File name:

memesense.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/fb3b4504-eb84-4654-8145-1efec1fcd82d
Verdict: Malicious activity
Threats:

Stealers are a group of malicious software that are intended for gaining unauthorized access to users’ information and transferring it to the attacker. The stealer malware category includes various types of programs that focus on their particular kind of data, including files, passwords, and cryptocurrency. Stealers are capable of spying on their targets by recording their keystrokes and taking screenshots. This type of malware is primarily distributed as part of phishing campaigns.

Analysis date: May 18, 2025, 20:10:29
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:
stealer
ms-smartcard
upx
salatstealer
susp-powershell
golang
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, UPX compressed, 3 sections
MD5:

739CFFACF0949A8958962B505FF15EF2

SHA1:

5350F76E9B5B4E18ED2529EE900D8D00692272FE

SHA256:

907E01F2D44B5038750E471CDF532081E0D5BCCEC8F857B6E9CB0D4D93FF53C8

SSDEEP:

98304:EjfnwYTBml0hKwFNB6aX0mHjkSUMqpi77LLvaXQkH1izO5jX1wrLZPVPD66T9C94:xJTgrcF

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Actions looks like stealing of personal data

      • ctfmon.exe (PID: 5776)
    • Steals credentials from Web Browsers

      • ctfmon.exe (PID: 5776)
    • Starts REAGENTC.EXE to disable the Windows Recovery Environment

      • ReAgentc.exe (PID: 6132)
    • UAC/LUA settings modification

      • powershell.exe (PID: 1052)
    • SALATSTEALER has been detected (YARA)

      • ctfmon.exe (PID: 5776)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • memesense.exe (PID: 2852)
      • ctfmon.exe (PID: 5776)
    • Starts itself from another location

      • memesense.exe (PID: 2852)
      • ctfmon.exe (PID: 5776)
    • The process creates files with name similar to system file names

      • memesense.exe (PID: 2852)
      • ctfmon.exe (PID: 5776)
    • Application launched itself

      • memesense.exe (PID: 5772)
    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • memesense.exe (PID: 5772)
      • ShellExperienceHost.exe (PID: 7508)
    • Starts POWERSHELL.EXE for commands execution

      • ctfmon.exe (PID: 5776)
    • Gets path to any of the special folders (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 1052)
    • Modifies hosts file to alter network resolution

      • powershell.exe (PID: 1052)
    • Multiple wallet extension IDs have been found

      • ctfmon.exe (PID: 5776)
    • There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)

      • ctfmon.exe (PID: 5776)
  • INFO

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • memesense.exe (PID: 5772)
      • memesense.exe (PID: 2852)
      • ctfmon.exe (PID: 5776)
      • ctfmon.exe (PID: 6272)
      • ctfmon.exe (PID: 1096)
    • Reads the computer name

      • memesense.exe (PID: 2852)
      • memesense.exe (PID: 5772)
      • ctfmon.exe (PID: 5776)
      • ctfmon.exe (PID: 6272)
      • ctfmon.exe (PID: 1096)
      • ShellExperienceHost.exe (PID: 7508)
    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • memesense.exe (PID: 2852)
    • Checks supported languages

      • memesense.exe (PID: 5772)
      • memesense.exe (PID: 2852)
      • ctfmon.exe (PID: 5776)
      • ctfmon.exe (PID: 1096)
      • ctfmon.exe (PID: 6272)
      • ShellExperienceHost.exe (PID: 7508)
    • Process checks computer location settings

      • memesense.exe (PID: 5772)
    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • memesense.exe (PID: 2852)
    • Drops encrypted JS script (Microsoft Script Encoder)

      • ctfmon.exe (PID: 5776)
    • Checks current location (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 1052)
    • Script raised an exception (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 1052)
    • Checks if a key exists in the options dictionary (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 1052)
    • Creates files in the program directory

      • ctfmon.exe (PID: 5776)
    • Found Base64 encoded access to environment variables via PowerShell (YARA)

      • ctfmon.exe (PID: 5776)
    • UPX packer has been detected

      • ctfmon.exe (PID: 5776)
    • Detects GO elliptic curve encryption (YARA)

      • ctfmon.exe (PID: 5776)
    • Found Base64 encoded access to Windows Defender via PowerShell (YARA)

      • ctfmon.exe (PID: 5776)
    • Application based on Golang

      • ctfmon.exe (PID: 5776)
    • Reads the software policy settings

      • slui.exe (PID: 7916)
    • Checks proxy server information

      • slui.exe (PID: 7916)
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 (64.2)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (15.6)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (10.6)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (4.7)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (4.7)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 0000:00:00 00:00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, 32-bit
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 3
CodeSize: 3280896
InitializedDataSize: 4096
UninitializedDataSize: 8773632
EntryPoint: 0xb7e770
OSVersion: 6.1
ImageVersion: 1
SubsystemVersion: 6.1
Subsystem: Windows GUI
No data.
screenshotscreenshot
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Total processes
145
Monitored processes
10
Malicious processes
4
Suspicious processes
1

Behavior graph

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start memesense.exe no specs memesense.exe #SALATSTEALER ctfmon.exe powershell.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs ctfmon.exe no specs ctfmon.exe no specs reagentc.exe no specs shellexperiencehost.exe no specs slui.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
1052powershell.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exectfmon.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows PowerShell
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\syswow64\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.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\msvcrt.dll
1096"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\ctfmon.exe" -C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\ctfmon.exectfmon.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\edge\application\ctfmon.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\bcryptprimitives.dll
2088\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exepowershell.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Console Window Host
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
2852"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\memesense.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\memesense.exe
memesense.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\memesense.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\bcryptprimitives.dll
5772"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\memesense.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\memesense.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
2
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\memesense.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\bcryptprimitives.dll
5776C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ctfmon.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ctfmon.exe
memesense.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\ctfmon.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\bcryptprimitives.dll
6132"C:\WINDOWS\system32\ReAgentc.exe" /disableC:\Windows\SysWOW64\ReAgentc.exepowershell.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Microsoft Windows Recovery Agent
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\syswow64\reagentc.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\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll
6272"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\ctfmon.exe" -C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\ctfmon.exectfmon.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\ctfmon.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\bcryptprimitives.dll
7508"C:\WINDOWS\SystemApps\ShellExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\ShellExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXtk181tbxbce2qsex02s8tw7hfxa9xb3t.mcaC:\Windows\SystemApps\ShellExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\ShellExperienceHost.exesvchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Shell Experience Host
Version:
10.0.19041.3758 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\systemapps\shellexperiencehost_cw5n1h2txyewy\shellexperiencehost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wincorlib.dll
7916C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\slui.exe
svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Activation Client
Exit code:
0
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
Total events
15 447
Read events
15 374
Write events
13
Delete events
60

Modification events

(PID) Process:(6132) ReAgentc.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\BCD00000000\Objects\{9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795}\Elements\11000001
Operation:delete keyName:(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:(6132) ReAgentc.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\BCD00000000\Objects\{9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795}\Elements\11000001
Operation:writeName:Element
Value:
0000000000000000000000000000000006000000000000004800000000000000715E5C2FA985EB1190A89A9B763584210000000000000000745E5C2FA985EB1190A89A9B7635842100000000000000000000000000000000
(PID) Process:(6132) ReAgentc.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\BCD00000000\Objects\{9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795}\Elements\12000002
Operation:delete keyName:(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:(6132) ReAgentc.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\BCD00000000\Objects\{9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795}\Elements\12000002
Operation:writeName:Element
Value:
\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
(PID) Process:(6132) ReAgentc.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\BCD00000000\Objects\{5b970157-8568-11eb-b45c-806e6f6e6963}\Elements\11000001
Operation:delete keyName:(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:(6132) ReAgentc.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\BCD00000000\Objects\{5b970157-8568-11eb-b45c-806e6f6e6963}\Elements\11000001
Operation:writeName:Element
Value:
0000000000000000000000000000000006000000000000004800000000000000715E5C2FA985EB1190A89A9B763584210000000000000000745E5C2FA985EB1190A89A9B7635842100000000000000000000000000000000
(PID) Process:(6132) ReAgentc.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\BCD00000000\Objects\{5b970157-8568-11eb-b45c-806e6f6e6963}\Elements\12000002
Operation:delete keyName:(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:(6132) ReAgentc.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\BCD00000000\Objects\{5b970157-8568-11eb-b45c-806e6f6e6963}\Elements\12000002
Operation:writeName:Element
Value:
\EFI\Boot\Loader.efi
(PID) Process:(6132) ReAgentc.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\BCD00000000\Objects\{a5a30fa2-3d06-4e9f-b5f4-a01df9d1fcba}\Description
Operation:delete keyName:(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:(6132) ReAgentc.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\BCD00000000\Objects\{a5a30fa2-3d06-4e9f-b5f4-a01df9d1fcba}\Elements\24000001
Operation:delete keyName:(default)
Value:
Executable files
4
Suspicious files
2
Text files
9
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
6132ReAgentc.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\Recovery\Winre.wim
MD5:
SHA256:
5776ctfmon.exeC:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\ctfmon.exeexecutable
MD5:739CFFACF0949A8958962B505FF15EF2
SHA256:907E01F2D44B5038750E471CDF532081E0D5BCCEC8F857B6E9CB0D4D93FF53C8
2852memesense.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ctfmon.exeexecutable
MD5:739CFFACF0949A8958962B505FF15EF2
SHA256:907E01F2D44B5038750E471CDF532081E0D5BCCEC8F857B6E9CB0D4D93FF53C8
6132ReAgentc.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\Recovery\ReAgent.xmlxml
MD5:7BA1A1AE453E18669377CBD6EB101109
SHA256:0F7D35D68A237B9C7D6D24C736E9A758761BB0840C113686B81E2CE33928EF65
5776ctfmon.exeC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\ctfmon.exeexecutable
MD5:739CFFACF0949A8958962B505FF15EF2
SHA256:907E01F2D44B5038750E471CDF532081E0D5BCCEC8F857B6E9CB0D4D93FF53C8
6132ReAgentc.exeC:\Windows\Logs\ReAgent\ReAgent.logcsv
MD5:5B0958361DCDD480266DA9B302B891CC
SHA256:12055312DB030B90973DCD8CFDB5F9AE223FB561C139475DA092995E074FFAEA
6132ReAgentc.exeC:\Windows\Panther\UnattendGC\diagwrn.xmltext
MD5:615F42B213C61DCBADCEF2D9D4839339
SHA256:5C2D508F9A0E287DB66742BEA561F6A0825291D727533898C188C705A447028E
1052powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_lrryynbj.41c.ps1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
2852memesense.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\dummy\backgroundTaskHost.exeexecutable
MD5:739CFFACF0949A8958962B505FF15EF2
SHA256:907E01F2D44B5038750E471CDF532081E0D5BCCEC8F857B6E9CB0D4D93FF53C8
1052powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_zvirruox.1wu.psm1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
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HTTP(S) requests
9
TCP/UDP connections
65
DNS requests
21
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
2104
svchost.exe
GET
200
2.16.168.114:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
whitelisted
7308
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.23.246.101:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
whitelisted
2104
svchost.exe
GET
200
95.101.149.131:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
whitelisted
7308
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.16.168.114:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut_2010-06-23.crl
unknown
whitelisted
7308
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.16.168.114:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicTimStaPCA_2010-07-01.crl
unknown
whitelisted
7308
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.23.246.101:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
whitelisted
7308
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.23.246.101:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
whitelisted
7308
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.23.246.101:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.2.crl
unknown
whitelisted
7308
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.23.246.101:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.2.crl
unknown
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
whitelisted
3304
RUXIMICS.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
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
2104
svchost.exe
40.127.240.158:443
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
unknown
2104
svchost.exe
2.16.168.114:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
RU
whitelisted
2104
svchost.exe
95.101.149.131:80
www.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
3216
svchost.exe
172.211.123.250:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted
2852
memesense.exe
1.1.1.1:443
whitelisted
2852
memesense.exe
188.114.96.11:443
unknown

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
google.com
  • 142.250.185.174
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 2.16.168.114
  • 2.16.168.124
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 95.101.149.131
  • 2.23.246.101
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.250
  • 172.211.123.249
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 20.190.160.64
  • 40.126.32.76
  • 20.190.160.4
  • 20.190.160.131
  • 20.190.160.65
  • 20.190.160.67
  • 20.190.160.66
  • 40.126.32.140
whitelisted
go.microsoft.com
  • 95.100.186.9
whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 4.231.128.59
  • 20.73.194.208
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 20.12.23.50
whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 52.165.164.15
whitelisted
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com
  • 40.91.76.224
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info