Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    16/05/2026, 02:34

General

  • Target
    2026-05-16_58fd8cbcc46e02d58e4d5e0dc561b115_icedid_njrat.exe
  • Size 3.8MB
  • Sample260516-c2sxtaas8s
  • SHA256 518c32d1bdc03cba05f15b8e9648af2965e1ea9082c0b6cbab52ab1b696dcf19
  • 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 59 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 34 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 25 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
    PID:3304
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-16_58fd8cbcc46e02d58e4d5e0dc561b115_icedid_njrat.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-16_58fd8cbcc46e02d58e4d5e0dc561b115_icedid_njrat.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:960
      • 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:2564
        • 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:4320
        • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2544
          • 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:1048
  • 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:4148
    • 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:4024
    • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2496
      • 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:4720

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 b747c644e6479e6e921d09626c68d2df0d33d2a707f9432e5fc1b138e6c9387d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_dxlvdmbe.qtp.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_dxlvdmbe.qtp.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 909d7be84e90c4bafffb65ccc26ede6849320d03dbd79f1f173b67f84bef977b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/960-271-0x00007FF77F140000-0x00007FF77F511000-memory.dmp

        memory/960-249-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140187000-memory.dmp

        memory/960-0-0x0000000180000000-0x00000001800DD000-memory.dmp

        memory/960-5-0x00007FF77F140000-0x00007FF77F511000-memory.dmp

        memory/1048-63-0x000001DA7F5D0000-0x000001DA7F685000-memory.dmp

        memory/1048-64-0x000001DA7F690000-0x000001DA7F69A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1048-65-0x000001DA7F800000-0x000001DA7F81C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1048-62-0x000001DA7F5B0000-0x000001DA7F5CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1048-172-0x000001DA7F7E0000-0x000001DA7F7EA000-memory.dmp

        memory/1048-186-0x000001DA7F840000-0x000001DA7F85A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1048-190-0x000001DA7F7F0000-0x000001DA7F7F8000-memory.dmp

        memory/1048-192-0x000001DA7F820000-0x000001DA7F826000-memory.dmp

        memory/1048-193-0x000001DA7F830000-0x000001DA7F83A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-289-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-300-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-331-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-272-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-273-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-274-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-277-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-276-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-275-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-278-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-280-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-279-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-283-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-281-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-282-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-284-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-285-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-286-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-287-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-288-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-17-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000BE1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-290-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-291-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-292-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-293-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-294-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-299-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-298-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-297-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-295-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-296-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-44-0x0000000000BC0000-0x0000000000BC1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-301-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-302-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-303-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-304-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-305-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-306-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-307-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-308-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-309-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-310-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-311-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-315-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-314-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-313-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-312-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-316-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-317-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-318-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-319-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-320-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-321-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-325-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-324-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-323-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-322-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-326-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-327-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-330-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-329-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-328-0x0000000002920000-0x0000000002930000-memory.dmp

        memory/4320-27-0x0000017DB54D0000-0x0000017DB54F2000-memory.dmp