What is SogouImeBroker.exe?

SogouImeBroker.exe is part of 搜狗输入法 and developed by Sogou.com Inc. according to the SogouImeBroker.exe version information.

SogouImeBroker.exe's description is "搜狗输入法 Metro代理程序"

SogouImeBroker.exe is digitally signed by Beijing Sogou Technology Development Co., Ltd..

SogouImeBroker.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IME\SogouPY\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected SogouImeBroker.exe.

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VirusTotal report

1 of the 70 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the SogouImeBroker.exe file. That's a 1% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
VBA32	BScope.Trojan.Fuerboos

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\en-US\\KERNELBASE.dll.mui"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\LocalLow"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Interface\\{00000134-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Ole",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\CLSID\\{B6891650-D273-4F34-84FF-AAC043EC8956}",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\OLE",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\Extensions",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\COM3",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Classes\\Wow6432Node\\Interface\\{00000134-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\\ProxyStubClsid32",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\SogouInput",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\BFE"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\COM3\\Com+Enabled",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\Extensions\\RemoteRpcDll",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE\\MaximumAllowedAllocationSize",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE\\MaxSxSHashCount",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Classes\\Wow6432Node\\Interface\\{00000134-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\\ProxyStubClsid32\\(Default)",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\DisabledSessions\\MachineThrottling",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\Extensions\\NdrOleExtDLL",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Windows Error Reporting\\WMR\\Disable",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\DisabledProcesses\\4174D762",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\DisabledSessions\\GlobalSession"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "kernel32",
        "RpcRtRemote.dll",
        "CRYPTSP.dll",
        "CLBCatQ.DLL"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1571842384.3438,
        "ppid": 376
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\6908cba5b0a0751f448059164cc0aa4d27ee8f6f65b9ad3f04e94d0b943c2873.bin",
        "process_name": "6908cba5b0a0751f448059164cc0aa4d27ee8f6f65b9ad3f04e94d0b943c2873.bin",
        "pid": 2436,
        "summary": {
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\en-US\\KERNELBASE.dll.mui"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\LocalLow"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Interface\\{00000134-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Ole",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\CLSID\\{B6891650-D273-4F34-84FF-AAC043EC8956}",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\OLE",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\Extensions",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\COM3",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Classes\\Wow6432Node\\Interface\\{00000134-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\\ProxyStubClsid32",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\SogouInput",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\BFE"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\COM3\\Com+Enabled",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\Extensions\\RemoteRpcDll",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE\\MaximumAllowedAllocationSize",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE\\MaxSxSHashCount",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Classes\\Wow6432Node\\Interface\\{00000134-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\\ProxyStubClsid32\\(Default)",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\DisabledSessions\\MachineThrottling",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Rpc\\Extensions\\NdrOleExtDLL",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Windows Error Reporting\\WMR\\Disable",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\DisabledProcesses\\4174D762",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\DisabledSessions\\GlobalSession"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "kernel32",
                "RpcRtRemote.dll",
                "CRYPTSP.dll",
                "CLBCatQ.DLL"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1571842384.625,
        "ppid": 2736
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "E:\\project\\sogouime\\branch\\PinyinDev_R_9_4_ARM\\Bin\\SogouPdb\\SogouInput\\SogouImeBroker.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "REGISTRY",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "TYPELIB",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Foreign language identified in PE resource",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "name": "REGISTRY",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00084760",
                "filetype": "ASCII text, with CRLF line terminators",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x000002b4"
            },
            {
                "name": "REGISTRY",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00084760",
                "filetype": "ASCII text, with CRLF line terminators",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x000002b4"
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "origin_langid"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 662,
            "time": 6.2247450351715,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 5342,
            "time": 12.224971055984,
            "dport": 138,
            "sport": 138
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7186,
            "time": 6.1859900951385,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7514,
            "time": 4.1639230251312,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 7842,
            "time": 6.1988959312439,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 8170,
            "time": 4.6661489009857,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 8498,
            "time": 3.0466690063477,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 8826,
            "time": 4.1819849014282,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 28236,
            "time": 4.1822729110718,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 36620,
            "time": 6.2711110115051,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
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    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "37ff7d598c06ee96fe7ed7a4278586a1e56e6b73f4fc9bc793f32a139c3be3c3",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "7b55c549ff6ad05dd2874d0150537b94565dd32bdb82e7362c9ee15a8924be4f",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Error Messages

Malware or legitimate?

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