| download: | pet.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/4124a4a1-4760-4150-b134-88dd35df322d |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | Phorpiex is a malicious software that has been a significant threat in the cybersecurity landscape since 2016. It is a modular malware known for its ability to maintain an extensive botnet. Unlike other botnets, Phorpiex does not concentrate on DDoS attacks. Instead, it has been involved in numerous large-scale spam email campaigns and the distribution of other malicious payloads, such as LockBit. |
| Analysis date: | March 29, 2021, 00:34:56 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/x-dosexec |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows |
| MD5: | F7AF1A6FB7947EF70C27DA2377C0F80A |
| SHA1: | FE64C65AF081E168399ECC7D804A3A5D76CCD6D8 |
| SHA256: | D7B7B8AD980D6FA81AC802328BAF991B59F1FD7E8ECA03F1F852C181AE608292 |
| SSDEEP: | 768:/a8hiksmXxYR8X/wW2DyXDfbBJ3+seFr5d:4kBXpX/UDyzf7eF |
MALICIOUS
Changes the autorun value in the registry
- pet.exe (PID: 3012)
PHORPIEX was detected
- sihost.exe (PID: 2760)
Application was dropped or rewritten from another process
- 3134412207.exe (PID: 3504)
SUSPICIOUS
Checks for external IP
- pet.exe (PID: 3012)
- sihost.exe (PID: 2760)
- 1684524171.exe (PID: 2152)
Starts itself from another location
- pet.exe (PID: 3012)
- sihost.exe (PID: 2760)
Drops a file with a compile date too recent
- pet.exe (PID: 3012)
- sihost.exe (PID: 2760)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- pet.exe (PID: 3012)
- sihost.exe (PID: 2760)
Drops a file that was compiled in debug mode
- pet.exe (PID: 3012)
- sihost.exe (PID: 2760)
Creates files in the user directory
- 3134412207.exe (PID: 3504)
INFO
Dropped object may contain Bitcoin addresses
- pet.exe (PID: 3012)
- sihost.exe (PID: 2760)
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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
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2021:03:28 21:11:35+02:00 |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 9 |
| CodeSize: | 18432 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 13312 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x55e0 |
| OSVersion: | 5 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 5 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
Summary
| Architecture: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
|---|---|
| Subsystem: | IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI |
| Compilation Date: | 28-Mar-2021 19:11:35 |
| Detected languages: |
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| Debug artifacts: |
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: | 28-Mar-2021 19:11:35 |
| Pointer to Symbol Table: | 0x00000000 |
| Number of symbols: | 0 |
| Size of Optional Header: | 0x00E0 |
| Characteristics: |
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Sections
Name | Virtual Address | Virtual Size | Raw Size | Charateristics | Entropy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.text | 0x00001000 | 0x00004772 | 0x00004800 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 5.70781 |
.rdata | 0x00006000 | 0x00001FAB | 0x00002000 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 5.70846 |
.data | 0x00008000 | 0x00000664 | 0x00000600 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 2.80362 |
.rsrc | 0x00009000 | 0x000001B4 | 0x00000200 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 5.09798 |
.reloc | 0x0000A000 | 0x00000A9E | 0x00000C00 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 6.09678 |
Resources
Title | Entropy | Size | Codepage | Language | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4.79597 | 346 | Latin 1 / Western European | English - United States | RT_MANIFEST |
Imports
ADVAPI32.dll |
KERNEL32.dll |
MSVCRT.dll |
SHELL32.dll |
SHLWAPI.dll |
USER32.dll |
WININET.dll |
ole32.dll |
urlmon.dll |
Total processes
42
Monitored processes
4
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2152 | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1684524171.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1684524171.exe | sihost.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0 Modules
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| 2760 | C:\32101306913015\sihost.exe | C:\32101306913015\sihost.exe | pet.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0 Modules
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| 3012 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pet.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pet.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0 Modules
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| 3504 | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3134412207.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3134412207.exe | — | sihost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0 Modules
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Total events
75
Read events
47
Write events
28
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (3012) pet.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ProxyEnable |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3012) pet.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SavedLegacySettings |
Value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| |||
| (PID) Process: | (3012) pet.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3012) pet.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Cookie: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3012) pet.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CachePrefix |
Value: Visited: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3012) pet.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UNCAsIntranet |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3012) pet.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | AutoDetect |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3012) pet.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Host Process for Windows Services |
Value: C:\32101306913015\sihost.exe | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2760) sihost.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ProxyEnable |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2760) sihost.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SavedLegacySettings |
Value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| |||
Executable files
3
Suspicious files
4
Text files
0
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3012 | pet.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\6Z2BCOUL\4EH79JYJ.htm | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2760 | sihost.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\6Z2BCOUL\8PW0S952.htm | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2152 | 1684524171.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\B6QGX7LP\VW18UR9K.htm | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2760 | sihost.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\B6QGX7LP\22bb[1] | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2760 | sihost.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\PO2HN1X2\11aa[1] | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3012 | pet.exe | C:\32101306913015\sihost.exe | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2760 | sihost.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3134412207.exe | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2760 | sihost.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1684524171.exe | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
8
TCP/UDP connections
6
DNS requests
3
Threats
12
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2760 | sihost.exe | GET | — | 185.215.113.93:80 | http://185.215.113.93/11aa | PT | — | — | malicious |
2760 | sihost.exe | GET | — | 185.215.113.93:80 | http://185.215.113.93/33cc | PT | — | — | malicious |
3012 | pet.exe | GET | 200 | 212.83.168.196:80 | http://api.wipmania.com/ | FR | text | 19 b | malicious |
2760 | sihost.exe | GET | 200 | 185.215.113.93:80 | http://185.215.113.93/11aa | PT | binary | 32.5 Kb | malicious |
2760 | sihost.exe | GET | 200 | 212.83.168.196:80 | http://api.wipmania.com/ | FR | text | 19 b | malicious |
2760 | sihost.exe | GET | 200 | 185.215.113.93:80 | http://185.215.113.93/22bb | PT | binary | 11.3 Kb | malicious |
2760 | sihost.exe | GET | 200 | 185.215.113.93:80 | http://185.215.113.93/22bb | PT | binary | 11.3 Kb | malicious |
2152 | 1684524171.exe | GET | 200 | 212.83.168.196:80 | http://api.wipmania.com/ | FR | text | 19 b | malicious |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2760 | sihost.exe | 185.215.113.93:80 | — | Ebonyhorizon Telecomunicacoes S.A. | PT | malicious |
3012 | pet.exe | 212.83.168.196:80 | api.wipmania.com | Online S.a.s. | FR | malicious |
2760 | sihost.exe | 212.83.168.196:80 | api.wipmania.com | Online S.a.s. | FR | malicious |
2152 | 1684524171.exe | 212.83.168.196:80 | api.wipmania.com | Online S.a.s. | FR | malicious |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
api.wipmania.com |
| unknown |
dns.msftncsi.com |
| shared |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
3012 | pet.exe | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | ET POLICY External IP Lookup Attempt To Wipmania |
2760 | sihost.exe | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | ET POLICY External IP Lookup Attempt To Wipmania |
2760 | sihost.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | MALWARE [PTsecurity] Win32/Phorpiex.V |
2760 | sihost.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | MALWARE [PTsecurity] Win32/Phorpiex.V |
2152 | 1684524171.exe | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | ET POLICY External IP Lookup Attempt To Wipmania |
2760 | sihost.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | MALWARE [PTsecurity] Win32/Phorpiex.V |
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