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File name:

hpset_2018.06.28.01.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/ef66ed57-30b2-4cb7-b158-d8fe6db27531
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: December 14, 2018, 23:59:16
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive
MD5:

159905DC2C40959349FE72BA2C729B80

SHA1:

35F9D1B8FE0765CB58FC27FB4A51A1DD9DB03435

SHA256:

B3F9EDC6D66EBEDE32029914970E7F657A3084CCE1C8776C9E20878EE62F7E84

SSDEEP:

6144:5BevVLkJLkGZxQ2WVllv9cYSzWBWyXJiGb9hGF8yozNS01zh6ggVabeROiI:YhkJLxPmb1HSzWBWCcK94F8zzNFEk6C

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

      • webExt_DL.exe (PID: 3636)
      • ns5B61.tmp (PID: 2632)
      • YSearchSetTool.exe (PID: 2392)
      • ns7E9A.tmp (PID: 2512)
    • Loads dropped or rewritten executable

      • hpset_2018.06.28.01.exe (PID: 2844)
      • webExt_DL.exe (PID: 3636)
      • YSearchSetTool.exe (PID: 2392)
    • Runs PING.EXE for delay simulation

      • cmd.exe (PID: 2480)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • hpset_2018.06.28.01.exe (PID: 2844)
      • webExt_DL.exe (PID: 3636)
    • Starts application with an unusual extension

      • hpset_2018.06.28.01.exe (PID: 2844)
    • Changes the started page of IE

      • YSearchSetTool.exe (PID: 2392)
    • Creates files in the user directory

      • YSearchSetTool.exe (PID: 2392)
    • Executes scripts

      • ns7E9A.tmp (PID: 2512)
    • Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

      • wscript.exe (PID: 3100)
    • Reads Internet Cache Settings

      • hpset_2018.06.28.01.exe (PID: 2844)
  • INFO

    No info indicators.
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (67.4)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (14.2)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (9.7)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (4.3)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (4.3)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2016:12:11 22:50:38+01:00
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 6
CodeSize: 24064
InitializedDataSize: 118272
UninitializedDataSize: 1024
EntryPoint: 0x316d
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: 6
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 2018.6.28.1
ProductVersionNumber: 2018.6.28.1
FileFlagsMask: 0x0000
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Win32
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
CharacterSet: Windows, Latin1
CompanyName: Yahoo! Inc.
FileDescription: Yahoo homepage Set Setup
FileVersion: 2018.06.28.01
LegalCopyright: Copyright (c) 2012 Yahoo! Inc.

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 11-Dec-2016 21:50:38
Detected languages:
  • English - United States
CompanyName: Yahoo! Inc.
FileDescription: Yahoo homepage Set Setup
FileVersion: 2018.06.28.01
LegalCopyright: Copyright (c) 2012 Yahoo! Inc.

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: 0x000000D8

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 5
Time date stamp: 11-Dec-2016 21:50:38
Pointer to Symbol Table: 0x00000000
Number of symbols: 0
Size of Optional Header: 0x00E0
Characteristics:
  • IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
  • IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE
  • IMAGE_FILE_LINE_NUMS_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_LOCAL_SYMS_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_RELOCS_STRIPPED

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
.text
0x00001000
0x00005CEF
0x00005E00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.44129
.rdata
0x00007000
0x00001246
0x00001400
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
5.00503
.data
0x00009000
0x0001A7F8
0x00000400
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
5.1145
.ndata
0x00024000
0x0000E000
0x00000000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
0
.rsrc
0x00032000
0x00002168
0x00002200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
5.53572

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
5.2963
1059
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_MANIFEST
2
5.31854
1128
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
103
2.21059
34
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_GROUP_ICON
105
2.73893
514
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_DIALOG
106
2.91148
248
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_DIALOG
111
2.89887
238
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_DIALOG

Imports

ADVAPI32.dll
COMCTL32.dll
GDI32.dll
KERNEL32.dll
SHELL32.dll
USER32.dll
ole32.dll
No data.
screenshotscreenshot
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Total processes
40
Monitored processes
8
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
4

Behavior graph

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drop and start drop and start drop and start start hpset_2018.06.28.01.exe ysearchsettool.exe ns5b61.tmp no specs webext_dl.exe ns7e9a.tmp no specs wscript.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs ping.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2844"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hpset_2018.06.28.01.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hpset_2018.06.28.01.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Yahoo! Inc.
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Yahoo homepage Set Setup
Exit code:
0
Version:
2018.06.28.01
2392"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Yahoo\yset\YSearchSetTool.exe" /partner=external-oo-hpbanner /yfrc_ie=yset_ie_syc_hp /yfrc_ff=yset_ff_syc_hp /yfrc_chr=yset_chr_syc_hp /ytc=yset_hpiebanner /ytchp=yset_hpiebanner /intl=us /setie /setchr /setffC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Yahoo\yset\YSearchSetTool.exe
hpset_2018.06.28.01.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Yahoo Inc.
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
YSearchSetTool
Exit code:
0
Version:
2018, 06, 28, 01
2632"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsf5B02.tmp\ns5B61.tmp" webExt_DL.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsf5B02.tmp\ns5B61.tmphpset_2018.06.28.01.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
3636webExt_DL.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Yahoo\yset\webExt_DL.exe
ns5B61.tmp
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
2512"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsf5B02.tmp\ns7E9A.tmp" wscript.exe invisible.vbs checksets.batC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsf5B02.tmp\ns7E9A.tmphpset_2018.06.28.01.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
3100wscript.exe invisible.vbs checksets.batC:\Windows\system32\wscript.exens7E9A.tmp
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft ® Windows Based Script Host
Exit code:
0
Version:
5.8.7600.16385
2480cmd /c ""C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Yahoo\yset\checksets.bat" "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exewscript.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Version:
6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
3544PING 127.0.0.1 -n 1800 C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXEcmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
TCP/IP Ping Command
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Total events
1 345
Read events
1 233
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
11
Suspicious files
2
Text files
7
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2844hpset_2018.06.28.01.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsf5B02.tmp\nsl813B.tmp.htm
MD5:
SHA256:
2844hpset_2018.06.28.01.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Yahoo\yset\checksets.battext
MD5:53136B74D9AE0821C34CF0F0EA545032
SHA256:2081D047667212399FC1369DC47C3A1E19F896EC68428B6FA48C3A52D3C0C044
2844hpset_2018.06.28.01.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Yahoo\yset\ypanel.exeexecutable
MD5:AAA84F9E858C4BFAD3E86807094C030D
SHA256:41A0C48AC1097C843DCA9577C66ACA095ADBAF2615E40C7DC48C5AC745A8AEE7
2844hpset_2018.06.28.01.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Yahoo\yset\YSearchUtil.dllexecutable
MD5:9356F12A9FAFB0CFC91213AE727F7B9C
SHA256:EB654863FD6230E2470E66B933675E153E007DAB33DF8204BF39AACA69B6C928
2844hpset_2018.06.28.01.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsf5B02.tmp\ns7E9A.tmpexecutable
MD5:37707A29BD8EFBEB912019737BB2B584
SHA256:4751809EF6FD3CED738392E7C5DF6D4E3938D85711DAA0B52B045B5092913C27
2844hpset_2018.06.28.01.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsf5B02.tmp\ns5B61.tmpexecutable
MD5:37707A29BD8EFBEB912019737BB2B584
SHA256:4751809EF6FD3CED738392E7C5DF6D4E3938D85711DAA0B52B045B5092913C27
2844hpset_2018.06.28.01.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Yahoo\yset\YSearchSetTool.exeexecutable
MD5:8CF6891B39F55057E958766FCBA08F89
SHA256:3C9971115278E434F0F7D1C0234988AC1FFBA2BD5EDE32985CEA3DE135DFF773
2392YSearchSetTool.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Yahoo\search.xmlxml
MD5:A2BBC5E38683FE0C241CB0CAB4402B02
SHA256:54E4C649C3016841550AEF5C1C485D459EEB47F3789EF1118214FB947D961ED8
3636webExt_DL.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Yahoo\yset\[email protected]compressed
MD5:932FF4BA098232ADF882E69F4A4052EC
SHA256:0C70FF6C1117AF5D8670AE411A52C6997A26A071DA813A015661DF8FA2130DB7
2844hpset_2018.06.28.01.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Yahoo\yset\webExt_DL.exeexecutable
MD5:B359A583FC4F5CB0EBBE03495D5449DE
SHA256:2B078C508999C9321D9B0155D283D7EF695E560ECE8CE55E5863D3CF72AE6B4A
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
5
DNS requests
4
Threats
0

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
2392
YSearchSetTool.exe
77.238.185.34:443
geo.yahoo.com
Yahoo! UK Services Limited
GB
shared
2392
YSearchSetTool.exe
212.82.100.137:443
search.yahoo.com
Yahoo! UK Services Limited
CH
shared
2844
hpset_2018.06.28.01.exe
77.238.185.34:443
geo.yahoo.com
Yahoo! UK Services Limited
GB
shared
3636
webExt_DL.exe
52.222.175.72:443
addons.cdn.mozilla.net
Amazon.com, Inc.
US
unknown
3636
webExt_DL.exe
52.10.161.248:443
addons.mozilla.org
Amazon.com, Inc.
US
unknown

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
geo.yahoo.com
  • 77.238.185.34
whitelisted
addons.mozilla.org
  • 52.10.161.248
  • 35.160.105.138
  • 34.215.159.253
  • 52.26.173.131
  • 52.36.247.148
  • 54.69.134.102
shared
search.yahoo.com
  • 212.82.100.137
whitelisted
addons.cdn.mozilla.net
  • 52.222.175.72
shared

Threats

No threats detected
Process
Message
YSearchSetTool.exe
12-14-2018 23:59:28.159[2392,2416]: YSearchSetUtil called w/params: "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Yahoo\yset\YSearchSetTool.exe" /partner=external-oo-hpbanner /yfrc_ie=yset_ie_syc_hp /yfrc_ff=yset_ff_syc_hp /yfrc_chr=yset_chr_syc_hp /ytc=yset_hpiebanner /ytchp=yset_hpiebanner /intl=us /setie /setchr /setff
YSearchSetTool.exe
12-14-2018 23:59:28.159[2392,2416]: RedirectKeysToInteractiveUser - LoadUserProfile call failed: 1314
YSearchSetTool.exe
12-14-2018 23:59:28.174[2392,2416]: YSearchSetUtil successfully loaded YSearchUtil.dll
YSearchSetTool.exe
12-14-2018 23:59:28.174[2392,2416]: Successfully found Firefox profile folder location: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\qldyz51w.default
YSearchSetTool.exe
12-14-2018 23:59:28.190[2392,2416]: -- Successfully read Chrome's local state JSON file
YSearchSetTool.exe
12-14-2018 23:59:28.205[2392,2416]: -- Successfully parsed Chrome's local state JSON file
YSearchSetTool.exe
12-14-2018 23:59:28.221[2392,2416]: -- first run- sending acceptance beacon!
YSearchSetTool.exe
12-14-2018 23:59:28.737[2392,2416]: >> send tracking beacon: https://geo.yahoo.com/p?t=1544831968&browser=inst&chr=1&ctid=%7b4FE34AD5-925B-0D47-AB44-BD7FA40C0A2C%7d&dc=ieinstaller&defbrows=unk&ff=1&fr=&ie=1&ino=1&intl=us&itype=accept&osname=Windows&osver=6.1&pc=hp_banner&s=151340135&ver=1.0.0.140&vtestid=default
YSearchSetTool.exe
12-14-2018 23:59:28.737[2392,2416]: Acting on set param: /setchr
YSearchSetTool.exe
12-14-2018 23:59:28.737[2392,2416]: Calling CYSearchSetChrome::getCurrentDefaultSP (using secure prefs: 0)