Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    147s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    07/05/2026, 03:50

General

  • Target
    2026-05-07_504714b3bd0fc6b91d8850109ee24a47_cosmicduke_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_tofsee.exe
  • Size 1.2MB
  • Sample260507-ed2k6aew2v
  • SHA256 ecb2687093f14c9daca14dbef211c52ad18ce77ab9e63423c6e69d8f61fe99c5
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: MiniDuke, CosmicDuke,TinyBaron

    MiniDuke aka CosmicDuke or TinyBaron is a backdoor used by the APT29 group, written in C++.

  • Detects MiniDuke aka CosmicDuke or TinyBaron 3 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

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

  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

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

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 42 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 16 IoCs
  • Program crash 3 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Modifies Control Panel 5 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-07_504714b3bd0fc6b91d8850109ee24a47_cosmicduke_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_tofsee.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-07_504714b3bd0fc6b91d8850109ee24a47_cosmicduke_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_tofsee.exe"
    1⤵
    • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies Control Panel
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    • outlook_win_path
    PID:3116
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pptpms.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pptpms.exe /combine local system
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4648
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pptpms.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pptpms.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    PID:2808
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netdns.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netdns.exe lmg
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2248
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netdns.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netdns.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:3260
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3260 -s 536
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:648
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3260 -s 528
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:1724
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3260 -s 692
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:4536
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 3260 -ip 3260
    1⤵
      PID:1260
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 412 -p 3260 -ip 3260
      1⤵
        PID:3556
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 528 -p 3260 -ip 3260
        1⤵
          PID:2776

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              pptpobj.scr

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pptpobj.scr
              • Size 3KB
              • SHA256 47f3405ab0da5af125bcc6ebb6d17a1573b090c54d7a0a00630ec170ccc4b9d1
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              ntuser{4CB43D7F-7DCA-4906-8698-FFFFFFFF8094E303}.pol

              • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\ntuser{4CB43D7F-7DCA-4906-8698-FFFFFFFF8094E303}.pol
              • Size 4B
              • SHA256 443c07a2c83b7b0253a325d2b72ac757c3aa5b41cd749842bc74fb3ee9b26866
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              netdns.exe

              • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netdns.exe
              • Size 1.4MB
              • SHA256 69acff13d405767e4b258b1129cfb553bdd9f501d84ec53a8184cbb33313e64b
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              pptpms.exe

              • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pptpms.exe
              • Size 1.2MB
              • SHA256 75a90ddc7e678e45574b18ec8230f38528e10009c8337efea6bcf8ea2a0508fe
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              memory/2248-147-0x00000000013E0000-0x000000000166B000-memory.dmp

              memory/2248-82-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

              memory/2248-169-0x00000000013E0000-0x000000000166B000-memory.dmp

              memory/2248-148-0x00000000019B0000-0x0000000001A14000-memory.dmp

              memory/2248-88-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/2248-37-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/2248-81-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/2248-83-0x00000000013E0000-0x000000000166B000-memory.dmp

              memory/2248-80-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/3116-41-0x0000000002740000-0x00000000029CB000-memory.dmp

              memory/3116-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/3116-43-0x0000000000490000-0x00000000004F4000-memory.dmp

              memory/3116-3-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/3116-2-0x00000000026F0000-0x0000000002738000-memory.dmp

              memory/3116-163-0x0000000002740000-0x00000000029CB000-memory.dmp

              memory/3116-84-0x0000000002740000-0x00000000029CB000-memory.dmp

              memory/3116-5-0x0000000002740000-0x00000000029CB000-memory.dmp

              memory/3116-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

              memory/3116-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/3260-44-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/3260-92-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

              memory/3260-90-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

              memory/3260-42-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/3260-86-0x0000000002760000-0x00000000029EB000-memory.dmp