Summary

vlc-3.0.23-win64.exe

File vlc-3.0.23-win64.exe

Summary
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Size 43.8MB
Type PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows, Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive
MD5 f711b3aee7c805d52ab28fe53440e35f
SHA1 ee04a6c1317bba9c60369a586379ff245abb286c
SHA256 20ad191348684b470ddc4e05204316f3d8e39655f412b3e392a0eef97639daaf
SHA512
fe7aa76985fe90e13a47ddd255bcaafa2bfbc6ece4b998a8031a8e0b6042e3d904b9db03f669cd9580914f050b558bc6541fcaaf1be176993eb847cf739c6f45
CRC32 259EFF2F
ssdeep None
Yara
  • escalate_priv - Escalade priviledges
  • screenshot - Take screenshot
  • win_registry - Affect system registries
  • win_token - Affect system token
  • win_files_operation - Affect private profile

Score

This file shows some signs of potential malicious behavior.

The score of this file is 1.4 out of 10.

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Information on Execution

Analysis
Category Started Completed Duration Routing Logs
FILE Jan. 30, 2026, 12:31 p.m. Jan. 30, 2026, 12:32 p.m. 90 seconds internet Show Analyzer Log
Show Cuckoo Log

Analyzer Log

2026-01-30 11:31:18,015 [analyzer] DEBUG: Starting analyzer from: C:\tmpt1gcja
2026-01-30 11:31:18,030 [analyzer] DEBUG: Pipe server name: \??\PIPE\WQPUkBBUhFggKfMLieKGeFvocc
2026-01-30 11:31:18,030 [analyzer] DEBUG: Log pipe server name: \??\PIPE\rXMXEVcHIWxxsYhZEXZbCKeaFSKy
2026-01-30 11:31:18,280 [analyzer] DEBUG: Started auxiliary module Curtain
2026-01-30 11:31:18,280 [analyzer] DEBUG: Started auxiliary module DbgView
2026-01-30 11:31:18,733 [analyzer] DEBUG: Started auxiliary module Disguise
2026-01-30 11:31:18,905 [analyzer] DEBUG: Loaded monitor into process with pid 508
2026-01-30 11:31:18,905 [analyzer] DEBUG: Started auxiliary module DumpTLSMasterSecrets
2026-01-30 11:31:18,905 [analyzer] DEBUG: Started auxiliary module Human
2026-01-30 11:31:18,905 [analyzer] DEBUG: Started auxiliary module InstallCertificate
2026-01-30 11:31:18,905 [analyzer] DEBUG: Started auxiliary module Reboot
2026-01-30 11:31:19,030 [analyzer] DEBUG: Started auxiliary module RecentFiles
2026-01-30 11:31:19,030 [analyzer] DEBUG: Started auxiliary module Screenshots
2026-01-30 11:31:19,030 [analyzer] DEBUG: Started auxiliary module Sysmon
2026-01-30 11:31:19,030 [analyzer] DEBUG: Started auxiliary module LoadZer0m0n
2026-01-30 11:31:19,608 [lib.api.process] INFO: Successfully executed process from path u'C:\\Users\\ADMINI~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\vlc-3.0.23-win64.exe' with arguments '' and pid 1140
2026-01-30 11:31:19,780 [analyzer] DEBUG: Loaded monitor into process with pid 1140
2026-01-30 11:31:20,921 [analyzer] INFO: Added new file to list with pid 1140 and path C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\nsdB58C.tmp
2026-01-30 11:31:21,030 [analyzer] INFO: Added new file to list with pid 1140 and path C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\nstB5EB.tmp\System.dll
2026-01-30 11:31:21,046 [analyzer] INFO: Added new file to list with pid 1140 and path C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\nstB5EB.tmp\LangDLL.dll
2026-01-30 11:32:35,857 [analyzer] INFO: Analysis timeout hit, terminating analysis.
2026-01-30 11:32:36,091 [lib.api.process] ERROR: Failed to dump memory of 32-bit process with pid 1140.
2026-01-30 11:32:36,404 [analyzer] INFO: Terminating remaining processes before shutdown.
2026-01-30 11:32:36,404 [lib.api.process] INFO: Successfully terminated process with pid 1140.
2026-01-30 11:32:36,404 [analyzer] INFO: Error dumping file from path "c:\users\administrator\appdata\local\temp\nsdb58c.tmp": [Errno 13] Permission denied: u'c:\\users\\administrator\\appdata\\local\\temp\\nsdb58c.tmp'
2026-01-30 11:32:36,418 [analyzer] INFO: Analysis completed.

Cuckoo Log

2026-01-30 12:31:19,797 [cuckoo.core.scheduler] INFO: Task #7348999: acquired machine win7x642 (label=win7x642)
2026-01-30 12:31:19,798 [cuckoo.core.resultserver] DEBUG: Now tracking machine 192.168.168.202 for task #7348999
2026-01-30 12:31:20,390 [cuckoo.auxiliary.sniffer] INFO: Started sniffer with PID 4054878 (interface=vboxnet0, host=192.168.168.202)
2026-01-30 12:31:36,390 [cuckoo.machinery.virtualbox] DEBUG: Starting vm win7x642
2026-01-30 12:31:37,748 [cuckoo.machinery.virtualbox] DEBUG: Restoring virtual machine win7x642 to vmcloak
2026-01-30 12:31:55,675 [cuckoo.core.guest] INFO: Starting analysis #7348999 on guest (id=win7x642, ip=192.168.168.202)
2026-01-30 12:31:56,680 [cuckoo.core.guest] DEBUG: win7x642: not ready yet
2026-01-30 12:32:01,705 [cuckoo.core.guest] INFO: Guest is running Cuckoo Agent 0.10 (id=win7x642, ip=192.168.168.202)
2026-01-30 12:32:01,781 [cuckoo.core.guest] DEBUG: Uploading analyzer to guest (id=win7x642, ip=192.168.168.202, monitor=latest, size=6660546)
2026-01-30 12:32:05,218 [cuckoo.core.resultserver] DEBUG: Task #7348999: live log analysis.log initialized.
2026-01-30 12:32:06,088 [cuckoo.core.resultserver] DEBUG: Task #7348999 is sending a BSON stream
2026-01-30 12:32:06,948 [cuckoo.core.resultserver] DEBUG: Task #7348999 is sending a BSON stream
2026-01-30 12:32:07,391 [cuckoo.core.resultserver] DEBUG: Task #7348999: File upload for 'shots/0001.jpg'
2026-01-30 12:32:07,442 [cuckoo.core.resultserver] DEBUG: Task #7348999 uploaded file length: 133610
2026-01-30 12:32:07,803 [cuckoo.core.resultserver] DEBUG: Task #7348999: File upload for 'files/e3b0c44298fc1c14_nssB414.tmp'
2026-01-30 12:32:07,806 [cuckoo.core.resultserver] DEBUG: Task #7348999 uploaded file length: 0
2026-01-30 12:32:08,520 [cuckoo.core.resultserver] DEBUG: Task #7348999: File upload for 'shots/0002.jpg'
2026-01-30 12:32:08,533 [cuckoo.core.resultserver] DEBUG: Task #7348999 uploaded file length: 136324
2026-01-30 12:32:19,891 [cuckoo.core.guest] DEBUG: win7x642: analysis #7348999 still processing
2026-01-30 12:32:34,978 [cuckoo.core.guest] DEBUG: win7x642: analysis #7348999 still processing
2026-01-30 12:32:36,296 [cuckoo.core.resultserver] DEBUG: Task #7348999: File upload for 'curtain/1769769156.29.curtain.log'
2026-01-30 12:32:36,300 [cuckoo.core.resultserver] DEBUG: Task #7348999 uploaded file length: 36
2026-01-30 12:32:36,403 [cuckoo.core.resultserver] DEBUG: Task #7348999: File upload for 'sysmon/1769769156.4.sysmon.xml'
2026-01-30 12:32:36,407 [cuckoo.core.resultserver] DEBUG: Task #7348999 uploaded file length: 99076
2026-01-30 12:32:36,417 [cuckoo.core.resultserver] DEBUG: Task #7348999: File upload for 'files/2e08e077a0800ec3_langdll.dll'
2026-01-30 12:32:36,419 [cuckoo.core.resultserver] DEBUG: Task #7348999 uploaded file length: 8704
2026-01-30 12:32:36,423 [cuckoo.core.resultserver] DEBUG: Task #7348999: File upload for 'files/b89448b9fd7be5ef_system.dll'
2026-01-30 12:32:36,425 [cuckoo.core.resultserver] DEBUG: Task #7348999 uploaded file length: 29184
2026-01-30 12:32:36,448 [cuckoo.core.resultserver] DEBUG: Task #7348999 had connection reset for <Context for LOG>
2026-01-30 12:32:37,999 [cuckoo.core.guest] INFO: win7x642: analysis completed successfully
2026-01-30 12:32:38,022 [cuckoo.core.plugins] DEBUG: Stopped auxiliary module: Redsocks
2026-01-30 12:32:38,054 [cuckoo.core.plugins] DEBUG: Stopped auxiliary module: Sniffer
2026-01-30 12:32:39,620 [cuckoo.machinery.virtualbox] INFO: Successfully generated memory dump for virtual machine with label win7x642 to path /srv/cuckoo/cwd/storage/analyses/7348999/memory.dmp
2026-01-30 12:32:39,621 [cuckoo.machinery.virtualbox] DEBUG: Stopping vm win7x642
2026-01-30 12:32:48,306 [cuckoo.core.resultserver] DEBUG: Stopped tracking machine 192.168.168.202 for task #7348999
2026-01-30 12:32:49,037 [cuckoo.core.scheduler] DEBUG: Released database task #7348999
2026-01-30 12:32:49,055 [cuckoo.core.scheduler] INFO: Task #7348999: analysis procedure completed

Signatures

Yara rules detected for file (5 events)
description Escalade priviledges rule escalate_priv
description Take screenshot rule screenshot
description Affect system registries rule win_registry
description Affect system token rule win_token
description Affect private profile rule win_files_operation
Allocates read-write-execute memory (usually to unpack itself) (1 event)
Time & API Arguments Status Return Repeated

NtProtectVirtualMemory

 process_identifier: 1140
stack_dep_bypass: 0
stack_pivoted: 0
heap_dep_bypass: 0
length: 4096
protection: 64 (PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE)
base_address: 0x74a29000
process_handle: 0xffffffff
1 0 0
Checks amount of memory in system, this can be used to detect virtual machines that have a low amount of memory available (1 event)
Time & API Arguments Status Return Repeated

GlobalMemoryStatusEx

 1 1 0
The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive) (1 event)
section .ndata
Creates executable files on the filesystem (2 events)
file C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\nstB5EB.tmp\LangDLL.dll
file C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\nstB5EB.tmp\System.dll
The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data indicative of a packer (2 events)
section {u'size_of_data': u'0x0000c800', u'virtual_address': u'0x0000c000', u'entropy': 7.290208754778322, u'name': u'.rdata', u'virtual_size': u'0x0000c708'} entropy 7.29020875478 description A section with a high entropy has been found
entropy 0.271002710027 description Overall entropy of this PE file is high
Queries for potentially installed applications (1 event)
Time & API Arguments Status Return Repeated

RegOpenKeyExW

 regkey_r: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\VLC media player
base_handle: 0x80000002
key_handle: 0x00000000
options: 0
access: 0x00020119
regkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\VLC media player
2 0
Screenshots
Name Response Post-Analysis Lookup
No hosts contacted.
IP Address Status Action VT Location
No hosts contacted.
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