File name:

MediaCreationTool22H2.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/bff49299-64f0-4c75-bb9f-6c46575154b3
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: January 31, 2024, 05:21:00
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

    • Drops the executable file immediately after the start

      • MediaCreationTool22H2.exe (PID: 2088)

    • The DLL Hijacking

      • SetupHost.Exe (PID: 324)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Starts a Microsoft application from unusual location

      • MediaCreationTool22H2.exe (PID: 752)
      • MediaCreationTool22H2.exe (PID: 2088)

    • Process drops legitimate windows executable

      • MediaCreationTool22H2.exe (PID: 2088)

    • The process creates files with name similar to system file names

      • MediaCreationTool22H2.exe (PID: 2088)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • MediaCreationTool22H2.exe (PID: 2088)

    • Reads settings of System Certificates

      • SetupHost.Exe (PID: 324)

    • Reads the Internet Settings

      • SetupHost.Exe (PID: 324)

  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • MediaCreationTool22H2.exe (PID: 2088)
      • SetupHost.Exe (PID: 324)

    • Reads the computer name

      • SetupHost.Exe (PID: 324)

    • Reads Environment values

      • SetupHost.Exe (PID: 324)

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • SetupHost.Exe (PID: 324)

    • Process checks computer location settings

      • SetupHost.Exe (PID: 324)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
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
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, 32-bit, Removable run from swap, Net run from swap
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
No data.
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Total processes
44
Monitored processes
4
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start mediacreationtool22h2.exe setuphost.exe vdsldr.exe no specs mediacreationtool22h2.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
324"C:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\SetupHost.Exe" /Download /Web C:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\SetupHost.Exe
MediaCreationTool22H2.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Modern Setup Host
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.572 (vb_release_svc_prod1.201007-1724)
Modules
Images
c:\$windows.~ws\sources\setuphost.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\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
752"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MediaCreationTool22H2.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MediaCreationTool22H2.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\appdata\local\temp\mediacreationtool22h2.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
2088"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MediaCreationTool22H2.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MediaCreationTool22H2.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows 10 Setup
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.572 (vb_release_svc_prod1.201007-1724)
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\mediacreationtool22h2.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\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
3052C:\Windows\System32\vdsldr.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\vdsldr.exe—svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Virtual Disk Service Loader
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\vdsldr.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\atl.dll
Total events
3 403
Read events
3 360
Write events
43
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2088) MediaCreationTool22H2.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches\Temporary Setup Files
Operation:writeName:SetupDirectories
Value:
$Windows.~BT;$Windows.~LS
(PID) Process:(2088) MediaCreationTool22H2.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:(324) SetupHost.ExeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\182\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:LanguageList
Value:
en-US
(PID) Process:(324) SetupHost.ExeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EnterpriseCertificates\Root\Certificates\9F6134C5FA75E4FDDE631B232BE961D6D4B97DB6
Operation:writeName:Blob
Value:
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
(PID) Process:(324) SetupHost.ExeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EnterpriseCertificates\Root\Certificates\9F6134C5FA75E4FDDE631B232BE961D6D4B97DB6
Operation:writeName:Blob
Value:
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
(PID) Process:(324) SetupHost.ExeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EnterpriseCertificates\Root\Certificates\9F6134C5FA75E4FDDE631B232BE961D6D4B97DB6
Operation:writeName:Blob
Value:
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
(PID) Process:(324) SetupHost.ExeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup\Volatile
Operation:writeName:InstallTicks
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(324) SetupHost.ExeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup\Volatile
Operation:writeName:InstallTicks
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(324) SetupHost.ExeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup\Volatile
Operation:writeName:InstallTicks
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(324) SetupHost.ExeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup\Volatile
Operation:writeName:InstallTicks
Value:
3
Executable files
19
Suspicious files
1
Text files
7
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2088MediaCreationTool22H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\Diager.dllexecutable
MD5:4396BDD1707419909F04A92184AD1317
SHA256:AE0F8123D3EF8801961211D7D71780BEE76C418EBC8C6893B385D5FABA6BB68F
2088MediaCreationTool22H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\DiagTrack.dllexecutable
MD5:6C3F6A6BC5EDE978E9DFE1ACCE386339
SHA256:B55D66F2943F1C63EA9B39DAE88AA2A4F91775CEFFFEFD263BD302866A7BD91C
2088MediaCreationTool22H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\setupplatform.cfgtext
MD5:033E7ADC314C248CC29A9F14906C21E5
SHA256:C40FDDBB16853406D12D30E01E170DE8474728BB8EC24794DB721DE0A7F67927
2088MediaCreationTool22H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\unbcl.dllexecutable
MD5:5D52A4EFAC5B4B7530B388AEB6F9CB67
SHA256:137ECA75B268556503E26CD5987DDDAC5EB0831ED4CE5EA3B0D34B5645A31ABD
2088MediaCreationTool22H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\DU.dllexecutable
MD5:7727A405C9878C2FE052922C1F965384
SHA256:4912ABC0A250DFAF63A48E4165E94AB701505F14BCC7A1464D5588FA2D434564
2088MediaCreationTool22H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\DiagTrackRunner.exeexecutable
MD5:76F30A1E149792D2542A253B920CBEF6
SHA256:488CBC8330952DD13B797BB40E4E30610ED03483C25919C39555F7B334A3C159
2088MediaCreationTool22H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\wdsutil.dllexecutable
MD5:818E76521DAD2369E8F713AECDA42145
SHA256:EAB16299B69323FCA094F2D214A5BC5FBF973040B7CCD187415EDF985F46B21D
2088MediaCreationTool22H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\SetupHost.exeexecutable
MD5:A5D94F9587F97E9C674447447721B77F
SHA256:F33E7BCE0CA712BAAC95557823096F929F78927E521C0448ED237F429141EFD9
2088MediaCreationTool22H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\MediaSetupUIMgr.dllexecutable
MD5:BDBD14F60FC78EDCA16A022C9801CF70
SHA256:A2679D717DB07F43D81F895E508520E01CD0262F1BE5870333D12CE71FE02DB4
2088MediaCreationTool22H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\SetupMgr.dllexecutable
MD5:59D1A173F6B27A8A1CC367CA9FF6E560
SHA256:45C2EE2387026A50F0C6B9C9119F39B6D2B6505312DBDF352399FD41E8DEB78F
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
7
DNS requests
3
Threats
0

HTTP requests

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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
1080
svchost.exe
224.0.0.252:5355
—
—
—
unknown
324
SetupHost.Exe
4.231.128.59:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
324
SetupHost.Exe
23.211.9.234:443
go.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
unknown
324
SetupHost.Exe
2.19.100.212:443
download.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
unknown

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 4.231.128.59
whitelisted
go.microsoft.com
  • 23.211.9.234
whitelisted
download.microsoft.com
  • 2.19.100.212
whitelisted

Threats

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Reports
MediaCreationTool22H2.exe