Malware analysis MicrosoftSecurity.exe Malicious activity

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File name:	MicrosoftSecurity.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/dfa41c15-c79d-4f49-ac85-4c45e86e1b84
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	November 11, 2024, 11:01:53
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:	autoit
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 5 sections
MD5:	71D8F6D5DC35517275BC38EBCC815F9F
SHA1:	CAE4E8C730DE5A01D30AABEB3E5CB2136090ED8D
SHA256:	FB73A819B37523126C7708A1D06F3B8825FA60C926154AB2D511BA668F49DC4B
SSDEEP:	12288:IBzZm7d9AZAYJVB7ii/XAvKxRJBnwvogSJ4M4G4auLzzV+XMhN5DGDt2:ycneJVBvXAvwRJdwvZ5auLl+XyN5DGR2

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: none
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: off
Route via Tor:: off
Autoconfirmation of UAC:: on
Network:: on

Software preset

Internet Explorer 11.3636.19041.0
Adobe Acrobat (64-bit) (23.001.20093)
Adobe Flash Player 32 NPAPI (32.0.0.465)
Adobe Flash Player 32 PPAPI (32.0.0.465)
CCleaner (6.20)
FileZilla 3.65.0 (3.65.0)
Google Chrome (122.0.6261.70)
Google Update Helper (1.3.36.51)
Java 8 Update 271 (64-bit) (8.0.2710.9)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.271.9)
Microsoft Edge (122.0.2365.59)
Microsoft Edge Update (1.3.185.17)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - de-de (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - es-es (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - it-it (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ja-jp (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ko-kr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - pt-br (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - tr-tr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professionnel 2019 - fr-fr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office профессиональный 2019 - ru-ru (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft OneNote - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Update Health Tools (3.74.0.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Mozilla Firefox (x64 en-US) (123.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (123.0)
Notepad++ (64-bit x64) (7.9.1)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Extensibility Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Licensing Component (16.0.16026.20146)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15928.20198)
PowerShell 7-x64 (7.3.5.0)
Skype version 8.104 (8.104)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.59.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.63.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4480730) (2.55.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB5001716) (8.93.0.0)
VLC media player (3.0.11)
WinRAR 5.91 (64-bit) (5.91.0)
Windows PC Health Check (3.6.2204.08001)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
DotNetRollup
DotNetRollup 481
FodMetadata Package
Foundation Package
Hello Face Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB5003791
KB5011048
KB5015684
KB5033052
LanguageFeatures Basic en us Package
LanguageFeatures Handwriting en us Package
LanguageFeatures OCR en us Package
LanguageFeatures Speech en us Package
LanguageFeatures TextToSpeech en us Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MediaPlayer Package
Microsoft OneCore ApplicationModel Sync Desktop FOD Package
Microsoft OneCore DirectX Database FOD Package
NetFx3 OnDemand Package
Notepad FoD Package
OpenSSH Client Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
Printing PMCPPC FoD Package
Printing WFS FoD Package
ProfessionalEdition
QuickAssist Package
RollupFix
ServicingStack
ServicingStack 3989
StepsRecorder Package
TabletPCMath Package
UserExperience Desktop Package
WordPad FoD Package

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MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.
SUSPICIOUS
No suspicious indicators.
INFO
- The process uses AutoIt
  - MicrosoftSecurity.exe (PID: 6336)

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No Malware configuration.

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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:	2012:01:29 21:32:28+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, Large address aware, 32-bit
PEType:	PE32
LinkerVersion:	10
CodeSize:	525824
InitializedDataSize:	215552
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0x164e1
OSVersion:	5
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	5
Subsystem:	Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber:	3.3.8.1
ProductVersionNumber:	3.3.8.1
FileFlagsMask:	0x0017
FileFlags:	(none)
FileOS:	Win32
ObjectFileType:	Unknown
FileSubtype:	-
LanguageCode:	English (British)
CharacterSet:	Unicode
CompanyName:	AutoIt Team
Comments:	http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/
FileDescription:	AutoIt v3 Script
FileVersion:	3, 3, 8, 1
InternalName:	AutoIt3.exe
LegalCopyright:	©1999-2012 Jonathan Bennett & AutoIt Team
OriginalFileName:	AutoIt3.exe
ProductName:	AutoIt v3 Script
ProductVersion:	3, 3, 8, 1

No data.

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Total processes

120

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

6336

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicrosoftSecurity.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicrosoftSecurity.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

AutoIt Team

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

AutoIt v3 Script

Version:

3, 3, 8, 1

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\microsoftsecurity.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\psapi.dll

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Total events

2 937

Read events

2 919

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(6336) MicrosoftSecurity.exe	Key:	HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU
Operation:	write	Name:	NodeSlots
Value: 0202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202
(PID) Process:	(6336) MicrosoftSecurity.exe	Key:	HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU
Operation:	write	Name:	MRUListEx
Value: 0400000000000000030000000E000000100000000F0000000C0000000D0000000B000000050000000A000000090000000800000001000000070000000600000002000000FFFFFFFF
(PID) Process:	(6336) MicrosoftSecurity.exe	Key:	HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\4
Operation:	write	Name:	MRUListEx
Value: 040000000000000005000000020000000100000003000000FFFFFFFF
(PID) Process:	(6336) MicrosoftSecurity.exe	Key:	HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\119\Shell
Operation:	write	Name:	SniffedFolderType
Value: Documents
(PID) Process:	(6336) MicrosoftSecurity.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Operation:	write	Name:	GlobalAssocChangedCounter
Value: 96
(PID) Process:	(6336) MicrosoftSecurity.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\OneDrive\Accounts
Operation:	write	Name:	LastUpdate
Value: 2BE4316700000000

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

No data

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HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

DNS requests

Threats

HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
—	—	GET	200	88.221.169.152:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	2.16.164.9:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5488	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	88.221.169.152:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5488	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	2.16.164.9:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5784	svchost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6164	backgroundTaskHost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAn5bsKVVV8kdJ6vHl3O1J0%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5892	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	88.221.169.152:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5892	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	88.221.169.152:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
4360	SearchApp.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
6944	svchost.exe	51.124.78.146:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	51.124.78.146:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
5488	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	2.16.164.9:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
—	—	2.16.164.9:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
5488	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	88.221.169.152:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
—	—	88.221.169.152:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
4020	svchost.exe	239.255.255.250:1900	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	2.23.209.175:443	—	Akamai International B.V.	GB	unknown
—	—	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.124.78.146 4.231.128.59	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	2.16.164.9 2.16.164.49	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	88.221.169.152	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.186.46	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.160.14 40.126.32.138 40.126.32.76 40.126.32.68 40.126.32.140 40.126.32.134 40.126.32.133 20.190.160.20	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	192.229.221.95	whitelisted
go.microsoft.com	184.28.89.167	whitelisted
th.bing.com	2.23.209.150 2.23.209.141 2.23.209.156 2.23.209.153 2.23.209.154 2.23.209.143 2.23.209.142 2.23.209.144 2.23.209.149	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	20.12.23.50	whitelisted
arc.msn.com	20.103.156.88	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

MicrosoftSecurity.exe

71D8F6D5DC35517275BC38EBCC815F9F

CAE4E8C730DE5A01D30AABEB3E5CB2136090ED8D

FB73A819B37523126C7708A1D06F3B8825FA60C926154AB2D511BA668F49DC4B

12288:IBzZm7d9AZAYJVB7ii/XAvKxRJBnwvogSJ4M4G4auLzzV+XMhN5DGDt2:ycneJVBvXAvwRJdwvZ5auLl+XyN5DGR2

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INFO

The process uses AutoIt

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