MALICIOUS — Half-Life 2 cheat.exe
MALICIOUS — Half-Life 2 cheat.exe is a pe sample analyzed by MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble with a malicious verdict (99/100), attributed to the Upantix family. 6 of 55 detection engines flagged it, exhibiting 3 ATT&CK techniques.
Identification
- SHA-256:
907093953a2cc5badb339b0bd3c7ebce9d99777230d8c570b12a5874e0dccb19 - SHA-1:
051f83ce10a7766f9e66d28df76cbe198757cbf6 - MD5:
2935e78c64a47dbfa884081f161a30af - imphash:
24b60c57cc33f3e633431b7ad497fda7 - ssdeep:
1536:3UUUUUUUUUUHdTD+vvvvvvvvvh+UUUUUUUC9mIkkkkkkTyhhhhhhhMSTZM+9m2OZ:blN9RkkkkkkTLSBvyad4 - TLSH:
T1223BD14075B6398CCB309F511924594CA12552C28A7D3DDB9B030B2D2D778BBB8E8F76 - Submitted as: Half-Life 2 cheat.exe
- File type: pe · Size: 103473 bytes
- Verdict: malicious (99/100) · Family: Upantix
Detections (6 of 55 engines)
- MalwareAnalyser heuristics (entropy/packer): UPX
- ClamAV (daily): Win.Trojan.Generic-9908425-0
- YARA: JPCERT/CC: JPCERT_HUILoader_PlugX_SideLoad
- Detect It Easy (packer/type): DIE:Turbo Linker
- Microsoft Defender: Trojan:Win32/Upantix.GM!MTB
- Kaspersky (KVRT): HEUR:Packed.Win32.Upantix.gen
MITRE ATT&CK
Why this verdict
The malicious score of 99/100 is the fusion of 9 weighted signals:
- ClamAV (daily) flagged Win.Trojan.Generic-9908425-0 (rule
Win.Trojan.Generic-9908425-0) - engine signal, weight 0.90, confidence 0.95 - Memory forensics: 4 finding(s), e.g. RWX/private injected region in taskhostw.exe (pid 8116) (rule
windows.malfind.Malfind) - memory signal, weight 0.60, confidence 0.85 - 1 behavioral detection(s): C2: connection to non-standard port [medium] (rule
tl-c2-rare-port) - dynamic signal, weight 0.40, confidence 0.90 - Contacted 24 external host(s) at runtime (23 HTTP) - network signal, weight 0.40, confidence 0.80
- YARA: JPCERT/CC flagged JPCERT_HUILoader_PlugX_SideLoad (rule
JPCERT_HUILoader_PlugX_SideLoad) - engine signal, weight 0.35, confidence 0.70 - Detect It Easy (packer/type) flagged DIE:Turbo Linker (rule
DIE:Turbo Linker) - engine signal, weight 0.35, confidence 0.70 - communicate over HTTP (rule
communicate over HTTP) - capa signal, weight 0.30, confidence 0.60 - Packing/obfuscation: UPX, high-entropy-sections:UPX1, Turbo Linker - static signal, weight 0.25, confidence 0.55
- Dropped 7 executable file(s) at runtime - dynamic signal, weight 0.20, confidence 0.60
Dynamic analysis (windows)
1486 behavior events · 0 ATT&CK techniques · 7 dropped files.
Runtime network
- www.msftconnecttest.com
- rb.symcd.com
- rb.symcb.com
- inference.location.live.net
- to-do.office.com
- staging.to-do.officeppe.com
- teams.cloud.microsoft
- outlook.office.com
- outlook.office365.com
- outlook.cloud.microsoft
- us.undernet.org
- ctldl.windowsupdate.com
- login.live.com
- ocsp.digicert.com
- settings-win.data.microsoft.com
- desktop-hsgcbep
- v20.events.data.microsoft.com
- config.edge.skype.com
- licensing.mp.microsoft.com
- windows.msn.com
Dropped files
- C:\Windows\win32dc\Sims 2(nocd).exe -
19ad86a66778098d3ec2a87db362007241ac76f0a26bf4c411488e7f7c23ee6c - C:\Windows\win32dc\Doom 3_patch.exe -
4489900d0b172cb3558620cda699fedbbe55bea10c526d9a3e407b2289b87aa6 - C:\Windows\win32dc\DAoC(fix).exe -
7eeb6f0060d9631467ef10b04540ac14e8ddc91107447f9327959d5f843e04e3 - C:\Windows\win32dc\DAoC(crack).exe -
681f07549e4ae79a473b5cfa8797ed303b61db94ee0273fae575d36b4c6ef386 - C:\Windows\win32dc\BattleField 1942 + fix.exe -
c321f906a09e613c9461d4b984b1f7a31cd24f1374440c50fa3a7773f2df6212 - C:\Windows\win32dc\BattleField 1942_trainer.exe -
97966389ac3a691754424486e3299a69c5228823274235de4012ba92dc7a01b1 - C:\Windows\win32dc\Doom 3(cdfix).exe -
d33ddce112e0d01b9a9e0778c962958e32498d591b1a1231152a57970b0eb268
Embedded URLs
- http://www.msftconnecttest.com/connecttest.txt
- http://rb.symcd.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTDRSYViRCZTxmZjLENmnwVjLly9QQU1MAGIknrOUvdk%2BJcobhHdglyA1gCEF0QyxjrOnkAh4OrdHf50xk%3D
- http://rb.symcb.com/rb.crl
- http://203.26.79.13/filestreamingservice//files/753bb2df-a166-494f-aa7d-5678b1ef0c56/pieceshash?cacheHostOrigin=dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
- http://203.26.79.13/filestreamingservice/files/753bb2df-a166-494f-aa7d-5678b1ef0c56?P1=1787637654&P2=404&P3=2&P4=cIwEbIoEZmtEgHm7n49t85JnJQ3D%2fil3QzCd5coXwoJEaF%2bYW9YVkIdgUL1kg6oX3a2xIaNgnfQt3TlvtlkvKg%3d%3d&cacheHostOrigin=msedge.b.tlu.dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
- http://203.26.79.13/filestreamingservice//files/45cd9142-6feb-4946-89e7-63e58fada30a/pieceshash?cacheHostOrigin=dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
- http://203.26.79.13/filestreamingservice/files/45cd9142-6feb-4946-89e7-63e58fada30a?P1=1787637758&P2=404&P3=2&P4=FrAkg5gOsGnvXsq2%2bQ%2bw7n6fJNsnD4JJWtBiuDBCUpBNEpIvL7%2fdgF%2bxpivsgo18R6lTpG6CGw4jIfOZl4lGAA%3d%3d&cacheHostOrigin=msedge.b.tlu.dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
Embedded domains
- us.undernet.org
Embedded IP addresses
- 48.211.4.16
- 20.42.65.84
- 20.247.184.197
- 4.230.171.124
- 57.155.104.224
- 20.165.94.63
- 135.232.92.97
- 20.50.73.14
- 20.42.73.25
- 20.76.201.171
- 52.123.129.14
- 52.123.252.247
- 203.26.79.13
- 135.233.45.223
- 142.250.195.131
- 74.179.71.159
- 199.71.214.87
- 52.148.114.188
- 4.150.223.99
- 4.150.223.102
- 72.145.35.100
- 74.178.232.29
- 52.110.12.25
- 52.110.12.5
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