File name:

rufus-4.6p.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/23d9a981-0618-4572-b1f6-74f591704ff6
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: January 05, 2025, 19:37:55
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:
auto
generic
upx
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows, 3 sections
MD5:

8FE64DA09AF371B02A31828415ECE8F3

SHA1:

5B5C90DCD425C814B555A4567405601AA977EE0B

SHA256:

8279696C1D78B14618500E9135886A3667B9DECC65946F3729002E4BFDBB20AB

SSDEEP:

49152:d9kgFtkp4NxfvJwLv6S06WcSyYw+TkkU1xyocsO3j3054/Aqv3JedxLM1tYsNJfO:jkckp4NovdZSarkU1xws+z0SHJevLbMm

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  • MALICIOUS

    • GENERIC has been found (auto)

      • rufus-4.6p.exe (PID: 6192)

    • Changes the Windows auto-update feature

      • rufus-4.6p.exe (PID: 6192)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Executes as Windows Service

      • vds.exe (PID: 6432)

  • INFO

    • Reads the computer name

      • rufus-4.6p.exe (PID: 6192)

    • Sends debugging messages

      • rufus-4.6p.exe (PID: 6192)

    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • rufus-4.6p.exe (PID: 6192)

    • Checks supported languages

      • rufus-4.6p.exe (PID: 6192)

    • Process checks whether UAC notifications are on

      • rufus-4.6p.exe (PID: 6192)

    • UPX packer has been detected

      • rufus-4.6p.exe (PID: 6192)

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • rufus-4.6p.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 | UPX compressed Win32 Executable (87.1)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (6.4)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (6.4)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: AMD AMD64
TimeStamp: 2024:10:21 14:50:37+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, Large address aware, No debug
PEType: PE32+
LinkerVersion: 2.43
CodeSize: 1568768
InitializedDataSize: 45056
UninitializedDataSize: 3026944
EntryPoint: 0x462170
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 5.2
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 4.6.2208.0
ProductVersionNumber: 4.6.2208.0
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Windows NT 32-bit
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: Neutral
CharacterSet: Unicode
Comments: https://rufus.ie
CompanyName: Akeo Consulting
FileDescription: Rufus
FileVersion: 4.6.2208
InternalName: Rufus
LegalCopyright: © 2011-2024 Pete Batard (GPL v3)
LegalTrademarks: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
OriginalFileName: rufus-4.6.exe
ProductName: Rufus
ProductVersion: 4.6.2208
No data.
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Total processes
135
Monitored processes
5
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start rufus-4.6p.exe vdsldr.exe no specs vds.exe no specs rundll32.exe no specs rufus-4.6p.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
3532"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rufus-4.6p.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rufus-4.6p.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Akeo Consulting
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Rufus
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
4.6.2208
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\rufus-4.6p.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
5748C:\WINDOWS\System32\rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe—svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows host process (Rundll32)
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\imagehlp.dll
6192"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rufus-4.6p.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rufus-4.6p.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Akeo Consulting
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Rufus
Version:
4.6.2208
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\rufus-4.6p.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.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
6384C:\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:
10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
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\apphelp.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
6432C:\WINDOWS\System32\vds.exeC:\Windows\System32\vds.exe—services.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Virtual Disk Service
Exit code:
258
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\vds.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.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
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
Total events
260
Read events
202
Write events
26
Delete events
32

Modification events

(PID) Process:(6192) rufus-4.6p.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\{C991FB60-60B6-44A1-93DE-82E4B8ED9A65}Machine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\AppHVSI
Operation:writeName:AllowAppHVSI_ProviderSet
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(6192) rufus-4.6p.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\{C991FB60-60B6-44A1-93DE-82E4B8ED9A65}Machine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate
Operation:writeName:UpdateDefault
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(6192) rufus-4.6p.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\{C991FB60-60B6-44A1-93DE-82E4B8ED9A65}Machine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Network Connections
Operation:writeName:NC_DoNotShowLocalOnlyIcon
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(6192) rufus-4.6p.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\{C991FB60-60B6-44A1-93DE-82E4B8ED9A65}Machine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Feeds
Operation:writeName:EnableFeeds
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(6192) rufus-4.6p.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\{C991FB60-60B6-44A1-93DE-82E4B8ED9A65}Machine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate
Operation:writeName:WUServer
Value:
http://neverupdatewindows10.com
(PID) Process:(6192) rufus-4.6p.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\{C991FB60-60B6-44A1-93DE-82E4B8ED9A65}Machine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate
Operation:writeName:WUStatusServer
Value:
http://neverupdatewindows10.com
(PID) Process:(6192) rufus-4.6p.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\{C991FB60-60B6-44A1-93DE-82E4B8ED9A65}Machine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate
Operation:writeName:UpdateServiceUrlAlternate
Value:
http://neverupdatewindows10.com
(PID) Process:(6192) rufus-4.6p.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\{C991FB60-60B6-44A1-93DE-82E4B8ED9A65}Machine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate
Operation:writeName:**del.FillEmptyContentUrls
Value:
(PID) Process:(6192) rufus-4.6p.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\{C991FB60-60B6-44A1-93DE-82E4B8ED9A65}Machine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
Operation:writeName:UseWUServer
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(6192) rufus-4.6p.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\{C991FB60-60B6-44A1-93DE-82E4B8ED9A65}Machine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
Operation:writeName:NoAutoUpdate
Value:
0
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
1
Text files
6
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
6192rufus-4.6p.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ruf57F7.tmptext
MD5:903ACD7FECAB51ABB87835456159D49C
SHA256:BBB64F3615975E709A23577C867A6B563AD35CCFD8C7A4C7ABC5039B86B49E52
6192rufus-4.6p.exeC:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy\Machine\Registry.polbinary
MD5:0C014C71A70DC7758BFDC822E974F1F3
SHA256:8EBD915268E16B55A3ABDE6F612363576FAB5DF656F955D672CCE8889C5FF9CA
6192rufus-4.6p.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rufus.ini~text
MD5:25F951ACCB182500A1A135F7556724C3
SHA256:DEE26225B0313E2A75B3A5B75C615E67C6C20617D50C5A0C17B2A425EAD98609
6192rufus-4.6p.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rufus.initext
MD5:25F951ACCB182500A1A135F7556724C3
SHA256:DEE26225B0313E2A75B3A5B75C615E67C6C20617D50C5A0C17B2A425EAD98609
6192rufus-4.6p.exeC:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy\gpt.initext
MD5:3D89F23265C9E30A0CF055C3EB4D637C
SHA256:806582F6221C79BD4C7EACDC4B63E937CE247EEE2BA159F55C545CDFB2B1C25B
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HTTP(S) requests
7
TCP/UDP connections
34
DNS requests
18
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
23.48.23.194:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4976
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
6256
backgroundTaskHost.exe
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4976
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
1176
svchost.exe
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
5064
SearchApp.exe
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4308
svchost.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
23.48.23.194:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
184.30.21.171:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
5064
SearchApp.exe
104.126.37.162:443
www.bing.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
1176
svchost.exe
40.126.32.136:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
1176
svchost.exe
192.229.221.95:80
ocsp.digicert.com
EDGECAST
US
whitelisted
3976
svchost.exe
51.124.78.146:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 51.104.136.2
  • 51.124.78.146
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.48.23.194
  • 23.48.23.147
  • 23.48.23.150
  • 23.48.23.183
  • 23.48.23.167
  • 23.48.23.158
  • 23.48.23.193
  • 23.48.23.139
  • 23.48.23.166
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 184.30.21.171
whitelisted
google.com
  • 172.217.16.142
whitelisted
www.bing.com
  • 104.126.37.162
  • 104.126.37.144
  • 104.126.37.131
  • 104.126.37.129
  • 104.126.37.123
  • 104.126.37.185
  • 104.126.37.170
  • 104.126.37.145
  • 104.126.37.139
unknown
login.live.com
  • 40.126.32.136
  • 40.126.32.74
  • 40.126.32.133
  • 40.126.32.134
  • 40.126.32.138
  • 20.190.160.17
  • 20.190.160.20
  • 40.126.32.140
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 192.229.221.95
whitelisted
go.microsoft.com
  • 23.213.166.81
unknown
arc.msn.com
  • 20.74.47.205
whitelisted
fd.api.iris.microsoft.com
  • 20.223.36.55
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
Process
Message
rufus-4.6p.exe
*** Rufus init ***
rufus-4.6p.exe
Sys dir: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32'
rufus-4.6p.exe
Cur dir: 'C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\'
rufus-4.6p.exe
App dir: 'C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\'
rufus-4.6p.exe
Tmp dir: 'C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\'
rufus-4.6p.exe
Dat dir: 'C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local'
rufus-4.6p.exe
Usr dir: 'C:\Users\admin'
rufus-4.6p.exe
Will use settings from INI file
rufus-4.6p.exe
Binary executable is signed by 'Akeo Consulting'
rufus-4.6p.exe
loc file not found in current directory - embedded one will be used
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