Malware analysis xf-3dsmax_x64.exe Malicious activity

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File name:	xf-3dsmax_x64.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/a0f27145-ea92-4f01-b3bb-0aaf70899f6b
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	February 19, 2025, 05:24:20
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 7 sections
MD5:	D247F6D17861E39D723DC2E2FEB9D03E
SHA1:	B2178D2C82A922532578856A2A5CAF8D9B675529
SHA256:	EF008DFEBB3791C2E1ABBEBC3CA77EEA25180FB216BCCD1D6E3300847D055016
SSDEEP:	98304:9zvV7ydCrANB4iiBSmqDSyPqkTDlqF5t3XKW61orMF7R1sxlCjpoPIG9FlbUrcn6:Lu

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:
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
- Reads the BIOS version
  - xf-3dsmax_x64.exe (PID: 6428)
- Detected use of alternative data streams (AltDS)
  - xf-3dsmax_x64.exe (PID: 6428)
- Application launched itself
  - xf-3dsmax_x64.exe (PID: 6400)
- There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)
  - xf-3dsmax_x64.exe (PID: 6400)
  - xf-3dsmax_x64.exe (PID: 6428)
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - xf-3dsmax_x64.exe (PID: 6428)
INFO
- Checks supported languages
  - xf-3dsmax_x64.exe (PID: 6400)
  - xf-3dsmax_x64.exe (PID: 6428)
  - adesk_patcher64.exe (PID: 4076)
  - adesk_patcher64.exe (PID: 5528)
  - adesk_patcher64.exe (PID: 5712)
- Reads the computer name
  - xf-3dsmax_x64.exe (PID: 6428)
  - adesk_patcher64.exe (PID: 4076)
  - adesk_patcher64.exe (PID: 5528)
  - adesk_patcher64.exe (PID: 5712)
- Creates files in the program directory
  - xf-3dsmax_x64.exe (PID: 6428)
- Reads the machine GUID from the registry
  - xf-3dsmax_x64.exe (PID: 6428)
- Create files in a temporary directory
  - xf-3dsmax_x64.exe (PID: 6428)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.exe	\|	Win32 Executable (generic) (52.9)
.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (23.5)
.exe	\|	DOS Executable Generic (23.5)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp:	2012:04:12 15:31:27+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	No relocs, Executable, 32-bit
PEType:	PE32
LinkerVersion:	83.82
CodeSize:	724992
InitializedDataSize:	1138688
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0x198000
OSVersion:	5
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	5
Subsystem:	Windows GUI

No data.

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Total processes

134

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

4076

"adesk_patcher64.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adesk_patcher64.exe

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xf-3dsmax_x64.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Exit code:

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\adesk_patcher64.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll

5528

"adesk_patcher64.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adesk_patcher64.exe

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xf-3dsmax_x64.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Exit code:

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\adesk_patcher64.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll

5712

"adesk_patcher64.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adesk_patcher64.exe

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xf-3dsmax_x64.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Exit code:

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\adesk_patcher64.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll

6400

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xf-3dsmax_x64.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xf-3dsmax_x64.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\xf-3dsmax_x64.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\aclayers.dll

6428

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xf-3dsmax_x64.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xf-3dsmax_x64.exe

xf-3dsmax_x64.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\xf-3dsmax_x64.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\aclayers.dll

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Total events

685

Read events

672

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(6428) xf-3dsmax_x64.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\RFC1156Agent\CurrentVersion\Parameters
Operation:	write	Name:	TrapPollTimeMilliSecs
Value: 15000
(PID) Process:	(6428) xf-3dsmax_x64.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Licenses
Operation:	write	Name:	{R7C0DB872A3F777C0}
Value: 4E480EAF
(PID) Process:	(6428) xf-3dsmax_x64.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Licenses
Operation:	write	Name:	{K7C0DB872A3F777C0}
Value: 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
(PID) Process:	(6428) xf-3dsmax_x64.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Licenses
Operation:	write	Name:	{IE83EB676AA8C8BD4}
Value: 01000000
(PID) Process:	(6428) xf-3dsmax_x64.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Licenses
Operation:	write	Name:	{0E83EB676AA8C8BD4}
Value: 563EA80E0BA2A7A641065398719644A3911D916ED8B605A199E8099B1FB15A2334C649060DE70556BE8C4F7439C83F562EDBF5608EAAEB8909182354CB03AC1514962E7D2BBDD32D8E1401A87E5D718F000EEFA3E1BA68D18B7997390F93485D6EA73FDE038B31A47CD4FDB7B174BF53171BC199C128AE9F0E77C83F92C5E41E6D96F75E
(PID) Process:	(6428) xf-3dsmax_x64.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Licenses
Operation:	write	Name:	{IE83EB676AA8C8BD4}
Value: 02000000
(PID) Process:	(6428) xf-3dsmax_x64.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Licenses
Operation:	write	Name:	{0E83EB676AA8C8BD4}
Value: 563EA80E0BA2A7A641065398719644A3911D916ED8B605A199E8099B1FB15A2334C649060DE70556BE8C4F7439C83F562EDBF5608EAAEB8909182354CB03AC1515962E7D2BBDD22D8E1401A87E5D718F000EEFA3E1BA68D18B7997390F93485D6EA73FDE038B31A47CD4FDB7B174BF53171BC199C128AE9F0E77C83C92C5E41EBBCEA5DC
(PID) Process:	(6428) xf-3dsmax_x64.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Licenses
Operation:	write	Name:	{IE83EB676AA8C8BD4}
Value: 03000000
(PID) Process:	(6428) xf-3dsmax_x64.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Licenses
Operation:	write	Name:	{0E83EB676AA8C8BD4}
Value: 563EA80E0BA2A7A641065398719644A3911D916ED8B605A199E8099B1FB15A2334C649060DE70556BE8C4F7439C83F562EDBF5608EAAEB8909182354CB03AC1515962E7D2BBDD22D8E1401A8715D718F000EEFA3E1BA68D18B7997390F93485D6EA73FDE038B31A47CD4FDB7B174BF53171BC199C128AE9F0E77C83D92C5E41E83F957DF
(PID) Process:	(6428) xf-3dsmax_x64.exe	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Licenses
Operation:	write	Name:	{IE83EB676AA8C8BD4}
Value: 04000000

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

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Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
6428	xf-3dsmax_x64.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adesk_patcher64.exe		executable
		MD5:C73181D12D791E0D79CD3A65A98B0539	SHA256:F701997E72F01DC0638A7E2AD92EF5455660371D3473E0CDCCD340C12B0154B5

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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
4712	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	23.38.73.129:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	DE	binary	973 b	whitelisted
4712	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	23.32.238.153:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	DE	binary	1.01 Kb	whitelisted
1176	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	DE	binary	471 b	whitelisted
5544	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	NL	binary	419 b	whitelisted
5544	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	NL	binary	408 b	whitelisted
6236	backgroundTaskHost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D	DE	binary	471 b	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D	DE	binary	314 b	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
—	—	51.124.78.146:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
4712	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	23.32.238.153:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
4712	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	23.38.73.129:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
5064	SearchApp.exe	2.19.80.89:443	www.bing.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
—	—	2.17.190.73:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
1512	RUXIMICS.exe	51.124.78.146:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
1356	svchost.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
1176	svchost.exe	20.190.160.64:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
1176	svchost.exe	2.17.190.73:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.124.78.146 51.104.136.2	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	23.32.238.153 23.32.238.107	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	23.38.73.129 95.101.149.131	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.181.238	whitelisted
www.bing.com	2.19.80.89 2.19.80.27	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.17.190.73	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.160.64 20.190.160.22 40.126.32.138 40.126.32.140 20.190.160.67 20.190.160.3 40.126.32.133 20.190.160.130	whitelisted
go.microsoft.com	23.218.210.69	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	20.109.210.53	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	40.69.42.241	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

xf-3dsmax_x64.exe

D247F6D17861E39D723DC2E2FEB9D03E

B2178D2C82A922532578856A2A5CAF8D9B675529

EF008DFEBB3791C2E1ABBEBC3CA77EEA25180FB216BCCD1D6E3300847D055016

98304:9zvV7ydCrANB4iiBSmqDSyPqkTDlqF5t3XKW61orMF7R1sxlCjpoPIG9FlbUrcn6:Lu

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SUSPICIOUS

Reads the BIOS version

Detected use of alternative data streams (AltDS)

Application launched itself

There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

INFO

Checks supported languages

Reads the computer name

Creates files in the program directory

Reads the machine GUID from the registry

Create files in a temporary directory

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