  - sosafe.exe (PID: 7724)
- Create files in a temporary directory
  - sosafe.exe (PID: 7724)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (50)
.exe	\|	DOS Executable Generic (49.9)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	AMD AMD64
TimeStamp:	2010:04:14 22:06:53+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	No relocs, Executable, Large address aware
PEType:	PE32+
LinkerVersion:	1
CodeSize:	12288
InitializedDataSize:	4096
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0x4000
OSVersion:	4
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	4
Subsystem:	Windows GUI

No data.

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Total processes

138

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

904

whoami

C:\Windows\System32\whoami.exe

—

cmd.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

whoami - displays logged on user information

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\whoami.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

2108

C:\WINDOWS\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.19041.3989_none_7ddb45627cb30e03\TiWorker.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.19041.3989_none_7ddb45627cb30e03\TiWorker.exe

—

svchost.exe

User:

SYSTEM

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

Windows Modules Installer Worker

Version:

10.0.19041.3989 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-servicingstack_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.19041.3989_none_7ddb45627cb30e03\tiworker.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll

4336

ipconfig

C:\Windows\System32\ipconfig.exe

—

cmd.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

IP Configuration Utility

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\ipconfig.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\ws2_32.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\nsi.dll
c:\windows\system32\iphlpapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\dhcpcsvc.dll

7436

systeminfo

C:\Windows\System32\systeminfo.exe

—

cmd.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Displays system information

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\systeminfo.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

7724

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

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

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\sosafe.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\wininet.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

8124

C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe

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sosafe.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Command Processor

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.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\winbrand.dll
c:\windows\system32\wldp.dll

8132

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

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

—

cmd.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Console Window Host

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
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

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Total events

8 311

Read events

8 309

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(2108) TiWorker.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing
Operation:	write	Name:	SessionIdHigh
Value: 31180183
(PID) Process:	(2108) TiWorker.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing
Operation:	write	Name:	SessionIdLow
Value:

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
7724	sosafe.exe	\Device\Mup:\localhost\pipe\0029482318be6784		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
7724	sosafe.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\lktold.dll		executable
		MD5:EA2B2C6979AB2D5CEF8B96DFB4A66D3B	SHA256:71A33D36D181220154BC0EF2D8092483D51CE2A948D30185A062DA8E5CE87EAF
2108	TiWorker.exe	C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log		text
		MD5:A92F869A0D8B479ADEE32E99098A11E3	SHA256:47F87AFC21C04F0273699362BF0DD0B6D069C157AE4CAAC90DBEF64299A29789

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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
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	2.20.245.139:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.23.77.188:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
3132	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
3132	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	40.127.240.158:443	—	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	unknown
—	—	2.20.245.139:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	SE	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	40.127.240.158:443	—	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	unknown
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	95.101.149.131:80	www.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
7724	sosafe.exe	108.142.193.147:443	—	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	unknown
6544	svchost.exe	20.190.159.129:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	2.23.77.188:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
3216	svchost.exe	172.211.123.250:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	FR	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
crl.microsoft.com	2.20.245.139 2.20.245.137	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	95.101.149.131	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.159.129 20.190.159.68 20.190.159.71 20.190.159.4 40.126.31.2 40.126.31.69 20.190.159.130 20.190.159.23	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.23.77.188	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.250	whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	4.231.128.59 20.73.194.208	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	20.109.210.53	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	20.242.39.171	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

sosafe.exe

BCFFD1F8CD0872492CD96334529A27C4

E3036E8018AAC72491266CEC9E78A7BDC37528F8

5FC8211893F17BBC301C0C253A7765D1E259965A4B6272E14542582F84A332C4

48:YHyrpBQ6ge6KprAKZeAu1SHLIDqtr39P6CChhJMKMD6B:ikS7etrA6Bg2LOqtJinnL

Software environment set and analysis options

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Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

MIMIKATZ has been detected (YARA)

SUSPICIOUS

Uses SYSTEMINFO.EXE to read the environment

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

Process uses IPCONFIG to get network configuration information

Identifying current user with WHOAMI command

INFO

Reads the computer name

Checks supported languages

Checks proxy server information

Create files in a temporary directory

Malware configuration

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EXE

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