File name:

ADExplorer.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/d8d72ec6-4102-42fe-aa8d-5915c82c1146
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: May 20, 2022, 06:55:58
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
MD5:

5D70CF91907165A1425E4ECB4FFA03AA

SHA1:

BC1D7C9968EE92431F8AD9B4F8063B5B56F32AD5

SHA256:

BB45D8FFE245C361C04CCA44D0DF6E6BD7596CABD70070FFE0D9F519E3B620EA

SSDEEP:

12288:QJB9/HQLmTMga6JzQdrAVzDtpzO9LZvYC:QCLmwgza2VzSLZvB

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Reads the computer name

      • ADExplorer.exe (PID: 2956)

    • Checks supported languages

      • ADExplorer.exe (PID: 2956)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 3900)

    • Uses WHOAMI.EXE to obtaining logged on user information

      • cmd.exe (PID: 3900)

  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • whoami.exe (PID: 932)
      • HOSTNAME.EXE (PID: 2608)

    • Manual execution by user

      • cmd.exe (PID: 3900)

    • Reads the computer name

      • HOSTNAME.EXE (PID: 2608)
      • whoami.exe (PID: 932)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (42.2)
.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (37.3)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (8.8)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (6)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (2.7)

EXIF

EXE

ProductVersion: 1.44
ProductName: Sysinternals ADExplorer
OriginalFileName: AdExp
LegalCopyright: Copyright © 2007-2012 Bryce Cogswell and Mark Russinovich
InternalName: AdExp
FileVersion: 1.44
FileDescription: Active Directory Editor
CompanyName: Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
CharacterSet: Unicode
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
FileSubtype: -
ObjectFileType: Unknown
FileOS: Win32
FileFlags: (none)
FileFlagsMask: 0x0017
ProductVersionNumber: 1.44.0.0
FileVersionNumber: 1.44.0.0
Subsystem: Windows GUI
SubsystemVersion: 5
ImageVersion: -
OSVersion: 5
EntryPoint: 0x149ec
UninitializedDataSize: -
InitializedDataSize: 148480
CodeSize: 323584
LinkerVersion: 9
PEType: PE32
TimeStamp: 2012:06:30 11:47:15+02:00
MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 30-Jun-2012 09:47:15
Detected languages:
  • English - United States
Debug artifacts:
  • c:\src\ADExplorer\Release\ADExplorer.pdb
CompanyName: Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
FileDescription: Active Directory Editor
FileVersion: 1.44
InternalName: AdExp
LegalCopyright: Copyright © 2007-2012 Bryce Cogswell and Mark Russinovich
OriginalFilename: AdExp
ProductName: Sysinternals ADExplorer
ProductVersion: 1.44

DOS Header

Magic number: MZ
Bytes on last page of file: 0x0090
Pages in file: 0x0003
Relocations: 0x0000
Size of header: 0x0004
Min extra paragraphs: 0x0000
Max extra paragraphs: 0xFFFF
Initial SS value: 0x0000
Initial SP value: 0x00B8
Checksum: 0x0000
Initial IP value: 0x0000
Initial CS value: 0x0000
Overlay number: 0x0000
OEM identifier: 0x0000
OEM information: 0x0000
Address of NE header: 0x000000F8

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 4
Time date stamp: 30-Jun-2012 09:47:15
Pointer to Symbol Table: 0x00000000
Number of symbols: 0
Size of Optional Header: 0x00E0
Characteristics:
  • IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
  • IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE
  • IMAGE_FILE_RELOCS_STRIPPED

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
.text
0x00001000
0x0004EECC
0x0004F000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.28418
.rdata
0x00050000
0x0000FC00
0x0000FC00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
4.68175
.data
0x00060000
0x0000C5C0
0x0000A400
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
2.62524
.rsrc
0x0006D000
0x0000A318
0x0000A400
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
4.30341

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
4.97313
708
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_MANIFEST
2
1.57156
296
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
3
2.88363
744
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
4
2.81827
296
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
5
2.67739
1640
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
6
3.43838
744
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
7
3.49762
296
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
8
1.07875
44
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_STRING
9
3.23101
1384
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
10
4.26746
4264
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON

Imports

ACTIVEDS.dll
ADVAPI32.dll
COMCTL32.dll
COMDLG32.dll
GDI32.dll
KERNEL32.dll
NETAPI32.dll
OLEAUT32.dll
RPCRT4.dll
SHELL32.dll
No data.
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Total processes
37
Monitored processes
4
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start adexplorer.exe cmd.exe no specs whoami.exe no specs hostname.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
932whoamiC:\Windows\system32\whoami.exe—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
whoami - displays logged on user information
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\whoami.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\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2608hostnameC:\Windows\system32\HOSTNAME.EXE—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Hostname APP
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\hostname.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\ws2_32.dll
2956"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ADExplorer.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ADExplorer.exe
Explorer.EXE
User:
admin
Company:
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Active Directory Editor
Exit code:
0
Version:
1.44
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\adexplorer.exe
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\netapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\netutils.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\srvcli.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\wkscli.dll
3900"C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe—Explorer.EXE
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
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\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\winbrand.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
Total events
1 862
Read events
1 831
Write events
29
Delete events
2

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2956) ADExplorer.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Sysinternals\Active Directory Explorer
Operation:writeName:EulaAccepted
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2956) ADExplorer.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU
Operation:writeName:NodeSlots
Value:
0202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202
(PID) Process:(2956) ADExplorer.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU
Operation:writeName:MRUListEx
Value:
02000000010000000D0000000C000000000000000B00000007000000060000000A0000000900000008000000030000000500000004000000FFFFFFFF
(PID) Process:(2956) ADExplorer.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\50\ComDlg
Operation:writeName:TV_FolderType
Value:
{FBB3477E-C9E4-4B3B-A2BA-D3F5D3CD46F9}
(PID) Process:(2956) ADExplorer.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\50\ComDlg
Operation:writeName:TV_TopViewID
Value:
{82BA0782-5B7A-4569-B5D7-EC83085F08CC}
(PID) Process:(2956) ADExplorer.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\50\ComDlg
Operation:writeName:TV_TopViewVersion
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2956) ADExplorer.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\16C\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:LanguageList
Value:
en-US
(PID) Process:(2956) ADExplorer.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32\CIDSizeMRU
Operation:writeName:4
Value:
410044004500780070006C006F007200650072002E00650078006500000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000100000000000000
(PID) Process:(2956) ADExplorer.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32\CIDSizeMRU
Operation:delete valueName:4
Value:
410044004500780070006C006F007200650072002E00650078006500000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000100000000000000
(PID) Process:(2956) ADExplorer.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ComDlg32\CIDSizeMRU
Operation:writeName:4
Value:
410044004500780070006C006F007200650072002E00650078006500000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000026010000BE000000A60300009E020000000000000000000000000000000000000100000000000000
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
0
Text files
0
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

No data
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
1
DNS requests
0
Threats
0

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
2956
ADExplorer.exe
10.0.0.1:389
—
—
—
unknown

DNS requests

No data

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info
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