| File name: | staged1.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/4e472ca0-544d-472e-93b5-a22422558362 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | Emotet is one of the most dangerous trojans ever created. Over the course of its lifetime, it was upgraded to become a very destructive malware. It targets mostly corporate victims but even private users get infected in mass spam email campaigns. |
| Analysis date: | April 29, 2025, 15:17:12 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, UPX compressed, 3 sections |
| MD5: | 8DB38C7F70214EE08E166CDE8B9163C6 |
| SHA1: | E4C7CEFCF2DCAC80A8A555B73A07605B93A5447C |
| SHA256: | 724DD5DAD3C8C253663DB43557712AC030B8228F9602030FF21EC61A5F9CB198 |
| SSDEEP: | 6144:uynlP9ICFZAgfJhRCJUoF/XGm0FPrNB6VbdcGHQK0ZjUGjts1eYIGuPD:uyl+mTySo52RtBiKGHMiG6UY87 |
MALICIOUS
EMOTET mutex has been found
- staged1.exe (PID: 2564)
- DevicePairing.exe (PID: 496)
SUSPICIOUS
Starts itself from another location
- staged1.exe (PID: 2564)
There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)
- staged1.exe (PID: 2564)
- DevicePairing.exe (PID: 496)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- staged1.exe (PID: 2564)
- DevicePairing.exe (PID: 496)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- staged1.exe (PID: 2564)
INFO
The sample compiled with english language support
- staged1.exe (PID: 2564)
Checks supported languages
- staged1.exe (PID: 2564)
- DevicePairing.exe (PID: 496)
UPX packer has been detected
- staged1.exe (PID: 2564)
- DevicePairing.exe (PID: 496)
Reads the computer name
- staged1.exe (PID: 2564)
- DevicePairing.exe (PID: 496)
Reads the machine GUID from the registry
- DevicePairing.exe (PID: 496)
Checks proxy server information
- DevicePairing.exe (PID: 496)
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TRiD
| .exe | | | Win64 Executable (generic) (28.6) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | UPX compressed Win32 Executable (28) |
| .exe | | | Win32 EXE Yoda's Crypter (27.5) |
| .dll | | | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6.8) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (4.6) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2020:02:06 21:16:11+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | No relocs, Executable, 32-bit |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 8 |
| CodeSize: | 270336 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 221184 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | 516096 |
| EntryPoint: | 0xc0c10 |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 1.0.0.1 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 1.0.0.1 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | English (U.S.) |
| CharacterSet: | Windows, Latin1 |
| CompanyName: | Former national security adviser John Bolton |
| FileDescription: | hrough his legal team Bolton suggested |
| FileVersion: | 1.0.0.1 |
| InternalName: | Portions of his unpublished book manuscript |
| LegalCopyright: | National Prayer Breakfast as he held up newspapers blaring enormous |
| OriginalFileName: | He refused to testify before the Democrat-controlled |
| ProductName: | Trump's acquittal and has |
| ProductVersion: | 1.0.0.1 |
Total processes
130
Monitored processes
4
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 496 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\DevicePairing\DevicePairing.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\DevicePairing\DevicePairing.exe | staged1.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Former national security adviser John Bolton Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: hrough his legal team Bolton suggested Version: 1.0.0.1 Modules
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| 2092 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding | C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: KMS Connection Broker Version: 10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 2564 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\staged1.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\staged1.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Former national security adviser John Bolton Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: hrough his legal team Bolton suggested Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0.0.1 Modules
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| 2908 | "C:\WINDOWS\System32\SLUI.exe" RuleId=3482d82e-ca2c-4e1f-8864-da0267b484b2;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=4de7cb65-cdf1-4de9-8ae8-e3cce27b9f2c;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEvent | C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe | — | SppExtComObj.Exe | |||||||||||
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Windows Activation Client Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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Total events
680
Read events
676
Write events
4
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (2564) staged1.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 26b799fa |
Value: BE99D2268C99DE269999D226AA99D6269399C5269399D9269D99B726 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (496) DevicePairing.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (496) DevicePairing.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Cookie: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (496) DevicePairing.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Visited: | |||
Executable files
1
Suspicious files
0
Text files
0
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2564 | staged1.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\DevicePairing\DevicePairing.exe | executable | |
MD5:8DB38C7F70214EE08E166CDE8B9163C6 | SHA256:724DD5DAD3C8C253663DB43557712AC030B8228F9602030FF21EC61A5F9CB198 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
6
TCP/UDP connections
20
DNS requests
12
Threats
0
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | GET | 200 | 2.16.164.131:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 23.219.150.101:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
3676 | 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 |
— | — | GET | 200 | 23.219.150.101:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.23.77.188:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
3676 | 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 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 51.104.136.2:443 | — | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
— | — | 2.16.164.131:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | NL | whitelisted |
— | — | 23.219.150.101:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | CL | whitelisted |
3216 | svchost.exe | 172.211.123.249:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | FR | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 40.126.31.1:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 2.23.77.188:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
2104 | svchost.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
3676 | SIHClient.exe | 4.175.87.197:443 | slscr.update.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
slscr.update.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
dns.msftncsi.com |
| whitelisted |