File name:

shak.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/5960a247-52a8-4bb7-9c81-132f049a3fdc
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: May 29, 2019, 12:23:20
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 16299, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive
MD5:

60EAF98AD88624F99041BC229502AE13

SHA1:

2664AEC8D7EAA094A0261E08C907720D3E0C8B8C

SHA256:

C91D7EFE64121B584A05C22CEEB3D6AE937E91FBC283EA2D5E133AF7676EB01E

SSDEEP:

6144:R5aO11xBVnbqE7UniBoJBS9zqoQdAJM57LPmJ2NB002+oS7ovdW6+hLCxFP:CO1lVnOEQw99/EAJiHmJ2NBLbH0vc6+4

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Loads dropped or rewritten executable

      • shak.exe (PID: 4804)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • shak.exe (PID: 4804)
    • Executed via COM

      • DllHost.exe (PID: 2328)
      • rundll32.exe (PID: 2956)
      • DllHost.exe (PID: 4504)
      • OpenWith.exe (PID: 2532)
    • Application launched itself

      • nslookup.exe (PID: 4792)
  • 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) (67.4)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (14.2)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (9.7)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (4.3)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (4.3)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2018:12:15 23:24:32+01:00
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 6
CodeSize: 25088
InitializedDataSize: 118784
UninitializedDataSize: 1024
EntryPoint: 0x3328
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: 6
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows GUI

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 15-Dec-2018 22:24:32
Detected languages:
  • English - United States

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: 0x000000D8

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 5
Time date stamp: 15-Dec-2018 22:24:32
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
0x00006077
0x00006200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.40386
.rdata
0x00008000
0x00001250
0x00001400
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
5.04481
.data
0x0000A000
0x0001A838
0x00000400
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
5.22445
.ndata
0x00025000
0x00011000
0x00000000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
0
.rsrc
0x00036000
0x00004328
0x00004400
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
5.94226

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
5.29611
1059
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_MANIFEST
2
5.9993
3752
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
3
6.24459
2216
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
4
5.01502
1384
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
5
6.16057
1128
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
6
3.34146
744
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
7
3.04232
296
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
103
2.6691
104
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_GROUP_ICON
105
2.73893
514
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_DIALOG
106
2.91148
248
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_DIALOG

Imports

ADVAPI32.dll
COMCTL32.dll
GDI32.dll
KERNEL32.dll
SHELL32.dll
USER32.dll
ole32.dll
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Total processes
97
Monitored processes
8
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

Click at the process to see the details
start shak.exe nslookup.exe no specs nslookup.exe conhost.exe WebPlatStorageBrokerServer no specs WebPlatformStorageServer no specs rundll32.exe no specs openwith.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2116\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe
nslookup.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Console Window Host
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.16299.15 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\conhostv2.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
2328C:\WINDOWS\system32\DllHost.exe /Processid:{7966B4D8-4FDC-4126-A10B-39A3209AD251}C:\WINDOWS\system32\DllHost.exesvchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
COM Surrogate
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.16299.15 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
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\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcryptprimitives.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel.appcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
2532C:\WINDOWS\system32\OpenWith.exe -EmbeddingC:\WINDOWS\system32\OpenWith.exesvchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Pick an app
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.16299.15 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\openwith.exe
c:\systemroot\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
2956C:\WINDOWS\System32\rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -EmbeddingC:\WINDOWS\System32\rundll32.exesvchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows host process (Rundll32)
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.16299.15 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe
c:\systemroot\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\bcryptprimitives.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
3960"C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\nslookup.exe" C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\nslookup.exe
nslookup.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
nslookup
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.16299.15 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\syswow64\nslookup.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\systemroot\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
4504C:\WINDOWS\system32\DllHost.exe /Processid:{973D20D7-562D-44B9-B70B-5A0F49CCDF3F}C:\WINDOWS\system32\DllHost.exesvchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
COM Surrogate
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.16299.15 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
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\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcryptprimitives.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel.appcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
4792"C:\WINDOWS\system32\nslookup.exe"C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\nslookup.exeshak.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
nslookup
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.16299.15 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\syswow64\nslookup.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\systemroot\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
4804"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\shak.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\shak.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\shak.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\systemroot\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
Total events
473
Read events
444
Write events
29
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(4792) nslookup.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:ProxyBypass
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(4792) nslookup.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:IntranetName
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(4792) nslookup.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:UNCAsIntranet
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(4792) nslookup.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:AutoDetect
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2532) OpenWith.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.dll\OpenWithProgids
Operation:writeName:dllfile
Value:
(PID) Process:(2532) OpenWith.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache
Operation:writeName:C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe.FriendlyAppName
Value:
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
(PID) Process:(2532) OpenWith.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache
Operation:writeName:C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe.ApplicationCompany
Value:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
(PID) Process:(2532) OpenWith.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache
Operation:writeName:C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE.FriendlyAppName
Value:
Internet Explorer
(PID) Process:(2532) OpenWith.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache
Operation:writeName:C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE.ApplicationCompany
Value:
Microsoft Corporation
(PID) Process:(2532) OpenWith.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache
Operation:writeName:C:\WINDOWS\system32\mspaint.exe.FriendlyAppName
Value:
Paint
Executable files
2
Suspicious files
4
Text files
1
Unknown types
1

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
4504DllHost.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\AppData\Indexed DB\IndexedDB.edb
MD5:
SHA256:
4504DllHost.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\AppData\Indexed DB\IndexedDB.jfm
MD5:
SHA256:
4504DllHost.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\AppData\Indexed DB\edb.log
MD5:
SHA256:
4804shak.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cowhousebinary
MD5:
SHA256:
4804shak.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\12.jpgimage
MD5:
SHA256:
4804shak.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\greyhens.dllexecutable
MD5:
SHA256:
4792nslookup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ac60ed02.lnklnk
MD5:
SHA256:
4504DllHost.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\AppData\Indexed DB\edb.chkbinary
MD5:
SHA256:
4804shak.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsb37E5.tmp\System.dllexecutable
MD5:FBE295E5A1ACFBD0A6271898F885FE6A
SHA256:A1390A78533C47E55CC364E97AF431117126D04A7FAED49390210EA3E89DD0E1
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
0
DNS requests
1
Threats
0

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

No data

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
2.100.168.192.in-addr.arpa
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
Process
Message
conhost.exe
InitSideBySide failed create an activation context. Error: 1814