| File name: | helpmepls.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/e129ade1-5ddf-45d1-b4f3-e9a3d6cfe857 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | Orcus is a modular Remote Access Trojan with some unusual functions. This RAT enables attackers to create plugins using a custom development library and offers a robust core feature set that makes it one of the most dangerous malicious programs in its class. |
| Analysis date: | February 18, 2019, 12:13:39 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/x-dosexec |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows |
| MD5: | C3ABCD7430E54AF41E7E4B72A03A38A5 |
| SHA1: | 92DE48C2F3CD60FF1B9A36FE10EC6B258B59035A |
| SHA256: | B5B66F97740B7A09569E050C7C68AB439F8CD815AC17C3787390351F28C8E8E6 |
| SSDEEP: | 24576:4tb4MROxnFj38BukhrrcI0AilFEvxHPCqood:4iMi1VqrrcI0AilFEvxHP |
MALICIOUS
Orcus was detected
- helpmepls.exe (PID: 3072)
- helpmepls.exe (PID: 3372)
- Orcus.exe (PID: 3244)
- Orcus.exe (PID: 2924)
Loads the Task Scheduler COM API
- Orcus.exe (PID: 3244)
Application was dropped or rewritten from another process
- OrcusWatchdog.exe (PID: 2240)
- OrcusWatchdog.exe (PID: 4040)
Orcus RAT was detected
- OrcusWatchdog.exe (PID: 2240)
SUSPICIOUS
Application launched itself
- helpmepls.exe (PID: 3072)
- OrcusWatchdog.exe (PID: 2240)
Starts itself from another location
- helpmepls.exe (PID: 3372)
Creates files in the program directory
- helpmepls.exe (PID: 3372)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- helpmepls.exe (PID: 3372)
- Orcus.exe (PID: 3244)
Creates files in the user directory
- Orcus.exe (PID: 3244)
Connects to unusual port
- Orcus.exe (PID: 3244)
INFO
Reads Microsoft Office registry keys
- WINWORD.EXE (PID: 2748)
Creates files in the user directory
- WINWORD.EXE (PID: 2748)
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TRiD
| .exe | | | Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (56.7) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Win64 Executable (generic) (21.3) |
| .scr | | | Windows screen saver (10.1) |
| .dll | | | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (5) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (3.4) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2019:02:02 11:35:37+01:00 |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 8 |
| CodeSize: | 925184 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 28672 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0xe3c4e |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 3.0.0.0 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 2.0.0.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | Neutral |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| Comments: | - |
| CompanyName: | lmao |
| FileDescription: | SPOOFER_WP |
| FileVersion: | 3.0.0.0 |
| InternalName: | spoofer.exe |
| LegalCopyright: | Copyright © hax 2019 |
| LegalTrademarks: | - |
| OriginalFileName: | Orcus.exe |
| ProductName: | SPOOFER_WP |
| ProductVersion: | 2.0.0.0 |
| AssemblyVersion: | 1.0.0.0 |
Summary
| Architecture: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
|---|---|
| Subsystem: | IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI |
| Compilation Date: | 02-Feb-2019 10:35:37 |
| Comments: | - |
| CompanyName: | lmao |
| FileDescription: | SPOOFER_WP |
| FileVersion: | 3.0.0.0 |
| InternalName: | spoofer.exe |
| LegalCopyright: | Copyright © hax 2019 |
| LegalTrademarks: | - |
| OriginalFilename: | Orcus.exe |
| ProductName: | SPOOFER_WP |
| ProductVersion: | 2.0.0.0 |
| Assembly Version: | 1.0.0.0 |
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: | 0x00000080 |
PE Headers
| Signature: | PE |
|---|---|
| Machine: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
| Number of sections: | 3 |
| Time date stamp: | 02-Feb-2019 10:35:37 |
| 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 | 0x00002000 | 0x000E1C54 | 0x000E1E00 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 7.15412 |
.rsrc | 0x000E4000 | 0x00006CB8 | 0x00006E00 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 5.11125 |
.reloc | 0x000EC000 | 0x0000000C | 0x00000200 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 0.10191 |
Resources
Title | Entropy | Size | Codepage | Language | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4.99793 | 3128 | Latin 1 / Western European | UNKNOWN | RT_MANIFEST |
2 | 3.28532 | 2440 | Latin 1 / Western European | UNKNOWN | RT_ICON |
3 | 3.02375 | 4264 | Latin 1 / Western European | UNKNOWN | RT_ICON |
4 | 2.66098 | 9640 | Latin 1 / Western European | UNKNOWN | RT_ICON |
5 | 7.80598 | 5849 | Latin 1 / Western European | UNKNOWN | RT_ICON |
Imports
mscoree.dll |
Total processes
42
Monitored processes
7
Malicious processes
5
Suspicious processes
1
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2240 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\OrcusWatchdog.exe" /launchSelfAndExit "C:\Program Files\Orcus\Orcus.exe" 3244 /protectFile | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\OrcusWatchdog.exe | Orcus.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Exit code: 4040 Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
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| 2748 | "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\feessave.rtf" | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft Word Exit code: 0 Version: 14.0.6024.1000 Modules
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| 2924 | "C:\Program Files\Orcus\Orcus.exe" | C:\Program Files\Orcus\Orcus.exe | taskeng.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: lmao Integrity Level: HIGH Description: SPOOFER_WP Exit code: 0 Version: 3.0.0.0 Modules
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| 3072 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\helpmepls.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\helpmepls.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: lmao Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: SPOOFER_WP Exit code: 0 Version: 3.0.0.0 Modules
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| 3244 | "C:\Program Files\Orcus\Orcus.exe" | C:\Program Files\Orcus\Orcus.exe | helpmepls.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: lmao Integrity Level: HIGH Description: SPOOFER_WP Exit code: 0 Version: 3.0.0.0 Modules
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| 3372 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\helpmepls.exe" /wait | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\helpmepls.exe | helpmepls.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: lmao Integrity Level: HIGH Description: SPOOFER_WP Exit code: 0 Version: 3.0.0.0 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 4040 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\OrcusWatchdog.exe" /watchProcess "C:\Program Files\Orcus\Orcus.exe" 3244 "/protectFile" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\OrcusWatchdog.exe | — | OrcusWatchdog.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
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Total events
1 814
Read events
1 742
Write events
61
Delete events
11
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (3072) helpmepls.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UNCAsIntranet |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3072) helpmepls.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | AutoDetect |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3372) helpmepls.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UNCAsIntranet |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3372) helpmepls.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | AutoDetect |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2240) OrcusWatchdog.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UNCAsIntranet |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2240) OrcusWatchdog.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | AutoDetect |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3244) Orcus.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UNCAsIntranet |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3244) Orcus.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | AutoDetect |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2748) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word\Resiliency\StartupItems |
| Operation: | write | Name: | .o1 |
Value: 2E6F3100BC0A0000010000000000000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2748) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1033 |
Value: Off | |||
Executable files
2
Suspicious files
0
Text files
4
Unknown types
3
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2748 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CVRFFAE.tmp.cvr | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2748 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Word\~WRS{3E48D5C9-1064-4419-83E7-CE03FCFCEAAF}.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2748 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Word\~WRS{07D3DE6E-E541-4312-85A5-D691432758E9}.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3372 | helpmepls.exe | C:\Program Files\Orcus\Orcus.exe | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2748 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office\Recent\feessave.rtf.LNK | lnk | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2748 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office\Recent\index.dat | text | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2748 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\~$essave.rtf | pgc | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3244 | Orcus.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\OrcusWatchdog.exe.config | xml | |
MD5:A2B76CEA3A59FA9AF5EA21FF68139C98 | SHA256:F99EF5BF79A7C43701877F0BB0B890591885BB0A3D605762647CC8FFBF10C839 | |||
| 3244 | Orcus.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\OrcusWatchdog.exe | executable | |
MD5:913967B216326E36A08010FB70F9DBA3 | SHA256:8D880758549220154D2FF4EE578F2B49527C5FB76A07D55237B61E30BCC09E3A | |||
| 2748 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\~$Normal.dotm | pgc | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
0
DNS requests
0
Threats
0
HTTP requests
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