Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    15/04/2026, 09:02

General

  • Target
    2026-04-15_8072b1c1725b49365ebd322c947886b2_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 1.7MB
  • Sample260415-kzprdaat2l
  • SHA256 b2b1cd712143f27cc16c693b47989ebb3507b77d4991eff75294c32761e6f4ae
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Custom signature
    Detects Windows exceutables bypassing UAC using CMSTP COM interfaces. MITRE (T1218.003) 3 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 62 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 26 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3116
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-15_8072b1c1725b49365ebd322c947886b2_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-15_8072b1c1725b49365ebd322c947886b2_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3124
      • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4724
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell.exe -c Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4912
        • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2492
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell.exe -c Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
            5⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Drops file in System32 directory
            • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:4696
  • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4988
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -c Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3620
    • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3984
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -c Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3316

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

        Replay Monitor

        Loading Replay Monitor...

        Downloads

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 93fd3c992521cef182e6847f4f6658c58cfd5bdde16d4732d1c055b3c9e34398
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_3hpounl0.rq1.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_3hpounl0.rq1.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        PEStub.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Videos\PEStub.dll
        • Size 59KB
        • SHA256 5aab76737f2d9f6e6d4d225b12e1123918306d86f1ba5e0f629f97fd3f9710d1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Phosphoric.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Phosphoric.dll
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 bbbf9287cbac6a35d66cd0ac5744298a62b1934cbc8cf2292e3f1efd43ab22fa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        PsPInjector.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Videos\PsPInjector.dll
        • Size 21KB
        • SHA256 dd93e8ae016728ffcfd0dde17e67768357f909d9b09e73919838b394960f1a8f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Symbiote.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
        • Size 781KB
        • SHA256 dd822836313f979e21c86489d4b2a95a68c258baccb3abdce736d298a2c7ad14
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 e27390d57580e3dfba07bec3d8e430203bbc91e90f6937079b3fd52abc721bd4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 c8d4bf0af7143157dd6346ebce738cec90d00493cc5edcb63c0ce4c780511eab
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/3116-48-0x0000000000EB0000-0x0000000000EB1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3116-25-0x0000000002E20000-0x0000000002E21000-memory.dmp

        memory/3124-299-0x00007FF6D0F60000-0x00007FF6D110F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3124-290-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140068000-memory.dmp

        memory/3124-298-0x0000018838500000-0x000001883855D000-memory.dmp

        memory/3124-9-0x00007FF6D0F60000-0x00007FF6D110F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3124-0-0x0000000180000000-0x00000001800DD000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-201-0x00000201AC910000-0x00000201AC91C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-202-0x00000201ACD80000-0x00000201ACD92000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-200-0x00000201AC850000-0x00000201AC8AD000-memory.dmp

        memory/3620-219-0x00000194F3620000-0x00000194F3632000-memory.dmp

        memory/3620-217-0x00000194F2F90000-0x00000194F2FED000-memory.dmp

        memory/3620-218-0x00000194F34F0000-0x00000194F34FC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4696-172-0x000001A2A60C0000-0x000001A2A60C8000-memory.dmp

        memory/4696-47-0x000001A2A6230000-0x000001A2A62E3000-memory.dmp

        memory/4696-177-0x000001A2A60D0000-0x000001A2A60D6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4696-70-0x000001A2A6100000-0x000001A2A611A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4696-208-0x000001A28BDF0000-0x000001A28BE4D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4696-40-0x000001A2A60A0000-0x000001A2A60BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4696-181-0x000001A2A6440000-0x000001A2A644A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4696-50-0x000001A2A6080000-0x000001A2A608A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4696-210-0x000001A2A5C60000-0x000001A2A5C72000-memory.dmp

        memory/4696-209-0x000001A28D660000-0x000001A28D66C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4696-67-0x000001A2A6090000-0x000001A2A609A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4696-51-0x000001A2A60E0000-0x000001A2A60FC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4912-211-0x000001D8D7D80000-0x000001D8D7DDD000-memory.dmp

        memory/4912-212-0x000001D8D7E40000-0x000001D8D7E4C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4912-213-0x000001D8D9710000-0x000001D8D9722000-memory.dmp

        memory/4912-19-0x000001D8F1D40000-0x000001D8F1D62000-memory.dmp

        memory/4912-17-0x000001D8F1DB0000-0x000001D8F1DC0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4912-16-0x000001D8F1DB0000-0x000001D8F1DC0000-memory.dmp