| File name: | INQUIRY.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/5dea51ec-8e86-43ec-abf0-f0fb2c1643e1 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | FormBook is a data stealer that is being distributed as a MaaS. FormBook differs from a lot of competing malware by its extreme ease of use that allows even the unexperienced threat actors to use FormBook virus. |
| Analysis date: | April 29, 2025, 12:51:03 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows, 3 sections |
| MD5: | E17E1C54750D607EE2D44041E3FE0B91 |
| SHA1: | 11510A659CF1E7D506718AD8AA64539D3CEF835F |
| SHA256: | F7716C15EC6F2FBBE55EA20DE84F9B2B2C5C985F65AA7482A1AA7CF8BF1D06D6 |
| SSDEEP: | 24576:oYg1zSDPU/55Y6dBWMuOXoD10LCVm5B+eUq+gFhJ:Lg9YPUh5Y6dBWMuOXoD10LCVm5B+eUqv |
MALICIOUS
Uses Task Scheduler to run other applications
- INQUIRY.exe (PID: 5380)
FORMBOOK has been detected
- wlanext.exe (PID: 1280)
FORMBOOK has been detected (YARA)
- wlanext.exe (PID: 1280)
SUSPICIOUS
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- INQUIRY.exe (PID: 5380)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- INQUIRY.exe (PID: 5380)
Application launched itself
- INQUIRY.exe (PID: 5380)
Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
- wlanext.exe (PID: 1280)
INFO
Checks supported languages
- INQUIRY.exe (PID: 5380)
- INQUIRY.exe (PID: 3304)
Creates files or folders in the user directory
- INQUIRY.exe (PID: 5380)
Reads the computer name
- INQUIRY.exe (PID: 5380)
- INQUIRY.exe (PID: 3304)
Reads the machine GUID from the registry
- INQUIRY.exe (PID: 5380)
Process checks computer location settings
- INQUIRY.exe (PID: 5380)
Create files in a temporary directory
- INQUIRY.exe (PID: 5380)
Manual execution by a user
- wlanext.exe (PID: 1280)
Reads the software policy settings
- slui.exe (PID: 1512)
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TRiD
| .exe | | | Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (63.1) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Win64 Executable (generic) (23.8) |
| .dll | | | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (5.6) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (3.8) |
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (1.7) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2097:11:04 14:40:03+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, 32-bit |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 48 |
| CodeSize: | 874496 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 2560 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0xd76f6 |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 1.0.0.0 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 1.0.0.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | Neutral |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| Comments: | - |
| CompanyName: | Microsoft |
| FileDescription: | Advanced System Settings |
| FileVersion: | 1.0.0.0 |
| InternalName: | OEDW.exe |
| LegalCopyright: | Copyright © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. |
| LegalTrademarks: | - |
| OriginalFileName: | OEDW.exe |
| ProductName: | Advanced System Settings |
| ProductVersion: | 1.0.0.0 |
| AssemblyVersion: | 1.0.0.0 |
Total processes
138
Monitored processes
10
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
1
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1132 | /c del "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INQUIRY.exe" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | — | wlanext.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 1280 | "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wlanext.exe" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wlanext.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Wireless LAN 802.11 Extensibility Framework Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 1512 | "C:\WINDOWS\System32\SLUI.exe" RuleId=3482d82e-ca2c-4e1f-8864-da0267b484b2;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=4de7cb65-cdf1-4de9-8ae8-e3cce27b9f2c;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEvent | C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe | SppExtComObj.Exe | ||||||||||||
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Windows Activation Client Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 2692 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding | C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: KMS Connection Broker Version: 10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 3304 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INQUIRY.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INQUIRY.exe | — | INQUIRY.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Advanced System Settings Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
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| 4000 | "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\WeEgLhmLmxhyD" /XML "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpFCA2.tmp" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe | — | INQUIRY.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Task Scheduler Configuration Tool Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 4068 | C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding | C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Activation Client Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 4560 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | cmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 5380 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INQUIRY.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INQUIRY.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Advanced System Settings Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
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| 6388 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | schtasks.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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Total events
1 079
Read events
1 079
Write events
0
Delete events
0
Modification events
Executable files
1
Suspicious files
0
Text files
1
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5380 | INQUIRY.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpFCA2.tmp | xml | |
MD5:549BEB8F53617354E0B5FB91B54AB788 | SHA256:502EC74F0A9BD7802DDA7A784230CD021B185564DD276FA7576C3B83F2677092 | |||
| 5380 | INQUIRY.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\WeEgLhmLmxhyD.exe | executable | |
MD5:E17E1C54750D607EE2D44041E3FE0B91 | SHA256:F7716C15EC6F2FBBE55EA20DE84F9B2B2C5C985F65AA7482A1AA7CF8BF1D06D6 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
5
TCP/UDP connections
20
DNS requests
18
Threats
0
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | GET | 200 | 23.48.23.180:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2236 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.131.245:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2236 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | 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 |
— | — | 23.48.23.180:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
— | — | 23.35.229.160:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
3216 | svchost.exe | 172.211.123.250:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | FR | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 40.126.31.131:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 184.30.131.245:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | US | whitelisted |
2104 | svchost.exe | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
2236 | SIHClient.exe | 20.109.210.53:443 | slscr.update.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
slscr.update.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |