What is ShellEx64_105.dll?

ShellEx64_105.dll is part of ShellEx and developed by Free Time according to the ShellEx64_105.dll version information.

ShellEx64_105.dll's description is "FormatFactory Shell Menu Module"

ShellEx64_105.dll is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\FormatFactory\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about ShellEx64_105.dll.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on ShellEx64_105.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameShellEx
Company nameFree Time
File descriptionFormatFactory Shell Menu Module
Internal nameShellEx.dll
Original filenameShellEx.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2013
Product version1.0.0.3
File version1.0.0.3

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameShellEx
Company nameFree Time
File descriptionFormatFactory Shell Menu Module
Internal nameShellEx.dll
Original filenameShellEx.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2013
Product version1.0.0.3
File version1.0.0.3

Digital signatures [?]

ShellEx64_105.dll is not signed.

VirusTotal report

None of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the ShellEx64_105.dll file.

None of the 71 anti-virus programs detected the ShellEx64_105.dll file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "dll_loaded": [
        "kernel32",
        "api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-1",
        "api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-1",
        "api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\23f7b3d9d397b330c6a2bb008c53852a0442f33000b396aaddc98d532dbfaadd.bin.dll"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\23f7b3d9d397b330c6a2bb008c53852a0442f33000b396aaddc98d532dbfaadd.bin.dll"
    ],
    "command_line": [
        "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe\" C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\23f7b3d9d397b330c6a2bb008c53852a0442f33000b396aaddc98d532dbfaadd.bin.dll,DllMain"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\23f7b3d9d397b330c6a2bb008c53852a0442f33000b396aaddc98d532dbfaadd.bin.dll.manifest",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\23f7b3d9d397b330c6a2bb008c53852a0442f33000b396aaddc98d532dbfaadd.bin.dll"
    ],
    "file_read": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\23f7b3d9d397b330c6a2bb008c53852a0442f33000b396aaddc98d532dbfaadd.bin.dll"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ]
}

Generic

[
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        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\rundll32.exe",
        "process_name": "rundll32.exe",
        "pid": 2420,
        "summary": {
            "dll_loaded": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\23f7b3d9d397b330c6a2bb008c53852a0442f33000b396aaddc98d532dbfaadd.bin.dll"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\23f7b3d9d397b330c6a2bb008c53852a0442f33000b396aaddc98d532dbfaadd.bin.dll"
            ],
            "command_line": [
                "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe\" C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\23f7b3d9d397b330c6a2bb008c53852a0442f33000b396aaddc98d532dbfaadd.bin.dll,DllMain"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\23f7b3d9d397b330c6a2bb008c53852a0442f33000b396aaddc98d532dbfaadd.bin.dll.manifest",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\23f7b3d9d397b330c6a2bb008c53852a0442f33000b396aaddc98d532dbfaadd.bin.dll"
            ],
            "file_read": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\23f7b3d9d397b330c6a2bb008c53852a0442f33000b396aaddc98d532dbfaadd.bin.dll"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1576828385.65625,
        "ppid": 1268
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1576828385.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe",
        "process_name": "rundll32.exe",
        "pid": 2588,
        "summary": {
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\23f7b3d9d397b330c6a2bb008c53852a0442f33000b396aaddc98d532dbfaadd.bin.dll.manifest",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\23f7b3d9d397b330c6a2bb008c53852a0442f33000b396aaddc98d532dbfaadd.bin.dll"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "kernel32",
                "api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-1",
                "api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-1",
                "api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\23f7b3d9d397b330c6a2bb008c53852a0442f33000b396aaddc98d532dbfaadd.bin.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1576828385.828125,
        "ppid": 2420
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".gfids",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 5,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Foreign language identified in PE resource",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "name": "RT_BITMAP",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0004ccd8",
                "filetype": "dBase IV DBT, block length 1024, next free block index 40, next free block 0, next used block 0",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000828"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_BITMAP",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0004ccd8",
                "filetype": "dBase IV DBT, block length 1024, next free block index 40, next free block 0, next used block 0",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000828"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_BITMAP",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0004ccd8",
                "filetype": "dBase IV DBT, block length 1024, next free block index 40, next free block 0, next used block 0",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000828"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_BITMAP",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0004ccd8",
                "filetype": "dBase IV DBT, block length 1024, next free block index 40, next free block 0, next used block 0",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000828"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_VERSION",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0004b180",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x000002d0"
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "origin_langid"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

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    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 662,
            "time": 6.182806015014648,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5442,
            "time": 6.118823051452637,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
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            "offset": 5770,
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            "dport": 5355,
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            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
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            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6426,
            "time": 4.636113166809082,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6754,
            "time": 3.0140180587768555,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
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        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 7082,
            "time": 4.66803503036499,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
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            "src": "192.168.56.101",
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            "offset": 16880,
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            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
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            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
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            "time": 6.248472213745117,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "a8d6c6fb54865770a8216685214e6039f746b33b3264ca7761bcca2481a3447b",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "39d605310dcf5cdfc5e1d5d0b67aee56c723a48edc5fd662823230fd55bbc1cb",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD516cbb6d71f5f82ab114e3dda9ad52bb8
SHA25623f7b3d9d397b330c6a2bb008c53852a0442f33000b396aaddc98d532dbfaadd

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Votes
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0
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6

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