Malware analysis Activate Profile.msg Malicious activity

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File name:	Activate Profile.msg
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/5a502a34-072c-4b5e-b057-012934bc95ed
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	May 16, 2025, 08:37:18
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	dkim-fail amazon-ses
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.ms-outlook
File info:	CDFV2 Microsoft Outlook Message
MD5:	5B8B391A12D0B315DA00E3B84D1B48EE
SHA1:	DC2C44A6A84CB9A011EBC4703E960E4E0AC94350
SHA256:	6867DEBD6EE82EA6C25FD36E9C3C2AFDCA75464ED5F0978E11163EE13559FB7D
SSDEEP:	1536:JRavZRE6eviid1JAevei50bY+YmgWgWw2LtWmjR29Sv1YCzeWCo:JRavZRE6eviM1JAeveXbg4LzjQ9SvU

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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
- Email came from third-party service (Amazon SES)
  - OUTLOOK.EXE (PID: 2136)
SUSPICIOUS
No suspicious indicators.
INFO
- Email verification fail (SPF, DKIM or DMARC)
  - OUTLOOK.EXE (PID: 2136)

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TRiD

.msg	\|	Outlook Message (58.9)
.oft	\|	Outlook Form Template (34.4)

No data.

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Total processes

139

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

2136

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\OUTLOOK.EXE" /f "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Activate Profile.msg"

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OUTLOOK.EXE

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Microsoft Outlook

Version:

16.0.16026.20146

Modules

Images
c:\program files\microsoft office\root\office16\outlook.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\program files\microsoft office\root\office16\outlookservicing.dll
c:\program files\microsoft office\root\office16\vcruntime140_1.dll
c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\clicktorun\appvisvsubsystems64.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll

7308

C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe

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svchost.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

7352

"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=TimerEvent

C:\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

7876

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\VFS\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\ai.exe" "F4617B72-2A5C-4183-BD98-C0D36E99A430" "B041A748-EB33-45B9-AB67-63B9EB01B390" "2136"

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\VFS\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\ai.exe

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OUTLOOK.EXE

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Host for the Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and Platform x64.

Version:

0.12.2.0

Modules

Images
c:\program files\microsoft office\root\vfs\programfilescommonx64\microsoft shared\office16\ai.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\clicktorun\appvisvsubsystems64.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\clicktorun\c2r64.dll

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Total events

8 331

Read events

7 977

Write events

305

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(2136) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\ClientTelemetry\Sampling
Operation:	write	Name:	6
Value: 01941A000000001000B24E9A3E06000000000000000600000000000000
(PID) Process:	(2136) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\CrashPersistence\OUTLOOK\2136
Operation:	write	Name:	0
Value: 0B0E10D12F0C5ABFC3534F8E008D5A49DE3D9F230046DFFD8F8ADCC7F1ED016A04102400449A7D64B29D01008500A907556E6B6E6F776EC906022222CA0DC2190000C91003783634C511D810D2120B6F00750074006C006F006F006B002E00650078006500C51620C517808004C91808323231322D44656300
(PID) Process:	(2136) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics
Operation:	delete value	Name:	BootCommand
Value:
(PID) Process:	(2136) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics
Operation:	delete value	Name:	BootFailureCount
Value:
(PID) Process:	(2136) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics\BootDiagnosticsDataPreviousSession
Operation:	delete key	Name:	(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:	(2136) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics\BootDiagnosticsDataPreviousSession
Operation:	write	Name:	CantBootResolution
Value: BootSuccess
(PID) Process:	(2136) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics\BootDiagnosticsDataPreviousSession
Operation:	write	Name:	ProfileBeingOpened
Value: Outlook
(PID) Process:	(2136) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics\BootDiagnosticsDataPreviousSession
Operation:	write	Name:	SessionId
Value: C3D8E96E-C1AF-4750-8D52-F4E28119C131
(PID) Process:	(2136) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics\BootDiagnosticsDataPreviousSession
Operation:	write	Name:	BootDiagnosticsLogFile
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Outlook Logging\OUTLOOK_16_0_16026_20146-20240718T1116060318-1644.etl
(PID) Process:	(2136) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics
Operation:	delete value	Name:	ProfileBeingOpened
Value:

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
2136	OUTLOOK.EXE	C:\Users\admin\Documents\Outlook Files\Outlook1.pst		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2136	OUTLOOK.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\AddInClassifierCache\OfficeSharedEntitiesUpdated.bin		text
		MD5:17D6535A1740892DD7263747A9E6B0BC	SHA256:D1E7F977C377330C701E8FD135A4C50605999DDAE24CD390260E49CB12245654
2136	OUTLOOK.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\TokenBroker\Cache\089d66ba04a8cec4bdc5267f42f39cf84278bb67.tbres		binary
		MD5:5B9B28B03E7534B9B553F6C223D8E6E7	SHA256:77836B7D2CD0833D8BAF3AAA798296EE4764EDEA9722DD17BFE003DD72364970
2136	OUTLOOK.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\RoamCache\Stream_TableViewPreviewPrefs_2_CF98715BEA97EC4198192C3B4BBAB021.dat		xml
		MD5:0E092DB99AEE99FDFF9B5B222C732CFD	SHA256:D1614AD99ADED9F6F5C1BE7FE7FFA5124BD04A526580DA3818EA8A954E852AA6
2136	OUTLOOK.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_CBDCCBFE4F7A916411C1E69BDD97BB04		binary
		MD5:4F4281A29B4B7ADA3E60F3820D6515F5	SHA256:BB0F8B78AC8F2F1FD9854C9A2C723054E073B9336DB01D7F7052540DA736FE5E
2136	OUTLOOK.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\TokenBroker\Cache\56a61aeb75d8f5be186c26607f4bb213abe7c5ec.tbres		binary
		MD5:BD90CC1C85C3E73993B5ECAB78D26913	SHA256:065465138EE066455A082F6FF3FE29A0E550DAC052C8CD0F8D91F77CDA5D085C
2136	OUTLOOK.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_CBDCCBFE4F7A916411C1E69BDD97BB04		binary
		MD5:9C94C95F8906444CE6526BB6982C362B	SHA256:229ADC643EB49812F7F0DBC27D7846D55E3B98F4D82266365BC88E66033A7AA8
2136	OUTLOOK.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\AddInClassifierCache\OfficeSharedEntities.bin		text
		MD5:CC90D669144261B198DEAD45AA266572	SHA256:89C701EEFF939A44F28921FD85365ECD87041935DCD0FE0BAF04957DA12C9899
2136	OUTLOOK.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_363582827213C09529A76F35FB615187		binary
		MD5:F2F8FFA021257FCFFD8E14FBF77579E4	SHA256:59B9D49CCBC674AA0119F700B5BB0688190105008AA9F8DBD033E5E49FC8AF87
2136	OUTLOOK.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\~$rmalEmail.dotm		binary
		MD5:AFCC121A679FCA71F56C0C5A2405E28D	SHA256:564A8D898B9A093E37D5527CBAC5A01202365A241416E6642C6BE29014D92B53

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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	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	23.216.77.22:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2136	OUTLOOK.EXE	GET	200	2.23.77.188:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEApDqVCbATUviZV57HIIulA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5640	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
5640	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
2136	OUTLOOK.EXE	GET	200	2.23.77.188:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
5776	RUXIMICS.exe	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
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
2104	svchost.exe	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	23.216.77.22:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	184.30.21.171:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
2112	svchost.exe	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
2136	OUTLOOK.EXE	52.123.129.14:443	ecs.office.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	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
google.com	142.250.185.174	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	23.216.77.22 23.216.77.26 23.216.77.13 23.216.77.21 23.216.77.20 23.216.77.19 23.216.77.16 23.216.77.25 23.216.77.15	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	184.30.21.171 95.101.149.131	whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	40.127.240.158 51.104.136.2	whitelisted
ecs.office.com	52.123.129.14 52.123.128.14	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.250	whitelisted
roaming.officeapps.live.com	52.109.89.19	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.23.77.188 2.17.190.73	whitelisted
omex.cdn.office.net	2.16.164.96 2.16.164.75	whitelisted
messaging.lifecycle.office.com	52.111.246.1	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

Activate Profile.msg

5B8B391A12D0B315DA00E3B84D1B48EE

DC2C44A6A84CB9A011EBC4703E960E4E0AC94350

6867DEBD6EE82EA6C25FD36E9C3C2AFDCA75464ED5F0978E11163EE13559FB7D

1536:JRavZRE6eviid1JAevei50bY+YmgWgWw2LtWmjR29Sv1YCzeWCo:JRavZRE6eviM1JAeveXbg4LzjQ9SvU

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Email came from third-party service (Amazon SES)

SUSPICIOUS

INFO

Email verification fail (SPF, DKIM or DMARC)

Malware configuration

Static information

TRiD

Video and screenshots

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