File name:

chams.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/c72fce87-7a50-47e7-bfa0-bafb17be772a
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: February 06, 2025, 12:21:38
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows, 12 sections
MD5:

C0AF00C379F87568CA84994E8D24292D

SHA1:

AB66C805E75DF2895FCE325C179016FEB4DDF40B

SHA256:

B9B7C9A6BCF3028BD1951D7CA5371F1558316DF7128A9C1A3550405CFFB44C0D

SSDEEP:

196608:Xc4MAlpUTCfqFhA1FCyxb2xjmO1PAJ/uJy8VwxYu3:s7opUT43CykxaOBc/uJy86xx3

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Reads the BIOS version

      • chams.exe (PID: 1448)
    • Hides command output

      • cmd.exe (PID: 3732)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 396)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 5936)
    • Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

      • chams.exe (PID: 1448)
    • Uses TASKKILL.EXE to kill process

      • cmd.exe (PID: 3732)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 5936)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 396)
    • Executes application which crashes

      • chams.exe (PID: 1448)
    • The process checks if it is being run in the virtual environment

      • chams.exe (PID: 1448)
    • Read disk information to detect sandboxing environments

      • chams.exe (PID: 1448)
  • INFO

    • Reads the computer name

      • chams.exe (PID: 1448)
    • Gets the hash of the file via CERTUTIL.EXE

      • certutil.exe (PID: 1852)
    • Process checks whether UAC notifications are on

      • chams.exe (PID: 1448)
    • Checks supported languages

      • chams.exe (PID: 1448)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (50)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (49.9)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: AMD AMD64
TimeStamp: 2025:02:03 11:30:30+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, Large address aware
PEType: PE32+
LinkerVersion: 14.29
CodeSize: 455168
InitializedDataSize: 233472
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x2950058
OSVersion: 6
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 6
Subsystem: Windows command line
No data.
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Total processes
130
Monitored processes
15
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start chams.exe conhost.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs taskkill.exe no specs certutil.exe no specs find.exe no specs find.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs taskkill.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs taskkill.exe no specs svchost.exe werfault.exe no specs chams.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
396C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c taskkill /FI "IMAGENAME eq processhacker*" /IM * /F /T >nul 2>&1C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exechams.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
932C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c certutil -hashfile "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\chams.exe" MD5 | find /i /v "md5" | find /i /v "certutil"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exechams.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
1412\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exechams.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Console Window Host
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
1448"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\chams.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\chams.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Exit code:
3221226505
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\chams.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.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
1852certutil -hashfile "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\chams.exe" MD5 C:\Windows\System32\certutil.execmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
CertUtil.exe
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\certutil.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
2192C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p -s DnscacheC:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
services.exe
User:
NETWORK SERVICE
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Host Process for Windows Services
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel.appcore.dll
3732C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c taskkill /FI "IMAGENAME eq cheatengine*" /IM * /F /T >nul 2>&1C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exechams.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
3736taskkill /FI "IMAGENAME eq cheatengine*" /IM * /F /T C:\Windows\System32\taskkill.execmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Terminates Processes
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\taskkill.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
4132taskkill /FI "IMAGENAME eq processhacker*" /IM * /F /T C:\Windows\System32\taskkill.execmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Terminates Processes
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\taskkill.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
4204"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\chams.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\chams.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
3221226540
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\chams.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
Total events
1 641
Read events
1 638
Write events
3
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(1852) certutil.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\OID\EncodingType 0\CryptDllFindOIDInfo\1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.3.1!7
Operation:writeName:Name
Value:
szOID_ROOT_PROGRAM_AUTO_UPDATE_CA_REVOCATION
(PID) Process:(1852) certutil.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\OID\EncodingType 0\CryptDllFindOIDInfo\1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.3.2!7
Operation:writeName:Name
Value:
szOID_ROOT_PROGRAM_AUTO_UPDATE_END_REVOCATION
(PID) Process:(1852) certutil.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\OID\EncodingType 0\CryptDllFindOIDInfo\1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.3.3!7
Operation:writeName:Name
Value:
szOID_ROOT_PROGRAM_NO_OCSP_FAILOVER_TO_CRL
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
0
Text files
0
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

No data
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HTTP(S) requests
3
TCP/UDP connections
16
DNS requests
8
Threats
3

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
GET
4.231.128.59:443
https://settings-win.data.microsoft.com/settings/v3.0/WSD/WaasMedic?os=Windows&osVer=10.0.19041.1.amd64fre.vb_release.191206-&appVer=10.0.19041.3758&ring=Retail&sku=48&deviceClass=Windows.Desktop&locale=en-US&deviceId=BAD99146-31D3-4EC6-A1A4-BE76F32BA5D4
unknown
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
95.101.149.131:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
2.16.241.14:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
4.231.128.59:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4.231.128.59:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
2.16.241.14:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
95.101.149.131:80
www.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
1448
chams.exe
104.26.1.5:443
keyauth.win
CLOUDFLARENET
US
malicious
3976
svchost.exe
4.231.128.59:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 4.231.128.59
whitelisted
google.com
  • 216.58.212.174
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 2.16.241.14
  • 2.16.241.12
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 95.101.149.131
whitelisted
keyauth.win
  • 104.26.1.5
  • 172.67.72.57
  • 104.26.0.5
malicious
self.events.data.microsoft.com
  • 20.189.173.24
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
Unknown Traffic
ET USER_AGENTS Microsoft Dr Watson User-Agent (MSDW)
2192
svchost.exe
Potentially Bad Traffic
ET INFO KeyAuth Open-source Authentication System Domain in DNS Lookup (keyauth .win)
1448
chams.exe
Potentially Bad Traffic
ET INFO KeyAuth Open-source Authentication System Domain (keyauth .win) in TLS SNI
No debug info