Malware Analysis Report

2025-08-05 20:09

Sample ID 240302-3dfkpaag29
Target https://www.google.com/
Tags
score
1/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
1/10

Threat Level: No (potentially) malicious behavior was detected

The file https://www.google.com/ was found to be: No (potentially) malicious behavior was detected.

Malicious Activity Summary


Modifies Internet Explorer settings

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-03-02 23:23

Signatures

N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-03-02 23:23

Reported

2024-03-03 00:37

Platform

win10v2004-20240226-en

Max time kernel

1743s

Max time network

1172s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://www.google.com/

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings

adware spyware
Description Indicator Process Target
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{07F83D10-D8F2-11EE-9216-D28C415B03FA} = "0" C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31091966" C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE N/A
Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000 C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31091966" C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1" C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running" C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\www.google.com C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1" C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0" C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\GPU C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE N/A
Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000bb81c2d97e83014aa839d28a6b89bdd400000000020000000000106600000001000020000000edf9accd43368cdb1804df5ea181aec3294ab59718820a71317b806cb9996e3f000000000e8000000002000020000000904e233b27e64ede6688850f20b0edc1ffd958fcbfda83ea25d817170bc24fc120000000b79857ffcae0cb5df862934965d48854fb94ef21312365cb57bcade298a9e412400000002a926cdb805747fb509fa6ad64793527d7d50b8fa57f0ee0152f5987348950d94aaf469cc7efd7c40ba4fb6e470f96a0e25c2cefd9e9556b7640eb00e4db82cb C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\google.com C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\google.com\NumberOfSubdomains = "1" C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\ C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2" C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE N/A
Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 00137cddfe6cda01 C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\google.com\Total = "21" C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0" C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\GPU\AdapterInfo = "vendorId=\"0x10de\",deviceID=\"0x8c\",subSysID=\"0x0\",revision=\"0x0\",version=\"10.0.19041.546\"hypervisor=\"No Hypervisor (No SLAT)\"" C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE N/A
Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 10e774ddfe6cda01 C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "416189426" C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "3696367957" C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "31091966" C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "21" C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "3700743427" C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE N/A
Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000bb81c2d97e83014aa839d28a6b89bdd400000000020000000000106600000001000020000000a8e50424d60d339af561e53573dca05354f9971cf738ca60f2e81abe15a47a6e000000000e80000000020000200000001d9d269d81b9f37575d21ab3d608b74c78fb6369ee895da21a90a93798be56412000000038e10a82390ca61b2c720e3f9077c5fdf1b67a7ced14dceab5e4f64fe329919c400000006657deaa17962ab01c597de1cc5111bd151f328e64dfa2fb188b6336f20ed38ae679a51d4297d7233851613cef4cf49415b397f4ddad0aacee720547ffe3c6d0 C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200" C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\ C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\google.com C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\www.google.com\ = "21" C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "3696367957" C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50" C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running" C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no" C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-566096764-1992588923-1249862864-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://www.google.com/

C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:4588 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 www.google.com udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 75.159.190.20.in-addr.arpa udp
GB 172.217.16.228:443 www.google.com tcp
GB 172.217.16.228:443 www.google.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 194.178.17.96.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 228.16.217.172.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 9.228.82.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 227.16.217.172.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 g.bing.com udp
US 204.79.197.200:443 g.bing.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 3.169.217.172.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 200.197.79.204.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 41.110.16.96.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 tse1.mm.bing.net udp
US 204.79.197.200:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 204.79.197.200:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 204.79.197.200:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 204.79.197.200:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 204.79.197.200:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 3.180.250.142.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 79.121.231.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 86.23.85.13.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 161.19.199.152.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 18.31.95.13.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 140.71.91.104.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 0.204.248.87.in-addr.arpa udp
US 204.79.197.200:443 ieonline.microsoft.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 48.229.111.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 2.173.189.20.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\J3U83TL1\favicon[2].ico

MD5 f3418a443e7d841097c714d69ec4bcb8
SHA1 49263695f6b0cdd72f45cf1b775e660fdc36c606
SHA256 6da5620880159634213e197fafca1dde0272153be3e4590818533fab8d040770
SHA512 82d017c4b7ec8e0c46e8b75da0ca6a52fd8bce7fcf4e556cbdf16b49fc81be9953fe7e25a05f63ecd41c7272e8bb0a9fd9aedf0ac06cb6032330b096b3702563

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\imagestore\39ldsfp\imagestore.dat

MD5 c5ad3366e3372201dca6f9bb559be046
SHA1 4048d11a1ec4c196ff4e904cfd1351ff4bafcee7
SHA256 b183742bf3b1c0ef0fa01a572eed1cf3b6d129773b4283dc45f01ff42759c736
SHA512 7f7ca662e135540d5a29cff4dc12dbc2abe06d11e04cc8e64ed8077b0dd970787007d3fd136bdb1c1d8f2a89642442ff0968a1fe07f3594fe7e191802a5873b0

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\K4KS10IH\recaptcha__en[1].js

MD5 884d00314602d7cb55bbcd2e909f7310
SHA1 dcb353b63aefc091523915f4562a819c31463611
SHA256 2c6a3425cec9ba0cbcfcf1dbba2120a72ac369674a6d02e06bd3b0c16efbdcf7
SHA512 50091f9e37dcf299bc8cf9cfeed4e71709011713ca0701be0ff79c4fb42699c9f9894cbc3a0819b3fece4f698c2201d403b987e6a76a259fbf58fb19e493b87c

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\BI7EUHR7\styles__ltr[1].css

MD5 eb4bc511f79f7a1573b45f5775b3a99b
SHA1 d910fb51ad7316aa54f055079374574698e74b35
SHA256 7859a62e04b0acb06516eb12454de6673883ecfaeaed6c254659bca7cd59c050
SHA512 ec9bdf1c91b6262b183fd23f640eac22016d1f42db631380676ed34b962e01badda91f9cbdfa189b42fe3182a992f1b95a7353af41e41b2d6e1dab17e87637a0

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\J3U83TL1\suggestions[1].en-US

MD5 5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a
SHA1 3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f
SHA256 c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad
SHA512 e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee