| File name: | ak.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/2eff468a-589c-460c-a0f6-5bdac20ef6ae |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | Stealers are a group of malicious software that are intended for gaining unauthorized access to users’ information and transferring it to the attacker. The stealer malware category includes various types of programs that focus on their particular kind of data, including files, passwords, and cryptocurrency. Stealers are capable of spying on their targets by recording their keystrokes and taking screenshots. This type of malware is primarily distributed as part of phishing campaigns. |
| Analysis date: | October 29, 2019, 22:48:43 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/x-dosexec |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows |
| MD5: | 66C9B3CE611BDC43DFDD5FAB8AFE8729 |
| SHA1: | 89CBE67072245263CD8330348D461618F35DDF75 |
| SHA256: | AC3ED65482599C01DA35F9543BBA54D6F7E533A3B771B43DF07104DB02B9459D |
| SSDEEP: | 12288:nPNsFA4ZgB0+z1j/lFZ7e6/yc3w5V25FxckemHr5udGUk1D3H:P54i6qlHifqwezcderF1D3H |
MALICIOUS
Application was dropped or rewritten from another process
- arkei.exe (PID: 3316)
VIDAR was detected
- arkei.exe (PID: 3316)
Stealing of credential data
- arkei.exe (PID: 3316)
Actions looks like stealing of personal data
- arkei.exe (PID: 3316)
SUSPICIOUS
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- ak.exe (PID: 1896)
Loads DLL from Mozilla Firefox
- arkei.exe (PID: 3316)
Reads the cookies of Mozilla Firefox
- arkei.exe (PID: 3316)
Creates files in the user directory
- arkei.exe (PID: 3316)
Creates files in the program directory
- arkei.exe (PID: 3316)
Reads the cookies of Google Chrome
- arkei.exe (PID: 3316)
Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
- arkei.exe (PID: 3316)
Executes application which crashes
- arkei.exe (PID: 3316)
Uses TASKKILL.EXE to kill process
- cmd.exe (PID: 1952)
Checks for external IP
- arkei.exe (PID: 3316)
INFO
No info indicators.
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TRiD
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (52.9) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (23.5) |
| .exe | | | DOS Executable Generic (23.5) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2019:02:01 14:25:33+01:00 |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 12 |
| CodeSize: | 78336 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 123090944 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x2e65 |
| OSVersion: | 5.1 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 5.1 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 11.0.0.0 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 11.0.0.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | Debug, Pre-release, Patched, Private build, Special build |
| FileOS: | Windows NT 32-bit |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | English (U.S.) |
| CharacterSet: | Windows, Latin1 |
| ProductVersion: | 2.0.6.4 |
| InternalName: | gjfkyfli;.exe |
Summary
| Architecture: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
|---|---|
| Subsystem: | IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI |
| Compilation Date: | 01-Feb-2019 13:25:33 |
| Detected languages: |
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| ProductVersion: | 2.0.6.4 |
| InternalName: | gjfkyfli;.exe |
DOS Header
| Magic number: | MZ |
|---|---|
| Bytes on last page of file: | 0x0090 |
| Pages in file: | 0x0003 |
| Relocations: | 0x0000 |
| Size of header: | 0x0004 |
| Min extra paragraphs: | 0x0000 |
| Max extra paragraphs: | 0xFFFF |
| Initial SS value: | 0x0000 |
| Initial SP value: | 0x00B8 |
| Checksum: | 0x0000 |
| Initial IP value: | 0x0000 |
| Initial CS value: | 0x0000 |
| Overlay number: | 0x0000 |
| OEM identifier: | 0x0000 |
| OEM information: | 0x0000 |
| Address of NE header: | 0x000000E8 |
PE Headers
| Signature: | PE |
|---|---|
| Machine: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
| Number of sections: | 5 |
| Time date stamp: | 01-Feb-2019 13:25:33 |
| Pointer to Symbol Table: | 0x00000000 |
| Number of symbols: | 0 |
| Size of Optional Header: | 0x00E0 |
| Characteristics: |
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Sections
Name | Virtual Address | Virtual Size | Raw Size | Charateristics | Entropy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.text | 0x00001000 | 0x000130B1 | 0x00013200 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 6.67949 |
.rdata | 0x00015000 | 0x00006CF2 | 0x00006E00 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 4.84216 |
.data | 0x0001C000 | 0x0755B70C | 0x000A7000 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 5.22742 |
.rsrc | 0x07578000 | 0x00000866 | 0x00000A00 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 4.59836 |
.reloc | 0x07579000 | 0x00001464 | 0x00001600 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 6.37277 |
Resources
Title | Entropy | Size | Codepage | Language | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5.12882 | 1515 | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN | RT_MANIFEST |
463 | 2.32193 | 10 | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
464 | 2.32193 | 10 | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
Imports
ADVAPI32.dll |
KERNEL32.dll |
USER32.dll |
Total processes
43
Monitored processes
6
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ak.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ak.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0 Modules
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| 1952 | "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c taskkill /im arkei.exe /f & erase C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\arkei.exe & exit | C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe | — | arkei.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 1 Version: 6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850) Modules
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| 3316 | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\arkei.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\arkei.exe | ak.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0 Modules
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| 3708 | "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" rd /s /q C:\ProgramData\ZMN2EY1JVMZ1C8 | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe | — | arkei.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850) Modules
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| 4016 | "C:\Windows\system32\ntvdm.exe" -i1 | C:\Windows\system32\ntvdm.exe | — | arkei.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: NTVDM.EXE Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 4064 | taskkill /im arkei.exe /f | C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe | — | cmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Terminates Processes Exit code: 128 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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Total events
85
Read events
67
Write events
18
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (3316) arkei.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\arkei_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3316) arkei.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\arkei_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableConsoleTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3316) arkei.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\arkei_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileTracingMask |
Value: 4294901760 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3316) arkei.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\arkei_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ConsoleTracingMask |
Value: 4294901760 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3316) arkei.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\arkei_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | MaxFileSize |
Value: 1048576 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3316) arkei.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\arkei_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileDirectory |
Value: %windir%\tracing | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3316) arkei.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\arkei_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3316) arkei.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\arkei_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableConsoleTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3316) arkei.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\arkei_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileTracingMask |
Value: 4294901760 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3316) arkei.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\arkei_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ConsoleTracingMask |
Value: 4294901760 | |||
Executable files
1
Suspicious files
1
Text files
11
Unknown types
5
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3316 | arkei.exe | C:\ProgramData\ZMN2EY1JVMZ1C8\c-shm | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3316 | arkei.exe | C:\ProgramData\ZMN2EY1JVMZ1C8\history | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3316 | arkei.exe | C:\ProgramData\ZMN2EY1JVMZ1C8\history-shm | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3316 | arkei.exe | C:\ProgramData\ZMN2EY1JVMZ1C8\files\Skype\live#3agabriel.radrigos_main.db | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3316 | arkei.exe | C:\ProgramData\ZMN2EY1JVMZ1C8\files\cookie_list.txt | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3316 | arkei.exe | C:\ProgramData\ZMN2EY1JVMZ1C8\files\information.txt | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3316 | arkei.exe | C:\ProgramData\ZMN2EY1JVMZ1C8\files\screenshot.jpg | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3316 | arkei.exe | C:\ProgramData\ZMN2EY1JVMZ1C8\files\Desktop.zip | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3316 | arkei.exe | C:\ProgramData\ZMN2EY1JVMZ1C8\files\passwords.txt | text | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3316 | arkei.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\LH043OAM\index[1].php | text | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
4
TCP/UDP connections
3
DNS requests
3
Threats
25
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3316 | arkei.exe | POST | 200 | 31.31.198.66:80 | http://gotrafforest.xyz/index.php | RU | text | 52 b | malicious |
3316 | arkei.exe | POST | 200 | 31.31.198.66:80 | http://gotrafforest.xyz/index.php | RU | text | 41 b | malicious |
3316 | arkei.exe | POST | 200 | 185.194.141.58:80 | http://ip-api.com/line/ | DE | text | 145 b | malicious |
3316 | arkei.exe | POST | 403 | 185.50.25.48:80 | http://c96965ei.beget.tech/1.exe | RU | html | 179 b | malicious |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3316 | arkei.exe | 31.31.198.66:80 | gotrafforest.xyz | Domain names registrar REG.RU, Ltd | RU | malicious |
3316 | arkei.exe | 185.50.25.48:80 | c96965ei.beget.tech | Beget Ltd | RU | malicious |
3316 | arkei.exe | 185.194.141.58:80 | ip-api.com | netcup GmbH | DE | unknown |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
gotrafforest.xyz |
| malicious |
ip-api.com |
| malicious |
c96965ei.beget.tech |
| unknown |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
3316 | arkei.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | SUSPICIOUS [PTsecurity] Possible Generic.Trojan Boundary |
3316 | arkei.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | AV INFO HTTP Request to a *.xyz domain |
3316 | arkei.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | MALWARE [PTsecurity] Generic.PWS.Arkei Stealers Header (Vidar) |
3316 | arkei.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | MALWARE [PTsecurity] Arkei/Vidar Stealer HTTP Response |
3316 | arkei.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | MALWARE [PTsecurity] Vidar Stealer Server Response |
3316 | arkei.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | SUSPICIOUS [PTsecurity] Possible Generic.Trojan Boundary |
3316 | arkei.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | AV INFO HTTP Request to a *.xyz domain |
3316 | arkei.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET TROJAN Vidar/Arkei Stealer Client Data Upload |
3316 | arkei.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | MALWARE [PTsecurity] Generic Stealers activity (Nocturnal/Vidar) |
3316 | arkei.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | MALWARE [PTsecurity] Nocturnal Stealer |
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