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MediaCreationTool20H2.exe

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Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: February 02, 2021, 08:03:46
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
MD5:

AA2AD37BB74C05A49417E3D2F1BD89CE

SHA1:

1BF5F814FFE801B4E6F118E829C0D2821D78A60A

SHA256:

690C8A63769D444FAD47B7DDECEE7F24C9333AA735D0BD46587D0DF5CF15CDE5

SSDEEP:

196608:MmtHa+5hH1km/Sf7byFXKEBmih9S5rQ5FNFl001p4Ki:Y+5RB/SDbyFBH9eQD/l00/4

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

      • SetupHost.Exe (PID: 2272)
      • SetupHost.Exe (PID: 2280)
      • SetupHost.Exe (PID: 2516)

    • Drops executable file immediately after starts

      • MediaCreationTool20H2.exe (PID: 2288)
      • MediaCreationTool20H2.exe (PID: 3032)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • MediaCreationTool20H2.exe (PID: 2288)
      • MediaCreationTool20H2.exe (PID: 3888)
      • MediaCreationTool20H2.exe (PID: 3032)

    • Creates files in the Windows directory

      • MediaCreationTool20H2.exe (PID: 2288)

    • Drops a file with a compile date too recent

      • MediaCreationTool20H2.exe (PID: 2288)
      • MediaCreationTool20H2.exe (PID: 3032)
      • MediaCreationTool20H2.exe (PID: 3888)

    • Drops a file that was compiled in debug mode

      • MediaCreationTool20H2.exe (PID: 2288)
      • MediaCreationTool20H2.exe (PID: 3888)
      • MediaCreationTool20H2.exe (PID: 3032)

    • Drops a file with too old compile date

      • MediaCreationTool20H2.exe (PID: 2288)
      • MediaCreationTool20H2.exe (PID: 3032)
      • MediaCreationTool20H2.exe (PID: 3888)

  • INFO

    • Manual execution by user

      • MediaCreationTool20H2.exe (PID: 1756)
      • taskmgr.exe (PID: 2248)
      • MediaCreationTool20H2.exe (PID: 3032)
      • taskmgr.exe (PID: 3120)
      • MediaCreationTool20H2.exe (PID: 3888)

    • Dropped object may contain Bitcoin addresses

      • MediaCreationTool20H2.exe (PID: 2288)
      • MediaCreationTool20H2.exe (PID: 3032)
      • MediaCreationTool20H2.exe (PID: 3888)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (67.4)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (14.2)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (9.7)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (4.3)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (4.3)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 1974:05:29 20:08:33+01:00
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 14.2
CodeSize: 490496
InitializedDataSize: 11057152
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x729b0
OSVersion: 10
ImageVersion: 10
SubsystemVersion: 6.1
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 10.0.19041.572
ProductVersionNumber: 10.0.19041.572
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Windows NT 32-bit
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: Arabic
CharacterSet: Unicode
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription: ‎‎إعداد Windows 10
FileVersion: 10.0.19041.572 (vb_release_svc_prod1.201007-1724)
InternalName: SetupPrep.exe
LegalCopyright: © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
OriginalFileName: SetupPrep.exe
ProductName: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
ProductVersion: 10.0.19041.572

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 29-May-1974 19:08:33
Detected languages:
  • Arabic - Saudi Arabia
  • Bulgarian - Bulgaria
  • Chinese - PRC
  • Chinese - Taiwan
  • Croatian - Croatia
  • Czech - Czech Republic
  • Danish - Denmark
  • Dutch - Netherlands
  • English - United Kingdom
  • English - United States
  • Estonian - Estonia
  • Finnish - Finland
  • French - Canada
  • French - France
  • German - Germany
  • Greek - Greece
  • Hebrew - Israel
  • Hungarian - Hungary
  • Italian - Italy
  • Japanese - Japan
  • Korean - Korea
  • Latvian - Latvia
  • Lithuanian - Lithuania
  • Norwegian - Norway (Bokmal)
  • Polish - Poland
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Portuguese - Portugal
  • Romanian - Romania
  • Russian - Russia
  • Slovak - Slovakia
  • Slovenian - Slovenia
  • Spanish - Mexico
  • Spanish - Spain (International sort)
  • Swedish - Sweden
  • Thai - Thailand
  • Turkish - Turkey
  • Ukrainian - Ukraine
Debug artifacts:
  • SetupPrep.pdb
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription: Instalacija izdanja Windows 10
FileVersion: 10.0.19041.572 (vb_release_svc_prod1.201007-1724)
InternalName: SetupPrep.exe
LegalCopyright: © Microsoft Corporation. Sva prava zadržana.
OriginalFilename: SetupPrep.exe
ProductName: Operativni sistem Microsoft® Windows®
ProductVersion: 10.0.19041.572

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: 0x000000E8

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 6
Time date stamp: 29-May-1974 19:08:33
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_NET_RUN_FROM_SWAP
  • IMAGE_FILE_REMOVABLE_RUN_FROM_SWAP

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
.text
0x00001000
0x00077B30
0x00077C00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.35949
.data
0x00079000
0x00003170
0x00000C00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
4.64973
.idata
0x0007D000
0x00002BD4
0x00002C00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
5.83991
.boxload@
0x00080000
0x00000040
0x00000200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
0.727349
.rsrc
0x00081000
0x00A82000
0x00A81600
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
1.76436
.reloc
0x00B03000
0x000066D4
0x00006800
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.7389

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
4.64906
6193
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_MANIFEST
2
2.88492
744
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
3
2.61243
488
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
4
2.60227
296
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
5
4.35159
3752
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
6
4.11143
2216
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
7
3.32266
1620
Latin 1 / Western European
UNKNOWN
RT_STRING
8
3.33289
1372
Latin 1 / Western European
UNKNOWN
RT_STRING
9
2.98488
16076
Latin 1 / Western European
UNKNOWN
RT_STRING
10
3.23927
4686
Latin 1 / Western European
UNKNOWN
RT_STRING

Imports

ADVAPI32.dll
COMCTL32.dll
Cabinet.dll
GDI32.dll
KERNEL32.dll
MFC42u.dll
OLEAUT32.dll
RPCRT4.dll
SHELL32.dll
USER32.dll
No data.
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Total processes
59
Monitored processes
10
Malicious processes
3
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
1756"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\MediaCreationTool20H2.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\MediaCreationTool20H2.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows 10 Setup
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
10.0.19041.572 (vb_release_svc_prod1.201007-1724)
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\mediacreationtool20h2.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
2248"C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe" /4C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Task Manager
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\taskmgr.exe
c:\systemroot\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\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
2272"C:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\SetupHost.Exe" /Download /Web C:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\SetupHost.Exe—MediaCreationTool20H2.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Modern Setup Host
Exit code:
2147942583
Version:
10.0.19041.572 (vb_release_svc_prod1.201007-1724)
Modules
Images
c:\$windows.~ws\sources\setuphost.exe
c:\systemroot\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\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2280"C:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\SetupHost.Exe" /Download /Web C:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\SetupHost.Exe—MediaCreationTool20H2.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Modern Setup Host
Exit code:
3221225758
Version:
10.0.19041.572 (vb_release_svc_prod1.201007-1724)
Modules
Images
c:\$windows.~ws\sources\setuphost.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
2288"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\MediaCreationTool20H2.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\MediaCreationTool20H2.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows 10 Setup
Exit code:
2147942583
Version:
10.0.19041.572 (vb_release_svc_prod1.201007-1724)
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\mediacreationtool20h2.exe
c:\systemroot\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\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2516"C:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\SetupHost.Exe" /Download /Web C:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\SetupHost.Exe—MediaCreationTool20H2.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Modern Setup Host
Exit code:
3221225504
Version:
10.0.19041.572 (vb_release_svc_prod1.201007-1724)
Modules
Images
c:\$windows.~ws\sources\setuphost.exe
c:\systemroot\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\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2684"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\MediaCreationTool20H2.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\MediaCreationTool20H2.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows 10 Setup
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
10.0.19041.572 (vb_release_svc_prod1.201007-1724)
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\mediacreationtool20h2.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
3032"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\MediaCreationTool20H2.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\MediaCreationTool20H2.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows 10 Setup
Exit code:
2147943406
Version:
10.0.19041.572 (vb_release_svc_prod1.201007-1724)
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\mediacreationtool20h2.exe
c:\systemroot\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\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
3120"C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe" /4C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Task Manager
Exit code:
1
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\taskmgr.exe
c:\systemroot\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\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
3888"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\MediaCreationTool20H2.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\MediaCreationTool20H2.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows 10 Setup
Exit code:
3221225504
Version:
10.0.19041.572 (vb_release_svc_prod1.201007-1724)
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\mediacreationtool20h2.exe
c:\systemroot\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\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
Total events
28
Read events
18
Write events
6
Delete events
4

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2288) MediaCreationTool20H2.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches\Temporary Setup Files
Operation:writeName:SetupDirectories
Value:
$Windows.~BT;$Windows.~LS;$Windows.~WS
(PID) Process:(2288) MediaCreationTool20H2.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches\Temporary Setup Files
Operation:writeName:SetupDirectories
Value:
$Windows.~BT;$Windows.~LS;$Windows.~WS;ESD\Download
(PID) Process:(2272) SetupHost.ExeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup\Volatile
Operation:writeName:SetupHostResult
Value:
2147942583
(PID) Process:(2288) MediaCreationTool20H2.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup\Volatile
Operation:writeName:BoxResult
Value:
2147942583
(PID) Process:(3032) MediaCreationTool20H2.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup\Volatile
Operation:delete valueName:BoxResult
Value:
2147942583
(PID) Process:(3032) MediaCreationTool20H2.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup\Volatile
Operation:delete keyName:(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:(3032) MediaCreationTool20H2.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup\Volatile
Operation:writeName:BoxResult
Value:
2147943406
(PID) Process:(3888) MediaCreationTool20H2.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup\Volatile
Operation:delete valueName:BoxResult
Value:
2147943406
(PID) Process:(3888) MediaCreationTool20H2.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup\Volatile
Operation:delete keyName:(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:(3888) MediaCreationTool20H2.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup\Volatile
Operation:writeName:BoxResult
Value:
3221225504
Executable files
57
Suspicious files
0
Text files
9
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2288MediaCreationTool20H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\DiagTrackRunner.exeexecutable
MD5:76F30A1E149792D2542A253B920CBEF6
SHA256:488CBC8330952DD13B797BB40E4E30610ED03483C25919C39555F7B334A3C159
2288MediaCreationTool20H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\wdscsl.dllexecutable
MD5:0B778AD42D5E17CE89936F6D4C42957D
SHA256:D5BCFDAB29EA1DEEA22679A4A4473A9CC84871A5D707C006EB99FACB4AF9081B
2288MediaCreationTool20H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\setupplatform.cfgtext
MD5:033E7ADC314C248CC29A9F14906C21E5
SHA256:C40FDDBB16853406D12D30E01E170DE8474728BB8EC24794DB721DE0A7F67927
2288MediaCreationTool20H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\wdscore.dllexecutable
MD5:07F3FAC5518C90B22DFB9778EA280D0A
SHA256:65467BF1FBF10C2A399FE532B780F3604FDA5B00DB8319787CB6867BEDE4B90E
2288MediaCreationTool20H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\wpx.dllexecutable
MD5:15E92D3769E6EEFA80DAAC3085741BF6
SHA256:08C8A6B2F76F9D9152E01FF3118990FDCDBB0D2E8C57DBFE43568367493187D4
2288MediaCreationTool20H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\SetupCore.dllexecutable
MD5:55A4344E76136460BE2C8547C38567B4
SHA256:A9AC64EC515D04589DFC38B25D68D01F281BBB794D0DF9EC4205FE473703AEF5
2288MediaCreationTool20H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\MediaSetupUIMgr.dllexecutable
MD5:BDBD14F60FC78EDCA16A022C9801CF70
SHA256:A2679D717DB07F43D81F895E508520E01CD0262F1BE5870333D12CE71FE02DB4
2288MediaCreationTool20H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\wdstptc.dllexecutable
MD5:7A020A931614E1A7CA1DB482D1C00EDE
SHA256:48EE94546C9345FBE5AD1A51F4826B131DA554A8E4395E5D22E4CDE09B3816D5
2288MediaCreationTool20H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\SetupHost.exeexecutable
MD5:A5D94F9587F97E9C674447447721B77F
SHA256:F33E7BCE0CA712BAAC95557823096F929F78927E521C0448ED237F429141EFD9
2288MediaCreationTool20H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\pidgenx.dllexecutable
MD5:A54F45A9013251F0DDD91C6B3AB18449
SHA256:40A97484CE8E06658EA02AF3E3B0077C47BA8D71C2D991EB69B94F221C78478F
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
0
DNS requests
0
Threats
0

HTTP requests

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Connections

No data

DNS requests

No data

Threats

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