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/fbbcbed6-88e4-4a32-b4c4-cfba85df6eb1
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	August 01, 2025, 05:27:12
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	qrcode qr-redirect phishing phish-url susp-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

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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
- QR code contains URL with email
  - WINWORD.EXE (PID: 1728)
- Suspicious URL found
  - WINWORD.EXE (PID: 1728)
SUSPICIOUS
- Detected QR code with redirect chain
  - WINWORD.EXE (PID: 1728)
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

141

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

1728

"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:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\clicktorun\appvisvsubsystems64.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll

6200

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\VFS\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\ai.exe" "3D229070-4C9A-4E7A-A8D5-154B264CD7A9" "FB2CF1E7-627E-481F-AE7D-DE23695B7D20" "1728"

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

Images
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:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll

6636

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

15 099

Read events

14 749

Write events

329

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(1728) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\ClientTelemetry\Sampling
Operation:	write	Name:	0
Value: 017012000000001000B24E9A3E02000000000000000600000000000000
(PID) Process:	(1728) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\CrashPersistence\WINWORD\1728
Operation:	write	Name:	0
Value: 0B0E10655E91304082684E828A3BB5259FF8B6230046A4ABEC90CFD480EE016A04102400449A7D64B29D01008500A907556E6B6E6F776EC906022222CA0DC2190000C91003783634C511C00DD2120B770069006E0077006F00720064002E00650078006500C51620C517808004C91808323231322D44656300
(PID) Process:	(1728) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	en-US
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(1728) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	de-de
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(1728) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	fr-fr
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(1728) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	es-es
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(1728) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	it-it
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(1728) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	ja-jp
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(1728) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	ko-kr
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(1728) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	pt-br
Value: 2

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Executable files

Suspicious files

108

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
1728	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\~$Normal.dotm		pgc
		MD5:F4D78B157217A7DD09D2CAB700C84B15	SHA256:8B0D13F898B08E03ECAB64A588128A513E907418DDDE363A7B82574C114C9C52
1728	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\WebServiceCache\AllUsers\officeclient.microsoft.com\78F869DF-A3DA-404B-BE8F-A8E3E1255590		xml
		MD5:AA61E52408BF2C23207DA8913F36878E	SHA256:30CE62CF99E5E358FB8F24FAB842CCF750296562FD2EF4124A123BD654B2A233
1728	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\UsageMetricsStore\FileActivityStoreV3\Word\ASkwMDAwMDAwMC0wMDAwLTAwMDAtMDAwMC0wMDAwMDAwMDAwMDBfTnVsbAA.S		binary
		MD5:5027F564F6CFD4154EA58B59A5203883	SHA256:D89EAABF779E7E0094119A606B969B0004BDEF876F1C38FE8E36ED1C6CA28063
1728	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\AddInClassifierCache\OfficeSharedEntities.bin		text
		MD5:CC90D669144261B198DEAD45AA266572	SHA256:89C701EEFF939A44F28921FD85365ECD87041935DCD0FE0BAF04957DA12C9899
1728	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UProof\ExcludeDictionaryEN0409.lex		text
		MD5:F3B25701FE362EC84616A93A45CE9998	SHA256:B3D510EF04275CA8E698E5B3CBB0ECE3949EF9252F0CDC839E9EE347409A2209
1728	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\fb3b0dbfee58fac8.customDestinations-ms~RF18f42f.TMP		binary
		MD5:4FCB2A3EE025E4A10D21E1B154873FE2	SHA256:90BF6BAA6F968A285F88620FBF91E1F5AA3E66E2BAD50FD16F37913280AD8228
1728	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\8GV5XECPNQJE49PLL2N4.temp		binary
		MD5:E4A1661C2C886EBB688DEC494532431C	SHA256:B76875C50EF704DBBF7F02C982445971D1BBD61AEBE2E4B28DDC58A1D66317D5
1728	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\fb3b0dbfee58fac8.customDestinations-ms		binary
		MD5:E4A1661C2C886EBB688DEC494532431C	SHA256:B76875C50EF704DBBF7F02C982445971D1BBD61AEBE2E4B28DDC58A1D66317D5
1728	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cabB91.tmp		compressed
		MD5:E033CCBC7BA787A2F824CE0952E57D44	SHA256:D250EB1F93B43EFB7654B831B4183C9CAEC2D12D4EFEE8607FEE70B9FAB20730
1728	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cabB93.tmp		compressed
		MD5:F10DF902980F1D5BEEA96B2C668408A7	SHA256:E0100320A4F63E07C77138A89EA24A1CBD69784A89FE3BF83E35576114B4CE02

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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
1380	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	DE	binary	471 b	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	GET	200	23.216.77.6:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	DE	binary	825 b	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	GET	200	23.35.229.160:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	DE	binary	814 b	whitelisted
1728	WINWORD.EXE	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEA77flR%2B3w%2FxBpruV2lte6A%3D	DE	binary	471 b	whitelisted
1728	WINWORD.EXE	GET	200	23.216.77.6:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicCodSigPCA_08-31-2010.crl	DE	binary	564 b	whitelisted
1728	WINWORD.EXE	GET	200	23.216.77.6:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/microsoftrootcert.crl	DE	binary	767 b	whitelisted
1728	WINWORD.EXE	GET	200	23.216.77.6:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicrosoftTimeStampPCA.crl	DE	binary	824 b	whitelisted
1728	WINWORD.EXE	GET	200	23.216.77.6:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicTimStaPCA_2010-07-01.crl	DE	binary	510 b	whitelisted
1728	WINWORD.EXE	GET	200	23.35.229.160:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicCodSigPCA2011_2011-07-08.crl	DE	binary	1.05 Kb	whitelisted
1728	WINWORD.EXE	GET	—	23.216.77.6:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut_2010-06-23.crl	DE	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
1268	svchost.exe	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
5944	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
3400	RUXIMICS.exe	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
1728	WINWORD.EXE	52.109.32.97:443	officeclient.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	GB	whitelisted
1728	WINWORD.EXE	52.123.129.14:443	ecs.office.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
1728	WINWORD.EXE	23.48.23.42:443	omex.cdn.office.net	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
1728	WINWORD.EXE	52.111.231.8:443	messaging.lifecycle.office.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	FR	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
1728	WINWORD.EXE	4.251.34.76:443	nleditor.osi.office.net	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	4.231.128.59 40.127.240.158 51.124.78.146	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.186.110	whitelisted
officeclient.microsoft.com	52.109.32.97	whitelisted
ecs.office.com	52.123.129.14 52.123.128.14	whitelisted
omex.cdn.office.net	23.48.23.42 23.48.23.18 23.48.23.30	whitelisted
messaging.lifecycle.office.com	52.111.231.8	whitelisted
nleditor.osi.office.net	4.251.34.76	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.160.128 40.126.32.140 40.126.32.138 40.126.32.74 40.126.32.133 40.126.32.76 20.190.160.14 20.190.160.22	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.17.190.73	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	23.216.77.6 23.216.77.28 23.216.77.42	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

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

QR code contains URL with email

Suspicious URL found

SUSPICIOUS

Detected QR code with redirect chain

INFO

Malware configuration

Static information

TRiD

EXIF

ZIP

XML

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