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Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll

Overview

General Information

Sample name:Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll
Analysis ID:1530955
MD5:30dcbcddadbf98d01ad648266a27c97c
SHA1:0af96ae6ea1d9db182bbbd77a337c4dc813799d6
SHA256:6890e6a2a7409fddba1653c41c265e76bd6a8192d56cfe908b76e655d43689ec
Infos:

Detection

Score:48
Range:0 - 100
Whitelisted:false
Confidence:100%

Signatures

.NET source code contains potential unpacker
AI detected suspicious sample
Binary contains a suspicious time stamp
Creates a process in suspended mode (likely to inject code)
PE file does not import any functions
Program does not show much activity (idle)
Sample execution stops while process was sleeping (likely an evasion)
Sample file is different than original file name gathered from version info
Uses 32bit PE files

Classification

  • System is w10x64
  • loaddll32.exe (PID: 7316 cmdline: loaddll32.exe "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll" MD5: 51E6071F9CBA48E79F10C84515AAE618)
    • conhost.exe (PID: 7324 cmdline: C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 MD5: 0D698AF330FD17BEE3BF90011D49251D)
    • cmd.exe (PID: 7368 cmdline: cmd.exe /C rundll32.exe "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll",#1 MD5: D0FCE3AFA6AA1D58CE9FA336CC2B675B)
      • rundll32.exe (PID: 7384 cmdline: rundll32.exe "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll",#1 MD5: 889B99C52A60DD49227C5E485A016679)
  • cleanup
No configs have been found
No yara matches
No Sigma rule has matched
No Suricata rule has matched

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AV Detection

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Source: Submited SampleIntegrated Neural Analysis Model: Matched 99.3% probability
Source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dllStatic PE information: EXECUTABLE_IMAGE, 32BIT_MACHINE, DLL
Source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dllStatic PE information: DYNAMIC_BASE, NX_COMPAT, NO_SEH, TERMINAL_SERVER_AWARE
Source: Binary string: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.pdb source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll
Source: Binary string: /_/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/obj/Release/net45/Newtonsoft.Json.pdbSHA256 source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll
Source: Binary string: /_/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/obj/Release/net45/Newtonsoft.Json.pdb source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll
Source: Binary string: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.pdbRSDS source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll
Source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dllString found in binary or memory: http://james.newtonking.com/projects/json
Source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dllString found in binary or memory: https://github.com/JamesNK/Newtonsoft.Json
Source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dllString found in binary or memory: https://www.newtonsoft.com/jsonschema
Source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dllString found in binary or memory: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Newtonsoft.Json.Bson
Source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dllStatic PE information: No import functions for PE file found
Source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dllBinary or memory string: OriginalFilenameNewtonsoft.Json.dll2 vs Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll
Source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dllStatic PE information: EXECUTABLE_IMAGE, 32BIT_MACHINE, DLL
Source: classification engineClassification label: mal48.evad.winDLL@6/0@0/0
Source: C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exeMutant created: \Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\SM0:7324:120:WilError_03
Source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dllStatic PE information: Section: .text IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
Source: C:\Windows\System32\loaddll32.exeKey opened: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Safer\CodeIdentifiersJump to behavior
Source: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeProcess created: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe rundll32.exe "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll",#1
Source: unknownProcess created: C:\Windows\System32\loaddll32.exe loaddll32.exe "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll"
Source: C:\Windows\System32\loaddll32.exeProcess created: C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1
Source: C:\Windows\System32\loaddll32.exeProcess created: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe cmd.exe /C rundll32.exe "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll",#1
Source: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeProcess created: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe rundll32.exe "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll",#1
Source: C:\Windows\System32\loaddll32.exeProcess created: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe cmd.exe /C rundll32.exe "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll",#1Jump to behavior
Source: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeProcess created: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe rundll32.exe "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll",#1Jump to behavior
Source: C:\Windows\System32\loaddll32.exeSection loaded: apphelp.dllJump to behavior
Source: C:\Windows\System32\loaddll32.exeSection loaded: kernel.appcore.dllJump to behavior
Source: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeSection loaded: apphelp.dllJump to behavior
Source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dllStatic PE information: data directory type: IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_COM_DESCRIPTOR
Source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dllStatic PE information: Virtual size of .text is bigger than: 0x100000
Source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dllStatic file information: File size 3109376 > 1048576
Source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dllStatic PE information: Raw size of .text is bigger than: 0x100000 < 0x248200
Source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dllStatic PE information: DYNAMIC_BASE, NX_COMPAT, NO_SEH, TERMINAL_SERVER_AWARE
Source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dllStatic PE information: data directory type: IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_DEBUG
Source: Binary string: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.pdb source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll
Source: Binary string: /_/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/obj/Release/net45/Newtonsoft.Json.pdbSHA256 source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll
Source: Binary string: /_/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/obj/Release/net45/Newtonsoft.Json.pdb source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll
Source: Binary string: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.pdbRSDS source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll

Data Obfuscation

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Source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll, DynamicUtils.cs.Net Code: CreateSharpArgumentInfoArray
Source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll, LateBoundReflectionDelegateFactory.cs.Net Code: CreateDefaultConstructor
Source: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dllStatic PE information: 0xB73F2470 [Fri Jun 3 23:17:04 2067 UTC]
Source: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exeProcess information set: NOOPENFILEERRORBOXJump to behavior
Source: all processesThread injection, dropped files, key value created, disk infection and DNS query: no activity detected
Source: C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exeLast function: Thread delayed
Source: C:\Windows\System32\loaddll32.exeThread delayed: delay time: 120000Jump to behavior
Source: all processesThread injection, dropped files, key value created, disk infection and DNS query: no activity detected
Source: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeProcess created: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe rundll32.exe "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll",#1Jump to behavior
ReconnaissanceResource DevelopmentInitial AccessExecutionPersistencePrivilege EscalationDefense EvasionCredential AccessDiscoveryLateral MovementCollectionCommand and ControlExfiltrationImpact
Gather Victim Identity InformationAcquire InfrastructureValid AccountsWindows Management Instrumentation1
DLL Side-Loading
11
Process Injection
1
Rundll32
OS Credential Dumping1
Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion
Remote ServicesData from Local SystemData ObfuscationExfiltration Over Other Network MediumAbuse Accessibility Features
CredentialsDomainsDefault AccountsScheduled Task/JobBoot or Logon Initialization Scripts1
DLL Side-Loading
1
Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion
LSASS Memory1
System Information Discovery
Remote Desktop ProtocolData from Removable MediaJunk DataExfiltration Over BluetoothNetwork Denial of Service
Email AddressesDNS ServerDomain AccountsAtLogon Script (Windows)Logon Script (Windows)1
Software Packing
Security Account ManagerQuery RegistrySMB/Windows Admin SharesData from Network Shared DriveSteganographyAutomated ExfiltrationData Encrypted for Impact
Employee NamesVirtual Private ServerLocal AccountsCronLogin HookLogin Hook11
Process Injection
NTDSSystem Network Configuration DiscoveryDistributed Component Object ModelInput CaptureProtocol ImpersonationTraffic DuplicationData Destruction
Gather Victim Network InformationServerCloud AccountsLaunchdNetwork Logon ScriptNetwork Logon Script1
Timestomp
LSA SecretsInternet Connection DiscoverySSHKeyloggingFallback ChannelsScheduled TransferData Encrypted for Impact
Domain PropertiesBotnetReplication Through Removable MediaScheduled TaskRC ScriptsRC Scripts1
DLL Side-Loading
Cached Domain CredentialsWi-Fi DiscoveryVNCGUI Input CaptureMultiband CommunicationData Transfer Size LimitsService Stop
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  • Visual Basic
  • Delphi
  • Java
  • .Net C# or VB.NET
  • C, C++ or other language
  • Is malicious
  • Internet
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1530955 Sample: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll Startdate: 10/10/2024 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 48 15 .NET source code contains potential unpacker 2->15 17 AI detected suspicious sample 2->17 7 loaddll32.exe 1 2->7         started        process3 process4 9 cmd.exe 1 7->9         started        11 conhost.exe 7->11         started        process5 13 rundll32.exe 9->13         started       

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No Antivirus matches
No Antivirus matches
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No Antivirus matches
SourceDetectionScannerLabelLink
https://www.nuget.org/packages/Newtonsoft.Json.Bson0%URL Reputationsafe
http://james.newtonking.com/projects/json0%URL Reputationsafe
https://www.newtonsoft.com/jsonschema0%URL Reputationsafe
No contacted domains info
NameSourceMaliciousAntivirus DetectionReputation
https://www.nuget.org/packages/Newtonsoft.Json.BsonNewtonsoft.Json.ni.dllfalse
  • URL Reputation: safe
unknown
http://james.newtonking.com/projects/jsonNewtonsoft.Json.ni.dllfalse
  • URL Reputation: safe
unknown
https://www.newtonsoft.com/jsonschemaNewtonsoft.Json.ni.dllfalse
  • URL Reputation: safe
unknown
https://github.com/JamesNK/Newtonsoft.JsonNewtonsoft.Json.ni.dllfalse
    unknown
    No contacted IP infos
    Joe Sandbox version:41.0.0 Charoite
    Analysis ID:1530955
    Start date and time:2024-10-10 18:14:47 +02:00
    Joe Sandbox product:CloudBasic
    Overall analysis duration:0h 2m 7s
    Hypervisor based Inspection enabled:false
    Report type:full
    Cookbook file name:default.jbs
    Analysis system description:Windows 10 x64 22H2 with Office Professional Plus 2019, Chrome 117, Firefox 118, Adobe Reader DC 23, Java 8 Update 381, 7zip 23.01
    Number of analysed new started processes analysed:4
    Number of new started drivers analysed:0
    Number of existing processes analysed:0
    Number of existing drivers analysed:0
    Number of injected processes analysed:0
    Technologies:
    • HCA enabled
    • EGA enabled
    • AMSI enabled
    Analysis Mode:default
    Analysis stop reason:Timeout
    Sample name:Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll
    Detection:MAL
    Classification:mal48.evad.winDLL@6/0@0/0
    EGA Information:Failed
    HCA Information:
    • Successful, ratio: 100%
    • Number of executed functions: 0
    • Number of non-executed functions: 0
    Cookbook Comments:
    • Found application associated with file extension: .dll
    • Stop behavior analysis, all processes terminated
    • Not all processes where analyzed, report is missing behavior information
    • VT rate limit hit for: Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll
    TimeTypeDescription
    12:15:37API Interceptor1x Sleep call for process: loaddll32.exe modified
    No context
    No context
    No context
    No context
    No context
    No created / dropped files found
    File type:PE32 executable (DLL) (console) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows
    Entropy (8bit):6.648105318719068
    TrID:
    • Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (1002004/3) 99.40%
    • DOS Executable Borland Pascal 7.0x (2037/25) 0.20%
    • Generic Win/DOS Executable (2004/3) 0.20%
    • DOS Executable Generic (2002/1) 0.20%
    • Autodesk FLIC Image File (extensions: flc, fli, cel) (7/3) 0.00%
    File name:Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll
    File size:3'109'376 bytes
    MD5:30dcbcddadbf98d01ad648266a27c97c
    SHA1:0af96ae6ea1d9db182bbbd77a337c4dc813799d6
    SHA256:6890e6a2a7409fddba1653c41c265e76bd6a8192d56cfe908b76e655d43689ec
    SHA512:a1b45fc5732d9d281a6b513e781c4adafb48888ca97e85c88cb7dc75c7c11a105720c878fbeca3e16283b59a53180da6431d191d89fabefd17615c14ca05c7eb
    SSDEEP:49152:QFzvBBjq2Anj0djh1cLeoNX8Acj703o0R0cWxjTfMBG:Qvfq2AOh1cLdNX8Ay7040W
    TLSH:01E5AE12B7468539E2FE477844ABEBB157BAE812037393CBB654DEECC9793645C30242
    File Content Preview:MZ......................@.......................................................................................................PE..L...p$?............!........................................................../...........@................................
    Icon Hash:7ae282899bbab082
    Entrypoint:0x10000000
    Entrypoint Section:
    Digitally signed:false
    Imagebase:0x10000000
    Subsystem:windows cui
    Image File Characteristics:EXECUTABLE_IMAGE, 32BIT_MACHINE, DLL
    DLL Characteristics:DYNAMIC_BASE, NX_COMPAT, NO_SEH, TERMINAL_SERVER_AWARE
    Time Stamp:0xB73F2470 [Fri Jun 3 23:17:04 2067 UTC]
    TLS Callbacks:
    CLR (.Net) Version:
    OS Version Major:5
    OS Version Minor:0
    File Version Major:5
    File Version Minor:0
    Subsystem Version Major:5
    Subsystem Version Minor:0
    Import Hash:
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    NameVirtual AddressVirtual Size Is in Section
    IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_EXPORT0x00x0
    IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_IMPORT0x00x0
    IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_RESOURCE0x840000x4ae.text
    IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_EXCEPTION0x00x0
    IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_SECURITY0x00x0
    IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_BASERELOC0x2cd0000x2c218.reloc
    IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_DEBUG0x2cbf640x70.text
    IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_COPYRIGHT0x00x0
    IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_GLOBALPTR0x00x0
    IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_TLS0x00x0
    IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_LOAD_CONFIG0x00x0
    IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_BOUND_IMPORT0x00x0
    IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_IAT0x00x0
    IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_DELAY_IMPORT0x00x0
    IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_COM_DESCRIPTOR0x844b00x48.text
    IMAGE_DIRECTORY_ENTRY_RESERVED0x00x0
    NameVirtual AddressVirtual SizeRaw SizeMD5Xored PEZLIB ComplexityFile TypeEntropyCharacteristics
    .data0x10000x829480x82a00870d5dfd81dec2ab7e0be9f3691cf1f8False0.34920379784688993Matlab v4 mat-file (little endian) , numeric, rows 0, columns 05.221666534901944IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
    .text0x840000x24816c0x248200fbbcc60fa954dcda677857d70f32ae6bunknownunknownunknownunknownIMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
    .reloc0x2cd0000x2c2180x2c40054c754664675046d31ed9976e4dcbb81False0.5074097369350282data6.549488643767401IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
    NameRVASizeTypeLanguageCountryZLIB Complexity
    RT_VERSION0x840580x456data0.44144144144144143
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    Target ID:0
    Start time:12:15:37
    Start date:10/10/2024
    Path:C:\Windows\System32\loaddll32.exe
    Wow64 process (32bit):true
    Commandline:loaddll32.exe "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll"
    Imagebase:0x20000
    File size:126'464 bytes
    MD5 hash:51E6071F9CBA48E79F10C84515AAE618
    Has elevated privileges:true
    Has administrator privileges:true
    Programmed in:C, C++ or other language
    Reputation:high
    Has exited:true

    Target ID:1
    Start time:12:15:37
    Start date:10/10/2024
    Path:C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe
    Wow64 process (32bit):false
    Commandline:C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1
    Imagebase:0x7ff7699e0000
    File size:862'208 bytes
    MD5 hash:0D698AF330FD17BEE3BF90011D49251D
    Has elevated privileges:true
    Has administrator privileges:true
    Programmed in:C, C++ or other language
    Reputation:high
    Has exited:true

    Target ID:2
    Start time:12:15:37
    Start date:10/10/2024
    Path:C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    Wow64 process (32bit):true
    Commandline:cmd.exe /C rundll32.exe "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll",#1
    Imagebase:0x240000
    File size:236'544 bytes
    MD5 hash:D0FCE3AFA6AA1D58CE9FA336CC2B675B
    Has elevated privileges:true
    Has administrator privileges:true
    Programmed in:C, C++ or other language
    Reputation:high
    Has exited:true

    Target ID:3
    Start time:12:15:37
    Start date:10/10/2024
    Path:C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
    Wow64 process (32bit):true
    Commandline:rundll32.exe "C:\Users\user\Desktop\Newtonsoft.Json.ni.dll",#1
    Imagebase:0x5d0000
    File size:61'440 bytes
    MD5 hash:889B99C52A60DD49227C5E485A016679
    Has elevated privileges:true
    Has administrator privileges:true
    Programmed in:C, C++ or other language
    Reputation:high
    Has exited:true

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