Malware analysis PBO2.7z Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	PBO2.7z
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/6a54f2f8-040f-46c1-9138-69a75a62de85
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	June 09, 2025, 01:39:26
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	arch-exec inpoutx64-sys vuln-driver winring0x64-sys
Indicators:
MIME:	application/x-7z-compressed
File info:	7-zip archive data, version 0.4
MD5:	869ADC2864B2FE8569E9B3926BF5B554
SHA1:	53132A650096AA6B2D444CC903BEBA803C95F09D
SHA256:	74243E0CBDD435C3E74F14C79D94ECE5E77F5AC0DF5FFC7215F6C68ACFDB1927
SSDEEP:	12288:b3RKaIv1yAYEu8cgtte4waKCJfsgPa1WWB4y4GJ:rRKPvMAYEu8PtteraKCJfsgPa1WWB4yF

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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:: 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
- Generic archive extractor
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 5324)
- Vulnerable driver has been detected
  - PBO2 _tuner.exe (PID: 6920)
SUSPICIOUS
- Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 5324)
- Creates files in the driver directory
  - PBO2 _tuner.exe (PID: 6920)
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - PBO2 _tuner.exe (PID: 6920)
- Drops a system driver (possible attempt to evade defenses)
  - PBO2 _tuner.exe (PID: 6920)
INFO
- Checks supported languages
  - PBO2 _tuner.exe (PID: 6920)
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 5324)
- Reads the computer name
  - PBO2 _tuner.exe (PID: 6920)
- The sample compiled with english language support
  - PBO2 _tuner.exe (PID: 6920)
- Create files in a temporary directory
  - PBO2 _tuner.exe (PID: 6920)
- The sample compiled with japanese language support
  - PBO2 _tuner.exe (PID: 6920)
- Reads the machine GUID from the registry
  - PBO2 _tuner.exe (PID: 6920)
- Reads the software policy settings
  - slui.exe (PID: 6240)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.7z	\|	7-Zip compressed archive (v0.4) (57.1)
.7z	\|	7-Zip compressed archive (gen) (42.8)

EXIF

ZIP

FileVersion:	7z v0.04
ModifyDate:	2023:01:14 07:58:06+00:00
ArchivedFileName:	PBO2

No data.

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Total processes

133

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

2104

C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe

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svchost.exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

KMS Connection Broker

Version:

10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\sppextcomobj.exe
c:\windows\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\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll

5324

"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PBO2.7z

C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Alexander Roshal

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

WinRAR archiver

Version:

5.91.0

Modules

Images
c:\program files\winrar\winrar.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll

6240

"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

Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.exe
c:\windows\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\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

6920

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa5324.133\PBO2\PBO2 _tuner.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa5324.133\PBO2\PBO2 _tuner.exe

WinRAR.exe

User:

admin

Company:

PJVol

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

PBO2 tuning tool for Vermeer Zen3 CPU

Version:

0.9.0.0

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\rar$exa5324.133\pbo2\pbo2 _tuner.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\mscoree.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

7492

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa5324.133\PBO2\PBO2 _tuner.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa5324.133\PBO2\PBO2 _tuner.exe

—

WinRAR.exe

User:

admin

Company:

PJVol

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

PBO2 tuning tool for Vermeer Zen3 CPU

Exit code:

3221226540

Version:

0.9.0.0

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\rar$exa5324.133\pbo2\pbo2 _tuner.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll

8112

C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

—

svchost.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Activation Client

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.exe
c:\windows\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\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

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Total events

6 221

Read events

6 211

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(5324) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\Interface\Themes
Operation:	write	Name:	ShellExtBMP
Value:
(PID) Process:	(5324) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\Interface\Themes
Operation:	write	Name:	ShellExtIcon
Value:
(PID) Process:	(5324) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	3
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\preferences.zip
(PID) Process:	(5324) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	2
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\chromium_ext.zip
(PID) Process:	(5324) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	1
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\omni_23_10_2024_.zip
(PID) Process:	(5324) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	0
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PBO2.7z
(PID) Process:	(5324) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	name
Value: 120
(PID) Process:	(5324) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	size
Value: 80
(PID) Process:	(5324) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	type
Value: 120
(PID) Process:	(5324) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	mtime
Value: 100

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
5324	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa5324.133\PBO2\app.config		xml
		MD5:17BF367A1DC4F191BA7F1041011C74C6	SHA256:9A6193CEFF22B6376DB677E8B7476BD46C4D61A6EDDA01B90FD6A9100AC1778C
5324	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa5324.133\PBO2\Newtonsoft.Json.xml		xml
		MD5:928ED37DB61C1E98A2831C8C01F6157C	SHA256:39F6A4DB1BE658D6BAFF643FA05AAE7809139D9665475BFCA10D37DCA3384F21
5324	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa5324.133\PBO2\PBO.bat		text
		MD5:632AFABA6A31B90A8AEF650FF472A8C1	SHA256:23AA24D48976B6627B6DC58574EA0DD16C539AAC1D04F60D01C5D747C2A77DEA
5324	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa5324.133\PBO2\Newtonsoft.Json.dll		executable
		MD5:8F81C9520104B730C25D90A9DD511148	SHA256:F1F01B3474B92D6E1C3D6ADFAE74EE0EA0EBA6E9935565FE2317686D80A2E886
5324	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa5324.133\PBO2\ZenStates-Core.dll		executable
		MD5:53520D6AC911F259E42032CCDDD82039	SHA256:DC581FD7B2F81145C5985FE07AD1C7E33AF025954A7548BCAE1EBC8C898D2878
6920	PBO2 _tuner.exe	C:\Windows\System32\drivers\inpoutx64.sys		executable
		MD5:9321A61A25C7961D9F36852ECAA86F55	SHA256:F8965FDCE668692C3785AFA3559159F9A18287BC0D53ABB21902895A8ECF221B
6920	PBO2 _tuner.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa5324.133\PBO2\ZenStates-Core.sys		executable
		MD5:0C0195C48B6B8582FA6F6373032118DA	SHA256:11BD2C9F9E2397C9A16E0990E4ED2CF0679498FE0FD418A3DFDAC60B5C160EE5
5324	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa5324.133\PBO2\PBO2 _tuner.exe		executable
		MD5:6189D87564582C051A7FF409B5C3EE72	SHA256:6DA1A7589A584BE42FAAC6CD0054AD64F8071D5515467ED4EFE2F9586F0858E5
5324	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa5324.133\PBO2\PBO2 tuner.exe.config		xml
		MD5:17BF367A1DC4F191BA7F1041011C74C6	SHA256:9A6193CEFF22B6376DB677E8B7476BD46C4D61A6EDDA01B90FD6A9100AC1778C
5324	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa5324.133\PBO2\inpoutx64.dll		executable
		MD5:AC0C3AE82EC0764C605FA59E7BF05614	SHA256:5F27ED4D5CD58A1EE23DEEB802E09E73F3A1D884CE2135F6E827F67B171269E7

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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
—	—	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
4528	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	2.16.241.19:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
4528	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
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.23.77.188:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	40.126.31.67:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
—	—	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
—	—	2.16.241.19:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
—	—	95.101.149.131:80	www.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	20.190.159.2:443	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
3216	svchost.exe	172.211.123.248:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	FR	whitelisted
5408	svchost.exe	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
login.live.com	40.126.31.67 20.190.159.2 40.126.31.131 40.126.31.2 20.190.159.64 40.126.31.69 20.190.159.71 20.190.159.4	whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	4.231.128.59 40.127.240.158	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	2.16.241.19 2.16.241.12	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	95.101.149.131	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.185.110	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.23.77.188	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.248	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	20.109.210.53	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	13.95.31.18	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

PBO2.7z

869ADC2864B2FE8569E9B3926BF5B554

53132A650096AA6B2D444CC903BEBA803C95F09D

74243E0CBDD435C3E74F14C79D94ECE5E77F5AC0DF5FFC7215F6C68ACFDB1927

12288:b3RKaIv1yAYEu8cgtte4waKCJfsgPa1WWB4y4GJ:rRKPvMAYEu8PtteraKCJfsgPa1WWB4yF

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Generic archive extractor

Vulnerable driver has been detected

SUSPICIOUS

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

Creates files in the driver directory

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

Drops a system driver (possible attempt to evade defenses)

INFO

Checks supported languages

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

Reads the computer name

The sample compiled with english language support

Create files in a temporary directory

The sample compiled with japanese language support

Reads the machine GUID from the registry

Reads the software policy settings

Malware configuration

Static information

TRiD

EXIF

ZIP

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