Malware analysis pitou_unpacked.bin Malicious activity

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File name:	pitou_unpacked.bin
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/5f3352aa-957b-49e3-8399-2f087e86012a
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	April 29, 2025, 08:35:46
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 4 sections
MD5:	C4DE79216EDD63056907B23FCF70A2D7
SHA1:	9E9FDD184A8C7C31875F59CF7C36BBDB7FFB92AD
SHA256:	8FA102DDAAE57D136C07040D48FF00B7C5D9BAFDBF37080A969A3D18D51313C9
SSDEEP:	24576:osOm4giALLWLSXv1GfLvLrYRiouvvIbxDO:osOzgiALLWLSXv1GfLvLrYRPuvvIVDO

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: none
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: off
Route via Tor:: off
Autoconfirmation of UAC:: on
Network:: on

Software preset

Internet Explorer 11.3636.19041.0
Adobe Acrobat (64-bit) (23.001.20093)
Adobe Flash Player 32 NPAPI (32.0.0.465)
Adobe Flash Player 32 PPAPI (32.0.0.465)
CCleaner (6.20)
FileZilla 3.65.0 (3.65.0)
Google Chrome (122.0.6261.70)
Google Update Helper (1.3.36.51)
Java 8 Update 271 (64-bit) (8.0.2710.9)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.271.9)
Microsoft Edge (122.0.2365.59)
Microsoft Edge Update (1.3.185.17)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - de-de (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - es-es (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - it-it (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ja-jp (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ko-kr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - pt-br (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - tr-tr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professionnel 2019 - fr-fr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office профессиональный 2019 - ru-ru (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft OneNote - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Update Health Tools (3.74.0.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Mozilla Firefox (x64 en-US) (123.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (123.0)
Notepad++ (64-bit x64) (7.9.1)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Extensibility Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Licensing Component (16.0.16026.20146)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15928.20198)
PowerShell 7-x64 (7.3.5.0)
Skype version 8.104 (8.104)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.59.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.63.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4480730) (2.55.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB5001716) (8.93.0.0)
VLC media player (3.0.11)
WinRAR 5.91 (64-bit) (5.91.0)
Windows PC Health Check (3.6.2204.08001)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
DotNetRollup
DotNetRollup 481
FodMetadata Package
Foundation Package
Hello Face Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB5003791
KB5011048
KB5015684
KB5033052
LanguageFeatures Basic en us Package
LanguageFeatures Handwriting en us Package
LanguageFeatures OCR en us Package
LanguageFeatures Speech en us Package
LanguageFeatures TextToSpeech en us Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MediaPlayer Package
Microsoft OneCore ApplicationModel Sync Desktop FOD Package
Microsoft OneCore DirectX Database FOD Package
NetFx3 OnDemand Package
Notepad FoD Package
OpenSSH Client Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
Printing PMCPPC FoD Package
Printing WFS FoD Package
ProfessionalEdition
QuickAssist Package
RollupFix
ServicingStack
ServicingStack 3989
StepsRecorder Package
TabletPCMath Package
UserExperience Desktop Package
WordPad FoD Package

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MALICIOUS
- Known privilege escalation attack
  - dllhost.exe (PID: 5740)
SUSPICIOUS
- The process executes via Task Scheduler
  - PLUGScheduler.exe (PID: 2720)
INFO
- Reads the computer name
  - pitou_unpacked.bin.exe (PID: 4164)
  - pitou_unpacked.bin.exe (PID: 6184)
- Reads the machine GUID from the registry
  - pitou_unpacked.bin.exe (PID: 4164)
- Checks supported languages
  - pitou_unpacked.bin.exe (PID: 4164)
  - pitou_unpacked.bin.exe (PID: 6184)
- Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
  - dllhost.exe (PID: 5740)

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TRiD

.exe	\|	Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (42.2)
.exe	\|	Win64 Executable (generic) (37.3)
.dll	\|	Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (8.8)
.exe	\|	Win32 Executable (generic) (6)
.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (2.7)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp:	2019:02:15 01:58:58+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	No relocs, Executable, 32-bit
PEType:	PE32
LinkerVersion:	10
CodeSize:	56832
InitializedDataSize:	396288
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0x4c4f
OSVersion:	5.1
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	5.1
Subsystem:	Windows GUI

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Total processes

236

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

2720

"C:\Program Files\RUXIM\PLUGscheduler.exe"

C:\Program Files\RUXIM\PLUGScheduler.exe

—

svchost.exe

User:

SYSTEM

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

Windows Update LifeCycle Component Scheduler

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.3623 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\program files\ruxim\plugscheduler.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll

4164

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pitou_unpacked.bin.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pitou_unpacked.bin.exe

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Exit code:

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\pitou_unpacked.bin.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\comdlg32.dll

4488

C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe

—

svchost.exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

KMS Connection Broker

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\sppextcomobj.exe
c:\windows\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\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll

5740

C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3E5FC7F9-9A51-4367-9063-A120244FBEC7}

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\dllhost.exe

svchost.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

COM Surrogate

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\syswow64\dllhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\combase.dll

6184

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pitou_unpacked.bin.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pitou_unpacked.bin.exe

—

dllhost.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Exit code:

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\pitou_unpacked.bin.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\comdlg32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll

6192

"C:\WINDOWS\System32\SLUI.exe" RuleId=3482d82e-ca2c-4e1f-8864-da0267b484b2;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=4de7cb65-cdf1-4de9-8ae8-e3cce27b9f2c;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEvent

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

—

SppExtComObj.Exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

Windows Activation Client

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.exe
c:\windows\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\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

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Total events

753

Read events

752

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(5740) dllhost.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Operation:	write	Name:	SlowContextMenuEntries
Value: 6024B221EA3A6910A2DC08002B30309D0A010000BD0E0C47735D584D9CEDE91E22E23282770100000114020000000000C0000000000000468D0000006078A409B011A54DAFA526D86198A780390100009AD298B2EDA6DE11BA8CA68E55D895936E000000

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
2720	PLUGScheduler.exe	C:\ProgramData\PLUG\Logs\RUXIMLog.046.etl		binary
		MD5:A7A21FBC9D00F33F186B34A50E170C13	SHA256:64CAC91E46D4FC832958232A658431CBF9D8D9F265653ACA2BEB32428D4688EC
2720	PLUGScheduler.exe	C:\ProgramData\PLUG\Logs\RUXIMLog.050.etl		binary
		MD5:C8834D365FAE073DEDE1F1620454CE71	SHA256:C6DD793EEE1D5551CA507A3C5BFFECA82DD3E29C63C2C6DD218A7D4BFB37046B
2720	PLUGScheduler.exe	C:\ProgramData\PLUG\Logs\RUXIMLog.048.etl		binary
		MD5:A23907B6FDD47DCABFDFD7CF2FCD7671	SHA256:0C9C33FE9E984A2E5A70EBA51F36B9929A86199E424AF2F8080E1267B87DC970
2720	PLUGScheduler.exe	C:\ProgramData\PLUG\Logs\RUXIMLog.044.etl		binary
		MD5:B53B2070E686FFB1FBC8B06994E7C8D7	SHA256:A3ABD06F4E40CB700B1908AB6BCD2E27455E13EF076E0BF2345BB2FA369EF802
2720	PLUGScheduler.exe	C:\ProgramData\PLUG\Logs\RUXIMLog.036.etl		binary
		MD5:A477FE56C25FCDB850EA1AAB8D01B5C2	SHA256:5C85DC2B41C2D076D6B2653C0BA5F5681ADABFEBDA8883C704E625EB9338F505
2720	PLUGScheduler.exe	C:\ProgramData\PLUG\Logs\RUXIMLog.043.etl		binary
		MD5:8A2BDE0EAFA7E946196A1B114AB636E9	SHA256:1C338CBDD9316D7FD8F208341466FEDC554A04D489B3A86C736EC3831A2F2BA2
2720	PLUGScheduler.exe	C:\ProgramData\PLUG\Logs\RUXIMLog.033.etl		binary
		MD5:AB9303129E2242D02DC2069E5A4F3896	SHA256:9031A5BD681D52A903A2BCA625F6D9D8B1456B26D2335CA8170BB39A2FE8F2A0
2720	PLUGScheduler.exe	C:\ProgramData\PLUG\Logs\RUXIMLog.041.etl		binary
		MD5:09359EE89B0634478ADFF73CDA7BFB12	SHA256:4D800AC7C55960B107C9D3E40F63130407835E69DF4F5C558C500FC0BD20D8ED
2720	PLUGScheduler.exe	C:\ProgramData\PLUG\Logs\RUXIMLog.039.etl		etl
		MD5:0DE8B8CBE71A7CD60D67AFE279E1ACB9	SHA256:D17A442ABEB021BFA77E5EDAB3D7F3C6FFEA9C33B8D04409D149B518C5FDB57C
2720	PLUGScheduler.exe	C:\ProgramData\PLUG\Logs\RUXIMLog.042.etl		binary
		MD5:C1F87CF12DD702D2185E703BA004D216	SHA256:9D993487866C9538DC19F281A6346E1796E7478C7C164D61437AF6E698C66125

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HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

DNS requests

Threats

HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
—	—	GET	200	23.48.23.143:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	23.48.23.143:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	184.30.131.245:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5192	SearchApp.exe	GET	200	184.30.131.245:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	40.127.240.158:443	—	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	unknown
—	—	40.127.240.158:443	—	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	unknown
—	—	23.48.23.143:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
—	—	184.30.21.171:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	20.190.159.75:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	184.30.131.245:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	US	whitelisted
3216	svchost.exe	172.211.123.248:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	FR	whitelisted
—	—	224.0.0.252:5355	—	—	—	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
google.com	142.250.185.142	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	23.48.23.143 23.48.23.156	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	184.30.21.171	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.159.75 40.126.31.73 40.126.31.0 20.190.159.23 40.126.31.2 20.190.159.130 40.126.31.130 40.126.31.131	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	184.30.131.245	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.248	whitelisted
officeclient.microsoft.com	52.109.76.240	whitelisted
ecs.office.com	52.123.131.14 52.123.130.14	whitelisted
www.bing.com	104.126.37.168 104.126.37.186 104.126.37.177 104.126.37.179 104.126.37.129 104.126.37.171 104.126.37.178 104.126.37.131 104.126.37.123	whitelisted
self.events.data.microsoft.com	13.89.178.27	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

pitou_unpacked.bin

C4DE79216EDD63056907B23FCF70A2D7

9E9FDD184A8C7C31875F59CF7C36BBDB7FFB92AD

8FA102DDAAE57D136C07040D48FF00B7C5D9BAFDBF37080A969A3D18D51313C9

24576:osOm4giALLWLSXv1GfLvLrYRiouvvIbxDO:osOzgiALLWLSXv1GfLvLrYRPuvvIVDO

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Launch configuration

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Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Known privilege escalation attack

SUSPICIOUS

The process executes via Task Scheduler

INFO

Reads the computer name

Reads the machine GUID from the registry

Checks supported languages

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

Malware configuration

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