File name:

sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/a783d2b4-bfa3-4b63-a105-5e7eac31e013
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: October 19, 2024, 21:57:55
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:
pyinstaller
python
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64, for MS Windows
MD5:

D34CE38D2811B4014DC5576D7671A780

SHA1:

FB0948BDA56D6AB2D70E490A5CD9E77EA3F06D17

SHA256:

7D30BA7852E9047E93C2488CB0305AD71551692FF42A295225BC8EFBE7E8053C

SSDEEP:

98304:RsiYNXu8M+DHmOVWjtKxgJpNC0ErFqTGJbU8U0OBTfMXFSYAbYpB4RplQ94geo7d:H1YYCyPuI3pIwhqbr6TnYlF7KbI4

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • The process drops C-runtime libraries

      • sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe (PID: 5580)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe (PID: 5580)

    • Process drops python dynamic module

      • sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe (PID: 5580)

    • Process drops legitimate windows executable

      • sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe (PID: 5580)

    • Application launched itself

      • sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe (PID: 5580)

    • Loads Python modules

      • sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe (PID: 6192)

    • Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

      • sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe (PID: 6192)

  • INFO

    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe (PID: 5580)
      • sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe (PID: 6192)

    • Reads the computer name

      • sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe (PID: 5580)
      • sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe (PID: 6192)

    • Checks supported languages

      • sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe (PID: 5580)
      • sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe (PID: 6192)

    • PyInstaller has been detected (YARA)

      • sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe (PID: 5580)
      • sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe (PID: 6192)

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe (PID: 6192)

    • Checks proxy server information

      • sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe (PID: 6192)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | InstallShield setup (57.6)
.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (36.9)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (2.6)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (2.6)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: AMD AMD64
TimeStamp: 2024:07:09 00:12:23+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, Large address aware
PEType: PE32+
LinkerVersion: 14.32
CodeSize: 165888
InitializedDataSize: 137728
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0xafb0
OSVersion: 5.2
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 5.2
Subsystem: Windows GUI
No data.
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Total processes
125
Monitored processes
4
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start THREAT sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe THREAT sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
5524\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Console Window Host
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
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
5580"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.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
6192"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe
sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.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
7092C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c "updater_readme.txt"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe—sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
1
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.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\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
Total events
364
Read events
364
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
76
Suspicious files
4
Text files
926
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
5580sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI55802\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dllexecutable
MD5:DA9189023A6B7872DE881052F3B990F9
SHA256:F38193429C05622DF65BFA1428895197B851D981875737C55F1CFE04A88664EF
5580sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI55802\_lzma.pydexecutable
MD5:7447EFD8D71E8A1929BE0FAC722B42DC
SHA256:60793C8592193CFBD00FD3E5263BE4315D650BA4F9E4FDA9C45A10642FD998BE
5580sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI55802\_multiprocessing.pydexecutable
MD5:A9A0588711147E01EED59BE23C7944A9
SHA256:7581EDEA33C1DB0A49B8361E51E6291688601640E57D75909FB2007B2104FA4C
5580sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI55802\_queue.pydexecutable
MD5:D8C1B81BBC125B6AD1F48A172181336E
SHA256:925F05255F4AAE0997DC4EC94D900FD15950FD840685D5B8AA755427C7422B14
5580sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI55802\VCRUNTIME140.dllexecutable
MD5:F34EB034AA4A9735218686590CBA2E8B
SHA256:9D2B40F0395CC5D1B4D5EA17B84970C29971D448C37104676DB577586D4AD1B1
5580sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI55802\_bz2.pydexecutable
MD5:86D1B2A9070CD7D52124126A357FF067
SHA256:62173A8FADD4BF4DD71AB89EA718754AA31620244372F0C5BBBAE102E641A60E
5580sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI55802\_ctypes.pydexecutable
MD5:1635A0C5A72DF5AE64072CBB0065AEBE
SHA256:1EA3DD3DF393FA9B27BF6595BE4AC859064CD8EF9908A12378A6021BBA1CB177
5580sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI55802\VCRUNTIME140_1.dllexecutable
MD5:135359D350F72AD4BF716B764D39E749
SHA256:34048ABAA070ECC13B318CEA31425F4CA3EDD133D350318AC65259E6058C8B32
5580sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI55802\_tkinter.pydexecutable
MD5:8DA8E5348D9F9572CE9216AC8A628C2B
SHA256:06B96357F5DD83D0D8105127E7AAEACB834DDF1AE03FA46AAFFDC1E5FD0A7621
5580sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI55802\_ssl.pydexecutable
MD5:7910FB2AF40E81BEE211182CFFEC0A06
SHA256:D2A7999E234E33828888AD455BAA6AB101D90323579ABC1095B8C42F0F723B6F
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HTTP(S) requests
6
TCP/UDP connections
24
DNS requests
10
Threats
2

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
6944
svchost.exe
GET
200
23.48.23.156:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
5488
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
23.48.23.156:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
2464
RUXIMICS.exe
GET
200
23.48.23.156:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
6944
svchost.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
5488
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
2464
RUXIMICS.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
6944
svchost.exe
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
5488
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
2464
RUXIMICS.exe
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
6944
svchost.exe
23.48.23.156:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
5488
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
23.48.23.156:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
2464
RUXIMICS.exe
23.48.23.156:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
6944
svchost.exe
184.30.21.171:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
5488
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
184.30.21.171:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 20.73.194.208
  • 4.231.128.59
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.185.110
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.48.23.156
  • 23.48.23.143
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 184.30.21.171
whitelisted
gist.githubusercontent.com
  • 185.199.110.133
  • 185.199.108.133
  • 185.199.109.133
  • 185.199.111.133
shared
rentry.co
  • 172.67.75.40
  • 104.26.2.16
  • 104.26.3.16
unknown
rentry.org
  • 164.132.58.105
unknown
self.events.data.microsoft.com
  • 20.42.65.84
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
2172
svchost.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO Pastebin Service Domain in DNS Lookup (rentry .co)
6192
sims-4-updater-v1.3.4.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO Observed Pastebin Service Domain (rentry .co in TLS SNI)
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