| File name: | npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/a59b5cb1-369d-4e26-9b9c-d446e05e35dd |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | March 30, 2020, 21:18:28 |
| 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, Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive |
| MD5: | F51EC79FCA047A677AA2179FE4C35282 |
| SHA1: | C4F0D6E208705A56F1626969D5E4FD5B1776AC67 |
| SHA256: | 6DB7D40D66D4C4F9EEFB972E333F733111D4C8FC0712D6C6E8A9B476A14EEE38 |
| SSDEEP: | 98304:3v9BPOfEV1ciAuipG08fMyZ1Uyv0PmSGrF28HgKMhyKfIpoJsku:3lEYciAuioRMy7J0P+rchyKfIpasku |
MALICIOUS
Loads dropped or rewritten executable
- npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe (PID: 608)
- notepad++.exe (PID: 1852)
- gup.exe (PID: 3724)
- notepad++.exe (PID: 4068)
Registers / Runs the DLL via REGSVR32.EXE
- npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe (PID: 608)
Application was dropped or rewritten from another process
- notepad++.exe (PID: 1852)
- gup.exe (PID: 3724)
- notepad++.exe (PID: 4068)
SUSPICIOUS
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe (PID: 608)
Creates COM task schedule object
- regsvr32.exe (PID: 3716)
Creates files in the user directory
- npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe (PID: 608)
- notepad++.exe (PID: 4068)
Creates files in the program directory
- npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe (PID: 608)
Executed via COM
- explorer.exe (PID: 3604)
Creates a software uninstall entry
- npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe (PID: 608)
INFO
No info indicators.
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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: | 2018:12:15 23:24:36+01:00 |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 6 |
| CodeSize: | 26112 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 141824 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | 2048 |
| EntryPoint: | 0x34a5 |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | 6 |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 7.8.5.0 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 7.8.5.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x0000 |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | English (U.S.) |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| CompanyName: | Don HO don.h@free.fr |
| FileDescription: | Notepad++ : a free (GNU) source code editor |
| FileVersion: | 7.8.5.0 |
| LegalCopyright: | Copyleft 1998-2017 by Don HO |
| ProductName: | Notepad++ |
| ProductVersion: | 7.85 |
Summary
| Architecture: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
|---|---|
| Subsystem: | IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI |
| Compilation Date: | 15-Dec-2018 22:24:36 |
| Detected languages: |
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| CompanyName: | Don HO don.h@free.fr |
| FileDescription: | Notepad++ : a free (GNU) source code editor |
| FileVersion: | 7.8.5.0 |
| LegalCopyright: | Copyleft 1998-2017 by Don HO |
| ProductName: | Notepad++ |
| ProductVersion: | 7.85 |
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: | 0x000000D8 |
PE Headers
| Signature: | PE |
|---|---|
| Machine: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
| Number of sections: | 5 |
| Time date stamp: | 15-Dec-2018 22:24:36 |
| Pointer to Symbol Table: | 0x00000000 |
| Number of symbols: | 0 |
| Size of Optional Header: | 0x00E0 |
| Characteristics: |
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Sections
Name | Virtual Address | Virtual Size | Raw Size | Charateristics | Entropy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.text | 0x00001000 | 0x00006409 | 0x00006600 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 6.41619 |
.rdata | 0x00008000 | 0x00001396 | 0x00001400 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 5.15491 |
.data | 0x0000A000 | 0x00020358 | 0x00000600 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 4.0044 |
.ndata | 0x0002B000 | 0x0001A000 | 0x00000000 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 0 |
.rsrc | 0x00045000 | 0x000261E0 | 0x00026200 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 5.73113 |
Resources
Title | Entropy | Size | Codepage | Language | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5.27873 | 1260 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_MANIFEST |
2 | 7.98841 | 51130 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_ICON |
3 | 4.21656 | 9640 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_ICON |
4 | 4.57578 | 4264 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_ICON |
5 | 5.04764 | 1128 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_ICON |
102 | 2.71813 | 180 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_DIALOG |
103 | 2.67841 | 76 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_GROUP_ICON |
104 | 2.67285 | 344 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_DIALOG |
105 | 2.67385 | 512 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_DIALOG |
106 | 2.91148 | 248 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_DIALOG |
Imports
ADVAPI32.dll |
COMCTL32.dll |
GDI32.dll |
KERNEL32.dll |
SHELL32.dll |
USER32.dll |
ole32.dll |
Total processes
43
Monitored processes
8
Malicious processes
4
Suspicious processes
1
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 608 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Don HO don.h@free.fr Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Notepad++ : a free (GNU) source code editor Exit code: 0 Version: 7.8.5.0 Modules
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| 1852 | "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\change.log" | C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe | npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Don HO don.h@free.fr Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Notepad++ : a free (GNU) source code editor Exit code: 0 Version: 7.85 Modules
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| 1900 | "C:\Windows\explorer.exe" "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" | C:\Windows\explorer.exe | — | npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Windows Explorer Exit code: 1 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 3604 | C:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding | C:\Windows\explorer.exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Explorer Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 3716 | regsvr32 /s "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\NppShell_06.dll" | C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe | — | npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Microsoft(C) Register Server Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 3716 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Don HO don.h@free.fr Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Notepad++ : a free (GNU) source code editor Exit code: 3221226540 Version: 7.8.5.0 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 3724 | "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\updater\gup.exe" -v7.85 | C:\Program Files\Notepad++\updater\gup.exe | notepad++.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Don HO don.h@free.fr Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: WinGup for Notepad++ Exit code: 0 Version: 5.11 Modules
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| 4068 | "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" | C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Don HO don.h@free.fr Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Notepad++ : a free (GNU) source code editor Exit code: 0 Version: 7.85 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
Total events
654
Read events
454
Write events
196
Delete events
4
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (608) npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\notepad++.exe |
| Operation: | write | Name: | |
Value: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe | |||
| (PID) Process: | (608) npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Notepad++ |
| Operation: | write | Name: | |
Value: C:\Program Files\Notepad++ | |||
| (PID) Process: | (608) npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Notepad++ |
| Operation: | write | Name: | DisplayName |
Value: Notepad++ (32-bit x86) | |||
| (PID) Process: | (608) npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Notepad++ |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Publisher |
Value: Notepad++ Team | |||
| (PID) Process: | (608) npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Notepad++ |
| Operation: | write | Name: | MajorVersion |
Value: 7 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (608) npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Notepad++ |
| Operation: | write | Name: | MinorVersion |
Value: 85 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (608) npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Notepad++ |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UninstallString |
Value: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\uninstall.exe | |||
| (PID) Process: | (608) npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Notepad++ |
| Operation: | write | Name: | DisplayIcon |
Value: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe | |||
| (PID) Process: | (608) npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Notepad++ |
| Operation: | write | Name: | DisplayVersion |
Value: 7.8.5 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (608) npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Notepad++ |
| Operation: | write | Name: | URLInfoAbout |
Value: http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ | |||
Executable files
14
Suspicious files
0
Text files
156
Unknown types
1
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 608 | npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsu8586.tmp\modern-wizard.bmp | image | |
MD5:C2CF6928A3AB574A5548B4DC1C38B6C0 | SHA256:2125550C12FA512782F2016E802D70BC51F4A06017CFBD4176B4A994EB2542F0 | |||
| 608 | npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsu8586.tmp\LangDLL.dll | executable | |
MD5:AB1DB56369412FE8476FEFFFD11E4CC0 | SHA256:6F14C8F01F50A30743DAC68C5AC813451463DFB427EB4E35FCDFE2410E1A913B | |||
| 608 | npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsu8586.tmp\System.dll | executable | |
MD5:0D7AD4F45DC6F5AA87F606D0331C6901 | SHA256:3EB38AE99653A7DBC724132EE240F6E5C4AF4BFE7C01D31D23FAF373F9F2EACA | |||
| 608 | npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsu8586.tmp\ioSpecial.ini | text | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 608 | npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe | C:\Program Files\Notepad++\autoCompletion\cpp.xml | xml | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 608 | npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe | C:\Program Files\Notepad++\autoCompletion\cs.xml | xml | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 608 | npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe | C:\Program Files\Notepad++\autoCompletion\vb.xml | xml | |
MD5:CB6D0CFF9916FA1EAE0A4FAAFC9DB82A | SHA256:74B6701E0C8F2C92EEDD563165B61D4813F519F3747B67B3A043A4B85DE41401 | |||
| 608 | npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe | C:\Program Files\Notepad++\autoCompletion\sql.xml | xml | |
MD5:056B92B4D2E16984505990CF379B5486 | SHA256:620FE159DB5CE323B78B4768F9F6A3A95CA2C4FA4806EA5145AFADAC21DCC74D | |||
| 608 | npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe | C:\Program Files\Notepad++\autoCompletion\php.xml | xml | |
MD5:1E9D31476DDDC00249463EDE7BA491D7 | SHA256:43391307F2829B77DF05725A13670F6AD0650F8B92B4503CBA65D7901E1DDA10 | |||
| 608 | npp.7.8.5.Installer.exe | C:\Program Files\Notepad++\autoCompletion\javascript.xml | xml | |
MD5:C9528CEBD21CC8D7CD358E847DECF674 | SHA256:02A01D2FD9B6EB563B03A3DE839B588B8B073ABA9676D40AD86483A1B79317A0 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
1
DNS requests
1
Threats
0
HTTP requests
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3724 | gup.exe | 104.31.88.28:443 | notepad-plus-plus.org | Cloudflare Inc | US | shared |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
notepad-plus-plus.org |
| whitelisted |
Threats
Process | Message |
|---|---|
notepad++.exe | VerifyLibrary: certificate revocation checking is disabled
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notepad++.exe | VerifyLibrary: certificate revocation checking is disabled
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notepad++.exe | ED255D9151912E40DF048A56288E969A8D0DAFA3
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notepad++.exe | VerifyLibrary: certificate revocation checking is disabled
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notepad++.exe | ED255D9151912E40DF048A56288E969A8D0DAFA3
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notepad++.exe | VerifyLibrary: certificate revocation checking is disabled
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notepad++.exe | VerifyLibrary: certificate revocation checking is disabled
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notepad++.exe | VerifyLibrary: certificate revocation checking is disabled
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notepad++.exe | ED255D9151912E40DF048A56288E969A8D0DAFA3
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notepad++.exe | VerifyLibrary: certificate revocation checking is disabled
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