| File name: | ShareX.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/4a802def-e041-4086-92cc-9864b3bbfc24 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | March 22, 2025, 14:56:09 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows, 3 sections |
| MD5: | C3E15DD339A03206BCC62A63864B136B |
| SHA1: | F91CAF74873002D36B7A7838E88616DC8A5C8876 |
| SHA256: | 90EC55D41088C2D6CB9FAFAB4D08C478AA225D76B00462F8AF813C0E588E33CB |
| SSDEEP: | 49152:R0V0cDCaRNYyARPvlWt7YlXr54ov9nsV420DztTCkKKzVdqVzUVophX1xxc5nfHR:V8ZmyAhvljlNv9nsy20Dz+KzqVoyvlEZ |
MALICIOUS
Changes the autorun value in the registry
- ShareX.exe (PID: 7404)
- ShareX.exe (PID: 5048)
Create files in the Startup directory
- ShareX.exe (PID: 7404)
SUSPICIOUS
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- ShareX.exe (PID: 7404)
Connects to unusual port
- ShareX.exe (PID: 7404)
- ShareX.exe (PID: 5048)
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
- svchost.exe (PID: 2196)
Checks for external IP
- ShareX.exe (PID: 7404)
- svchost.exe (PID: 2196)
- ShareX.exe (PID: 5048)
There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)
- ShareX.exe (PID: 7404)
- ShareX.exe (PID: 5048)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- ShareX.exe (PID: 7404)
Executes application which crashes
- ShareX.exe (PID: 7404)
INFO
Checks supported languages
- ShareX.exe (PID: 7404)
- ShareX.exe (PID: 5048)
Autorun file from Startup directory
- ShareX.exe (PID: 7404)
Reads the machine GUID from the registry
- ShareX.exe (PID: 7404)
- ShareX.exe (PID: 5048)
Reads the software policy settings
- ShareX.exe (PID: 7404)
- ShareX.exe (PID: 5048)
- slui.exe (PID: 7508)
- BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 1188)
Checks proxy server information
- ShareX.exe (PID: 7404)
- ShareX.exe (PID: 5048)
- BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 1188)
Disables trace logs
- ShareX.exe (PID: 7404)
- ShareX.exe (PID: 5048)
Reads the computer name
- ShareX.exe (PID: 7404)
- ShareX.exe (PID: 5048)
Creates files or folders in the user directory
- ShareX.exe (PID: 7404)
- BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 1188)
- WerFault.exe (PID: 4040)
Manual execution by a user
- ShareX.exe (PID: 5048)
Create files in a temporary directory
- ShareX.exe (PID: 7404)
Reads Environment values
- ShareX.exe (PID: 7404)
- ShareX.exe (PID: 5048)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 7368)
- BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 4980)
- BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 4620)
- BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 7792)
- BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 1188)
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TRiD
| .exe | | | Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (56.7) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Win64 Executable (generic) (21.3) |
| .scr | | | Windows screen saver (10.1) |
| .dll | | | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (5) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (3.4) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2092:07:03 19:02:45+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, Large address aware |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 48 |
| CodeSize: | 1328128 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 44032 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x14634e |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 6 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 17.0.0.0 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 17.0.0.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | Neutral |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| Comments: | Screen capture, file sharing and productivity tool |
| CompanyName: | ShareX Team |
| FileDescription: | ShareX |
| FileVersion: | 17.0.0.0 |
| InternalName: | ShareX.exe |
| LegalCopyright: | Copyright (c) 2007-2025 ShareX Team |
| OriginalFileName: | ShareX.exe |
| ProductName: | ShareX |
| ProductVersion: | 17.0.0 |
| AssemblyVersion: | 17.0.0.0 |
Total processes
147
Monitored processes
12
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
1
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1188 | "BackgroundTransferHost.exe" -ServerName:BackgroundTransferHost.1 | C:\Windows\System32\BackgroundTransferHost.exe | svchost.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Download/Upload Host Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 2196 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p -s Dnscache | C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe | services.exe | ||||||||||||
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Host Process for Windows Services Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 4040 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 7404 -s 3128 | C:\Windows\System32\WerFault.exe | — | ShareX.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Problem Reporting Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 4620 | "BackgroundTransferHost.exe" -ServerName:BackgroundTransferHost.1 | C:\Windows\System32\BackgroundTransferHost.exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Download/Upload Host Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 4980 | "BackgroundTransferHost.exe" -ServerName:BackgroundTransferHost.1 | C:\Windows\System32\BackgroundTransferHost.exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Download/Upload Host Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 5048 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ShareX.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ShareX.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: ShareX Team Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: ShareX Version: 17.0.0.0 Modules
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| 6192 | C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding | C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Activation Client Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7368 | "BackgroundTransferHost.exe" -ServerName:BackgroundTransferHost.1 | C:\Windows\System32\BackgroundTransferHost.exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Download/Upload Host Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7404 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ShareX.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ShareX.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: ShareX Team Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: ShareX Exit code: 3221225725 Version: 17.0.0.0 Modules
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| 7464 | 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 Version: 10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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Total events
14 126
Read events
14 095
Write events
31
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (7404) ShareX.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ShareX |
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ShareX.exe | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7404) ShareX.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ShareX_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7404) ShareX.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ShareX_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableAutoFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7404) ShareX.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ShareX_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableConsoleTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7404) ShareX.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ShareX_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileTracingMask |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7404) ShareX.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ShareX_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ConsoleTracingMask |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7404) ShareX.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ShareX_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | MaxFileSize |
Value: 1048576 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7404) ShareX.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ShareX_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileDirectory |
Value: %windir%\tracing | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7404) ShareX.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ShareX_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7404) ShareX.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ShareX_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableAutoFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
Executable files
3
Suspicious files
12
Text files
1
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1188 | BackgroundTransferHost.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\BackgroundTransferApi\b01a6a01-5105-455b-8ccc-38e0e7acdf07.down_data | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 4040 | WerFault.exe | C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_ShareX.exe_4a60a7d4e9b6925a91de8126dbb87131de915cb_01b70431_919250c4-52d5-4fd6-80e2-9e42f0d6408d\Report.wer | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 4040 | WerFault.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\ShareX.exe.7404.dmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1188 | BackgroundTransferHost.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\26C212D9399727259664BDFCA073966E_F9F7D6A7ECE73106D2A8C63168CDA10D | binary | |
MD5:DB8F0890DCE94EC71660E1015CEC34CE | SHA256:90119093C111A768D184DD0AFB7C41EC336B0BE61067E1902DFFCE2B179ED872 | |||
| 7404 | ShareX.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\ShareX.lnk | binary | |
MD5:ED43776EE133E6626065D01E5C891EED | SHA256:3834353F0230B85933E1D66C739BA11A1330AE421B7158A00E15E1036BD3CD54 | |||
| 7404 | ShareX.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\U2hhcnBEWC5EaXJlY3QzRDExLmRsbA== | executable | |
MD5:98EB5BA5871ACDEAEBF3A3B0F64BE449 | SHA256:D7617D926648849CBFEF450B8F48E458EE52E2793FB2251A30094B778AA8848C | |||
| 1188 | BackgroundTransferHost.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\BackgroundTransferApi\96352e1e-b96e-46e5-9c56-4d57e4032971.up_meta_secure | binary | |
MD5:9CF8DDEA14A61E6BFF4DEAE0BE0C30AB | SHA256:7BCB737C9100D6E9A13CF399016E1B2FF41824919529CBAB718157556FAE14D4 | |||
| 5048 | ShareX.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpE0DC.tmp | binary | |
MD5:14AE8A6AA4FAF12D035F9A680ED417CF | SHA256:FFE5B72C5BB8685D3E30E4AD6FD5B580B5D83D6A2D0AC9F6DD9284906C585FD2 | |||
| 7404 | ShareX.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\U2hhcnBEWC5EWEdJLmRsbA== | executable | |
MD5:2B44C70C49B70D797FBB748158B5D9BB | SHA256:3762D43C83AF69CD38C9341A927CA6BD00F6BAE8217C874D693047D6DF4705BF | |||
| 1188 | BackgroundTransferHost.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\BackgroundTransferApi\b01a6a01-5105-455b-8ccc-38e0e7acdf07.db7bf68b-04b7-460c-9251-c5fe003681c8.down_meta | binary | |
MD5:1C0AFF195584A8769561EC93145147C3 | SHA256:188B188E4B6636FA2247E9AD2F5EA4AAC0D32BA8A30BCE545433A2C855B1C70D | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
8
TCP/UDP connections
29
DNS requests
18
Threats
6
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | GET | 200 | 23.48.23.164:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
208 | 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 |
7404 | ShareX.exe | GET | 200 | 208.95.112.1:80 | http://ip-api.com/xml/?fields=countryCode,query | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.54.109.203:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
208 | 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 |
1188 | BackgroundTransferHost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.54.109.203:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5048 | ShareX.exe | GET | 200 | 208.95.112.1:80 | http://ip-api.com/xml/?fields=countryCode,query | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7916 | backgroundTaskHost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.54.109.203:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
— | — | 23.48.23.164:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
7404 | ShareX.exe | 193.161.193.99:32618 | ManI284769284-32618.portmap.host | OOO Bitree Networks | RU | malicious |
6544 | svchost.exe | 40.126.31.2:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 23.54.109.203:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
3216 | svchost.exe | 20.198.162.78:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | SG | whitelisted |
2104 | svchost.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
7916 | backgroundTaskHost.exe | 20.223.36.55:443 | arc.msn.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
google.com |
| whitelisted |
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
ManI284769284-32618.portmap.host |
| malicious |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
arc.msn.com |
| whitelisted |
ip-api.com |
| whitelisted |
www.bing.com |
| whitelisted |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
2196 | svchost.exe | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | ET INFO DNS Query to a Reverse Proxy Service Observed |
2196 | svchost.exe | Misc activity | ET INFO DNS Query for Port Mapping/Tunneling Service Domain (.portmap .host) |
2196 | svchost.exe | Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected | INFO [ANY.RUN] External IP Check (ip-api .com) |
7404 | ShareX.exe | Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected | ET INFO External IP Lookup ip-api.com |
2196 | svchost.exe | Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected | ET INFO External IP Lookup Domain in DNS Lookup (ip-api .com) |
5048 | ShareX.exe | Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected | ET INFO External IP Lookup ip-api.com |