Malware analysis hidden-tear.exe Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	hidden-tear.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/673bf175-0f57-4d41-9ced-4ad98bbc75ba
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Threats:	Ransomware is a type of malicious software that locks users out of their system or data using different methods to force them to pay a ransom. Most often, such programs encrypt files on an infected machine and demand a fee to be paid in exchange for the decryption key. Additionally, such programs can be used to steal sensitive information from the compromised computer and even conduct DDoS attacks against affected organizations to pressure them into paying. Malware Trends Tracker >>>
Analysis date:	March 25, 2025, 01:20:44
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:	ransomware
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows, 3 sections
MD5:	412F1B66437E5159FBD54CB7BB0C526E
SHA1:	6CD761BDA9DFB23F40C3D54C522C9F859C7FD308
SHA256:	D44A5F262CCB43F72EE2AFDE3E3FF2A55BBB3DB5837BFA8AAC2E8D7195014D8B
SSDEEP:	768:xS8SPNQFFFFFHBFFFKFVVlS8HJSPNQFFFFFHBFFFK:rQNdbzSoJQNd

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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
- Renames files like ransomware
  - hidden-tear.exe (PID: 5960)
- Connects to the CnC server
  - hidden-tear.exe (PID: 5960)
SUSPICIOUS
- Contacting a server suspected of hosting an CnC
  - hidden-tear.exe (PID: 5960)
INFO
- Disables trace logs
  - hidden-tear.exe (PID: 5960)
- Reads the computer name
  - hidden-tear.exe (PID: 5960)
- Reads the software policy settings
  - hidden-tear.exe (PID: 5960)
- Checks supported languages
  - hidden-tear.exe (PID: 5960)
- Reads the machine GUID from the registry
  - hidden-tear.exe (PID: 5960)
- Checks proxy server information
  - hidden-tear.exe (PID: 5960)
- Manual execution by a user
  - notepad.exe (PID: 300)
- Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
  - notepad.exe (PID: 300)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.exe	\|	Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (63.1)
.exe	\|	Win64 Executable (generic) (23.8)
.dll	\|	Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (5.6)
.exe	\|	Win32 Executable (generic) (3.8)
.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (1.7)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp:	2015:08:16 13:57:58+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, 32-bit
PEType:	PE32
LinkerVersion:	11
CodeSize:	109568
InitializedDataSize:	101888
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0x1cb6e
OSVersion:	4
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	6
Subsystem:	Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber:	1.0.0.0
ProductVersionNumber:	1.0.0.0
FileFlagsMask:	0x003f
FileFlags:	(none)
FileOS:	Win32
ObjectFileType:	Executable application
FileSubtype:	-
LanguageCode:	Neutral
CharacterSet:	Unicode
FileDescription:	hidden-tear
FileVersion:	1.0.0.0
InternalName:	hidden-tear.exe
LegalCopyright:	Copyright © 2015
OriginalFileName:	hidden-tear.exe
ProductName:	hidden-tear
ProductVersion:	1.0.0.0
AssemblyVersion:	1.0.0.0

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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

300

"C:\WINDOWS\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\READ_IT.txt

C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe

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explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Notepad

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

5960

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hidden-tear.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hidden-tear.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

hidden-tear

Exit code:

Version:

1.0.0.0

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\hidden-tear.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

5972

"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

6944

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

C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe

—

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

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Total events

1 025

Read events

1 011

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(5960) hidden-tear.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\hidden-tear_RASAPI32
Operation:	write	Name:	EnableFileTracing
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(5960) hidden-tear.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\hidden-tear_RASAPI32
Operation:	write	Name:	EnableAutoFileTracing
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(5960) hidden-tear.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\hidden-tear_RASAPI32
Operation:	write	Name:	EnableConsoleTracing
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(5960) hidden-tear.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\hidden-tear_RASAPI32
Operation:	write	Name:	FileTracingMask
Value:
(PID) Process:	(5960) hidden-tear.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\hidden-tear_RASAPI32
Operation:	write	Name:	ConsoleTracingMask
Value:
(PID) Process:	(5960) hidden-tear.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\hidden-tear_RASAPI32
Operation:	write	Name:	MaxFileSize
Value: 1048576
(PID) Process:	(5960) hidden-tear.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\hidden-tear_RASAPI32
Operation:	write	Name:	FileDirectory
Value: %windir%\tracing
(PID) Process:	(5960) hidden-tear.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\hidden-tear_RASMANCS
Operation:	write	Name:	EnableFileTracing
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(5960) hidden-tear.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\hidden-tear_RASMANCS
Operation:	write	Name:	EnableAutoFileTracing
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(5960) hidden-tear.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\hidden-tear_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
5960	hidden-tear.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\deadm.png.locked		binary
		MD5:1BD62665E9E75B523D5711594F2E7E64	SHA256:85778215ECC24EE938A9D4C45FF5B02BA99988D06DCB2A069F1CE6E54A5B27A4
5960	hidden-tear.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\deadm.png		binary
		MD5:1BD62665E9E75B523D5711594F2E7E64	SHA256:85778215ECC24EE938A9D4C45FF5B02BA99988D06DCB2A069F1CE6E54A5B27A4
5960	hidden-tear.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\loveusing.jpg		binary
		MD5:392E0E0D9D42608731662444DC651C74	SHA256:FEC2E9C0889F6C37DA14C359275A807A9263250368EEFCD7E7584BC213112EEC
5960	hidden-tear.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\manualrules.png.locked		binary
		MD5:D342AC8327DA322514C221046878B69A	SHA256:4A423098AD6B6D3E593F8548E01ABB071435F18C21002CE9ECDA192877B5879B
5960	hidden-tear.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\medicinerunning.jpg		binary
		MD5:33DAFF4B242F750A249F5EE39200D061	SHA256:9EE3FA3F9261BEC84B267A0EC605B5CACA9FD92E5AC332EE5010E7B4EF5AA31C
5960	hidden-tear.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\loveusing.jpg.locked		binary
		MD5:392E0E0D9D42608731662444DC651C74	SHA256:FEC2E9C0889F6C37DA14C359275A807A9263250368EEFCD7E7584BC213112EEC
5960	hidden-tear.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\medicinerunning.jpg.locked		binary
		MD5:33DAFF4B242F750A249F5EE39200D061	SHA256:9EE3FA3F9261BEC84B267A0EC605B5CACA9FD92E5AC332EE5010E7B4EF5AA31C
5960	hidden-tear.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\manualrules.png		binary
		MD5:D342AC8327DA322514C221046878B69A	SHA256:4A423098AD6B6D3E593F8548E01ABB071435F18C21002CE9ECDA192877B5879B
5960	hidden-tear.exe	C:\Users\admin\Desktop\READ_IT.txt		text
		MD5:DC70B72F6606BBEF30637579B1A69C21	SHA256:FD7009EFBCE3B0902DB990EF3A2B8184F182C1614D8B198EF6ED93CDFD096E22

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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
5960	hidden-tear.exe	GET	301	104.21.25.61:80	http://www.utkusen.com/hidden-tear/write.php?info=DESKTOP-JGLLJLD-admin%20F*Q8M6Xo/2Gh!Rq	unknown	—	—	malicious
—	—	GET	200	23.48.23.143:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	184.30.131.245:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
4380	backgroundTaskHost.exe	GET	200	184.30.131.245:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5892	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	2.23.181.156:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5892	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	2.23.181.156:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
—	—	23.48.23.143:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
5960	hidden-tear.exe	104.21.25.61:80	www.utkusen.com	CLOUDFLARENET	—	malicious
5960	hidden-tear.exe	104.21.25.61:443	www.utkusen.com	CLOUDFLARENET	—	malicious
3216	svchost.exe	40.113.103.199:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	20.190.160.131:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	184.30.131.245:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	US	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
google.com	142.250.185.174	whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.104.136.2 40.127.240.158	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	23.48.23.143 23.48.23.156	whitelisted
www.utkusen.com	104.21.25.61 172.67.223.51	malicious
client.wns.windows.com	40.113.103.199	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.160.131 20.190.160.128 20.190.160.14 20.190.160.4 40.126.32.138 20.190.160.65 20.190.160.67 20.190.160.66	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	184.30.131.245	whitelisted
arc.msn.com	20.223.36.55	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	4.175.87.197	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	2.23.181.156	whitelisted

Threats

PID	Process	Class	Message
5960	hidden-tear.exe	Malware Command and Control Activity Detected	ET MALWARE Ransomware.Hidden-Tear Variant CnC Checkin

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General Info

hidden-tear.exe

412F1B66437E5159FBD54CB7BB0C526E

6CD761BDA9DFB23F40C3D54C522C9F859C7FD308

D44A5F262CCB43F72EE2AFDE3E3FF2A55BBB3DB5837BFA8AAC2E8D7195014D8B

768:xS8SPNQFFFFFHBFFFKFVVlS8HJSPNQFFFFFHBFFFK:rQNdbzSoJQNd

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Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Renames files like ransomware

Connects to the CnC server

SUSPICIOUS

Contacting a server suspected of hosting an CnC

INFO

Disables trace logs

Reads the computer name

Reads the software policy settings

Checks supported languages

Reads the machine GUID from the registry

Checks proxy server information

Manual execution by a user

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

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