Malware analysis DNSBench.exe Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	DNSBench.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/a1505de2-41b4-4db3-b604-b1f2655fbb13
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	October 01, 2024, 07:51:18
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME:	application/x-dosexec
File info:	PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, PECompact2 compressed
MD5:	04177F89FA23B9D6FEC146D9BE737566
SHA1:	B95EA3C6094AFFDA5F05110D1C0AE6DAA56EBC2B
SHA256:	A1375A7ECBACF70EFD3D54C7EC3C1CEAE7166AD1C723B390AC78D7A3E1B19F92
SSDEEP:	6144:FVBTVrqwLfbHbCZKvkzdciwzy5fzrluoLFepJXuxx8LL:XBTZqwLTHbCZKszdLwzy5rrlu4WXuxxE

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 300 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: 240 seconds
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
No malicious indicators.
SUSPICIOUS
- Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
  - DNSBench.exe (PID: 2812)
INFO
- Reads the computer name
  - DNSBench.exe (PID: 2812)
- Checks supported languages
  - DNSBench.exe (PID: 2812)
- Checks proxy server information
  - DNSBench.exe (PID: 2812)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.exe	\|	Win32 EXE PECompact compressed (v2.x) (51)
.exe	\|	Win32 EXE PECompact compressed (generic) (35.9)
.dll	\|	Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (5.6)
.exe	\|	Win32 Executable (generic) (3.8)
.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (1.7)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp:	2018:04:04 20:59:53+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit
PEType:	PE32
LinkerVersion:	6
CodeSize:	77824
InitializedDataSize:	602112
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0xbd5e
OSVersion:	4
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	4
Subsystem:	Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber:	1.3.6668.0
ProductVersionNumber:	0.0.0.0
FileFlagsMask:	0x0000
FileFlags:	(none)
FileOS:	Unknown (0)
ObjectFileType:	Unknown
FileSubtype:	-
LanguageCode:	English (U.S.)
CharacterSet:	Unicode
Author:	Steve Gibson, Gibson Research Corporation, http://grc.com
BuildTimestamp:	2018/04/04 20:56 GMT
CompanyName:	Gibson Research Corp.
Description:	DNS Benchmark - Domain Name System Benchmarking Utility. Please see this program's built-in help for additional information.
FileDescription:	Measure the performance of DNS resolvers.
FileVersion:	1.3.6668.0
InternalName:	dnsbench.exe
LegalCopyright:	Copyright © 2018 Gibson Research Corp.
OriginalFileName:	dnsbench.exe
ProductName:	"DNS Benchmark", freeware by Steve Gibson
ProductVersion:	1.3.6668.0
WebSiteforUpdates:	http://www.GRC.com

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Total processes

138

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

2092

C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe

—

svchost.exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

KMS Connection Broker

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\sppextcomobj.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll

2812

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

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

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Gibson Research Corp.

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Measure the performance of DNS resolvers.

Version:

1.3.6668.0

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\dnsbench.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\user32.dll

6000

"C:\WINDOWS\System32\SLUI.exe" RuleId=3482d82e-ca2c-4e1f-8864-da0267b484b2;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=4de7cb65-cdf1-4de9-8ae8-e3cce27b9f2c;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEvent

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

SppExtComObj.Exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

Windows Activation Client

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

6220

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:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

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Total events

344 403

Read events

344 400

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(2812) DNSBench.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content
Operation:	write	Name:	CachePrefix
Value:
(PID) Process:	(2812) DNSBench.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies
Operation:	write	Name:	CachePrefix
Value: Cookie:
(PID) Process:	(2812) DNSBench.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History
Operation:	write	Name:	CachePrefix
Value: Visited:

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
2812	DNSBench.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\E573CDF4C6D731D56A665145182FD759_2CB957DC04B449A0F0684CE06BCF84F4		binary
		MD5:319CC39923CF7703BB70C9FEC00DCC4E	SHA256:AFC59A977F66DF0AB7CC522FAFDDC6A47ECF404E23B03BF779545645A2CDC399
2812	DNSBench.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\AH8CR9J5\ne[1].dll		binary
		MD5:519AD9B249AEAC5B8BB15D2972291285	SHA256:96F2F19EEE11641A511F55D04DBFFA5A7B47D121D933E5F32C25070B0D53968F
2812	DNSBench.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\E573CDF4C6D731D56A665145182FD759_2CB957DC04B449A0F0684CE06BCF84F4		binary
		MD5:B555EE280CD92EBA26F74BD84ABE1F88	SHA256:289784CAB725E93F20D7A768D7168D2D50403A3F896B91A069F88A6050DBCA79
2812	DNSBench.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\B398B80134F72209547439DB21AB308D_A4CF52CCA82D7458083F7280801A3A04		binary
		MD5:4F4C1978C8D0B2AB9594C256BD0BF053	SHA256:C89DFF4115F9F0236CACB7FCA6E92C226DD1B4C145446769F2904E816C64DE91
2812	DNSBench.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\B398B80134F72209547439DB21AB308D_A4CF52CCA82D7458083F7280801A3A04		binary
		MD5:89E739E99C529B21E3AE0DF2A894B4B7	SHA256:148335E710CAD679C39B995DB75DE5AD82BB65F9BF4AEA58B351CE2EF3BCEB62

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HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

DNS requests

8 381

Threats

HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
2120	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6056	svchost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2812	DNSBench.exe	GET	301	4.79.142.202:80	http://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?aaaaaaednxaptz5yqth3s3zvqtvtnkk30s52dlvtv42q01221x322qjlrb	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2812	DNSBench.exe	GET	301	4.79.142.202:80	http://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?aaaaaaednxaptz5yqth3s3zvqtvtnkk30s52dlvtv42q01221x322qjlrb	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2812	DNSBench.exe	GET	301	4.79.142.202:80	http://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?aaaaaaednxaptz5yqth3s3zvqtvtnkk30s52dlvtv42q01221x322qjlrb	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2812	DNSBench.exe	GET	301	4.79.142.202:80	http://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?aaaaaaednxaptz5yqth3s3zvqtvtnkk30s52dlvtv42q01221x322qjlrb	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2812	DNSBench.exe	GET	301	4.79.142.202:80	http://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?aaaaaaednxaptz5yqth3s3zvqtvtnkk30s52dlvtv42q01221x322qjlrb	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2812	DNSBench.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAbY2QTVWENG9oovp1QifsQ%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
3876	backgroundTaskHost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAn5bsKVVV8kdJ6vHl3O1J0%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
488	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	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
—	—	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
2120	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	95.101.149.131:80	www.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
—	—	184.28.89.167:443	go.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	US	whitelisted
—	—	20.190.160.20:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
6056	svchost.exe	192.229.221.95:80	ocsp.digicert.com	EDGECAST	US	whitelisted
—	—	40.113.110.67:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
6056	svchost.exe	20.190.160.20:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
3888	svchost.exe	239.255.255.250:1900	—	—	—	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	40.127.240.158 51.104.136.2	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	95.101.149.131	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.186.110	whitelisted
go.microsoft.com	184.28.89.167	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.160.20 40.126.32.68 40.126.32.74 20.190.160.14 40.126.32.72 20.190.160.22 40.126.32.136 40.126.32.138	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	192.229.221.95	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	40.113.110.67	whitelisted
kzoqdfcvgsuqp1re4kt2kvy13b.isc.org	—	unknown
www.grc.com	4.79.142.202	whitelisted
isc.org	151.101.194.217 151.101.66.217 151.101.130.217 151.101.2.217	whitelisted

Threats

PID	Process	Class	Message
2812	DNSBench.exe	Potentially Bad Traffic	ET HUNTING File Sharing Related Domain (www .mediafire .com) in DNS Lookup
2812	DNSBench.exe	Potentially Bad Traffic	ET HUNTING File Sharing Related Domain (www .mediafire .com) in DNS Lookup
2812	DNSBench.exe	Potentially Bad Traffic	ET HUNTING File Sharing Related Domain (www .mediafire .com) in DNS Lookup
2812	DNSBench.exe	Potentially Bad Traffic	ET HUNTING File Sharing Related Domain (www .mediafire .com) in DNS Lookup
2812	DNSBench.exe	Potentially Bad Traffic	ET HUNTING File Sharing Related Domain (www .mediafire .com) in DNS Lookup
2812	DNSBench.exe	Potentially Bad Traffic	ET HUNTING File Sharing Related Domain (www .mediafire .com) in DNS Lookup
2812	DNSBench.exe	Potentially Bad Traffic	ET HUNTING File Sharing Related Domain (www .mediafire .com) in DNS Lookup
2812	DNSBench.exe	Potentially Bad Traffic	ET HUNTING File Sharing Related Domain (www .mediafire .com) in DNS Lookup
2812	DNSBench.exe	Potentially Bad Traffic	ET HUNTING File Sharing Related Domain (www .mediafire .com) in DNS Lookup
2812	DNSBench.exe	Potentially Bad Traffic	ET HUNTING File Sharing Related Domain (www .mediafire .com) in DNS Lookup

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General Info

DNSBench.exe

04177F89FA23B9D6FEC146D9BE737566

B95EA3C6094AFFDA5F05110D1C0AE6DAA56EBC2B

A1375A7ECBACF70EFD3D54C7EC3C1CEAE7166AD1C723B390AC78D7A3E1B19F92

6144:FVBTVrqwLfbHbCZKvkzdciwzy5fzrluoLFepJXuxx8LL:XBTZqwLTHbCZKszdLwzy5rrlu4WXuxxE

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MALICIOUS

SUSPICIOUS

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

INFO

Reads the computer name

Checks supported languages

Checks proxy server information

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