| File name: | Synaptics.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/48f4c0fd-50a2-480c-98b2-982f6312e0c1 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | A backdoor is a type of cybersecurity threat that allows attackers to secretly compromise a system and conduct malicious activities, such as stealing data and modifying files. Backdoors can be difficult to detect, as they often use legitimate system applications to evade defense mechanisms. Threat actors often utilize special malware, such as PlugX, to establish backdoors on target devices. |
| Analysis date: | April 29, 2025, 13:08:31 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 8 sections |
| MD5: | 96B44C375448B14A21BAF204CF94F4AF |
| SHA1: | 016A2A61D3008864EFBE373B5A23B2B2D656525E |
| SHA256: | B1466EBCC726973B7941DC09E9980D54286AF9CBD8D021C5CE9731F393FBE65C |
| SSDEEP: | 12288:r3H6yScLnqOl0r5Zu0LMFbtizFJ6rAPvOxrcg0i7u48h+lPU2dAdlsSt:r3HzLnqOaNMCFJ6kPvOxrcg0i7uF3sM |
MALICIOUS
XRED mutex has been found
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 7388)
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 7516)
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 8032)
Changes the autorun value in the registry
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 7388)
XRED has been detected (YARA)
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 7516)
SUSPICIOUS
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 7388)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 7388)
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 7516)
Starts itself from another location
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 7388)
There is functionality for communication over UDP network (YARA)
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 7516)
There is functionality for communication dyndns network (YARA)
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 7516)
There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 7516)
INFO
The sample compiled with turkish language support
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 7388)
Checks supported languages
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 7388)
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 7516)
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 8032)
Creates files in the program directory
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 7388)
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 7516)
Reads the computer name
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 7388)
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 7516)
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 8032)
Process checks computer location settings
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 7388)
Auto-launch of the file from Registry key
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 7388)
Checks proxy server information
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 7516)
- slui.exe (PID: 8068)
Compiled with Borland Delphi (YARA)
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 7516)
- slui.exe (PID: 8068)
Manual execution by a user
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 8032)
Reads the software policy settings
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 7516)
- slui.exe (PID: 8068)
Reads the machine GUID from the registry
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 7516)
Create files in a temporary directory
- Synaptics.exe (PID: 7516)
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TRiD
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable Borland Delphi 7 (96.4) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable Delphi generic (2) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (0.6) |
| .exe | | | Win16/32 Executable Delphi generic (0.3) |
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (0.2) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 1992:06:19 22:22:17+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, Bytes reversed lo, 32-bit, Bytes reversed hi |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 2.25 |
| CodeSize: | 629760 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 140800 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x9ab80 |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 1.0.0.4 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 1.0.0.4 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | Turkish |
| CharacterSet: | Windows, Turkish |
| CompanyName: | Synaptics |
| FileDescription: | Synaptics Pointing Device Driver |
| FileVersion: | 1.0.0.4 |
| InternalName: | - |
| LegalCopyright: | - |
| LegalTrademarks: | - |
| OriginalFileName: | - |
| ProductName: | Synaptics Pointing Device Driver |
| ProductVersion: | 1.0.0.0 |
| Comments: | - |
Total processes
130
Monitored processes
5
Malicious processes
3
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| 7388 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Synaptics.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Synaptics.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Synaptics Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Synaptics Pointing Device Driver Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0.0.4 Modules
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| 7516 | "C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate | C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe | Synaptics.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Synaptics Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Synaptics Pointing Device Driver Version: 1.0.0.4 Modules
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| 8032 | C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe | C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Synaptics Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Synaptics Pointing Device Driver Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0.0.4 Modules
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| 8068 | 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
7 682
Read events
7 671
Write events
11
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (7388) Synaptics.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Synaptics Pointing Device Driver |
Value: C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7388) Synaptics.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SlowContextMenuEntries |
Value: 6024B221EA3A6910A2DC08002B30309D0A010000BD0E0C47735D584D9CEDE91E22E23282770100000114020000000000C0000000000000468D0000006078A409B011A54DAFA526D86198A780390100005D54A9A2C2A0B4429708A0B2BADD77C8EA000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7388) Synaptics.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SlowContextMenuEntries |
Value: 6024B221EA3A6910A2DC08002B30309D0A010000BD0E0C47735D584D9CEDE91E22E23282770100004E3AAA90BA1C3342B8BB535773D48449DB0000006078A409B011A54DAFA526D86198A780390100005D54A9A2C2A0B4429708A0B2BADD77C8EA000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7388) Synaptics.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SlowContextMenuEntries |
Value: 6024B221EA3A6910A2DC08002B30309D0A010000BD0E0C47735D584D9CEDE91E22E232827701000060B81DB4E48ED2119906E49FADC173CA580100006078A409B011A54DAFA526D86198A780390100005D54A9A2C2A0B4429708A0B2BADD77C8EA000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7516) Synaptics.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7516) Synaptics.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Cookie: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7516) Synaptics.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Visited: | |||
Executable files
1
Suspicious files
0
Text files
1
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7516 | Synaptics.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aooyYb5.ini | html | |
MD5:A350C24697428C2D68953733C56C5018 | SHA256:6CC2D37F1E8B73A8199CA02BC43F6CC79653290A94A57B054194AFCCC46EC156 | |||
| 7388 | Synaptics.exe | C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe | executable | |
MD5:96B44C375448B14A21BAF204CF94F4AF | SHA256:B1466EBCC726973B7941DC09E9980D54286AF9CBD8D021C5CE9731F393FBE65C | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
29
TCP/UDP connections
49
DNS requests
21
Threats
8
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | GET | 304 | 4.245.163.56:443 | 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 | — | — | — |
6544 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 184.86.11.11:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7516 | Synaptics.exe | GET | 200 | 69.42.215.252:80 | http://freedns.afraid.org/api/?action=getdyndns&sha=a30fa98efc092684e8d1c5cff797bcc613562978 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7856 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.43:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7856 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.43:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut_2010-06-23.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7856 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 2.16.253.202:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 40.69.42.241:443 | https://fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/clientwebservice/ping | unknown | — | — | — |
7856 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 2.16.253.202:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7856 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.43:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicTimStaPCA_2010-07-01.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7856 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 2.16.253.202:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 40.126.32.68:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
— | — | 172.211.123.250:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | FR | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 184.86.11.11:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | SE | whitelisted |
5024 | RUXIMICS.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
2112 | svchost.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
3216 | svchost.exe | 172.211.123.250:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | FR | whitelisted |
7516 | Synaptics.exe | 69.42.215.252:80 | freedns.afraid.org | AWKNET | US | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
xred.mooo.com |
| whitelisted |
freedns.afraid.org |
| whitelisted |
slscr.update.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
2196 | svchost.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET DYN_DNS DYNAMIC_DNS Query to Abused Domain *.mooo.com |
— | — | A Network Trojan was detected | ET HUNTING Suspicious User-Agent Containing .exe |
— | — | A Network Trojan was detected | ET MALWARE Snake Keylogger Payload Request (GET) |
— | — | A Network Trojan was detected | ET HUNTING Suspicious User-Agent Containing .exe |
— | — | A Network Trojan was detected | ET HUNTING Suspicious User-Agent Containing .exe |
— | — | A Network Trojan was detected | ET HUNTING Suspicious User-Agent Containing .exe |
— | — | A Network Trojan was detected | ET HUNTING Suspicious User-Agent Containing .exe |
— | — | A Network Trojan was detected | ET HUNTING Suspicious User-Agent Containing .exe |