Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    15/04/2026, 10:23

General

  • Target
    2026-04-15_51c104dd96af55213d923c13b3712531_cosmicduke_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_tofsee_vidar.exe
  • Size 2.2MB
  • Sample260415-me5cfaex3v
  • SHA256 181a67dba37c8d73232d3f892960b007e05b97044b07d908379e921865e064c9
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: MiniDuke, CosmicDuke,TinyBaron

    MiniDuke aka CosmicDuke or TinyBaron is a backdoor used by the APT29 group, written in C++.

  • Detects MiniDuke aka CosmicDuke or TinyBaron 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

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

  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 42 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 16 IoCs
  • Program crash 3 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Modifies Control Panel 5 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-15_51c104dd96af55213d923c13b3712531_cosmicduke_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_tofsee_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-15_51c104dd96af55213d923c13b3712531_cosmicduke_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_tofsee_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies Control Panel
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    • outlook_win_path
    PID:2964
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cfgui.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cfgui.exe /combine local system
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3288
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cpldhcp.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cpldhcp.exe ye5
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:520
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cpldhcp.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cpldhcp.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:4404
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4404 -s 504
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:2768
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4404 -s 500
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:3264
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4404 -s 656
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:3656
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cfgui.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cfgui.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    PID:1776
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 4404 -ip 4404
    1⤵
      PID:2356
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 412 -p 4404 -ip 4404
      1⤵
        PID:1652
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 532 -p 4404 -ip 4404
        1⤵
          PID:3544

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              infdhcp.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\infdhcp.exe
              • Size 5KB
              • SHA256 5b50e26a01b320f05d66727e9d220d5858cdac203ff62e4b9ced1cafc2683637
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              pptphost.scr

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pptphost.scr
              • Size 3KB
              • SHA256 47f3405ab0da5af125bcc6ebb6d17a1573b090c54d7a0a00630ec170ccc4b9d1
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              ntuser{4CB43D7F-7DCA-4906-8698-FFFFFFFF8094E303}.pol

              • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\ntuser{4CB43D7F-7DCA-4906-8698-FFFFFFFF8094E303}.pol
              • Size 4B
              • SHA256 443c07a2c83b7b0253a325d2b72ac757c3aa5b41cd749842bc74fb3ee9b26866
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              cfgui.exe

              • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cfgui.exe
              • Size 1.3MB
              • SHA256 8f4341b286e7b49b6c345ba06bbfa8507a6e6d6595acbf670dc5154549e64136
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              cpldhcp.exe

              • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cpldhcp.exe
              • Size 2.2MB
              • SHA256 f7b5feb4e58c3820050d8614b9e72d1a8fefc3961e4d8d9c0bfcd5de1af1253c
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              memory/520-78-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/520-36-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/2964-3-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/2964-5-0x00000000025F0000-0x0000000002638000-memory.dmp

              memory/2964-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/2964-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

              memory/2964-2-0x00000000025F0000-0x0000000002638000-memory.dmp

              memory/2964-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/4404-40-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/4404-39-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/4404-79-0x00000000025F0000-0x0000000002638000-memory.dmp

              memory/4404-81-0x00000000025F0000-0x0000000002638000-memory.dmp

              memory/4404-83-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp