File name:

aep.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/4a3b25ce-46ac-4d86-b650-1708f8e23bea
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: July 04, 2018, 16:10:11
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:

2965A0A1FA80D211C8B244E1491831DD

SHA1:

A22E9A02640FDC681E6037EE335CB198ACB32EE8

SHA256:

FE5F5CE3BAC6809FEB30B5F65487442C92C324E4C3BBEFF298EF8A3664BA5531

SSDEEP:

49152:qvZRPCUcG2v/UecDvRs6sSQlUtYaBaL3+Ward7IEsjdYPpOOakQ3WPxPw:iPCU6nUecD5veCYaBO9takOakQGJw

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Loads dropped or rewritten executable

      • airexplorerportable.exe (PID: 2788)
      • AirExplorer.exe (PID: 3452)

    • Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

      • airexplorerportable.exe (PID: 2788)
      • AirExplorer.exe (PID: 3452)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • airexplorerportable.exe (PID: 2788)
      • aep.exe (PID: 932)

    • Creates files in the user directory

      • AirExplorer.exe (PID: 3452)

    • Reads internet explorer settings

      • AirExplorer.exe (PID: 3452)
      • aep.exe (PID: 932)

    • Changes IE settings (feature browser emulation)

      • AirExplorer.exe (PID: 3452)
      • airexplorerportable.exe (PID: 2788)

  • INFO

    • Reads settings of System Certificates

      • AirExplorer.exe (PID: 3452)

    • Dropped object may contain URL's

      • AirExplorer.exe (PID: 3452)
      • aep.exe (PID: 932)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (64.6)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (15.4)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (10.5)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (4.6)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (4.6)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2017:08:11 15:54:06+02:00
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 14
CodeSize: 188928
InitializedDataSize: 194560
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x1cec9
OSVersion: 5.1
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 5.1
Subsystem: Windows GUI

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 11-Aug-2017 13:54:06
Detected languages:
  • English - United States
Debug artifacts:
  • D:\Projects\WinRAR\sfx\build\sfxrar32\Release\sfxrar.pdb

DOS Header

Magic number: MZ
Bytes on last page of file: 0x0090
Pages in file: 0x0003
Relocations: 0x0000
Size of header: 0x0004
Min extra paragraphs: 0x0000
Max extra paragraphs: 0xFFFF
Initial SS value: 0x0000
Initial SP value: 0x00B8
Checksum: 0x0000
Initial IP value: 0x0000
Initial CS value: 0x0000
Overlay number: 0x0000
OEM identifier: 0x0000
OEM information: 0x0000
Address of NE header: 0x00000108

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 6
Time date stamp: 11-Aug-2017 13:54:06
Pointer to Symbol Table: 0x00000000
Number of symbols: 0
Size of Optional Header: 0x00E0
Characteristics:
  • IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
  • IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
.text
0x00001000
0x0002E1CB
0x0002E200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.69427
.rdata
0x00030000
0x000098A0
0x00009A00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
5.12106
.data
0x0003A000
0x0001F290
0x00000C00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
3.23719
.gfids
0x0005A000
0x000000E8
0x00000200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
2.05507
.rsrc
0x0005B000
0x00004680
0x00004800
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
4.6389
.reloc
0x00060000
0x00001F58
0x00002000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.62297

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
5.25329
1875
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_MANIFEST
2
3.88998
1384
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
3
4.12176
744
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
4
4.68705
2216
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_ICON
7
3.1586
482
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_STRING
8
3.11685
460
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_STRING
9
3.15447
494
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_STRING
10
2.99727
326
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_STRING
11
3.2036
1094
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_STRING
12
3.12889
358
UNKNOWN
English - United States
RT_STRING

Imports

KERNEL32.dll
USER32.dll (delay-loaded)
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Total processes
35
Monitored processes
3
Malicious processes
3
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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drop and start start aep.exe airexplorerportable.exe airexplorer.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
932"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aep.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aep.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\aep.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sfc_os.dll
c:\windows\system32\sspicli.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\rsaenh.dll
2788"C:\temp\airexplorerportable.exe" C:\temp\airexplorerportable.exe
aep.exe
User:
admin
Company:
jooseng.blog.163.com
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
AirExplorer Portable Launcher
Exit code:
0
Version:
2.2.0.0
Modules
Images
c:\temp\airexplorerportable.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
3452C:\temp\App\ProgramFiles\AirExplorer.exeC:\temp\App\ProgramFiles\AirExplorer.exe
airexplorerportable.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Air Explorer
Exit code:
0
Version:
2.2.0.0
Modules
Images
c:\temp\app\programfiles\airexplorer.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\mscoree.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\microsoft.net\framework\v4.0.30319\mscoreei.dll
Total events
399
Read events
357
Write events
42
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(932) aep.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:UNCAsIntranet
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(932) aep.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:AutoDetect
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(932) aep.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR SFX
Operation:writeName:c%%temp
Value:
c:\temp
(PID) Process:(2788) airexplorerportable.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:UNCAsIntranet
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(2788) airexplorerportable.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:AutoDetect
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(2788) airexplorerportable.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PortableAppC\Keys\HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION
Operation:writeName:AcroRd32.exe
Value:
8888
(PID) Process:(3452) AirExplorer.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\AirExplorer_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:EnableFileTracing
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3452) AirExplorer.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\AirExplorer_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:EnableConsoleTracing
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3452) AirExplorer.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\AirExplorer_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:FileTracingMask
Value:
4294901760
(PID) Process:(3452) AirExplorer.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\AirExplorer_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:ConsoleTracingMask
Value:
4294901760
Executable files
30
Suspicious files
2
Text files
74
Unknown types
1

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
932aep.exeC:\temp\App\AppInfo\appinfo.iniini
MD5:—
SHA256:—
932aep.exeC:\temp\App\ProgramFiles\AirExplorer.exeexecutable
MD5:—
SHA256:—
932aep.exeC:\temp\App\ProgramFiles\AirExplorerCmd.exeexecutable
MD5:—
SHA256:—
932aep.exeC:\temp\App\AppInfo\appicon_16.pngimage
MD5:D6B7F26355AB37D0B5FC903D2B432A59
SHA256:324B6C52D82E130EE2939A208C67150593F079A129193093B8BC4A481674A451
932aep.exeC:\temp\App\ProgramFiles\CIDSave.regtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
932aep.exeC:\temp\App\ProgramFiles\KRBTabControl.dllexecutable
MD5:—
SHA256:—
932aep.exeC:\temp\App\ProgramFiles\Language\airexplorer_bg-BG.xmlxml
MD5:—
SHA256:—
932aep.exeC:\temp\App\ProgramFiles\Language\airexplorer_ar-jo.xmlxml
MD5:—
SHA256:—
932aep.exeC:\temp\App\ProgramFiles\Language\airexplorer_da-DK.xmlxml
MD5:—
SHA256:—
932aep.exeC:\temp\App\ProgramFiles\Language\airexplorer_de-DE.xmlxml
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
3
TCP/UDP connections
14
DNS requests
8
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
3452
AirExplorer.exe
GET
304
2.16.186.56:80
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
3452
AirExplorer.exe
GET
301
164.132.99.166:80
http://www.airexplorer.net/checkversion/?ad=1&sv=1&p=1&v=2.2.0&l=en-US&s=AirExplorer
FR
html
193 b
malicious
3452
AirExplorer.exe
GET
200
192.35.177.64:80
http://apps.identrust.com/roots/dstrootcax3.p7c
US
cat
893 b
shared
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
3452
AirExplorer.exe
164.132.99.166:80
www.airexplorer.net
OVH SAS
FR
malicious
3452
AirExplorer.exe
164.132.99.166:443
www.airexplorer.net
OVH SAS
FR
malicious
3452
AirExplorer.exe
192.35.177.64:80
apps.identrust.com
IdenTrust
US
malicious
3452
AirExplorer.exe
2.16.186.56:80
www.download.windowsupdate.com
Akamai International B.V.
—
whitelisted
3452
AirExplorer.exe
104.41.216.16:443
login.microsoftonline.com
Microsoft Corporation
IE
whitelisted
3452
AirExplorer.exe
104.111.246.18:443
secure.aadcdn.microsoftonline-p.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
3452
AirExplorer.exe
131.253.61.100:443
login.live.com
Microsoft Corporation
US
whitelisted
3452
AirExplorer.exe
104.111.245.227:443
auth.gfx.ms
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
3452
AirExplorer.exe
40.71.94.214:443
client.hip.live.com
Microsoft Corporation
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
www.airexplorer.net
  • 164.132.99.166
malicious
apps.identrust.com
  • 192.35.177.64
shared
www.download.windowsupdate.com
  • 2.16.186.56
  • 2.16.186.81
whitelisted
login.microsoftonline.com
  • 104.41.216.16
  • 104.41.216.18
  • 40.112.64.18
whitelisted
secure.aadcdn.microsoftonline-p.com
  • 104.111.246.18
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 131.253.61.100
  • 131.253.61.98
  • 131.253.61.96
whitelisted
auth.gfx.ms
  • 104.111.245.227
whitelisted
client.hip.live.com
  • 40.71.94.214
whitelisted

Threats

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