Malware analysis kix.exe Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	kix.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/015502d3-a34b-4319-b5e9-5fdc91392030
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Threats:	First identified in 2024, Emmenhtal operates by embedding itself within modified legitimate Windows binaries, often using HTA (HTML Application) files to execute malicious scripts. It has been linked to the distribution of malware such as CryptBot and Lumma Stealer. Emmenhtal is typically disseminated through phishing campaigns, including fake video downloads and deceptive email attachments. Malware Trends Tracker >>>
Analysis date:	August 01, 2025, 02:42:31
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	emmenhtal
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 4 sections
MD5:	5E3CD17F1C729580480FA49B80C86470
SHA1:	EAD0CC82B90C10160841FD6406542E0735CDD992
SHA256:	A83D547AC050F2D9F80888C658DCCAA04A6257E04B39DB9073E3283CF4CD7E57
SSDEEP:	12288:XaSk5uceHAmQnmRUaSk5uceHAmlMoJ7snx:5k5uceHAtn+6k5uceHAlx

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 120 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: 60 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 (133.0.6943.127)
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 (133.0.3065.92)
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) (136.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (136.0)
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)
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
- EMMENHTAL has been detected (YARA)
  - mshta.exe (PID: 7124)
SUSPICIOUS
- Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
  - kix.exe (PID: 3000)
- There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)
  - kix.exe (PID: 3000)
INFO
- Reads the computer name
  - kix.exe (PID: 3000)
- Create files in a temporary directory
  - kix.exe (PID: 3000)
- Checks supported languages
  - kix.exe (PID: 3000)
- Process checks computer location settings
  - kix.exe (PID: 3000)
- Reads Internet Explorer settings
  - mshta.exe (PID: 7124)
- Manual execution by a user
  - mspaint.exe (PID: 1468)
- Checks proxy server information
  - mshta.exe (PID: 7124)

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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:	Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp:	2012:12:31 00:38:38+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	No relocs, Executable, 32-bit
PEType:	PE32
LinkerVersion:	8
CodeSize:	89600
InitializedDataSize:	118784
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0x1638f
OSVersion:	4
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	4
Subsystem:	Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber:	1.6.0.2712
ProductVersionNumber:	1.6.0.2712
FileFlagsMask:	0x003f
FileFlags:	(none)
FileOS:	Windows NT 32-bit
ObjectFileType:	Executable application
FileSubtype:	-
LanguageCode:	Neutral
CharacterSet:	Unicode
CompanyName:	Djengineer14
FileDescription:	Cute But No So Playful.
FileVersion:	1.1
InternalName:	Kix
LegalCopyright:	Copyright © 2024-2025 Djengineer14
OriginalFileName:	kix.exe
PrivateBuild:	2025
ProductName:	kix
ProductVersion:	1.1

No data.

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Total processes

139

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

1468

"C:\WINDOWS\system32\mspaint.exe" "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Cute-fox[2].png"

C:\Windows\System32\mspaint.exe

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explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Paint

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.3758 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\mspaint.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\acgenral.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll

3000

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kix.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kix.exe

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explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Djengineer14

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Cute But No So Playful.

Version:

1.1

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\kix.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\shell32.dll

7124

"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.000\kix.hta" {1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}{1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe

kix.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Microsoft (R) HTML Application host

Version:

11.00.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\syswow64\mshta.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\msvcrt.dll

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Total events

2 519

Read events

2 485

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(7124) mshta.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content
Operation:	write	Name:	CachePrefix
Value:
(PID) Process:	(7124) mshta.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies
Operation:	write	Name:	CachePrefix
Value: Cookie:
(PID) Process:	(7124) mshta.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History
Operation:	write	Name:	CachePrefix
Value: Visited:
(PID) Process:	(3000) kix.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.hta\OpenWithProgids
Operation:	write	Name:	htafile
Value:
(PID) Process:	(1468) mspaint.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint\Ribbon
Operation:	write	Name:	QatItems
Value: <siq:customUI xmlns:siq="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2009/ribbon/qat"><siq:ribbon minimized="false"><siq:qat position="0"><siq:sharedControls><siq:control idQ="siq:20002" visible="false" argument="0"/><siq:control idQ="siq:20003" visible="false" argument="0"/><siq:control idQ="siq:20004" visible="true" argument="0"/><siq:control idQ="siq:20014" visible="false" argument="0"/><siq:control idQ="siq:20017" visible="false" argument="0"/><siq:control idQ="siq:20019" visible="false" argument="0"/><siq:control idQ="siq:31001" visible="true" argument="0"/><siq:control idQ="siq:31002" visible="true" argument="0"/></siq:sharedControls></siq:qat></siq:ribbon></siq:customUI>
(PID) Process:	(1468) mspaint.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint\Recent File List
Operation:	delete key	Name:	(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:	(1468) mspaint.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint\Recent File List
Operation:	write	Name:	File1
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Cute-fox[2].png
(PID) Process:	(1468) mspaint.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint\View
Operation:	write	Name:	WindowPlacement
Value: 2C00000000000000010000000000000000000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF7F000000470000007F04000087020000
(PID) Process:	(1468) mspaint.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint\View
Operation:	write	Name:	ShowThumbnail
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(1468) mspaint.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint\View
Operation:	write	Name:	BMPWidth
Value: 0

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
7124	mshta.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\A2BF07A1E884A7635B036307D333FFBA		binary
		MD5:157F5F105EFCD6128096BF4556C8AFEA	SHA256:D2818E73C07637BF4067A20191F287AB0900F5D25B1BC8B798957B3E17108B5E
7124	mshta.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\AC46DD98AAAEE576B3999C8927F11C30		der
		MD5:744A48B8E9FA5D5C41506AFB2A0FC172	SHA256:259C27087B187AA5063BA647CC8213B1933683BF263FE2ADA63AAFCCA38F0455
7124	mshta.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\AC46DD98AAAEE576B3999C8927F11C30		binary
		MD5:042838B5DBD26959D382BA747661AD8D	SHA256:7A3355404BB893215A9E4EB338C74442D295BBDC4C8B3CBC3D348F3BAF61A46F
7124	mshta.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\E4DJRUXW\Cute-fox[2].png		image
		MD5:70EBB88A3D811D31F94E94E8B335035A	SHA256:4EE0A72663F575A5094C91F39CE47DD79B7662F37D6D5530D2FB104C961BD4DD
7124	mshta.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\A2BF07A1E884A7635B036307D333FFBA		binary
		MD5:647FD920A3ED853FB0E28443565F7D54	SHA256:50CCCD19646393B9D5A0A72AD16B4AA52F4A54BEDE736F3C6F102F29E8787C74
7124	mshta.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\E4DJRUXW\Cute-fox[1].png		image
		MD5:70EBB88A3D811D31F94E94E8B335035A	SHA256:4EE0A72663F575A5094C91F39CE47DD79B7662F37D6D5530D2FB104C961BD4DD
3000	kix.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ZipSfx.000\kix.hta		html
		MD5:89B0C6E86D78091B5A9256B23714DF92	SHA256:65E032EA52223B43FE9A83852A00644036071843EC558EBBC626AD64C8B5AE8B
7124	mshta.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\E4DJRUXW\1000_F_473342226_mGRsjBL2bTou0qLefOEnOMAb2lTRI0wm[1].jpg		image
		MD5:E83AFFC2783B55597BA348A51C7FB821	SHA256:09DF4A14D7C566AAD3489F913D54F8ACC3FEE7E8A2156D4393451EE4D5761E4F

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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
7124	mshta.exe	GET	200	104.18.20.213:80	http://e5.c.lencr.org/103.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
7124	mshta.exe	GET	200	104.18.21.213:80	http://r11.c.lencr.org/50.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
4060	svchost.exe	GET	200	184.30.131.245:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	GET	200	23.216.77.28:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1936	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
1268	svchost.exe	GET	200	23.35.229.160:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1936	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	23.35.229.160:80	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
5944	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
6732	RUXIMICS.exe	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
7124	mshta.exe	188.165.53.185:443	dinopixel.com	OVH SAS	FR	unknown
7124	mshta.exe	151.101.129.91:443	as1.ftcdn.net	FASTLY	US	whitelisted
7124	mshta.exe	104.18.20.213:80	e5.c.lencr.org	CLOUDFLARENET	—	whitelisted
7124	mshta.exe	104.18.21.213:80	e5.c.lencr.org	CLOUDFLARENET	—	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
4060	svchost.exe	20.190.159.23:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	4.231.128.59 40.127.240.158 51.124.78.146 51.104.136.2	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.185.206	whitelisted
dinopixel.com	188.165.53.185	unknown
as1.ftcdn.net	151.101.129.91 151.101.193.91 151.101.65.91 151.101.1.91	whitelisted
e5.c.lencr.org	104.18.20.213 104.18.21.213	whitelisted
r11.c.lencr.org	104.18.21.213 104.18.20.213	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.159.23 20.190.159.128 40.126.31.1 20.190.159.0 20.190.159.75 40.126.31.73 40.126.31.128 20.190.159.68	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	184.30.131.245	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	23.216.77.28 23.216.77.6	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	23.35.229.160	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

kix.exe

5E3CD17F1C729580480FA49B80C86470

EAD0CC82B90C10160841FD6406542E0735CDD992

A83D547AC050F2D9F80888C658DCCAA04A6257E04B39DB9073E3283CF4CD7E57

12288:XaSk5uceHAmQnmRUaSk5uceHAmlMoJ7snx:5k5uceHAtn+6k5uceHAlx

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

EMMENHTAL has been detected (YARA)

SUSPICIOUS

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)

INFO

Reads the computer name

Create files in a temporary directory

Checks supported languages

Process checks computer location settings

Reads Internet Explorer settings

Manual execution by a user

Checks proxy server information

Malware configuration

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EXE

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