Malware analysis Patch-Activator.zip Malicious activity

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File name:	Patch-Activator.zip
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/a54492fc-abe8-4d74-91ca-9278430922ce
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	January 08, 2025, 16:28:34
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:	arch-exec
Indicators:
MIME:	application/zip
File info:	Zip archive data, at least v1.0 to extract, compression method=store
MD5:	1827E311D07F5D99951E4A2589D164A4
SHA1:	ADE1A00A7ABCA3DC8CF013274B244DBB7B046718
SHA256:	BBDA179721155C4FA6BAC7C8276333516FE3BDA81C4ECAAD65F1A4000C7838A3
SSDEEP:	49152:Tl/8zqTyaZifB2l/8zLpwGYu/32enMkJZCYuO8EZF7vuAh1BT+MVmczBfanu5nL8:TR8zqTyjgR8zLvYY32yMVSH7f1BT+MVw

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 300 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: 240 seconds
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 (122.0.6261.70)
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 (122.0.2365.59)
Microsoft Edge Update (1.3.185.17)
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) (123.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (123.0)
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)
Skype version 8.104 (8.104)
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
No malicious indicators.
SUSPICIOUS
- Application launched itself
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 6800)
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - (32-Bit) EDRW Patcher v1.1.exe (PID: 5156)
- Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
  - EDRW v13 Activator v2.1 - De!.exe (PID: 836)
INFO
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 6420)
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 6800)
- The process uses the downloaded file
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 6420)
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 6800)
- The sample compiled with english language support
  - WinRAR.exe (PID: 6800)
- Manual execution by a user
  - (32-Bit) EDRW Patcher v1.1.exe (PID: 6404)
  - (32-Bit) EDRW Patcher v1.1.exe (PID: 5156)
  - EDRW v13 Activator v2.1 - De!.exe (PID: 1512)
  - EDRW v13 Activator v2.1 - De!.exe (PID: 836)
- Create files in a temporary directory
  - (32-Bit) EDRW Patcher v1.1.exe (PID: 5156)
- Reads the computer name
  - EDRW v13 Activator v2.1 - De!.exe (PID: 836)
- Checks supported languages
  - EDRW v13 Activator v2.1 - De!.exe (PID: 836)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.zip	\|	ZIP compressed archive (100)

EXIF

ZIP

ZipRequiredVersion:	10
ZipBitFlag:	-
ZipCompression:	None
ZipModifyDate:	2022:03:17 11:02:20
ZipCRC:	0x00000000
ZipCompressedSize:	-
ZipUncompressedSize:	-
ZipFileName:	2- Patcher/

No data.

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Total processes

129

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

836

"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\EDRW v13 Activator v2.1 - De!.exe"

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\EDRW v13 Activator v2.1 - De!.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

EaseUS_DRW

Exit code:

Version:

2.0.0.0

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\edrw v13 activator v2.1 - de!.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\advapi32.dll

1512

"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\EDRW v13 Activator v2.1 - De!.exe"

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\EDRW v13 Activator v2.1 - De!.exe

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

EaseUS_DRW

Exit code:

3221226540

Version:

2.0.0.0

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\edrw v13 activator v2.1 - de!.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll

5156

"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\(32-Bit) EDRW Patcher v1.1.exe"

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\(32-Bit) EDRW Patcher v1.1.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Exit code:

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\(32-bit) edrw patcher v1.1.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\dup2patcher.dll

6404

"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\(32-Bit) EDRW Patcher v1.1.exe"

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\(32-Bit) EDRW Patcher v1.1.exe

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Exit code:

3221226540

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\(32-bit) edrw patcher v1.1.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll

6420

"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DIa6800.6557\ Patcher.zip"

C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe

WinRAR.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Alexander Roshal

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

WinRAR archiver

Exit code:

Version:

5.91.0

Modules

Images
c:\program files\winrar\winrar.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

6800

"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Patch-Activator.zip

C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Alexander Roshal

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

WinRAR archiver

Exit code:

Version:

5.91.0

Modules

Images
c:\program files\winrar\winrar.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

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Total events

7 386

Read events

7 315

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(6800) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	3
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\preferences.zip
(PID) Process:	(6800) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	2
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\chromium_ext.zip
(PID) Process:	(6800) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	1
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\omni_23_10_2024_.zip
(PID) Process:	(6800) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	0
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Patch-Activator.zip
(PID) Process:	(6800) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	name
Value: 120
(PID) Process:	(6800) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	size
Value: 80
(PID) Process:	(6800) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	type
Value: 120
(PID) Process:	(6800) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:	write	Name:	mtime
Value: 100
(PID) Process:	(6420) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	3
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\chromium_ext.zip
(PID) Process:	(6420) WinRAR.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:	write	Name:	2
Value: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\omni_23_10_2024_.zip

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
6800	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DIa6800.6557\ Patcher.zip		compressed
		MD5:3A94D10DD4CE5A2E054EA0B2544D357D	SHA256:192C9DA5366A7230982909C8891183B1F9C313E324DE9FDBA9A2F340CC25E45A
6420	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRa6420.7262\(32-Bit) EDRW Patcher v1.1.exe		executable
		MD5:D0D44869D0B87FD8E960951687417CC9	SHA256:8A66E54EB6A022EEB9063BF8182D3D1DEE11AA6990742E25CCD64CC5B7DBE3B0
6420	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRa6420.7262\(64-Bit) EDRW Patcher v1.1.exe		executable
		MD5:087406E501B283F538D66C98B7EA1991	SHA256:04491956A8B8993E031D632304FF57667BC4C77885DA153E75454FF2E25DBC1D
5156	(32-Bit) EDRW Patcher v1.1.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dup2patcher.dll		executable
		MD5:4D9AB4032AFF2644CE0D1E54D3DE1D7D	SHA256:F9585DE5B2442E841FABB7F4A61DFAFE28849FBECE57A372A9110137ECC4A6F8
6800	WinRAR.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRa6800.5812\3- KeyGen (Activator)\EDRW v13 Activator v2.1 - De!.exe		executable
		MD5:284182F0388FE891ED6B6A1DA5B4196E	SHA256:10BADD3B49C88AC87CE720C47CCD79F0DB4F8125D63B52D328E554FB549C44A8

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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
—	—	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6520	backgroundTaskHost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2940	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	23.37.237.227:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
2940	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	23.37.237.227:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	20.73.194.208:443	—	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
1176	svchost.exe	20.190.159.73:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
—	—	192.229.221.95:80	—	EDGECAST	US	unknown
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
1076	svchost.exe	23.56.254.14:443	go.microsoft.com	Mobile Telecommunications Company	KW	whitelisted
1356	svchost.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
6520	backgroundTaskHost.exe	20.103.156.88:443	arc.msn.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
6520	backgroundTaskHost.exe	192.229.221.95:80	—	EDGECAST	US	whitelisted
2940	SIHClient.exe	20.109.210.53:443	slscr.update.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
login.live.com	20.190.159.73 20.190.159.75 20.190.159.71 20.190.159.68 40.126.31.73 20.190.159.4 20.190.159.2 40.126.31.69	whitelisted
go.microsoft.com	23.56.254.14	whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.104.136.2	whitelisted
arc.msn.com	20.103.156.88	whitelisted
fd.api.iris.microsoft.com	20.103.156.88	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	20.109.210.53	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	23.37.237.227	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	20.242.39.171	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

Patch-Activator.zip

1827E311D07F5D99951E4A2589D164A4

ADE1A00A7ABCA3DC8CF013274B244DBB7B046718

BBDA179721155C4FA6BAC7C8276333516FE3BDA81C4ECAAD65F1A4000C7838A3

49152:Tl/8zqTyaZifB2l/8zLpwGYu/32enMkJZCYuO8EZF7vuAh1BT+MVmczBfanu5nL8:TR8zqTyjgR8zLvYY32yMVSH7f1BT+MVw

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Application launched itself

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

INFO

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

The process uses the downloaded file

The sample compiled with english language support

Manual execution by a user

Create files in a temporary directory

Reads the computer name

Checks supported languages

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ZIP

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