| File name: | yt-dlp.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/94801634-2beb-49c0-a52b-b3288d76b81f |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | March 21, 2025, 16:39:58 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32+ executable (console) x86-64 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows, 11 sections |
| MD5: | E6BC2DDF35144E539018AF3F9CEBF8B9 |
| SHA1: | 95C2EDBF02EE93A13BE839636E3DDA89D781EAE5 |
| SHA256: | F019E18F367037B7DB10DE4D6ABBFC483AC045A34F70A6ACF36801E81B4739E2 |
| SSDEEP: | 196608:Tw8/n7/qAgy9j54sYCZ3pIwfg499UMqP7dscEBk:MI+Mj9bISg4fqP75EO |
MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.SUSPICIOUS
Process drops legitimate windows executable
- yt-dlp.exe (PID: 7748)
Application launched itself
- yt-dlp.exe (PID: 7748)
Process drops python dynamic module
- yt-dlp.exe (PID: 7748)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- yt-dlp.exe (PID: 7748)
The process drops C-runtime libraries
- yt-dlp.exe (PID: 7748)
Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
- yt-dlp.exe (PID: 7884)
Found regular expressions for crypto-addresses (YARA)
- yt-dlp.exe (PID: 7884)
Loads Python modules
- yt-dlp.exe (PID: 7884)
INFO
Reads the computer name
- yt-dlp.exe (PID: 7748)
The sample compiled with english language support
- yt-dlp.exe (PID: 7748)
Create files in a temporary directory
- yt-dlp.exe (PID: 7748)
Checks supported languages
- yt-dlp.exe (PID: 7884)
- yt-dlp.exe (PID: 7748)
Reads the software policy settings
- slui.exe (PID: 1056)
Reads the machine GUID from the registry
- yt-dlp.exe (PID: 7884)
Checks operating system version
- yt-dlp.exe (PID: 7884)
PyInstaller has been detected (YARA)
- yt-dlp.exe (PID: 7748)
- yt-dlp.exe (PID: 7884)
Checks proxy server information
- slui.exe (PID: 1056)
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TRiD
| .exe | | | Win64 Executable (generic) (87.3) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (6.3) |
| .exe | | | DOS Executable Generic (6.3) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | AMD AMD64 |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2025:02:19 02:43:54+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, Large address aware, No debug |
| PEType: | PE32+ |
| LinkerVersion: | 2.43 |
| CodeSize: | 91136 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 179712 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | 16384 |
| EntryPoint: | 0x13e0 |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 5.2 |
| Subsystem: | Windows command line |
| FileVersionNumber: | 2025.2.19.0 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 2025.2.19.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | English (U.S.) |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| Comments: | yt-dlp Command Line Interface |
| CompanyName: | https://github.com/yt-dlp |
| FileDescription: | yt-dlp |
| FileVersion: | 2025.02.19 |
| InternalName: | yt-dlp |
| LegalCopyright: | pukkandan.ytdlp@gmail.com | UNLICENSE |
| OriginalFileName: | yt-dlp.exe |
| ProductName: | yt-dlp |
| ProductVersion: | 2025.02.19 on Python 3.10.11 |
Total processes
136
Monitored processes
7
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1056 | C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding | C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe | svchost.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Activation Client Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7748 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\yt-dlp.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\yt-dlp.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Modules
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| 7756 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | yt-dlp.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Console Window Host Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7884 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\yt-dlp.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\yt-dlp.exe | — | yt-dlp.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Modules
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| 7984 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c "ver" | C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe | — | yt-dlp.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
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| 8004 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c "ver" | C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe | — | yt-dlp.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
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| 8092 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c "ver" | C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe | — | yt-dlp.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
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Total events
738
Read events
738
Write events
0
Delete events
0
Modification events
Executable files
116
Suspicious files
1
Text files
21
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7748 | yt-dlp.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI77482\Cryptodome\Cipher\_raw_cast.pyd | executable | |
MD5:AC98B10064264B49DE13F66E60CD47B5 | SHA256:8621AC7A3E09367BB0C529FDD3D178F20EDFA193FE0D19A02DE424A6BBA45229 | |||
| 7748 | yt-dlp.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI77482\Cryptodome\Cipher\_raw_aesni.pyd | executable | |
MD5:973F11DE023C9337F35F9BB55C6154A6 | SHA256:483758336267F8842F5432BB83300EA0FCB49C4E0B29962CBD7F27B1C3DFC56A | |||
| 7748 | yt-dlp.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI77482\Cryptodome\Cipher\_ARC4.pyd | executable | |
MD5:F3A0DEF1BA9F7CF5DA771F5E7C29CA3F | SHA256:362C42BD62E5751E9B647BD575D483CC510DC862AB6098E6893EDCF3F44A567E | |||
| 7748 | yt-dlp.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI77482\Cryptodome\Cipher\_chacha20.pyd | executable | |
MD5:0BE007DD183DAF0F4B65E73CF19EA139 | SHA256:F6308DACB781C99D3B962451FC681973808792936690AF6AA7FA5B6DF40F4EAF | |||
| 7748 | yt-dlp.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI77482\Cryptodome\Cipher\_Salsa20.pyd | executable | |
MD5:2CE3043D6FBD62BCBE6948A1E6A789F0 | SHA256:C5A4AC8202A0211163938B6306E3A678CC461ED8E283F4C4601748D2E50783A3 | |||
| 7748 | yt-dlp.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI77482\Cryptodome\Cipher\_raw_aes.pyd | executable | |
MD5:E306365BDC8D15B2F477E5AF252D0B59 | SHA256:2DCAC73EA3240A008D115BAC0EA4D7C65C8162676AB30BCAF7527C22B98B4929 | |||
| 7748 | yt-dlp.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI77482\Cryptodome\Cipher\_raw_arc2.pyd | executable | |
MD5:31F8353B80EA438AA705A7986DF24ED3 | SHA256:89A51C145166DD24CF83D358ADE292B23F20B94BE783D5FE33A9DA2D7F2C14EB | |||
| 7748 | yt-dlp.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI77482\Cryptodome\Cipher\_raw_ctr.pyd | executable | |
MD5:F3CFD044825E9C08CE37A8034E2ED786 | SHA256:BCBE37F565B91A127E40634DB8E7E1B8B1CE3E1344F3FA082496B93D75435B80 | |||
| 7748 | yt-dlp.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI77482\Cryptodome\Cipher\_raw_blowfish.pyd | executable | |
MD5:F86637FA9E2246C36B6FFB90CA83E66C | SHA256:933330BD2D55DE985B45BDD12B99291B4507C830CD6CC9E917CEDD1E49E878EC | |||
| 7748 | yt-dlp.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI77482\Cryptodome\Cipher\_raw_eksblowfish.pyd | executable | |
MD5:257E449799177D7F43EB1B8ED6180C1C | SHA256:8425C2E412045DA204419B41D80D6538636F13FD187F7F8A259F29F5380A2536 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
5
TCP/UDP connections
24
DNS requests
14
Threats
0
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6544 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.17.190.73:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | GET | 200 | 23.48.23.156:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7832 | backgroundTaskHost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.17.190.73:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7556 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 2.23.246.101:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7556 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 2.23.246.101:80 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 51.124.78.146:443 | — | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 23.48.23.156:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
3768 | RUXIMICS.exe | 51.124.78.146:443 | — | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
3216 | svchost.exe | 20.197.71.89:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | SG | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 20.190.160.64:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 2.17.190.73:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
7832 | backgroundTaskHost.exe | 20.223.36.55:443 | arc.msn.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
7832 | backgroundTaskHost.exe | 2.17.190.73:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
google.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
arc.msn.com |
| whitelisted |
slscr.update.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |