URL:

https://github.com/chrisant996/clink/releases/download/v1.7.5/clink.1.7.5.aee4f7.zip

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/2bdf658a-a158-4cfe-a0a6-ecd1da068003
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: November 27, 2024, 08:23:47
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:
arch-exec
arch-html
Indicators:
MD5:

5AF6F38B05BA054FCE2118C8DC868EDE

SHA1:

5B32F75CADDE83FDA269854C0F55B9776B46D3EC

SHA256:

EB4152A7DC4D9E553C423B0FDD5FF597A0B8121B7F6DFCA75F3FE0B8E948F29E

SSDEEP:

3:N8tEd2NXMWi3TGO52kCm4EirU:2ugNcWkGs4EirU

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

      • cmd.exe (PID: 5876)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 7580)
    • Executing commands from a ".bat" file

      • cmd.exe (PID: 5876)
    • Application launched itself

      • cmd.exe (PID: 5876)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 7580)
    • The executable file from the user directory is run by the CMD process

      • clink_x64.exe (PID: 5592)
      • clink_x64.exe (PID: 4628)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • clink_x64.exe (PID: 5592)
    • Starts POWERSHELL.EXE for commands execution

      • cmd.exe (PID: 3696)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 420)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 1140)
    • Hides errors and continues executing the command without stopping

      • powershell.exe (PID: 8004)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 5964)
  • INFO

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 7996)
    • Manual execution by a user

      • clink_x64.exe (PID: 4528)
      • clink_x86.exe (PID: 4980)
      • cmd.exe (PID: 5876)
    • Application launched itself

      • msedge.exe (PID: 5628)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.
No data.
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Total processes
169
Monitored processes
42
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start msedge.exe msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs identity_helper.exe no specs identity_helper.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs winrar.exe msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs rundll32.exe no specs clink_x64.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs clink_x86.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs clink_x64.exe cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs powershell.exe no specs cmd.exe no specs powershell.exe cmd.exe no specs powershell.exe clink_x64.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs msedge.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
420C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c 2>&1 "C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -Command "$ProgressPreference='SilentlyContinue' ; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12 ; Invoke-WebRequest -Headers @{\"cache-control\"=\"no-cache\"} -UseBasicParsing https://api.github.com/repos/chrisant996/clink/releases/latest | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Content"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.execmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
1140C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c 2>&1 "C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -Command "$ProgressPreference='SilentlyContinue' ; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12 ; Invoke-WebRequest 'https://github.com/chrisant996/clink/releases/download/v1.7.5/clink.1.7.5.aee4f7.zip' -OutFile 'C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\clink\updater\v1.7.5.zip'"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.execmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
2008"C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -Command "Get-Host | Select-Object Version"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.execmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows PowerShell
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
3208C:\WINDOWS\System32\rundll32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exesvchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows host process (Rundll32)
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\imagehlp.dll
3696cmd.exe /c 2>&1 "C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -Command "Get-Host | Select-Object Version"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.execmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
4528"C:\Users\admin\Downloads\clink.1.7.5.aee4f7\clink_x64.exe" C:\Users\admin\Downloads\clink.1.7.5.aee4f7\clink_x64.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Martin Ridgers, Christopher Antos
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Clink
Exit code:
0
Version:
1.7.5.aee4f7
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\downloads\clink.1.7.5.aee4f7\clink_x64.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\users\admin\downloads\clink.1.7.5.aee4f7\clink_dll_x64.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
4528"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5852 --field-trial-handle=2344,i,17168746402327487148,13096239078417412960,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exemsedge.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Microsoft Edge
Exit code:
0
Version:
122.0.2365.59
Modules
Images
c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\edge\application\msedge.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\edge\application\122.0.2365.59\msedge_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
4628"C:\Users\admin\Downloads\clink.1.7.5.aee4f7\clink_x64.exe" C:\Users\admin\Downloads\clink.1.7.5.aee4f7\clink_x64.execmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Martin Ridgers, Christopher Antos
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Clink
Exit code:
0
Version:
1.7.5.aee4f7
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\downloads\clink.1.7.5.aee4f7\clink_x64.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\users\admin\downloads\clink.1.7.5.aee4f7\clink_dll_x64.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
4952\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.execlink_x86.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Console Window Host
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
4980"C:\Users\admin\Downloads\clink.1.7.5.aee4f7\clink_x86.exe" C:\Users\admin\Downloads\clink.1.7.5.aee4f7\clink_x86.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Martin Ridgers, Christopher Antos
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Clink
Exit code:
0
Version:
1.7.5.aee4f7
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\downloads\clink.1.7.5.aee4f7\clink_x86.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:\users\admin\downloads\clink.1.7.5.aee4f7\clink_dll_x86.dll
Total events
18 218
Read events
18 184
Write events
21
Delete events
13

Modification events

(PID) Process:(5628) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:failed_count
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(5628) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(5628) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(5628) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Edge\StabilityMetrics
Operation:writeName:user_experience_metrics.stability.exited_cleanly
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(5628) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\ClientStateMedium\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}\LastWasDefault
Operation:writeName:S-1-5-21-1693682860-607145093-2874071422-1001
Value:
C9D308F876862F00
(PID) Process:(5628) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Operation:writeName:MicrosoftEdgeAutoLaunch_29EBC4579851B72EE312C449CF839B1A
Value:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --no-startup-window --win-session-start
(PID) Process:(5628) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Clients\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}\Commands\on-logon-autolaunch
Operation:writeName:Enabled
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(5628) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.zip\OpenWithProgids
Operation:writeName:WinRAR.ZIP
Value:
(PID) Process:(7996) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:writeName:3
Value:
C:\Users\admin\Desktop\preferences.zip
(PID) Process:(7996) WinRAR.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WinRAR\ArcHistory
Operation:writeName:2
Value:
C:\Users\admin\Desktop\chromium_ext.zip
Executable files
7
Suspicious files
59
Text files
72
Unknown types
3

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
5628msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\parcel_tracking_db\LOG.old~RF1353c1.TMP
MD5:
SHA256:
5628msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\parcel_tracking_db\LOG.old
MD5:
SHA256:
5628msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\PersistentOriginTrials\LOG.old~RF1353d0.TMP
MD5:
SHA256:
5628msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\PersistentOriginTrials\LOG.old
MD5:
SHA256:
5628msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\discounts_db\LOG.old~RF1353d0.TMP
MD5:
SHA256:
5628msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\discounts_db\LOG.old
MD5:
SHA256:
5628msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\EdgePushStorageWithConnectTokenAndKey\LOG.old~RF1353e0.TMP
MD5:
SHA256:
5628msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\EdgePushStorageWithConnectTokenAndKey\LOG.old
MD5:
SHA256:
5628msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old~RF1353ef.TMP
MD5:
SHA256:
5628msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old
MD5:
SHA256:
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HTTP(S) requests
9
TCP/UDP connections
51
DNS requests
45
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
23.48.23.156:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
whitelisted
GET
200
23.48.23.156:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
whitelisted
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
whitelisted
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D
unknown
whitelisted
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
whitelisted
6880
backgroundTaskHost.exe
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAn5bsKVVV8kdJ6vHl3O1J0%3D
unknown
whitelisted
7600
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
95.101.149.131:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
whitelisted
7600
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
95.101.149.131:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
whitelisted
4.231.128.59:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
23.48.23.156:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
23.48.23.156:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
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
2.16.110.179:443
www.bing.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
192.229.221.95:80
ocsp.digicert.com
EDGECAST
US
whitelisted
239.255.255.250:1900
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 4.231.128.59
  • 52.185.211.133
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.48.23.156
  • 23.48.23.143
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 184.30.21.171
  • 95.101.149.131
whitelisted
google.com
  • 172.217.16.206
whitelisted
www.bing.com
  • 2.16.110.179
  • 2.16.110.163
  • 2.16.110.170
  • 2.16.110.171
  • 2.16.110.155
  • 2.16.110.161
  • 2.16.110.160
  • 2.16.110.192
  • 2.16.110.168
  • 2.16.110.153
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 192.229.221.95
whitelisted
config.edge.skype.com
  • 13.107.42.16
whitelisted
github.com
  • 140.82.121.4
shared
edge.microsoft.com
  • 204.79.197.239
  • 13.107.21.239
whitelisted
business.bing.com
  • 13.107.6.158
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info