Malware analysis c2.hta Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	c2.hta
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/d13f54df-497c-4b79-ba90-480dcc9afffa
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	December 16, 2024, 00:32:29
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
MIME:	text/html
File info:	HTML document, ASCII text, with CRLF line terminators
MD5:	46DB5C83FA1E4259626582D675A2DABA
SHA1:	9CECD043306E50FB5D6C6A8B4E13631AA8641555
SHA256:	6B29AE721C54ADD4DF7663F763F8BE6A1A65259A2243D563A0F3C972AC64623A
SSDEEP:	48:wEqvfTntHcmhdT1hnLU5Lo1fWKGUTF50H3/CO:wZrnJhV1hL6/LeQH3

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 120 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:
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
- Gets path to any of the special folders (SCRIPT)
  - mshta.exe (PID: 6556)
- Creates internet connection object (SCRIPT)
  - mshta.exe (PID: 6556)
- Opens an HTTP connection (SCRIPT)
  - mshta.exe (PID: 6556)
- Sends HTTP request (SCRIPT)
  - mshta.exe (PID: 6556)
SUSPICIOUS
- Creates FileSystem object to access computer's file system (SCRIPT)
  - mshta.exe (PID: 6556)
INFO
- The process uses the downloaded file
  - mshta.exe (PID: 6556)
- Reads Internet Explorer settings
  - mshta.exe (PID: 6556)
- Checks proxy server information
  - mshta.exe (PID: 6556)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.html	\|	HyperText Markup Language (100)

EXIF

HTML

Title:	BAT Downloader

No data.

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Total processes

126

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

6556

"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c2.hta {1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}{1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Microsoft (R) HTML Application host

Version:

11.00.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\syswow64\mshta.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\advapi32.dll

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Total events

3 809

Read events

3 806

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(6556) mshta.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content
Operation:	write	Name:	CachePrefix
Value:
(PID) Process:	(6556) mshta.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies
Operation:	write	Name:	CachePrefix
Value: Cookie:
(PID) Process:	(6556) mshta.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History
Operation:	write	Name:	CachePrefix
Value: Visited:

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

No data

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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
640	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.16.241.19:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
4712	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	2.16.241.19:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
4712	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
640	svchost.exe	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1176	svchost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6636	backgroundTaskHost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAn5bsKVVV8kdJ6vHl3O1J0%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6636	backgroundTaskHost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6460	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
6460	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

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
—	—	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
—	—	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
640	svchost.exe	2.16.241.19:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
4712	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	2.16.241.19:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
4712	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	95.101.149.131:80	www.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
640	svchost.exe	95.101.149.131:80	www.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
5064	SearchApp.exe	2.23.209.130:443	www.bing.com	Akamai International B.V.	GB	whitelisted
—	—	192.229.221.95:80	ocsp.digicert.com	EDGECAST	US	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
6556	mshta.exe	193.26.115.21:443	myguyapp.com	RELIABLESITE	US	unknown

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	4.231.128.59 20.73.194.208	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	2.16.241.19 2.16.241.12	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	95.101.149.131	whitelisted
google.com	216.58.212.174	whitelisted
www.bing.com	2.23.209.130 2.23.209.133 2.23.209.187	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	192.229.221.95	whitelisted
myguyapp.com	193.26.115.21	unknown
go.microsoft.com	184.28.89.167	whitelisted
login.live.com	40.126.31.69 20.190.159.71 20.190.159.75 40.126.31.67 40.126.31.73 20.190.159.0 20.190.159.64 20.190.159.4	whitelisted
arc.msn.com	20.199.58.43	whitelisted

Threats

PID	Process	Class	Message
6556	mshta.exe	Misc activity	ET INFO Observed ZeroSSL SSL/TLS Certificate

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General Info

c2.hta

46DB5C83FA1E4259626582D675A2DABA

9CECD043306E50FB5D6C6A8B4E13631AA8641555

6B29AE721C54ADD4DF7663F763F8BE6A1A65259A2243D563A0F3C972AC64623A

48:wEqvfTntHcmhdT1hnLU5Lo1fWKGUTF50H3/CO:wZrnJhV1hL6/LeQH3

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Gets path to any of the special folders (SCRIPT)

Creates internet connection object (SCRIPT)

Opens an HTTP connection (SCRIPT)

Sends HTTP request (SCRIPT)

SUSPICIOUS

Creates FileSystem object to access computer's file system (SCRIPT)

INFO

The process uses the downloaded file

Reads Internet Explorer settings

Checks proxy server information

Malware configuration

Static information

TRiD

EXIF

HTML

Video and screenshots

Processes

Behavior graph

Specs description

Process information

Information

Modules

Registry activity

Modification events

Files activity

Dropped files

Network activity

HTTP requests

Connections

DNS requests

Threats

Debug output strings