Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    96s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    27/04/2026, 15:01

General

  • Target
    2026-04-27_8788a9cbedbc75972c4ee336e732a8fc_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_vidar.exe
  • Size 9.0MB
  • Sample260427-sd2stagy8q
  • SHA256 dec08429877bd5dafdf527ee6bf0132ddb56bf21dc1e8804aa2d53df08528d84
  • 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 2 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 64 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 30 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:3212
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-27_8788a9cbedbc75972c4ee336e732a8fc_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_vidar.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-27_8788a9cbedbc75972c4ee336e732a8fc_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:1156
      • 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:4800
        • 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:4828
        • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:5684
          • 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:1664
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-27_8788a9cbedbc75972c4ee336e732a8fc_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_vidar.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-27_8788a9cbedbc75972c4ee336e732a8fc_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=0x2bc,0x2c0,0x2c4,0x298,0x2c8,0x140384698,0x1403846a4,0x1403846b0
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:2784
  • 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:1904
    • 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:5824
    • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3108
      • 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:1716

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 730f7007cb77fa3e968fe96ec1974fae04bdda2cd4dd0139adc99753bae780ba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 1015KB
        • SHA256 9aaa4feb6197f4429ce8db411c2afa06dfb6fca454c4f8486cf87f76bfda5bdc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javaw.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaw.exe
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 0a504da2099893aa0f5fb32d074e9e8d818479337fff3e714f1e311bde5132c5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 502bcc3a2a8a8389f5ead3edd373c9bd00f6894eeea19da802b81252bc9ea102
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        OfficeClickToRun.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\OfficeClickToRun.exe
        • Size 9.1MB
        • SHA256 14676430ffbc082fefcd294a0ea94c2660061ebec39237286202aa646a394895
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        WINWORD.EXE

        • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE
        • Size 4.6MB
        • SHA256 67deaeea389cceb8569a08e20574d1f4e89a02a32fb9fd68a1f6c88ca4b7009d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        crashreporter.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.exe
        • Size 7.6MB
        • SHA256 6b51baadaf625d9f1c171765fd597546129dc4320077c6340d7cb971dad2ae69
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 1.0MB
        • SHA256 99b08441208d512fe017d2ad27a5bfe8dd6be03ce6a28290a4847431a27e0e9d
        • 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 91e9ec596697c0a3d51578a5ba4a95b44a1ac73bdc9136aaa3cd0c4a299ffbc9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_hcy52zmu.4ud.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_hcy52zmu.4ud.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 0fd68598598d1dfa246506196e6e0b46ee2b3b26a91c229ff9bb290c7f63d7c1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/1156-406-0x00007FF7D1170000-0x00007FF7D1A75000-memory.dmp

        memory/1156-298-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014041F000-memory.dmp

        memory/1156-15-0x00007FF7D1170000-0x00007FF7D1A75000-memory.dmp

        memory/1156-407-0x000002304CAD0000-0x000002304CBFA000-memory.dmp

        memory/1156-0-0x0000000180000000-0x00000001800DD000-memory.dmp

        memory/1664-106-0x0000020DE3D40000-0x0000020DE3D48000-memory.dmp

        memory/1664-88-0x0000020DE4230000-0x0000020DE424A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1664-105-0x0000020DE3480000-0x0000020DE3BBF000-memory.dmp

        memory/1664-91-0x0000020DE4220000-0x0000020DE422A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1664-45-0x0000020DE3FD0000-0x0000020DE4085000-memory.dmp

        memory/1664-104-0x0000020DCAD40000-0x0000020DCAD4C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1664-90-0x0000020DE4210000-0x0000020DE4216000-memory.dmp

        memory/1664-89-0x0000020DE41E0000-0x0000020DE41E8000-memory.dmp

        memory/1664-46-0x0000020DE3D60000-0x0000020DE3D6A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1664-44-0x0000020DE3FB0000-0x0000020DE3FCC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1664-51-0x0000020DE41F0000-0x0000020DE420C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1664-78-0x0000020DE41D0000-0x0000020DE41DA000-memory.dmp

        memory/1716-249-0x000001F3627D0000-0x000001F3627DC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1716-250-0x000001F37AD00000-0x000001F37AD08000-memory.dmp

        memory/1716-248-0x000001F360AC0000-0x000001F360BEA000-memory.dmp

        memory/1904-49-0x000002507E320000-0x000002507E44A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2784-390-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014041F000-memory.dmp

        memory/2784-412-0x000001BEE8110000-0x000001BEE823A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2784-411-0x00007FF7D1170000-0x00007FF7D1A75000-memory.dmp

        memory/3108-50-0x00000206FFB30000-0x00000206FFC5A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-420-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-442-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-477-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-476-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-18-0x0000000002C30000-0x0000000002C31000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-475-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-473-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-474-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-472-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-414-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-415-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-416-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-419-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-418-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-417-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-471-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-421-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-425-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-424-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-423-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-422-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-426-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-427-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-428-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-429-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-35-0x0000000002C20000-0x0000000002C21000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-443-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-444-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-447-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-446-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-445-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-448-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-449-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-452-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-453-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-451-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-450-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-454-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-455-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-456-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-457-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-467-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-470-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A20000-memory.dmp

        memory/4800-17-0x000002C0349F0000-0x000002C034B1A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4828-85-0x0000024751490000-0x0000024751BCF000-memory.dmp

        memory/4828-84-0x0000024738E10000-0x0000024738E1C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4828-27-0x0000024751DD0000-0x0000024751DF2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5684-410-0x00000222BC990000-0x00000222BCABA000-memory.dmp

        memory/5824-108-0x000001D9EEA90000-0x000001D9EF1CF000-memory.dmp

        memory/5824-107-0x000001D9D6230000-0x000001D9D623C000-memory.dmp