File name:

DefendX.dll

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/98cf3027-57b3-48ac-8d36-0d6aa15b66b8
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: January 01, 2025, 11:48:39
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:
themida
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32 executable (DLL) (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 14 sections
MD5:

D42EC6DA0E28CAE8FA2C98AEDD842AF6

SHA1:

32C46615C0D08AA7E9A348B651B7997099453492

SHA256:

6846D9BAC1B70152637998118523C5BAA97F124C81036E9865D6A3B80CD031EE

SSDEEP:

98304:CMKMYu1VAbPARiXqRy+9MyHyXiwl8Uu34hysT/2NAciHC4LdIJj/TqAi5FSbWxlI:QXxudAK

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Adds path to the Windows Defender exclusion list

      • rundll32.exe (PID: 6700)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Script adds exclusion path to Windows Defender

      • rundll32.exe (PID: 6700)

    • Starts POWERSHELL.EXE for commands execution

      • rundll32.exe (PID: 6700)

    • Uses WMIC.EXE

      • rundll32.exe (PID: 6700)

    • Uses WMIC.EXE to obtain Windows Installer data

      • rundll32.exe (PID: 6700)

    • Accesses product unique identifier via WMI (SCRIPT)

      • WMIC.exe (PID: 1016)

    • Uses WMIC.EXE to obtain CPU information

      • rundll32.exe (PID: 6700)

    • The process bypasses the loading of PowerShell profile settings

      • rundll32.exe (PID: 6700)

  • INFO

    • Checks if a key exists in the options dictionary (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6860)

    • Script raised an exception (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6860)

    • The process uses the downloaded file

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6860)

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • WMIC.exe (PID: 6480)
      • WMIC.exe (PID: 1016)
      • WMIC.exe (PID: 3620)

    • Themida protector has been detected

      • rundll32.exe (PID: 6700)

    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • rundll32.exe (PID: 6700)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (76.4)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (12.4)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (5.5)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (5.5)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2024:12:14 17:53:49+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, 32-bit, DLL
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 14.29
CodeSize: 365568
InitializedDataSize: 288768
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x879058
OSVersion: 6
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 6
Subsystem: Windows GUI
No data.
screenshot
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Total processes
139
Monitored processes
15
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

Click at the process to see the details
start rundll32.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs wmic.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs wmic.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs wmic.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
1016wmic csproduct get uuidC:\Windows\SysWOW64\wbem\WMIC.exe—rundll32.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
WMI Commandline Utility
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\syswow64\wbem\wmic.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\iphlpapi.dll
3208\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe—powershell.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
3364\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe—WMIC.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
3620wmic cpu get processoridC:\Windows\SysWOW64\wbem\WMIC.exe—rundll32.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
WMI Commandline Utility
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\syswow64\wbem\wmic.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\iphlpapi.dll
3984\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe—WMIC.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
3988powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Processor | Select-Object -ExpandProperty ProcessorId"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe—rundll32.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
4120powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_PhysicalMedia | Select-Object -ExpandProperty SerialNumber"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe—rundll32.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
4244\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe—powershell.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
4544powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_ComputerSystemProduct | Select-Object -ExpandProperty UUID"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe—rundll32.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
6324\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe—WMIC.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
Total events
19 076
Read events
19 076
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
1
Text files
11
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
6860powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_dkbdztal.pus.psm1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
6860powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_djoypxfr.vuq.ps1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
4120powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_jhxtjfkw.dvd.ps1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
6860powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_gfwmqy1j.ep0.psm1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
4544powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_vpdv1kac.g2q.ps1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
4120powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_siayvxnv.xun.psm1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
6700rundll32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Chat.dattext
MD5:B4B39C05C91DF1336702F454EBFF0343
SHA256:6B5971A8E8C7A6C39D6903DB57309042245EEE5E1046D664296C672DC4B2B71F
3988powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_re51qlw3.ady.psm1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
4544powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_zagtx53n.zh5.psm1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
6860powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractivebinary
MD5:0A23AF190910C94F090CE4E28665707B
SHA256:0EC07268792066BF25DF00C89BA4C196799C36F2DCEAF1953C4FC9D21F122A19
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HTTP(S) requests
9
TCP/UDP connections
32
DNS requests
17
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
6540
backgroundTaskHost.exe
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
6856
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.23.9.218:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
23.48.23.143:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4536
svchost.exe
GET
200
23.48.23.143:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
2.23.9.218:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4536
svchost.exe
GET
200
2.23.9.218:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
6856
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.23.9.218:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
1176
svchost.exe
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
—
—
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
—
—
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
23.48.23.143:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
4536
svchost.exe
23.48.23.143:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
2.23.9.218:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
CZ
whitelisted
4536
svchost.exe
2.23.9.218:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
CZ
whitelisted
5064
SearchApp.exe
92.123.104.33:443
www.bing.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
—
—
192.229.221.95:80
ocsp.digicert.com
EDGECAST
US
unknown
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
1176
svchost.exe
20.190.160.20:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 20.73.194.208
  • 51.124.78.146
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.48.23.143
  • 23.48.23.156
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 2.23.9.218
whitelisted
www.bing.com
  • 92.123.104.33
  • 92.123.104.62
  • 92.123.104.31
  • 92.123.104.34
  • 92.123.104.32
  • 92.123.104.38
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.185.174
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 192.229.221.95
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 20.190.160.20
  • 40.126.32.74
  • 40.126.32.138
  • 40.126.32.68
  • 20.190.160.17
  • 40.126.32.72
  • 40.126.32.134
  • 20.190.160.14
whitelisted
go.microsoft.com
  • 2.23.10.89
unknown
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 20.12.23.50
whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 13.95.31.18
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
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DefendX.dll