File name:

nsepa_setup.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/4e099680-5119-4283-8ab9-2df9ccdb89ad
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: November 22, 2020, 09:57:27
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
MD5:

36141408F8B6CDBF2BA715B1E73EF7B4

SHA1:

D447FDDDF11BAF0F5DBDC19A1DD9684B88DCC772

SHA256:

E9D3E9A7B94A7EA11306CEEA973EFE77C4D37631C24082F9298EEA4A74417305

SSDEEP:

98304:qlKmp+7Exx+lJ1Ia/P28MbXyyV0W9+pIUypd3ub/lNo03hYeFYV6WK63M9xUYAjp:mp+oxUJ1IraWgKpd+bDo03hzFfo

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Changes the autorun value in the registry

      • nsepa_setup.exe (PID: 3504)

    • Drops executable file immediately after starts

      • nsepa_setup.exe (PID: 3504)

    • Changes settings of System certificates

      • combinedSetup.exe (PID: 2720)

    • Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

      • combinedSetup.exe (PID: 2720)
      • nglauncher.exe (PID: 3952)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • nsepa_setup.exe (PID: 3504)
      • msiexec.exe (PID: 1928)

    • Drops a file that was compiled in debug mode

      • nsepa_setup.exe (PID: 3504)
      • msiexec.exe (PID: 1928)

    • Adds / modifies Windows certificates

      • combinedSetup.exe (PID: 2720)

    • Executed as Windows Service

      • vssvc.exe (PID: 3084)

    • Creates a directory in Program Files

      • msiexec.exe (PID: 1928)

    • Modifies the open verb of a shell class

      • msiexec.exe (PID: 1928)

    • Executed via COM

      • DllHost.exe (PID: 2856)

  • INFO

    • Reads settings of System Certificates

      • combinedSetup.exe (PID: 2720)

    • Searches for installed software

      • msiexec.exe (PID: 1928)

    • Low-level read access rights to disk partition

      • vssvc.exe (PID: 3084)

    • Creates files in the program directory

      • msiexec.exe (PID: 1928)

    • Application launched itself

      • msiexec.exe (PID: 1928)

    • Creates a software uninstall entry

      • msiexec.exe (PID: 1928)
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No Malware configuration.

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: 2016:07:16 03:42:10+02:00
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 14
CodeSize: 26112
InitializedDataSize: 5805056
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x6bd0
OSVersion: 10
ImageVersion: 10
SubsystemVersion: 6
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 11.0.14393.0
ProductVersionNumber: 11.0.14393.0
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Windows NT 32-bit
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
CharacterSet: Unicode
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription: Win32 Cabinet Self-Extractor
FileVersion: 11.00.14393.0 (rs1_release.160715-1616)
InternalName: Wextract
LegalCopyright: © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
OriginalFileName: WEXTRACT.EXE .MUI
ProductName: Internet Explorer
ProductVersion: 11.00.14393.0

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 16-Jul-2016 01:42:10
Detected languages:
  • English - United States
Debug artifacts:
  • wextract.pdb
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription: Win32 Cabinet Self-Extractor
FileVersion: 11.00.14393.0 (rs1_release.160715-1616)
InternalName: Wextract
LegalCopyright: © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
OriginalFilename: WEXTRACT.EXE .MUI
ProductName: Internet Explorer
ProductVersion: 11.00.14393.0

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: 0x000000F0

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 5
Time date stamp: 16-Jul-2016 01:42:10
Pointer to Symbol Table: 0x00000000
Number of symbols: 0
Size of Optional Header: 0x00E0
Characteristics:
  • IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
  • IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
.text
0x00001000
0x0000651C
0x00006600
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.30785
.data
0x00008000
0x00001A48
0x00000200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
4.97064
.idata
0x0000A000
0x0000106E
0x00001200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
5.05715
.rsrc
0x0000C000
0x005874AC
0x00587600
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
7.99723
.reloc
0x00594000
0x00000890
0x00000A00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.27466

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
5.35134
1100
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_MANIFEST
2
3.15864
744
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
3
3.07737
488
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
4
3.50949
296
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
5
5.56662
3752
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
6
5.94251
2216
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
7
5.99361
1736
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
8
3.37828
1384
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
9
7.98515
55762
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON
10
5.33023
9640
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United States
RT_ICON

Imports

ADVAPI32.dll
COMCTL32.dll
Cabinet.dll
GDI32.dll
KERNEL32.dll
USER32.dll
VERSION.dll
msvcrt.dll
No data.
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Total processes
44
Monitored processes
8
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
1

Behavior graph

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drop and start start drop and start nsepa_setup.exe combinedsetup.exe no specs msiexec.exe vssvc.exe no specs msiexec.exe no specs HNetCfg.FwPolicy2 no specs nglauncher.exe nsepa_setup.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
1928C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /VC:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
services.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Windows® installer
Exit code:
0
Version:
5.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe
c:\systemroot\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\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2056C:\Windows\system32\MsiExec.exe -Embedding C176D4861712CF8CA75C81BAA5A0C1F3 M Global\MSI0000C:\Windows\system32\MsiExec.exe—msiexec.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Windows® installer
Exit code:
0
Version:
5.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe
c:\systemroot\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\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2720"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsepa_setup.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsepa_setup.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Win32 Cabinet Self-Extractor
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
11.00.14393.0 (rs1_release.160715-1616)
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\nsepa_setup.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
2720combinedSetup de es fr ja zh - /qfC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\combinedSetup.exe—nsepa_setup.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\nsepa_setup.exe
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\ixp000.tmp\combinedsetup.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
2856C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe /Processid:{E2B3C97F-6AE1-41AC-817A-F6F92166D7DD}C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe—svchost.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
COM Surrogate
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\dllhost.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
3084C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exeC:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe—services.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Microsoft® Volume Shadow Copy Service
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\vssvc.exe
c:\systemroot\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\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
3504"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsepa_setup.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsepa_setup.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Win32 Cabinet Self-Extractor
Exit code:
0
Version:
11.00.14393.0 (rs1_release.160715-1616)
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\nsepa_setup.exe
c:\systemroot\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\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
3952"C:\Program Files\Citrix\Secure Access Client\nglauncher.exe" autoLaunchC:\Program Files\Citrix\Secure Access Client\nglauncher.exe
msiexec.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\citrix\secure access client\nglauncher.exe
c:\systemroot\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\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
Total events
835
Read events
520
Write events
302
Delete events
13

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2720) combinedSetup.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\13B\52C64B7E
Operation:writeName:LanguageList
Value:
en-US
(PID) Process:(2720) combinedSetup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\0563B8630D62D75ABBC8AB1E4BDFB5A899B24D43
Operation:writeName:Blob
Value:
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
(PID) Process:(3504) nsepa_setup.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
Operation:writeName:wextract_cleanup0
Value:
rundll32.exe C:\Windows\system32\advpack.dll,DelNodeRunDLL32 "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\"
(PID) Process:(1928) msiexec.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\VSS\Diag\SystemRestore
Operation:writeName:SrCreateRp (Enter)
Value:
400000000000000048C780F3B5C0D60188070000840B0000D5070000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
(PID) Process:(1928) msiexec.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\VSS\Diag\SPP
Operation:writeName:SppCreate (Enter)
Value:
400000000000000048C780F3B5C0D60188070000840B0000D0070000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
(PID) Process:(1928) msiexec.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SPP
Operation:writeName:LastIndex
Value:
43
(PID) Process:(1928) msiexec.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\VSS\Diag\SPP
Operation:writeName:SppGatherWriterMetadata (Enter)
Value:
40000000000000007AEBC5F3B5C0D60188070000840B0000D3070000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
(PID) Process:(1928) msiexec.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\VSS\Diag\VssapiPublisher
Operation:writeName:IDENTIFY (Enter)
Value:
40000000000000007AEBC5F3B5C0D601880700001C0B0000E80300000100000000000000000000005472CA024A4B664F9B1652C51EFF972D0000000000000000
(PID) Process:(3084) vssvc.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\VSS\Diag\Shadow Copy Optimization Writer
Operation:writeName:IDENTIFY (Enter)
Value:
4000000000000000E274CFF3B5C0D6010C0C0000E40A0000E8030000010000000100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
(PID) Process:(3084) vssvc.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\VSS\Diag\Registry Writer
Operation:writeName:IDENTIFY (Enter)
Value:
4000000000000000E274CFF3B5C0D6010C0C0000A80D0000E8030000010000000100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Executable files
4
Suspicious files
14
Text files
4
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
3504nsepa_setup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\nsepa.msi —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3504nsepa_setup.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\nsepa64.msi —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1928msiexec.exeC:\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2 —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1928msiexec.exeC:\Windows\Installer\145458.msi —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1928msiexec.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~DFB7D1EA7C703CE08A.TMP —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3084vssvc.exeC: —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1928msiexec.exeC:\Windows\Installer\14545b.msi —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1928msiexec.exeC:\Config.Msi\14545a.rbs —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1928msiexec.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~DF6556A60C5A838AE1.TMP —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1928msiexec.exeC:\System Volume Information\SPP\snapshot-2binary
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
0
DNS requests
0
Threats
0

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

No data

DNS requests

No data

Threats

No threats detected
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