URL:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=255141

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/aeada460-572a-47ec-8410-06e445b0448f
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: February 20, 2021, 08:32:46
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MD5:

C0ECFB97EC8F067F12B7B6DE29EB1A91

SHA1:

DED4A54293DF8565534DD4EBD8FEC04CFFA6BA8D

SHA256:

C0CE90CB6ADD6E5CCF412C61DAC5AAAD1A2A0EA4EDA97DE57854DB4AFE3F1424

SSDEEP:

3:N1KZKLIetR7LOOKapMhI:C08eDPOOKaihI

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Changes settings of System certificates

      • GoogleUpdate.exe (PID: 3292)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Executed via COM

      • GoogleUpdateOnDemand.exe (PID: 2016)
      • GoogleUpdateBroker.exe (PID: 1708)
      • GoogleUpdateBroker.exe (PID: 3880)
      • GoogleUpdateOnDemand.exe (PID: 3732)
      • DllHost.exe (PID: 3772)

    • Adds / modifies Windows certificates

      • GoogleUpdate.exe (PID: 3292)

  • INFO

    • Reads the hosts file

      • chrome.exe (PID: 1700)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 2096)

    • Application launched itself

      • chrome.exe (PID: 2096)

    • Creates files in the user directory

      • chrome.exe (PID: 2096)
      • WINWORD.EXE (PID: 1460)

    • Reads settings of System Certificates

      • chrome.exe (PID: 1700)
      • GoogleUpdate.exe (PID: 3292)

    • Manual execution by user

      • WINWORD.EXE (PID: 1460)
      • taskmgr.exe (PID: 1104)

    • Reads Microsoft Office registry keys

      • WINWORD.EXE (PID: 1460)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.
No data.
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Total processes
97
Monitored processes
55
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
556"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=ppapi-broker --field-trial-handle=976,11944928239479706555,7326628992137898923,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --ppapi-antialiased-text-enabled=0 --ppapi-subpixel-rendering-setting=0 --service-request-channel-token=2119413795885150579 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4908 /prefetch:4C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
572"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=976,11944928239479706555,7326628992137898923,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=16898888475974363545 --renderer-client-id=33 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4256 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
640"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --field-trial-handle=976,11944928239479706555,7326628992137898923,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --no-sandbox --service-request-channel-token=13210477375596654235 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4428 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
792"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=gpu-process --field-trial-handle=976,11944928239479706555,7326628992137898923,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --gpu-preferences=KAAAAAAAAADgACAgAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAACgAAAAEAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAoAAAAAAAAADAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAABAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAUAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAGAAAA --service-request-channel-token=15329542474250897150 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1044 --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:2C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1104"C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe" /4C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Task Manager
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\taskmgr.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\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
1140"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=976,11944928239479706555,7326628992137898923,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=12247527219293750975 --renderer-client-id=40 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=732 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1248"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=976,11944928239479706555,7326628992137898923,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --extension-process --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=11890625328234953282 --renderer-client-id=4 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2340 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1460"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\problemsbecause.rtf"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft Word
Exit code:
0
Version:
14.0.6024.1000
Modules
Images
c:\program files\microsoft office\office14\winword.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\winsxs\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.6161_none_50934f2ebcb7eb57\msvcr90.dll
c:\windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_5.82.7601.17514_none_ec83dffa859149af\comctl32.dll
1480"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=976,11944928239479706555,7326628992137898923,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=8084372998671908873 --renderer-client-id=7 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3116 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1520"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=976,11944928239479706555,7326628992137898923,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=5460908728132487850 --renderer-client-id=11 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3312 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
Total events
2 198
Read events
1 734
Write events
316
Delete events
148

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2124) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes
Operation:writeName:2096-13258283582206375
Value:
259
(PID) Process:(2096) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:failed_count
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2096) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(2096) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
(PID) Process:(2096) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
01000000
(PID) Process:(2096) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2096) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:dr
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2096) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome
Operation:writeName:UsageStatsInSample
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2096) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes
Operation:delete valueName:3252-13245750958665039
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2096) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Update\ClientStateMedium\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:usagestats
Value:
0
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
143
Text files
135
Unknown types
8

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2096chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\BrowserMetrics\BrowserMetrics-6030C93E-830.pma —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2096chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\34757773-1498-455b-a82c-f4aef8bfec56.tmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2096chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\000048.dbtmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2096chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Site Characteristics Database\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2096chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Platform Notifications\LOG.old —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2096chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Site Characteristics Database\LOG.old~RFce9d8.TMPtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2096chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\LOG.old~RFce9f8.TMPtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2096chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2096chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\shared_proto_db\LOG.old —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
2096chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\shared_proto_db\LOG.old~RFcebdc.TMP —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
3
TCP/UDP connections
190
DNS requests
121
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
1700
chrome.exe
GET
301
104.109.95.91:80
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=255141
NL
—
—
whitelisted
1700
chrome.exe
GET
200
93.184.221.240:80
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab
US
compressed
57.7 Kb
whitelisted
1700
chrome.exe
GET
304
93.184.221.240:80
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab
US
compressed
57.7 Kb
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
1700
chrome.exe
104.109.95.91:80
go.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
unknown
1700
chrome.exe
204.79.197.203:443
www.msn.com
Microsoft Corporation
US
malicious
1700
chrome.exe
142.250.186.42:443
safebrowsing.googleapis.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
1700
chrome.exe
151.101.193.44:443
img.img-taboola.com
Fastly
US
suspicious
1700
chrome.exe
104.20.184.68:443
geolocation.onetrust.com
Cloudflare Inc
US
shared
1700
chrome.exe
152.199.19.161:443
swc.cdn.skype.com
MCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business
US
whitelisted
1700
chrome.exe
142.250.185.195:443
ssl.gstatic.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
1700
chrome.exe
13.93.161.37:443
a.lw.skype.com
Microsoft Corporation
US
unknown
1700
chrome.exe
13.107.42.23:443
config.edge.skype.com
Microsoft Corporation
US
suspicious
1700
chrome.exe
151.101.1.108:443
acdn.adnxs.com
Fastly
US
unknown

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
go.microsoft.com
  • 104.109.95.91
whitelisted
accounts.google.com
  • 142.250.136.84
  • 142.250.185.141
shared
www.msn.com
  • 204.79.197.203
whitelisted
safebrowsing.googleapis.com
  • 142.250.186.42
whitelisted
static-global-s-msn-com.akamaized.net
  • 2.16.186.35
  • 2.16.186.9
whitelisted
www.bing.com
  • 13.107.21.200
  • 204.79.197.200
whitelisted
web.vortex.data.msn.com
  • 40.77.226.250
whitelisted
clients1.google.com
  • 108.177.121.100
  • 108.177.121.102
  • 108.177.121.139
  • 108.177.121.101
  • 108.177.121.138
  • 108.177.121.113
whitelisted
srtb.msn.com
  • 204.79.197.203
whitelisted
geolocation.onetrust.com
  • 104.20.185.68
  • 104.20.184.68
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
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Reports
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=255141