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File name:

MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/7ef75d8e-f652-479d-aa83-bc51c3f9f694
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: September 21, 2024, 05:12:37
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
MD5:

25C9285C00EF7D41B28823A053A9A372

SHA1:

FAC6862D703A7D80418012CE1D5D7D9AECBB28B8

SHA256:

767E70C43673063A16D76E494FFCDFA0F5A85C53344A0DC505F161CCCF2F5B1B

SSDEEP:

98304:L7S0lsuG0AzcHH2W8NOWvfdIH7hg9P8l4d4oSngpH9XATszhB5hR8SAva424Ezo2:F4RqhdrZEN+X6V

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  • MALICIOUS

    • The DLL Hijacking

      • SetupHost.exe (PID: 6364)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Starts a Microsoft application from unusual location

      • MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exe (PID: 7116)
      • MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exe (PID: 6732)
    • Process drops legitimate windows executable

      • MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exe (PID: 6732)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exe (PID: 6732)
    • The process creates files with name similar to system file names

      • MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exe (PID: 6732)
  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exe (PID: 6732)
      • SetupHost.exe (PID: 6364)
    • Reads the computer name

      • SetupHost.exe (PID: 6364)
    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • SetupHost.exe (PID: 6364)
    • Reads the software policy settings

      • SetupHost.exe (PID: 6364)
    • Reads Environment values

      • SetupHost.exe (PID: 6364)
    • Checks proxy server information

      • SetupHost.exe (PID: 6364)
    • Process checks computer location settings

      • SetupHost.exe (PID: 6364)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

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

ProductVersion: 10.0.22621.2714
ProductName: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
OriginalFileName: SetupPrep.exe
LegalCopyright: © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
InternalName: SetupPrep.exe
FileVersion: 10.0.22621.2714 (ni_release_svc_prod1.231104-1807)
FileDescription: إعداد Windows 11
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
CharacterSet: Unicode
LanguageCode: Arabic
FileSubtype: -
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileOS: Windows NT 32-bit
FileFlags: (none)
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
ProductVersionNumber: 10.0.22621.2714
FileVersionNumber: 10.0.22621.2714
Subsystem: Windows GUI
SubsystemVersion: 6.1
ImageVersion: 10
OSVersion: 10
EntryPoint: 0x7d630
UninitializedDataSize: -
InitializedDataSize: 1392128
CodeSize: 575488
LinkerVersion: 14.3
PEType: PE32
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, 32-bit, Removable run from swap, Net run from swap
TimeStamp: 2079:12:24 16:39:56+00:00
MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
No data.
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Total processes
125
Monitored processes
4
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start mediacreationtool_win11_23h2.exe no specs mediacreationtool_win11_23h2.exe setuphost.exe vdsldr.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
7116"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows 11 Setup
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
10.0.22621.2714 (ni_release_svc_prod1.231104-1807)
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\mediacreationtool_win11_23h2.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
6732"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows 11 Setup
Version:
10.0.22621.2714 (ni_release_svc_prod1.231104-1807)
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\mediacreationtool_win11_23h2.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\advapi32.dll
6364"C:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\SetupHost.Exe" /Download /Web C:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\SetupHost.exe
MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Modern Setup Host
Version:
10.0.22621.2714 (ni_release_svc_prod1.231104-1807)
Modules
Images
c:\$windows.~ws\sources\setuphost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\rpcrt4.dll
6780C:\WINDOWS\System32\vdsldr.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\vdsldr.exesvchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Virtual Disk Service Loader
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\vdsldr.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
Total events
3 868
Read events
3 837
Write events
29
Delete events
2

Modification events

(PID) Process:(6732) MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup\Volatile
Operation:delete keyName:(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:(6732) MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup
Operation:delete valueName:CorrelationVector
Value:
IYXEGxww/0WC95lB.37
(PID) Process:(6364) SetupHost.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup
Operation:writeName:CorrelationVector
Value:
oxlxTmmQDkSClqfI.0
(PID) Process:(6364) SetupHost.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup\Volatile
Operation:writeName:InstallTicks
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(6364) SetupHost.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup\Volatile
Operation:writeName:InstallTicks
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(6364) SetupHost.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup\Volatile
Operation:writeName:SetupProgress
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(6364) SetupHost.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup\Volatile
Operation:writeName:SetupPhase
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(6364) SetupHost.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup\Volatile
Operation:writeName:SetupSubPhase
Value:
24
(PID) Process:(6364) SetupHost.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup\Volatile
Operation:writeName:InstallTicks
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(6364) SetupHost.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup\Volatile
Operation:writeName:InstallTicks
Value:
3
Executable files
22
Suspicious files
2
Text files
4
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
6732MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\DiagTrackRunner.exeexecutable
MD5:76F30A1E149792D2542A253B920CBEF6
SHA256:488CBC8330952DD13B797BB40E4E30610ED03483C25919C39555F7B334A3C159
6732MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\bootsvc.dllexecutable
MD5:D888A9E2A1792B2205BDAFCC4C28455C
SHA256:59CB50B87921DBFA2B59C06D3256A07F09DB69FAEC34B8F0A462F0EB4E1E5D47
6732MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\bcd.dllexecutable
MD5:0E31ABEA6B79B34CE4369BC75E207EDA
SHA256:70D8C5FAA6358C03E934E02301DFD8384A484EA083DEB1E55EF20A2A11CDD67C
6732MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\ServicingCommon.dllexecutable
MD5:62B2A429451A7D4CCD915294906ECBB6
SHA256:33E582216F01C25B9599CF320A8C4F562978F2F84F43BB1918B0BD2FBC004E6B
6732MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\wpx.dllexecutable
MD5:9E22A8BC852CB4BCE0DC35DD4D3A4C9F
SHA256:0317D27C82C2E6182C7084ED3BC611302E426C95DBDE556E11C54DA1A340F50C
6732MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\Diager.dllexecutable
MD5:7C249C3655A8502DB93BF9AF3FD7850D
SHA256:6CD35C7DBC27635DACFDDB091F4B38ABEC7E1C174C586022CB2D05460998AA98
6732MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\setupplatform.dllexecutable
MD5:0FBB2E2E050EAA40751999574422D5D9
SHA256:D435099BD0DEAC8E59185B150E1A8912A6FECBB76CA24B1106A765046888AE21
6732MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\setupplatform.cfgtext
MD5:C969198D5CA5D14A5A0938942EADAEFE
SHA256:731074381D0449C3102E235620022D5E34DDE373840EA414B3A9E02DC404AF5B
6732MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\DU.dllexecutable
MD5:80DEEC894B24CC7B8E75F9D7E0AFE08C
SHA256:013EFB53DE6870E86D45249B2EAAB202035F719A5C920E1DDC4D6935942ECE78
6732MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\unattend.dllexecutable
MD5:1E624A32E83ED84F6B02E4753ACABB22
SHA256:735735874F6CF093D98BAA95D32B7EC73E2287BB450286F0E792E57F559624DE
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HTTP(S) requests
3
TCP/UDP connections
21
DNS requests
6
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
1692
svchost.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
unknown
6832
RUXIMICS.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
unknown
2120
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
unknown
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
3888
svchost.exe
239.255.255.250:1900
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
whitelisted
4.231.128.59:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
2120
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
184.30.21.171:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
unknown
6832
RUXIMICS.exe
184.30.21.171:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
unknown
1692
svchost.exe
184.30.21.171:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
unknown
6364
SetupHost.exe
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
6364
SetupHost.exe
184.30.17.189:443
go.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
unknown
1692
svchost.exe
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 4.231.128.59
  • 20.73.194.208
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.185.174
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 184.30.21.171
whitelisted
go.microsoft.com
  • 184.30.17.189
whitelisted
download.microsoft.com
  • 23.32.101.194
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info