File name:

MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/965985c4-e933-4752-bf9c-c5f490725bc4
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: April 12, 2024, 17:34:34
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 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

    • Drops the executable file immediately after the start

      • MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exe (PID: 2672)

    • The DLL Hijacking

      • SetupHost.Exe (PID: 1348)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Process drops legitimate windows executable

      • MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exe (PID: 2672)

    • Starts a Microsoft application from unusual location

      • MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exe (PID: 2672)
      • MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exe (PID: 1692)

    • The process creates files with name similar to system file names

      • MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exe (PID: 2672)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exe (PID: 2672)

    • Reads settings of System Certificates

      • SetupHost.Exe (PID: 1348)

    • Reads the Internet Settings

      • SetupHost.Exe (PID: 1348)

  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exe (PID: 2672)
      • SetupHost.Exe (PID: 1348)

    • Reads the computer name

      • SetupHost.Exe (PID: 1348)

    • Reads Environment values

      • SetupHost.Exe (PID: 1348)

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • SetupHost.Exe (PID: 1348)

    • Process checks computer location settings

      • SetupHost.Exe (PID: 1348)

    • Reads the software policy settings

      • SetupHost.Exe (PID: 1348)
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

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2079:12:24 16:39:56+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, 32-bit, Removable run from swap, Net run from swap
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 14.3
CodeSize: 575488
InitializedDataSize: 1392128
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x7d630
OSVersion: 10
ImageVersion: 10
SubsystemVersion: 6.1
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 10.0.22621.2714
ProductVersionNumber: 10.0.22621.2714
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Windows NT 32-bit
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: Arabic
CharacterSet: Unicode
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription: إعداد Windows 11
FileVersion: 10.0.22621.2714 (ni_release_svc_prod1.231104-1807)
InternalName: SetupPrep.exe
LegalCopyright: © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
OriginalFileName: SetupPrep.exe
ProductName: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
ProductVersion: 10.0.22621.2714
No data.
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Total processes
45
Monitored processes
4
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
1348"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\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\$windows.~ws\sources\wdscore.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
1692"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exe—explorer.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\appdata\local\temp\mediacreationtool_win11_23h2.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
1888C:\Windows\System32\vdsldr.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\vdsldr.exe—svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Virtual Disk Service Loader
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
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\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\atl.dll
2672"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\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\appdata\local\temp\mediacreationtool_win11_23h2.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\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
Total events
8 407
Read events
8 279
Write events
122
Delete events
6

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2672) MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches\Temporary Setup Files
Operation:writeName:SetupDirectories
Value:
$Windows.~BT;$Windows.~LS;$Windows.~WS
(PID) Process:(2672) MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches\Temporary Setup Files
Operation:writeName:SetupDirectories
Value:
$Windows.~BT;$Windows.~LS;$Windows.~WS;ESD\Download
(PID) Process:(1348) SetupHost.ExeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup
Operation:writeName:CorrelationVector
Value:
PVvX+elZ2EaIaVbL.0
(PID) Process:(1348) SetupHost.ExeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup\Volatile
Operation:writeName:InstallTicks
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(1348) SetupHost.ExeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\182\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:LanguageList
Value:
en-US
(PID) Process:(1348) SetupHost.ExeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EnterpriseCertificates\Root\Certificates
Operation:delete valueName:9F6134C5FA75E4FDDE631B232BE961D6D4B97DB6
Value:
(PID) Process:(1348) SetupHost.ExeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EnterpriseCertificates\Root\Certificates\9F6134C5FA75E4FDDE631B232BE961D6D4B97DB6
Operation:writeName:Blob
Value:
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
(PID) Process:(1348) SetupHost.ExeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EnterpriseCertificates\Root\Certificates\9F6134C5FA75E4FDDE631B232BE961D6D4B97DB6
Operation:writeName:Blob
Value:
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
(PID) Process:(1348) SetupHost.ExeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EnterpriseCertificates\Root\Certificates\9F6134C5FA75E4FDDE631B232BE961D6D4B97DB6
Operation:writeName:Blob
Value:
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
(PID) Process:(1348) SetupHost.ExeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup\Volatile
Operation:writeName:SetupProgress
Value:
0
Executable files
22
Suspicious files
2
Text files
4
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2672MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\DU.dllexecutable
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2672MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\DiagTrack.dllexecutable
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2672MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\DiagTrackRunner.exeexecutable
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2672MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\Diager.dllexecutable
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2672MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\ServicingCommon.dllexecutable
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2672MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\bcd.dllexecutable
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2672MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\bootsvc.dllexecutable
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2672MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\hwreqchk.dllexecutable
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2672MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\setupplatform.cfgtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2672MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exeC:\$Windows.~WS\Sources\setupplatform.dllexecutable
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
2
TCP/UDP connections
8
DNS requests
3
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
856
svchost.exe
HEAD
200
104.124.11.18:80
http://dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/filestreamingservice/files/5c5cedfc-2821-4395-a497-c9c45ec24194/22631.2861.231204-0538.23H2_NI_RELEASE_SVC_REFRESH_CLIENTCONSUMER_RET_x64FRE_en-us.esd
unknown
—
—
unknown
856
svchost.exe
GET
—
104.124.11.18:80
http://dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/filestreamingservice/files/5c5cedfc-2821-4395-a497-c9c45ec24194/22631.2861.231204-0538.23H2_NI_RELEASE_SVC_REFRESH_CLIENTCONSUMER_RET_x64FRE_en-us.esd
unknown
—
—
unknown
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
—
—
224.0.0.252:5355
—
—
—
unknown
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
unknown
1348
SetupHost.Exe
23.211.9.234:443
go.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
unknown
1348
SetupHost.Exe
23.212.89.111:443
download.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
MX
unknown
2788
svchost.exe
239.255.255.250:1900
—
—
—
unknown
856
svchost.exe
104.124.11.18:80
dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
unknown

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
go.microsoft.com
  • 23.211.9.234
whitelisted
download.microsoft.com
  • 23.212.89.111
whitelisted
dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 104.124.11.18
  • 104.124.11.34
unknown

Threats

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Reports
MediaCreationTool_Win11_23H2.exe