Malware analysis Mshounia_ Payroll_memo.docx Malicious activity

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File name:	Mshounia_ Payroll_memo.docx
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/4d980fae-fc7d-4fb6-a877-d9f7da985709
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	August 01, 2025, 05:24:16
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	qrcode phishing phish-url susp-redirect qr-redirect
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
File info:	Microsoft Word 2007+
MD5:	D7C9A614712A4F61109F19F4322EB501
SHA1:	8841A68E1C4F60621C8F0F2D7CF6BC1EEF774BDD
SHA256:	B818D9B19CBE8B4F04C4F3A8C2D71C37856F8A82EE7DA389714AF19FA2FFF587
SSDEEP:	1536:6gaWGbygdZT4Gq+PWTOGcUuSrfzIftENki5M8l9wCcme1ppDV3qTxOG5ulw:sWGuEZT4QPWT9vuszIVlswv55xqTPT

ANY.RUN is an interactive service which provides full access to the guest system. Information in this report could be distorted by user actions and is provided for user acknowledgement as it is. ANY.RUN does not guarantee maliciousness or safety of the content.

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
- Suspicious URL found
  - WINWORD.EXE (PID: 3736)
- QR code contains URL with email
  - WINWORD.EXE (PID: 3736)
SUSPICIOUS
- Detected QR code with redirect chain
  - WINWORD.EXE (PID: 3736)
INFO
No info indicators.

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.docx	\|	Word Microsoft Office Open XML Format document (52.2)
.zip	\|	Open Packaging Conventions container (38.8)
.zip	\|	ZIP compressed archive (8.8)

EXIF

ZIP

ZipRequiredVersion:	20
ZipBitFlag:	-
ZipCompression:	Deflated
ZipModifyDate:	2025:07:30 13:39:48
ZipCRC:	0xd8108942
ZipCompressedSize:	346
ZipUncompressedSize:	1371
ZipFileName:	[Content_Types].xml

XML

TotalEditTime:	-
Pages:	-
Words:	-
Characters:	-
Application:	Microsoft Office Word
DocSecurity:	None
Lines:	-
Paragraphs:	-
ScaleCrop:	No
Company:	-
LinksUpToDate:	No
CharactersWithSpaces:	-
SharedDoc:	No
HyperlinksChanged:	No
AppVersion:	12
RevisionNumber:	-

No data.

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Total processes

139

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

760

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\VFS\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\ai.exe" "2A83243B-0C24-4952-BE9C-E6A9C3DB6BFD" "EDB66D87-44AA-4555-B91C-880B5C2D41FC" "3736"

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\VFS\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\ai.exe

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WINWORD.EXE

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Host for the Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and Platform x64.

Version:

0.12.2.0

Modules

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c:\program files\microsoft office\root\vfs\programfilescommonx64\microsoft shared\office16\ai.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\clicktorun\appvisvsubsystems64.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\clicktorun\c2r64.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll

3736

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mshounia_ Payroll_memo.docx" /o ""

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Microsoft Word

Version:

16.0.16026.20146

Modules

Images
c:\program files\microsoft office\root\office16\winword.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\clicktorun\appvisvsubsystems64.dll

4724

C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

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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

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Total events

7 117

Read events

7 045

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(3736) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common
Operation:	write	Name:	SessionId
Value: 95AAF6E1BBB45440B6B30777CF5F8137
(PID) Process:	(3736) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\GracefulExit\WINWORD\2200
Operation:	delete value	Name:	0
Value: ซ鴐㝅娴Ꝇ힬꿹�䙔�닜樁င$驄摽鶲ީ湕湫睯쥮Ȇ∢්ł¢ᣂ숁씀褎예됏죃캲ǭ჉砃㐶ᇅᆘዒ看椀渀眀漀爀搀⸀攀砀攀씀‖ៅ肀줄࠘㈲㈱䐭捥
(PID) Process:	(3736) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\GracefulExit\WINWORD\2200
Operation:	delete key	Name:	(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:	(3736) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\CrashPersistence\WINWORD\3736
Operation:	write	Name:	0
Value: 0B0E10ABABEE7BE4BF704F8C0C4BFB1D97485D230046EFD4F7CCC8D480EE016A04102400449A7D64B29D01008500A907556E6B6E6F776EC906022222CA0DC2190000C50E8908C91003783634C511981DD2120B770069006E0077006F00720064002E00650078006500C51620C517808004C91808323231322D44656300
(PID) Process:	(3736) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Word\Resiliency\StartupItems
Operation:	write	Name:	/-3
Value: 2F2D3300980E0000040000000000000032CCD489A402DC018C00000001000000840000003E0043003A005C00550073006500720073005C00610064006D0069006E005C0041007000700044006100740061005C0052006F0061006D0069006E0067005C004D006900630072006F0073006F00660074005C00540065006D0070006C0061007400650073005C004E006F0072006D0061006C002E0064006F0074006D00000000000000
(PID) Process:	(3736) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\ClientTelemetry\Sampling
Operation:	write	Name:	0
Value: 017012000000001000B24E9A3E02000000000000000600000000000000
(PID) Process:	(3736) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\CrashPersistence\WINWORD\3736
Operation:	write	Name:	0
Value: 0B0E10ABABEE7BE4BF704F8C0C4BFB1D97485D230046EFD4F7CCC8D480EE016A04102400449A7D64B29D01008500A907556E6B6E6F776EC906022222CA0DC2190000C91003783634C511981DD2120B770069006E0077006F00720064002E00650078006500C51620C517808004C91808323231322D44656300
(PID) Process:	(3736) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	en-US
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(3736) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	de-de
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(3736) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	fr-fr
Value: 2

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
3736	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\UsageMetricsStore\FileActivityStoreV3\Word\ASkwMDAwMDAwMC0wMDAwLTAwMDAtMDAwMC0wMDAwMDAwMDAwMDBfTnVsbAA.S		binary
		MD5:C29F168EEB3B37E3F80CA6F1FEC65B0B	SHA256:B60C7AFB1BF21277ED51600EBCAA460150F7AA91F2A6BDECF0625574DBD69CE7
3736	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~$hounia_ Payroll_memo.docx		pgc
		MD5:BD1DFDD25E6B9D418E45E090784D53AF	SHA256:8E9CA2250E023039F3E3071CCEF5E6E91E002AE33F2FD567A3180588541B9D9E
3736	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\~$Normal.dotm		pgc
		MD5:51AE169E550E0A891FF1054EFEAA90E0	SHA256:44836A1C5313AF5782327F856B1D59B582009A32869607D39B2927A5BE84B18E
3736	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\TokenBroker\Cache\56a61aeb75d8f5be186c26607f4bb213abe7c5ec.tbres		binary
		MD5:46980C2C54C1F7F63F4A9EDC5F3AA317	SHA256:122FC019DA71C2258DB77B6A71370E1F756AC51418B7D530CA2C560888CC53C6
3736	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\TokenBroker\Cache\089d66ba04a8cec4bdc5267f42f39cf84278bb67.tbres		binary
		MD5:A656056355A256F1C0A574148A9629A3	SHA256:BD7E7F6682B6F848F9D8D4AC3015F219E296E47338EDB43D094FCBA8C4C0BBF4
3736	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\TokenBroker\Cache\5475cb191e478c39370a215b2da98a37e9dc813d.tbres		binary
		MD5:A290007376557C508DCB12487C27A51F	SHA256:FC024044BAA5205DE845E85C4AFEC1524B7B19B8D8B53FC7CA2EFD73449C4101
3736	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UProof\ExcludeDictionaryEN0409.lex		text
		MD5:F3B25701FE362EC84616A93A45CE9998	SHA256:B3D510EF04275CA8E698E5B3CBB0ECE3949EF9252F0CDC839E9EE347409A2209
3736	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\fb3b0dbfee58fac8.customDestinations-ms		binary
		MD5:E4A1661C2C886EBB688DEC494532431C	SHA256:B76875C50EF704DBBF7F02C982445971D1BBD61AEBE2E4B28DDC58A1D66317D5
3736	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\XRKPOKEWP4PSH7PRU6QA.temp		binary
		MD5:E4A1661C2C886EBB688DEC494532431C	SHA256:B76875C50EF704DBBF7F02C982445971D1BBD61AEBE2E4B28DDC58A1D66317D5
3736	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\fb3b0dbfee58fac8.customDestinations-ms~RF18f48c.TMP		binary
		MD5:4FCB2A3EE025E4A10D21E1B154873FE2	SHA256:90BF6BAA6F968A285F88620FBF91E1F5AA3E66E2BAD50FD16F37913280AD8228

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HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

142

DNS requests

Threats

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
5944	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
472	RUXIMICS.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
3736	WINWORD.EXE	52.109.76.240:443	officeclient.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
6024	svchost.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
3736	WINWORD.EXE	23.32.238.155:443	omex.cdn.office.net	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
3736	WINWORD.EXE	52.123.129.14:443	ecs.office.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
5944	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.104.136.2 20.73.194.208	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.186.46	whitelisted
officeclient.microsoft.com	52.109.76.240	whitelisted
omex.cdn.office.net	23.32.238.155 23.32.238.120 2.19.198.51 2.19.198.73 23.32.238.89 2.19.198.58 2.19.198.40	whitelisted
ecs.office.com	52.123.129.14 52.123.128.14	whitelisted
messaging.lifecycle.office.com	52.111.231.8	whitelisted
self.events.data.microsoft.com	52.182.143.209 20.189.173.24	whitelisted
metadata.templates.cdn.office.net	95.100.158.105	whitelisted
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com	40.91.76.224	whitelisted

Threats

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Process	Message
WINWORD.EXE	WebView2: Failed to find an installed WebView2 runtime or non-stable Microsoft Edge installation.
WINWORD.EXE	WebView2: Failed to find an installed WebView2 runtime or non-stable Microsoft Edge installation.
WINWORD.EXE	WebView2: Failed to find an installed WebView2 runtime or non-stable Microsoft Edge installation.

General Info

Mshounia_ Payroll_memo.docx

D7C9A614712A4F61109F19F4322EB501

8841A68E1C4F60621C8F0F2D7CF6BC1EEF774BDD

B818D9B19CBE8B4F04C4F3A8C2D71C37856F8A82EE7DA389714AF19FA2FFF587

1536:6gaWGbygdZT4Gq+PWTOGcUuSrfzIftENki5M8l9wCcme1ppDV3qTxOG5ulw:sWGuEZT4QPWT9vuszIVlswv55xqTPT

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MALICIOUS

Suspicious URL found

QR code contains URL with email

SUSPICIOUS

Detected QR code with redirect chain

INFO

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TRiD

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ZIP

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