File name:

Client.vshost.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/0519e6eb-4a7b-4083-b24f-bf0ac5dedfeb
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: December 10, 2023, 07:02:30
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows
MD5:

91DF22D4ADB0CE96817937638BFAE13A

SHA1:

8DCB86CA5B3D269001C787E524D41202B6CA8A2C

SHA256:

7B0FA55256B097ABE9BB2A4CD7F8C069C5E7E87F18B850304B1FC3D2A07C0A13

SSDEEP:

384:OYfiWE9WOzla21g39/Ii6Pvx+r9R1LPj3tU8aqJWD3I0+26BB:O3Da2y31s0LrdUmWD3IJ

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • Client.vshost.exe (PID: 1864)

    • Reads settings of System Certificates

      • Client.vshost.exe (PID: 1864)

    • Checks Windows Trust Settings

      • Client.vshost.exe (PID: 1864)

    • Reads the Internet Settings

      • dw20.exe (PID: 1088)

  • INFO

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • Client.vshost.exe (PID: 1864)
      • dw20.exe (PID: 1088)

    • Checks supported languages

      • Client.vshost.exe (PID: 1864)
      • dw20.exe (PID: 1088)
      • wmpnscfg.exe (PID: 1352)

    • Reads the computer name

      • Client.vshost.exe (PID: 1864)
      • dw20.exe (PID: 1088)
      • wmpnscfg.exe (PID: 1352)

    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • dw20.exe (PID: 1088)

    • Reads product name

      • dw20.exe (PID: 1088)

    • Reads Environment values

      • dw20.exe (PID: 1088)

    • Manual execution by a user

      • wmpnscfg.exe (PID: 1352)

    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • dw20.exe (PID: 1088)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (43.5)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (29.8)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (13.2)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (13.2)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2014:07:23 08:02:12+02:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, 32-bit
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 11
CodeSize: 3072
InitializedDataSize: 2048
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x2bde
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 6
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 12.0.30723.0
ProductVersionNumber: 12.0.30723.0
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Win32
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: Neutral
CharacterSet: Unicode
Comments: vshost-clr2.exe
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription: vshost-clr2.exe
FileVersion: 12.0.30723.0
InternalName: vshost-clr2.exe
LegalCopyright: © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
OriginalFileName: vshost-clr2.exe
ProductName: Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2013
ProductVersion: 12.0.30723.0
AssemblyVersion: 12.0.0.0
No data.
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Total processes
38
Monitored processes
3
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start client.vshost.exe dw20.exe wmpnscfg.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
1088dw20.exe -x -s 884C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\dw20.exe
Client.vshost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft .NET Error Reporting Shim
Exit code:
0
Version:
2.0.50727.5483 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v2.0.50727\dw20.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft.vc80.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.4940_none_d08cc06a442b34fc\msvcr80.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
1352"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnscfg.exe"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnscfg.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service Configuration Application
Exit code:
0
Version:
12.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\windows media player\wmpnscfg.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
1864"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Client.vshost.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Client.vshost.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
vshost-clr2.exe
Exit code:
3762507597
Version:
12.0.30723.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\client.vshost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\mscoree.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\microsoft.net\framework\v4.0.30319\mscoreei.dll
Total events
3 468
Read events
3 452
Write events
16
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(1864) Client.vshost.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\17F\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:LanguageList
Value:
en-US
(PID) Process:(1088) dw20.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\Debug\UIHandles
Operation:writeName:FirstLevelConsentDialog
Value:
7603050000000000
(PID) Process:(1088) dw20.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\Debug\UIHandles
Operation:writeName:FirstLevelConsentDialog
Value:
7603050000000000
(PID) Process:(1088) dw20.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\Debug
Operation:writeName:StoreLocation
Value:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_aga.exe_b1af04294ac80144576abfc50b4daa16fd011ca_cab_059b2052
(PID) Process:(1088) dw20.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\Debug
Operation:writeName:StoreLocation
Value:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_aga.exe_b1af04294ac80144576abfc50b4daa16fd011ca_cab_059b2052
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
2
Text files
2
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
1088dw20.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WER5E8B.tmp.hdmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1088dw20.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_Client.vshost.ex_e7ffb7e49d277427bf6b4c93b4a932883d8209_cab_04616919\WER5E8B.tmp.hdmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1088dw20.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_Client.vshost.ex_e7ffb7e49d277427bf6b4c93b4a932883d8209_cab_04616919\Report.wer —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1088dw20.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WER3538.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xmlxml
MD5:A636A487581CFD38444226CBC4BD6A43
SHA256:225F09EC1BEEA53B86BF3C983FBC0C762121AB657FF87A74C82761AD4F8FF022
1088dw20.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_Client.vshost.ex_e7ffb7e49d277427bf6b4c93b4a932883d8209_cab_04616919\WER689E.tmp.mdmpbinary
MD5:4FB053655B696F5254E8CB1D9199D322
SHA256:E6111EAE0AF5B44580E704ED5EAD183D17633D76806D111AEDE7F0D46CB5B18A
1088dw20.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WER689E.tmp.mdmpbinary
MD5:4FB053655B696F5254E8CB1D9199D322
SHA256:E6111EAE0AF5B44580E704ED5EAD183D17633D76806D111AEDE7F0D46CB5B18A
1088dw20.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_Client.vshost.ex_e7ffb7e49d277427bf6b4c93b4a932883d8209_cab_04616919\WER3538.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xmlxml
MD5:A636A487581CFD38444226CBC4BD6A43
SHA256:225F09EC1BEEA53B86BF3C983FBC0C762121AB657FF87A74C82761AD4F8FF022
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
6
DNS requests
1
Threats
0

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
2588
svchost.exe
239.255.255.250:1900
—
—
—
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
1080
svchost.exe
224.0.0.252:5355
—
—
—
unknown
1088
dw20.exe
104.208.16.93:443
watson.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
unknown

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
watson.microsoft.com
  • 104.208.16.93
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info
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Client.vshost.exe