File name:

images.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/062d1b63-146c-463f-87f3-fc9e6a9a6c0d
Verdict: Malicious activity
Threats:

WarZone RAT is a remote access trojan, which is written in C++ and offered as a malware-as-a-service. It packs a wide range of capabilities, from stealing victims’ files and passwords to capturing desktop activities. WarZone RAT is primarily distributed via phishing emails and receives regular updates from its C2.

Malware Trends Tracker     >>>
Analysis date: April 23, 2019, 19:01:31
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:
trojan
stealer
rat
avemaria
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
MD5:

8797E2F6B2BB23E77731289FE588701F

SHA1:

263002CC0E84E6B17F01EB6730A0D739496D5CDE

SHA256:

BC042B4296110D4D220F5B91E2A5BBA80A65E17BF0901508941D1FBA7A4F236A

SSDEEP:

6144:8tXSKtk72OB9SxovwUkJF6rhH3JgoWu8qS7G:8Nk72ESxovW6roPdfS

ANY.RUN is an interactive service which provides full access to the guest system. Information in this report could be distorted by user actions and is provided for user acknowledgement as it is. ANY.RUN does not guarantee maliciousness or safety of the content.

  • MALICIOUS

    • Runs app for hidden code execution

      • images.exe (PID: 1672)

    • Changes the autorun value in the registry

      • images.exe (PID: 1672)

    • Runs injected code in another process

      • images.exe (PID: 3048)

    • Connects to CnC server

      • images.exe (PID: 3048)

    • AVEMARIA was detected

      • images.exe (PID: 3048)

    • Stealing of credential data

      • images.exe (PID: 3048)

    • Loads dropped or rewritten executable

      • dism.exe (PID: 3004)

    • Application was injected by another process

      • explorer.exe (PID: 2036)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Application launched itself

      • images.exe (PID: 2100)
      • images.exe (PID: 1780)

    • Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

      • images.exe (PID: 1672)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • images.exe (PID: 1672)
      • DllHost.exe (PID: 948)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 856)

    • Executes PowerShell scripts

      • images.exe (PID: 3048)

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • images.exe (PID: 3048)

    • Creates files in the user directory

      • powershell.exe (PID: 1356)
      • images.exe (PID: 3048)
      • images.exe (PID: 1672)

    • Loads DLL from Mozilla Firefox

      • images.exe (PID: 3048)

    • Creates files in the Windows directory

      • pkgmgr.exe (PID: 3012)

  • INFO

    No info indicators.
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

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2016:12:06 12:22:26+01:00
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 6
CodeSize: 32768
InitializedDataSize: 225280
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x7760
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows GUI

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 06-Dec-2016 11:22:26

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: 0x000000E8

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 6
Time date stamp: 06-Dec-2016 11:22:26
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_LINE_NUMS_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_LOCAL_SYMS_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_RELOCS_STRIPPED

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
.text
0x00001000
0x0000739F
0x00008000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
5.58043
.rdata
0x00009000
0x00009670
0x0000A000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.33223
.data
0x00013000
0x0000AC5C
0x0000B000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
6.94095
.ssdata
0x0001E000
0x000076FA
0x00008000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
6.05747
.kinky
0x00026000
0x00000838
0x00001000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
1.83306
.melod
0x00027000
0x00018E3D
0x00019000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
7.93438

Imports

GDI32.dll
KERNEL32.dll
MFC42.DLL
MSVCP60.dll
MSVCRT.dll
OLEAUT32.dll
USER32.dll
No data.
screenshotscreenshotscreenshot
All screenshots are available in the full report
All screenshots are available in the full report
Total processes
48
Monitored processes
13
Malicious processes
6
Suspicious processes
1

Behavior graph

Click at the process to see the details
start drop and start inject images.exe no specs images.exe cmd.exe images.exe no specs Copy/Move/Rename/Delete/Link Object pkgmgr.exe no specs pkgmgr.exe dism.exe no specs images.exe no specs #AVEMARIA images.exe powershell.exe no specs explorer.exe images.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
856"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
images.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:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
948C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3AD05575-8857-4850-9277-11B85BDB8E09}C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe
svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
COM Surrogate
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\dllhost.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
1040"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\images.exe"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\images.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\images.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\mfc42.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
1356powershell Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath C:\C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe—images.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows PowerShell
Exit code:
1
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
c:\systemroot\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\atl.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
1672"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\images.exe"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\images.exe
images.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\liebert.bmp
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\images.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
1780"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\images.exe"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\images.exe—dism.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\images.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\mfc42.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
2036C:\Windows\Explorer.EXEC:\Windows\explorer.exe
—
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Explorer
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\winanr.dll
c:\windows\system32\mswsock.dll
c:\windows\system32\wshtcpip.dll
c:\windows\explorer.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
2100"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\images.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\images.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\images.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\mfc42.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
2700"C:\Windows\system32\pkgmgr.exe" /n:%temp%\ellocnak.xmlC:\Windows\system32\pkgmgr.exe—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Package Manager
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\pkgmgr.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
3004"C:\Windows\system32\dism.exe" /online /norestart /apply-unattend:"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ellocnak.xml"C:\Windows\system32\dism.exe—pkgmgr.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Dism Image Servicing Utility
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\dism.exe
c:\systemroot\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
Total events
611
Read events
541
Write events
70
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(1672) images.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Operation:writeName:MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server
Value:
10
(PID) Process:(1672) images.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Operation:writeName:MaxConnectionsPerServer
Value:
10
(PID) Process:(1672) images.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\_rptls
Operation:writeName:Install
Value:
C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\images.exe
(PID) Process:(1672) images.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\KHE7RM81KE
Operation:writeName:inst
Value:
EB87065D2132D4529BCFB7184F6F509047DD59908583C93226792808DAE64795CAB58C111E5267FFB077AEE59E1856F3DEEE16729CBC505B7C4B360246D6D9ED6E384F2F31DA941348157A5B2BDEC1DC7B26AAF0
(PID) Process:(1672) images.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Operation:writeName:Images
Value:
C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\images.exe
(PID) Process:(856) cmd.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:UNCAsIntranet
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(856) cmd.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:AutoDetect
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2036) explorer.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\UserAssist\{CEBFF5CD-ACE2-4F4F-9178-9926F41749EA}\Count
Operation:writeName:{Q65231O0-O2S1-4857-N4PR-N8R7P6RN7Q27}\pzq.rkr
Value:
000000000000000000000000A61B0000000080BF000080BF000080BF000080BF000080BF000080BF000080BF000080BF000080BF000080BFFFFFFFFF000000000000000000000000
(PID) Process:(2036) explorer.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\UserAssist\{CEBFF5CD-ACE2-4F4F-9178-9926F41749EA}\Count
Operation:writeName:HRZR_PGYFRFFVBA
Value:
000000000400000003000000A48600000200000002000000724300004D006900630072006F0073006F00660074002E004100750074006F00470065006E006500720061007400650064002E007B00310035003900360032003100370035002D0037004400460043002D0042003100440037002D0042003000440031002D004500420034004300300038004600460044003700350034007D000000120200000000CC0B120200000000CC0B12020400050005001F02280C12020800050005001F026CE71F020100000154001F0200000100B8139D75444812020C0003000300000000000500280C12020000000005000000CC0B120201000000C8E91F02C0E91F0200000000C8FDDE02C0FCDE0244E71F023DA9457600000000FBFFFF7F68E71F02987880574F8C6244BB6371042380B1090000000001100211FFFFFFFF00000000000000000000000035EE190651EE190635EE1906000000000000000000000000080000002E006C006E006B0000005300630068006500640075006C00650072002E006C006E006B00000014000000140050000000070000000200060026030200A5863C750800000064021400E72F1B77B5863C753F030000CC04140000001400A86D150011000000B8451700B045170005000000F8F3DD0270E80000F28635BB20E81F028291457670E81F0224E81F022795457600000000ECD2DD024CE81F02CD944576ECD2DD02F8E81F0260CEDD02E19445760000000060CEDD02F8E81F0254E81F020200000002000000724300004D006900630072006F0073006F00660074002E004100750074006F00470065006E006500720061007400650064002E007B00310035003900360032003100370035002D0037004400460043002D0042003100440037002D0042003000440031002D004500420034004300300038004600460044003700350034007D000000120200000000CC0B120200000000CC0B12020400050005001F02280C12020800050005001F026CE71F020100000154001F0200000100B8139D75444812020C0003000300000000000500280C12020000000005000000CC0B120201000000C8E91F02C0E91F0200000000C8FDDE02C0FCDE0244E71F023DA9457600000000FBFFFF7F68E71F02987880574F8C6244BB6371042380B1090000000001100211FFFFFFFF00000000000000000000000035EE190651EE190635EE1906000000000000000000000000080000002E006C006E006B0000005300630068006500640075006C00650072002E006C006E006B00000014000000140050000000070000000200060026030200A5863C750800000064021400E72F1B77B5863C753F030000CC04140000001400A86D150011000000B8451700B045170005000000F8F3DD0270E80000F28635BB20E81F028291457670E81F0224E81F022795457600000000ECD2DD024CE81F02CD944576ECD2DD02F8E81F0260CEDD02E19445760000000060CEDD02F8E81F0254E81F020200000002000000724300004D006900630072006F0073006F00660074002E004100750074006F00470065006E006500720061007400650064002E007B00310035003900360032003100370035002D0037004400460043002D0042003100440037002D0042003000440031002D004500420034004300300038004600460044003700350034007D000000120200000000CC0B120200000000CC0B12020400050005001F02280C12020800050005001F026CE71F020100000154001F0200000100B8139D75444812020C0003000300000000000500280C12020000000005000000CC0B120201000000C8E91F02C0E91F0200000000C8FDDE02C0FCDE0244E71F023DA9457600000000FBFFFF7F68E71F02987880574F8C6244BB6371042380B1090000000001100211FFFFFFFF00000000000000000000000035EE190651EE190635EE1906000000000000000000000000080000002E006C006E006B0000005300630068006500640075006C00650072002E006C006E006B00000014000000140050000000070000000200060026030200A5863C750800000064021400E72F1B77B5863C753F030000CC04140000001400A86D150011000000B8451700B045170005000000F8F3DD0270E80000F28635BB20E81F028291457670E81F0224E81F022795457600000000ECD2DD024CE81F02CD944576ECD2DD02F8E81F0260CEDD02E19445760000000060CEDD02F8E81F0254E81F02
(PID) Process:(3048) images.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Operation:writeName:MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server
Value:
10
Executable files
3
Suspicious files
2
Text files
3
Unknown types
1

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2100images.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Liebert.bmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1780images.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Liebert.bmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1356powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\ASHNDUSBR7UYMCFDE2V3.temp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1356powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\d93f411851d7c929.customDestinations-msbinary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3048images.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\jalyrsb.tmpsqlite
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1356powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\d93f411851d7c929.customDestinations-ms~RF10f5cc.TMPbinary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1672images.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\images.exeexecutable
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3012pkgmgr.exeC:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.logtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3048images.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\erjtoro.tmptext
MD5:E7CE898AADD69F4E4280010B7808116E
SHA256:C9214BB54F10242AA254F0758372A440C8D8F49934021F8F08B6DF9FB377EB02
948DllHost.exeC:\Windows\System32\dismcore.dllexecutable
MD5:6B906764A35508A7FD266CDD512E46B1
SHA256:FC0C90044B94B080F307C16494369A0796AC1D4E74E7912BA79C15CCA241801C
Download PCAP, analyze network streams, HTTP content and a lot more at the full report
HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
2
DNS requests
0
Threats
4

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
Download PCAP, analyze network streams, HTTP content and a lot more at the full report

Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
—
—
172.217.18.110:80
—
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
3048
images.exe
109.248.147.15:1023
—
—
KZ
malicious

DNS requests

No data

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
3048
images.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
MALWARE [PTsecurity] AveMaria.RAT Encrypted Checkin
3048
images.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
MALWARE [PTsecurity] AveMaria.RAT Connection
3048
images.exe
Generic Protocol Command Decode
SURICATA STREAM excessive retransmissions
1 ETPRO signatures available at the full report
No debug info
Interactive malware hunting service ANY.RUN
© 2017-2026 ANY.RUN ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
ANY.RUN
Reports
images.exe