Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    155s
  • 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, 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 3 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:2200
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rasobj.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rasobj.exe /combine local system
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3560
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\dhcpenv.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\dhcpenv.exe 3mu
    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:4128
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rasobj.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rasobj.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    PID:3476
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\dhcpenv.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\dhcpenv.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1432
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1432 -s 536
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:2732
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1432 -s 528
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:584
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1432 -s 688
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:2488
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 1432 -ip 1432
    1⤵
      PID:1064
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 404 -p 1432 -ip 1432
      1⤵
        PID:4560
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 352 -p 1432 -ip 1432
        1⤵
          PID:4628

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              hostapi.scr

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hostapi.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

              dhcpenv.exe

              • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\dhcpenv.exe
              • Size 2.2MB
              • SHA256 0e534fa6e9059d647e2cf09022371b72b67fe698bfa6c2bf35208d05203ef04b
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              rasobj.exe

              • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rasobj.exe
              • Size 1.5MB
              • SHA256 2ee05e73ffbc7674ba9911d6ba1613e98c7acd2c88ee0dcfad72589290ce1f29
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              memory/1432-39-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/1432-79-0x00000000026B0000-0x00000000026F8000-memory.dmp

              memory/1432-40-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/1432-85-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

              memory/1432-82-0x00000000026B0000-0x00000000026F8000-memory.dmp

              memory/2200-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

              memory/2200-3-0x00000000022F0000-0x0000000002338000-memory.dmp

              memory/2200-2-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/2200-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/2200-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/4128-36-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/4128-81-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/4128-78-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/4128-77-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp