Malware analysis FiveM.exe Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	FiveM.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/e7650e16-7831-4ed5-801d-55bd7772789a
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	November 26, 2024, 22:26:33
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64, for MS Windows, 7 sections
MD5:	16BE58978B46F7DB7EEC9B32D7E0639A
SHA1:	3E7170478582D67041687A97D35B1FFE1E01EA6D
SHA256:	621C965F296D1AB062DEFB429AAA1BA688E4F561236A4E76B3C7F3D5A6716280
SSDEEP:	98304:a+1A/oykHycaMNarQfpfgujEJRA2EyrSsebzcxaw01RBhcCFN8RKHWyywkAAgnAx:bF05un0V

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:
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
No malicious indicators.
SUSPICIOUS
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - FiveM.exe (PID: 2436)
  - FiveM.exe (PID: 3220)
- Starts itself from another location
  - FiveM.exe (PID: 2436)
- Process drops legitimate windows executable
  - FiveM.exe (PID: 3220)
- Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
  - GameBar.exe (PID: 3552)
- The process drops C-runtime libraries
  - FiveM.exe (PID: 3220)
INFO
- Creates files or folders in the user directory
  - FiveM.exe (PID: 2436)
  - FiveM.exe (PID: 3220)
- Checks supported languages
  - FiveM.exe (PID: 2436)
  - FiveM.exe (PID: 3220)
  - GameBar.exe (PID: 3552)
- Reads the computer name
  - FiveM.exe (PID: 2436)
  - FiveM.exe (PID: 3220)
  - GameBar.exe (PID: 3552)

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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:	2024:11:26 14:00:18+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, Large address aware
PEType:	PE32+
LinkerVersion:	14.36
CodeSize:	3398656
InitializedDataSize:	1918464
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0x28d010
OSVersion:	6
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	6
Subsystem:	Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber:	2.0.0.11538
ProductVersionNumber:	2.0.0.11538
FileFlagsMask:	0x003f
FileFlags:	(none)
FileOS:	Windows NT 32-bit
ObjectFileType:	Executable application
FileSubtype:	-
LanguageCode:	English (U.S.)
CharacterSet:	Unicode
CompanyName:	Cfx.re
FileDescription:	FiveM
InternalName:	FiveM
FileVersion:	2.0.0.11538
LegalCopyright:	(C) 2015-2022 Cfx.re
OriginalFileName:	CitizenMP.exe
ProductName:	FiveM
ProductVersion:	2.0.0.11538

No data.

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Total processes

136

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

2436

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

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

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Cfx.re

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

FiveM

Exit code:

Version:

2.0.0.11538

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\fivem.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\crypt32.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll

3220

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FiveM\FiveM.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FiveM\FiveM.exe

FiveM.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Cfx.re

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

FiveM

Version:

2.0.0.11538

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\fivem\fivem.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\crypt32.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll

3552

"C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay_2.34.28001.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\GameBar.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXbdkk0yrkwpcgeaem8zk81k8py1eaahny.mca

C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay_2.34.28001.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\GameBar.exe

—

svchost.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Modules

Images
c:\program files\windowsapps\microsoft.xboxgamingoverlay_2.34.28001.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\gamebar.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\program files\windowsapps\microsoft.vclibs.140.00_14.0.27323.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\vccorlib140_app.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll

3724

"C:\Windows\System32\GameBarPresenceWriter.exe" -ServerName:Windows.Gaming.GameBar.Internal.PresenceWriterServer

C:\Windows\System32\GameBarPresenceWriter.exe

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svchost.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Gamebar Presence Writer

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\gamebarpresencewriter.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\ucrtbase.dll

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Total events

16 265

Read events

16 247

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(2436) FiveM.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CitizenFX\FiveM
Operation:	write	Name:	Last Run Location
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\
(PID) Process:	(3220) FiveM.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CitizenFX\FiveM
Operation:	write	Name:	Last Run Location
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FiveM\FiveM.app\
(PID) Process:	(3220) FiveM.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CitizenFX_FiveM
Operation:	write	Name:	DisplayName
Value: FiveM
(PID) Process:	(3220) FiveM.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CitizenFX_FiveM
Operation:	write	Name:	DisplayIcon
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FiveM\FiveM.exe,0
(PID) Process:	(3220) FiveM.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CitizenFX_FiveM
Operation:	write	Name:	HelpLink
Value: https://cfx.re/
(PID) Process:	(3220) FiveM.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CitizenFX_FiveM
Operation:	write	Name:	InstallLocation
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FiveM
(PID) Process:	(3220) FiveM.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CitizenFX_FiveM
Operation:	write	Name:	Publisher
Value: Cfx.re
(PID) Process:	(3220) FiveM.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CitizenFX_FiveM
Operation:	write	Name:	UninstallString
Value: "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FiveM\FiveM.exe" -uninstall app
(PID) Process:	(3220) FiveM.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CitizenFX_FiveM
Operation:	write	Name:	URLInfoAbout
Value: https://cfx.re/
(PID) Process:	(3220) FiveM.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CitizenFX_FiveM
Operation:	write	Name:	NoModify
Value: 1

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Executable files

337

Suspicious files

157

Text files

220

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
2436	FiveM.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\FiveM.lnk		binary
		MD5:88A9D038C4850F10D7F5DD65FDC68BF1	SHA256:B4BD3AC63D0A8CFBA3171B530B71D84BF015CA5D87C432EA6D85E3C1E7A5F260
3220	FiveM.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FiveM\FiveM.app\CitizenFX_SubProcess_game_2189_aslr.bin.tmp		executable
		MD5:7DBF56DA6075E45D6C02359579347D74	SHA256:2DF659BF2B8481B15C9DB10A3CA0DFC728C79DA75622CCCEE25B3DC86521BA28
3220	FiveM.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FiveM\FiveM.app\CitizenFX_SubProcess_chrome.bin		executable
		MD5:989DB0C4C634214EE13BD8384FAC5B76	SHA256:D545F30113F931167C333DEC644B4D3E83F4A25167F6CE348818AB3BCCB92087
3220	FiveM.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FiveM\FiveM.app\CitiLaunch_TLSDummy.dll.tmp		executable
		MD5:D698EA9237C4F1532775FC4080CF025C	SHA256:50EF3F4F654A94D7BCCD26A377207C9D16320DF751CA8B5968B8F213DDB86E53
3220	FiveM.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FiveM\FiveM.app\CitizenFX_SubProcess_chrome.bin.tmp		executable
		MD5:989DB0C4C634214EE13BD8384FAC5B76	SHA256:D545F30113F931167C333DEC644B4D3E83F4A25167F6CE348818AB3BCCB92087
2436	FiveM.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FiveM\FiveM.exe		executable
		MD5:16BE58978B46F7DB7EEC9B32D7E0639A	SHA256:621C965F296D1AB062DEFB429AAA1BA688E4F561236A4E76B3C7F3D5A6716280
3220	FiveM.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FiveM\FiveM - Cfx.re Development Kit (FxDK).lnk		lnk
		MD5:0C18A5DD5B5311216D6B5AEBD091F647	SHA256:E897EA86B47ED51FC3793DB2703D8AD7A9A6430E0F71236CE396114085EBD9B8
3220	FiveM.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FiveM\FiveM.app\CitizenFX_SubProcess_game_2060_aslr.bin.tmp		executable
		MD5:9213D4742A2A273FC92FD5A5CE3A6625	SHA256:CC896030BD17A5A17B40279EAD77BD5AD80F1649D4FD52BE630C1388423CB207
3220	FiveM.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FiveM\FiveM.app\CitizenFX_SubProcess_game_1_aslr.bin.tmp		executable
		MD5:490C5FA129E4C52B6342A72C4C7E9AE7	SHA256:43C873E8D376FA64A5EDE4FF3F99EF6CAF067344438708588EAE9D2897A72617
3220	FiveM.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FiveM\FiveM.app\CitizenFX_SubProcess_game_2189_aslr.bin		executable
		MD5:7DBF56DA6075E45D6C02359579347D74	SHA256:2DF659BF2B8481B15C9DB10A3CA0DFC728C79DA75622CCCEE25B3DC86521BA28

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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	88.221.169.152:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	2.16.164.49:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5064	SearchApp.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1176	svchost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7092	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
7092	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

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
4712	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	20.72.205.209:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
5448	svchost.exe	20.72.205.209:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
—	—	20.72.205.209:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
—	—	2.16.164.49:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	88.221.169.152:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
2436	FiveM.exe	104.18.34.171:443	content.cfx.re	CLOUDFLARENET	—	unknown
3220	FiveM.exe	104.18.34.171:443	content.cfx.re	CLOUDFLARENET	—	unknown
5064	SearchApp.exe	2.23.209.187:443	www.bing.com	Akamai International B.V.	GB	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	20.72.205.209 51.104.136.2 4.231.128.59 20.73.194.208	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.185.78	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	2.16.164.49 2.16.164.9	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	88.221.169.152 95.101.149.131	whitelisted
content.cfx.re	104.18.34.171 172.64.153.85	unknown
www.bing.com	2.23.209.187 2.23.209.149 2.23.209.133 2.23.209.130 2.23.209.182 23.212.110.144 23.212.110.152 23.212.110.146 23.212.110.160 23.212.110.154 23.212.110.153 23.212.110.145 23.212.110.155 23.212.110.147	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	192.229.221.95	whitelisted
r.bing.com	23.212.110.144 23.212.110.152 23.212.110.146 23.212.110.160 23.212.110.154 23.212.110.153 23.212.110.145 23.212.110.155 23.212.110.147	whitelisted
go.microsoft.com	23.213.166.81	whitelisted
login.live.com	40.126.31.71 20.190.159.73 40.126.31.73 20.190.159.23 40.126.31.69 20.190.159.64 20.190.159.71 40.126.31.67	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

FiveM.exe

16BE58978B46F7DB7EEC9B32D7E0639A

3E7170478582D67041687A97D35B1FFE1E01EA6D

621C965F296D1AB062DEFB429AAA1BA688E4F561236A4E76B3C7F3D5A6716280

98304:a+1A/oykHycaMNarQfpfgujEJRA2EyrSsebzcxaw01RBhcCFN8RKHWyywkAAgnAx:bF05un0V

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Executable content was dropped or overwritten

Starts itself from another location

Process drops legitimate windows executable

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

The process drops C-runtime libraries

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Creates files or folders in the user directory

Checks supported languages

Reads the computer name

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