Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    116s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    17/04/2026, 17:02

General

  • Target
    2026-04-17_7f1b34e11516acd3347cc8fa16cbc964_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_vidar.exe
  • Size 9.1MB
  • Sample260417-vkazsagy6x
  • SHA256 f88abbf3c97c8dc9f4a76d8925b17737260d681d863340949c0dac285e2737e6
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • 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 2 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

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

  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

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

  • Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 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 27 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:3136
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-17_7f1b34e11516acd3347cc8fa16cbc964_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_vidar.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-17_7f1b34e11516acd3347cc8fa16cbc964_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_vidar.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3824
      • 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:3132
        • 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:1732
        • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1068
          • 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:3516
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-17_7f1b34e11516acd3347cc8fa16cbc964_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_vidar.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-17_7f1b34e11516acd3347cc8fa16cbc964_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_vidar.exe --type=crashpad-handler /prefetch:4 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad" --url=https://clients2.google.com/cr/report --annotation=channel= --annotation=plat=Win64 --annotation=prod=Chrome --annotation=ver=0.0.0.0-devel --initial-client-data=0x2f4,0x2f8,0x2fc,0x2d0,0x300,0x1403946b8,0x1403946c4,0x1403946d0
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:1052
  • 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:4404
    • 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:4416
    • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3952
      • 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:792

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 2.0MB
        • SHA256 37768c71b712a316e1935212ca1e3c0da89a625197840ee1ff73b9c779bd9d51
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_pwa_launcher.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Size 4.3MB
        • SHA256 34e4db99eaafa668c31b6ea4a401adc7e55fbe0cfbd8c0521e350f26160e4c85
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 b4f4d51f74c62af791367458819856d5c40f289fd3a26ddd2ff90c7742cdac76
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSOUC.EXE

        • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOUC.EXE
        • Size 2.0MB
        • SHA256 9e80ad7ab1f9a46f1c9c28207b3a72a3f74175c122edf4ee6b4c002308f781be
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSOXMLED.EXE

        • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\MSOXMLED.EXE
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 27d4f35dd29055daf4c0c2e1c232c1ad2865ac12818ecb878a576456418fee8c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        powershell.exe.log

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

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_ppvyjwyg.azf.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ppvyjwyg.azf.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

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 b79f569e6c453b33139dcd90442a80e59ac882a1e272a8e4a322d295bfac3ab0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/792-202-0x000001BEA88E0000-0x000001BEA88EC000-memory.dmp

        memory/792-203-0x000001BEAA1C0000-0x000001BEAA1D2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1052-383-0x00007FF650B50000-0x00007FF651477000-memory.dmp

        memory/1052-309-0x00007FF650B50000-0x00007FF651477000-memory.dmp

        memory/1732-42-0x000001F4BD410000-0x000001F4BD42C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1732-16-0x000001F4A5170000-0x000001F4A5180000-memory.dmp

        memory/1732-181-0x000001F4BD970000-0x000001F4BD978000-memory.dmp

        memory/1732-182-0x000001F4BD9A0000-0x000001F4BD9A6000-memory.dmp

        memory/1732-183-0x000001F4BD9B0000-0x000001F4BD9BA000-memory.dmp

        memory/1732-17-0x000001F4A5170000-0x000001F4A5180000-memory.dmp

        memory/1732-128-0x000001F4BD9C0000-0x000001F4BD9DA000-memory.dmp

        memory/1732-43-0x000001F4BD430000-0x000001F4BD4E3000-memory.dmp

        memory/1732-200-0x000001F4A5180000-0x000001F4A5192000-memory.dmp

        memory/1732-199-0x000001F4A34C0000-0x000001F4A34CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1732-75-0x000001F4BD960000-0x000001F4BD96A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1732-58-0x000001F4BD980000-0x000001F4BD99C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1732-24-0x000001F4BD380000-0x000001F4BD3A2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1732-46-0x000001F4BD4F0000-0x000001F4BD4FA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3136-34-0x00000000026D0000-0x00000000026D1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3136-26-0x0000000002930000-0x0000000002931000-memory.dmp

        memory/3516-188-0x00000169A0480000-0x00000169A048C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3516-189-0x00000169A1E30000-0x00000169A1E42000-memory.dmp

        memory/3824-1-0x0000000180000000-0x00000001800DD000-memory.dmp

        memory/3824-292-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140431000-memory.dmp

        memory/3824-380-0x00007FF650B50000-0x00007FF651477000-memory.dmp

        memory/3824-13-0x00007FF650B50000-0x00007FF651477000-memory.dmp

        memory/4416-198-0x000001A8928C0000-0x000001A8928CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4416-201-0x000001A8941A0000-0x000001A8941B2000-memory.dmp