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File name:

Playgrind.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/f0029f69-7689-4bb7-b39d-e9b96fe83083
Verdict: Malicious activity
Threats:

AsyncRAT is a RAT that can monitor and remotely control infected systems. This malware was introduced on Github as a legitimate open-source remote administration software, but hackers use it for its many powerful malicious functions.

Analysis date: August 09, 2020, 04:03:23
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:
trojan
rat
asyncrat
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows
MD5:

1E4968F7848DFAE63E790EE350CD3C24

SHA1:

BDEBD2CECF4E587833738F86F534C1D951484803

SHA256:

CAA8C15569DD97B52C88CD2A500CB6304DB09A6E3761511657BE45645F19E815

SSDEEP:

768:Rue8/1TYQZ3VWU1Dmhbvmo2qjhEsS+1KnPIwnjbsgX3i3kmsBlbXBphWBDZGD:RueE1TYiwhN2LsCAwjbjXS3Bsjbvh4dq

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

    • Changes the autorun value in the registry

      • Playgrind.exe (PID: 280)
    • ASYNCRAT was detected

      • Playgrind.exe (PID: 2508)
    • Executes PowerShell scripts

      • cmd.exe (PID: 2472)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

      • Playgrind.exe (PID: 280)
      • Playgrind.exe (PID: 2508)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 4484)
    • Creates files in the user directory

      • Playgrind.exe (PID: 280)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 4484)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • Playgrind.exe (PID: 280)
  • 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 | Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (56.7)
.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (21.3)
.scr | Windows screen saver (10.1)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (5)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (3.4)

EXIF

EXE

AssemblyVersion: 1.1.1.0
ProductVersion: 1.1.1.0
ProductName: Update
OriginalFileName: Update.exe
LegalTrademarks: -
LegalCopyright: Copyright © GitHub 2013-2015
InternalName: Update.exe
FileVersion: 1.1.1.0
FileDescription: Update
CompanyName: GitHub
Comments: -
CharacterSet: Unicode
LanguageCode: Neutral
FileSubtype: -
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileOS: Win32
FileFlags: (none)
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
ProductVersionNumber: 1.1.1.0
FileVersionNumber: 1.1.1.0
Subsystem: Windows GUI
SubsystemVersion: 4
ImageVersion: -
OSVersion: 4
EntryPoint: 0xc75e
UninitializedDataSize: -
InitializedDataSize: 3072
CodeSize: 43008
LinkerVersion: 8
PEType: PE32
TimeStamp: 2020:05:10 07:24:51+02:00
MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 10-May-2020 05:24:51
Comments: -
CompanyName: GitHub
FileDescription: Update
FileVersion: 1.1.1.0
InternalName: Update.exe
LegalCopyright: Copyright © GitHub 2013-2015
LegalTrademarks: -
OriginalFilename: Update.exe
ProductName: Update
ProductVersion: 1.1.1.0
Assembly Version: 1.1.1.0

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: 0x00000080

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 3
Time date stamp: 10-May-2020 05:24:51
Pointer to Symbol Table: 0x00000000
Number of symbols: 0
Size of Optional Header: 0x00E0
Characteristics:
  • IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
  • IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
.text
0x00002000
0x0000A764
0x0000A800
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
5.51011
.rsrc
0x0000E000
0x00000864
0x00000A00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
5.13672
.reloc
0x00010000
0x0000000C
0x00000200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
0.0815394

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
5.22615
1171
Latin 1 / Western European
UNKNOWN
RT_MANIFEST

Imports

mscoree.dll
No data.
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All screenshots are available in the full report
All screenshots are available in the full report
Total processes
309
Monitored processes
270
Malicious processes
4
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start playgrind.exe cmd.exe no specs timeout.exe no specs #ASYNCRAT playgrind.exe cmd.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs msg.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
280"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Playgrind.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Playgrind.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
GitHub
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Update
Exit code:
0
Version:
1.1.1.0
2868cmd /c ""C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp4503.tmp.bat""C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exePlaygrind.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
1
Version:
6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
1148timeout 3 C:\Windows\system32\timeout.execmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
timeout - pauses command processing
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
2508"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Playgrind.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Playgrind.exe
cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
GitHub
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Update
Version:
1.1.1.0
2472"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c start /b powershell –ExecutionPolicy Bypass Start-Process -FilePath '"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dndeqi.BAT"' & exitC:\Windows\System32\cmd.exePlaygrind.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)
4484powershell –ExecutionPolicy Bypass Start-Process -FilePath '"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dndeqi.BAT"' C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.execmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows PowerShell
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
6048cmd /c ""C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dndeqi.BAT" "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exepowershell.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Version:
6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
3748msg * HACKEDC:\Windows\system32\msg.execmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Message Utility
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
2732msg * HACKEDC:\Windows\system32\msg.execmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Message Utility
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
3676msg * HACKEDC:\Windows\system32\msg.execmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Message Utility
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Total events
658
Read events
569
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
1
Suspicious files
8
Text files
2
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2508Playgrind.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cab6E46.tmp
MD5:
SHA256:
2508Playgrind.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tar6E47.tmp
MD5:
SHA256:
2508Playgrind.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cab6E67.tmp
MD5:
SHA256:
2508Playgrind.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tar6E68.tmp
MD5:
SHA256:
2508Playgrind.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cab6FB1.tmp
MD5:
SHA256:
2508Playgrind.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tar6FB2.tmp
MD5:
SHA256:
2508Playgrind.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cab709E.tmp
MD5:
SHA256:
2508Playgrind.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tar709F.tmp
MD5:
SHA256:
2508Playgrind.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cab711D.tmp
MD5:
SHA256:
2508Playgrind.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tar711E.tmp
MD5:
SHA256:
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HTTP(S) requests
4
TCP/UDP connections
5
DNS requests
3
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
2508
Playgrind.exe
GET
200
8.253.207.120:80
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab
US
compressed
56.7 Kb
whitelisted
2508
Playgrind.exe
GET
304
8.253.207.120:80
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab
US
compressed
56.7 Kb
whitelisted
2508
Playgrind.exe
GET
304
8.253.207.120:80
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab
US
compressed
56.7 Kb
whitelisted
2508
Playgrind.exe
GET
304
205.185.216.10:80
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab
US
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
2508
Playgrind.exe
205.185.216.10:80
www.download.windowsupdate.com
Highwinds Network Group, Inc.
US
whitelisted
2508
Playgrind.exe
193.161.193.99:54030
Zmining-54030.portmap.host
OOO Bitree Networks
RU
malicious
2508
Playgrind.exe
8.253.207.120:80
www.download.windowsupdate.com
Level 3 Communications, Inc.
US
malicious

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
Zmining-54030.portmap.host
  • 193.161.193.99
malicious
www.download.windowsupdate.com
  • 8.253.207.120
  • 67.27.159.254
  • 8.253.207.121
  • 67.27.159.126
  • 8.248.119.254
  • 205.185.216.10
  • 205.185.216.42
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
ET POLICY DNS Query to a Reverse Proxy Service Observed
2508
Playgrind.exe
Misc Attack
ET TOR Known Tor Relay/Router (Not Exit) Node Traffic group 316
2508
Playgrind.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
MALWARE [PTsecurity] AsyncRAT
2508
Playgrind.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
MALWARE [PTsecurity] AsyncRAT
2508
Playgrind.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
MALWARE [PTsecurity] AsyncRAT
2508
Playgrind.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
MALWARE [PTsecurity] AsyncRAT
2508
Playgrind.exe
Misc Attack
ET TOR Known Tor Relay/Router (Not Exit) Node Traffic group 316
2508
Playgrind.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
MALWARE [PTsecurity] AsyncRAT
2508
Playgrind.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
MALWARE [PTsecurity] AsyncRAT
3 ETPRO signatures available at the full report
No debug info