Malware analysis autoit-v3-setup.exe Malicious activity

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File name:	autoit-v3-setup.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/4948d1c0-00c0-4d07-a657-6e2a815996cf
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	April 26, 2025, 06:51:54
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive, 5 sections
MD5:	D50D5712566F1DF16B5AEA21B9E0EE24
SHA1:	F442AA68EC8D838625F382BCF273F5D0F66427EA
SHA256:	E102238100A8B97D22559065E3B19379757AEDA932C36916D2C84A4178921854
SSDEEP:	196608:RibMxSfOYFjizV+mKPdih/DuHKaJC9vdGFMiEXxHeJtMvU9Bi7SkEGIT9OOa5SPl:3xgjihkUhKHKr0M19lSBi7S02OOagDOe

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
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
No malicious indicators.
SUSPICIOUS
- Malware-specific behavior (creating "System.dll" in Temp)
  - autoit-v3-setup.exe (PID: 7428)
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - autoit-v3-setup.exe (PID: 7428)
- There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)
  - autoit-v3-setup.exe (PID: 7428)
- The process creates files with name similar to system file names
  - autoit-v3-setup.exe (PID: 7428)
- Creates a software uninstall entry
  - autoit-v3-setup.exe (PID: 7428)
- Creates/Modifies COM task schedule object
  - autoit-v3-setup.exe (PID: 7428)
INFO
- Checks supported languages
  - autoit-v3-setup.exe (PID: 7428)
- Reads the computer name
  - autoit-v3-setup.exe (PID: 7428)
- Create files in a temporary directory
  - autoit-v3-setup.exe (PID: 7428)
- Creates files in the program directory
  - autoit-v3-setup.exe (PID: 7428)
- The sample compiled with english language support
  - autoit-v3-setup.exe (PID: 7428)
- The sample compiled with german language support
  - autoit-v3-setup.exe (PID: 7428)

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No Malware configuration.

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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:	2016:04:02 03:20:09+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit
PEType:	PE32
LinkerVersion:	6
CodeSize:	24064
InitializedDataSize:	120320
UninitializedDataSize:	1024
EntryPoint:	0x326c
OSVersion:	4
ImageVersion:	6
SubsystemVersion:	4
Subsystem:	Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber:	3.3.14.5
ProductVersionNumber:	3.3.14.5
FileFlagsMask:	0x0000
FileFlags:	(none)
FileOS:	Win32
ObjectFileType:	Executable application
FileSubtype:	-
LanguageCode:	Neutral
CharacterSet:	Windows, Latin1
CompanyName:	AutoIt Team
FileDescription:	AutoIt v3 Setup
FileVersion:	3.3.14.5
LegalCopyright:	(c)1999-2018 Jonathan Bennett & AutoIt Team

No data.

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Total processes

133

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

7368

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\autoit-v3-setup.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\autoit-v3-setup.exe

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explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

AutoIt Team

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

AutoIt v3 Setup

Exit code:

3221226540

Version:

3.3.14.5

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\autoit-v3-setup.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll

7428

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\autoit-v3-setup.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\autoit-v3-setup.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

AutoIt Team

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

AutoIt v3 Setup

Version:

3.3.14.5

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\autoit-v3-setup.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\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\user32.dll

7476

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

C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe

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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

7508

"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

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Total events

407

Read events

382

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(7428) autoit-v3-setup.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\AutoIt v3\AutoIt
Operation:	write	Name:	InstallDir
Value: C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3
(PID) Process:	(7428) autoit-v3-setup.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\AutoIt v3\AutoIt
Operation:	write	Name:	Version
Value: v3.3.14.5
(PID) Process:	(7428) autoit-v3-setup.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.au3
Operation:	write	Name:	PerceivedType
Value: text
(PID) Process:	(7428) autoit-v3-setup.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.au3\ShellNew
Operation:	write	Name:	FileName
Value: Template.au3
(PID) Process:	(7428) autoit-v3-setup.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\AutoIt v3\Aut2Exe
Operation:	write	Name:	LastExeDir
Value: My Documents
(PID) Process:	(7428) autoit-v3-setup.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\AutoIt v3\Aut2Exe
Operation:	write	Name:	LastScriptDir
Value: My Documents
(PID) Process:	(7428) autoit-v3-setup.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\AutoIt v3\Aut2Exe
Operation:	write	Name:	LastIconDir
Value: C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Aut2Exe\Icons
(PID) Process:	(7428) autoit-v3-setup.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\AutoIt v3\Aut2Exe
Operation:	write	Name:	LastIcon
Value:
(PID) Process:	(7428) autoit-v3-setup.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\AutoIt v3\Aut2Exe
Operation:	write	Name:	LastCompression
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(7428) autoit-v3-setup.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\AutoIt v3\Aut2Exe
Operation:	write	Name:	AllowDecompile
Value: 1

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

1 024

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
7428	autoit-v3-setup.exe	C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\AutoIt.chm		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
7428	autoit-v3-setup.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nswBB16.tmp\ioX64Options.ini		text
		MD5:B7DAECFA83B6DB257578441991630153	SHA256:244F61A89801AB52A66E7579C16D92A6A60E063F8F972F601FF0EE2BC73AE0B2
7428	autoit-v3-setup.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nswBB16.tmp\System.dll		executable
		MD5:56A321BD011112EC5D8A32B2F6FD3231	SHA256:BB6DF93369B498EAA638B0BCDC4BB89F45E9B02CA12D28BCEDF4629EA7F5E0F1
7428	autoit-v3-setup.exe	C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\AutoIt3.exe		executable
		MD5:C56B5F0201A3B3DE53E561FE76912BFD	SHA256:237D1BCA6E056DF5BB16A1216A434634109478F882D3B1D58344C801D184F95D
7428	autoit-v3-setup.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nswBB16.tmp\modern-header.bmp		image
		MD5:940C56737BF9BB69CE7A31C623D4E87A	SHA256:766A893FE962AEFD27C574CB05F25CF895D3FC70A00DB5A6FA73D573F571AEFC
7428	autoit-v3-setup.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nswBB16.tmp\ioDefaultOpen.ini		text
		MD5:8C032D104411DA01E43D8E8B9AD88EB4	SHA256:659CAD01FE631A96E0856C44D4114E12AC0E5402F863C2B1213A87D375C26F59
7428	autoit-v3-setup.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nswBB16.tmp\InstallOptions.dll		executable
		MD5:D753362649AECD60FF434ADF171A4E7F	SHA256:8F24C6CF0B06D18F3C07E7BFCA4E92AFCE71834663746CFAA9DDF52A25D5C586
7428	autoit-v3-setup.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nswBB16.tmp\ioSpecial.ini		text
		MD5:E2D5070BC28DB1AC745613689FF86067	SHA256:D95AED234F932A1C48A2B1B0D98C60CA31F962310C03158E2884AB4DDD3EA1E0
7428	autoit-v3-setup.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nswBB16.tmp\modern-wizard.bmp		image
		MD5:6930F12EAC110EF91B3F05EBF1BD461D	SHA256:5DDC4D595B497247847B29E9E60AA496E0F13B220D80FAA3241CFC6F44CE570D
7428	autoit-v3-setup.exe	C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Au3Info.exe		executable
		MD5:0E74B9DC602E5C3540C3CE7E51C5717C	SHA256:CD7660502EE43FAB3E5AF883F21E2F03F78E462912CF14D23D105C3DE8E9D3CE

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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
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	2.16.241.19:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.23.77.188:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
8012	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	23.35.229.160:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
8012	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	23.35.229.160:80	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
—	—	51.124.78.146:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	2.16.241.19:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	95.101.149.131:80	www.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
—	—	95.101.149.131:80	www.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
3216	svchost.exe	172.211.123.248:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	FR	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	40.126.31.73:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	2.23.77.188:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.124.78.146 51.104.136.2	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	2.16.241.19 2.16.241.12	whitelisted
google.com	172.217.16.206	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	95.101.149.131 23.35.229.160	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.248	whitelisted
login.live.com	40.126.31.73 40.126.31.1 20.190.159.129 40.126.31.3 20.190.159.128 40.126.31.69 20.190.159.130 20.190.159.2	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.23.77.188	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	20.12.23.50	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	20.3.187.198	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

autoit-v3-setup.exe

D50D5712566F1DF16B5AEA21B9E0EE24

F442AA68EC8D838625F382BCF273F5D0F66427EA

E102238100A8B97D22559065E3B19379757AEDA932C36916D2C84A4178921854

196608:RibMxSfOYFjizV+mKPdih/DuHKaJC9vdGFMiEXxHeJtMvU9Bi7SkEGIT9OOa5SPl:3xgjihkUhKHKr0M19lSBi7S02OOagDOe

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MALICIOUS

SUSPICIOUS

Malware-specific behavior (creating "System.dll" in Temp)

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)

The process creates files with name similar to system file names

Creates a software uninstall entry

Creates/Modifies COM task schedule object

INFO

Checks supported languages

Reads the computer name

Create files in a temporary directory

Creates files in the program directory

The sample compiled with english language support

The sample compiled with german language support

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