Malware analysis ransom_full.ps1 Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	ransom_full.ps1
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/27cf95d9-3a89-4ba3-8139-d9d53b92be30
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	May 26, 2025, 13:44:48
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME:	text/plain
File info:	Unicode text, UTF-8 text
MD5:	432B0DD915AE7AAC516F6499E3510E3A
SHA1:	E2D605AC670C8DFEA73C208A6305F2071470FC08
SHA256:	6EC7395D45B58665E9FBC0EE6D3A67F9B6D6E74CAA934020FFFC2A188053A4F2
SSDEEP:	192:we2FxI8OeO2EcenE/v8fFUiiVc5rtfNjxZex4Cy7KRgTKc:t2FZO7cb3yrxnZuRRgOc

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: none
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: on
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
- Bypass execution policy to execute commands
  - powershell.exe (PID: 7512)
- Gets or sets the symmetric key that is used for encryption and decryption (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 7512)
- Gets or sets the initialization vector for the symmetric algorithm (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 7512)
- Uses AES cipher (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 7512)
SUSPICIOUS
- Gets path to any of the special folders (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 7512)
- Uses base64 encoding (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 7512)
- The process creates files with name similar to system file names
  - wermgr.exe (PID: 8120)
- Uses sleep to delay execution (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 7512)
INFO
- Gets data length (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 7512)
- Checks if a key exists in the options dictionary (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 7512)
- Uses string replace method (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 7512)
- Creates files in the program directory
  - powershell.exe (PID: 7512)
- Checks proxy server information
  - wermgr.exe (PID: 8120)
- Reads the software policy settings
  - wermgr.exe (PID: 8120)

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No data.

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Total processes

131

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

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Process information

PID

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Path

Indicators

Parent process

7512

"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ep bypass C:\Users\admin\ransom_full.ps1

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows PowerShell

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\atl.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll

7520

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

—

powershell.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Console Window Host

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

8120

"C:\WINDOWS\system32\wermgr.exe" "-outproc" "0" "7512" "2876" "2900" "2880" "0" "0" "1140" "0" "0" "0" "0" "0"

C:\Windows\System32\wermgr.exe

powershell.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Problem Reporting

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\wermgr.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll

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Total events

8 313

Read events

8 313

Write events

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No data

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
7512	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ixoprnpd.a4b.ps1		text
		MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641	SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
7512	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_qyouxsqg.qay.psm1		text
		MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641	SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
8120	wermgr.exe	C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\Critical_powershell.exe_cd6b96918c74ad6ac44ab8fec58e6dc57a9c95f6_00000000_983a933a-c5b6-450d-b9ff-da66e9d41d0f\Report.wer		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
7512	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\actionsrequired.png.enc		binary
		MD5:1E7289BC7C39CC292C0B4FDB00A3187F	SHA256:D78632439C96D5DD8ED97088BB0B7A9136FAC947BB42697ECF516C384EB27F1E
7512	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\590aee7bdd69b59b.customDestinations-ms		binary
		MD5:60CDA96DF71F60243177CC009A0BDDDF	SHA256:7CBF401895A87C58BC48B0E543824D34F4F3E050EF2E4174050C43B81E1FEC2D
7512	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\appliedspecies.png.enc		binary
		MD5:5F45986772741E508D4C87E90913B309	SHA256:DF57E5A764A4A29EDC5382C07A057B2A03F40F5680FD4F9BE070CC10636CC306
7512	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\boysact.rtf.enc		binary
		MD5:F43302437C75A9820D638B5A7952A59E	SHA256:2454F0FE44DFFECE8458AF0E7C95E58EBAED0CC6F0D0D62C6255495A4B70FCEF
7512	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\articlesell.rtf.enc		binary
		MD5:19CCEEAA505988F63E6E91D50DE6C18B	SHA256:D04F7D59C41469FAC2DA12606B13E4B99D526CEB26D7C5B2C1ECBAAA089714AC
7512	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\findenvironmental.jpg.enc		binary
		MD5:549B1360C4BB9BB4EB55BD52EDBFB2EE	SHA256:72F60AE25F81BCF15A0A71D47A7EF4E11D386BDED9402375FD4108FC81FBE036
7512	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\ADJHHLK1N8JUU7RWU0VA.temp		binary
		MD5:60CDA96DF71F60243177CC009A0BDDDF	SHA256:7CBF401895A87C58BC48B0E543824D34F4F3E050EF2E4174050C43B81E1FEC2D

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
—	—	51.124.78.146:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
2112	svchost.exe	51.124.78.146:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	20.190.160.128:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
7844	SIHClient.exe	4.245.163.56:443	slscr.update.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
7844	SIHClient.exe	40.69.42.241:443	fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
8120	wermgr.exe	20.42.73.29:443	watson.events.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.124.78.146	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.184.206	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.160.128 20.190.160.4 20.190.160.5 20.190.160.132 20.190.160.2 20.190.160.130 20.190.160.67 40.126.32.68	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	4.245.163.56	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	40.69.42.241 2603:1030:7::106	whitelisted
241.42.69.40.in-addr.arpa	—	unknown
6.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.7.0.0.0.0.3.0.1.3.0.6.2.ip6.arpa	—	unknown
watson.events.data.microsoft.com	20.42.73.29	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

ransom_full.ps1

432B0DD915AE7AAC516F6499E3510E3A

E2D605AC670C8DFEA73C208A6305F2071470FC08

6EC7395D45B58665E9FBC0EE6D3A67F9B6D6E74CAA934020FFFC2A188053A4F2

192:we2FxI8OeO2EcenE/v8fFUiiVc5rtfNjxZex4Cy7KRgTKc:t2FZO7cb3yrxnZuRRgOc

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Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Bypass execution policy to execute commands

Gets or sets the symmetric key that is used for encryption and decryption (POWERSHELL)

Gets or sets the initialization vector for the symmetric algorithm (POWERSHELL)

Uses AES cipher (POWERSHELL)

SUSPICIOUS

Gets path to any of the special folders (POWERSHELL)

Uses base64 encoding (POWERSHELL)

The process creates files with name similar to system file names

Uses sleep to delay execution (POWERSHELL)

INFO

Gets data length (POWERSHELL)

Checks if a key exists in the options dictionary (POWERSHELL)

Uses string replace method (POWERSHELL)

Creates files in the program directory

Checks proxy server information

Reads the software policy settings

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