Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    11/05/2026, 04:38

General

  • Target
    2026-05-11_f5ac0f2f658559b195471e13c004f95e_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_vidar.exe
  • Size 1.8MB
  • Sample260511-e9gwmabt8t
  • SHA256 5eb76aa6426db6b67020a2a10e7b3f60f4fbef4ba99bcb580d9cc8bda592c4ae
  • 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 50 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 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:3136
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-11_f5ac0f2f658559b195471e13c004f95e_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_vidar.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-11_f5ac0f2f658559b195471e13c004f95e_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:908
      • 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:432
        • 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:2748
        • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3956
          • 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:4012
      • C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaws.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-11_f5ac0f2f658559b195471e13c004f95e_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_vidar.exe
        3⤵
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:5632
  • 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:3452
    • 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:3000
    • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3304
      • 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:884

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 4KB
        • SHA256 e27390d57580e3dfba07bec3d8e430203bbc91e90f6937079b3fd52abc721bd4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 fb485201330a5ca14dc2d7a80ecf88b5c9e53d59929f9234c3ccf7548e2fe73f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_2vrbbme4.buh.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_2vrbbme4.buh.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

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 c8d4bf0af7143157dd6346ebce738cec90d00493cc5edcb63c0ce4c780511eab
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/884-253-0x000001C6ED610000-0x000001C6ED622000-memory.dmp

        memory/884-250-0x000001C6EB990000-0x000001C6EB99C000-memory.dmp

        memory/884-252-0x000001C6ED900000-0x000001C6ED9EA000-memory.dmp

        memory/908-256-0x00007FF708BA0000-0x00007FF708D7D000-memory.dmp

        memory/908-219-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014008B000-memory.dmp

        memory/908-5-0x00007FF708BA0000-0x00007FF708D7D000-memory.dmp

        memory/908-0-0x0000000180000000-0x00000001800DD000-memory.dmp

        memory/2748-166-0x0000022B66DB0000-0x0000022B66DB8000-memory.dmp

        memory/2748-206-0x0000022B66A10000-0x0000022B66AFA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2748-124-0x0000022B67120000-0x0000022B6713A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2748-50-0x0000022B66FE0000-0x0000022B66FFC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2748-167-0x0000022B67100000-0x0000022B67106000-memory.dmp

        memory/2748-170-0x0000022B67110000-0x0000022B6711A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2748-208-0x0000022B4E7E0000-0x0000022B4E7F2000-memory.dmp

        memory/2748-40-0x0000022B66D70000-0x0000022B66D8C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2748-205-0x0000022B4E2E0000-0x0000022B4E2EC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2748-16-0x0000022B66A00000-0x0000022B66A10000-memory.dmp

        memory/2748-17-0x0000022B66A00000-0x0000022B66A10000-memory.dmp

        memory/2748-19-0x0000022B4E810000-0x0000022B4E832000-memory.dmp

        memory/2748-65-0x0000022B66DA0000-0x0000022B66DAA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2748-42-0x0000022B66D90000-0x0000022B66D9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2748-41-0x0000022B66DD0000-0x0000022B66E83000-memory.dmp

        memory/3000-251-0x00000182B0E20000-0x00000182B0E32000-memory.dmp

        memory/3000-249-0x00000182C93E0000-0x00000182C94CA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3000-248-0x00000182B0D60000-0x00000182B0D6C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3136-26-0x0000000003510000-0x0000000003511000-memory.dmp

        memory/3136-49-0x0000000003480000-0x0000000003481000-memory.dmp

        memory/4012-241-0x000001D91AAA0000-0x000001D91AAB2000-memory.dmp

        memory/4012-240-0x000001D932C20000-0x000001D932D0A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4012-239-0x000001D91A5A0000-0x000001D91A5AC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5632-254-0x00000233AB8A0000-0x00000233AB98A000-memory.dmp