| File name: | CheraxLoader.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/130f9b07-ebdf-407d-8687-e226ff2d5a02 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | A loader is malicious software that infiltrates devices to deliver malicious payloads. This malware is capable of infecting victims’ computers, analyzing their system information, and installing other types of threats, such as trojans or stealers. Criminals usually deliver loaders through phishing emails and links by relying on social engineering to trick users into downloading and running their executables. Loaders employ advanced evasion and persistence tactics to avoid detection. |
| Analysis date: | May 25, 2025, 14:12:55 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64, for MS Windows, 9 sections |
| MD5: | 1FC9C12C797276A2DC7CE7ADCB0D15A5 |
| SHA1: | F20AE20E61DBC947CCA32DAF2B57FD84A4BACB58 |
| SHA256: | B8E6348BE5899627251A955C60010050E60A71341810C5A08BC4326A3E0EC0E5 |
| SSDEEP: | 98304:alku/J4yn6eIfWES8VlpCKHwFvEbbS0+/EH9UTI9iZdSIBu40xQ0Bbvfd4hesSvm:aN/J+LBIBG9Y |
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (50) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | DOS Executable Generic (49.9) |
| MachineType: | AMD AMD64 |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2025:05:06 12:40:55+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, Large address aware |
| PEType: | PE32+ |
| LinkerVersion: | 14.43 |
| CodeSize: | 2911744 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 1962496 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x428ffa |
| OSVersion: | 6 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 6 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 1.0.0.3518 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 1.0.0.3518 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Windows NT 32-bit |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | English (U.S.) |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| CompanyName: | Cherax |
| FileDescription: | Cherax Loader |
| FileVersion: | 1.0.0.3518 |
| InternalName: | Cherax.exe |
| LegalCopyright: | Copyright (C) 2019 - 2023 |
| OriginalFileName: | Cherax.exe |
| ProductName: | Cherax Loader |
| ProductVersion: | 1.0.0.3518 |
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 208 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=6152 --field-trial-handle=2372,i,18003328841760942521,8343961791432072750,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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| 632 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=6256 --field-trial-handle=2372,i,18003328841760942521,8343961791432072750,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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| 632 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\msiexec.exe /V | C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe | services.exe | ||||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Windows® installer Version: 5.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 780 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=chrome.mojom.UtilReadIcon --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=icon_reader --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=6432 --field-trial-handle=2372,i,18003328841760942521,8343961791432072750,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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| 896 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4388 --field-trial-handle=2372,i,18003328841760942521,8343961791432072750,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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| 976 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{672F9386-C1A3-4676-8623-E22A8AFB6CA2}\.be\VC_redist.x64.exe" -q -burn.elevated BurnPipe.{390C6242-2754-4F0F-BD2D-8A88FBBE81AA} {FAF37C6F-825C-424F-BE9E-E933B29DE8E7} 7752 | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{672F9386-C1A3-4676-8623-E22A8AFB6CA2}\.be\VC_redist.x64.exe | VC_redist.x64.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.42.34438 Version: 14.42.34438.0 Modules
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| 1272 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2400 --field-trial-handle=2372,i,18003328841760942521,8343961791432072750,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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| 1324 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --no-appcompat-clear --lang=en-US --js-flags=--ms-user-locale= --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=5 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3704 --field-trial-handle=2372,i,18003328841760942521,8343961791432072750,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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| 1328 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=6552 --field-trial-handle=2372,i,18003328841760942521,8343961791432072750,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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| 1388 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=6280 --field-trial-handle=2372,i,18003328841760942521,8343961791432072750,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe | — | msedge.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Microsoft Edge Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.2365.59 Modules
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| (PID) Process: | (7580) CheraxLoader.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SlowContextMenuEntries |
Value: 6024B221EA3A6910A2DC08002B30309D0A010000BD0E0C47735D584D9CEDE91E22E23282770100000114020000000000C0000000000000468D0000006078A409B011A54DAFA526D86198A780390100009AD298B2EDA6DE11BA8CA68E55D895936E000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7756) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\ClientStateMedium\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}\LastWasDefault |
| Operation: | write | Name: | S-1-5-21-1693682860-607145093-2874071422-1001 |
Value: D6B156B78C942F00 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7580) CheraxLoader.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7580) CheraxLoader.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Cookie: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7580) CheraxLoader.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Visited: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7756) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | failed_count |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7756) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 2 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7756) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7756) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\StabilityMetrics |
| Operation: | write | Name: | user_experience_metrics.stability.exited_cleanly |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (8020) msedge.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | failed_count |
Value: 0 | |||
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8020 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\parcel_tracking_db\LOG.old~RF10f426.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 8020 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\parcel_tracking_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 8020 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old~RF10f426.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 8020 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 8020 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\discounts_db\LOG.old~RF10f426.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 8020 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\discounts_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 8020 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\PersistentOriginTrials\LOG.old~RF10f435.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 8020 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\PersistentOriginTrials\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 8020 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\415d0bdb-5b4e-4633-bc1e-84d63ea1b0ea.tmp | binary | |
MD5:1F9CA7F90DACDDBEBA3A0BE3B70FE009 | SHA256:3C9B5AE527CCF11B93DB0828E3DCD7009696C50AAADE890F7526359A61875CEF | |||
| 7756 | msedge.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Local State~RF10f2ed.TMP | binary | |
MD5:1051384B8864AC718AE413E9B1D309A5 | SHA256:3FC536607727B6030F7B4714D6E03B4CA040B2EBDBE81B74538F345432207360 | |||
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | GET | 200 | 23.50.131.87:443 | https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/285b28c7-3cf9-47fb-9be8-01cf5323a8df/8F9FB1B3CFE6E5092CF1225ECD6659DAB7CE50B8BF935CB79BFEDE1F3C895240/VC_redist.x64.exe | unknown | executable | 24.4 Mb | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 503 | 13.107.6.158:443 | https://business.bing.com/api/v1/user/token/microsoftgraph?&clienttype=edge-omnibox | unknown | html | 13.7 Kb | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 503 | 13.107.6.158:443 | https://business.bing.com/api/v1/user/token/microsoftgraph?&clienttype=edge-omnibox | unknown | html | 13.7 Kb | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 13.107.42.16:443 | https://config.edge.skype.com/config/v1/Edge/122.0.2365.59?clientId=4489578223053569932&agents=EdgeRuntime%2CEdgeRuntimeConfig%2CEdgeDomainActions&osname=win&client=edge&channel=stable&scpfre=0&osarch=x86_64&osver=10.0.19045&wu=1&devicefamily=desktop&uma=0&sessionid=44&mngd=0&installdate=1661339457&edu=0&bphint=2&soobedate=1504771245&fg=1 | unknown | binary | 43.3 Kb | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 13.107.42.16:443 | https://config.edge.skype.com/config/v1/Edge/122.0.2365.59?clientId=4489578223053569932&agents=Edge%2CEdgeConfig%2CEdgeServices%2CEdgeFirstRun%2CEdgeFirstRunConfig&osname=win&client=edge&channel=stable&scpfre=0&osarch=x86_64&osver=10.0.19045&wu=1&devicefamily=desktop&uma=0&sessionid=44&mngd=0&installdate=1661339457&edu=0&bphint=2&soobedate=1504771245&fg=1 | unknown | binary | 9.11 Kb | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 503 | 13.107.6.158:443 | https://business.bing.com/work/api/v2/tenant/my/settingswithflights?&clienttype=edge-omnibox | unknown | html | 13.7 Kb | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 104.126.37.139:443 | https://edgeservices.bing.com/edgesvc/userstatus | unknown | binary | 381 b | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 150.171.27.11:443 | https://edge.microsoft.com/entityextractiontemplates/api/v1/assets/find-assets?name=domains_config_gz&version=3.*.*&channel=stable&key=d414dd4f9db345fa8003e32adc81b362 | unknown | text | 265 b | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 150.171.28.11:443 | https://edge.microsoft.com/extensionwebstorebase/v1/crx?os=win&arch=x64&os_arch=x86_64&nacl_arch=x86-64&prod=edgecrx&prodchannel=&prodversion=122.0.2365.59&lang=en-US&acceptformat=crx3,puff&x=id%3Djmjflgjpcpepeafmmgdpfkogkghcpiha%26v%3D1.2.1%26installedby%3Dother%26uc%26ping%3Dr%253D311%2526e%253D1 | unknown | xml | 413 b | whitelisted |
— | — | POST | 200 | 142.250.186.99:443 | https://update.googleapis.com/service/update2/json?cup2key=13:5u7R9jiEc8Zk9X9Vk8PUJeF3jFzpUIMQtk0lFda5xyU&cup2hreq=e1e8578cc46c8af844c6f02f346a2327fef92fb33b6f8dbfa76047ff9d6357ab | unknown | text | 349 b | whitelisted |
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4024 | RUXIMICS.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 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 |
7580 | CheraxLoader.exe | 2.20.153.252:443 | aka.ms | Telkom-Internet | ZA | whitelisted |
4024 | RUXIMICS.exe | 23.216.77.28:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
4024 | RUXIMICS.exe | 184.30.21.171:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
6808 | msedge.exe | 13.107.42.16:443 | config.edge.skype.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
6808 | msedge.exe | 150.171.28.11:443 | edge.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
6808 | msedge.exe | 13.107.253.45:443 | edge-mobile-static.azureedge.net | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
aka.ms |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
config.edge.skype.com |
| whitelisted |
edge.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
edge-mobile-static.azureedge.net |
| whitelisted |
business.bing.com |
| whitelisted |
download.visualstudio.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
— | — | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | ET INFO PE EXE or DLL Windows file download HTTP |
— | — | Misc activity | ET INFO EXE - Served Attached HTTP |
Process | Message |
|---|---|
msiexec.exe | Failed to release Service
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