File name:

Install.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/d56a9797-3ad2-43d4-8eef-2adb6593bbc4
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: October 04, 2022, 20:38:02
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
MD5:

E2462DFF81E09C335DD89F711C7A2FBA

SHA1:

5B9BADC4D85F1CE4912772507523AB062A730D4E

SHA256:

FCD60B5BD3815F1C591ADA33B9A46D4126C216DC32CC7B946352A938844138BD

SSDEEP:

6144:qG1wX8iQS7SP8FRguKgHMQj6WAcZ0te0nhhX/AgdvotX9VRZefVu4F2O971Nd:qgwtFK4Fj/MNhl/d8X9VRZetu40QpNd

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Loads the Task Scheduler COM API

      • Install.exe (PID: 3792)

    • Runs injected code in another process

      • powershell.EXE (PID: 2588)

    • Application was injected by another process

      • dllhost.exe (PID: 2400)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Checks supported languages

      • Install.exe (PID: 3792)
      • powershell.EXE (PID: 2588)
      • dllhost.exe (PID: 2400)

    • Reads the computer name

      • Install.exe (PID: 3792)
      • powershell.EXE (PID: 2588)
      • dllhost.exe (PID: 2400)

    • Executes PowerShell scripts

      • powershell.EXE (PID: 2588)

    • Reads the date of Windows installation

      • powershell.EXE (PID: 2588)

    • Executed via Task Scheduler

      • powershell.EXE (PID: 2588)

    • Creates files in the Windows directory

      • powershell.EXE (PID: 2588)

    • Removes files from Windows directory

      • powershell.EXE (PID: 2588)

  • INFO

    • Checks Windows Trust Settings

      • powershell.EXE (PID: 2588)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (43.5)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (29.8)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (13.2)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (13.2)

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 2022-Sep-01 17:30:37
Detected languages:
  • English - United States

DOS Header

e_magic: MZ
e_cblp: 144
e_cp: 3
e_crlc: -
e_cparhdr: 4
e_minalloc: -
e_maxalloc: 65535
e_ss: -
e_sp: 184
e_csum: -
e_ip: -
e_cs: -
e_ovno: -
e_oemid: -
e_oeminfo: -
e_lfanew: 272

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
NumberofSections: 5
TimeDateStamp: 2022-Sep-01 17:30:37
PointerToSymbolTable: -
NumberOfSymbols: -
SizeOfOptionalHeader: 224
Characteristics:
  • IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
  • IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
.text
4096
56201
56320
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.57153
.rdata
61440
31340
31744
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
4.64676
.data
94208
4988
2560
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
2.27832
.rsrc
102400
263552
263680
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
7.96442
.reloc
368640
4208
4608
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.25754

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
5.14944
1741
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_MANIFEST
101
7.96765
261632
UNKNOWN
English - United States
EXE

Imports

ADVAPI32.dll
KERNEL32.dll
OLEAUT32.dll
SHLWAPI.dll
ole32.dll
No data.
screenshot
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Total processes
40
Monitored processes
4
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start inject install.exe powershell.exe no specs dllhost.exe install.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2400C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe /Processid:{b3e962c9-5e9f-40b2-869c-6026d2a7e5b2}C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe
winlogon.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
COM Surrogate
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\dllhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
2588C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.EXE "[Reflection.Assembly]::Load([Microsoft.Win32.Registry]::LocalMachine.OpenSubkey('SOFTWARE').GetValue('$77stager')).EntryPoint.Invoke($Null,$Null)"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.EXE—taskeng.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Windows PowerShell
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.14409.1005 (rs1_srvoob.161208-1155)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\atl.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
3684"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Install.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Install.exe—Explorer.EXE
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
3221226540
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\install.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
3792"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Install.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Install.exe
Explorer.EXE
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\install.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
Total events
788
Read events
787
Write events
1
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(2400) dllhost.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\$77config\pid
Operation:writeName:svc32
Value:
2400
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
2
Text files
0
Unknown types
1

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2588powershell.EXEC:\Windows\TEMP\syq2aqmc.khz.ps1binary
MD5:C4CA4238A0B923820DCC509A6F75849B
SHA256:—
2588powershell.EXEC:\Windows\TEMP\dll1j0gw.sbt.psm1binary
MD5:C4CA4238A0B923820DCC509A6F75849B
SHA256:—
2588powershell.EXEC:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractivedbf
MD5:446DD1CF97EABA21CF14D03AEBC79F27
SHA256:A7DE5177C68A64BD48B36D49E2853799F4EBCFA8E4761F7CC472F333DC5F65CF
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
0
DNS requests
0
Threats
0

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

No data

DNS requests

No data

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info
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Install.exe