Malware analysis #Q399735 for GATOR COAST, LLC.vbs Malicious activity

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File name:	#Q399735 for GATOR COAST, LLC.vbs
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/17ff9837-1377-44c1-ba6e-414e1d3a6d89
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	February 20, 2025, 14:49:31
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME:	text/plain
File info:	ASCII text, with very long lines (2821), with CRLF line terminators
MD5:	1BC5E234B9D99D483BC5A8C40982671D
SHA1:	B480A22824615677DFDA2E03EF5144D1863C7FEF
SHA256:	9675A1750ED79F6D65A7725F2199B7421CD81778970FCACC17275FC79A5087D6
SSDEEP:	96:oWGRWWoUUtgPLrUJr3atBlMF97j4jzy9nKwG:axlJAJ6BChMjzyTG

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:
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
- Uses base64 encoding (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 2084)
- Creates a new folder (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 2084)
- Deletes a file (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 2084)
SUSPICIOUS
- Sets XML DOM element text (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 2084)
- Creates FileSystem object to access computer's file system (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 2084)
- Runs shell command (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 2084)
- Writes binary data to a Stream object (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 2084)
- Gets full path of the running script (SCRIPT)
  - wscript.exe (PID: 2084)
- Executing commands from a ".bat" file
  - wscript.exe (PID: 2084)
- Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
  - wscript.exe (PID: 2084)
INFO
- Creates files in the program directory
  - wscript.exe (PID: 2084)

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No data.

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Total processes

130

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

2084

"C:\WINDOWS\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\#Q399735 for GATOR COAST, LLC.vbs"

C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Microsoft ® Windows Based Script Host

Exit code:

Version:

5.812.10240.16384

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\wscript.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

4132

C:\WINDOWS\System32\rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe

—

svchost.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows host process (Rundll32)

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\imagehlp.dll

4320

"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c "C:\ProgramData\SystemUpdater\awxa.bat"

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe

—

wscript.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Command Processor

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\cmdext.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll

5040

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

—

cmd.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Console Window Host

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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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

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Total events

689

Read events

689

Write events

Delete events

Modification events

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
2084	wscript.exe	C:\ProgramData\SystemUpdater\awxa.bat		text
		MD5:78F38F5A08E3BA50154BDA3795604018	SHA256:D5994DEC606EB63A18D07192C450D17FF33DE6F9BF38BF583F79F9A53DDB9E48

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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	2.23.246.101:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	2.19.11.105:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5064	SearchApp.exe	GET	200	2.23.77.188:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1176	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.23.77.188:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6032	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	23.209.214.100:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
4876	backgroundTaskHost.exe	GET	200	2.23.77.188:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6032	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	23.209.214.100:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4712	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
—	—	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
—	—	2.19.11.105:80	crl.microsoft.com	Elisa Oyj	NL	whitelisted
—	—	2.23.246.101:80	www.microsoft.com	Ooredoo Q.S.C.	QA	whitelisted
3700	svchost.exe	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
5064	SearchApp.exe	2.23.227.208:443	www.bing.com	Ooredoo Q.S.C.	QA	whitelisted
5064	SearchApp.exe	2.23.77.188:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
1176	svchost.exe	20.190.160.3:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
1176	svchost.exe	2.23.77.188:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
1076	svchost.exe	2.19.106.8:443	go.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	20.73.194.208 51.104.136.2 40.127.240.158	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	2.19.11.105 2.19.11.120	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	2.23.246.101 23.209.214.100	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.185.206	whitelisted
www.bing.com	2.23.227.208 2.23.227.215	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.23.77.188	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.160.3 20.190.160.67 40.126.32.74 40.126.32.136 40.126.32.134 40.126.32.133 20.190.160.22 40.126.32.72	whitelisted
go.microsoft.com	2.19.106.8	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	20.109.210.53	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	20.3.187.198	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

#Q399735 for GATOR COAST, LLC.vbs

1BC5E234B9D99D483BC5A8C40982671D

B480A22824615677DFDA2E03EF5144D1863C7FEF

9675A1750ED79F6D65A7725F2199B7421CD81778970FCACC17275FC79A5087D6

96:oWGRWWoUUtgPLrUJr3atBlMF97j4jzy9nKwG:axlJAJ6BChMjzyTG

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Uses base64 encoding (SCRIPT)

Creates a new folder (SCRIPT)

Deletes a file (SCRIPT)

SUSPICIOUS

Sets XML DOM element text (SCRIPT)

Creates FileSystem object to access computer's file system (SCRIPT)

Runs shell command (SCRIPT)

Writes binary data to a Stream object (SCRIPT)

Gets full path of the running script (SCRIPT)

Executing commands from a ".bat" file

Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

INFO

Creates files in the program directory

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