Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    147s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/04/2026, 11:28

General

  • Target
    2026-04-20_424af32f7858e7622d313cad49245cc8_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_vidar.exe
  • Size 9.1MB
  • Sample260420-nlgemagy5p
  • SHA256 0b46c4573130fded5925c03122c02c12066553b75c769fa161278d7eb21fe494
  • 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
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 16 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 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\2026-04-20_424af32f7858e7622d313cad49245cc8_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_vidar.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-20_424af32f7858e7622d313cad49245cc8_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_vidar.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4184
      • 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:2920
        • 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:3324
        • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1816
          • 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:2056
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-20_424af32f7858e7622d313cad49245cc8_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_vidar.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-20_424af32f7858e7622d313cad49245cc8_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=0x20c,0x268,0x1f8,0x26c,0x238,0x1403946b8,0x1403946c4,0x1403946d0
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        PID:4692
  • 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:2088
    • 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:4548
    • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4828
      • 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:5040

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        chrome_pwa_launcher.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Size 4.3MB
        • SHA256 3c632aaae17a864c466240f8d72dfc2fc8a12d3b050f24c10ee76956b3ec9fb8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 3.7MB
        • SHA256 788c611e5a21ef04b043b5c4b0c10812038acb2be7a0019018eeffc37f511b02
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javaws.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaws.exe
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 4af803da5caad7056f50baf338bdfef20ab54fe89206d36d3d75d7dfeb9e8a60
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 534aece900f8016cde7b568595f2cd09669595f43bdea9c5c59ce3750f1d4d2c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 a5eb27ca19c101f64327fdd669bbcf06c9a2d841bfa0fe4af4438d298b5d1deb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        OfficeClickToRun.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\OfficeClickToRun.exe
        • Size 9.1MB
        • SHA256 e93575642f3b7955688cd95762b0883a2454f75d9671ef33f66c2056f43a91b2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        PDFREFLOW.EXE

        • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PDFREFLOW.EXE
        • Size 30.9MB
        • SHA256 b6b0785618681821a4a81d1fd4e28d8a665f6cb211c4e2af665ef375c8866292
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        msotd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msotd.exe
        • Size 1.0MB
        • SHA256 0c294efae711ceddf880922d6f844cb1c74693fa4e97684e392e3ebfe2cf7b88
        • 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 9e2d1f92a7985c38161bb08726c708271673b6644d66b327b72e5023a53daf2c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_kdecrhl4.z4m.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_kdecrhl4.z4m.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 f6435efb91d8af297cd75581c94826b1560c4e795a0c391f1c796937e22b3fca
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/2056-154-0x00000189A6FF0000-0x00000189A700A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2056-196-0x000001898CA30000-0x000001898CA3C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2056-64-0x00000189A6D90000-0x00000189A6E45000-memory.dmp

        memory/2056-164-0x00000189A6FA0000-0x00000189A6FA8000-memory.dmp

        memory/2056-178-0x00000189A6FD0000-0x00000189A6FD6000-memory.dmp

        memory/2056-185-0x00000189A6FE0000-0x00000189A6FEA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2056-198-0x00000189A6B20000-0x00000189A6B76000-memory.dmp

        memory/2056-197-0x00000189A6AD0000-0x00000189A6AD8000-memory.dmp

        memory/2056-66-0x00000189A6B10000-0x00000189A6B1A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2056-70-0x00000189A6FB0000-0x00000189A6FCC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2056-56-0x00000189A6AE0000-0x00000189A6AFC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2056-123-0x00000189A6F90000-0x00000189A6F9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-34-0x0000000002650000-0x0000000002651000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-17-0x0000000002660000-0x0000000002661000-memory.dmp

        memory/3324-40-0x000001D828090000-0x000001D82809C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3324-26-0x000001D829E50000-0x000001D829E72000-memory.dmp

        memory/4184-392-0x0000027400000000-0x000002740009E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4184-1-0x0000000180000000-0x00000001800DD000-memory.dmp

        memory/4184-307-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140431000-memory.dmp

        memory/4184-0-0x00007FF67E7E0000-0x00007FF67F107000-memory.dmp

        memory/4184-390-0x00007FF67E7E0000-0x00007FF67F107000-memory.dmp

        memory/4548-69-0x000001F94DBB0000-0x000001F94DBBC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4692-324-0x00007FF67E7E0000-0x00007FF67F107000-memory.dmp

        memory/4692-419-0x0000014080000000-0x000001408009E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4692-418-0x00007FF67E7E0000-0x00007FF67F107000-memory.dmp

        memory/4692-431-0x0000014080000000-0x000001408009E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4692-445-0x0000014080000000-0x000001408009E000-memory.dmp

        memory/5040-202-0x000001C0E7FF0000-0x000001C0E7FFC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5040-203-0x000001C0E88E0000-0x000001C0E88E8000-memory.dmp

        memory/5040-204-0x000001C0E8D70000-0x000001C0E8DC6000-memory.dmp