Malware analysis /ipa/appmonitor.exe Malicious activity

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download:	/ipa/appmonitor.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/9316ba25-22c2-4482-926c-5773dc6521f5
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	October 15, 2024, 20:42:40
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:	pyinstaller
Indicators:
MIME:	application/x-dosexec
File info:	PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64, for MS Windows
MD5:	DB14343E66FA72392ACAD9ABCC2F5AAA
SHA1:	DE7923A4C1522256ECEDFF80C150F74472CFCB1F
SHA256:	767A3BEC97AC36F5A64EAC55BFD9B14EC440EA6FEE4C63BC6BFAFAB7438D8D39
SSDEEP:	98304:0+QWWwPpkqtP8qrzehL7f9aNxl+a52rmtHfktEzafhOsE+XZ0m6GHgBuHhiLu6Nu:XV6rVFgnTyYp7Ndd/Vh4gHW6R

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 300 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: 240 seconds
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
No malicious indicators.
SUSPICIOUS
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - appmonitor.exe (PID: 4808)
- The process drops C-runtime libraries
  - appmonitor.exe (PID: 4808)
- Process drops legitimate windows executable
  - appmonitor.exe (PID: 4808)
- Application launched itself
  - appmonitor.exe (PID: 4808)
- Process drops python dynamic module
  - appmonitor.exe (PID: 4808)
INFO
- Checks supported languages
  - appmonitor.exe (PID: 4808)
  - appmonitor.exe (PID: 2928)
- PyInstaller has been detected (YARA)
  - appmonitor.exe (PID: 4808)
- Reads the computer name
  - appmonitor.exe (PID: 4808)
  - appmonitor.exe (PID: 2928)
- Create files in a temporary directory
  - appmonitor.exe (PID: 4808)
- Checks proxy server information
  - appmonitor.exe (PID: 2928)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.exe	\|	Win64 Executable (generic) (87.3)
.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (6.3)
.exe	\|	DOS Executable Generic (6.3)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	AMD AMD64
TimeStamp:	2024:10:03 16:32:04+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, Large address aware
PEType:	PE32+
LinkerVersion:	14.38
CodeSize:	176128
InitializedDataSize:	156160
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0xc540
OSVersion:	5.2
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	5.2
Subsystem:	Windows GUI

No data.

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Total processes

130

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

2928

"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\appmonitor.exe"

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\appmonitor.exe

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appmonitor.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\appmonitor.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.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

4808

"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\appmonitor.exe"

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\appmonitor.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\appmonitor.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.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

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Total events

302

Read events

302

Write events

Delete events

Modification events

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
4808	appmonitor.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48082\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll		executable
		MD5:BFFFA7117FD9B1622C66D949BAC3F1D7	SHA256:1EA267A2E6284F17DD548C6F2285E19F7EDB15D6E737A55391140CE5CB95225E
4808	appmonitor.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48082\_hashlib.pyd		executable
		MD5:A25BC2B21B555293554D7F611EAA75EA	SHA256:43ACECDC00DD5F9A19B48FF251106C63C975C732B9A2A7B91714642F76BE074D
4808	appmonitor.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48082\_wmi.pyd		executable
		MD5:827615EEE937880862E2F26548B91E83	SHA256:73B7EE3156EF63D6EB7DF9900EF3D200A276DF61A70D08BD96F5906C39A3AC32
4808	appmonitor.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48082\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll		executable
		MD5:1C58526D681EFE507DEB8F1935C75487	SHA256:EF13DCE8F71173315DFC64AB839B033AB19A968EE15230E9D4D2C9D558EFEEE2
4808	appmonitor.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48082\_cffi_backend.cp312-win_amd64.pyd		executable
		MD5:0572B13646141D0B1A5718E35549577C	SHA256:D8A76D1E31BBD62A482DEA9115FC1A109CB39AF4CF6D1323409175F3C93113A7
4808	appmonitor.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48082\_socket.pyd		executable
		MD5:69801D1A0809C52DB984602CA2653541	SHA256:67ACA001D36F2FCE6D88DBF46863F60C0B291395B6777C22B642198F98184BA3
4808	appmonitor.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48082\_ssl.pyd		executable
		MD5:90F080C53A2B7E23A5EFD5FD3806F352	SHA256:FA5E6FE9545F83704F78316E27446A0026FBEBB9C0C3C63FAED73A12D89784D4
4808	appmonitor.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48082\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll		executable
		MD5:EB0978A9213E7F6FDD63B2967F02D999	SHA256:AB25A1FE836FC68BCB199F1FE565C27D26AF0C390A38DA158E0D8815EFE1103E
4808	appmonitor.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48082\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll		executable
		MD5:EFAD0EE0136532E8E8402770A64C71F9	SHA256:3D2C55902385381869DB850B526261DDEB4628B83E690A32B67D2E0936B2C6ED
4808	appmonitor.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48082\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll		executable
		MD5:E8B9D74BFD1F6D1CC1D99B24F44DA796	SHA256:B1B3FD40AB437A43C8DB4994CCFFC7F88000CC8BB6E34A2BCBFF8E2464930C59

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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
6944	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.16.164.114:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6944	svchost.exe	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
4360	SearchApp.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2000	svchost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7056	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7056	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
7048	RUXIMICS.exe	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
5488	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
6944	svchost.exe	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
6944	svchost.exe	2.16.164.114:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
6944	svchost.exe	95.101.149.131:80	www.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
5488	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	51.124.78.146:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
5488	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
4360	SearchApp.exe	104.126.37.152:443	www.bing.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
google.com	142.250.186.142	whitelisted
portalnfe.digital	—	unknown
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	40.127.240.158 51.124.78.146 4.231.128.59	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	2.16.164.114 2.16.164.120	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	95.101.149.131 184.30.21.171	whitelisted
www.bing.com	104.126.37.152 104.126.37.162 104.126.37.147 104.126.37.145 104.126.37.160 104.126.37.153 104.126.37.146 104.126.37.144 104.126.37.161	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	192.229.221.95	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.159.71 20.190.159.75 40.126.31.73 40.126.31.71 20.190.159.4 20.190.159.23 20.190.159.73 20.190.159.2	whitelisted
th.bing.com	104.126.37.168 104.126.37.171 104.126.37.161 104.126.37.170 104.126.37.186 104.126.37.162 104.126.37.128 104.126.37.176 104.126.37.130	whitelisted
go.microsoft.com	23.35.238.131	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

/ipa/appmonitor.exe

DB14343E66FA72392ACAD9ABCC2F5AAA

DE7923A4C1522256ECEDFF80C150F74472CFCB1F

767A3BEC97AC36F5A64EAC55BFD9B14EC440EA6FEE4C63BC6BFAFAB7438D8D39

98304:0+QWWwPpkqtP8qrzehL7f9aNxl+a52rmtHfktEzafhOsE+XZ0m6GHgBuHhiLu6Nu:XV6rVFgnTyYp7Ndd/Vh4gHW6R

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Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

SUSPICIOUS

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

The process drops C-runtime libraries

Process drops legitimate windows executable

Application launched itself

Process drops python dynamic module

INFO

Checks supported languages

PyInstaller has been detected (YARA)

Reads the computer name

Create files in a temporary directory

Checks proxy server information

Malware configuration

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TRiD

EXIF

EXE

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