Malware analysis aware.exe Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	aware.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/fe78c835-eb2b-4375-8ffa-1656c55d734a
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	July 29, 2024, 19:27:08
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:	discord
Indicators:
MIME:	application/x-dosexec
File info:	PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows
MD5:	AA6AEBC3EF0359F1A24D9A619828AC59
SHA1:	D36E07B993C4B668C0DBFE2DA5A998E3787E20DD
SHA256:	7A829D30AF8752B8CB46328AB7DE4FC462287062280B5F9A3824F39D35C22B4C
SSDEEP:	98304:Jl70XCl+KLTAHNMl/v0TqKJtT9IFLdZJULG8/Gkmu/ndyHGBMi0Ya/pNkLdANBHw:uPuM1U/VOmpGujpX9F7zZ5KD

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:
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
- Drops the executable file immediately after the start
  - aware.exe (PID: 2300)
SUSPICIOUS
- Process drops legitimate windows executable
  - aware.exe (PID: 2300)
- Process drops python dynamic module
  - aware.exe (PID: 2300)
- Application launched itself
  - aware.exe (PID: 2300)
- The process drops C-runtime libraries
  - aware.exe (PID: 2300)
- Process uses IPCONFIG to discover network configuration
  - aware.exe (PID: 3400)
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - aware.exe (PID: 2300)
- Uses DRIVERQUERY.EXE to obtain a list of installed device drivers
  - aware.exe (PID: 3400)
INFO
- Create files in a temporary directory
  - aware.exe (PID: 2300)
- Reads the computer name
  - aware.exe (PID: 2300)
- Checks supported languages
  - aware.exe (PID: 2300)
- Reads Environment values
  - aware.exe (PID: 3400)
- Checks proxy server information
  - aware.exe (PID: 3400)
- Attempting to use instant messaging service
  - aware.exe (PID: 3400)

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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:	2024:07:29 19:26:37+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, Large address aware
PEType:	PE32+
LinkerVersion:	14.4
CodeSize:	172032
InitializedDataSize:	151040
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0xb220
OSVersion:	5.2
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	5.2
Subsystem:	Windows command line

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Total processes

140

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

752

ipconfig /all

C:\Windows\System32\ipconfig.exe

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aware.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

IP Configuration Utility

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\ipconfig.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\ws2_32.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\nsi.dll
c:\windows\system32\dhcpcsvc.dll

1476

driverquery /v

C:\Windows\System32\driverquery.exe

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aware.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Queries the drivers on a system

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\driverquery.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll

2300

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

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

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Exit code:

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\aware.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

2496

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

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

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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

2692

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

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aware.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Console Window Host

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

3400

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

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

aware.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Exit code:

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\dnsapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\nsi.dll
c:\windows\system32\rasadhlp.dll
c:\windows\system32\fwpuclnt.dll
c:\windows\system32\msasn1.dll

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Total events

3 208

Read events

3 208

Write events

Delete events

Modification events

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
2300	aware.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI23002\VCRUNTIME140_1.dll		executable
		MD5:F8DFA78045620CF8A732E67D1B1EB53D	SHA256:A113F192195F245F17389E6ECBED8005990BCB2476DDAD33F7C4C6C86327AFE5
2300	aware.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI23002\Pythonwin\mfc140u.dll		executable
		MD5:03A161718F1D5E41897236D48C91AE3C	SHA256:E06C4BD078F4690AA8874A3DEB38E802B2A16CCB602A7EDC2E077E98C05B5807
2300	aware.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI23002\Pythonwin\win32ui.pyd		executable
		MD5:39C17A3F9C8064AB1D17213172424CE1	SHA256:E376B270E4CA00C9B3D8F47A03994161949A82304D57C7848FAC4F60E533A7CD
2300	aware.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI23002\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll		executable
		MD5:0CAB310590E60E6ECC1C276EC918D072	SHA256:FB0709BC1107A0171A2C4A52B28BFE211025144A69A47641D651AEE9E81AEF23
2300	aware.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI23002\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll		executable
		MD5:A7EC2CA3BC14DBB6931F1A69EF0A4E57	SHA256:DBECB3528DA74D472D07246975D803EA1ADE7C414CA5E1076EE6F0B0033DA578
2300	aware.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI23002\_hashlib.pyd		executable
		MD5:A6B1C589B11891F3E0EF655FA552A916	SHA256:2BC94748820B9367190EA95B3ED9E13B01C4BB2B2E018913993F626F5D02A938
2300	aware.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI23002\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll		executable
		MD5:A5395C19A4E1C2021EC14F52E876E6EF	SHA256:F4F8DCC10E09D13E757D2175739614417B91ED04C1B91B3705D48E5C75525869
2300	aware.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI23002\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll		executable
		MD5:6B280015CF873517051CCBDA728DEA4B	SHA256:F2A0D0FC3D24E72F3CC46111D7166AB8A4511674B73617D2019F235C61B30654
2300	aware.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI23002\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll		executable
		MD5:019B17D7194AFF100128375F49599BCF	SHA256:DD5DC32631199E72246A0028764F7DA2CF28B48E5C54B0B2C04DE2073CDFE4A2
2300	aware.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI23002\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll		executable
		MD5:37FCC989B5AE55D0D18EE69EDF57F6C6	SHA256:4047EC069444B0B466C4B375BD55AA1E1B6C177BDA61ECA391969B3D0D07F534

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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
5368	SearchApp.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
4424	svchost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5368	SearchApp.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEApDqVCbATUviZV57HIIulA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
3676	backgroundTaskHost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAn5bsKVVV8kdJ6vHl3O1J0%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	2.23.209.143:443	www.bing.com	Akamai International B.V.	GB	unknown
5812	slui.exe	20.83.72.98:443	—	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
5368	SearchApp.exe	131.253.33.254:443	a-ring-fallback.msedge.net	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	unknown
6012	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
6220	svchost.exe	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
3948	RUXIMICS.exe	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
488	slui.exe	20.83.72.98:443	—	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
—	—	239.255.255.250:1900	—	—	—	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
a-ring-fallback.msedge.net	131.253.33.254	unknown
www.bing.com	2.23.209.143 2.23.209.154 2.23.209.140 2.23.209.176 2.23.209.149 2.23.209.150 2.23.209.160 2.23.209.158 2.23.209.135 2.19.96.64 2.19.96.66 2.19.96.112 2.19.96.107 2.19.96.91 2.19.96.120 2.19.96.35 2.19.96.74 2.19.96.115	whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	4.231.128.59 40.127.240.158	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.186.174	whitelisted
discord.com	162.159.135.232 162.159.138.232 162.159.136.232 162.159.128.233 162.159.137.232	whitelisted
fp-afd-nocache-ccp.azureedge.net	13.107.246.60	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.159.73 20.190.159.23 20.190.159.64 20.190.159.68 20.190.159.2 20.190.159.71 40.126.31.69 20.190.159.0	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	192.229.221.95	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	40.113.103.199	whitelisted
fd.api.iris.microsoft.com	20.223.35.26	whitelisted

Threats

PID	Process	Class	Message
3400	aware.exe	Misc activity	ET INFO Observed Discord Domain (discord .com in TLS SNI)
2284	svchost.exe	Misc activity	ET INFO Observed Discord Domain in DNS Lookup (discord .com)

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General Info

aware.exe

AA6AEBC3EF0359F1A24D9A619828AC59

D36E07B993C4B668C0DBFE2DA5A998E3787E20DD

7A829D30AF8752B8CB46328AB7DE4FC462287062280B5F9A3824F39D35C22B4C

98304:Jl70XCl+KLTAHNMl/v0TqKJtT9IFLdZJULG8/Gkmu/ndyHGBMi0Ya/pNkLdANBHw:uPuM1U/VOmpGujpX9F7zZ5KD

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MALICIOUS

Drops the executable file immediately after the start

SUSPICIOUS

Process drops legitimate windows executable

Process drops python dynamic module

Application launched itself

The process drops C-runtime libraries

Process uses IPCONFIG to discover network configuration

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

Uses DRIVERQUERY.EXE to obtain a list of installed device drivers

INFO

Create files in a temporary directory

Reads the computer name

Checks supported languages

Reads Environment values

Checks proxy server information

Attempting to use instant messaging service

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