File name:

Keygen.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/cd7549c1-8833-4f21-bbe0-a797d565df1e
Verdict: Malicious activity
Threats:

Stealers are a group of malicious software that are intended for gaining unauthorized access to users’ information and transferring it to the attacker. The stealer malware category includes various types of programs that focus on their particular kind of data, including files, passwords, and cryptocurrency. Stealers are capable of spying on their targets by recording their keystrokes and taking screenshots. This type of malware is primarily distributed as part of phishing campaigns.

Analysis date: December 25, 2024, 08:36:25
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:
stealer
python
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64, for MS Windows, 3 sections
MD5:

0FCF0CAB276975F2F12A914B04B10451

SHA1:

9427DF0372079A307A300AE55AAFE193B8A10111

SHA256:

B8AF9CBD706C13F5E7F20573FF5F2894966C905835BD7C026B8C96F20E304C0B

SSDEEP:

98304:54RXRMy0hkcaCJr/VzkvddwCXkFqdz3aC3bww/Al+Biyz6oqV2ky+KLTAHNMl/vT:gAPuHDCjWQyreqdchSDz9

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Actions looks like stealing of personal data

      • Keygen.exe (PID: 2428)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Process drops python dynamic module

      • Keygen.exe (PID: 3688)
      • Keygen.exe (PID: 3128)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • Keygen.exe (PID: 3688)
      • Keygen.exe (PID: 3128)
    • The process drops C-runtime libraries

      • Keygen.exe (PID: 3688)
      • Keygen.exe (PID: 3128)
    • Process drops legitimate windows executable

      • Keygen.exe (PID: 3688)
      • Keygen.exe (PID: 3128)
    • Application launched itself

      • Keygen.exe (PID: 3688)
      • Keygen.exe (PID: 3816)
      • Keygen.exe (PID: 3128)
    • Loads Python modules

      • Keygen.exe (PID: 3816)
      • Keygen.exe (PID: 2428)
    • Reads the date of Windows installation

      • Keygen.exe (PID: 3816)
      • Keygen.exe (PID: 2428)
    • Start notepad (likely ransomware note)

      • Keygen.exe (PID: 2428)
  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • Keygen.exe (PID: 3688)
      • Keygen.exe (PID: 3816)
      • Keygen.exe (PID: 3128)
      • Keygen.exe (PID: 2428)
    • Reads the computer name

      • Keygen.exe (PID: 3688)
      • Keygen.exe (PID: 3816)
      • Keygen.exe (PID: 3128)
      • Keygen.exe (PID: 2428)
    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • Keygen.exe (PID: 3688)
      • Keygen.exe (PID: 3128)
    • The sample compiled with english language support

      • Keygen.exe (PID: 3688)
      • Keygen.exe (PID: 3128)
    • Process checks computer location settings

      • Keygen.exe (PID: 3816)
      • Keygen.exe (PID: 2428)
    • The process uses the downloaded file

      • Keygen.exe (PID: 2428)
    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • Keygen.exe (PID: 2428)
    • Reads Microsoft Office registry keys

      • Keygen.exe (PID: 2428)
    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • notepad.exe (PID: 1596)
      • OpenWith.exe (PID: 6096)
    • Sends debugging messages

      • Acrobat.exe (PID: 4668)
    • Application launched itself

      • Acrobat.exe (PID: 3552)
      • AcroCEF.exe (PID: 2092)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (87.3)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (6.3)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (6.3)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: AMD AMD64
TimeStamp: 2024:11:14 09:46:48+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, Large address aware
PEType: PE32+
LinkerVersion: 14.4
CodeSize: 122880
InitializedDataSize: 16384
UninitializedDataSize: 196608
EntryPoint: 0x4d610
OSVersion: 6
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 6
Subsystem: Windows GUI
No data.
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Total processes
144
Monitored processes
17
Malicious processes
4
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start keygen.exe keygen.exe no specs keygen.exe keygen.exe rundll32.exe no specs notepad.exe no specs openwith.exe no specs acrobat.exe no specs acrobat.exe no specs acrocef.exe no specs acrocef.exe no specs acrocef.exe no specs acrocef.exe acrocef.exe no specs acrocef.exe no specs acrocef.exe no specs acrocef.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
1596"C:\WINDOWS\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\UNLOCK_README.txtC:\Windows\System32\notepad.exeKeygen.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Notepad
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
2092"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe" --backgroundcolor=16514043C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exeAcrobat.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Adobe AcroCEF
Exit code:
0
Version:
23.1.20093.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\adobe\acrobat dc\acrobat\acrocef_1\acrocef.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
2428"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Keygen.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI36882\main.pyC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Keygen.exe
Keygen.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\keygen.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:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
3128"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Keygen.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI36882\main.pyC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Keygen.exe
Keygen.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\keygen.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:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
3552"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\treespecific.png.qwerty"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exeOpenWith.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Adobe Acrobat
Exit code:
1
Version:
23.1.20093.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\adobe\acrobat dc\acrobat\acrobat.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
3688"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Keygen.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Keygen.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\keygen.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:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
3816"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Keygen.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Keygen.exeKeygen.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\keygen.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:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
4052C:\WINDOWS\System32\rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exesvchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows host process (Rundll32)
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\imagehlp.dll
4668"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" --type=renderer /prefetch:1 "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\treespecific.png.qwerty"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exeAcrobat.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Adobe Acrobat
Exit code:
1
Version:
23.1.20093.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\adobe\acrobat dc\acrobat\acrobat.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
6096C:\WINDOWS\system32\OpenWith.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\OpenWith.exesvchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Pick an app
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\openwith.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
Total events
12 310
Read events
12 153
Write events
147
Delete events
10

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2428) Keygen.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.txt\OpenWithProgids
Operation:writeName:txtfile
Value:
(PID) Process:(3552) Acrobat.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Mappings\S-1-15-2-2034283098-2252572593-1072577386-2659511007-3245387615-27016815-3920691934
Operation:writeName:DisplayName
Value:
Adobe Acrobat Reader Protected Mode
(PID) Process:(4668) Acrobat.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\ExitSection
Operation:writeName:bLastExitNormal
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(4668) Acrobat.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVEntitlement
Operation:writeName:bSynchronizeOPL
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(4668) Acrobat.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVGeneral
Operation:writeName:uLastAppLaunchTimeStamp
Value:
(PID) Process:(4668) Acrobat.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVGeneral
Operation:writeName:iNumAcrobatLaunches
Value:
7
(PID) Process:(4668) Acrobat.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\HomeWelcomeFirstMile
Operation:writeName:iCardCountShown
Value:
3
(PID) Process:(4668) Acrobat.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVEntitlement
Operation:writeName:sProductGUID
Value:
4143524F4241545F475549445F4E474C5F44554D4D5900
(PID) Process:(4668) Acrobat.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AdobeViewer
Operation:delete valueName:ProductInfoCache
Value:
(PID) Process:(4668) Acrobat.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AdobeViewer
Operation:writeName:EULAAcceptedForBrowser
Value:
1
Executable files
226
Suspicious files
520
Text files
26
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
3688Keygen.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI36882\Crypto\Cipher\_chacha20.pydexecutable
MD5:CB5238E2D4149636377F9A1E2AF6DC57
SHA256:A8D3BB9CD6A78EBDB4F18693E68B659080D08CB537F9630D279EC9F26772EFC7
3688Keygen.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI36882\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_eksblowfish.pydexecutable
MD5:76F88D89643B0E622263AF676A65A8B4
SHA256:605C86145B3018A5E751C6D61FD0F85CF4A9EBF2AD1F3009A4E68CF9F1A63E49
3688Keygen.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI36882\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_cbc.pydexecutable
MD5:20708935FDD89B3EDDEEA27D4D0EA52A
SHA256:11DD1B49F70DB23617E84E08E709D4A9C86759D911A24EBDDFB91C414CC7F375
3688Keygen.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI36882\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_blowfish.pydexecutable
MD5:45616B10ABE82D5BB18B9C3AB446E113
SHA256:F348DB1843B8F38A23AEE09DD52FB50D3771361C0D529C9C9E142A251CC1D1EC
3688Keygen.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI36882\Crypto\Cipher\_Salsa20.pydexecutable
MD5:371776A7E26BAEB3F75C93A8364C9AE0
SHA256:15257E96D1CA8480B8CB98F4C79B6E365FE38A1BA9638FC8C9AB7FFEA79C4762
3688Keygen.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI36882\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_arc2.pydexecutable
MD5:D2175300E065347D13211F5BF7581602
SHA256:94556934E3F9EE73C77552D2F3FC369C02D62A4C9E7143E472F8E3EE8C00AEE1
3688Keygen.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI36882\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_aes.pydexecutable
MD5:F751792DF10CDEED391D361E82DAF596
SHA256:9524D1DADCD2F2B0190C1B8EDE8E5199706F3D6C19D3FB005809ED4FEBF3E8B5
3688Keygen.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI36882\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_ctr.pydexecutable
MD5:C6B20332B4814799E643BADFFD8DF2CD
SHA256:61C7A532E108F67874EF2E17244358DF19158F6142680F5B21032BA4889AC5D8
3688Keygen.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI36882\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_cast.pydexecutable
MD5:CF3C2F35C37AA066FA06113839C8A857
SHA256:1261783F8881642C3466B96FA5879A492EA9E0DAB41284ED9E4A82E8BCF00C80
3688Keygen.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI36882\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_ecb.pydexecutable
MD5:FEE13D4FB947835DBB62ACA7EAFF44EF
SHA256:3E0D07BBF93E0748B42B1C2550F48F0D81597486038C22548224584AE178A543
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HTTP(S) requests
7
TCP/UDP connections
33
DNS requests
19
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
440
svchost.exe
GET
200
2.16.164.120:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
whitelisted
440
svchost.exe
GET
200
95.101.149.131:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
whitelisted
1176
svchost.exe
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
whitelisted
5064
SearchApp.exe
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D
unknown
whitelisted
4244
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
95.101.149.131:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
whitelisted
4244
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
95.101.149.131:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
whitelisted
968
backgroundTaskHost.exe
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D
unknown
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
whitelisted
1016
RUXIMICS.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
440
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
440
svchost.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
440
svchost.exe
2.16.164.120:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
440
svchost.exe
95.101.149.131:80
www.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
5064
SearchApp.exe
2.23.209.130:443
www.bing.com
Akamai International B.V.
GB
whitelisted
1176
svchost.exe
40.126.32.76:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 51.104.136.2
  • 40.127.240.158
  • 20.73.194.208
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.186.174
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 2.16.164.120
  • 2.16.164.49
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 95.101.149.131
whitelisted
www.bing.com
  • 2.23.209.130
  • 2.23.209.187
  • 2.23.209.148
  • 2.23.209.133
  • 2.23.209.176
  • 2.23.209.185
  • 2.23.209.182
  • 2.23.209.177
  • 2.23.209.193
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 40.126.32.76
  • 40.126.32.72
  • 20.190.160.14
  • 40.126.32.140
  • 20.190.160.20
  • 40.126.32.136
  • 40.126.32.74
  • 20.190.160.22
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 192.229.221.95
whitelisted
go.microsoft.com
  • 184.28.89.167
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 4.175.87.197
whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 20.242.39.171
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info