Malware analysis Set-up.exe Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	Set-up.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/4ff8c109-5dae-473b-9d5e-91eaa7039a33
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	June 21, 2025, 16:38:45
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	adobeinstaller installer
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 5 sections
MD5:	75259D5534FE90D1E8830CEAFAD1B094
SHA1:	8C77C5E2F34A2EE0264D9B9E2CA5B47EA5830F95
SHA256:	B3506F660A3395674225893AF2DF056C338006D781C86F2FE05EF27130BD7C3C
SSDEEP:	98304:KAxbirZ5jTpEgz5zov+PCpB3xTv1dCcd0q/ZoNKi0C86fzg7yLz2NhufETTwxgod:2b

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: none
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
- Executing a file with an untrusted certificate
  - Set-up.exe (PID: 6948)
SUSPICIOUS
- Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
  - Set-up.exe (PID: 6948)
INFO
- The sample compiled with english language support
  - Set-up.exe (PID: 6948)
- Checks supported languages
  - Set-up.exe (PID: 6948)
- Create files in a temporary directory
  - Set-up.exe (PID: 6948)
- ADOBEINSTALLER mutex has been found
  - Set-up.exe (PID: 6948)
- Reads the computer name
  - Set-up.exe (PID: 6948)
- Reads the machine GUID from the registry
  - Set-up.exe (PID: 6948)
- Checks proxy server information
  - Set-up.exe (PID: 6948)
- Creates files or folders in the user directory
  - Set-up.exe (PID: 6948)
- Process checks whether UAC notifications are on
  - Set-up.exe (PID: 6948)
- Reads the software policy settings
  - Set-up.exe (PID: 6948)

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No Malware configuration.

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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:	2020:09:16 08:44:19+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, 32-bit
PEType:	PE32
LinkerVersion:	14.23
CodeSize:	3613696
InitializedDataSize:	4041728
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0x2d147a
OSVersion:	5.1
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	5.1
Subsystem:	Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber:	6.4.0.359
ProductVersionNumber:	6.4.0.359
FileFlagsMask:	0x003f
FileFlags:	(none)
FileOS:	Windows NT 32-bit
ObjectFileType:	Dynamic link library
FileSubtype:	-
LanguageCode:	English (U.S.)
CharacterSet:	Unicode
CompanyName:	Adobe Inc.
FileDescription:	Adobe Installer
FileVersion:	6.4.0.359
InternalName:	Adobe Installer
LegalCopyright:	© 2020-2024 Adobe. All rights reserved.
OriginalFileName:	Adobe Installer
ProductName:	Adobe Installer
ProductVersion:	6.4.0.359

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Total processes

137

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

5468

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

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

6948

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Set-up.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Set-up.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Adobe Inc.

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Adobe Installer

Exit code:

Version:

6.4.0.359

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\set-up.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\shlwapi.dll

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Total events

3 601

Read events

3 601

Write events

Delete events

Modification events

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
6948	Set-up.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\DA3B6E45325D5FFF28CF6BAD6065C907_EA01B8AC2C0BE6E5850A0487D704D929		binary
		MD5:B87143FD56732629A41A8EB485082424	SHA256:22ED89628E634E3BCDD1F8DAE236EEE477BBED263F7E925FCAB51CEF2E0508CF
6948	Set-up.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8890A77645B73478F5B1DED18ACBF795_C090A8C88B266C6FF99A97210E92B44D		binary
		MD5:90A5B8154D661FA0F4E8BC29B79FF77F	SHA256:673D96FC221EB313C354C39E47647356EB22B8B8A76D51C62C2B6D4DA2466174
6948	Set-up.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8890A77645B73478F5B1DED18ACBF795_C090A8C88B266C6FF99A97210E92B44D		binary
		MD5:7675B974CA25ADEABBFE659835A3C727	SHA256:1D5C81D4054D1DA94E0104AED6E4A9260D938F67FEC6B3AFE3AB040B8BE297C0
6948	Set-up.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\DA3B6E45325D5FFF28CF6BAD6065C907_EA01B8AC2C0BE6E5850A0487D704D929		binary
		MD5:D2BE0A0EA43A260B2E0BCDC8249824DA	SHA256:80736829E1B49F390E2F6FF0144586D691C662A5464E5F85F2C89C73D5308E51
6948	Set-up.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CreativeCloud\ACC\AdobeDownload\HDInstaller.log		text
		MD5:F3B25701FE362EC84616A93A45CE9998	SHA256:B3D510EF04275CA8E698E5B3CBB0ECE3949EF9252F0CDC839E9EE347409A2209

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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
6948	Set-up.exe	GET	200	23.54.109.203:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTfqhLjKLEJQZPin0KCzkdAQpVYowQUsT7DaQP4v0cB1JgmGggC72NkK8MCEAPxtOFfOoLxFJZ4s9fYR1w%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6948	Set-up.exe	GET	200	23.54.109.203:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSPwl%2BrBFlJbvzLXU1bGW08VysJ2wQUj%2Bh%2B8G0yagAFI8dwl2o6kP9r6tQCEAbyTZ9NsHvX7K0Gf17ibCk%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6732	svchost.exe	GET	200	23.54.109.203:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	GET	200	23.12.150.96:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	GET	200	184.25.50.10:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2524	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	23.12.150.96:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2524	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	23.12.150.96:80	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
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
5944	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
888	RUXIMICS.exe	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
6948	Set-up.exe	23.54.109.203:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
2336	svchost.exe	172.211.123.248:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	FR	whitelisted
6732	svchost.exe	20.190.160.14:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
6732	svchost.exe	23.54.109.203:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	184.25.50.10:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	20.73.194.208 51.104.136.2	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.184.206	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	23.54.109.203	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.248	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.160.14 20.190.160.128 20.190.160.66 40.126.32.76 40.126.32.140 20.190.160.5 20.190.160.3 40.126.32.134	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	184.25.50.10 184.25.50.8	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	23.12.150.96	whitelisted
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com	52.111.229.19	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	4.245.163.56	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	13.85.23.206	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

Set-up.exe

75259D5534FE90D1E8830CEAFAD1B094

8C77C5E2F34A2EE0264D9B9E2CA5B47EA5830F95

B3506F660A3395674225893AF2DF056C338006D781C86F2FE05EF27130BD7C3C

98304:KAxbirZ5jTpEgz5zov+PCpB3xTv1dCcd0q/ZoNKi0C86fzg7yLz2NhufETTwxgod:2b

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Executing a file with an untrusted certificate

SUSPICIOUS

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

INFO

The sample compiled with english language support

Checks supported languages

Create files in a temporary directory

ADOBEINSTALLER mutex has been found

Reads the computer name

Reads the machine GUID from the registry

Checks proxy server information

Creates files or folders in the user directory

Process checks whether UAC notifications are on

Reads the software policy settings

Malware configuration

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