| File name: | Synapse X.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/65f18cc8-2d1f-4413-9143-e2f6e9a9ca28 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | Orcus is a modular Remote Access Trojan with some unusual functions. This RAT enables attackers to create plugins using a custom development library and offers a robust core feature set that makes it one of the most dangerous malicious programs in its class. |
| Analysis date: | November 30, 2018, 05:02:20 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/x-dosexec |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows |
| MD5: | D875D102ED6C072EB0400394F29D6B1A |
| SHA1: | 8EDBCB9BE8C2B33140C4D3D87CB8FB95F2E9A07D |
| SHA256: | D7C1CBAB71892A5FCA83D1EE267A80792FD53DF32488BA6299F7C395B4CB7866 |
| SSDEEP: | 6144:43g4ZiflJWPHnddw8RqZS2oEwxY3HDR+qaQRKs:eZ0JsHndCsAS2os3HDRfaQRKs |
MALICIOUS
Uses Task Scheduler to run other applications
- Hi.exe (PID: 4076)
Application was dropped or rewritten from another process
- Hi.exe (PID: 4076)
- MicrosoftFramework.exe (PID: 340)
- MicrosoftFramework.exe (PID: 3052)
- Sin.exe (PID: 2540)
- C7FB8689DFEAC65B.bin (PID: 2528)
Loads the Task Scheduler COM API
- schtasks.exe (PID: 2720)
Loads dropped or rewritten executable
- SearchProtocolHost.exe (PID: 1828)
SUSPICIOUS
Creates files in the user directory
- Regasm.exe (PID: 2280)
- Hi.exe (PID: 4076)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 2420)
Starts application with an unusual extension
- Sin.exe (PID: 2540)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- Regasm.exe (PID: 2280)
- Hi.exe (PID: 4076)
- Sin.exe (PID: 2540)
Starts itself from another location
- Hi.exe (PID: 4076)
Uses RUNDLL32.EXE to load library
- Sin.exe (PID: 2540)
Connects to unusual port
- Regasm.exe (PID: 312)
INFO
No info indicators.
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
TRiD
| .exe | | | Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (81) |
|---|---|---|
| .dll | | | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (7.2) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (4.9) |
| .exe | | | Win16/32 Executable Delphi generic (2.2) |
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (2.2) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2018:11:29 20:12:13+01:00 |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 6 |
| CodeSize: | 228352 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 27648 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x39a6e |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| 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: | Synapse X.exe |
| LegalCopyright: | |
| OriginalFileName: | Synapse X.exe |
| ProductVersion: | 0.0.0.0 |
| AssemblyVersion: | 0.0.0.0 |
Summary
| Architecture: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
|---|---|
| Subsystem: | IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI |
| Compilation Date: | 29-Nov-2018 19:12:13 |
| FileDescription: | - |
| FileVersion: | 0.0.0.0 |
| InternalName: | Synapse X.exe |
| LegalCopyright: | - |
| OriginalFilename: | Synapse X.exe |
| ProductVersion: | 0.0.0.0 |
| Assembly Version: | 0.0.0.0 |
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: | 0x00000080 |
PE Headers
| Signature: | PE |
|---|---|
| Machine: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
| Number of sections: | 4 |
| Time date stamp: | 29-Nov-2018 19:12:13 |
| Pointer to Symbol Table: | 0x00000000 |
| Number of symbols: | 0 |
| Size of Optional Header: | 0x00E0 |
| Characteristics: |
|
Sections
Name | Virtual Address | Virtual Size | Raw Size | Charateristics | Entropy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.text | 0x00002000 | 0x00037A74 | 0x00037C00 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 6.49883 |
.sdata | 0x0003A000 | 0x000000B1 | 0x00000200 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 2.17781 |
.rsrc | 0x0003C000 | 0x00006604 | 0x00006800 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 3.612 |
.reloc | 0x00044000 | 0x0000000C | 0x00000200 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 0.10191 |
Resources
Title | Entropy | Size | Codepage | Language | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5.00112 | 490 | Latin 1 / Western European | UNKNOWN | RT_MANIFEST |
2 | 1.05752 | 2440 | Latin 1 / Western European | UNKNOWN | RT_ICON |
3 | 0.942059 | 4264 | Latin 1 / Western European | UNKNOWN | RT_ICON |
4 | 0.800577 | 9640 | Latin 1 / Western European | UNKNOWN | RT_ICON |
5 | 7.81893 | 6991 | Latin 1 / Western European | UNKNOWN | RT_ICON |
Imports
mscoree.dll |
Total processes
45
Monitored processes
12
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
3
Behavior graph
Click at the process to see the details
Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 312 | "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Regasm.exe" | C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Regasm.exe | MicrosoftFramework.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft .NET Assembly Registration Utility Exit code: 0 Version: 4.6.1055.0 built by: NETFXREL2 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 340 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\MicrosoftFramework.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\MicrosoftFramework.exe | — | Hi.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Synapse Bootstrapper.exe Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 1828 | "C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe6_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe6 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon" | C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe | — | SearchIndexer.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Microsoft Windows Search Protocol Host Exit code: 0 Version: 7.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 2280 | "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Regasm.exe" | C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Regasm.exe | Synapse X.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft .NET Assembly Registration Utility Exit code: 0 Version: 4.6.1055.0 built by: NETFXREL2 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 2420 | C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\system32\gameux.dll,GameUXShim {ef6d8efd-ae36-48fa-bd1b-8f941dc265fa};C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\ZA1jCBj3wbzp6ZkRJIlU\Sin.exe;2540 | C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe | Sin.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows host process (Rundll32) Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 2528 | "bin\C7FB8689DFEAC65B.bin" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\bin\C7FB8689DFEAC65B.bin | — | Sin.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 2540 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\ZA1jCBj3wbzp6ZkRJIlU\Sin.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\ZA1jCBj3wbzp6ZkRJIlU\Sin.exe | Regasm.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Synapse Bootstrapper Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 2604 | "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Regasm.exe" | C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Regasm.exe | — | MicrosoftFramework.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft .NET Assembly Registration Utility Exit code: 0 Version: 4.6.1055.0 built by: NETFXREL2 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 2720 | schtasks /create /f /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "'Hi'" /tr "'C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\MicrosoftFramework.exe'" | C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe | — | Hi.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Manages scheduled tasks Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 3004 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Synapse X.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Synapse X.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Exit code: 0 Version: 0.0.0.0 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
Total events
1 664
Read events
1 566
Write events
98
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (2280) Regasm.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Regasm_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2280) Regasm.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Regasm_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableConsoleTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2280) Regasm.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Regasm_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileTracingMask |
Value: 4294901760 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2280) Regasm.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Regasm_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ConsoleTracingMask |
Value: 4294901760 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2280) Regasm.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Regasm_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | MaxFileSize |
Value: 1048576 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2280) Regasm.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Regasm_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileDirectory |
Value: %windir%\tracing | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2280) Regasm.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Regasm_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2280) Regasm.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Regasm_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableConsoleTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2280) Regasm.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Regasm_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileTracingMask |
Value: 4294901760 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2280) Regasm.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Regasm_RASMANCS |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ConsoleTracingMask |
Value: 4294901760 | |||
Executable files
5
Suspicious files
4
Text files
1
Unknown types
2
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 312 | Regasm.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CabB462.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 312 | Regasm.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TarB463.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 312 | Regasm.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CabB493.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 312 | Regasm.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TarB4A3.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 312 | Regasm.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CabB5DD.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 312 | Regasm.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TarB5DE.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2280 | Regasm.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\ZA1jCBj3wbzp6ZkRJIlU\Hi.exe | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2420 | rundll32.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Games\Sin™.lnk | lnk | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 4076 | Hi.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\MicrosoftFramework.exe | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2420 | rundll32.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\GameExplorer\{D5E24C4B-9B6E-44C3-9EEC-EFA740D05752}\PlayTasks\0\Play.lnk | lnk | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
Download PCAP, analyze network streams, HTTP content and a lot more at the full report
HTTP(S) requests
3
TCP/UDP connections
9
DNS requests
8
Threats
4
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2420 | rundll32.exe | GET | 302 | 104.111.243.236:80 | http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?linkid=30219&locale=en-US&clientType=VISTA_GAMES&clientVersion=6.1.2 | NL | — | — | whitelisted |
2420 | rundll32.exe | GET | 200 | 65.55.186.115:80 | http://movie.metaservices.microsoft.com/locater/WMServiceLocater.asmx/GetServiceLocationsForClient?locale=en-US&clientType=VISTA_GAMES&clientVersion=6.1.2 | US | xml | 660 b | whitelisted |
312 | Regasm.exe | GET | 200 | 205.185.216.10:80 | http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab | US | compressed | 54.4 Kb | whitelisted |
Download PCAP, analyze network streams, HTTP content and a lot more at the full report
Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2280 | Regasm.exe | 104.16.9.231:443 | cdn.discordapp.com | Cloudflare Inc | US | shared |
2420 | rundll32.exe | 104.111.243.236:80 | go.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | NL | whitelisted |
2420 | rundll32.exe | 65.55.186.115:80 | movie.metaservices.microsoft.com | Microsoft Corporation | US | whitelisted |
312 | Regasm.exe | 185.234.216.140:1337 | — | — | — | malicious |
312 | Regasm.exe | 205.185.216.10:80 | www.download.windowsupdate.com | Highwinds Network Group, Inc. | US | whitelisted |
2420 | rundll32.exe | 65.55.162.26:443 | games.metaservices.microsoft.com | Microsoft Corporation | US | whitelisted |
2540 | Sin.exe | 104.25.227.27:443 | synapse.to | Cloudflare Inc | US | shared |
2280 | Regasm.exe | 104.20.208.21:443 | pastebin.com | Cloudflare Inc | US | shared |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
pastebin.com |
| malicious |
cdn.discordapp.com |
| shared |
go.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
movie.metaservices.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
games.metaservices.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.download.windowsupdate.com |
| whitelisted |
synapse.to |
| whitelisted |
cdn.synapse.to |
| suspicious |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
312 | Regasm.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | MALWARE [PTsecurity] Observed Malicious SSL Certificate (Orcus RAT) |
312 | Regasm.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | MALWARE [PTsecurity] Observed Malicious SSL Certificate (Orcus RAT) |
312 | Regasm.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | MALWARE [PTsecurity] Malicious SSL connection (Orcus RAT) pkt checker #1 |
1 ETPRO signatures available at the full report