| File name: | FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/89bca2ea-3b35-418f-bb0c-b7cc591184be |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | March 16, 2025, 17:46:04 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive, 5 sections |
| MD5: | 9B27EB5218F4CDC6654904EE313B28CA |
| SHA1: | 817B8B4BAE092EF0A69965C616D67C5DD1061683 |
| SHA256: | 9FE4981D9C59128E5DD2FA558A4DC03A6455414C0C3F9CBD5310223821C6DA3E |
| SSDEEP: | 393216:EMu0tvS/NzWk3aVbKk2uY7OODzHr6UNmHMDIyZmukXC5We5Fe5j9Fzw:EIEt6OT7pHdmHMD1LFWHw |
MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.SUSPICIOUS
There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)
- FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe (PID: 1164)
- mediawriter.exe (PID: 1812)
Detected use of alternative data streams (AltDS)
- mediawriter.exe (PID: 1812)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe (PID: 1164)
Process drops legitimate windows executable
- FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe (PID: 1164)
The process creates files with name similar to system file names
- FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe (PID: 1164)
Creates a software uninstall entry
- FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe (PID: 1164)
Malware-specific behavior (creating "System.dll" in Temp)
- FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe (PID: 1164)
INFO
Reads the time zone
- mediawriter.exe (PID: 1812)
Process checks computer location settings
- mediawriter.exe (PID: 1812)
Checks supported languages
- mediawriter.exe (PID: 1812)
- FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe (PID: 1164)
Creates files or folders in the user directory
- mediawriter.exe (PID: 1812)
Reads the machine GUID from the registry
- mediawriter.exe (PID: 1812)
Checks proxy server information
- mediawriter.exe (PID: 1812)
- slui.exe (PID: 3396)
The sample compiled with english language support
- FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe (PID: 1164)
Create files in a temporary directory
- FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe (PID: 1164)
Reads the software policy settings
- mediawriter.exe (PID: 1812)
- slui.exe (PID: 3396)
Reads the computer name
- mediawriter.exe (PID: 1812)
- FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe (PID: 1164)
Creates files in the program directory
- FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe (PID: 1164)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
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
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2024:03:30 16:55:19+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 6 |
| CodeSize: | 26624 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 139776 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | 2048 |
| EntryPoint: | 0x3665 |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | 6 |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 0.5.2.3 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 0.5.2.3 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x0000 |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | English (U.S.) |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| Comments: | Tool to write Fedora images to flash drives |
| CompanyName: | Fedora Project |
| FileDescription: | Fedora Media Writer |
| FileVersion: | 0.5.2 |
| LegalCopyright: | Fedora Project |
| ProductName: | Fedora Media Writer |
Total processes
125
Monitored processes
4
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1164 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Fedora Project Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Fedora Media Writer Exit code: 0 Version: 0.5.2 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 1812 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Fedora Media Writer\mediawriter.exe" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Fedora Media Writer\mediawriter.exe | FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 3396 | 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 Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 5380 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Fedora Project Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Fedora Media Writer Exit code: 3221226540 Version: 0.5.2 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
Total events
21 250
Read events
21 235
Write events
15
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (1164) FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Fedora Media Writer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | DisplayName |
Value: Fedora Media Writer | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1164) FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Fedora Media Writer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UninstallString |
Value: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Fedora Media Writer\uninstall.exe" | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1164) FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Fedora Media Writer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | QuietUninstallString |
Value: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Fedora Media Writer\uninstall.exe" /S | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1164) FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Fedora Media Writer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | InstallLocation |
Value: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Fedora Media Writer" | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1164) FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Fedora Media Writer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | DisplayIcon |
Value: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Fedora Media Writer\mediawriter.ico" | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1164) FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Fedora Media Writer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Publisher |
Value: Fedora Project | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1164) FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Fedora Media Writer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | HelpLink |
Value: https://github.com/FedoraQt/MediaWriter | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1164) FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Fedora Media Writer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | URLUpdateInfo |
Value: https://getfedora.org | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1164) FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Fedora Media Writer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | URLInfoAbout |
Value: https://getfedora.org | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1164) FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Fedora Media Writer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | DisplayVersion |
Value: 5.2.3 | |||
Executable files
96
Suspicious files
52
Text files
1 267
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1164 | FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsyF2C0.tmp\modern-wizard.bmp | image | |
MD5:CBE40FD2B1EC96DAEDC65DA172D90022 | SHA256:3AD2DC318056D0A2024AF1804EA741146CFC18CC404649A44610CBF8B2056CF2 | |||
| 1164 | FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Fedora Media Writer\LICENSE.GPL-2.txt | text | |
MD5:AB26AB31898F14D964EA6C6C9BC7E909 | SHA256:1471DD6D4E79665ED811BFADFE945258CCB118CE984FCB9689A9AD252B20CC4C | |||
| 1164 | FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Fedora Media Writer\Qt6LabsFolderListModel.dll | executable | |
MD5:FAF2F861478E2E9C7CACAFBF9021EAC0 | SHA256:C828FBEB8B2E90AFF493489839B6B9F15463FC96673BAD85B77014526693AB83 | |||
| 1164 | FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Fedora Media Writer\LICENSE.LGPL-2.txt | text | |
MD5:C2B4B49E94396FAB83110FE36BE2D008 | SHA256:711C12CE95593CEE546063C54753B38E3A043923B4F5A98823B25B7B1721F42E | |||
| 1164 | FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Fedora Media Writer\Qt6Quick.dll | executable | |
MD5:09479E0D3F217CF65912718675EA0032 | SHA256:03F2CADB44BCEB799578D1D25FDE2934B13CDC59AC1BD12F2C1D1670400BDCE1 | |||
| 1164 | FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Fedora Media Writer\Qt6Network.dll | executable | |
MD5:961D809618D67A7AB3282FCCB934BCE5 | SHA256:6DA1755BF7FFEEF5D42DA0A0B7B32D088B5B947288698A9E19F90FAF218918B8 | |||
| 1164 | FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Fedora Media Writer\Qt6Gui.dll | executable | |
MD5:ED7751B773B9064EDBADD261936C3E4C | SHA256:7BF2863D491430DA8D08E396F6B255AFD7696166697B5D089137BC63CB46FAAC | |||
| 1164 | FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Fedora Media Writer\Qt6Core.dll | executable | |
MD5:96960FB6D837C99ADF1D60CED65188E2 | SHA256:F0CCC66F9496C6AD1075FC08466BB0CCD7B9F3EE014292DD5036C8FCC2018E72 | |||
| 1164 | FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Fedora Media Writer\Qt6QmlMeta.dll | executable | |
MD5:812CF63C822D66A5E507E378EFF89200 | SHA256:C5996D545739E94B382A58CC1B9172BB2A7E2FF00C16A819A731EB2EC034A0FA | |||
| 1164 | FedoraMediaWriter-win64-5.2.3.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Fedora Media Writer\Qt6Qml.dll | executable | |
MD5:8C42EFEDF6631DB2DA7BA8D09ACA00CC | SHA256:01462F142995BC0127732B087B44C68154A78635268799CE96801250E7EC5CBE | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
5
TCP/UDP connections
23
DNS requests
8
Threats
1
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1812 | mediawriter.exe | GET | — | 197.155.77.1:80 | http://197.155.77.1:80/fedora/linux/releases/41/Workstation/x86_64/iso/Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-41-1.4.iso | unknown | — | — | unknown |
— | — | GET | 200 | 8.43.85.67:443 | https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?path=/pub/fedora/linux/releases/41/Workstation/x86_64/iso/Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-41-1.4.iso | unknown | text | 18.4 Kb | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 185.141.165.254:443 | https://fedoraproject.org/releases.json | unknown | text | 101 Kb | whitelisted |
— | — | POST | 500 | 40.91.76.224:443 | https://activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com/SLActivateProduct/SLActivateProduct.asmx?configextension=Retail | unknown | xml | 512 b | whitelisted |
— | — | POST | 500 | 40.91.76.224:443 | https://activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com/SLActivateProduct/SLActivateProduct.asmx?configextension=Retail | unknown | xml | 512 b | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
— | — | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
7012 | slui.exe | 40.91.76.224:443 | activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
1812 | mediawriter.exe | 18.133.140.134:443 | fedoraproject.org | AMAZON-02 | GB | whitelisted |
1812 | mediawriter.exe | 85.236.55.6:443 | fedoraproject.org | InterNetX GmbH | DE | whitelisted |
1812 | mediawriter.exe | 197.155.77.1:80 | fedora.mirror.liquidtelecom.com | Liquid Telecommunications Ltd | KE | whitelisted |
3396 | slui.exe | 40.91.76.224:443 | activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
fedoraproject.org |
| whitelisted |
mirrors.fedoraproject.org |
| whitelisted |
fedora.mirror.liquidtelecom.com |
| whitelisted |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
1812 | mediawriter.exe | Misc activity | ET INFO ISO File Downloaded |