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File name:

68cf6c08769adf549acf37145297cd1e1becbaf66ae8afef8b57c56c8bd8f129

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/a66514d1-7270-4863-a145-9d5a385b82b5
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: August 25, 2019, 10:30:05
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, UPX compressed
MD5:

9D8A5FB8429597DFC925274EA7ED1C25

SHA1:

40C5AD81C21F5D678CDF419E7045A0A2EC5B10C5

SHA256:

68CF6C08769ADF549ACF37145297CD1E1BECBAF66AE8AFEF8B57C56C8BD8F129

SSDEEP:

6144:q7EqSIHT9TVDE0qnj7VKHHdSJs4VmPJmkvsLOsf+WHu3:Jxo/DE0qj7VKndS1mP587O3

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Loads dropped or rewritten executable

      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 2740)
    • Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 2740)
    • Changes the autorun value in the registry

      • 68cf6c08769adf549acf37145297cd1e1becbaf66ae8afef8b57c56c8bd8f129.exe (PID: 3640)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • 68cf6c08769adf549acf37145297cd1e1becbaf66ae8afef8b57c56c8bd8f129.exe (PID: 3640)
      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 2740)
    • Executed via COM

      • DllHost.exe (PID: 2408)
    • Searches for installed software

      • DllHost.exe (PID: 2408)
      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 2740)
    • Creates files in the Windows directory

      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 2740)
    • Executed as Windows Service

      • vssvc.exe (PID: 3352)
    • Removes files from Windows directory

      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 2740)
  • INFO

    • Reads settings of System Certificates

      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 2740)
    • Low-level read access rights to disk partition

      • vssvc.exe (PID: 3352)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | UPX compressed Win32 Executable (39.3)
.exe | Win32 EXE Yoda's Crypter (38.6)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (9.5)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (6.5)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (2.9)

EXIF

EXE

ProductVersion: 9.29.1974.0
ProductName: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
OriginalFileName: dxwebsetup.exe
LegalCopyright: Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
InternalName: DXWebSetup
FileVersion: 9.29.1974.0
FileDescription: DirectX 9.0 Web setup
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
CharacterSet: Unicode
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
FileSubtype: -
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileOS: Windows NT 32-bit
FileFlags: (none)
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
ProductVersionNumber: 6.0.2600.0
FileVersionNumber: 6.0.2600.0
Subsystem: Windows GUI
SubsystemVersion: 4
ImageVersion: 5.1
OSVersion: 5.1
EntryPoint: 0x4f730
UninitializedDataSize: 49152
InitializedDataSize: 8192
CodeSize: 274432
LinkerVersion: 7
PEType: PE32
TimeStamp: 2001:08:18 03:42:57+02:00
MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 18-Aug-2001 01:42:57
Detected languages:
  • English - United States
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription: DirectX 9.0 Web setup
FileVersion: 9.29.1974.0
InternalName: DXWebSetup
LegalCopyright: Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
OriginalFilename: dxwebsetup.exe
ProductName: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
ProductVersion: 9.29.1974.0

DOS Header

Magic number: MZ
Bytes on last page of file: 0x0090
Pages in file: 0x0003
Relocations: 0x0000
Size of header: 0x0004
Min extra paragraphs: 0x0000
Max extra paragraphs: 0xFFFF
Initial SS value: 0x0000
Initial SP value: 0x00B8
Checksum: 0x0000
Initial IP value: 0x0000
Initial CS value: 0x0000
Overlay number: 0x0000
OEM identifier: 0x0000
OEM information: 0x0000
Address of NE header: 0x000000C8

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 3
Time date stamp: 18-Aug-2001 01:42:57
Pointer to Symbol Table: 0x00000000
Number of symbols: 0
Size of Optional Header: 0x00E0
Characteristics:
  • IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
  • IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE
  • IMAGE_FILE_LINE_NUMS_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_LOCAL_SYMS_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_RELOCS_STRIPPED

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
UPX0
0x00001000
0x0000C000
0x00000000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
0
UPX1
0x0000D000
0x00043000
0x00042A00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
7.74664
.rsrc
0x00050000
0x00002000
0x00001200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
4.01205

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
3.48753
884
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_VERSION
2
3.53793
296
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
63
6.53718
140
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_STRING
76
7.7496
1312
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_STRING
77
7.72595
1484
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_STRING
80
7.73844
1200
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_STRING
83
7.62199
1098
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_STRING
85
7.44135
974
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_STRING
2001
7.58936
716
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_DIALOG
2002
7.26854
394
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_DIALOG

Imports

ADVAPI32.dll
COMCTL32.dll
GDI32.dll
KERNEL32.DLL
USER32.dll
VERSION.dll
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Total processes
40
Monitored processes
5
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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drop and start start 68cf6c08769adf549acf37145297cd1e1becbaf66ae8afef8b57c56c8bd8f129.exe no specs 68cf6c08769adf549acf37145297cd1e1becbaf66ae8afef8b57c56c8bd8f129.exe dxwsetup.exe vssvc.exe no specs SPPSurrogate no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2904"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\68cf6c08769adf549acf37145297cd1e1becbaf66ae8afef8b57c56c8bd8f129.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\68cf6c08769adf549acf37145297cd1e1becbaf66ae8afef8b57c56c8bd8f129.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
DirectX 9.0 Web setup
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
9.29.1974.0
3640"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\68cf6c08769adf549acf37145297cd1e1becbaf66ae8afef8b57c56c8bd8f129.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\68cf6c08769adf549acf37145297cd1e1becbaf66ae8afef8b57c56c8bd8f129.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
DirectX 9.0 Web setup
Version:
9.29.1974.0
2740C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxwsetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxwsetup.exe
68cf6c08769adf549acf37145297cd1e1becbaf66ae8afef8b57c56c8bd8f129.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
DirectX Setup
Version:
4.9.0.0904
3352C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exeC:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exeservices.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Microsoft® Volume Shadow Copy Service
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
2408C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe /Processid:{F32D97DF-E3E5-4CB9-9E3E-0EB5B4E49801}C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exesvchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
COM Surrogate
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Total events
186
Read events
125
Write events
61
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(3640) 68cf6c08769adf549acf37145297cd1e1becbaf66ae8afef8b57c56c8bd8f129.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
Operation:writeName:wextract_cleanup0
Value:
rundll32.exe C:\Windows\system32\advpack.dll,DelNodeRunDLL32 "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\"
(PID) Process:(2740) dxwsetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\SetupapiLogStatus
Operation:writeName:setupapi.app.log
Value:
4096
(PID) Process:(2740) dxwsetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\dxwsetup_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:EnableFileTracing
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2740) dxwsetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\dxwsetup_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:EnableConsoleTracing
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2740) dxwsetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\dxwsetup_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:FileTracingMask
Value:
4294901760
(PID) Process:(2740) dxwsetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\dxwsetup_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:ConsoleTracingMask
Value:
4294901760
(PID) Process:(2740) dxwsetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\dxwsetup_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:MaxFileSize
Value:
1048576
(PID) Process:(2740) dxwsetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\dxwsetup_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:FileDirectory
Value:
%windir%\tracing
(PID) Process:(2740) dxwsetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\dxwsetup_RASMANCS
Operation:writeName:EnableFileTracing
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2740) dxwsetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\dxwsetup_RASMANCS
Operation:writeName:EnableConsoleTracing
Value:
0
Executable files
6
Suspicious files
85
Text files
779
Unknown types
2

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2740dxwsetup.exeC:\Windows\system32\directx\websetup\SET9F13.tmp
MD5:
SHA256:
2740dxwsetup.exeC:\Windows\system32\directx\websetup\SET9F14.tmp
MD5:
SHA256:
2740dxwsetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\LH043OAM\dxupdate[1].cab
MD5:
SHA256:
2740dxwsetup.exeC:\Windows\msdownld.tmp\AS16D064.tmp\dxupdate.cab
MD5:
SHA256:
2740dxwsetup.exeC:\Windows\Logs\DirectX.logtext
MD5:2CE1A5D83B6F2BC98A63B0B65B92FEC6
SHA256:DE8F5A3A07D7C2B0BCD21AA02FA7290C26ACE0D9850E44643ED10A594178C7AE
2740dxwsetup.exeC:\Windows\INF\setupapi.app.logtext
MD5:FCB2E400E1B660887F4A66FE2A33A8F3
SHA256:93CFEB1A26738DF9B7F30C85F99546D603B986016F4FCDC551C4CD356AFD76D3
2740dxwsetup.exeC:\Windows\system32\DirectX\WebSetup\filelist.dattext
MD5:5B97E1CA76253156C8637EF81D9EF8B4
SHA256:E8F5B059DB83BCF2D37FDC01423DDD49A0878F419842267D564BB5FD31D8F1BC
364068cf6c08769adf549acf37145297cd1e1becbaf66ae8afef8b57c56c8bd8f129.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxwsetup.infini
MD5:AD8982EAA02C7AD4D7CDCBC248CAA941
SHA256:D63C35E9B43EB0F28FFC28F61C9C9A306DA9C9DE3386770A7EB19FAA44DBFC00
364068cf6c08769adf549acf37145297cd1e1becbaf66ae8afef8b57c56c8bd8f129.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dsetup.dllexecutable
MD5:984CAD22FA542A08C5D22941B888D8DC
SHA256:57BC22850BB8E0BCC511A9B54CD3DA18EEC61F3088940C07D63B9B74E7FE2308
364068cf6c08769adf549acf37145297cd1e1becbaf66ae8afef8b57c56c8bd8f129.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dsetup32.dllexecutable
MD5:A5412A144F63D639B47FCC1BA68CB029
SHA256:8A011DA043A4B81E2B3D41A332E0FF23A65D546BD7636E8BC74885E8746927D6
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HTTP(S) requests
85
TCP/UDP connections
1
DNS requests
1
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
2740
dxwsetup.exe
GET
200
2.18.233.19:80
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/1/1718CCC4-6315-4D8E-9543-8E28A4E18C4C/Apr2006_xact_x86.cab
unknown
compressed
130 Kb
whitelisted
2740
dxwsetup.exe
GET
200
2.18.233.19:80
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/1/1718CCC4-6315-4D8E-9543-8E28A4E18C4C/Jun2006_xact_x86.cab
unknown
compressed
131 Kb
whitelisted
2740
dxwsetup.exe
GET
200
2.18.233.19:80
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/1/1718CCC4-6315-4D8E-9543-8E28A4E18C4C/Feb2006_xact_x86.cab
unknown
compressed
130 Kb
whitelisted
2740
dxwsetup.exe
GET
200
2.18.233.19:80
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/1/1718CCC4-6315-4D8E-9543-8E28A4E18C4C/Jun2007_xact_x86.cab
unknown
compressed
150 Kb
whitelisted
2740
dxwsetup.exe
GET
200
2.18.233.19:80
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/1/1718CCC4-6315-4D8E-9543-8E28A4E18C4C/dxupdate.cab
unknown
compressed
94.8 Kb
whitelisted
2740
dxwsetup.exe
GET
200
2.18.233.19:80
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/1/1718CCC4-6315-4D8E-9543-8E28A4E18C4C/Apr2007_xact_x86.cab
unknown
compressed
148 Kb
whitelisted
2740
dxwsetup.exe
GET
200
2.18.233.19:80
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/1/1718CCC4-6315-4D8E-9543-8E28A4E18C4C/Mar2008_xact_x86.cab
unknown
compressed
92.5 Kb
whitelisted
2740
dxwsetup.exe
GET
200
2.18.233.19:80
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/1/1718CCC4-6315-4D8E-9543-8E28A4E18C4C/Nov2007_xact_x86.cab
unknown
compressed
145 Kb
whitelisted
2740
dxwsetup.exe
GET
200
2.18.233.19:80
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/1/1718CCC4-6315-4D8E-9543-8E28A4E18C4C/Feb2007_xact_x86.cab
unknown
compressed
145 Kb
whitelisted
2740
dxwsetup.exe
GET
200
2.18.233.19:80
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/1/1718CCC4-6315-4D8E-9543-8E28A4E18C4C/Apr2006_xinput_x86.cab
unknown
compressed
45.9 Kb
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
2740
dxwsetup.exe
2.18.233.19:80
download.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
download.microsoft.com
  • 2.18.233.19
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
Process
Message
dxwsetup.exe
DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH
dxwsetup.exe
DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH
dxwsetup.exe
Invalid parameter passed to C runtime function.
dxwsetup.exe
Invalid parameter passed to C runtime function.
dxwsetup.exe
DLL_PROCESS_DETACH
dxwsetup.exe
DLL_PROCESS_DETACH
dxwsetup.exe
DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH
dxwsetup.exe
DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH