Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    17/04/2026, 10:32

General

  • Target
    2026-04-17_3c87f7e74d157c7a2d9ea4280c1b2a1f_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 1.4MB
  • Sample260417-mk8baaes4w
  • SHA256 84f4db4f754e25805fb47a971104d9279be0cdd1791698b6aaceaf02d19f22d8
  • 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 58 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 32 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 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:3268
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-17_3c87f7e74d157c7a2d9ea4280c1b2a1f_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-17_3c87f7e74d157c7a2d9ea4280c1b2a1f_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5128
      • 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:5172
        • 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:2900
        • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2580
          • 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:2284
  • 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:5924
    • 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:5712
    • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4884
      • 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:548

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        OfficeClickToRun.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\OfficeClickToRun.exe
        • Size 9.1MB
        • SHA256 089b27e7fc638f68645498e063600dc07cd77a8f8c50dd06ec3039096e6ee602
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 98d17949831dda7243aa8b24a66443eee75d0805996826290fbe1a75bfc79e72
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_v3vynk1q.kli.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_v3vynk1q.kli.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 e3274ce8296f2cd20e3189576fbadbfa0f1817cdf313487945c80e968589a495
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 8fa72f899f69d4d9d68e48b3d38b6e1f029ba230cffc12323c314253c6641b1f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/2284-51-0x000001D9A72A0000-0x000001D9A72AA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2284-47-0x000001D9A72C0000-0x000001D9A72DC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2284-49-0x000001D9A72E0000-0x000001D9A7395000-memory.dmp

        memory/2284-68-0x000001D9A73C0000-0x000001D9A73DC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2284-209-0x000001D9A7400000-0x000001D9A740A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2284-180-0x000001D9A72B0000-0x000001D9A72BA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2284-198-0x000001D9A73E0000-0x000001D9A73FA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2284-200-0x000001D9A73A0000-0x000001D9A73A8000-memory.dmp

        memory/2284-206-0x000001D9A73B0000-0x000001D9A73B6000-memory.dmp

        memory/2900-17-0x000001F135B90000-0x000001F135BB2000-memory.dmp

        memory/2900-16-0x000001F135B80000-0x000001F135B90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-275-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-285-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-26-0x0000000003000000-0x0000000003001000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-318-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-317-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-316-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-315-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-261-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-262-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-263-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-264-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-265-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-266-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-267-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-268-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-270-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-272-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-271-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-269-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-273-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-274-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-312-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-276-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-277-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-278-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-279-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-280-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-281-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-282-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-283-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-284-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-288-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-287-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-37-0x0000000002FF0000-0x0000000002FF1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-286-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-289-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-290-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-291-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-292-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-293-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-294-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-295-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-298-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-297-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-296-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-299-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-300-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-303-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-302-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-304-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-301-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-305-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-306-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-307-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-308-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-309-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-310-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-311-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-314-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-313-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/5128-0-0x0000000180000000-0x00000001800DD000-memory.dmp

        memory/5128-260-0x0000029FA81A0000-0x0000029FA824C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5128-259-0x00007FF6AACC0000-0x00007FF6AAE25000-memory.dmp

        memory/5128-252-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140041000-memory.dmp

        memory/5128-5-0x00007FF6AACC0000-0x00007FF6AAE25000-memory.dmp