Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    126s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    03/05/2026, 00:52

General

  • Target
    2026-05-03_6818ccf9748fee9c0717c384972c562e_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_vidar.exe
  • Size 6.0MB
  • Sample260503-a73m4ady2m
  • SHA256 5606fa6b810feef09e1a8d6d319cec3fdd3aa3dd20474396df3c8cc92c79386d
  • 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 53 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 40 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:3316
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-03_6818ccf9748fee9c0717c384972c562e_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_vidar.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-03_6818ccf9748fee9c0717c384972c562e_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:4884
      • 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:1328
        • 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:2436
        • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2452
          • 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:976
  • 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:3512
    • 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:2724
    • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3300
      • 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:1920

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 a0938daa26f84774c08bc7dbf286eafae4dfedfd584e8cabc34c21ac87ac89fa
        • 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 e8f1393a9e1a21ef9c18231e6d1301624694e6036ec8ddf1234219eb96222a28
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_vjtha4it.jfh.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_vjtha4it.jfh.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 0217e1913a09eec1f81cc2d462a00d5fbc8283b186c6d6c94d6f085540d3d9af
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/976-140-0x000001F67E1F0000-0x000001F67E20A000-memory.dmp

        memory/976-67-0x000001F67E1D0000-0x000001F67E1EC000-memory.dmp

        memory/976-49-0x000001F67DE40000-0x000001F67DE4A000-memory.dmp

        memory/976-90-0x000001F67DE50000-0x000001F67DE5A000-memory.dmp

        memory/976-147-0x000001F67E1B0000-0x000001F67E1B8000-memory.dmp

        memory/976-161-0x000001F67E1C0000-0x000001F67E1C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/976-165-0x000001F67E210000-0x000001F67E21A000-memory.dmp

        memory/976-47-0x000001F67DD60000-0x000001F67DD7C000-memory.dmp

        memory/976-48-0x000001F67DD80000-0x000001F67DE35000-memory.dmp

        memory/2436-26-0x00000205E7FC0000-0x00000205E7FE2000-memory.dmp

        memory/2436-17-0x00000205E7FF0000-0x00000205E8000000-memory.dmp

        memory/2436-18-0x00000205E7FF0000-0x00000205E8000000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-270-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-283-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-252-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-253-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-254-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-255-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-256-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-257-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-258-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-259-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-262-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-261-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-260-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-263-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-264-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-265-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-266-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-267-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-268-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-269-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-33-0x00000000028E0000-0x00000000028E1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-271-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-273-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-272-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-274-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-275-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-277-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-278-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-279-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-276-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-280-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-281-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-282-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-36-0x00000000028D0000-0x00000000028D1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-284-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-285-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-286-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-287-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-288-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-289-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-290-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-291-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-294-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-295-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-292-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-293-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-296-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-297-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-298-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-299-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-300-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-301-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-302-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-305-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-303-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-304-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-306-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-307-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-311-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-310-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-308-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-309-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-312-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-0-0x0000000180000000-0x00000001800DD000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-8-0x00007FF7631C0000-0x00007FF7637C5000-memory.dmp