File name:

award.pdf.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/0343c3dc-9a2b-4c20-8c1e-cbfd5d0a4e73
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: February 21, 2025, 22:51:42
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:
metasploit
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 4 sections
MD5:

90D46387C86A7983FF0EF204C335060A

SHA1:

2176E87FA4A005DD94CCA750A344625E0C0FDFB0

SHA256:

E463E04623E7348C515E0CC29320FF4E282C360A93B7A51F696639BD96A8BFB8

SSDEEP:

3072:Szmpe/kDeJR98Qcl8fwe0Nc8QszKr+VgUyUx:7e9J3nfb0Nc8QsWr+VXyS

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  • MALICIOUS

    • METASPLOIT has been detected (YARA)

      • award.pdf.exe (PID: 4144)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    No suspicious indicators.

  • INFO

    • The sample compiled with english language support

      • award.pdf.exe (PID: 4144)

    • Checks supported languages

      • award.pdf.exe (PID: 4144)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (67.4)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (14.2)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (9.7)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (4.3)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (4.3)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2009:08:29 00:26:20+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 6
CodeSize: 45056
InitializedDataSize: 335872
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x33a3
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 2.2.14.0
ProductVersionNumber: 2.2.14.0
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Win32
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
CharacterSet: Unicode
Comments: Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
CompanyName: Apache Software Foundation
FileDescription: ApacheBench command line utility
FileVersion: 2.2.14
InternalName: ab.exe
LegalCopyright: Copyright 2009 The Apache Software Foundation.
OriginalFileName: ab.exe
ProductName: Apache HTTP Server
ProductVersion: 2.2.14
No data.
screenshotscreenshot
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Total processes
116
Monitored processes
1
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start #METASPLOIT award.pdf.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
4144"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\award.pdf.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\award.pdf.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Apache Software Foundation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
ApacheBench command line utility
Version:
2.2.14
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\award.pdf.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\msvcrt.dll
Total events
159
Read events
159
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
0
Text files
0
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

No data
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HTTP(S) requests
4
TCP/UDP connections
22
DNS requests
7
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
5156
svchost.exe
GET
200
23.48.23.145:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
DE
binary
1.01 Kb
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
23.48.23.145:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
DE
binary
1.01 Kb
whitelisted
5156
svchost.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
DE
binary
973 b
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
DE
binary
973 b
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
5156
svchost.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
—
—
104.126.37.129:443
www.bing.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
—
—
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
—
—
192.168.100.105:49679
—
—
—
unknown
5156
svchost.exe
23.48.23.145:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
23.48.23.145:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
5156
svchost.exe
184.30.21.171:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
184.30.21.171:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 51.104.136.2
  • 51.124.78.146
whitelisted
www.bing.com
  • 104.126.37.129
  • 104.126.37.131
  • 104.126.37.139
  • 104.126.37.153
  • 104.126.37.130
  • 104.126.37.160
  • 104.126.37.154
  • 104.126.37.137
  • 104.126.37.136
whitelisted
google.com
  • 216.58.206.46
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.48.23.145
  • 23.48.23.164
  • 23.48.23.169
  • 23.48.23.166
  • 23.48.23.147
  • 23.48.23.156
  • 23.48.23.159
  • 23.48.23.180
  • 23.48.23.141
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 184.30.21.171
whitelisted
self.events.data.microsoft.com
  • 20.189.173.27
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info
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