File name:

ButAa-Grow.A.Garden-MacroV.2.8.zip

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/b69d45d4-787b-4749-8ec3-c50900b6f9a5
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: May 25, 2025, 11:04:03
OS: Windows 11 Professional (build: 22000, 64 bit)
Tags:
arch-exec
lua
Indicators:
MIME: application/zip
File info: Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract, compression method=deflate
MD5:

2FED64E45EFB12616504B9D4BC2D0F00

SHA1:

A47E3BF83B880D8D7CE7F40964B09D42D28DE4EA

SHA256:

BDC09B1D165E6A48D6E9591B565F1B2165F3416BB747749635D05A0183D619C5

SSDEEP:

98304:EFDWJGyZxixTxnx9WxXabNaUbImOfEDYdJsfj+wbGY24rReMBBKN3QeJDDhNBRSD:TrUKT6nJvJ

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Generic archive extractor

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 5740)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Creates file in the systems drive root

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 5740)
    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 5740)
    • Reads the Internet Settings

      • OpenWith.exe (PID: 3548)
      • rundll32.exe (PID: 3408)
    • There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)

      • vlc.exe (PID: 2708)
  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • intro.exe (PID: 4632)
      • ButAa-Grow.A.Garden-Macro(V.2.8).exe (PID: 2320)
      • vlc.exe (PID: 2708)
    • Manual execution by a user

      • intro.exe (PID: 4632)
      • ButAa-Grow.A.Garden-Macro(V.2.8).exe (PID: 2320)
      • OpenWith.exe (PID: 3548)
      • rundll32.exe (PID: 3044)
      • rundll32.exe (PID: 2112)
      • vlc.exe (PID: 2708)
      • rundll32.exe (PID: 3408)
      • rundll32.exe (PID: 3472)
    • Reads the computer name

      • intro.exe (PID: 4632)
      • ButAa-Grow.A.Garden-Macro(V.2.8).exe (PID: 2320)
      • vlc.exe (PID: 2708)
    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • rundll32.exe (PID: 3044)
      • OpenWith.exe (PID: 3548)
      • rundll32.exe (PID: 2112)
      • rundll32.exe (PID: 3472)
      • rundll32.exe (PID: 3408)
    • Reads Microsoft Office registry keys

      • OpenWith.exe (PID: 3548)
      • rundll32.exe (PID: 3408)
    • The process uses Lua

      • vlc.exe (PID: 2708)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.zip | ZIP compressed archive (100)

EXIF

ZIP

ZipRequiredVersion: 20
ZipBitFlag: -
ZipCompression: Deflated
ZipModifyDate: 2025:05:25 17:59:34
ZipCRC: 0xc92d8eab
ZipCompressedSize: 502
ZipUncompressedSize: 1129
ZipFileName: .sfv
No data.
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Total processes
110
Monitored processes
9
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start winrar.exe no specs intro.exe no specs butaa-grow.a.garden-macro(v.2.8).exe no specs rundll32.exe no specs openwith.exe no specs rundll32.exe no specs vlc.exe rundll32.exe no specs rundll32.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2112"C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" "C:\Windows\System32\ieframe.dll",OpenURL %lC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows host process (Rundll32)
Version:
10.0.22000.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
2320"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\ButAa-Grow.A.Garden-Macro(V.2.8).exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\ButAa-Grow.A.Garden-Macro(V.2.8).exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Version:
1.1.37.02
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\butaa-grow.a.garden-macro(v.2.8).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\comdlg32.dll
2708"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --started-from-file C:\Users\admin\Desktop\notify_pause.wavC:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
VideoLAN
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
VLC media player
Version:
3.0.11
Modules
Images
c:\program files\videolan\vlc\vlc.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\acgenral.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
3044"C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" "C:\Windows\System32\ieframe.dll",OpenURL %lC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows host process (Rundll32)
Version:
10.0.22000.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
3408"C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" "C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer\PhotoViewer.dll", ImageView_Fullscreen C:\Users\admin\Desktop\logo.jpgC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows host process (Rundll32)
Version:
10.0.22000.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
3472"C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" "C:\Windows\System32\ieframe.dll",OpenURL %lC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows host process (Rundll32)
Version:
10.0.22000.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
3548"C:\Windows\System32\OpenWith.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\12a10df0-f945-47e0-8316-617ba7fab53cC:\Windows\System32\OpenWith.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Pick an app
Exit code:
2147943623
Version:
10.0.22000.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\openwith.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
4632"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\intro.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\intro.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
Version:
1.1.37.02
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\intro.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\comdlg32.dll
5740"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\ButAa-Grow.A.Garden-MacroV.2.8.zipC:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Alexander Roshal
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
WinRAR archiver
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
Total events
34 549
Read events
34 488
Write events
61
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(5740) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:writeName:2
Value:
C:\Users\admin\Desktop\omni_23_10_2024_.zip
(PID) Process:(5740) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:writeName:1
Value:
C:\Users\admin\Desktop\chromium_ext.zip
(PID) Process:(5740) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:writeName:0
Value:
C:\Users\admin\Desktop\ButAa-Grow.A.Garden-MacroV.2.8.zip
(PID) Process:(5740) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:name
Value:
120
(PID) Process:(5740) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:size
Value:
80
(PID) Process:(5740) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:type
Value:
120
(PID) Process:(5740) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths
Operation:writeName:mtime
Value:
100
(PID) Process:(5740) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\4c\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:@C:\Windows\System32\ieframe.dll,-10046
Value:
Internet Shortcut
(PID) Process:(5740) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\Interface\Themes
Operation:writeName:ShellExtBMP
Value:
(PID) Process:(5740) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\Interface\Themes
Operation:writeName:ShellExtIcon
Value:
Executable files
2
Suspicious files
0
Text files
1
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2708vlc.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\vlc\vlc-qt-interface.initext
MD5:0E91FD68830AB679C4EDA904FABF828F
SHA256:A976AC6DE2E2425E9DC1E3C0CC8984C77D7252C6074151FD4BB4D4D7544FFE65
2708vlc.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\vlc\vlc-qt-interface.ini.locktext
MD5:F14C9ED311556DE31FE9184653DD8026
SHA256:0B9157AC88DCDF76473F6C5A701D11F1DF1B16230F758A0EF8BBF2B42AE183DD
2708vlc.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\vlc\vlc-qt-interface.ini.Hp2708text
MD5:0E91FD68830AB679C4EDA904FABF828F
SHA256:A976AC6DE2E2425E9DC1E3C0CC8984C77D7252C6074151FD4BB4D4D7544FFE65
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HTTP(S) requests
12
TCP/UDP connections
13
DNS requests
8
Threats
2

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
1396
smartscreen.exe
GET
200
199.232.214.172:80
http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/disallowedcertstl.cab?f37a682d6e2a699b
unknown
whitelisted
POST
200
48.209.164.47:443
https://checkappexec.microsoft.com/windows/shell/actions
unknown
binary
182 b
whitelisted
HEAD
200
23.197.142.186:443
https://fs.microsoft.com/fs/windows/config.json
unknown
1352
svchost.exe
GET
200
2.16.168.102:80
http://www.msftconnecttest.com/connecttest.txt
unknown
whitelisted
GET
200
23.197.142.186:443
https://fs.microsoft.com/fs/windows/config.json
unknown
binary
55 b
whitelisted
POST
200
13.89.178.26:443
https://self.events.data.microsoft.com/OneCollector/1.0/
unknown
binary
9 b
whitelisted
2768
svchost.exe
GET
200
199.232.210.172:80
http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab?01658cdb802755c3
unknown
whitelisted
2768
svchost.exe
GET
200
199.232.210.172:80
http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/pinrulesstl.cab?e631054164025918
unknown
whitelisted
2768
svchost.exe
GET
200
199.232.210.172:80
http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/pinrulesstl.cab?d58461112108c32f
unknown
whitelisted
2768
svchost.exe
GET
200
199.232.210.172:80
http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab?f3f967371f7427a1
unknown
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
1352
svchost.exe
2.16.168.102:80
Akamai International B.V.
RU
unknown
1396
smartscreen.exe
172.205.80.42:443
checkappexec.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
VN
whitelisted
1396
smartscreen.exe
199.232.214.172:80
ctldl.windowsupdate.com
FASTLY
US
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
whitelisted
4976
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
3952
svchost.exe
239.255.255.250:1900
whitelisted
4296
svchost.exe
23.197.142.186:443
fs.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
US
whitelisted
2768
svchost.exe
199.232.210.172:80
ctldl.windowsupdate.com
FASTLY
US
whitelisted
2988
OfficeClickToRun.exe
20.189.173.2:443
self.events.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted
3640
svchost.exe
20.190.160.67:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
google.com
  • 142.250.186.174
whitelisted
checkappexec.microsoft.com
  • 172.205.80.42
whitelisted
ctldl.windowsupdate.com
  • 199.232.214.172
  • 199.232.210.172
whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 20.73.194.208
whitelisted
fs.microsoft.com
  • 23.197.142.186
whitelisted
self.events.data.microsoft.com
  • 20.189.173.2
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 20.190.160.67
  • 20.190.160.131
  • 20.190.160.66
  • 40.126.32.134
  • 40.126.32.140
  • 20.190.160.65
  • 20.190.160.2
  • 40.126.32.136
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
Generic Protocol Command Decode
SURICATA HTTP Request unrecognized authorization method
1352
svchost.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO Microsoft Connection Test
Process
Message
vlc.exe
main libvlc debug: Copyright © 1996-2020 the VideoLAN team
vlc.exe
main libvlc debug: configured with ../extras/package/win32/../../../configure '--enable-update-check' '--enable-lua' '--enable-faad' '--enable-flac' '--enable-theora' '--enable-avcodec' '--enable-merge-ffmpeg' '--enable-dca' '--enable-mpc' '--enable-libass' '--enable-schroedinger' '--enable-realrtsp' '--enable-live555' '--enable-dvdread' '--enable-shout' '--enable-goom' '--enable-caca' '--enable-qt' '--enable-skins2' '--enable-sse' '--enable-mmx' '--enable-libcddb' '--enable-zvbi' '--disable-telx' '--enable-nls' '--host=x86_64-w64-mingw32' '--with-breakpad=https://win.crashes.videolan.org' 'host_alias=x86_64-w64-mingw32' 'PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=/home/jenkins/workspace/vlc-release/windows/vlc-release-win32-x64/contrib/x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/pkgconfig'
vlc.exe
main libvlc debug: VLC media player - 3.0.11 Vetinari
vlc.exe
main libvlc debug: revision 3.0.11-0-gdc0c5ced72
vlc.exe
main libvlc debug: using multimedia timers as clock source
vlc.exe
main libvlc debug: min period: 1 ms, max period: 1000000 ms
vlc.exe
main libvlc debug: recursively browsing `C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins'
vlc.exe
main libvlc debug: searching plug-in modules
vlc.exe
main libvlc debug: loading plugins cache file C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\plugins.dat
vlc.exe
main libvlc error: stale plugins cache: modified C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\libaccess_mms_plugin.dll