File name:

portmaster-installer.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/bae6c654-0ee5-43fb-944d-e34af0c5294a
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: August 06, 2024, 15:35:37
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive
MD5:

6A1673929B17A59E4B26C1BD00B92E6D

SHA1:

93E6D222C35FC77A0F013DB152BBBD71F8065D2D

SHA256:

F43A3E6EEF805925D8C3D5BDBE6AA1848BB5B4D8FCA55C1E7E291E20C6A10C92

SSDEEP:

196608:08I09Mb8d/Mi3W3J6sIsgeEwOQo8pgjLs:5Iy/MmW38ZsgeEwNWjLs

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Create files in the Startup directory

      • portmaster-installer.exe (PID: 6424)

    • Drops the executable file immediately after the start

      • portmaster-installer.exe (PID: 6424)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • portmaster-installer.exe (PID: 6424)

    • The process creates files with name similar to system file names

      • portmaster-installer.exe (PID: 6424)

    • Malware-specific behavior (creating "System.dll" in Temp)

      • portmaster-installer.exe (PID: 6424)

  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • portmaster-installer.exe (PID: 6424)
      • portmaster-start.exe (PID: 7008)
      • portmaster-start.exe (PID: 1492)

    • Reads Environment values

      • portmaster-start.exe (PID: 1492)
      • portmaster-start.exe (PID: 7008)

    • Reads product name

      • portmaster-start.exe (PID: 1492)
      • portmaster-start.exe (PID: 7008)

    • Reads the computer name

      • portmaster-installer.exe (PID: 6424)
      • portmaster-start.exe (PID: 7008)
      • portmaster-start.exe (PID: 1492)

    • Creates files in the program directory

      • portmaster-installer.exe (PID: 6424)
      • portmaster-start.exe (PID: 7008)
      • portmaster-start.exe (PID: 1492)

    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • portmaster-installer.exe (PID: 6424)

    • Reads the software policy settings

      • portmaster-start.exe (PID: 1492)
      • portmaster-start.exe (PID: 7008)

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • portmaster-start.exe (PID: 1492)
      • portmaster-start.exe (PID: 7008)
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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

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2019:12:16 00:50:53+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 6
CodeSize: 26112
InitializedDataSize: 141824
UninitializedDataSize: 2048
EntryPoint: 0x350d
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: 6
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 1.0.13.0
ProductVersionNumber: 1.0.13.0
FileFlagsMask: 0x0000
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Win32
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
CharacterSet: Unicode
CompanyName: Safing ICS Technologies GmbH
FileDescription: Portmaster Application Firewall
FileVersion: 1.0.13.0
LegalCopyright: Safing ICS Technologies GmbH
ProductName: Portmaster
ProductVersion: 1.0.13.0
No data.
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Total processes
123
Monitored processes
4
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start portmaster-installer.exe portmaster-start.exe portmaster-start.exe portmaster-installer.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
1492C:\ProgramData\Safing\Portmaster\portmaster-start.exe update --data=C:\ProgramData\Safing\PortmasterC:\ProgramData\Safing\Portmaster\portmaster-start.exe
portmaster-installer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Modules
Images
c:\programdata\safing\portmaster\portmaster-start.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
6376"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\portmaster-installer.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\portmaster-installer.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Safing ICS Technologies GmbH
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Portmaster Application Firewall
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
1.0.13.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\portmaster-installer.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
6424"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\portmaster-installer.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\portmaster-installer.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Safing ICS Technologies GmbH
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Portmaster Application Firewall
Version:
1.0.13.0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\portmaster-installer.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\user32.dll
7008C:\ProgramData\Safing\Portmaster\portmaster-start.exe clean-structure --data=C:\ProgramData\Safing\PortmasterC:\ProgramData\Safing\Portmaster\portmaster-start.exe
portmaster-installer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\programdata\safing\portmaster\portmaster-start.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
Total events
8 102
Read events
8 102
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
5
Suspicious files
14
Text files
6
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
1492portmaster-start.exeC:\ProgramData\Safing\Portmaster\updates\tmp\.geoipv4_v20231201-0-1.mmdb.gz3802429758 —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1492portmaster-start.exeC:\ProgramData\Safing\Portmaster\updates\all\intel\geoip\geoipv4_v20231201-0-1.mmdb.gz —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1492portmaster-start.exeC:\ProgramData\Safing\Portmaster\updates\tmp\.geoipv6_v20231201-0-1.mmdb.gz356920419 —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1492portmaster-start.exeC:\ProgramData\Safing\Portmaster\updates\all\intel\geoip\geoipv6_v20231201-0-1.mmdb.gz —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1492portmaster-start.exeC:\ProgramData\Safing\Portmaster\updates\tmp\.base_v20240801-0-0.dsdl3423203262 —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1492portmaster-start.exeC:\ProgramData\Safing\Portmaster\updates\all\intel\lists\base_v20240801-0-0.dsdl —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1492portmaster-start.exeC:\ProgramData\Safing\Portmaster\updates\tmp\.intermediate_v20240728-0-0.dsdl591578512 —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
1492portmaster-start.exeC:\ProgramData\Safing\Portmaster\updates\all\intel\lists\intermediate_v20240728-0-0.dsdl —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
6424portmaster-installer.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsq638A.tmp\System.dllexecutable
MD5:8CF2AC271D7679B1D68EEFC1AE0C5618
SHA256:6950991102462D84FDC0E3B0AE30C95AF8C192F77CE3D78E8D54E6B22F7C09BA
6424portmaster-installer.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsq638A.tmp\modern-header.bmpimage
MD5:940C56737BF9BB69CE7A31C623D4E87A
SHA256:766A893FE962AEFD27C574CB05F25CF895D3FC70A00DB5A6FA73D573F571AEFC
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HTTP(S) requests
18
TCP/UDP connections
16
DNS requests
4
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
—
—
GET
—
167.235.104.51:443
https://updates.safing.io/windows_amd64/app/portmaster-app_v0-2-8.zip
unknown
—
—
—
—
—
GET
200
167.235.104.51:443
https://updates.safing.io/all/ui/modules/assets_v0-3-1.zip
unknown
compressed
5.90 Mb
—
—
—
GET
200
167.235.104.51:443
https://updates.safing.io/all/intel/lists/intermediate_v20240728-0-0.dsdl
unknown
binary
6.38 Mb
—
—
—
GET
200
167.235.104.51:443
https://updates.safing.io/all/intel/lists/index_v2023-6-13.dsd
unknown
binary
4.49 Kb
—
—
—
GET
200
167.235.104.51:443
https://updates.safing.io/all/ui/modules/portmaster_v0-8-6.zip
unknown
compressed
4.23 Mb
—
—
—
GET
200
167.235.104.51:443
https://updates.safing.io/all/ui/modules/assets_v0-3-1.zip.sig
unknown
text
477 b
—
—
—
GET
200
167.235.104.51:443
https://updates.safing.io/all/intel/intel.json
unknown
binary
367 b
—
—
—
GET
200
167.235.104.51:443
https://updates.safing.io/all/ui/modules/portmaster_v0-8-6.zip.sig
unknown
text
482 b
—
—
—
GET
200
167.235.104.51:443
https://updates.safing.io/stable.v2.json
unknown
binary
2.70 Kb
—
—
—
GET
200
167.235.104.51:443
https://updates.safing.io/stable.v2.json.sig
unknown
text
457 b
—
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
3028
svchost.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
3888
svchost.exe
239.255.255.250:1900
—
—
—
whitelisted
5112
RUXIMICS.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
2120
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
3028
svchost.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
unknown
2120
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
unknown
4324
svchost.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
unknown
7008
portmaster-start.exe
167.235.104.51:443
updates.safing.io
Hetzner Online GmbH
DE
unknown

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 51.104.136.2
  • 40.127.240.158
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.185.78
whitelisted
updates.safing.io
  • 167.235.104.51
unknown

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info
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portmaster-installer.exe