| File name: | article.msg |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/08fe74e7-b5fa-4357-9f7e-091d396866f4 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | August 01, 2023, 13:56:01 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.ms-outlook |
| File info: | CDFV2 Microsoft Outlook Message |
| MD5: | 8249C6E9AE544B1222E9C4147FF0AB4A |
| SHA1: | 4103C80F3D6ED522AD69239C2D146F02B9FAC689 |
| SHA256: | F6A5B48F10C9A1FF51D5855B5F480EDF2DF1B8AA05DD2F5A8A983E887ABC10F4 |
| SSDEEP: | 1536:m47FHajBAjaCc2Hwj/TkPGoNnp7/ERfsntKlwvN7R:m47FHajB6aCc2Hwj/TkP/nTQlwH |
MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.SUSPICIOUS
Executes as Windows Service
- SearchIndexer.exe (PID: 2740)
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
- SearchProtocolHost.exe (PID: 2980)
INFO
The process checks LSA protection
- SearchFilterHost.exe (PID: 2732)
- SearchProtocolHost.exe (PID: 2980)
- SearchIndexer.exe (PID: 2740)
- SearchProtocolHost.exe (PID: 3248)
Reads Microsoft Office registry keys
- SearchProtocolHost.exe (PID: 2980)
Creates files in the program directory
- SearchIndexer.exe (PID: 2740)
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TRiD
| .msg | | | Outlook Message (58.9) |
|---|---|---|
| .oft | | | Outlook Form Template (34.4) |
Total processes
43
Monitored processes
7
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 2240 | "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\OUTLOOK.EXE" -Embedding | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\OUTLOOK.EXE | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft Outlook Exit code: 0 Version: 14.0.6025.1000 Modules
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| 2732 | "C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 0 520 524 532 65536 528 | C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe | — | SearchIndexer.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft Windows Search Filter Host Exit code: 0 Version: 7.00.7601.24542 (win7sp1_ldr_escrow.191209-2211) Modules
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| 2740 | C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe /Embedding | C:\Windows\System32\SearchIndexer.exe | — | services.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Microsoft Windows Search Indexer Exit code: 0 Version: 7.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 2980 | "C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe_S-1-5-21-1302019708-1500728564-335382590-10001_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe_S-1-5-21-1302019708-1500728564-335382590-10001 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon" "1" | C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe | — | SearchIndexer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft Windows Search Protocol Host Exit code: 0 Version: 7.00.7601.24542 (win7sp1_ldr_escrow.191209-2211) Modules
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| 3248 | "C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe2_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe2 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon" | C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe | — | SearchIndexer.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Microsoft Windows Search Protocol Host Exit code: 0 Version: 7.00.7601.24542 (win7sp1_ldr_escrow.191209-2211) Modules
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| 3504 | "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\OUTLOOK.EXE" /f "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\article.msg" | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\OUTLOOK.EXE | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft Outlook Exit code: 0 Version: 14.0.6025.1000 Modules
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| 4048 | "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Outlook\Q01GHL2A\email.txt | C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe | — | OUTLOOK.EXE | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Notepad Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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Total events
10 121
Read events
9 619
Write events
477
Delete events
25
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (3504) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1033 |
Value: On | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3504) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1041 |
Value: On | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3504) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1046 |
Value: On | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3504) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1036 |
Value: On | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3504) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1031 |
Value: On | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3504) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1040 |
Value: On | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3504) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1049 |
Value: On | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3504) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 3082 |
Value: On | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3504) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1042 |
Value: On | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3504) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1055 |
Value: On | |||
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
6
Text files
10
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3504 | OUTLOOK.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CVR7B46.tmp.cvr | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3504 | OUTLOOK.EXE | C:\Users\admin\Documents\Outlook Files\Outlook Data File - NoMail.pst | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2240 | OUTLOOK.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CVR1C97.tmp.cvr | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3504 | OUTLOOK.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Outlook\Q01GHL2A\email.txt | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3504 | OUTLOOK.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\~$rmalEmail.dotm | binary | |
MD5:64316F82EDE8693BD3AF753F54B245DC | SHA256:DD7085CEE0D2E65A51C663F04BFA194D5E97622F2129A2F2C784CED537CC2083 | |||
| 3504 | OUTLOOK.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\{B2D6140A-A9DA-46A7-964C-794A70D0158B}\{1C306CB1-771E-4B4B-A902-86E897877F5B}.png | image | |
MD5:4C61C12EDBC453D7AE184976E95258E1 | SHA256:296526F9A716C1AA91BA5D6F69F0EB92FDF79C2CB2CFCF0CEB22B7CCBC27035F | |||
| 3504 | OUTLOOK.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\RoamCache\Stream_AvailabilityOptions_2_6DD12A3D9914184281B7A98CB6F68E5C.dat | xml | |
MD5:EEAA832C12F20DE6AAAA9C7B77626E72 | SHA256:C4C9A90F2C961D9EE79CF08FBEE647ED7DE0202288E876C7BAAD00F4CA29CA16 | |||
| 3504 | OUTLOOK.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\mapisvc.inf | text | |
MD5:F3B25701FE362EC84616A93A45CE9998 | SHA256:B3D510EF04275CA8E698E5B3CBB0ECE3949EF9252F0CDC839E9EE347409A2209 | |||
| 3504 | OUTLOOK.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\RoamCache\Stream_WorkHours_1_6CDBE4FAE7C30246BB4C9D0BD8122CFE.dat | xml | |
MD5:807EF0FC900FEB3DA82927990083D6E7 | SHA256:4411E7DC978011222764943081500FFF0E43CBF7CCD44264BD1AB6306CA68913 | |||
| 3504 | OUTLOOK.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\RoamCache\Stream_Calendar_2_D00DF4E1BE3257408ABF14EC93585F5D.dat | xml | |
MD5:B21ED3BD946332FF6EBC41A87776C6BB | SHA256:B1AAC4E817CD10670B785EF8E5523C4A883F44138E50486987DC73054A46F6F4 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
1
TCP/UDP connections
3
DNS requests
2
Threats
0
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3504 | OUTLOOK.EXE | GET | — | 64.4.26.155:80 | http://config.messenger.msn.com/config/msgrconfig.asmx?op=GetOlcConfig | US | — | — | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
2640 | svchost.exe | 239.255.255.250:1900 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
3504 | OUTLOOK.EXE | 64.4.26.155:80 | config.messenger.msn.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
config.messenger.msn.com |
| whitelisted |