Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    122s
  • 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, 16:48

General

  • Target
    2026-05-03_0ad42971fbfbe0e4bcccb4be84873d08_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_vidar.exe
  • Size 1.2MB
  • Sample260503-vbhm9shs3m
  • SHA256 58936790d5d2d3f39aed32c0e4ceba83191a8e6fb6532a95d994a3e3e4afca9c
  • 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 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 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:3312
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-03_0ad42971fbfbe0e4bcccb4be84873d08_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_vidar.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-03_0ad42971fbfbe0e4bcccb4be84873d08_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:4756
      • 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:4648
        • 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:4840
        • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4944
          • 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:4952
      • C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe
        "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe" -Xmx256M "-Djavafx.home=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp" -classpath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\..\lib\ant-javafx.jar;" com.sun.javafx.tools.packager.Main
        3⤵
          PID:4176
    • 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:5044
      • 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:4252
      • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5868
        • 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:1132

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          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_led4uoxo.ibt.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_led4uoxo.ibt.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/1132-265-0x00000224F57D0000-0x00000224F5F0F000-memory.dmp

          memory/1132-264-0x00000224DD0E0000-0x00000224DD0EC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-311-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-315-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-333-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-332-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-331-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-330-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-326-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-36-0x0000000003570000-0x0000000003571000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-27-0x0000000003580000-0x0000000003581000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-329-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-327-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-328-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-325-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-324-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-321-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-322-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-323-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-320-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-319-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-318-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-317-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-316-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-314-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-310-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-309-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-312-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-286-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-287-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-288-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-291-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-290-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-289-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-292-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-293-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-294-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-295-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-297-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-296-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-298-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-299-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-300-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-301-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-302-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-303-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-304-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-305-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-307-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-306-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-308-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3312-313-0x00000000035C0000-0x00000000035D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4176-283-0x000002AA3FE90000-0x000002AA405CF000-memory.dmp

          memory/4176-282-0x000002AA2D2D0000-0x000002AA2D2D1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4252-240-0x00000211F66C0000-0x00000211F6DFF000-memory.dmp

          memory/4252-239-0x00000211F4760000-0x00000211F476C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4756-266-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4756-1-0x0000000180000000-0x00000001800DD000-memory.dmp

          memory/4756-285-0x00007FF6FB840000-0x00007FF6FB97D000-memory.dmp

          memory/4756-0-0x00007FF6FB840000-0x00007FF6FB97D000-memory.dmp

          memory/4840-23-0x000002D97F360000-0x000002D97F382000-memory.dmp

          memory/4840-16-0x000002D9016F0000-0x000002D901700000-memory.dmp

          memory/4840-40-0x000002D9198D0000-0x000002D91A00F000-memory.dmp

          memory/4840-39-0x000002D9015F0000-0x000002D9015FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4840-17-0x000002D9016F0000-0x000002D901700000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-180-0x000002293B880000-0x000002293B886000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-181-0x000002293B890000-0x000002293B89A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-50-0x000002293B750000-0x000002293B76C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-177-0x000002293B850000-0x000002293B858000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-176-0x000002293BC00000-0x000002293BC1A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-154-0x000002293B840000-0x000002293B84A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-70-0x000002293B860000-0x000002293B87C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-254-0x0000022920FE0000-0x0000022920FEC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-61-0x000002293B830000-0x000002293B83A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-52-0x000002293B770000-0x000002293B825000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-256-0x000002293AE70000-0x000002293B5AF000-memory.dmp