File name:

MicrosoftPublisher.pub

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/f4421520-f362-4042-9b75-7c2d1409deae
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: September 13, 2024, 18:38:25
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
MIME: application/vnd.ms-office
File info: Composite Document File V2 Document, Little Endian, Os: Windows, Version 5.2, Code page: 1252
MD5:

0627B4727E2BFE1D1CB7F06B82BFCC5C

SHA1:

7399B9E033DED0EE565BD3DE299B4D9D2F46D769

SHA256:

E050EA777D910137FFF7C160992EC026AB4F76832B6C96701B114E379ABF4CA3

SSDEEP:

384:WRqrHKVC/EpWT4NaXcBukrc6UXXfFll0ecvRGT5HMpEqfG:k6FTqfG

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Scans artifacts that could help determine the target

      • MSPUB.EXE (PID: 6900)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • MSPUB.EXE (PID: 6900)

    • Sets XML DOM element text (SCRIPT)

      • MSPUB.EXE (PID: 6900)

    • Checks Windows Trust Settings

      • MSPUB.EXE (PID: 6900)

    • Reads the date of Windows installation

      • MSPUB.EXE (PID: 6900)

  • INFO

    • Reads the computer name

      • MSPUB.EXE (PID: 6900)

    • Reads Environment values

      • MSPUB.EXE (PID: 6900)

    • Reads Microsoft Office registry keys

      • MSPUB.EXE (PID: 6900)

    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • MSPUB.EXE (PID: 6900)

    • Checks supported languages

      • MSPUB.EXE (PID: 6900)

    • Reads the software policy settings

      • MSPUB.EXE (PID: 6900)

    • Checks proxy server information

      • MSPUB.EXE (PID: 6900)

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • MSPUB.EXE (PID: 6900)

    • Reads product name

      • MSPUB.EXE (PID: 6900)

    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • MSPUB.EXE (PID: 6900)

    • The process uses the downloaded file

      • MSPUB.EXE (PID: 6900)

    • Reads CPU info

      • MSPUB.EXE (PID: 6900)

    • Process checks computer location settings

      • MSPUB.EXE (PID: 6900)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.pub | Microsoft Publisher document (90.4)

EXIF

FlashPix

CompObjUserTypeLen: 24
CompObjUserType: Microsoft Publisher 3.0
Author: -
ThumbnailClip: (Binary data 42830 bytes, use -b option to extract)
CodePage: Windows Latin 1 (Western European)
Manager: -
Company: -
AppVersion: 12
ScaleCrop: No
LinksUpToDate: No
SharedDoc: No
HyperlinksChanged: No
No data.
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Total processes
127
Monitored processes
1
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start mspub.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
6900"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\MSPUB.EXE" /ou "" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\MicrosoftPublisher.pubC:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSPUB.EXE
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft Publisher
Version:
16.0.16026.20146
Modules
Images
c:\program files\microsoft office\root\office16\mspub.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.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
Total events
8 299
Read events
8 068
Write events
206
Delete events
25

Modification events

(PID) Process:(6900) MSPUB.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\ClientTelemetry\Sampling
Operation:writeName:8
Value:
012009000000001000B24E9A3E01000000000000000200000000000000
(PID) Process:(6900) MSPUB.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\CrashPersistence\MSPUB\6900
Operation:writeName:0
Value:
0B0E10D92E9155ECBAE04C8310F8C73EA18EB52300469B958F9FC2C1C1ED016A04102400449A7D64B29D01008500A907556E6B6E6F776EC9062E22343545714E47774F79734B6766464D4B64656E4A31304550634E4A39453649794A6E6464355055337041513D22CA0DC2190000C91003783634C511F435D212096D0073007000750062002E00650078006500C51620C517808004C91808323231322D44656300
(PID) Process:(6900) MSPUB.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:writeName:en-US
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(6900) MSPUB.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:writeName:de-de
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(6900) MSPUB.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:writeName:fr-fr
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(6900) MSPUB.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:writeName:es-es
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(6900) MSPUB.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:writeName:it-it
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(6900) MSPUB.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:writeName:ja-jp
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(6900) MSPUB.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:writeName:ko-kr
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(6900) MSPUB.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:writeName:pt-br
Value:
2
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
14
Text files
1
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
6900MSPUB.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\TokenBroker\Cache\089d66ba04a8cec4bdc5267f42f39cf84278bb67.tbresbinary
MD5:CD3B9C638A5EE33849480580F9F973D9
SHA256:2F08968C5E3339DC354430B5B0CDAB9775E5CF8CD2C4E4FB626E2E6A563F25DA
6900MSPUB.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~DFE3FF4993953BE41A.TMPbinary
MD5:CD4135170EF1610EAE3FD0C7416C8E71
SHA256:216C3687A99273D38B5FF0649BB7A25A2F456112C8718359AEDDA17819B31171
6900MSPUB.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\TokenBroker\Cache\56a61aeb75d8f5be186c26607f4bb213abe7c5ec.tbresbinary
MD5:1D20BBA0A47B261360480FB3FA42D0E4
SHA256:A3365A587046533BCA2BC4C4CB5FBE4E5578F3A457735DE808391808A67594A9
6900MSPUB.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~DF28065F76D9FA6DDB.TMPbinary
MD5:BF619EAC0CDF3F68D496EA9344137E8B
SHA256:076A27C79E5ACE2A3D47F9DD2E83E4FF6EA8872B3C2218F66C92B89B55F36560
6900MSPUB.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office\Recent\index.datini
MD5:FA4E7EB1732E692DF2BE93EB5BBD74C1
SHA256:3DEC5C7B23C5592D6FC27B5F57DB41BAB9D89A97A267DEDC87C66EF6EF4DFD1D
6900MSPUB.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office\Recent\MicrosoftPublisher.pub.LNKlnk
MD5:B3F807D2887951F5A4B47ABAD14609AA
SHA256:E1C6197AA5A31F66D3C1993995A87193E1E9A79C4D07AF5CDE6612B044C4532C
6900MSPUB.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~DFC694BA3D62098CB1.TMPgmc
MD5:BF619EAC0CDF3F68D496EA9344137E8B
SHA256:076A27C79E5ACE2A3D47F9DD2E83E4FF6EA8872B3C2218F66C92B89B55F36560
6900MSPUB.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~DFEC9419DE5636DACD.TMPbinary
MD5:BF619EAC0CDF3F68D496EA9344137E8B
SHA256:076A27C79E5ACE2A3D47F9DD2E83E4FF6EA8872B3C2218F66C92B89B55F36560
6900MSPUB.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~DF23922D32E8E005ED.TMPbinary
MD5:3E977C1A548ED94230311E9283C9229C
SHA256:E4CF4C183880943F81C556586F3A0E771E6C5C2AF29D03C060E7E6EF6AEF451E
6900MSPUB.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\F5NXNONGW1A2X1UYCSHM.tempbinary
MD5:4FCB2A3EE025E4A10D21E1B154873FE2
SHA256:90BF6BAA6F968A285F88620FBF91E1F5AA3E66E2BAD50FD16F37913280AD8228
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HTTP(S) requests
5
TCP/UDP connections
19
DNS requests
6
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
5796
svchost.exe
GET
200
23.32.97.216:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
2120
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
23.32.97.216:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
GET
200
52.113.194.132:443
https://ecs.office.com/config/v2/Office/publisher/16.0.16026.20146/Production/CC?&Clientid=%7bD61AB268-C26A-439D-BB15-2A0DEDFCA6A3%7d&Application=publisher&Platform=win32&Version=16.0.16026.20146&MsoVersion=16.0.16026.20002&SDX=fa000000002.2.0.1907.31003&SDX=fa000000005.1.0.1909.30011&SDX=fa000000006.1.0.1909.13002&SDX=fa000000008.1.0.1908.16006&SDX=fa000000009.1.0.1908.6002&SDX=fa000000016.1.0.1810.13001&SDX=fa000000029.1.0.1906.25001&SDX=fa000000033.1.0.1908.24001&SDX=wa104381125.1.0.1810.9001&ProcessName=mspub.exe&Audience=Production&Build=ship&Architecture=x64&Language=en-US&SubscriptionLicense=false&PerpetualLicense=2019&LicenseCategory=6&LicenseSKU=Professional2019Retail&OsVersion=10.0&OsBuild=19045&Channel=CC&InstallType=C2R&SessionId=%7b55912ED9-BAEC-4CE0-8310-F8C73EA18EB5%7d&LabMachine=false
unknown
text
343 Kb
—
—
—
POST
200
20.42.65.90:443
https://self.events.data.microsoft.com/OneCollector/1.0/
unknown
binary
62 b
—
—
—
POST
200
104.46.162.226:443
https://self.events.data.microsoft.com/OneCollector/1.0/
unknown
binary
10 b
—
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
5796
svchost.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
6268
RUXIMICS.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
2120
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
5796
svchost.exe
23.32.97.216:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
SE
whitelisted
6900
MSPUB.EXE
52.113.194.132:443
ecs.office.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted
2120
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
23.32.97.216:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
SE
whitelisted
3888
svchost.exe
239.255.255.250:1900
—
—
—
whitelisted
4324
svchost.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
6900
MSPUB.EXE
104.46.162.226:443
self.events.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
AU
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 40.127.240.158
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.185.142
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 23.32.97.216
whitelisted
ecs.office.com
  • 52.113.194.132
whitelisted
self.events.data.microsoft.com
  • 104.46.162.226
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info
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