File name:

flux-setup4-134.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/54c9bcc1-7770-47ba-8db0-5e4224ecf64a
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: February 06, 2025, 23:35:31
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive, 5 sections
MD5:

EBF5B897E0E4B90143764FC39E0C5A21

SHA1:

244EB29A512F1CC980BCFDC3BDA2C62E1954C6D7

SHA256:

B53390DBA0E0C227341F3C688BE3AEF91455C4F926E6527AF6CE1E4ACF74A7B3

SSDEEP:

24576:F5sHdXD15A20DShVQog3j4FY5i/iZposemU5HJZkANLmBz3CLnTAWtQD24fCxS17:F5MdXD15A20ShVQ5j4FY5iKZposemU54

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Changes the autorun value in the registry

      • flux-setup4-134.exe (PID: 6340)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • flux.exe (PID: 6464)
      • flux-setup4-134.exe (PID: 6340)
      • flux.exe (PID: 6660)
    • Application launched itself

      • flux.exe (PID: 6464)
    • Creates a software uninstall entry

      • flux-setup4-134.exe (PID: 6340)
      • flux.exe (PID: 6640)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • flux-setup4-134.exe (PID: 6340)
    • Reads Microsoft Outlook installation path

      • flux.exe (PID: 6660)
    • Reads Internet Explorer settings

      • flux.exe (PID: 6660)
    • Checks Windows Trust Settings

      • flux.exe (PID: 6660)
    • There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)

      • flux.exe (PID: 6588)
  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • flux.exe (PID: 6464)
      • flux.exe (PID: 6588)
      • flux-setup4-134.exe (PID: 6340)
      • flux.exe (PID: 6640)
      • flux.exe (PID: 6660)
    • Reads the computer name

      • flux-setup4-134.exe (PID: 6340)
      • flux.exe (PID: 6464)
      • flux.exe (PID: 6588)
      • flux.exe (PID: 6660)
    • The sample compiled with english language support

      • flux-setup4-134.exe (PID: 6340)
    • Process checks computer location settings

      • flux.exe (PID: 6464)
      • flux-setup4-134.exe (PID: 6340)
    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • flux-setup4-134.exe (PID: 6340)
    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • flux-setup4-134.exe (PID: 6340)
      • flux.exe (PID: 6660)
    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • flux.exe (PID: 6660)
    • Reads the software policy settings

      • flux.exe (PID: 6660)
    • Checks proxy server information

      • flux.exe (PID: 6660)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (42.2)
.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (37.3)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (8.8)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (6)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (2.7)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2016:04:02 03:20:05+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 6
CodeSize: 23552
InitializedDataSize: 120320
UninitializedDataSize: 1024
EntryPoint: 0x30fb
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: 6
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows GUI
No data.
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Total processes
136
Monitored processes
5
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start flux-setup4-134.exe flux.exe no specs flux.exe flux.exe no specs flux.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
6340"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\flux-setup4-134.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\flux-setup4-134.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\flux-setup4-134.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\user32.dll
6464"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FluxSoftware\Flux\flux.exe" /unlockwingammaC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FluxSoftware\Flux\flux.exeflux-setup4-134.exe
User:
admin
Company:
f.lux Software LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
f.lux
Exit code:
0
Version:
4, 134, 0, 0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\fluxsoftware\flux\flux.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\user32.dll
6588"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FluxSoftware\Flux\flux.exe" /unlockwingammaC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FluxSoftware\Flux\flux.exe
flux.exe
User:
admin
Company:
f.lux Software LLC
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
f.lux
Exit code:
0
Version:
4, 134, 0, 0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\fluxsoftware\flux\flux.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\user32.dll
6640"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FluxSoftware\Flux\flux.exe" /writeinstallversionC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FluxSoftware\Flux\flux.exeflux-setup4-134.exe
User:
admin
Company:
f.lux Software LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
f.lux
Exit code:
0
Version:
4, 134, 0, 0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\fluxsoftware\flux\flux.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\user32.dll
6660"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FluxSoftware\Flux\flux.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FluxSoftware\Flux\flux.exe
flux-setup4-134.exe
User:
admin
Company:
f.lux Software LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
f.lux
Version:
4, 134, 0, 0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\fluxsoftware\flux\flux.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\user32.dll
Total events
2 361
Read events
2 325
Write events
34
Delete events
2

Modification events

(PID) Process:(6588) flux.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ICM
Operation:writeName:GdiICMGammaRange
Value:
256
(PID) Process:(6588) flux.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ICM
Operation:writeName:GdiICMGammaRange
Value:
256
(PID) Process:(6640) flux.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Flux
Operation:writeName:DisplayVersion
Value:
4.134
(PID) Process:(6660) flux.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CloudStore\Store\DefaultAccount\Current\default$windows.data.bluelightreduction.settings\windows.data.bluelightreduction.settings
Operation:writeName:Data
Value:
434201000A0201002A06CE8E95BD062A2B0E2143420100CA140E1500CA1E0E0700CF28C435CA320E132E1100CA3C0E062E260000000000
(PID) Process:(6340) flux-setup4-134.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Operation:writeName:f.lux
Value:
"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FluxSoftware\Flux\flux.exe" /noshow
(PID) Process:(6340) flux-setup4-134.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Flux
Operation:writeName:DisplayName
Value:
f.lux
(PID) Process:(6340) flux-setup4-134.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Flux
Operation:writeName:Publisher
Value:
f.lux Software LLC
(PID) Process:(6340) flux-setup4-134.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Flux
Operation:writeName:DisplayIcon
Value:
"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FluxSoftware\Flux\flux.exe"
(PID) Process:(6340) flux-setup4-134.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Flux
Operation:writeName:UninstallString
Value:
"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FluxSoftware\Flux\uninstall.exe"
(PID) Process:(6340) flux-setup4-134.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Flux
Operation:writeName:QuietUninstallString
Value:
"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FluxSoftware\Flux\uninstall.exe" /S
Executable files
9
Suspicious files
15
Text files
5
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
6340flux-setup4-134.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsn6A38.tmp\nsProcess.dllexecutable
MD5:FAA7F034B38E729A983965C04CC70FC1
SHA256:579A034FF5AB9B732A318B1636C2902840F604E8E664F5B93C07A99253B3C9CF
6660flux.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\B2FAF7692FD9FFBD64EDE317E42334BA_D7393C8F62BDE4D4CB606228BC7A711Ebinary
MD5:BEB6F7FA24C8100F160EC7DBF0AF01D9
SHA256:69B62037D21DCD3B7DE379A954C7CE03986BCEF49B44806149A913A7CA0CA205
6660flux.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FluxSoftware\Flux\font\Segoe UI-19-700-0.ytfbinary
MD5:49FDB31F35F1BD50A22E40D96C4B64F4
SHA256:5BF22EC58884D9D26540BD7C758D65627BE4243B337C83ED53114E894DDE688F
6660flux.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\B2FAF7692FD9FFBD64EDE317E42334BA_D7393C8F62BDE4D4CB606228BC7A711Ebinary
MD5:258AD31FC90D3A344BF3483E2E03ED31
SHA256:A2C024AFC933898F56A41EDC89F144D2CAB6955EDA55AA4999EADC3A09E008A3
6660flux.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FluxSoftware\Flux\font\Calibri-13-400-0.ytfbinary
MD5:FAD467D43E7DD4CD1C13404ED897B14D
SHA256:B1134DAFE29DC765259468DAC4A4DB79A135002F7FFF9D9009A9CA68134CD7A8
6660flux.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\FluxSoftware\Flux\font\Calibri-29-400-0.ytfbinary
MD5:4EFCA15728E47A36CE03DA27E5A72C8F
SHA256:6F908DDE9AB0E97E8A190350D177C476A329322C4E73AC9C0AAE043674913C2E
6660flux.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\65E4E5D32C2481BB44383D7FBD7C5144binary
MD5:E61AED1F6736ED578F3F9E6CEBFB13DD
SHA256:F3028A6FC2CEB78A0A95B2E7BF1ED66BA0198E48344A2F9BB1F7D4CF3EB8B672
6660flux.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\07CEF2F654E3ED6050FFC9B6EB844250_3431D4C539FB2CFCB781821E9902850Dbinary
MD5:C97A718CE8586F84A7E896BFBD5FACCA
SHA256:3798F30E7960C127A8EB0C9F00C48A9E6D808BE3270D371154E85D19935E60EE
6660flux.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\07CEF2F654E3ED6050FFC9B6EB844250_3431D4C539FB2CFCB781821E9902850Dbinary
MD5:52C1BFFC83B3F8A89DFF522EC96765EB
SHA256:0052EE3317EBB90F870BFD316319D72BCAF40DB5101CD7A3E6CC6E4252ACD223
6660flux.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\RR3E01RZ\preset[1].jsontext
MD5:6D68E518B810046C3F49F9F1A0C81F40
SHA256:97688AE8230AAC5070866EB90A981D228B7B6E58D204985AFC142AAFDF103A3F
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HTTP(S) requests
10
TCP/UDP connections
35
DNS requests
20
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
GET
200
23.48.23.11:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
whitelisted
GET
200
2.17.190.73:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D
unknown
whitelisted
GET
200
23.35.229.160:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
whitelisted
6660
flux.exe
GET
200
104.18.38.233:80
http://ocsp.usertrust.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTNMNJMNDqCqx8FcBWK16EHdimS6QQUU3m%2FWqorSs9UgOHYm8Cd8rIDZssCEH1bUSa0droR23QWC7xTDac%3D
unknown
whitelisted
6660
flux.exe
GET
200
104.18.38.233:80
http://ocsp.comodoca.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBRTtU9uFqgVGHhJwXZyWCNXmVR5ngQUoBEKIz6W8Qfs4q8p74Klf9AwpLQCEDlyRDr5IrdR19NsEN0xNZU%3D
unknown
whitelisted
6660
flux.exe
GET
200
172.64.149.23:80
http://ocsp.sectigo.com/MFIwUDBOMEwwSjAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBRDC9IOTxN6GmyRjyTl2n4yTUczyAQUjYxexFStiuF36Zv5mwXhuAGNYeECEQCKAhou7VlnPBmXQ6zNyu89
unknown
whitelisted
GET
200
2.17.190.73:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
whitelisted
1448
backgroundTaskHost.exe
GET
200
2.17.190.73:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D
unknown
whitelisted
4264
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
4264
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
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
51.124.78.146:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
23.48.23.11:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
23.35.229.160:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
51.124.78.146:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
5064
SearchApp.exe
92.123.104.33:443
www.bing.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
2.17.190.73:80
ocsp.digicert.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
1176
svchost.exe
20.190.159.128:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
1076
svchost.exe
23.35.238.131:443
go.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
6660
flux.exe
216.176.200.22:443
justgetflux.com
VPLS-GLOBAL
US
unknown

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.48.23.11
  • 23.48.23.35
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 23.35.229.160
whitelisted
www.bing.com
  • 92.123.104.33
  • 92.123.104.28
  • 92.123.104.59
  • 92.123.104.32
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 2.17.190.73
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 20.190.159.128
  • 40.126.31.1
  • 40.126.31.71
  • 20.190.159.129
  • 40.126.31.0
  • 40.126.31.73
  • 40.126.31.128
  • 40.126.31.130
whitelisted
go.microsoft.com
  • 23.35.238.131
whitelisted
justgetflux.com
  • 216.176.200.22
unknown
ocsp.comodoca.com
  • 104.18.38.233
  • 172.64.149.23
whitelisted
ocsp.usertrust.com
  • 104.18.38.233
  • 172.64.149.23
whitelisted
ocsp.sectigo.com
  • 172.64.149.23
  • 104.18.38.233
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
Process
Message
flux-setup4-134.exe
ExecShellAsUser: DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH
flux-setup4-134.exe
ExecShellAsUser: process is not elevated, will fallback to ShellExecute
flux-setup4-134.exe
ExecShellAsUser: DLL_PROCESS_DETACH