| File name: | Mercury.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/098feb5f-4e92-48ec-95d9-230ed191dab9 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | April 09, 2025, 04:58:37 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows, 3 sections |
| MD5: | 2F4AA6139B5641D3B929503D5DAB9D2C |
| SHA1: | ABCA6F216899F3FB5B9A77D8997A97ECB05333C1 |
| SHA256: | D4CC3AB5506A8A0BB85693F8A81700521CF0900F063A4411E7F328CB7DAEE819 |
| SSDEEP: | 1536:9jifTsf4DR7RqxF0Kad7IvBQEezOOtrR3YYjM5D:FfOhRqxa7D3YVx |
MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.SUSPICIOUS
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- Mercury.exe (PID: 2284)
Uses base64 encoding (POWERSHELL)
- Mercury.exe (PID: 2284)
Writes data into a file (POWERSHELL)
- Mercury.exe (PID: 2284)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- Mercury.exe (PID: 2284)
Reads the date of Windows installation
- Mercury.exe (PID: 2284)
Executes application which crashes
- Runtime Broker.exe (PID: 1180)
Checks for external IP
- Runtime Broker.exe (PID: 1180)
- svchost.exe (PID: 2196)
INFO
Reads Environment values
- Mercury.exe (PID: 2284)
- Runtime Broker.exe (PID: 1180)
Reads the computer name
- Mercury.exe (PID: 2284)
- Runtime Broker.exe (PID: 1180)
Checks supported languages
- Mercury.exe (PID: 2284)
- Runtime Broker.exe (PID: 1180)
Reads the machine GUID from the registry
- Mercury.exe (PID: 2284)
- Runtime Broker.exe (PID: 1180)
Reads the software policy settings
- Mercury.exe (PID: 2284)
Create files in a temporary directory
- Mercury.exe (PID: 2284)
Process checks computer location settings
- Mercury.exe (PID: 2284)
Disables trace logs
- Runtime Broker.exe (PID: 1180)
Checks proxy server information
- Runtime Broker.exe (PID: 1180)
Creates files or folders in the user directory
- WerFault.exe (PID: 6816)
Checks if a key exists in the options dictionary (POWERSHELL)
- Mercury.exe (PID: 2284)
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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: | 2025:04:09 04:58:10+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, 32-bit |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 11 |
| CodeSize: | 53760 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 2048 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0xf02e |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows command line |
| FileVersionNumber: | 0.0.0.0 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 0.0.0.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | Neutral |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| FileDescription: | |
| FileVersion: | 0.0.0.0 |
| InternalName: | output.exe |
| LegalCopyright: | |
| OriginalFileName: | output.exe |
| ProductVersion: | 0.0.0.0 |
| AssemblyVersion: | 0.0.0.0 |
Total processes
138
Monitored processes
8
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
1
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1180 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Runtime Broker.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Runtime Broker.exe | Mercury.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Exit code: 2148734499 Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
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| 2196 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p -s Dnscache | C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe | services.exe | ||||||||||||
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Host Process for Windows Services Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 2284 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercury.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercury.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Exit code: 0 Version: 0.0.0.0 Modules
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| 4776 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | Mercury.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 5156 | "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
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| 6004 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercury.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercury.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Exit code: 3221226540 Version: 0.0.0.0 Modules
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| 6768 | 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
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| 6816 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 1180 -s 1796 | C:\Windows\System32\WerFault.exe | — | Runtime Broker.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Windows Problem Reporting Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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Total events
8 549
Read events
8 510
Write events
36
Delete events
3
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (1180) Runtime Broker.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Runtime Broker_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1180) Runtime Broker.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Runtime Broker_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableAutoFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1180) Runtime Broker.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Runtime Broker_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableConsoleTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1180) Runtime Broker.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Runtime Broker_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileTracingMask |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1180) Runtime Broker.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Runtime Broker_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ConsoleTracingMask |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1180) Runtime Broker.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Runtime Broker_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | MaxFileSize |
Value: 1048576 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1180) Runtime Broker.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Runtime Broker_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileDirectory |
Value: %windir%\tracing | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1180) Runtime Broker.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Runtime Broker_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1180) Runtime Broker.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Runtime Broker_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableAutoFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1180) Runtime Broker.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Runtime Broker_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableConsoleTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
Executable files
1
Suspicious files
2
Text files
3
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6816 | WerFault.exe | C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_Runtime Broker.e_d8d96877b7bf991d842f71cbc5af7dd63655df37_e8826c03_15b4a86f-7b02-40df-b35d-f011264ec9c8\Report.wer | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 6816 | WerFault.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\Runtime Broker.exe.1180.dmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2284 | Mercury.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_0g23gysu.nnl.ps1 | text | |
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641 | SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7 | |||
| 2284 | Mercury.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_u0q01ejd.en0.psm1 | text | |
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641 | SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7 | |||
| 2284 | Mercury.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Runtime Broker.exe | executable | |
MD5:D2B392C99EC1361317C5FC190D06C49D | SHA256:974AEB04B589D3070139D41376FD3677E3BA55C806AC3CF340321CB083CA72E9 | |||
| 6816 | WerFault.exe | C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERE726.tmp.dmp | binary | |
MD5:1FF0282DDAF9D90E101130C2428689BE | SHA256:8A4B72F61C1353B9582AA36460B7C85E8BCACBB309FD4CA831ACB72F736D469B | |||
| 6816 | WerFault.exe | C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERE979.tmp.xml | xml | |
MD5:F513C7154D3C4B0B7829BA8A5D913FCB | SHA256:A8E74EFF86D6C0DDD2D7AF3B128D56FE09F8D09709605E96193177F4AFA80D51 | |||
| 6816 | WerFault.exe | C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERE959.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml | binary | |
MD5:B5E872E8D2AB07D45DDBA85C7F0ED0C1 | SHA256:63267321457849D3B23AE73E94A883CBBA36B3E99F8E09E96D72C9DB11543C29 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
4
TCP/UDP connections
16
DNS requests
11
Threats
4
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.28:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1180 | Runtime Broker.exe | GET | 200 | 208.95.112.1:80 | http://ip-api.com/line/?fields=hosting | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6724 | 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 |
6724 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | 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 |
— | — | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
— | — | 23.216.77.28:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
2104 | svchost.exe | 40.127.240.158:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
3216 | svchost.exe | 172.211.123.249:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | FR | whitelisted |
1180 | Runtime Broker.exe | 208.95.112.1:80 | ip-api.com | TUT-AS | US | whitelisted |
6724 | SIHClient.exe | 4.175.87.197:443 | slscr.update.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
6724 | SIHClient.exe | 95.101.149.131:80 | www.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | NL | whitelisted |
6724 | SIHClient.exe | 52.165.164.15:443 | fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
ip-api.com |
| whitelisted |
slscr.update.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
2196 | svchost.exe | Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected | INFO [ANY.RUN] External IP Check (ip-api .com) |
2196 | svchost.exe | Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected | ET INFO External IP Lookup Domain in DNS Lookup (ip-api .com) |
1180 | Runtime Broker.exe | Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected | POLICY [ANY.RUN] External Hosting Lookup by ip-api |
1180 | Runtime Broker.exe | Device Retrieving External IP Address Detected | ET INFO External IP Lookup ip-api.com |