| File name: | e8fd8860b62364f0c7f57934a4284fef79149bb6f00bbf8d71623cd32c79bd3d.msi |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/29c709e8-e411-4e21-8d99-9279e232ac6c |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | May 16, 2025, 08:48:52 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/x-msi |
| File info: | Composite Document File V2 Document, Little Endian, Os: Windows, Version 6.2, MSI Installer, Code page: 1252, Title: Installation Database, Subject: PDQConnectAgent, Author: PDQ.com, Keywords: Installer, Comments: This installer database contains the logic and data required to install PDQConnectAgent., Template: x64;1033, Revision Number: {9467128F-9A42-4772-A694-2E935CC19876}, Create Time/Date: Mon Mar 31 03:03:18 2025, Last Saved Time/Date: Mon Mar 31 03:03:18 2025, Number of Pages: 200, Number of Words: 2, Name of Creating Application: WiX Toolset (5.0.0.0), Security: 2 |
| MD5: | C25BAF48765F6DC4130994CFB7458411 |
| SHA1: | 0D1118AFFC0CEB38A76FAF9AEF5A8E779BF98576 |
| SHA256: | E8FD8860B62364F0C7F57934A4284FEF79149BB6F00BBF8D71623CD32C79BD3D |
| SSDEEP: | 98304:GGVlDd10yJLNadu3w9Gl+X8tTAgdZ2gqra/IUwcSX4PXLM41Z3WcxUvhuTtsuLA9:0fFv+mr |
| .msi | | | Microsoft Windows Installer (98.5) |
|---|---|---|
| .msi | | | Microsoft Installer (100) |
| CodePage: | Windows Latin 1 (Western European) |
|---|---|
| Title: | Installation Database |
| Subject: | PDQConnectAgent |
| Author: | PDQ.com |
| Keywords: | Installer |
| Comments: | This installer database contains the logic and data required to install PDQConnectAgent. |
| Template: | x64;1033 |
| RevisionNumber: | {9467128F-9A42-4772-A694-2E935CC19876} |
| CreateDate: | 2025:04:30 03:03:18 |
| ModifyDate: | 2025:04:30 03:03:18 |
| Pages: | 200 |
| Words: | 2 |
| Software: | WiX Toolset (5.0.0.0) |
| Security: | Read-only recommended |
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 840 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | powershell.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 856 | "powershell.exe" -NoLogo -NonInteractive -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command - | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | — | pdq-connect-agent.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Windows PowerShell Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 1240 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | powershell.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 1568 | rundll32.exe "C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI28C9.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_1124593 44 pdqconnectagent-setup!pdqconnectagent_setup.CustomActions.WriteToken | C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe | msiexec.exe | ||||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Windows host process (Rundll32) Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 3888 | "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e8fd8860b62364f0c7f57934a4284fef79149bb6f00bbf8d71623cd32c79bd3d.msi | C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows® installer Exit code: 0 Version: 5.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 4188 | rundll32.exe "C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI2A70.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_1125015 50 pdqconnectagent-setup!pdqconnectagent_setup.CustomActions.StartService | C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe | msiexec.exe | ||||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Windows host process (Rundll32) Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 5544 | "C:\Program Files\PDQ\PDQConnectUpdater\pdq-connect-updater.exe" --service | C:\Program Files\PDQ\PDQConnectUpdater\pdq-connect-updater.exe | services.exe | ||||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: PDQ Connect Updater Version: 5.6.16 Modules
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| 5608 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding | C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: KMS Connection Broker Version: 10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 6488 | "C:\Program Files\PDQ\PDQConnectAgent\pdq-connect-agent.exe" --service | C:\Program Files\PDQ\PDQConnectAgent\pdq-connect-agent.exe | services.exe | ||||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: PDQ Connect Agent Version: 5.8.1 Modules
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| 6644 | "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
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| (PID) Process: | (6708) msiexec.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\VSS\Diag\SystemRestore |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SrCreateRp (Enter) |
Value: 48000000000000002BF0725F3FC6DB01341A000050120000D50700000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6708) msiexec.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\VSS\Diag\SPP |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SppGetSnapshots (Enter) |
Value: 48000000000000002BF0725F3FC6DB01341A000050120000D20700000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6708) msiexec.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\VSS\Diag\SPP |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SppGetSnapshots (Leave) |
Value: 48000000000000005764C65F3FC6DB01341A000050120000D20700000100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6708) msiexec.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\VSS\Diag\SPP |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SppEnumGroups (Enter) |
Value: 48000000000000005764C65F3FC6DB01341A000050120000D10700000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6708) msiexec.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\VSS\Diag\SPP |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SppEnumGroups (Leave) |
Value: 4800000000000000182DCB5F3FC6DB01341A000050120000D10700000100000000000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6708) msiexec.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\VSS\Diag\SPP |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SppCreate (Enter) |
Value: 480000000000000076E0CF5F3FC6DB01341A000050120000D00700000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6708) msiexec.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SPP |
| Operation: | write | Name: | LastIndex |
Value: 11 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6708) msiexec.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\VSS\Diag\SPP |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SppGatherWriterMetadata (Enter) |
Value: 4800000000000000E6C544603FC6DB01341A000050120000D30700000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6708) msiexec.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\VSS\Diag\VssapiPublisher |
| Operation: | write | Name: | IDENTIFY (Enter) |
Value: 4800000000000000BE7B49603FC6DB01341A000088140000E80300000100000000000000000000002C037F596744EE4A819BB4662CC584C900000000000000000000000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6816) VSSVC.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\VSS\Diag\Shadow Copy Optimization Writer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | IDENTIFY (Enter) |
Value: 4800000000000000D66F55603FC6DB01A01A00008C190000E80300000100000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 | |||
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6708 | msiexec.exe | C:\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2 | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 6708 | msiexec.exe | C:\Windows\Installer\111c8d.msi | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3888 | msiexec.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB | binary | |
MD5:F5FB817195684D7A60C466E9A1003296 | SHA256:25E4C42E64E68EF1E03950D7309468A2F6839E66C297A04263E132CAFC2C1C79 | |||
| 3888 | msiexec.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_8DBAD5A433D1F9275321E076E8B744D4 | binary | |
MD5:B05604061E3EC3AABDA184504B54FD61 | SHA256:39C721D8D85211FAD5BAED20BDD88FC53F76BD1E4BC41611961DDE0812D396AE | |||
| 3888 | msiexec.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB | binary | |
MD5:9B779DDFD8F995CF996F5CB84D845ABE | SHA256:801E55B8E49D8DA4FE5E50F253B3BE63AB3B14E9617D21B4EF857AC1C2B449D9 | |||
| 8016 | rundll32.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SFXCA217E2F79A14019EB491DE476DFB48E72\pdqconnectagent-setup.exe | executable | |
MD5:C863992E0C33657752864892225C8BE4 | SHA256:80DC228BE0FFA323EE9303AEF53DC5164D2817577210462AAA377BA86D90FA33 | |||
| 6708 | msiexec.exe | C:\Windows\Installer\MSI2423.tmp | executable | |
MD5:44E75952B658FFE4869CD40DB1299C8F | SHA256:50BBF22DB97433456A4307211B99641740F20A6421BCEE32216FA888FEAA7B2C | |||
| 3888 | msiexec.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\D9CB7DFFEEA63BAB482BD2705E7E24AB_D64C5BFAB2C28B4652E4AC7169A0D3DB | binary | |
MD5:56B72010F016BEA2AA864F3CCC92776A | SHA256:252C81AE1008019CCBF70C80A7837CCD9836DA0749D66F534339B2E3A5914F57 | |||
| 3888 | msiexec.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_8DBAD5A433D1F9275321E076E8B744D4 | binary | |
MD5:396CFF064EFAD5C32FF8E7311347FC02 | SHA256:1202D6B1ED19F7BC78F7B09E3D62BC4E5F30AAA503083AB14A878775B4F4A1D9 | |||
| 6708 | msiexec.exe | C:\Windows\Installer\MSI217F.tmp | executable | |
MD5:7801A3BD89BB8500FA6543C3DF3ADA7D | SHA256:C5B4973BB1E510C8F3CD877F1C9ED5799D1325359341D9A151913431F8955EAD | |||
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.10:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
3888 | msiexec.exe | GET | 200 | 2.17.190.73:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBT3xL4LQLXDRDM9P665TW442vrsUQQUReuir%2FSSy4IxLVGLp6chnfNtyA8CEA6bGI750C3n79tQ4ghAGFo%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
3888 | msiexec.exe | GET | 200 | 2.17.190.73:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTfIs%2BLjDtGwQ09XEB1Yeq%2BtX%2BBgQQU7NfjgtJxXWRM3y5nP%2Be6mK4cD08CEA5NZ%2FZDFskqO3oXzEaXao8%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
3888 | msiexec.exe | GET | 200 | 2.17.190.73:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBRhtVltVOu8OqBzmsd%2B%2FeFfks3xTQQUvGsiZZ2MaObmHgXx2HIl1LjgSMACEAvcoEuhCK%2FAlHGPdKmo6gs%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.17.190.73:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7732 | 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 |
7732 | 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 |
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 23.216.77.10:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
— | — | 23.35.229.160:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 23.35.229.160:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
3888 | msiexec.exe | 2.17.190.73:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
3216 | svchost.exe | 172.211.123.250:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | FR | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 40.126.31.130:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 2.17.190.73:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
go.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
slscr.update.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
2196 | svchost.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Cloudflare R2 Storage (r2 .cloudflarestorage .com) |