File name:

Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.7z

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/f42d1e52-ba85-47d6-af32-f77f0af2c7d3
Verdict: Malicious activity
Threats:

Maze is ransomware — a malware type that encrypts the victim’s files and restores the data in exchange for a ransom payment. One of the most distinguishable features of Maze is that it is one of the first malware of the kind to publicly release stolen data.

Analysis date: May 09, 2025, 19:24:37
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:
arch-exec
maze
ransomware
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-7z-compressed
File info: 7-zip archive data, version 0.4
MD5:

46D31B392CCEF626B0A9121C6A8A87BD

SHA1:

A92224A07D2C53AA6584C506B7FEF22D83A918A8

SHA256:

A63341E3A6CDCBF77656AD9370B619A46DAE3B0FCF3AD5D868A36D4FEA9D5B1D

SSDEEP:

12288:zNEUfA3B9nwU0A0ZlF9heTwfE1hBQSuWu1xe7x542dX:zN/fsnwnA0ZlvhecfE1hBQSuX1U7b42Z

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  • MALICIOUS

    • MAZE mutex has been found

      • Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exe (PID: 7872)
    • RANSOMWARE has been detected

      • Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exe (PID: 7872)
    • Maze is detected

      • Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exe (PID: 7872)
    • Create files in the Startup directory

      • Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exe (PID: 7872)
    • Writes a file to the Word startup folder

      • Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exe (PID: 7872)
    • Renames files like ransomware

      • Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exe (PID: 7872)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)

      • Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exe (PID: 7872)
    • Creates file in the systems drive root

      • Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exe (PID: 7872)
    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exe (PID: 7872)
  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exe (PID: 7872)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 2616)
    • Manual execution by a user

      • Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exe (PID: 7872)
      • notepad.exe (PID: 5048)
    • Creates files in the program directory

      • Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exe (PID: 7872)
    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exe (PID: 7872)
    • Reads the computer name

      • Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exe (PID: 7872)
    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exe (PID: 7872)
    • Checks proxy server information

      • Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exe (PID: 7872)
    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • notepad.exe (PID: 5048)
    • Reads the software policy settings

      • slui.exe (PID: 7292)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.7z | 7-Zip compressed archive (v0.4) (57.1)
.7z | 7-Zip compressed archive (gen) (42.8)

EXIF

ZIP

FileVersion: 7z v0.04
ModifyDate: 2020:05:25 06:56:58+00:00
ArchivedFileName: Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exe
No data.
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Total processes
134
Monitored processes
6
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start winrar.exe sppextcomobj.exe no specs slui.exe #MAZE trojan-ransom.win32.maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exe notepad.exe no specs slui.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2616"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.7zC:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Alexander Roshal
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
WinRAR archiver
Exit code:
0
Version:
5.91.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\winrar\winrar.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
5048"C:\WINDOWS\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\DECRYPT-FILES.txtC:\Windows\System32\notepad.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Notepad
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
5204C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\slui.exesvchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Activation Client
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
7260C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exesvchost.exe
User:
NETWORK SERVICE
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
KMS Connection Broker
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
7292"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=TimerEventC:\Windows\System32\slui.exe
SppExtComObj.Exe
User:
NETWORK SERVICE
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Windows Activation Client
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
7872"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\trojan-ransom.win32.maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.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
Total events
2 585
Read events
2 563
Write events
22
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2616) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:writeName:3
Value:
C:\Users\admin\Desktop\preferences.zip
(PID) Process:(2616) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:writeName:2
Value:
C:\Users\admin\Desktop\chromium_ext.zip
(PID) Process:(2616) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:writeName:1
Value:
C:\Users\admin\Desktop\omni_23_10_2024_.zip
(PID) Process:(2616) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:writeName:0
Value:
C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.7z
(PID) Process:(2616) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:name
Value:
120
(PID) Process:(2616) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:size
Value:
80
(PID) Process:(2616) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:type
Value:
120
(PID) Process:(2616) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:mtime
Value:
100
(PID) Process:(2616) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\Interface
Operation:writeName:ShowPassword
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2616) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\Interface\MainWin
Operation:writeName:Placement
Value:
2C0000000000000001000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF3D0000002D000000FD03000016020000
Executable files
3
Suspicious files
1 050
Text files
0
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
7872Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exeC:\$WinREAgent\Backup\Winre.wim
MD5:
SHA256:
7872Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exeC:\$WinREAgent\Backup\Winre.wim.w9XCfJi
MD5:
SHA256:
7872Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exeC:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-21-1693682860-607145093-2874071422-1001\DECRYPT-FILES.txtbinary
MD5:96A4C5BABB88FAB16B25AF1ACBC639A8
SHA256:8CBC54CBCE3217A46A28084E819A8360211A4CD62F7DC5FD4A4052188F791C4B
2616WinRAR.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRb2616.49449\Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exeexecutable
MD5:FBA4CBB7167176990D5A8D24E9505F71
SHA256:5C9B7224FFD2029B6CE7B82EA40D63B9D4E4F502169BC91DE88B4EA577F52353
7872Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exeC:\$Recycle.Bin\DECRYPT-FILES.txtbinary
MD5:96A4C5BABB88FAB16B25AF1ACBC639A8
SHA256:8CBC54CBCE3217A46A28084E819A8360211A4CD62F7DC5FD4A4052188F791C4B
7872Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exeC:\$WinREAgent\Scratch\update.wim
MD5:
SHA256:
7872Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exeC:\$WinREAgent\Scratch\update.wim.CSbo3R
MD5:
SHA256:
7872Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exeC:\ProgramData\0x29A.dbbinary
MD5:76F8F28BD51EFA03AB992FDB050C8382
SHA256:5470F0644589685000154CB7D3F60280ACB16E39CA961CCE2C016078B303BC1B
7872Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exeC:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-18\DECRYPT-FILES.txtbinary
MD5:96A4C5BABB88FAB16B25AF1ACBC639A8
SHA256:8CBC54CBCE3217A46A28084E819A8360211A4CD62F7DC5FD4A4052188F791C4B
7872Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Maze.ed-5c9b7224ffd2029b6ce7b82ea40d63b9d4e4f502169bc91de88b4ea577f52353.exeC:\$WinREAgent\Backup\boot.sdibinary
MD5:9D7129A7835C3E7184E38C1DDD93CBE7
SHA256:B60182DFC7F9563D939DC7B10057D13383866FA42BD5C3DA9AF43F0892EB6C76
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HTTP(S) requests
5
TCP/UDP connections
22
DNS requests
15
Threats
0

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
2.19.11.120:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
GET
200
2.17.190.73:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
whitelisted
8064
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
69.192.161.161:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
whitelisted
8064
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
69.192.161.161:80
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
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
2.19.11.120:80
crl.microsoft.com
Elisa Oyj
NL
whitelisted
2.23.246.101:80
www.microsoft.com
Ooredoo Q.S.C.
QA
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
3216
svchost.exe
172.211.123.249:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
20.190.159.130:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
2.17.190.73:80
ocsp.digicert.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
2104
svchost.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
8064
SIHClient.exe
52.149.20.212:443
slscr.update.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 51.124.78.146
  • 51.104.136.2
whitelisted
google.com
  • 216.58.206.46
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 2.19.11.120
  • 2.19.11.105
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 2.23.246.101
  • 69.192.161.161
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.249
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 20.190.159.130
  • 40.126.31.0
  • 20.190.159.128
  • 40.126.31.129
  • 20.190.159.0
  • 20.190.159.131
  • 40.126.31.67
  • 40.126.31.3
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 2.17.190.73
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 52.149.20.212
whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 13.85.23.206
whitelisted
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com
  • 40.91.76.224
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info