Malware analysis Annabelle Ransomware (1).zip Malicious activity

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File name:	Annabelle Ransomware (1).zip
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/b6b3ae09-f67a-4fe5-8423-f23b00be3e39
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	April 29, 2025, 16:27:42
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	arch-exec confuser
Indicators:
MIME:	application/zip
File info:	Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compression method=deflate
MD5:	12B368C03D5126E918127B27C7D16086
SHA1:	93CCCEEC02435A7AC6A6A2D242278B80E2C67F7F
SHA256:	6854B5F66A016C933C2978086D85CD4F207E5C35EE554422A3CDD9A88A5FFECD
SSDEEP:	98304:6WAEeVzTs+K5nU+H3ZQkBEu6UcrffvWyB2FqqvLK/XiF2XiDHZvQSLwDIZMa8RiZ:vK9O811Cmq0gmli+kzTlkL0ktzZz9y

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 300 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: 240 seconds
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
- Changes the autorun value in the registry
  - 716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe (PID: 4040)
- Generic archive extractor
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 5344)
- Disables the Run the Start menu
  - 716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe (PID: 4040)
- UAC/LUA settings modification
  - 716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe (PID: 4040)
- Disables Windows Defender
  - 716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe (PID: 4040)
- Changes the login/logoff helper path in the registry
  - 716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe (PID: 4040)
- Changes image file execution options
  - 716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe (PID: 4040)
- Disables task manager
  - 716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe (PID: 4040)
- Deletes shadow copies
  - 716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe (PID: 4040)
SUSPICIOUS
- Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 5344)
  - ShellExperienceHost.exe (PID: 6972)
  - 716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe (PID: 4040)
- Executes as Windows Service
  - VSSVC.exe (PID: 728)
- Reads the date of Windows installation
  - 716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe (PID: 4040)
- The system shut down or reboot
  - 716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe (PID: 4040)
- Creates file in the systems drive root
  - 716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe (PID: 4040)
- Uses NETSH.EXE to change the status of the firewall
  - 716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe (PID: 4040)
INFO
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 5344)
- Reads the machine GUID from the registry
  - 716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe (PID: 4040)
- Checks supported languages
  - 716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe (PID: 4040)
  - ShellExperienceHost.exe (PID: 6972)
- Reads the computer name
  - 716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe (PID: 4040)
  - ShellExperienceHost.exe (PID: 6972)
- Confuser has been detected (YARA)
  - 716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe (PID: 4040)
- Process checks computer location settings
  - 716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe (PID: 4040)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.zip	\|	ZIP compressed archive (100)

EXIF

ZIP

ZipRequiredVersion:	788
ZipBitFlag:	-
ZipCompression:	Deflated
ZipModifyDate:	2019:10:31 17:10:22
ZipCRC:	0xec4bfdd7
ZipCompressedSize:	16387741
ZipUncompressedSize:	16712192
ZipFileName:	716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe

No data.

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Total processes

135

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID	CMD	Path	Indicators	Parent process
728	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: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
1164	\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1	C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe	—	vssadmin.exe
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
1532	\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1	C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe	—	vssadmin.exe
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
1600	vssadmin delete shadows /all /quiet	C:\Windows\System32\vssadmin.exe	—	716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Command Line Interface for Microsoft® Volume Shadow Copy Service Exit code: 2 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
2148	"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa5344.39004\716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe"	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa5344.39004\716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe	—	WinRAR.exe
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Annabelle Exit code: 3221226540 Version: 2.1.0.0
3268	\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1	C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe	—	netsh.exe
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
4040	"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa5344.39004\716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe"	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa5344.39004\716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe		WinRAR.exe
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Annabelle Version: 2.1.0.0
4108	NetSh Advfirewall set allprofiles state off	C:\Windows\System32\netsh.exe	—	716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Network Command Shell Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
4944	"C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe" -r -t 00 -f	C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe	—	716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Windows Shutdown and Annotation Tool Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
5344	"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Annabelle Ransomware (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

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

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Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
4040	716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe	C:\Users\admin\Documents\politicalfrancisco.rtf.ANNABELLE		binary
		MD5:D7054A281878A75B365BDEA5FB0D1B2A	SHA256:5EA49B4E3A3C472223164C727BBA0530361FCAD9070C2037CC9EF9BCEA3B766C
4040	716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe	C:\Users\admin\Documents\resultoptions.rtf.ANNABELLE		binary
		MD5:BD6AAC90E2A83A5089BE89CC681701A6	SHA256:2DF732691D04B6F99EE365C14FC0579D8E1AF70CB1EEE5FA9296A9F53F2DCDF9
4040	716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe	C:\Users\admin\Pictures\selfdevices.jpg.ANNABELLE		binary
		MD5:E109F687CF82A4FC2D7505673EA62373	SHA256:DCC5DC9003A64AEA96C41B9C28E4B7A6FD8A526CA39E9EFAF65C5D2E8BBD404F
4040	716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe	C:\Users\admin\Pictures\dealstour.jpg.ANNABELLE		binary
		MD5:3154CF1470508D0026DE5E9C9D7B6FE0	SHA256:BC2B5A2962AEB54085E2066BCC6AE15212B73C766883DA99FE6BE562AEF61DF2
5344	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa5344.39004\716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe		executable
		MD5:0F743287C9911B4B1C726C7C7EDCAF7D	SHA256:716335BA5CD1E7186C40295B199190E2B6655E48F1C1CBE12139BA67FAA5E1AC
4040	716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe	C:\Users\admin\Pictures\networkchristmas.png.ANNABELLE		binary
		MD5:25CBB1EDA9A98F3B987711FDD318916D	SHA256:F6FDFDE388BD0976A2B58B12E8034BDD50D6BB45432091E1C7823CFD6E78EECC
4040	716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe	C:\Users\admin\Downloads\saysre.jpg.ANNABELLE		binary
		MD5:7FC644D5D06013029AA757038FD92F81	SHA256:397756172E1798CFE97805E2D8DEF0430DB6A88B808D637188E58D6C59BE2A6E
4040	716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe	C:\Users\admin\Pictures\cancertesting.png.ANNABELLE		binary
		MD5:453552DDF997939FF0C313265A2FECF5	SHA256:9A30FCC139C6770F3BFA803334DE2B6A8E52CFA739DF62CA790012F263A15CD5
4040	716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\chancepersonal.rtf.ANNABELLE		binary
		MD5:EE7ADBB1DCA791231C7157911CAED269	SHA256:D522686F972089F238EA91E6D40C370465394D4673AFEDEF4555B380A3260E5D
4040	716335ba5cd1e7186c40295b199190e2b6655e48f1c1cbe12139ba67faa5e1ac.exe	C:\Users\admin\Downloads\manualsent.png.ANNABELLE		binary
		MD5:D0B3FC42FFD9F99FF81840E27D90E167	SHA256:85255676F21FC8AD85F2A5AF0AD1DF3AFEA6006893ADAC573CFA44C0F56F6744

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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
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	184.30.131.245:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	429	146.112.255.205:80	http://myip.dnsomatic.com/	unknown	—	—	unknown
—	—	GET	200	23.35.229.160:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	2.23.77.188:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEA77flR%2B3w%2FxBpruV2lte6A%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	23.216.77.30:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.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	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
—	—	23.216.77.30:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
—	—	23.35.229.160:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	40.126.32.133:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	184.30.131.245:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	US	whitelisted
2292	svchost.exe	239.255.255.250:3702	—	—	—	whitelisted
3812	svchost.exe	239.255.255.250:1900	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	20.189.173.8:443	self.events.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	40.127.240.158	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	23.216.77.30 23.216.77.10 23.216.77.9 23.216.77.14 23.216.77.43 23.216.77.19 23.216.77.25	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	23.35.229.160 95.101.149.131	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.181.238	whitelisted
login.live.com	40.126.32.133 40.126.32.138 40.126.32.140 20.190.160.64 20.190.160.128 20.190.160.132 20.190.160.131 40.126.32.134	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	184.30.131.245 2.23.77.188	whitelisted
self.events.data.microsoft.com	20.189.173.8 51.116.246.106	whitelisted
officeclient.microsoft.com	52.109.32.97	whitelisted
ecs.office.com	52.123.129.14 52.123.128.14	whitelisted
go.microsoft.com	95.100.186.9	whitelisted

Threats

PID	Process	Class	Message
—	—	Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected	ET INFO Internal Host Retrieving External IP via myip.dnsomatic.com

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General Info

Annabelle Ransomware (1).zip

12B368C03D5126E918127B27C7D16086

93CCCEEC02435A7AC6A6A2D242278B80E2C67F7F

6854B5F66A016C933C2978086D85CD4F207E5C35EE554422A3CDD9A88A5FFECD

98304:6WAEeVzTs+K5nU+H3ZQkBEu6UcrffvWyB2FqqvLK/XiF2XiDHZvQSLwDIZMa8RiZ:vK9O811Cmq0gmli+kzTlkL0ktzZz9y

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MALICIOUS

Changes the autorun value in the registry

Generic archive extractor

Disables the Run the Start menu

UAC/LUA settings modification

Disables Windows Defender

Changes the login/logoff helper path in the registry

Changes image file execution options

Disables task manager

Deletes shadow copies

SUSPICIOUS

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

Executes as Windows Service

Reads the date of Windows installation

The system shut down or reboot

Creates file in the systems drive root

Uses NETSH.EXE to change the status of the firewall

INFO

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

Reads the machine GUID from the registry

Checks supported languages

Reads the computer name

Confuser has been detected (YARA)

Process checks computer location settings

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