Malware analysis asdf.exe Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

Add for printing

File name:	asdf.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/daf1ed08-cf89-437f-ab49-f9653ddf1a62
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	April 23, 2019, 22:35:40
OS:	Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:	installer
Indicators:
MIME:	application/x-dosexec
File info:	PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive
MD5:	E80AED3B66C6DED20262D38D060BF920
SHA1:	BEF2DB1FAB0DAFF7F72E61325638FF7263D83BEC
SHA256:	8096BDAE9763CB3A7FCF900636D8971F433DE76CA97DBA6F7DB0718EF61155D4
SSDEEP:	6144:3sNZ+1TMNzqewJd1Qi7plGXsO1hcqApdfaLP2TCv0mS:qYMFJwJ9fKsGc3pdCLeTCv0h

ANY.RUN is an interactive service which provides full access to the guest system. Information in this report could be distorted by user actions and is provided for user acknowledgement as it is. ANY.RUN does not guarantee maliciousness or safety of the content.

Launch configuration

Task duration:: 240 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: on
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: 180 seconds
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: off
Route via Tor:: off
Autoconfirmation of UAC:: on
Network:: on

Software preset

Internet Explorer 8.0.7601.17514 undefined
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC MUI (15.023.20070)
Adobe Flash Player 26 ActiveX (26.0.0.131)
Adobe Flash Player 26 NPAPI (26.0.0.131)
Adobe Flash Player 26 PPAPI (26.0.0.131)
Adobe Refresh Manager (1.8.0)
CCleaner (5.35)
FileZilla Client 3.36.0 (3.36.0)
Google Chrome (73.0.3683.75)
Google Update Helper (1.3.33.23)
Java 8 Update 92 (8.0.920.14)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.92.14)
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.1 (4.6.01055)
Microsoft Office Access MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Access Setup Metadata MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Excel MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office OneNote MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Outlook MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office PowerPoint MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Professional 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proof (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proof (French) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proof (Spanish) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proofing (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Publisher MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Shared MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Shared Setup Metadata MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Single Image 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Word MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.6161 (9.0.30729.6161)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable - 10.0.40219 (10.0.40219)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x86) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x86 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x86 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x86) - 14.15.26706 (14.15.26706.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 x86 Additional Runtime - 14.15.26706 (14.15.26706)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 x86 Minimum Runtime - 14.15.26706 (14.15.26706)
Mozilla Firefox 65.0.2 (x86 en-US) (65.0.2)
Notepad++ (32-bit x86) (7.5.1)
Opera 12.15 (12.15.1748)
Skype version 8.29 (8.29)
VLC media player (2.2.6)
WinRAR 5.60 (32-bit) (5.60.0)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
Client Refresh LanguagePack Package
CodecPack Basic Package
Foundation Package
IE Troubleshooters Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB2534111
KB2999226
KB976902
LocalPack AU Package
LocalPack CA Package
LocalPack GB Package
LocalPack US Package
LocalPack ZA Package
ProfessionalEdition
UltimateEdition

Add for printing

MALICIOUS
- Loads dropped or rewritten executable
  - asdf.exe (PID: 3008)
  - asdf.exe (PID: 2956)
  - iexplore.exe (PID: 3048)
  - svchost.exe (PID: 848)
  - iexplore.exe (PID: 2492)
SUSPICIOUS
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - asdf.exe (PID: 3008)
- Application launched itself
  - asdf.exe (PID: 3008)
- Starts Internet Explorer
  - asdf.exe (PID: 3008)
- Creates a software uninstall entry
  - asdf.exe (PID: 3008)
- Creates COM task schedule object
  - asdf.exe (PID: 3008)
INFO
- Changes internet zones settings
  - iexplore.exe (PID: 2492)
- Application launched itself
  - iexplore.exe (PID: 2492)
- Reads internet explorer settings
  - iexplore.exe (PID: 3048)
- Creates files in the user directory
  - iexplore.exe (PID: 3048)
  - FlashUtil32_26_0_0_131_ActiveX.exe (PID: 3088)
- Reads Internet Cache Settings
  - iexplore.exe (PID: 3048)
  - iexplore.exe (PID: 2492)
- Reads settings of System Certificates
  - iexplore.exe (PID: 3048)

Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report

Add for printing

No Malware configuration.

Add for printing

TRiD

.exe	\|	NSIS - Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (94.8)
.exe	\|	Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (3.4)
.dll	\|	Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (0.7)
.exe	\|	Win32 Executable (generic) (0.5)
.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (0.2)

EXIF

EXE

ProductVersion:	4.0.4801.0
ProductName:	ArcadeFrontier Installer
LegalCopyright:	Copyright (C) 2015
FileVersion:	4.0.4801.0
FileDescription:	ArcadeFrontier Installer
CharacterSet:	Windows, Latin1
LanguageCode:	English (U.S.)
FileSubtype:	-
ObjectFileType:	Executable application
FileOS:	Win32
FileFlags:	(none)
FileFlagsMask:	0x0000
ProductVersionNumber:	4.0.4801.0
FileVersionNumber:	4.0.4801.0
Subsystem:	Windows GUI
SubsystemVersion:	4
ImageVersion:	6
OSVersion:	4
EntryPoint:	0x323c
UninitializedDataSize:	1024
InitializedDataSize:	120320
CodeSize:	23552
LinkerVersion:	6
PEType:	PE32
TimeStamp:	2009:12:05 23:50:46+01:00
MachineType:	Intel 386 or later, and compatibles

Summary

Architecture:	IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem:	IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date:	05-Dec-2009 22:50:46
Detected languages:	English - United States
FileDescription:	ArcadeFrontier Installer
FileVersion:	4.0.4801.0
LegalCopyright:	Copyright (C) 2015
ProductName:	ArcadeFrontier Installer
ProductVersion:	4.0.4801.0

DOS Header

Magic number:	MZ
Bytes on last page of file:	0x0090
Pages in file:	0x0003
Relocations:	0x0000
Size of header:	0x0004
Min extra paragraphs:	0x0000
Max extra paragraphs:	0xFFFF
Initial SS value:	0x0000
Initial SP value:	0x00B8
Checksum:	0x0000
Initial IP value:	0x0000
Initial CS value:	0x0000
Overlay number:	0x0000
OEM identifier:	0x0000
OEM information:	0x0000
Address of NE header:	0x000000D8

PE Headers

Signature:	PE
Machine:	IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections:	5
Time date stamp:	05-Dec-2009 22:50:46
Pointer to Symbol Table:	0x00000000
Number of symbols:	0
Size of Optional Header:	0x00E0
Characteristics:	IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE IMAGE_FILE_LINE_NUMS_STRIPPED IMAGE_FILE_LOCAL_SYMS_STRIPPED IMAGE_FILE_RELOCS_STRIPPED

Sections

Name	Virtual Address	Virtual Size	Raw Size	Charateristics	Entropy
.text	0x00001000	0x00005A5A	0x00005C00	IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ	6.4177
.rdata	0x00007000	0x00001190	0x00001200	IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ	5.18163
.data	0x00009000	0x0001AF98	0x00000400	IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE	4.70903
.ndata	0x00024000	0x0000E000	0x00000000	IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE	0
.rsrc	0x00032000	0x000041BB	0x00004200	IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ	6.61425

Resources

Title	Entropy	Size	Codepage	Language	Type
1	5.04103	1807	UNKNOWN	English - United States	RT_MANIFEST
2	3.88018	21	UNKNOWN	English - United States	RT_RCDATA
103	1.91924	20	UNKNOWN	English - United States	RT_GROUP_ICON
105	2.73893	514	UNKNOWN	English - United States	RT_DIALOG
106	2.91148	248	UNKNOWN	English - United States	RT_DIALOG
111	2.92787	238	UNKNOWN	English - United States	RT_DIALOG

Imports


ADVAPI32.dll
COMCTL32.dll
GDI32.dll
KERNEL32.dll
SHELL32.dll
USER32.dll
VERSION.dll
ole32.dll

No data.

Add for printing

All screenshots are available in the full report

Add for printing

Total processes

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

Click at the process to see the details

Process information

PID	CMD	Path	Indicators	Parent process
3008	"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\asdf.exe"	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\asdf.exe		explorer.exe
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: ArcadeFrontier Installer Exit code: 0 Version: 4.0.4801.0
2956	"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\asdf.exe" /A	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\asdf.exe		asdf.exe
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Description: ArcadeFrontier Installer Exit code: 0 Version: 4.0.4801.0
2492	"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -nohome	C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe		asdf.exe
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Internet Explorer Version: 8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
3048	"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" SCODEF:2492 CREDAT:71937	C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe		iexplore.exe
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Internet Explorer Version: 8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
848	C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs	C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe		services.exe
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Host Process for Windows Services Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
3088	C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_26_0_0_131_ActiveX.exe -Embedding	C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_26_0_0_131_ActiveX.exe	—	svchost.exe
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Adobe® Flash® Player Installer/Uninstaller 26.0 r0 Version: 26,0,0,131

Add for printing

Total events

686

Read events

573

Write events

Delete events

Modification events

No data

Add for printing

Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
2956	asdf.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsg17C.tmp\System.dll		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2956	asdf.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsg17B.tmp		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
3008	asdf.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nszFCC8.tmp		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2492	iexplore.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\H6QNMHE9\favicon[1].ico		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2492	iexplore.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Services\search_{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}.ico		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
3048	iexplore.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\524936BW\gdprcountryrestriction_com[1].txt		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
848	svchost.exe	C:\Windows\appcompat\programs\RecentFileCache.bcf		txt
		MD5:27BFFD90E081DEE316ABE45AFDD62629	SHA256:AD9A31DB4A3C7D160B4770098DC531F65AC55B101BD5C987FC132A09BCE51C7F
3048	iexplore.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\index.dat		dat
		MD5:F3F3AAFE632B5AFB623243C5FA2FFDB3	SHA256:379320406A791A948A14D5E98B720158E3085DB55701C08C33B9E872D0147022
3008	asdf.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\ArcadeFrontier\arfront.dll		executable
		MD5:4AC1567E642DE9FF1EDA256F10E0E839	SHA256:E6E27F8A453831B9F060EC6709767F40317B6CAD29E099D3DB7F011756D63D7A
3008	asdf.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\ArcadeFrontier\unarfront.exe		executable
		MD5:B25F33DFCA9A55C19BE1820891A3B094	SHA256:DD9290FB9D0296941D7CB52D8C7C7858FC412E7D737E5FF2193EB7BDE6EF5DFE

Download PCAP, analyze network streams, HTTP content and a lot more at the full report

Add for printing

HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

DNS requests

Threats

HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
3048	iexplore.exe	GET	200	74.120.19.115:80	http://www.gdprcountryrestriction.com/	US	html	1.10 Kb	whitelisted
3048	iexplore.exe	GET	302	74.120.19.104:80	http://e1.arcadefrontier.com/front/ithankyou?s=s%2F%2Ft78LN5rTm7uLE%2BuLBzODPxMHB1v%2FMyA	US	—	—	malicious
3048	iexplore.exe	GET	200	74.120.19.115:80	http://www.gdprcountryrestriction.com/img/bg-photo.jpg	US	image	671 Kb	whitelisted
3048	iexplore.exe	POST	302	74.120.19.16:80	http://cf.arcadefrontier.com/bcf	US	—	—	unknown
3048	iexplore.exe	POST	200	74.120.19.16:80	http://cf.arcadefrontier.com/bcf	US	binary	265 b	unknown
2492	iexplore.exe	GET	404	74.120.19.115:80	http://www.gdprcountryrestriction.com/favicon.ico	US	html	209 b	whitelisted
2492	iexplore.exe	GET	200	204.79.197.200:80	http://www.bing.com/favicon.ico	US	image	237 b	whitelisted

Download PCAP, analyze network streams, HTTP content and a lot more at the full report

Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
2492	iexplore.exe	204.79.197.200:80	www.bing.com	Microsoft Corporation	US	whitelisted
3048	iexplore.exe	216.58.207.72:443	www.googletagmanager.com	Google Inc.	US	whitelisted
3048	iexplore.exe	216.58.205.238:443	www.google-analytics.com	Google Inc.	US	whitelisted
3048	iexplore.exe	74.120.19.104:80	e1.arcadefrontier.com	—	US	malicious
3048	iexplore.exe	74.120.19.115:80	www.gdprcountryrestriction.com	—	US	malicious
2492	iexplore.exe	74.120.19.115:80	www.gdprcountryrestriction.com	—	US	malicious
3048	iexplore.exe	74.120.19.16:80	cf.arcadefrontier.com	—	US	unknown

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
www.bing.com	204.79.197.200 13.107.21.200	whitelisted
e1.arcadefrontier.com	74.120.19.104	malicious
www.gdprcountryrestriction.com	74.120.19.115	whitelisted
cf.arcadefrontier.com	74.120.19.16	unknown
www.googletagmanager.com	216.58.207.72	whitelisted
www.google-analytics.com	216.58.205.238	whitelisted

Threats

PID	Process	Class	Message
3048	iexplore.exe	Generic Protocol Command Decode	SURICATA STREAM excessive retransmissions

Add for printing

No debug info

General Info

asdf.exe

E80AED3B66C6DED20262D38D060BF920

BEF2DB1FAB0DAFF7F72E61325638FF7263D83BEC

8096BDAE9763CB3A7FCF900636D8971F433DE76CA97DBA6F7DB0718EF61155D4

6144:3sNZ+1TMNzqewJd1Qi7plGXsO1hcqApdfaLP2TCv0mS:qYMFJwJ9fKsGc3pdCLeTCv0h

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Loads dropped or rewritten executable

SUSPICIOUS

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

Application launched itself

Starts Internet Explorer

Creates a software uninstall entry

Creates COM task schedule object

INFO

Changes internet zones settings

Application launched itself

Reads internet explorer settings

Creates files in the user directory

Reads Internet Cache Settings

Reads settings of System Certificates

Malware configuration

Static information

TRiD

EXIF

EXE

Summary

DOS Header

PE Headers

Sections

Resources

Imports

Video and screenshots

Processes

Behavior graph

Specs description

Process information

Information

Information

Information

Information

Information

Information

Registry activity

Modification events

Files activity

Dropped files

Network activity

HTTP requests

Connections

DNS requests

Threats

Debug output strings