File name:

HTML Smugling.html

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/bbf6f4aa-2cb6-468e-a6bd-c0ac5a262594
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: March 24, 2025, 20:22:36
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:
autorun-download
metasploit
Indicators:
MIME: text/html
File info: HTML document, ASCII text, with very long lines (65014), with CRLF line terminators
MD5:

AF6AE319759BAA30C7E8E80EE098E2A6

SHA1:

5D2DD2E84E93D004EE2F2189BD5301D3C5BCA04C

SHA256:

F69304D58EF5FF7FF58CD71FA6BE2A44584062C103F3BEB74DF480E596DA8606

SSDEEP:

1536:DdTWLP/2gjd1M58b0X47swsD7Qo48ErGeaOgdJT3Zazwz6bK3hxnU4YNHmKNBKMR:D4qcvpbA4A74mOMJVz6ChnYkKN1

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  • MALICIOUS

    • METASPLOIT has been detected (YARA)

      • evil.exe (PID: 1472)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    No suspicious indicators.
  • INFO

    • Application launched itself

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 492)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2840)
    • Modifies the phishing filter of IE

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2840)
    • Autorun file from Downloads

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 492)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2840)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2840)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 492)
    • The sample compiled with english language support

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2840)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 492)
    • Checks supported languages

      • evil.exe (PID: 1472)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.html | HyperText Markup Language (100)
No data.
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Total processes
38
Monitored processes
4
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start iexplore.exe iexplore.exe iexplore.exe no specs #METASPLOIT evil.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
492"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" SCODEF:2840 CREDAT:144385 /prefetch:2C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
iexplore.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Internet Explorer
Version:
11.00.9600.16428 (winblue_gdr.131013-1700)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-downlevel-advapi32-l1-1-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\iertutil.dll
1472"C:\Users\admin\Downloads\evil.exe" C:\Users\admin\Downloads\evil.exe
iexplore.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Apache Software Foundation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
ApacheBench command line utility
Version:
2.2.14
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\downloads\evil.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\wsock32.dll
c:\windows\system32\ws2_32.dll
2656"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" SCODEF:2840 CREDAT:333057 /prefetch:2C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exeiexplore.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Internet Explorer
Version:
11.00.9600.16428 (winblue_gdr.131013-1700)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-downlevel-advapi32-l1-1-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\iertutil.dll
2840"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HTML Smugling.html"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Internet Explorer
Version:
11.00.9600.16428 (winblue_gdr.131013-1700)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-downlevel-advapi32-l1-1-0.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\iertutil.dll
Total events
13 910
Read events
13 760
Write events
121
Delete events
29

Modification events

(PID) Process:(492) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
(PID) Process:(492) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
Cookie:
(PID) Process:(492) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
Visited:
(PID) Process:(2840) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\Active
Operation:writeName:{BB8C8429-08ED-11F0-B32B-12A9866C77DE}
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2840) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones
Operation:writeName:SecuritySafe
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2840) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch
Operation:writeName:UpgradeTime
Value:
4208317EFA9CDB01
(PID) Process:(2840) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Operation:writeName:FullScreen
Value:
no
(PID) Process:(2840) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Operation:writeName:Window_Placement
Value:
2C0000000200000003000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF20000000200000004003000078020000
(PID) Process:(2840) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery
Operation:writeName:Active
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(492) iexplore.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:ProxyBypass
Value:
1
Executable files
3
Suspicious files
6
Text files
3
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2840iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157binary
MD5:4F787A21AF2DB0723F03A13CA1033C8A
SHA256:2A2C3273C982922C5833ABFCBDB64EFB6C93AF38BCB53307523DAB7EB192F9DF
2840iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Services\search_{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}.icoimage
MD5:DA597791BE3B6E732F0BC8B20E38EE62
SHA256:5B2C34B3C4E8DD898B664DBA6C3786E2FF9869EFF55D673AA48361F11325ED07
2840iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\6Z2BCOUL\favicon[1].icoimage
MD5:DA597791BE3B6E732F0BC8B20E38EE62
SHA256:5B2C34B3C4E8DD898B664DBA6C3786E2FF9869EFF55D673AA48361F11325ED07
2840iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\26C212D9399727259664BDFCA073966E_F9F7D6A7ECE73106D2A8C63168CDA10Dbinary
MD5:016F2A3C6AFF71714F62B4018E18C840
SHA256:916A0D09D74E1D9E8763D7A23F9A17188D8DDF40E62731303F35240D8E17151C
492iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\B6QGX7LP\evil[1].exeexecutable
MD5:7268AAE6B831570442DB347899C1C658
SHA256:8B2E324E461D69AA40D9A8597D3B75B965806E71CF4A52F32026D76784110161
492iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\Downloads\evil.exe.iy7yes5.partialexecutable
MD5:31FB677C19FAEACD03C482BA2F99EEBB
SHA256:AD0459F46AC4339C676A6E0BBCF180E608C083DC91236471F5501A7E7FF961C5
2840iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\Downloads\evil.exeexecutable
MD5:31FB677C19FAEACD03C482BA2F99EEBB
SHA256:AD0459F46AC4339C676A6E0BBCF180E608C083DC91236471F5501A7E7FF961C5
2840iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\26C212D9399727259664BDFCA073966E_F9F7D6A7ECE73106D2A8C63168CDA10Dbinary
MD5:4872BABAF39AA62B8D32695EBB7E9173
SHA256:2EE85DF86EE29BBEB3DCA81AA29B6DE204F605A2769B84C728A329178A2D0999
2840iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157compressed
MD5:77B20B5CD41BC6BB475CCA3F91AE6E3C
SHA256:5511A9B9F9144ED7BDE4CCB074733B7C564D918D2A8B10D391AFC6BE5B3B1509
2840iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_363582827213C09529A76F35FB615187binary
MD5:3906BFBC1EC1DBC9A25F6C1C02BD2538
SHA256:37CEC8E77844AA5E09AAA22B71806EF485CA09EC8ED6D12ACE48077839B50225
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HTTP(S) requests
4
TCP/UDP connections
13
DNS requests
14
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
2840
iexplore.exe
GET
200
2.23.77.188:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D
unknown
whitelisted
2840
iexplore.exe
GET
200
23.50.131.202:80
http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/disallowedcertstl.cab?9727dbddfc8fc6cf
unknown
whitelisted
2840
iexplore.exe
GET
200
23.50.131.202:80
http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/disallowedcertstl.cab?794700bfc654c75d
unknown
whitelisted
2840
iexplore.exe
GET
200
2.23.77.188:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D
unknown
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
224.0.0.252:5355
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
whitelisted
1080
svchost.exe
224.0.0.252:5355
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
2840
iexplore.exe
2.16.204.135:443
www.bing.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
2840
iexplore.exe
23.50.131.202:80
ctldl.windowsupdate.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
2840
iexplore.exe
2.23.77.188:80
ocsp.digicert.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
1472
evil.exe
10.0.0.5:443
unknown
2840
iexplore.exe
52.239.160.33:443
iecvlist.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
google.com
  • 142.250.185.110
whitelisted
api.bing.com
  • 13.107.5.80
whitelisted
www.bing.com
  • 2.16.204.135
  • 2.16.204.145
  • 2.16.204.141
  • 2.16.204.150
  • 2.16.204.161
  • 2.16.204.153
  • 2.16.204.134
  • 2.16.204.149
  • 2.16.204.138
whitelisted
ctldl.windowsupdate.com
  • 23.50.131.202
  • 23.50.131.213
  • 23.50.131.200
  • 23.50.131.216
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 2.23.77.188
whitelisted
iecvlist.microsoft.com
  • 52.239.160.33
whitelisted
r20swj13mr.microsoft.com
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info