Malware analysis Updater.exe Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	Updater.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/a76b9c47-2ff4-4167-8a61-1f91b29790ea
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	March 24, 2025, 22:22:26
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:	auto generic
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows, 2 sections
MD5:	8F3972F98564FC9D1E3E5A3840A0DA85
SHA1:	90E87AF2BDFDF33E49EEA353480CB8DA362C450E
SHA256:	CBDFE04B8F754E5E6150936EE604F0A478B79C6D0466EE155775EAD575ADEA90
SSDEEP:	384:BP3hBk9n53Fu8V0lxjlE+eBiLw81pAr2YK9:inzgvLw7K9

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:
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 (122.0.6261.70)
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 (122.0.2365.59)
Microsoft Edge Update (1.3.185.17)
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) (123.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (123.0)
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)
Skype version 8.104 (8.104)
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
- GENERIC has been found (auto)
  - Updater.exe (PID: 5048)
SUSPICIOUS
- Executes application which crashes
  - Updater.exe (PID: 5048)
INFO
- Disables trace logs
  - Updater.exe (PID: 5048)
- Creates files or folders in the user directory
  - WerFault.exe (PID: 6644)
- Reads the machine GUID from the registry
  - Updater.exe (PID: 5048)
- Checks supported languages
  - Updater.exe (PID: 5048)
- Reads the computer name
  - Updater.exe (PID: 5048)
- Checks proxy server information
  - Updater.exe (PID: 5048)
- Reads Environment values
  - Updater.exe (PID: 5048)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (50)
.exe	\|	DOS Executable Generic (49.9)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	AMD AMD64
TimeStamp:	2042:07:14 04:34:51+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, Large address aware
PEType:	PE32+
LinkerVersion:	48
CodeSize:	6144
InitializedDataSize:	2048
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0x0000
OSVersion:	4
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	6
Subsystem:	Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber:	5.345.34.36
ProductVersionNumber:	5.345.34.36
FileFlagsMask:	0x003f
FileFlags:	(none)
FileOS:	Win32
ObjectFileType:	Executable application
FileSubtype:	-
LanguageCode:	Neutral
CharacterSet:	Unicode
Comments:	-
CompanyName:	-
FileDescription:	Updater
FileVersion:	5.345.34.36
InternalName:	Updater.exe
LegalCopyright:	Copyright © 2024
LegalTrademarks:	-
OriginalFileName:	Updater.exe
ProductName:	Updater
ProductVersion:	5.345.34.36
AssemblyVersion:	5.345.34.36

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Total processes

136

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

2384

C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe

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svchost.exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

KMS Connection Broker

Version:

10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\sppextcomobj.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\oleaut32.dll

5048

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Updater.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Updater.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Updater

Exit code:

3762504530

Version:

5.345.34.36

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\updater.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\mscoree.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

5376

"C:\WINDOWS\System32\SLUI.exe" RuleId=3482d82e-ca2c-4e1f-8864-da0267b484b2;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=4de7cb65-cdf1-4de9-8ae8-e3cce27b9f2c;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEvent

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

—

SppExtComObj.Exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

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

6644

C:\WINDOWS\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 5048 -s 1660

C:\Windows\System32\WerFault.exe

—

Updater.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Problem Reporting

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\werfault.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\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll

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Total events

2 667

Read events

2 653

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(5048) Updater.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Updater_RASAPI32
Operation:	write	Name:	EnableFileTracing
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(5048) Updater.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Updater_RASAPI32
Operation:	write	Name:	EnableAutoFileTracing
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(5048) Updater.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Updater_RASAPI32
Operation:	write	Name:	EnableConsoleTracing
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(5048) Updater.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Updater_RASAPI32
Operation:	write	Name:	FileTracingMask
Value:
(PID) Process:	(5048) Updater.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Updater_RASAPI32
Operation:	write	Name:	ConsoleTracingMask
Value:
(PID) Process:	(5048) Updater.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Updater_RASAPI32
Operation:	write	Name:	MaxFileSize
Value: 1048576
(PID) Process:	(5048) Updater.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Updater_RASAPI32
Operation:	write	Name:	FileDirectory
Value: %windir%\tracing
(PID) Process:	(5048) Updater.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Updater_RASMANCS
Operation:	write	Name:	EnableFileTracing
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(5048) Updater.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Updater_RASMANCS
Operation:	write	Name:	EnableAutoFileTracing
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(5048) Updater.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Updater_RASMANCS
Operation:	write	Name:	EnableConsoleTracing
Value: 0

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
6644	WerFault.exe	C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_Updater.exe_2cfbf10f45461e0b8d5fc35257df33a8a3b758a_76bcebfe_e8942cc5-ace3-45dc-b38f-a29fe72c7ef1\Report.wer		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
6644	WerFault.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\Updater.exe.5048.dmp		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
6644	WerFault.exe	C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER8B8.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml		binary
		MD5:77912523E17B523ECBBD6E5663CA80FB	SHA256:2BF46DDD052FD6CBC697D96DCB5F90326DC558AA0777B1211C6ABEA05EA4D034
6644	WerFault.exe	C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER77F.tmp.dmp		binary
		MD5:1819E285E16660D3BB82724238C2289C	SHA256:EF5DA3BFB2638AE582B47FCD91AEF03FF09F60D0E61F64087D8B9E5B91364CA7
6644	WerFault.exe	C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER8C9.tmp.xml		xml
		MD5:CC95E4E709489A5AC6D412E5A49831AB	SHA256:200C02CB294C0CFF9DF1AC283807995E3CDB2C7984224E3730434FFC1B8FBC81

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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
—	—	GET	200	2.16.168.199:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	2.16.168.199:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6272	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6272	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1180	backgroundTaskHost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
—	—	20.73.194.208:443	—	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	2.16.168.199:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	RU	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	2.16.168.199:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	RU	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	20.73.194.208:443	—	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
5048	Updater.exe	45.33.84.9:443	can.thisilient.com	Linode, LLC	US	unknown
2112	svchost.exe	20.73.194.208:443	—	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
3216	svchost.exe	40.115.3.253:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	20.190.159.128:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
crl.microsoft.com	2.16.168.199 2.16.168.200	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.186.78	whitelisted
can.thisilient.com	45.33.84.9	unknown
client.wns.windows.com	40.115.3.253	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.159.128 20.190.159.75 20.190.159.23 20.190.159.4 40.126.31.69 20.190.159.71 40.126.31.131 40.126.31.129	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.17.190.73	whitelisted
arc.msn.com	20.103.156.88	whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.104.136.2	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	20.109.210.53	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	184.30.21.171	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

Updater.exe

8F3972F98564FC9D1E3E5A3840A0DA85

90E87AF2BDFDF33E49EEA353480CB8DA362C450E

CBDFE04B8F754E5E6150936EE604F0A478B79C6D0466EE155775EAD575ADEA90

384:BP3hBk9n53Fu8V0lxjlE+eBiLw81pAr2YK9:inzgvLw7K9

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MALICIOUS

GENERIC has been found (auto)

SUSPICIOUS

Executes application which crashes

INFO

Disables trace logs

Creates files or folders in the user directory

Reads the machine GUID from the registry

Checks supported languages

Reads the computer name

Checks proxy server information

Reads Environment values

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