URL:

https://katfile.com/x16cof0pjolv

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/562ac10b-7b81-4db3-b798-49397ac4ea8d
Verdict: Malicious activity
Threats:

HijackLoader is a modular malware acting as a vehicle for distributing different types of malicious software on compromised systems. It gained prominence during the summer of 2023 and has since been used in multiple attacks against organizations from various sectors, including hospitality businesses.

Analysis date: June 25, 2024, 15:08:15
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:
hijackloader
loader
Indicators:
MD5:

0AEDA418A6CAC9452B114561B045BFCA

SHA1:

AF955AE04F33EE6A2D960EEF281822EC2577A728

SHA256:

F4B70AB688E1405BC9739116835ADDB6623C5C579931FC34FB3608873D66B81C

SSDEEP:

3:N8BOAL7UKY/yd:2Cl/Y

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  • MALICIOUS

    • HIJACKLOADER has been detected (YARA)

      • Setup.exe (PID: 2900)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Process drops legitimate windows executable

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 2124)
    • Application launched itself

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 3820)
    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 3820)
      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 2124)
  • INFO

    • Reads the computer name

      • Setup.exe (PID: 2900)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 2124)
    • Checks supported languages

      • Setup.exe (PID: 2900)
    • The process uses the downloaded file

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 3820)
      • msedge.exe (PID: 3304)
    • Drops the executable file immediately after the start

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 2124)
    • Application launched itself

      • msedge.exe (PID: 3392)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.
No data.
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Total processes
70
Monitored processes
29
Malicious processes
4
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
540"C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=gpu-process --gpu-preferences=UAAAAAAAAADgAAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEgAAAAAAAAASAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAgAAABAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAEAAAAAAAAAABAAAADgAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAA= --mojo-platform-channel-handle=896 --field-trial-handle=1376,i,9645376919693412904,14267881637814576384,131072 /prefetch:2C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exemsedge.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Microsoft Edge
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.1518.115
Modules
Images
c:\program files\microsoft\edge\application\msedge.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\microsoft\edge\application\109.0.1518.115\msedge_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
880"C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=chrome.mojom.UtilWin --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2248 --field-trial-handle=1376,i,9645376919693412904,14267881637814576384,131072 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exemsedge.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft Edge
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.1518.115
Modules
Images
c:\program files\microsoft\edge\application\msedge.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\microsoft\edge\application\109.0.1518.115\msedge_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
1104"C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4604 --field-trial-handle=1376,i,9645376919693412904,14267881637814576384,131072 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exemsedge.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Microsoft Edge
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.1518.115
Modules
Images
c:\program files\microsoft\edge\application\msedge.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\microsoft\edge\application\109.0.1518.115\msedge_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
1172"C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --js-flags=--ms-user-locale= --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=11 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3688 --field-trial-handle=1376,i,9645376919693412904,14267881637814576384,131072 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exemsedge.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Microsoft Edge
Version:
109.0.1518.115
Modules
Images
c:\program files\microsoft\edge\application\msedge.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\microsoft\edge\application\109.0.1518.115\msedge_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
1324"C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=asset_store.mojom.AssetStoreService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=asset_store_service --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1564 --field-trial-handle=1376,i,9645376919693412904,14267881637814576384,131072 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exemsedge.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Microsoft Edge
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.1518.115
Modules
Images
c:\program files\microsoft\edge\application\msedge.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\microsoft\edge\application\109.0.1518.115\msedge_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
1504"C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1652 --field-trial-handle=1376,i,9645376919693412904,14267881637814576384,131072 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exemsedge.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Microsoft Edge
Version:
109.0.1518.115
Modules
Images
c:\program files\microsoft\edge\application\msedge.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\microsoft\edge\application\109.0.1518.115\msedge_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
2024"C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=chrome.mojom.UtilWin --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2216 --field-trial-handle=1376,i,9645376919693412904,14267881637814576384,131072 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exemsedge.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft Edge
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.1518.115
Modules
Images
c:\program files\microsoft\edge\application\msedge.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\microsoft\edge\application\109.0.1518.115\msedge_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
2124"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DIa3820.49337\!ŞetUp_77031--#PaSꞨKḙy#$.rarC:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe
WinRAR.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Alexander Roshal
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
WinRAR archiver
Version:
5.91.0
Modules
Images
c:\program files\winrar\winrar.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\comdlg32.dll
2544"C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1392 --field-trial-handle=1376,i,9645376919693412904,14267881637814576384,131072 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exemsedge.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Microsoft Edge
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.1518.115
Modules
Images
c:\program files\microsoft\edge\application\msedge.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\microsoft\edge\application\109.0.1518.115\msedge_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
2556"C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3596 --field-trial-handle=1376,i,9645376919693412904,14267881637814576384,131072 /prefetch:8C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exemsedge.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Microsoft Edge
Exit code:
0
Version:
109.0.1518.115
Modules
Images
c:\program files\microsoft\edge\application\msedge.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\microsoft\edge\application\109.0.1518.115\msedge_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
Total events
27 711
Read events
27 599
Write events
102
Delete events
10

Modification events

(PID) Process:(3392) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:failed_count
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3392) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(3392) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Edge\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
(PID) Process:(3392) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Edge\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
01000000
(PID) Process:(3392) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Edge\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3392) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\ClientState\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}
Operation:writeName:dr
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3392) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Edge\StabilityMetrics
Operation:writeName:user_experience_metrics.stability.exited_cleanly
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3392) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\ClientStateMedium\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}\LastWasDefault
Operation:writeName:S-1-5-21-1302019708-1500728564-335382590-1000
Value:
6F6F328D4E7A2F00
(PID) Process:(3392) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\ClientStateMedium\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}\FirstNotDefault
Operation:delete valueName:S-1-5-21-1302019708-1500728564-335382590-1000
Value:
(PID) Process:(3392) msedge.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Edge
Operation:writeName:UsageStatsInSample
Value:
1
Executable files
34
Suspicious files
465
Text files
151
Unknown types
2

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
3392msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old~RF4e8d6.TMP
MD5:
SHA256:
3392msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old
MD5:
SHA256:
3392msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\EdgePushStorageWithConnectTokenAndKey\LOG.old~RF4e904.TMP
MD5:
SHA256:
3392msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\EdgePushStorageWithConnectTokenAndKey\LOG.old
MD5:
SHA256:
3392msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\LOG.old~RF4e933.TMP
MD5:
SHA256:
3392msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\LOG.old
MD5:
SHA256:
3392msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Crashpad\settings.datbinary
MD5:4B74C392839DDD59792975091A30DB00
SHA256:7A5A3B8CC4D5BB579FA5E6C6A831964FB245A5CFF9AD3B80F5E9DC34DA4A7D53
3392msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Variationsbinary
MD5:961E3604F228B0D10541EBF921500C86
SHA256:F7B24F2EB3D5EB0550527490395D2F61C3D2FE74BB9CB345197DAD81B58B5FED
3392msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\b0534842-323d-48be-a34a-d62586be7271.tmpbinary
MD5:5058F1AF8388633F609CADB75A75DC9D
SHA256:
3700msedge.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\CrashpadMetrics.pmabinary
MD5:886E82F2CA62ECCCE64601B30592078A
SHA256:E5E13D53601100FF3D6BB71514CBCCC4C73FE9B7EF5E930100E644187B42948E
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HTTP(S) requests
5
TCP/UDP connections
90
DNS requests
98
Threats
16

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
1372
svchost.exe
GET
304
93.184.221.240:80
http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/disallowedcertstl.cab?33775f6043c93e33
unknown
unknown
1372
svchost.exe
GET
200
23.48.23.143:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
unknown
1372
svchost.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
unknown
1060
svchost.exe
GET
304
23.50.131.213:80
http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/disallowedcertstl.cab?6db8a07497701bb0
unknown
unknown
3392
msedge.exe
GET
200
93.184.221.240:80
http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab?a9202a1418001f21
unknown
unknown
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
whitelisted
1372
svchost.exe
51.124.78.146:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
3392
msedge.exe
239.255.255.250:1900
whitelisted
3144
msedge.exe
204.79.197.239:443
edge.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
unknown
3144
msedge.exe
104.26.0.222:443
katfile.com
CLOUDFLARENET
US
unknown
3144
msedge.exe
13.107.42.16:443
config.edge.skype.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted
1060
svchost.exe
224.0.0.252:5355
unknown
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
3144
msedge.exe
104.18.10.207:443
maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com
CLOUDFLARENET
unknown
3144
msedge.exe
172.217.18.8:443
www.googletagmanager.com
GOOGLE
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
katfile.com
  • 104.26.0.222
  • 172.67.74.63
  • 104.26.1.222
whitelisted
edge.microsoft.com
  • 204.79.197.239
  • 13.107.21.239
whitelisted
config.edge.skype.com
  • 13.107.42.16
whitelisted
assets.katfile.com
  • 172.67.74.63
  • 104.26.0.222
  • 104.26.1.222
unknown
maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com
  • 104.18.10.207
  • 104.18.11.207
whitelisted
www.googletagmanager.com
  • 172.217.18.8
whitelisted
region1.google-analytics.com
  • 216.239.32.36
  • 216.239.34.36
whitelisted
www.bing.com
  • 104.126.37.155
  • 104.126.37.145
  • 104.126.37.161
  • 104.126.37.138
  • 104.126.37.162
  • 104.126.37.153
  • 104.126.37.168
  • 104.126.37.170
  • 104.126.37.144
  • 104.126.37.123
  • 104.126.37.130
  • 104.126.37.163
  • 104.126.37.171
  • 104.126.37.178
  • 104.126.37.179
  • 104.126.37.186
  • 104.126.37.160
  • 104.126.37.184
  • 104.126.37.177
whitelisted
bmjidc.xyz
  • 188.114.96.3
  • 188.114.97.3
unknown
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 51.124.78.146
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
Not Suspicious Traffic
INFO [ANY.RUN] Cloudflare Network Error Logging (NEL)
Not Suspicious Traffic
INFO [ANY.RUN] jQuery JavaScript Library Code Loaded (code .jquery .com)
Misc activity
ET INFO File Sharing Domain Observed in TLS SNI (mega .nz)
Misc activity
ET INFO File Sharing Related Domain in DNS Lookup (mega .nz)
Misc activity
ET INFO File Sharing Related Domain in DNS Lookup (mega .nz)
Misc activity
ET INFO File Sharing Domain Observed in TLS SNI (mega .nz)
Misc activity
ET INFO Observed DNS Query to Filesharing Service (mega .co .nz)
Misc activity
ET INFO Observed DNS Query to Filesharing Service (mega .co .nz)
Misc activity
ET INFO File Sharing Domain Observed in TLS SNI (mega .nz)
Misc activity
ET INFO Observed DNS Query to Filesharing Service (mega .co .nz)
No debug info