File name:

shell.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/7bb95559-e2e6-4f32-bee4-124c9e84a92e
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: March 02, 2023, 19:53:04
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:

9B39F0EC42CD4E1E337A2DDC62950E26

SHA1:

CEF746F944586A11E13D26635670C6E5302B4175

SHA256:

F093749BBB9F026C733E03B58E76B893906C70DBF557391EDCABB9F455D6AD3E

SSDEEP:

1536:IbK7pqQBn9T8w/P9CJQmVYqMb+KR0Nc8QsJq39:WepqQV19CJQm6qe0Nc8QsC9

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Drops the executable file immediately after the start

      • shell.exe (PID: 3288)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Connects to unusual port

      • shell.exe (PID: 3288)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • shell.exe (PID: 3288)
  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • shell.exe (PID: 3288)
    • The process checks LSA protection

      • shell.exe (PID: 3288)
    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • shell.exe (PID: 3288)
    • Reads the computer name

      • shell.exe (PID: 3288)
    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • shell.exe (PID: 3288)
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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

ProductVersion: 2.2.14
ProductName: Apache HTTP Server
OriginalFileName: ab.exe
LegalCopyright: Copyright 2009 The Apache Software Foundation.
InternalName: ab.exe
FileVersion: 2.2.14
FileDescription: ApacheBench command line utility
CompanyName: Apache Software Foundation
Comments: Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
CharacterSet: Unicode
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
FileSubtype: -
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileOS: Win32
FileFlags: (none)
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
ProductVersionNumber: 2.2.14.0
FileVersionNumber: 2.2.14.0
Subsystem: Windows GUI
SubsystemVersion: 4
ImageVersion: -
OSVersion: 4
EntryPoint: 0x9ea6
UninitializedDataSize: -
InitializedDataSize: 40960
CodeSize: 45056
LinkerVersion: 6
PEType: PE32
ImageFileCharacteristics: No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit
TimeStamp: 2009:07:26 08:57:24+00:00
MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 26-Jul-2009 08:57:24
Detected languages:
  • English - United States
Debug artifacts:
  • 0\asf\release\build-2.2.14\support\Release\ab.pdb
Comments: Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
CompanyName: Apache Software Foundation
FileDescription: ApacheBench command line utility
FileVersion: 2.2.14
InternalName: ab.exe
LegalCopyright: Copyright 2009 The Apache Software Foundation.
OriginalFilename: ab.exe
ProductName: Apache HTTP Server
ProductVersion: 2.2.14

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: 0x000000E8

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 4
Time date stamp: 26-Jul-2009 08:57:24
Pointer to Symbol Table: 0x00000000
Number of symbols: 0
Size of Optional Header: 0x00E0
Characteristics:
  • IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
  • IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE
  • IMAGE_FILE_LINE_NUMS_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_LOCAL_SYMS_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_RELOCS_STRIPPED

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
.text
0x00001000
0x0000A966
0x0000B000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
7.01507
.rdata
0x0000C000
0x00000FE6
0x00001000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
5.31839
.data
0x0000D000
0x0000705C
0x00004000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
4.40784
.rsrc
0x00015000
0x000007C8
0x00001000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
1.9583

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
3.49991
1896
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_VERSION

Imports

ADVAPI32.dll
KERNEL32.dll
MSVCRT.dll
WS2_32.dll
WSOCK32.dll
No data.
screenshot
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Total processes
36
Monitored processes
1
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start shell.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
3288"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\shell.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\shell.exe
Explorer.EXE
User:
admin
Company:
Apache Software Foundation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
ApacheBench command line utility
Exit code:
0
Version:
2.2.14
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\shell.exe
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\wsock32.dll
c:\windows\system32\nsi.dll
Total events
406
Read events
406
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
2
Suspicious files
0
Text files
0
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
3288shell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qitktd.dllexecutable
MD5:
SHA256:
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
8
DNS requests
0
Threats
6

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
3288
shell.exe
156.220.163.14:4482
TE-AS
EG
malicious

DNS requests

No data

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
Generic Protocol Command Decode
SURICATA STREAM suspected RST injection
Misc activity
ET HUNTING PE EXE Download over raw TCP
Misc activity
ET HUNTING PE EXE Download over raw TCP
Generic Protocol Command Decode
SURICATA Applayer Protocol detection skipped
A Network Trojan was detected
ET MALWARE Possible Metasploit Payload Common Construct Bind_API (from server)
1 ETPRO signatures available at the full report
No debug info