What is MSSP7EN.LEX?

MSSP7EN.LEX is part of Natural Language Components and developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the MSSP7EN.LEX version information.

MSSP7EN.LEX's description is "Microsoft ENGLISH Natural Language Server Data and Code"

MSSP7EN.LEX is usually located in the 'c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PROOF\' folder.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on MSSP7EN.LEX:

PropertyValue
Product nameNatural Language Components
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionMicrosoft ENGLISH Natural Language Server Data and Code
Internal namemssp7en
Original filenamemssp7en.dll
Product version16.0.10001.10000
File version16.0.10001.10000

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

Product nameNatural Language Components
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionMicrosoft ENGLISH Natural Language S..
Internal namemssp7en
Original filenamemssp7en.dll
Product version16.0.10001.10000
File version16.0.10001.10000

Digital signatures [?]

MSSP7EN.LEX is not signed.

VirusTotal report

None of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the MSSP7EN.LEX file.

None of the 71 anti-virus programs detected the MSSP7EN.LEX file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

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        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\ea4a5d7f679989bb1a3a967717d6fea0a406a4782637f11e4602744da14ab965.bin.dll.manifest"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\ea4a5d7f679989bb1a3a967717d6fea0a406a4782637f11e4602744da14ab965.bin.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

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        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\rundll32.exe",
        "process_name": "rundll32.exe",
        "pid": 2456,
        "summary": {
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\ea4a5d7f679989bb1a3a967717d6fea0a406a4782637f11e4602744da14ab965.bin.dll",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\ea4a5d7f679989bb1a3a967717d6fea0a406a4782637f11e4602744da14ab965.bin.dll.manifest"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\ea4a5d7f679989bb1a3a967717d6fea0a406a4782637f11e4602744da14ab965.bin.dll"
            ]
        },
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        "ppid": 2724
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1575719585.34375,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

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        "markcount": 3,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "RESOURCE_ACL",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "RESOURCE_LEXICON",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "RESOURCE_SPELLER",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "entropy": 6.85795926520841,
                "section": {
                    "size_of_data": "0x00278600",
                    "virtual_address": "0x00002000",
                    "entropy": 6.85795926520841,
                    "name": ".rsrc",
                    "virtual_size": "0x002784f8"
                },
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "A section with a high entropy has been found"
            },
            {
                "entropy": 0.999802371541502,
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "Overall entropy of this PE file is high"
            }
        ],
        "references": [
            "http:\/\/www.forensickb.com\/2013\/03\/file-entropy-explained.html",
            "http:\/\/virii.es\/U\/Using%20Entropy%20Analysis%20to%20Find%20Encrypted%20and%20Packed%20Malware.pdf"
        ],
        "name": "packer_entropy"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

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        },
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    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "1e172a47e19b73d42d966d23abef5a604da7ed5a06c1f40a0a3a10fb9a80a103",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "d073a80d6f3ce4aa921a196501b29800fc04e1112484320822a0889013cb4b09",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD529858371abacdbf45cd9cd9b65b701fc
SHA256ea4a5d7f679989bb1a3a967717d6fea0a406a4782637f11e4602744da14ab965

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