File name:

2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/b26b8b88-87b8-4efe-8017-6163225bee9b
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: May 18, 2025, 13:44:12
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:
neshta
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 8 sections
MD5:

E04A9CB30962FCDAECAAD973A3B641FF

SHA1:

425D3678F908526D25AD59DBDD0A28C404BBA39F

SHA256:

D22A17F26BFF8EE802198DE682A326A680D36A54A223AD87A2CB5831B6D869C7

SSDEEP:

12288:95akOcamSC/wc2pcRzbQxyc3uc2CXreQFZZ999BBBBBB999BBBBBB9991JdmrqEr:95F/GgbQTJNmrqENp

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  • MALICIOUS

    • NESHTA mutex has been found

      • 2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 1052)
      • FileCoAuth.exe (PID: 616)

    • Executing a file with an untrusted certificate

      • FileCoAuth.exe (PID: 5960)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • 2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 1052)
      • FileCoAuth.exe (PID: 616)

    • Mutex name with non-standard characters

      • 2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 1052)
      • FileCoAuth.exe (PID: 616)

    • There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)

      • 2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 1052)

    • Process drops legitimate windows executable

      • FileCoAuth.exe (PID: 616)

    • Starts a Microsoft application from unusual location

      • FileCoAuth.exe (PID: 5960)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • 2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 1052)
      • FileCoAuth.exe (PID: 616)

  • INFO

    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • 2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 1052)
      • FileCoAuth.exe (PID: 5960)

    • Reads the computer name

      • 2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 1052)
      • FileCoAuth.exe (PID: 5960)

    • Process checks computer location settings

      • 2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 1052)
      • FileCoAuth.exe (PID: 616)

    • Checks supported languages

      • 2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 1052)
      • 2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 2320)
      • FileCoAuth.exe (PID: 5960)

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • FileCoAuth.exe (PID: 5960)

    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • FileCoAuth.exe (PID: 5960)

    • The sample compiled with english language support

      • FileCoAuth.exe (PID: 616)

    • Creates files in the program directory

      • 2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 2320)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 Executable Borland Delphi 6 (77.9)
.exe | InstallShield setup (12.7)
.exe | Win32 Executable Delphi generic (4.2)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (1.9)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (1.3)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 1992:06:19 22:22:17+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, Bytes reversed lo, 32-bit, Bytes reversed hi
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 2.25
CodeSize: 29696
InitializedDataSize: 10752
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x80e4
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows GUI
No data.
screenshot
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Total processes
128
Monitored processes
6
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
1

Behavior graph

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start #NESHTA 2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exe 2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exe no specs 2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exe filecoauth.exe no specs filecoauth.exe no specs slui.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
616C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\19.043.0304.0013\FileCoAuth.exe -EmbeddingC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\19.043.0304.0013\FileCoAuth.exe—svchost.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\microsoft\onedrive\19.043.0304.0013\filecoauth.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\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\user32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\win32u.dll
1052"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.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\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\user32.dll
2148"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exe—2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exe
User:
admin
Company:
SysTool PasSame LIMITED
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows SysTool Service
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
20.0.0.1714
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\3582-490\2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
2320"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exe
2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exe
User:
admin
Company:
SysTool PasSame LIMITED
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows SysTool Service
Exit code:
0
Version:
20.0.0.1714
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\3582-490\2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.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\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\user32.dll
5548C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\slui.exe
svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Activation Client
Exit code:
0
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
5960"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\FileCoAuth.exe" -EmbeddingC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\FileCoAuth.exe—FileCoAuth.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft OneDriveFile Co-Authoring Executable
Exit code:
0
Version:
19.043.0304.0013
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\3582-490\filecoauth.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\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\user32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\win32u.dll
Total events
3 991
Read events
3 991
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
9
Suspicious files
2
Text files
1
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
10522025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exeexecutable
MD5:C8AC9074C2DFD3814F656D1FECA32129
SHA256:CA01CAD28213CE50E1082D12ABCFB6F11DC56CECECA1068A468F459B216DEDEB
10522025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\19.043.0304.0013\FileSyncConfig.exeexecutable
MD5:0C5EC1AE9A301408AF26032B445FBB08
SHA256:3A8010F1E4E028782093877D969EB127B80AE48B7215A8D3F91E8AB9C165AC7A
10522025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\19.043.0304.0013\FileSyncHelper.exeexecutable
MD5:1C0BE16E6ED8F5B6F0910650A25F4FA7
SHA256:3028F6A6A7A10DC5D63F256FEEB8275F3818BF3371EAF8B20A2D0BF2FCD5F4A9
10522025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\19.043.0304.0013\FileCoAuth.exeexecutable
MD5:13C2D5BF03C4A2B28E930F990CCC32DB
SHA256:12D24D0BC0E7CDC902E3540A3C6F7B755094F011A8EAD49A47A00563710B8F80
10522025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\OneDrive.exeexecutable
MD5:178B773B3FB050FCE26E40A9E8C2EE9A
SHA256:1E03573733F25B44004049A535E7E79366FD86FE953F6DFEDAAD05513B46A6C5
10522025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\19.043.0304.0013\OneDriveUpdaterService.exeexecutable
MD5:E73AC057B2CFEF016B8199389F0DF590
SHA256:20ABA9D6001E5CDC287CD5BD452D0F2D05980D83F851D2B309BF49E9D9A8AC4C
616FileCoAuth.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\FileCoAuth.exeexecutable
MD5:394DEEEF3E5FFE6C77A9CDA1832361BB
SHA256:37DCEC7509B0803F2BBA453845ED67FDBAA15771F8A60FC11F9082FD2A64BD23
5960FileCoAuth.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\logs\Common\FileCoAuth-2025-05-18.1344.5960.1.aodlbinary
MD5:28DCA2FF4B34B5A52A2E59DF202A6ED3
SHA256:33BACCB7296F1ED1F995FC77A23049F261CF391AC0388F9E8DD161F8C17B7F94
10522025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp5023.tmptext
MD5:0B50FD317A07F32356743B43E97F2BE4
SHA256:FB6AEEFD6674A8AC674C2F1D8474A6987F41E9DF54D4C689AB6E8D04F931EC2D
5960FileCoAuth.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\logs\Common\FileCoAuth-2025-05-18.1344.5960.1.odlbinary
MD5:9077E8F2383AA407615C15629D4D2F20
SHA256:217556A2688DEF0BCBA51DDA0AF48B5A550013BB07478F106B130A4E29D7E333
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HTTP(S) requests
8
TCP/UDP connections
39
DNS requests
12
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
4244
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.16.164.120:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4244
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
95.101.149.131:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4244
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
95.101.149.131:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4244
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.16.164.120:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut_2010-06-23.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4244
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
95.101.149.131:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.2.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4244
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.16.164.120:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicTimStaPCA_2010-07-01.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4244
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
95.101.149.131:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4244
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
95.101.149.131:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.2.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
4.231.128.59:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
3216
svchost.exe
172.211.123.249:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted
4244
SIHClient.exe
20.12.23.50:443
slscr.update.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted
4244
SIHClient.exe
2.16.164.120:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
4244
SIHClient.exe
95.101.149.131:80
www.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
4244
SIHClient.exe
52.165.164.15:443
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted
900
slui.exe
40.91.76.224:443
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
20.190.159.129:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 4.231.128.59
whitelisted
google.com
  • 172.217.16.206
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.249
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 20.12.23.50
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 2.16.164.120
  • 2.16.164.98
  • 2.16.164.43
  • 2.16.164.114
  • 2.16.164.113
  • 2.16.164.107
  • 2.16.164.35
  • 2.16.164.99
  • 2.16.164.51
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 95.101.149.131
whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 52.165.164.15
whitelisted
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com
  • 40.91.76.224
whitelisted
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com
  • 52.111.227.13
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 20.190.159.129
  • 40.126.31.73
  • 40.126.31.3
  • 40.126.31.71
  • 20.190.159.23
  • 40.126.31.129
  • 20.190.159.71
  • 40.126.31.128
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
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2025-05-18_e04a9cb30962fcdaecaad973a3b641ff_amadey_elex_gcleaner_neshta_smoke-loader