Malware analysis CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe Malicious activity

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File name:	CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/93a0b6b8-431a-4ab1-aed9-3a3f70b90703
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	August 25, 2025, 12:58:05
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	qrcode
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive, 5 sections
MD5:	2671218C049621EF4FF8C4B5D9676185
SHA1:	346227900D7F985C911BD2C32320D823307F04F4
SHA256:	BD1B02CE03C799DFE234FA3A57108A0908E5DC077EE5DE297C8E8387FC859CED
SSDEEP:	98304:o3RKcUA4+X7quBjJDwMYYNTVK/+E0XgazTa+m75jGajfaBDyq5UpiJc9okXL8IA0:+X9sq/779h1rUtfufD6j

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: none
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 (133.0.6943.127)
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 (133.0.3065.92)
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) (136.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (136.0)
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)
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
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe (PID: 2128)
- There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)
  - CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe (PID: 2128)
  - CMSClient.exe (PID: 1964)
- Process drops SQLite DLL files
  - CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe (PID: 2128)
- Process drops legitimate windows executable
  - CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe (PID: 2128)
- The process drops C-runtime libraries
  - CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe (PID: 2128)
- Creates a software uninstall entry
  - CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe (PID: 2128)
  - CMSClient.exe (PID: 1964)
- Searches for installed software
  - CMSClient.exe (PID: 1964)
INFO
- Checks supported languages
  - CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe (PID: 2128)
  - CMSClient.exe (PID: 1964)
- Creates files in the program directory
  - CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe (PID: 2128)
  - CMSClient.exe (PID: 1964)
- Reads the computer name
  - CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe (PID: 2128)
  - CMSClient.exe (PID: 1964)
- Create files in a temporary directory
  - CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe (PID: 2128)
- The sample compiled with chinese language support
  - CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe (PID: 2128)
- The sample compiled with english language support
  - CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe (PID: 2128)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.exe	\|	NSIS - Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (94.8)
.exe	\|	Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (3.4)
.dll	\|	Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (0.7)
.exe	\|	Win32 Executable (generic) (0.5)
.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (0.2)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp:	2009:12:05 22:50:46+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit
PEType:	PE32
LinkerVersion:	6
CodeSize:	23552
InitializedDataSize:	119808
UninitializedDataSize:	1024
EntryPoint:	0x323c
OSVersion:	4
ImageVersion:	6
SubsystemVersion:	4
Subsystem:	Windows GUI

No data.

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Total processes

140

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

1964

"C:\Program Files (x86)\CMSClient\CMSClient.exe"

C:\Program Files (x86)\CMSClient\CMSClient.exe

CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

CMS

Version:

1.0.0.47

Modules

Images
c:\program files (x86)\cmsclient\cmsclient.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\ws2_32.dll

2128

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Exit code:

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\cmssetup_1.0.0.54.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\user32.dll

4072

C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

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svchost.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Activation Client

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.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\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

4748

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Exit code:

3221226540

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\cmssetup_1.0.0.54.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll

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Total events

631

Read events

624

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(2128) CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CMSClient
Operation:	write	Name:	DisplayName
Value: CMSClient 1.0.0.54
(PID) Process:	(2128) CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CMSClient
Operation:	write	Name:	UninstallString
Value: C:\Program Files (x86)\CMSClient\uninst.exe
(PID) Process:	(2128) CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CMSClient
Operation:	write	Name:	DisplayIcon
Value: C:\Program Files (x86)\CMSClient\CMSClient.exe
(PID) Process:	(2128) CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CMSClient
Operation:	write	Name:	DisplayVersion
Value: 1.0.0.54
(PID) Process:	(2128) CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CMSClient
Operation:	write	Name:	NSIS:StartMenuDir
Value: CMSClient
(PID) Process:	(2128) CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CMSClient
Operation:	write	Name:	NSIS:Language
Value: 1033
(PID) Process:	(1964) CMSClient.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CMSClient
Operation:	write	Name:	FeatureCode
Value: f4c581582aba5d19133424cfd5b5fa8d

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
2128	CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe	C:\Program Files (x86)\CMSClient\Buzzer\buzzer1.wav		binary
		MD5:C2C0D5058284FC3F250C8CD11C3F967C	SHA256:BE6A82E9DFD6DA6EACFB77B4301FBD6F1ED85AF053F8785784BE65097611B0FB
2128	CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe	C:\Program Files (x86)\CMSClient\Language\German.xml		xml
		MD5:1005E4B764001BC35E3B9188982E91A7	SHA256:736FB32F239A22154BCD97479E7EF00218928C8074619B674F860B45EA619E5B
2128	CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nseCADE.tmp\InstallOptions.dll		executable
		MD5:325B008AEC81E5AAA57096F05D4212B5	SHA256:C9CD5C9609E70005926AE5171726A4142FFBCCCC771D307EFCD195DAFC1E6B4B
2128	CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe	C:\Program Files (x86)\CMSClient\Language\Polish.xml		xml
		MD5:CABC7CDB8AD09BF62B3376025ED950B0	SHA256:B3A1E40E12BB306FBAAE078A2A518440AB817217277AECF001E2573B9BF9EB02
2128	CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nseCADE.tmp\StartMenu.dll		executable
		MD5:A4173B381625F9F12AADB4E1CDAEFDB8	SHA256:7755FF2707CA19344D489A5ACEC02D9E310425FA6E100D2F13025761676B875B
2128	CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nseCADE.tmp\LangDLL.dll		executable
		MD5:9384F4007C492D4FA040924F31C00166	SHA256:60A964095AF1BE79F6A99B22212FEFE2D16F5A0AFD7E707D14394E4143E3F4F5
2128	CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nseCADE.tmp\ioSpecial.ini		text
		MD5:E2D5070BC28DB1AC745613689FF86067	SHA256:D95AED234F932A1C48A2B1B0D98C60CA31F962310C03158E2884AB4DDD3EA1E0
2128	CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nseCADE.tmp\FindProcDLL.dll		executable
		MD5:8614C450637267AFACAD1645E23BA24A	SHA256:0FA04F06A6DE18D316832086891E9C23AE606D7784D5D5676385839B21CA2758
2128	CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe	C:\Program Files (x86)\CMSClient\Language\Korean.xml		xml
		MD5:60E98233190C0FEEEF24D6387CBD4BEE	SHA256:17237B625310D2149CB5E9AC732CC2893195717BBAE78DCC9539AC28CB05B669
2128	CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe	C:\Program Files (x86)\CMSClient\Language\Chinese Traditional.xml		xml
		MD5:BC7E76BA282C9253C8ADAD3713AB7B64	SHA256:38F75E5F6F5CC49A22DF5A4282BA4342FBA6223BF268C2D35DE370850DAF3C4D

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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
1268	svchost.exe	GET	200	23.216.77.20:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	GET	200	69.192.161.161:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
4912	svchost.exe	GET	200	184.30.131.245:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6452	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	69.192.161.161:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6452	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	69.192.161.161:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
5944	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
4196	RUXIMICS.exe	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	23.216.77.20:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
1268	svchost.exe	69.192.161.161:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
—	—	255.255.255.255:8899	—	—	—	unknown
5944	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	40.127.240.158:443	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 40.127.240.158	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.185.206	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	23.216.77.20 23.216.77.28	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	69.192.161.161	whitelisted
login.live.com	40.126.32.133 20.190.160.67 20.190.160.22 20.190.160.17 20.190.160.2 20.190.160.64 20.190.160.130 20.190.160.5	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	184.30.131.245	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	74.178.76.128	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	52.165.164.15	whitelisted
self.events.data.microsoft.com	104.208.16.95	whitelisted
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com	40.91.76.224	whitelisted

Threats

PID	Process	Class	Message
—	—	Unknown Traffic	ET USER_AGENTS Microsoft Dr Watson User-Agent (MSDW)

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General Info

CMSSetup_1.0.0.54.exe

2671218C049621EF4FF8C4B5D9676185

346227900D7F985C911BD2C32320D823307F04F4

BD1B02CE03C799DFE234FA3A57108A0908E5DC077EE5DE297C8E8387FC859CED

98304:o3RKcUA4+X7quBjJDwMYYNTVK/+E0XgazTa+m75jGajfaBDyq5UpiJc9okXL8IA0:+X9sq/779h1rUtfufD6j

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MALICIOUS

SUSPICIOUS

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)

Process drops SQLite DLL files

Process drops legitimate windows executable

The process drops C-runtime libraries

Creates a software uninstall entry

Searches for installed software

INFO

Checks supported languages

Creates files in the program directory

Reads the computer name

Create files in a temporary directory

The sample compiled with chinese language support

The sample compiled with english language support

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