| File name: | AQUA SPOOFER.rar |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/7962687c-6143-48fe-8047-a8b661a71375 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | AsyncRAT is a RAT that can monitor and remotely control infected systems. This malware was introduced on Github as a legitimate open-source remote administration software, but hackers use it for its many powerful malicious functions. |
| Analysis date: | January 07, 2022, 18:58:48 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/x-rar |
| File info: | RAR archive data, v5 |
| MD5: | 061A5E45989563514B801E87C8CFA5E8 |
| SHA1: | 6B564F0DCE14FA9FFE6E59246A80C2DB01D85AAA |
| SHA256: | 8FCE34BD2DE0C4FCAD897E0B005A7645CF064D07790BA26EF76EE2AFA134038F |
| SSDEEP: | 49152:KekKhcR1l7jvhd5Evq0YzMOBO7ZUPuIgXPfS9LYiRKm9zbDaqN99c7rlhd+k:KXKhKVjvhd8cMOBjPkffWLdRR9z6qN9E |
MALICIOUS
Loads dropped or rewritten executable
- SearchProtocolHost.exe (PID: 3628)
- Spoofer.exe-kov.exe (PID: 2288)
Application was dropped or rewritten from another process
- Spoofer.exe-kov.exe (PID: 2288)
- Spoofer.exe-kov.exe (PID: 2360)
- regedit.exe (PID: 716)
- ExecutableWindowsFile.exe (PID: 2016)
Drops executable file immediately after starts
- Spoofer.exe-kov.exe (PID: 2288)
Writes to a start menu file
- Spoofer.exe-kov.exe (PID: 2288)
Disables Windows Defender
- ExecutableWindowsFile.exe (PID: 2016)
ASYNCRAT was detected
- regedit.exe (PID: 716)
Changes the autorun value in the registry
- Spoofer.exe-kov.exe (PID: 2288)
SUSPICIOUS
Checks supported languages
- WinRAR.exe (PID: 2220)
- Spoofer.exe-kov.exe (PID: 2288)
- ExecutableWindowsFile.exe (PID: 2016)
- powershell.exe (PID: 840)
- regedit.exe (PID: 716)
Reads the computer name
- WinRAR.exe (PID: 2220)
- Spoofer.exe-kov.exe (PID: 2288)
- regedit.exe (PID: 716)
- ExecutableWindowsFile.exe (PID: 2016)
- powershell.exe (PID: 840)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- Spoofer.exe-kov.exe (PID: 2288)
- WinRAR.exe (PID: 2220)
Drops a file that was compiled in debug mode
- Spoofer.exe-kov.exe (PID: 2288)
- WinRAR.exe (PID: 2220)
Creates files in the user directory
- Spoofer.exe-kov.exe (PID: 2288)
Reads Environment values
- Spoofer.exe-kov.exe (PID: 2288)
- regedit.exe (PID: 716)
Creates files in the Windows directory
- Spoofer.exe-kov.exe (PID: 2288)
Drops a file with a compile date too recent
- WinRAR.exe (PID: 2220)
- Spoofer.exe-kov.exe (PID: 2288)
Executes PowerShell scripts
- ExecutableWindowsFile.exe (PID: 2016)
INFO
Manual execution by user
- Spoofer.exe-kov.exe (PID: 2360)
- Spoofer.exe-kov.exe (PID: 2288)
- taskmgr.exe (PID: 424)
Reads settings of System Certificates
- Spoofer.exe-kov.exe (PID: 2288)
- powershell.exe (PID: 840)
- regedit.exe (PID: 716)
Checks Windows Trust Settings
- powershell.exe (PID: 840)
Checks supported languages
- taskmgr.exe (PID: 424)
Reads the computer name
- taskmgr.exe (PID: 424)
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TRiD
| .rar | | | RAR compressed archive (v5.0) (61.5) |
|---|---|---|
| .rar | | | RAR compressed archive (gen) (38.4) |
Total processes
46
Monitored processes
8
Malicious processes
5
Suspicious processes
1
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 424 | "C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe" /4 | C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe | — | Explorer.EXE | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Task Manager Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 716 | "C:\Windows\IME\regedit.exe" | C:\Windows\IME\regedit.exe | Spoofer.exe-kov.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
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| 840 | "powershell" Get-MpPreference -verbose | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | — | ExecutableWindowsFile.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Windows PowerShell Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.14409.1005 (rs1_srvoob.161208-1155) Modules
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| 2016 | "C:\Windows\IME\ExecutableWindowsFile.exe" | C:\Windows\IME\ExecutableWindowsFile.exe | — | Spoofer.exe-kov.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Disable-Windows-Defender Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
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| 2220 | "C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AQUA SPOOFER.rar" | C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe | Explorer.EXE | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Alexander Roshal Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: WinRAR archiver Exit code: 0 Version: 5.91.0 Modules
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| 2288 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Spoofer.exe-kov.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Spoofer.exe-kov.exe | Explorer.EXE | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: 20188-2222 Integrity Level: HIGH Description: AQUA SPOOFER Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
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| 2360 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Spoofer.exe-kov.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Spoofer.exe-kov.exe | — | Explorer.EXE | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: 20188-2222 Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: AQUA SPOOFER Exit code: 3221226540 Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
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| 3628 | "C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe2_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe2 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon" | C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe | — | SearchIndexer.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Microsoft Windows Search Protocol Host Exit code: 0 Version: 7.00.7601.24542 (win7sp1_ldr_escrow.191209-2211) Modules
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Total events
12 883
Read events
12 797
Write events
86
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (2220) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\Interface\Themes |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ShellExtBMP |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2220) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\Interface\Themes |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ShellExtIcon |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2220) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\16C\52C64B7E |
| Operation: | write | Name: | LanguageList |
Value: en-US | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2220) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\ArcHistory |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 2 |
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\virtio_ivshmem_master_build.zip | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2220) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\ArcHistory |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1 |
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Win7-KB3191566-x86.zip | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2220) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\ArcHistory |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 0 |
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AQUA SPOOFER.rar | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2220) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths |
| Operation: | write | Name: | name |
Value: 120 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2220) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths |
| Operation: | write | Name: | size |
Value: 80 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2220) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths |
| Operation: | write | Name: | type |
Value: 120 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2220) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths |
| Operation: | write | Name: | mtime |
Value: 100 | |||
Executable files
9
Suspicious files
5
Text files
1
Unknown types
2
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2288 | Spoofer.exe-kov.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\regedeit.exe | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2288 | Spoofer.exe-kov.exe | C:\Windows\IME\regedit.exe | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2288 | Spoofer.exe-kov.exe | C:\Windows\IME\ExecutableWindowsFile.exe | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 716 | regedit.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\77EC63BDA74BD0D0E0426DC8F8008506 | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2220 | WinRAR.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRa2220.9033\Spoofer.exe-kov.exe | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2288 | Spoofer.exe-kov.exe | C:\Users\admin\.guna\Guna.UI2\Licensing\.licenseengineversion | text | |
MD5:4DF604C34AC416CD49E8C15DB087A2DA | SHA256:64C6EBA21CA5A6D3D07D2E216C48934A2105B4EB2AAF04DB0CE74FB73BE813BC | |||
| 2288 | Spoofer.exe-kov.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\45cf148a-5b20-4de7-ac3f-490a30261b0a\rabu.dll | executable | |
MD5:14FF402962AD21B78AE0B4C43CD1F194 | SHA256:FB9646CB956945BDC503E69645F6B5316D3826B780D3C36738D6B944E884D15B | |||
| 2220 | WinRAR.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRa2220.9033\ComponentFactory.Krypton.Navigator.dll | executable | |
MD5:E9311C190494179547F9D804F39813EA | SHA256:FA49250585D7D1F44D1688571F9DF020E55B92663D9E94557EE1F228EBF280B7 | |||
| 840 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\m1g0buhi.05u.ps1 | binary | |
MD5:C4CA4238A0B923820DCC509A6F75849B | SHA256:— | |||
| 840 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\x0y5j3cd.m3f.psm1 | binary | |
MD5:C4CA4238A0B923820DCC509A6F75849B | SHA256:— | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
1
TCP/UDP connections
3
DNS requests
3
Threats
2
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
716 | regedit.exe | GET | 200 | 209.197.3.8:80 | http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab?6ce03c5e4dc203aa | US | compressed | 59.9 Kb | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2288 | Spoofer.exe-kov.exe | 162.159.133.233:443 | cdn.discordapp.com | Cloudflare Inc | — | shared |
716 | regedit.exe | 3.142.167.54:18060 | 8.tcp.ngrok.io | — | US | malicious |
— | — | 209.197.3.8:80 | ctldl.windowsupdate.com | Highwinds Network Group, Inc. | US | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
cdn.discordapp.com |
| shared |
8.tcp.ngrok.io |
| malicious |
ctldl.windowsupdate.com |
| whitelisted |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
— | — | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | ET POLICY DNS Query to a *.ngrok domain (ngrok.io) |
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