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File name:

Personalization Panel-2.5.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/bd837a42-8a42-4f54-aa2f-25f9ab6033ee
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: February 19, 2019, 09:20:48
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:
installer
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive
MD5:

7072767C553822AD577E88A7621CFB48

SHA1:

29C9A22E53266B4E1AE6AADAF81D23EB3A68B522

SHA256:

F09E550D842C3B57E163894A6E06E5AE953F72FE5E911637E8CFE103C0BD8CDF

SSDEEP:

12288:KIBQnTr88HuGWEvP7QR4larCBKC/OlyGPu6j:5QTr88HdWEs4ldBK3llm6j

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Loads dropped or rewritten executable

      • Personalization Panel-2.5.exe (PID: 2204)
    • Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

      • persdwmsrv.exe (PID: 3860)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Starts Microsoft Installer

      • Personalization Panel-2.5.exe (PID: 2204)
    • Creates files in the program directory

      • Personalization Panel-2.5.exe (PID: 2204)
    • Creates a software uninstall entry

      • Personalization Panel-2.5.exe (PID: 2204)
    • Starts SC.EXE for service management

      • Personalization Panel-2.5.exe (PID: 2204)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • msiexec.exe (PID: 3624)
      • Personalization Panel-2.5.exe (PID: 2204)
    • Modifies the open verb of a shell class

      • Personalization Panel-2.5.exe (PID: 2204)
  • INFO

    • Creates files in the program directory

      • msiexec.exe (PID: 3624)
      • MsiExec.exe (PID: 2656)
    • Application launched itself

      • msiexec.exe (PID: 3624)
    • Dropped object may contain Bitcoin addresses

      • Personalization Panel-2.5.exe (PID: 2204)
    • Creates a software uninstall entry

      • msiexec.exe (PID: 3624)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | NSIS - Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (94.8)
.exe | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (3.4)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (0.7)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (0.5)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (0.2)

EXIF

EXE

Subsystem: Windows GUI
SubsystemVersion: 4
ImageVersion: 6
OSVersion: 4
EntryPoint: 0x323c
UninitializedDataSize: 1024
InitializedDataSize: 119808
CodeSize: 23552
LinkerVersion: 6
PEType: PE32
TimeStamp: 2009:12:05 23:50:46+01:00
MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 05-Dec-2009 22:50:46
Detected languages:
  • English - United States

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: 0x000000D8

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 5
Time date stamp: 05-Dec-2009 22:50:46
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
0x00005A5A
0x00005C00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.4177
.rdata
0x00007000
0x00001190
0x00001200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
5.18163
.data
0x00009000
0x0001AF98
0x00000400
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
4.70903
.ndata
0x00024000
0x00017000
0x00000000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
0
.rsrc
0x0003B000
0x0000D3F8
0x0000D400
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.07866

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
5.10394
533
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_MANIFEST
2
7.85845
6448
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
3
7.8452
6417
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
4
7.85237
6249
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
5
3.10963
4264
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
6
4.37857
3752
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
7
3.97395
2440
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
8
4.61426
2216
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
9
5.07586
1736
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
10
2.70343
1640
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON

Imports

ADVAPI32.dll
COMCTL32.dll
GDI32.dll
KERNEL32.dll
SHELL32.dll
USER32.dll
VERSION.dll
ole32.dll
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Total processes
46
Monitored processes
8
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start personalization panel-2.5.exe no specs personalization panel-2.5.exe msiexec.exe no specs msiexec.exe msiexec.exe no specs msiexec.exe no specs sc.exe no specs persdwmsrv.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
3080"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Personalization Panel-2.5.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Personalization Panel-2.5.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
3221226540
2204"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Personalization Panel-2.5.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Personalization Panel-2.5.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Exit code:
0
4056msiexec.exe /i "C:\Program Files\Personalization Panel\SetupService.msi" /quiet /qnC:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exePersonalization Panel-2.5.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows® installer
Exit code:
0
Version:
5.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
3624C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /VC:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
services.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Windows® installer
Version:
5.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
2868C:\Windows\system32\MsiExec.exe -Embedding CFDFD4742022812E49D05FE932DC8965C:\Windows\system32\MsiExec.exemsiexec.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows® installer
Exit code:
0
Version:
5.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
2656C:\Windows\system32\MsiExec.exe -Embedding DF2989296EC463729600CEADD70F2411 M Global\MSI0000C:\Windows\system32\MsiExec.exemsiexec.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Windows® installer
Exit code:
0
Version:
5.0.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
3268sc start persdwmsrvC:\Windows\system32\sc.exePersonalization Panel-2.5.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
A tool to aid in developing services for WindowsNT
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
3860"C:\Program Files\winaero.com\Personalization Panel DWM Controller\persdwmsrv.exe"C:\Program Files\winaero.com\Personalization Panel DWM Controller\persdwmsrv.exeservices.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
http://winaero.com/
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
persdwmsrv
Version:
1.1.0.0
Total events
428
Read events
312
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
14
Suspicious files
2
Text files
10
Unknown types
6

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2204Personalization Panel-2.5.exeC:\Program Files\Personalization Panel\whatsnew.txttext
MD5:1300AAE2BC0A46CCBD5A308F95BC4D9B
SHA256:644DA3A700B46F559BB39C88E2A2B2540A38AA2B12CF746760CAA1EA0AA34A78
2204Personalization Panel-2.5.exeC:\Program Files\Personalization Panel\Microsoft.Deployment.Compression.Cab.dllexecutable
MD5:CCBFE08F400419E59FB580A663398310
SHA256:1E1BBE985B2535BE8509EA8B23346E98551EB705A196D9C9105EE6BBEEBB4348
2204Personalization Panel-2.5.exeC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Personalization Panel\Whats new.lnklnk
MD5:226AD01EBAF2E448C5C30C2AE34B1CD0
SHA256:5B595B082298662EBF44761609FAC62562772CD189FB072EDC2977737B850DD5
2204Personalization Panel-2.5.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsfEE1F.tmp\modern-wizard.bmpimage
MD5:0334AD4AE8AB5047F9396DE9F1F84AB1
SHA256:FE5618E4DCF405A6D7C58BD613CFA7D7BFD1EFE7C102466C5F5F200B0EBC7E14
2204Personalization Panel-2.5.exeC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Personalization Panel\Uninstall Personalization Panel.lnklnk
MD5:3A946012BA5F9F466CC2578BFA0BCB7C
SHA256:B6B0F29A72B964413D6BA47F861F706B5464A7A8262DEC6B5F82E8E4FBD4DBCC
2204Personalization Panel-2.5.exeC:\Program Files\Personalization Panel\personalization.exeexecutable
MD5:EA3785AE3E54205065B485B539F6F4E0
SHA256:E0B8E92555A64AC13B0824B96D35D7BF81B641A5F9492A9C92406D327645A05D
2204Personalization Panel-2.5.exeC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Personalization Panel\Readme me!.lnklnk
MD5:8EC7653C5AC5FA7765049382170467B5
SHA256:6719C8CE93412BB60A1F21120869D8BDC27B92BA0E524FFA59F6DEDD2CC82FF4
2204Personalization Panel-2.5.exeC:\Program Files\Personalization Panel\winaero.com.urltext
MD5:556840074C691CDB23999E2748E890CA
SHA256:72FD68594C6788F9285B8506EFCBC7040FFB711DB14C96F6EFF8E8601B81D6BD
2204Personalization Panel-2.5.exeC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Personalization Panel\winaero.comlnk
MD5:8C42FB69D915CF5BA1636077CCB069DB
SHA256:19AF909FA421AF70492C9764DBC5245A228A5F41004D0786AD76619E4FB3BE7B
2204Personalization Panel-2.5.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsfEE1F.tmp\modern-header.bmpimage
MD5:FE3EC82F98745D020FEE331D1E7380C9
SHA256:7BA006BEFE15E089FB89A9546B6DE3E30092E851714C543606AEA00C787002D7
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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
No debug info