Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    16/05/2026, 05:14

General

  • Target
    2026-05-16_9f8ffd4de50ee338ff7c49dcfe0b3a2e_cosmicduke_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_tofsee_vidar.exe
  • Size 2.2MB
  • Sample260516-fxd5msaz8x
  • SHA256 e94847a22218cf5d4a75bf59c9943ac51e6bf5f5571c6045c6532333cdea119d
  • 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\2026-05-16_9f8ffd4de50ee338ff7c49dcfe0b3a2e_cosmicduke_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_tofsee_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-16_9f8ffd4de50ee338ff7c49dcfe0b3a2e_cosmicduke_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_tofsee_vidar.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:3668
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\udfms.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\udfms.exe /combine local system
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2444
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msdsp.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msdsp.exe qje
    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:2996
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\udfms.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\udfms.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    PID:2124
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msdsp.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msdsp.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:3932
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3932 -s 536
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:4564
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3932 -s 532
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:4488
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3932 -s 696
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:4720
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 416 -p 3932 -ip 3932
    1⤵
      PID:1236
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 412 -p 3932 -ip 3932
      1⤵
        PID:3816
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 528 -p 3932 -ip 3932
        1⤵
          PID:3800

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              cfgdsp.scr

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cfgdsp.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

              msdsp.exe

              • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msdsp.exe
              • Size 2.2MB
              • SHA256 78d60caf38fcbe3d5fd80dd4ccd08c8ee43c15072254c03105f863835b1f8f63
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              udfms.exe

              • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\udfms.exe
              • Size 1.9MB
              • SHA256 a32e7d791f2e9c4dff63025137475f8b29fc3602f1f177704c12942e86dad9af
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              memory/2996-37-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/2996-80-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/2996-82-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/2996-78-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/3668-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

              memory/3668-2-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/3668-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/3668-3-0x0000000002690000-0x00000000026D8000-memory.dmp

              memory/3668-5-0x0000000002690000-0x00000000026D8000-memory.dmp

              memory/3668-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/3932-42-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/3932-79-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/3932-41-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/3932-85-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp