Malware analysis Minecraft Launcher.exe Malicious activity

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File name:	Minecraft Launcher.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/e6f99b4e-b79f-4184-8f62-73598ba979de
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	July 10, 2019, 17:33:43
OS:	Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MIME:	application/x-dosexec
File info:	PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows
MD5:	04C275F4DD49D860E3578D99ACCA2A7E
SHA1:	DD2C09F35DE2754B8757B5C977448E4AACB24E85
SHA256:	8EF6969EC02D4CDD5600E37E411FB030C196F3806EDFAECB3B279425927DAEC4
SSDEEP:	49152:cy8NZXlYv3NCMO1UgHrnRAST8XrhaRY0oaHaYLxNvjYDbOCBpVOOP4j:p8Xl7drn3T8hiVoaHa4vjap34j

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 180 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: 120 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 (75.0.3770.100)
Google Update Helper (1.3.34.7)
Java 8 Update 92 (8.0.920.14)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.92.14)
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 (4.7.03062)
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++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x86) - 14.21.27702 (14.21.27702.2)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.21.27702 (14.21.27702)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.21.27702 (14.21.27702)
Mozilla Firefox 67.0.4 (x86 en-US) (67.0.4)
Notepad++ (32-bit x86) (7.5.1)
Opera 12.15 (12.15.1748)
Skype version 8.29 (8.29)
Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 (KB4087364) (1)
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
KB4019990
KB976902
LocalPack AU Package
LocalPack CA Package
LocalPack GB Package
LocalPack US Package
LocalPack ZA Package
ProfessionalEdition
UltimateEdition

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MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.
SUSPICIOUS
- Executes JAVA applets
  - Minecraft Launcher.exe (PID: 1184)
- Creates files in the user directory
  - javaw.exe (PID: 2488)
INFO
No info indicators.

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.exe	\|	Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (41)
.exe	\|	Win64 Executable (generic) (36.3)
.dll	\|	Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (8.6)
.exe	\|	Win32 Executable (generic) (5.9)
.exe	\|	Win16/32 Executable Delphi generic (2.7)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp:	2018:10:17 03:18:54+02:00
PEType:	PE32
LinkerVersion:	2.22
CodeSize:	18432
InitializedDataSize:	18432
UninitializedDataSize:	36864
EntryPoint:	0x1290
OSVersion:	4
ImageVersion:	1
SubsystemVersion:	4
Subsystem:	Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber:	3.8.0.0
ProductVersionNumber:	3.8.0.0
FileFlagsMask:	0x0000
FileFlags:	(none)
FileOS:	Windows NT
ObjectFileType:	Executable application
FileSubtype:	-
LanguageCode:	English (U.S.)
CharacterSet:	Windows, Latin1
CompanyName:	Titan Launcher
FileDescription:	1.13.1 Minecraft Launcher
FileVersion:	3.8.0
InternalName:	Minecraft Launcher
LegalCopyright:	Titan Launcher
OriginalFileName:	Minecraft Launcher.exe
ProductName:	Titan Launcher
ProductVersion:	3.8.0

Summary

Architecture:	IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem:	IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date:	17-Oct-2018 01:18:54
Detected languages:	English - United States Process Default Language
CompanyName:	Titan Launcher
FileDescription:	1.13.1 Minecraft Launcher
FileVersion:	3.8.0
InternalName:	Minecraft Launcher
LegalCopyright:	Titan Launcher
OriginalFilename:	Minecraft Launcher.exe
ProductName:	Titan Launcher
ProductVersion:	3.8.0

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:	0x00000080

PE Headers

Signature:	PE
Machine:	IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections:	6
Time date stamp:	17-Oct-2018 01:18:54
Pointer to Symbol Table:	0x00000000
Number of symbols:	0
Size of Optional Header:	0x00E0
Characteristics:	IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE IMAGE_FILE_DEBUG_STRIPPED 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	0x00004728	0x00004800	IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1024BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_256BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_2BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_32BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4096BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_512BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_64BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_8192BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_MASK, IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ	6.05951
.data	0x00006000	0x000000E0	0x00000200	IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1024BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_256BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_2BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_32BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4096BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_512BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_64BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_8192BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_MASK, IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE	0.346693
.rdata	0x00007000	0x00000500	0x00000600	IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1024BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_256BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_2BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_32BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4096BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_512BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_64BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_8192BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_MASK, IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ	4.99808
.bss	0x00008000	0x00008EF0	0x00000000	IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1024BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_256BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_2BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_32BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4096BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_512BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_64BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_8192BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_MASK, IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE	0
.idata	0x00011000	0x00000A94	0x00000C00	IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1024BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_256BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_2BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_32BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4096BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_512BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_64BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_8192BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_MASK, IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE	4.61998
.rsrc	0x00012000	0x00003238	0x00003400	IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1024BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_256BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_2BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_32BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4096BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_512BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_64BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_8192BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_MASK, IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE	5.64567

Resources

Title	Entropy	Size	Codepage	Language	Type
1	4.86519	1138	UNKNOWN	Process Default Language	RT_MANIFEST
2	2.25163	6	UNKNOWN	Process Default Language	RT_RCDATA
17	2.32193	5	UNKNOWN	Process Default Language	RT_RCDATA
18	1	2	UNKNOWN	Process Default Language	RT_RCDATA
20	1.58496	3	UNKNOWN	Process Default Language	RT_RCDATA
21	3.91327	25	UNKNOWN	Process Default Language	RT_RCDATA
25	2	4	UNKNOWN	Process Default Language	RT_RCDATA
27	2	4	UNKNOWN	Process Default Language	RT_RCDATA
30	1	2	UNKNOWN	Process Default Language	RT_RCDATA
101	4.04307	50	UNKNOWN	Process Default Language	RT_RCDATA

Imports


ADVAPI32.DLL
KERNEL32.dll
SHELL32.DLL
USER32.dll
msvcrt.dll

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

1184

"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Minecraft Launcher.exe"

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Minecraft Launcher.exe

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Titan Launcher

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

1.13.1 Minecraft Launcher

Exit code:

Version:

3.8.0

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\minecraft launcher.exe
c:\systemroot\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\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll

2488

"C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_92\bin\javaw.exe" -Xms256m -Xmx512m -jar "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Minecraft Launcher.exe"

C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_92\bin\javaw.exe

Minecraft Launcher.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Oracle Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Java(TM) Platform SE binary

Exit code:

Version:

8.0.920.14

Modules

Images
c:\program files\java\jre1.8.0_92\bin\javaw.exe
c:\systemroot\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\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll

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Modification events


(PID) Process:	(2488) javaw.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Direct3D\MostRecentApplication
Operation:	write	Name:	Name
Value: javaw.exe

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

407

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
2488	javaw.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\imageio9134577716921235174.tmp		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2488	javaw.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\imageio7516008589977716316.tmp		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2488	javaw.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\imageio2456108165682778272.tmp		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2488	javaw.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\imageio8193745853083523342.tmp		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2488	javaw.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\imageio8935089203298000053.tmp		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2488	javaw.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\imageio4014056718904408244.tmp		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2488	javaw.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\servers.dat		image
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2488	javaw.exe	C:\Users\admin\.oracle_jre_usage\90737d32e3abaa4.timestamp		text
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2488	javaw.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\launcher_profiles.json		text
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2488	javaw.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\minecraft launcher\Minecraft Update News.htm		html
		MD5:—	SHA256:—

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HTTP(S) requests

520

TCP/UDP connections

DNS requests

Threats

HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
2488	javaw.exe	GET	—	13.32.8.230:80	http://resources.download.minecraft.net/62/6254527d626a2c7d80901cc2e62dce3ba4bd81f6	US	—	—	shared
2488	javaw.exe	GET	302	192.64.119.56:80	http://temc.xyz/failsafe/failsafe.txt	US	html	88 b	malicious
2488	javaw.exe	GET	200	198.54.117.244:80	http://titanindex.net/LauncherUpdate/version.txt	US	html	7.48 Kb	malicious
2488	javaw.exe	GET	200	198.54.117.244:80	http://titanindex.net/LauncherUpdate/Minecraft%20Update%20News.htm	US	html	7.48 Kb	malicious
2488	javaw.exe	GET	200	198.54.117.244:80	http://titanindex.net/LauncherUpdate/Minecraft%20Update%20News.htm	US	html	7.48 Kb	malicious
2488	javaw.exe	GET	200	13.32.8.230:80	http://resources.download.minecraft.net/99/99462b03d2b63e37a0e737e6053c883b41c953a6	US	ogg	53.1 Kb	shared
2488	javaw.exe	GET	200	13.32.8.230:80	http://resources.download.minecraft.net/65/65727e3d0b1e51e537b0e476f119bee8be45edab	US	ogg	8.38 Kb	shared
2488	javaw.exe	GET	200	13.32.8.230:80	http://resources.download.minecraft.net/ff/ffeb49a644259b2b6ed030ea27f097b22c2cc1a5	US	ogg	21.3 Kb	shared
2488	javaw.exe	GET	200	13.32.8.230:80	http://resources.download.minecraft.net/fe/fe0aa753f52ff42f65b0ce142cd91c7851eae3ba	US	ogg	14.9 Kb	shared
2488	javaw.exe	GET	200	13.32.8.230:80	http://resources.download.minecraft.net/48/48f9931bef7d3a07c7ea40126eb2bd9c71c4a0e7	US	ogg	7.07 Kb	shared

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
2488	javaw.exe	198.54.117.244:80	titanindex.net	Namecheap, Inc.	US	malicious
2488	javaw.exe	192.64.119.56:80	temc.xyz	Namecheap, Inc.	US	malicious
2488	javaw.exe	13.32.6.229:443	launchermeta.mojang.com	Amazon.com, Inc.	US	unknown
—	—	104.17.252.107:443	nc-img.com	Cloudflare Inc	US	shared
2488	javaw.exe	13.32.6.123:443	libraries.minecraft.net	Amazon.com, Inc.	US	unknown
2488	javaw.exe	13.32.8.230:80	resources.download.minecraft.net	Amazon.com, Inc.	US	unknown

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
titanindex.net	198.54.117.244	malicious
teamextrememc.com	—	malicious
temc.xyz	192.64.119.56	malicious
launchermeta.mojang.com	13.32.6.229	whitelisted
nc-img.com	104.17.252.107 104.17.251.107	unknown
libraries.minecraft.net	13.32.6.123	shared
launcher.mojang.com	13.32.6.229	whitelisted
resources.download.minecraft.net	13.32.8.230 13.32.8.170 13.32.8.212 13.32.8.15	shared

Threats

PID	Process	Class	Message
2488	javaw.exe	Potentially Bad Traffic	AV INFO HTTP Request to a *.xyz domain

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General Info

Minecraft Launcher.exe

04C275F4DD49D860E3578D99ACCA2A7E

DD2C09F35DE2754B8757B5C977448E4AACB24E85

8EF6969EC02D4CDD5600E37E411FB030C196F3806EDFAECB3B279425927DAEC4

49152:cy8NZXlYv3NCMO1UgHrnRAST8XrhaRY0oaHaYLxNvjYDbOCBpVOOP4j:p8Xl7drn3T8hiVoaHa4vjap34j

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Executes JAVA applets

Creates files in the user directory

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