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File name:

cec5ffe65d111dd8d7004ad6c886c5bdc3c5906d06c32037eb452cf8b89be191

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/3337bc5e-4ac0-4f27-972e-341e75ce4949
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: June 12, 2019, 08:55:04
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
MD5:

C8E71A39ADC89F686293056F5853A52E

SHA1:

25C802ED23DE37C948A592FFA41926625F718524

SHA256:

CEC5FFE65D111DD8D7004AD6C886C5BDC3C5906D06C32037EB452CF8B89BE191

SSDEEP:

6144:AG/vSh5om+OkoIQUvR/el95YygRb/SVYg5UTuwERkBA6Es3UHgCF4TKX:UEO5IXel95Y/uy0UawERLRHF4

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Stops/Deletes Windows Defender service via SC.exe

      • cmd.exe (PID: 3956)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 2912)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 4032)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 2928)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 3016)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 2504)
    • Known privilege escalation attack

      • DllHost.exe (PID: 3256)
    • Executes PowerShell scripts

      • cmd.exe (PID: 3728)
    • Disables Windows Defender Real-time monitoring

      • cec7ffe87d111dd8d9004ad8c888c7bdc3c7908d08c32039eb472cf8b89be191.exe (PID: 2360)
    • Loads the Task Scheduler COM API

      • cec7ffe87d111dd8d9004ad8c888c7bdc3c7908d08c32039eb472cf8b89be191.exe (PID: 2360)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Executes PowerShell scripts

      • cmd.exe (PID: 2980)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 3060)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • cec5ffe65d111dd8d7004ad6c886c5bdc3c5906d06c32037eb452cf8b89be191.exe (PID: 2972)
    • Creates files in the user directory

      • cec5ffe65d111dd8d7004ad6c886c5bdc3c5906d06c32037eb452cf8b89be191.exe (PID: 2972)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 3896)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 3024)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 2244)
    • Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

      • cec5ffe65d111dd8d7004ad6c886c5bdc3c5906d06c32037eb452cf8b89be191.exe (PID: 2972)
      • cec7ffe87d111dd8d9004ad8c888c7bdc3c7908d08c32039eb472cf8b89be191.exe (PID: 2360)
    • Executed via COM

      • DllHost.exe (PID: 3256)
  • 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) (42.2)
.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (37.3)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (8.8)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (6)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (2.7)

EXIF

EXE

ProductVersion: 10.0.17763.1
ProductName: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
OriginalFileName: VSS_PS.DLL
LegalCopyright: © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
InternalName: VSS_PS.DLL
FileVersion: 10.0.17763.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
FileDescription: Microsoft® Volume Shadow Copy Service proxy/stub
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
CharacterSet: Unicode
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
FileSubtype: -
ObjectFileType: Dynamic link library
FileOS: Windows NT 32-bit
FileFlags: (none)
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
ProductVersionNumber: 10.0.17763.1
FileVersionNumber: 10.0.17763.1
Subsystem: Windows GUI
SubsystemVersion: 5
ImageVersion: -
OSVersion: 5
EntryPoint: 0x18c2b
UninitializedDataSize: -
InitializedDataSize: 330240
CodeSize: 166400
LinkerVersion: 9
PEType: PE32
TimeStamp: 2019:06:11 16:51:21+02:00
MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 11-Jun-2019 14:51:21
Detected languages:
  • English - United States
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription: Microsoft® Volume Shadow Copy Service proxy/stub
FileVersion: 10.0.17763.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
InternalName: VSS_PS.DLL
LegalCopyright: © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
OriginalFilename: VSS_PS.DLL
ProductName: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
ProductVersion: 10.0.17763.1

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: 0x000000E0

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 5
Time date stamp: 11-Jun-2019 14:51:21
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
0x00001000
0x00028860
0x00028A00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.54065
.rdata
0x0002A000
0x000432AC
0x00043400
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.23069
.data
0x0006E000
0x00005C78
0x00002200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
4.04664
.rsrc
0x00074000
0x000005F6
0x00000600
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
4.19659
.reloc
0x00075000
0x000071A4
0x00007200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
3.36787

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
4.93317
406
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_MANIFEST

Imports

ADVAPI32.dll
GDI32.dll
KERNEL32.dll
OLEACC.dll (delay-loaded)
OLEAUT32.dll
SHELL32.dll
SHLWAPI.dll
USER32.dll
WINSPOOL.DRV
No data.
screenshot
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Total processes
64
Monitored processes
21
Malicious processes
4
Suspicious processes
6

Behavior graph

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start cec5ffe65d111dd8d7004ad6c886c5bdc3c5906d06c32037eb452cf8b89be191.exe cmd.exe no specs sc.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs sc.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs CMSTPLUA no specs cec7ffe87d111dd8d9004ad8c888c7bdc3c7908d08c32039eb472cf8b89be191.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs sc.exe no specs sc.exe no specs sc.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs sc.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2972"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cec5ffe65d111dd8d7004ad6c886c5bdc3c5906d06c32037eb452cf8b89be191.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cec5ffe65d111dd8d7004ad6c886c5bdc3c5906d06c32037eb452cf8b89be191.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft® Volume Shadow Copy Service proxy/stub
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.17763.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
3956/c sc stop WinDefendC:\Windows\system32\cmd.execec5ffe65d111dd8d7004ad6c886c5bdc3c5906d06c32037eb452cf8b89be191.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
5
Version:
6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
2460sc stop WinDefendC:\Windows\system32\sc.execmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
A tool to aid in developing services for WindowsNT
Exit code:
5
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
2912/c sc delete WinDefendC:\Windows\system32\cmd.execec5ffe65d111dd8d7004ad6c886c5bdc3c5906d06c32037eb452cf8b89be191.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
5
Version:
6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
2980/c powershell Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $trueC:\Windows\system32\cmd.execec5ffe65d111dd8d7004ad6c886c5bdc3c5906d06c32037eb452cf8b89be191.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)
3784sc delete WinDefendC:\Windows\system32\sc.execmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
A tool to aid in developing services for WindowsNT
Exit code:
5
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
3896powershell Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $trueC:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.execmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows PowerShell
Exit code:
1
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
3256C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3E5FC7F9-9A51-4367-9063-A120244FBEC7}C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exesvchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
COM Surrogate
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
2360"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\netcache\cec7ffe87d111dd8d9004ad8c888c7bdc3c7908d08c32039eb472cf8b89be191.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\netcache\cec7ffe87d111dd8d9004ad8c888c7bdc3c7908d08c32039eb472cf8b89be191.exeDllHost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Microsoft® Volume Shadow Copy Service proxy/stub
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.17763.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
3728"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c powershell Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $trueC:\Windows\System32\cmd.execec7ffe87d111dd8d9004ad8c888c7bdc3c7908d08c32039eb472cf8b89be191.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
1
Version:
6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
Total events
999
Read events
820
Write events
179
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(3896) powershell.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\62\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:LanguageList
Value:
en-US
(PID) Process:(3256) DllHost.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:UNCAsIntranet
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3256) DllHost.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:AutoDetect
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2360) cec7ffe87d111dd8d9004ad8c888c7bdc3c7908d08c32039eb472cf8b89be191.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:UNCAsIntranet
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2360) cec7ffe87d111dd8d9004ad8c888c7bdc3c7908d08c32039eb472cf8b89be191.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:AutoDetect
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2360) cec7ffe87d111dd8d9004ad8c888c7bdc3c7908d08c32039eb472cf8b89be191.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender
Operation:writeName:DisableAntiSpyware
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2360) cec7ffe87d111dd8d9004ad8c888c7bdc3c7908d08c32039eb472cf8b89be191.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-time Protection
Operation:writeName:DisableBehaviorMonitoring
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2360) cec7ffe87d111dd8d9004ad8c888c7bdc3c7908d08c32039eb472cf8b89be191.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-time Protection
Operation:writeName:DisableOnAccessProtection
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2360) cec7ffe87d111dd8d9004ad8c888c7bdc3c7908d08c32039eb472cf8b89be191.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-time Protection
Operation:writeName:DisableOnRealtimeEnable
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2360) cec7ffe87d111dd8d9004ad8c888c7bdc3c7908d08c32039eb472cf8b89be191.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-time Protection
Operation:writeName:DisableIOAVProtection
Value:
1
Executable files
1
Suspicious files
8
Text files
0
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
3896powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\4M8PCN0BRIL287QU5A29.temp
MD5:
SHA256:
3024powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\Z87BGG6028G760ITMDZL.temp
MD5:
SHA256:
2244powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\YR150OU9URTNCYUPK0BW.temp
MD5:
SHA256:
3896powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\d93f411851d7c929.customDestinations-ms~RF14ed7b.TMPbinary
MD5:5F9A7BF5388376D94C2EDCA422810BEC
SHA256:8B2183F4F2F735C231B1F81D46CB86CB1FB51168824DE82F3A9EA79C12CAF82C
3896powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\d93f411851d7c929.customDestinations-msbinary
MD5:5F9A7BF5388376D94C2EDCA422810BEC
SHA256:8B2183F4F2F735C231B1F81D46CB86CB1FB51168824DE82F3A9EA79C12CAF82C
3024powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\d93f411851d7c929.customDestinations-ms~RF14f4bf.TMPbinary
MD5:5F9A7BF5388376D94C2EDCA422810BEC
SHA256:8B2183F4F2F735C231B1F81D46CB86CB1FB51168824DE82F3A9EA79C12CAF82C
3024powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\d93f411851d7c929.customDestinations-msbinary
MD5:5F9A7BF5388376D94C2EDCA422810BEC
SHA256:8B2183F4F2F735C231B1F81D46CB86CB1FB51168824DE82F3A9EA79C12CAF82C
2244powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\d93f411851d7c929.customDestinations-ms~RF14f858.TMPbinary
MD5:5F9A7BF5388376D94C2EDCA422810BEC
SHA256:8B2183F4F2F735C231B1F81D46CB86CB1FB51168824DE82F3A9EA79C12CAF82C
2244powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\d93f411851d7c929.customDestinations-msbinary
MD5:5F9A7BF5388376D94C2EDCA422810BEC
SHA256:8B2183F4F2F735C231B1F81D46CB86CB1FB51168824DE82F3A9EA79C12CAF82C
2972cec5ffe65d111dd8d7004ad6c886c5bdc3c5906d06c32037eb452cf8b89be191.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\S-1-5-21-1302019708-1500728564-335382590-1000\0f5007522459c86e95ffcc62f32308f1_90059c37-1320-41a4-b58d-2b75a9850d2fbinary
MD5:CE680636052DFD28A35C65D374BAE29E
SHA256:F46725A7BDC89ECD5E17403174401612064860447873E658CE718E1CA0DA9397
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
0
DNS requests
0
Threats
0

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

No data

DNS requests

No data

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info