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directx.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/766094f7-2e09-41d2-816d-36ff104958f9
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: April 15, 2019, 09:46:14
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, MS CAB-Installer self-extracting archive
MD5:

880A353DC9AB4202F2CFBEC1CB37181D

SHA1:

0BAFEE10ED68194FB332D3B46F7D92C8AD962843

SHA256:

6B5C9CEC68C7F3C0BA98B8D0B335F1BE8EA4CD37FB02B4C81ECC1A95EF6D9578

SSDEEP:

6144:OWK8faaQMbjFtVNtHb7RGb/Mp7mgypysDVpU2drVxP:LaaQMXDFFfp7S5DbU2RP

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Loads dropped or rewritten executable

      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 2744)

    • Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 2744)

    • Changes the autorun value in the registry

      • directx.exe (PID: 2088)

    • Changes settings of System certificates

      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 2744)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • directx.exe (PID: 2088)
      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 2744)

    • Adds / modifies Windows certificates

      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 2744)

    • Creates files in the Windows directory

      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 2744)

    • Removes files from Windows directory

      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 2744)

  • INFO

    • Reads settings of System Certificates

      • dxwsetup.exe (PID: 2744)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (42.2)
.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (37.3)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (8.8)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (6)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (2.7)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2001:08:18 03:42:57+02:00
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 7
CodeSize: 34816
InitializedDataSize: 258048
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x5a5e
OSVersion: 5.1
ImageVersion: 5.1
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 6.0.2600.0
ProductVersionNumber: 6.0.2600.0
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Windows NT 32-bit
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
CharacterSet: Unicode
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription: DirectX 9.0 Web setup
FileVersion: 9.28.1886.0
InternalName: DXWebSetup
LegalCopyright: Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
OriginalFileName: dxwebsetup.exe
ProductName: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
ProductVersion: 9.28.1886.0

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 18-Aug-2001 01:42:57
Detected languages:
  • English - United States
Debug artifacts:
  • .pdb
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription: DirectX 9.0 Web setup
FileVersion: 9.28.1886.0
InternalName: DXWebSetup
LegalCopyright: Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
OriginalFilename: dxwebsetup.exe
ProductName: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
ProductVersion: 9.28.1886.0

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
.text
0x00001000
0x0000861A
0x00008800
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.55102
.data
0x0000A000
0x00001BE4
0x00000400
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
4.18428
.rsrc
0x0000C000
0x0003F000
0x0003EC00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
7.834

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
3.48804
884
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_VERSION
2
3.53793
296
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
63
2.48958
140
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_STRING
76
3.2674
1312
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_STRING
77
3.29977
1484
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_STRING
80
3.27174
1200
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_STRING
83
3.2912
1098
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_STRING
85
3.13591
974
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_STRING
2001
3.35785
716
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_DIALOG
2002
3.34986
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
36
Monitored processes
3
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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drop and start start directx.exe dxwsetup.exe directx.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2088"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\directx.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\directx.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
DirectX 9.0 Web setup
Exit code:
0
Version:
9.28.1886.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\directx.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
2504"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\directx.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\directx.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
DirectX 9.0 Web setup
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
9.28.1886.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\directx.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
2744C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxwsetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxwsetup.exe
directx.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
DirectX Setup
Exit code:
0
Version:
4.9.0.0904
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\ixp000.tmp\dxwsetup.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
Total events
64
Read events
32
Write events
32
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2744) dxwsetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\SetupapiLogStatus
Operation:writeName:setupapi.app.log
Value:
4096
(PID) Process:(2088) directx.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:(2744) dxwsetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\dxwsetup_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:EnableFileTracing
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2744) dxwsetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\dxwsetup_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:EnableConsoleTracing
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2744) dxwsetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\dxwsetup_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:FileTracingMask
Value:
4294901760
(PID) Process:(2744) dxwsetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\dxwsetup_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:ConsoleTracingMask
Value:
4294901760
(PID) Process:(2744) dxwsetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\dxwsetup_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:MaxFileSize
Value:
1048576
(PID) Process:(2744) dxwsetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\dxwsetup_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:FileDirectory
Value:
%windir%\tracing
(PID) Process:(2744) dxwsetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\dxwsetup_RASMANCS
Operation:writeName:EnableFileTracing
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2744) dxwsetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\dxwsetup_RASMANCS
Operation:writeName:EnableConsoleTracing
Value:
0
Executable files
6
Suspicious files
68
Text files
729
Unknown types
1

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2744dxwsetup.exeC:\Windows\system32\directx\websetup\SET669B.tmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2744dxwsetup.exeC:\Windows\system32\directx\websetup\SET669C.tmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2744dxwsetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\H6QNMHE9\dxupdate[1].cab —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2744dxwsetup.exeC:\Windows\msdownld.tmp\AS1099F0.tmp\dxupdate.cab —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2744dxwsetup.exeC:\Windows\INF\setupapi.app.logtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2744dxwsetup.exeC:\Windows\Logs\DirectX.logtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2744dxwsetup.exeC:\Windows\system32\DirectX\WebSetup\dxupdate.cabcompressed
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2744dxwsetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\I0488CJO\Feb2006_xact_x86[1].cab —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2744dxwsetup.exeC:\Windows\msdownld.tmp\AS10BC7C.tmp\Feb2006_xact_x86.cab —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2744dxwsetup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\JGRR2OYX\Apr2006_xact_x86[1].cab —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
69
TCP/UDP connections
1
DNS requests
1
Threats
1

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
2744
dxwsetup.exe
GET
200
2.18.233.19:80
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/1/1718CCC4-6315-4D8E-9543-8E28A4E18C4C/Aug2007_xact_x86.cab
unknown
compressed
150 Kb
whitelisted
2744
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
2744
dxwsetup.exe
GET
200
2.18.233.19:80
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/1/1718CCC4-6315-4D8E-9543-8E28A4E18C4C/Nov2007_x3daudio_x86.cab
unknown
compressed
19.0 Kb
whitelisted
2744
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
2744
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
2744
dxwsetup.exe
GET
200
2.18.233.19:80
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/1/1718CCC4-6315-4D8E-9543-8E28A4E18C4C/Aug2006_xact_x86.cab
unknown
compressed
135 Kb
whitelisted
2744
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
2744
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
2744
dxwsetup.exe
GET
200
2.18.233.19:80
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/1/1718CCC4-6315-4D8E-9543-8E28A4E18C4C/Aug2006_xinput_x86.cab
unknown
compressed
45.9 Kb
whitelisted
2744
dxwsetup.exe
GET
200
2.18.233.19:80
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/1/1718CCC4-6315-4D8E-9543-8E28A4E18C4C/Oct2006_xact_x86.cab
unknown
compressed
135 Kb
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
2744
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

PID
Process
Class
Message
2744
dxwsetup.exe
Generic Protocol Command Decode
SURICATA STREAM excessive retransmissions
Process
Message
dxwsetup.exe
DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH
dxwsetup.exe
DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH
dxwsetup.exe
DLL_PROCESS_DETACH
dxwsetup.exe
DLL_PROCESS_DETACH
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directx.exe