Malware analysis notepad.exe Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	notepad.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/bd089ad0-ebfa-4909-aa00-dd76da1ed19b
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Threats:	A backdoor is a type of cybersecurity threat that allows attackers to secretly compromise a system and conduct malicious activities, such as stealing data and modifying files. Backdoors can be difficult to detect, as they often use legitimate system applications to evade defense mechanisms. Threat actors often utilize special malware, such as PlugX, to establish backdoors on target devices. Havoc is an advanced post-exploitation framework used by hackers to take control of a system once they've breached it. With Havoc, attackers can run commands remotely, inject malicious processes, and access sensitive data. It's often used in targeted attacks, allowing cybercriminals to stay hidden in a network while stealing information or launching further attacks. Its flexibility and ability to bypass detection make it a serious threat, especially in environments that rely on traditional security tools. Malware Trends Tracker >>>
Analysis date:	November 17, 2024, 01:59:43
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:	havoc backdoor framework
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows, 6 sections
MD5:	A13DAA35FD7B873F87379A94B97168E2
SHA1:	CDBAB09AB27234CBD0739C438F4A96F6F7B53F50
SHA256:	99784F28E4E95F044D97E402BBF58F369C7C37F49DC5BF48E6B2E706181DB3B7
SSDEEP:	1536:/sBIpjpmunFgq26EYYYybwr9NGUHpMW5KETunU+No:kSpjpmu0YYwNGwpMWQrG

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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:: on
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
- HAVOC has been detected (SURICATA)
  - notepad.exe (PID: 6820)
- Connects to the CnC server
  - notepad.exe (PID: 6820)
SUSPICIOUS
- Contacting a server suspected of hosting an CnC
  - notepad.exe (PID: 6820)
- Connects to the server without a host name
  - notepad.exe (PID: 6820)
INFO
- Checks supported languages
  - notepad.exe (PID: 6820)
- Checks proxy server information
  - notepad.exe (PID: 6820)
- Reads the computer name
  - notepad.exe (PID: 6820)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (50)
.exe	\|	DOS Executable Generic (49.9)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	AMD AMD64
TimeStamp:	2023:11:15 01:33:54+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, Large address aware, No debug
PEType:	PE32+
LinkerVersion:	2.37
CodeSize:	88064
InitializedDataSize:	6656
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0x163c0
OSVersion:	4
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	5.2
Subsystem:	Windows GUI

No data.

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Total processes

125

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

6820

"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\notepad.exe"

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\notepad.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\notepad.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll

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Total events

212

Read events

212

Write events

Delete events

Modification events

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

No data

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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
6820	notepad.exe	POST	404	10.0.2.37:80	http://10.0.2.37/	unknown	—	—	unknown
6820	notepad.exe	POST	404	10.0.2.37:80	http://10.0.2.37/	unknown	—	—	unknown
6820	notepad.exe	POST	404	10.0.2.37:80	http://10.0.2.37/	unknown	—	—	unknown
6820	notepad.exe	POST	404	10.0.2.37:80	http://10.0.2.37/	unknown	—	—	unknown
6820	notepad.exe	POST	404	10.0.2.37:80	http://10.0.2.37/	unknown	—	—	unknown
6820	notepad.exe	POST	404	10.0.2.37:80	http://10.0.2.37/	unknown	—	—	unknown
6820	notepad.exe	POST	404	10.0.2.37:80	http://10.0.2.37/	unknown	—	—	unknown
6820	notepad.exe	POST	404	10.0.2.37:80	http://10.0.2.37/	unknown	—	—	unknown
6820	notepad.exe	POST	404	10.0.2.37:80	http://10.0.2.37/	unknown	—	—	unknown
6820	notepad.exe	POST	404	10.0.2.37:80	http://10.0.2.37/	unknown	—	—	unknown

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
6944	svchost.exe	51.124.78.146:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	51.124.78.146:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
4020	svchost.exe	239.255.255.250:1900	—	—	—	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
6820	notepad.exe	10.0.2.37:80	—	—	—	unknown
816	svchost.exe	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
4360	SearchApp.exe	104.126.37.170:443	www.bing.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
4700	svchost.exe	20.190.159.0:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.124.78.146 20.73.194.208	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.185.78	whitelisted
www.bing.com	104.126.37.170 104.126.37.131 104.126.37.153 104.126.37.136 104.126.37.137 104.126.37.154 104.126.37.155 104.126.37.160 104.126.37.185	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.159.0 20.190.159.73 20.190.159.4 20.190.159.75 20.190.159.64 40.126.31.69 40.126.31.67 20.190.159.68	whitelisted
go.microsoft.com	184.30.17.189	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	4.245.163.56	whitelisted
arc.msn.com	20.103.156.88	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	40.69.42.241 2603:1030:c02:2::284	whitelisted
fd.api.iris.microsoft.com	20.223.36.55	whitelisted
241.42.69.40.in-addr.arpa	—	unknown

Threats

PID	Process	Class	Message
6820	notepad.exe	Malware Command and Control Activity Detected	ET MALWARE Havoc Demon CnC Request
6820	notepad.exe	Malware Command and Control Activity Detected	ET MALWARE Havoc Demon CnC Request
6820	notepad.exe	Malware Command and Control Activity Detected	ET MALWARE Havoc Demon CnC Request
6820	notepad.exe	Malware Command and Control Activity Detected	ET MALWARE Havoc Demon CnC Request
6820	notepad.exe	Malware Command and Control Activity Detected	ET MALWARE Havoc Demon CnC Request
6820	notepad.exe	Malware Command and Control Activity Detected	ET MALWARE Havoc Demon CnC Request
—	—	Malware Command and Control Activity Detected	ET MALWARE Havoc Demon CnC Request
6820	notepad.exe	Malware Command and Control Activity Detected	ET MALWARE Havoc Demon CnC Request
6820	notepad.exe	Malware Command and Control Activity Detected	ET MALWARE Havoc Demon CnC Request
6820	notepad.exe	Malware Command and Control Activity Detected	ET MALWARE Havoc Demon CnC Request

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General Info

notepad.exe

A13DAA35FD7B873F87379A94B97168E2

CDBAB09AB27234CBD0739C438F4A96F6F7B53F50

99784F28E4E95F044D97E402BBF58F369C7C37F49DC5BF48E6B2E706181DB3B7

1536:/sBIpjpmunFgq26EYYYybwr9NGUHpMW5KETunU+No:kSpjpmu0YYwNGwpMWQrG

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MALICIOUS

HAVOC has been detected (SURICATA)

Connects to the CnC server

SUSPICIOUS

Contacting a server suspected of hosting an CnC

Connects to the server without a host name

INFO

Checks supported languages

Checks proxy server information

Reads the computer name

Malware configuration

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EXE

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