Malware analysis upgrade.exe Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	upgrade.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/753f4c31-cfc7-403c-a9da-b9d02a564a22
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	July 09, 2024, 01:56:36
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:	github
Indicators:
MIME:	application/x-dosexec
File info:	PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows
MD5:	FD4BF565AF2154C5651A5D34BF993660
SHA1:	4419971B7BF4FD32393707A5C18C66B19FFB46A0
SHA256:	D0EC7DF89E17C336E054AEB8DC433226FCEFF8DFC7D35F4F56DEC398A6C1677E
SSDEEP:	192:JFu/oyP1toZA4GbfXzHVUsr++Yd2uaipqg4/:JQlPDoS4GbfbV9++Yd2uaKqg4

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
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 (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
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

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MSPaint FoD Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MediaPlayer Package
MediaPlayer Package
Microsoft OneCore ApplicationModel Sync Desktop FOD Package
Microsoft OneCore ApplicationModel Sync Desktop FOD Package
Microsoft OneCore DirectX Database FOD Package
NetFx3 OnDemand Package
Notepad FoD Package
Notepad FoD Package
Notepad FoD Package
Notepad FoD Package
Notepad FoD Package
OpenSSH Client Package
OpenSSH Client Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
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ProfessionalEdition
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QuickAssist Package
QuickAssist Package
RollupFix
RollupFix
ServicingStack
ServicingStack
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StepsRecorder Package
StepsRecorder Package
StepsRecorder Package
StepsRecorder Package
StepsRecorder Package
TabletPCMath Package
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UserExperience Desktop Package
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WordPad FoD Package
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MALICIOUS
- Drops the executable file immediately after the start
  - upgrade.exe (PID: 5844)
SUSPICIOUS
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - upgrade.exe (PID: 5844)
INFO
- Reads the machine GUID from the registry
  - upgrade.exe (PID: 5844)
- Reads the computer name
  - upgrade.exe (PID: 5844)
- Disables trace logs
  - upgrade.exe (PID: 5844)
- Creates files or folders in the user directory
  - upgrade.exe (PID: 5844)
- Checks supported languages
  - upgrade.exe (PID: 5844)
- Checks proxy server information
  - upgrade.exe (PID: 5844)
- Reads Environment values
  - upgrade.exe (PID: 5844)
- Reads the software policy settings
  - upgrade.exe (PID: 5844)
- Create files in a temporary directory
  - upgrade.exe (PID: 5844)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.exe	\|	Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (82.9)
.dll	\|	Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (7.4)
.exe	\|	Win32 Executable (generic) (5.1)
.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (2.2)
.exe	\|	DOS Executable Generic (2.2)

EXIF

EXE

AssemblyVersion:	1.0.0.0
ProductVersion:	1.0.0.0
ProductName:	updater_
OriginalFileName:	upgrade.exe
LegalTrademarks:	-
LegalCopyright:	Copyright © 2024
InternalName:	upgrade.exe
FileVersion:	1.0.0.0
FileDescription:	updater_
CompanyName:	-
Comments:	-
CharacterSet:	Unicode
LanguageCode:	Neutral
FileSubtype:	-
ObjectFileType:	Executable application
FileOS:	Win32
FileFlags:	(none)
FileFlagsMask:	0x003f
ProductVersionNumber:	1.0.0.0
FileVersionNumber:	1.0.0.0
Subsystem:	Windows command line
SubsystemVersion:	6
ImageVersion:	-
OSVersion:	4
EntryPoint:	0x382a
UninitializedDataSize:	-
InitializedDataSize:	6656
CodeSize:	6656
LinkerVersion:	48
PEType:	PE32
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, Large address aware
TimeStamp:	2050:10:07 14:28:31+00:00
MachineType:	Intel 386 or later, and compatibles

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Total processes

142

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

5844

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

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

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

updater_

Exit code:

Version:

1.0.0.0

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\upgrade.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\mscoree.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll

3152

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

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upgrade.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Console Window Host

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

6160

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

6192

"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

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Total events

1 350

Read events

1 335

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(5844) upgrade.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing
Operation:	write	Name:	EnableConsoleTracing
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(5844) upgrade.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\upgrade_RASAPI32
Operation:	write	Name:	EnableFileTracing
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(5844) upgrade.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\upgrade_RASAPI32
Operation:	write	Name:	EnableAutoFileTracing
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(5844) upgrade.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\upgrade_RASAPI32
Operation:	write	Name:	EnableConsoleTracing
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(5844) upgrade.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\upgrade_RASAPI32
Operation:	write	Name:	FileTracingMask
Value:
(PID) Process:	(5844) upgrade.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\upgrade_RASAPI32
Operation:	write	Name:	ConsoleTracingMask
Value:
(PID) Process:	(5844) upgrade.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\upgrade_RASAPI32
Operation:	write	Name:	MaxFileSize
Value: 1048576
(PID) Process:	(5844) upgrade.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\upgrade_RASAPI32
Operation:	write	Name:	FileDirectory
Value: %windir%\tracing
(PID) Process:	(5844) upgrade.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\upgrade_RASMANCS
Operation:	write	Name:	EnableFileTracing
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(5844) upgrade.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\upgrade_RASMANCS
Operation:	write	Name:	EnableAutoFileTracing
Value: 0

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
5844	upgrade.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\dependencies\build.vki		binary
		MD5:C51C303025E84E42B0257A30404A73CD	SHA256:E0354F37FB9D52A028BAC00A2D36381F28E0FEF30CCE1722FB75346402223FCB
5844	upgrade.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\software.exe		executable
		MD5:6E18039D0BE082857D5E75833CA51F82	SHA256:7445D20684C58A63EE5846CCC92B0FFD8F3B8A08A7CC73289853015E56FB938F
5844	upgrade.exe	C:\v2\auth\authenticator.exe		executable
		MD5:9E87A5C663190B0781BC9F280C7B71EE	SHA256:6D2D138455910096FF425249DE0DF85789410AA4652B7424173E3AD6EFC079CD

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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
2064	svchost.exe	GET	200	23.216.77.28:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	unknown
5992	backgroundTaskHost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAn5bsKVVV8kdJ6vHl3O1J0%3D	unknown	—	—	unknown
3656	svchost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	unknown
5004	backgroundTaskHost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAn5bsKVVV8kdJ6vHl3O1J0%3D	unknown	—	—	unknown
6252	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	unknown
6252	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	—	—	unknown
2064	svchost.exe	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	unknown
4656	SearchApp.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D	unknown	—	—	unknown

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4032	svchost.exe	239.255.255.250:1900	—	—	—	whitelisted
3580	RUXIMICS.exe	51.124.78.146:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
5680	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	51.124.78.146:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
2064	svchost.exe	51.124.78.146:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
5844	upgrade.exe	140.82.121.3:443	github.com	GITHUB	US	unknown
5844	upgrade.exe	185.199.111.133:443	raw.githubusercontent.com	FASTLY	US	unknown
2064	svchost.exe	23.216.77.28:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	unknown
2064	svchost.exe	184.30.21.171:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	unknown
4656	SearchApp.exe	104.126.37.136:443	www.bing.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	unknown

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
github.com	140.82.121.3	shared
raw.githubusercontent.com	185.199.111.133 185.199.108.133 185.199.110.133 185.199.109.133	shared
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.124.78.146 40.127.240.158	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	23.216.77.28 23.216.77.6	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	184.30.21.171	whitelisted
www.bing.com	104.126.37.136 104.126.37.145 104.126.37.139 104.126.37.131	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	192.229.221.95	whitelisted
login.live.com	40.126.31.73 20.190.159.64 20.190.159.71 20.190.159.75 20.190.159.73 20.190.159.4 20.190.159.0 20.190.159.23	whitelisted
go.microsoft.com	184.30.17.189	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	40.115.3.253	whitelisted

Threats

PID	Process	Class	Message
—	—	Not Suspicious Traffic	INFO [ANY.RUN] Attempting to access raw user content on GitHub

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General Info

upgrade.exe

FD4BF565AF2154C5651A5D34BF993660

4419971B7BF4FD32393707A5C18C66B19FFB46A0

D0EC7DF89E17C336E054AEB8DC433226FCEFF8DFC7D35F4F56DEC398A6C1677E

192:JFu/oyP1toZA4GbfXzHVUsr++Yd2uaipqg4/:JQlPDoS4GbfbV9++Yd2uaKqg4

Software environment set and analysis options

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Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Drops the executable file immediately after the start

SUSPICIOUS

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

INFO

Reads the machine GUID from the registry

Reads the computer name

Disables trace logs

Creates files or folders in the user directory

Checks supported languages

Checks proxy server information

Reads Environment values

Reads the software policy settings

Create files in a temporary directory

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