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File name:

npp.7.6.6.Installer.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/882ca941-ee14-4267-bfc6-6dfb8fb37b83
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: May 15, 2019, 19:32:20
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive
MD5:

0C800B1023015EA56E0646B104BCD6A2

SHA1:

AC88ECC39661FA1BDAFCA53EB2DB02FAB3FC7B41

SHA256:

9582FEC10E6CA488AB506A96DFEB5DA56C9425CA32A8481E060BD06893FB1B3E

SSDEEP:

98304:zvhI/t8RBSYZtXEoJClv8ztoHh6DGVX2G5oxBItk:zJ8O8YZtXE5lOuh6DG12G5oxBYk

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Loads dropped or rewritten executable

      • gup.exe (PID: 2736)
      • regsvr32.exe (PID: 2744)
      • npp.7.6.6.Installer.exe (PID: 2776)
      • notepad++.exe (PID: 1336)
      • notepad++.exe (PID: 4004)
    • Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

      • notepad++.exe (PID: 1336)
      • gup.exe (PID: 2736)
      • notepad++.exe (PID: 4004)
    • Registers / Runs the DLL via REGSVR32.EXE

      • npp.7.6.6.Installer.exe (PID: 2776)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Creates files in the user directory

      • npp.7.6.6.Installer.exe (PID: 2776)
      • notepad++.exe (PID: 1336)
    • Creates COM task schedule object

      • regsvr32.exe (PID: 2744)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • npp.7.6.6.Installer.exe (PID: 2776)
    • Creates files in the program directory

      • npp.7.6.6.Installer.exe (PID: 2776)
    • Creates a software uninstall entry

      • npp.7.6.6.Installer.exe (PID: 2776)
  • INFO

    No info indicators.
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (67.4)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (14.2)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (9.7)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (4.3)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (4.3)

EXIF

EXE

ProductVersion: 7.66
ProductName: Notepad++
LegalCopyright: Copyleft 1998-2017 by Don HO
FileVersion: 7.6.6.0
FileDescription: Notepad++ : a free (GNU) source code editor
CompanyName: Don HO [email protected]
CharacterSet: Unicode
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
FileSubtype: -
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileOS: Win32
FileFlags: (none)
FileFlagsMask: 0x0000
ProductVersionNumber: 7.6.6.0
FileVersionNumber: 7.6.6.0
Subsystem: Windows GUI
SubsystemVersion: 4
ImageVersion: 6
OSVersion: 4
EntryPoint: 0x34a5
UninitializedDataSize: 2048
InitializedDataSize: 141824
CodeSize: 26112
LinkerVersion: 6
PEType: PE32
TimeStamp: 2018:12:15 23:24:36+01:00
MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 15-Dec-2018 22:24:36
Detected languages:
  • English - United States
CompanyName: Don HO [email protected]
FileDescription: Notepad++ : a free (GNU) source code editor
FileVersion: 7.6.6.0
LegalCopyright: Copyleft 1998-2017 by Don HO
ProductName: Notepad++
ProductVersion: 7.66

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: 0x000000D8

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 5
Time date stamp: 15-Dec-2018 22:24:36
Pointer to Symbol Table: 0x00000000
Number of symbols: 0
Size of Optional Header: 0x00E0
Characteristics:
  • IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
  • 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
0x00006409
0x00006600
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.41619
.rdata
0x00008000
0x00001396
0x00001400
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
5.15491
.data
0x0000A000
0x00020358
0x00000600
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
4.0044
.ndata
0x0002B000
0x0001A000
0x00000000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
0
.rsrc
0x00045000
0x000261E0
0x00026200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
5.73115

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
5.27873
1260
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_MANIFEST
2
7.98841
51130
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
3
4.21656
9640
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
4
4.57578
4264
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
5
5.04764
1128
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
102
2.71813
180
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_DIALOG
103
2.67841
76
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_GROUP_ICON
104
2.67285
344
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_DIALOG
105
2.67385
512
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_DIALOG
106
2.91148
248
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_DIALOG

Imports

ADVAPI32.dll
COMCTL32.dll
GDI32.dll
KERNEL32.dll
SHELL32.dll
USER32.dll
ole32.dll
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Total processes
43
Monitored processes
8
Malicious processes
3
Suspicious processes
1

Behavior graph

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drop and start start npp.7.6.6.installer.exe no specs npp.7.6.6.installer.exe regsvr32.exe no specs explorer.exe no specs explorer.exe no specs notepad++.exe no specs gup.exe notepad++.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
3792"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\npp.7.6.6.Installer.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\npp.7.6.6.Installer.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Notepad++ : a free (GNU) source code editor
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
7.6.6.0
2776"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\npp.7.6.6.Installer.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\npp.7.6.6.Installer.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Notepad++ : a free (GNU) source code editor
Exit code:
0
Version:
7.6.6.0
2744regsvr32 /s "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\NppShell_06.dll"C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exenpp.7.6.6.Installer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Microsoft(C) Register Server
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
2796"C:\Windows\explorer.exe" "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe"C:\Windows\explorer.exenpp.7.6.6.Installer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows Explorer
Exit code:
1
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
2428C:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -EmbeddingC:\Windows\explorer.exesvchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Explorer
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
1336"C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Notepad++ : a free (GNU) source code editor
Version:
7.66
2736"C:\Program Files\Notepad++\updater\gup.exe" -v7.66C:\Program Files\Notepad++\updater\gup.exe
notepad++.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
WinGup for Notepad++
Exit code:
0
Version:
5.1
4004"C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" "C:\Program Files\Notepad++\change.log" C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exenpp.7.6.6.Installer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Notepad++ : a free (GNU) source code editor
Exit code:
0
Version:
7.66
Total events
629
Read events
451
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
15
Suspicious files
0
Text files
150
Unknown types
2

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2776npp.7.6.6.Installer.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsd4655.tmp\ioSpecial.initext
MD5:92B2997B53376BAE1BC75E4FA1003E63
SHA256:ED542B95423A4569CE1E8EDBBDEC552EA82BD2A286BE66A08762B2400815A5D8
2776npp.7.6.6.Installer.exeC:\Program Files\Notepad++\autoCompletion\cs.xmlxml
MD5:C9BC2ACDE59532D2A9B65E7F9CD55D4F
SHA256:32076A244AFD75A07CD38F1FA27B08EEA3A4A697111CDE8A1CB636C46C708C17
2776npp.7.6.6.Installer.exeC:\Program Files\Notepad++\autoCompletion\perl.xmlxml
MD5:244EB5C1E91DC112130252FE58E49B13
SHA256:E38A882B09330B6DBD56A2A4A90882C371A3C3EB7D29CEAE9520A647C185B627
2776npp.7.6.6.Installer.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsd4655.tmp\System.dllexecutable
MD5:0D7AD4F45DC6F5AA87F606D0331C6901
SHA256:3EB38AE99653A7DBC724132EE240F6E5C4AF4BFE7C01D31D23FAF373F9F2EACA
2776npp.7.6.6.Installer.exeC:\Program Files\Notepad++\autoCompletion\cpp.xmlxml
MD5:E60CA42B12A8E816892894D321AB8D00
SHA256:B97FFA556F93EC4C51208B2AEA4F3D69411404C27F6EA12608AE84BEDBD76418
2776npp.7.6.6.Installer.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsd4655.tmp\InstallOptions.dllexecutable
MD5:05BF02DA51E717F79F6B5CBEA7BC0710
SHA256:CA092BA7F275B0C9000098CDD1A9876FE8DC050FCB40A0E8A1AB8335236E9DC5
2776npp.7.6.6.Installer.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsd4655.tmp\modern-wizard.bmpimage
MD5:C2CF6928A3AB574A5548B4DC1C38B6C0
SHA256:2125550C12FA512782F2016E802D70BC51F4A06017CFBD4176B4A994EB2542F0
2776npp.7.6.6.Installer.exeC:\Program Files\Notepad++\autoCompletion\javascript.xmlxml
MD5:30FC91A7C5194EF8D67E1C7E2FD6F697
SHA256:7F0564F983478207754A58E66EE6865B8699BD3B9F4FD5C385126D46D7148831
2776npp.7.6.6.Installer.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsd4655.tmp\LangDLL.dllexecutable
MD5:AB1DB56369412FE8476FEFFFD11E4CC0
SHA256:6F14C8F01F50A30743DAC68C5AC813451463DFB427EB4E35FCDFE2410E1A913B
2776npp.7.6.6.Installer.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsd4655.tmp\modern-header.bmpimage
MD5:56DA15FDB8D96F8F5C649DCB5E79D775
SHA256:BB90D4338D2474138473E6B16E94B0237EE847BEA45019ED0DD4439C71BD233E
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
1
DNS requests
1
Threats
0

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
2736
gup.exe
37.59.28.236:443
notepad-plus-plus.org
OVH SAS
FR
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
notepad-plus-plus.org
  • 37.59.28.236
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info