Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    23/05/2026, 03:51

General

  • Target
    2026-05-23_613be176fd75fe62981b90077e9f5393_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_vidar.exe
  • Size 9.5MB
  • Sample260523-eet8gaez8t
  • SHA256 c1ceefb1bdc040c3ec336eb99401334faedb2012e2eb956bd395da739ddaf448
  • 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 5 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 3 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 64 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 18 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:3168
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-23_613be176fd75fe62981b90077e9f5393_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_vidar.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-23_613be176fd75fe62981b90077e9f5393_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:792
      • 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:1052
        • 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:3468
        • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2676
          • 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:780
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-23_613be176fd75fe62981b90077e9f5393_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_vidar.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-23_613be176fd75fe62981b90077e9f5393_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_vidar.exe --type=crashpad-handler /prefetch:7 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad" --url=https://clients2.google.com/cr/report --annotation=channel= --annotation=plat=Win64 --annotation=prod=Chrome --annotation=ver=0.0.0.0-devel --initial-client-data=0x35c,0x360,0x364,0x338,0x368,0x1403bb618,0x1403bb628,0x1403bb638
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:3544
      • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --force-first-run
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        PID:3556
  • 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:3216
    • 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:3188
    • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4152
      • 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:4652

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        OfficeC2RClient.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe
        • Size 47.8MB
        • SHA256 773856a3c525f22f8675e1e536113ef9134fbcdd94aff65b6ddc3b911b76d6c6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        OSE.EXE

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 cf84b55809229fe85abbb6943cdba7e3a7c249684dd7aa37e0bea024bd9c61b5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        setup.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe
        • Size 13.0MB
        • SHA256 6bf01b16f7f7f95e109e240b035913e850d78665f694aa5e19f8bf2de43b813f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevated_tracing_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.exe
        • Size 7.8MB
        • SHA256 4d381623b3de2914f164079ff88c235b5fb728a11b9abbdb5acb49dbdb4c093d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 7.0MB
        • SHA256 99039b1dea4b41dca4bcb4519aa9c3c8f3d16441e469f64162774b4a097b14f7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 93dd5fa36f9b9fdad6ff0cf15c6c4ce0a5ef505e70dff248a0f1dbbec08d1fb4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 393be9ca7373ef6fa9ffb89c5e5a5fdc79270aa334847d6d87889c10ea529f92
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 f3063777012b1f7f674043b2144ffb22ec8f8047554388e8c86df4682a0494a9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 0b6703d47f3af94eb815b8a8267608fc623f1a9e2fd397737987de82695203a7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 81331f8dcd4cf9393e554f08ad6c3dcb6d08c3db048293f670be0a6523dd9e4f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 f7530eb67b6d34bb3da1d145bb6e2ca5fc62014b04a08361e791e9bee0ef6cc6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 5a394706f34fcd08828d611f1ae8b05146d64efba3f6c819f81b1e478cbb928b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 52a068ac3fdd113a3d06fb64c0eecde660f4bfd0d5daaa530f28f99fae28d163
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 b5bcfe0008dfab946c2c8f3f5dd6d210ab883433e44f8df84fe3b5e32cf49704
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 0112bee66a5a6141248cba396b2bf8bda42ce5bb92678549b154afff4bab66e2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 ad14846ba2e4562ee2144f1d83e30e112e939e737346a4bd4b3492af52b130c5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 37bcbf6e1248b8ba430ebb24843d835bc1061b12475f79de63bb01a0c2ab75f5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javacpl.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javacpl.exe
        • Size 1.1MB
        • SHA256 609bd805211bdc98b54f8d9c898a8b3be9702831a6141e14f2d6565d760b8e6d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javaw.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaw.exe
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 50ebaf0ada89417e6eac8fe789dbb2f29a6227e188fbff649a63d408ece9cc82
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 974KB
        • SHA256 8f96b425e88f72a4e019f1eb6ae392fe1dfdf776ea8114db87d2417af394ebad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        GRAPH.EXE

        • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\GRAPH.EXE
        • Size 11.7MB
        • SHA256 7e2a16f8d1d730207fc9eeb2e36ddeef60b895d000f689eccb08014a5cce883d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSOHTMED.EXE

        • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOHTMED.EXE
        • Size 2.0MB
        • SHA256 6d90372313a8f31f56a7239c82b287028c976b54f3832978a8487d031480baee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        PerfBoost.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PerfBoost.exe
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 3c43afd2d2801e0aef3a5479b169ab5e6588bb280b7a9b18c1998915ce95c5e7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        SELFCERT.EXE

        • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SELFCERT.EXE
        • Size 4.2MB
        • SHA256 0d50d53609b453b0ced7d171a7cb7efd2fd9268fda9409e0261b42886501c951
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        SETLANG.EXE

        • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SETLANG.EXE
        • Size 1.1MB
        • SHA256 8905a81f132d78ef1f28ea9be3c8df82fa4de7eb7d841856ba3e7db87554ced8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Wordconv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\Wordconv.exe
        • Size 1014KB
        • SHA256 49601f1d0a8ff15ae718451704866b2c78749233e908659079af18704d41d34d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        DWTRIG20.EXE

        • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DWTRIG20.EXE
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 7ff5e709ebf8da161120fcf097ab3519b1384f7b22f3423e7e9fec81894dfdd8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        OLicenseHeartbeat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\OLicenseHeartbeat.exe
        • Size 4.8MB
        • SHA256 358306a68dcbe12c2978d95c6fb882cb833325806f9b5ad6682000829b953feb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        vlc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe
        • Size 2.8MB
        • SHA256 4c6cfd11ee2269f483cf112a6fed6c0c2adef7ad1f5bdc3fceb5a00f90cde1a3
        • 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_5evybzij.zll.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_5evybzij.zll.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 e27390d57580e3dfba07bec3d8e430203bbc91e90f6937079b3fd52abc721bd4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 3fe224f6052b84f423c0e6ae9e21b9e8a3bb44d90833dd3c0b590cb17940309e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/780-108-0x0000021DC2260000-0x0000021DC2266000-memory.dmp

        memory/792-489-0x00007FF605D20000-0x00007FF6066AA000-memory.dmp

        memory/792-309-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140464000-memory.dmp

        memory/792-0-0x0000000180000000-0x00000001800DD000-memory.dmp

        memory/792-8-0x00007FF605D20000-0x00007FF6066AA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3168-34-0x0000000002B50000-0x0000000002B51000-memory.dmp

        memory/3168-26-0x0000000003070000-0x0000000003071000-memory.dmp

        memory/3468-87-0x000001E634A60000-0x000001E634A68000-memory.dmp

        memory/3468-117-0x000001E634FC0000-0x000001E634FCA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3468-25-0x000001E6349A0000-0x000001E6349C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/3468-42-0x000001E634CB0000-0x000001E634D63000-memory.dmp

        memory/3468-41-0x000001E634A30000-0x000001E634A4C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3468-17-0x000001E632820000-0x000001E632830000-memory.dmp

        memory/3468-16-0x000001E632820000-0x000001E632830000-memory.dmp

        memory/3468-73-0x000001E634FE0000-0x000001E634FFA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3468-72-0x000001E634A50000-0x000001E634A5A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3468-53-0x000001E634A70000-0x000001E634A8C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3468-44-0x000001E634A20000-0x000001E634A2A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3544-326-0x00007FF605D20000-0x00007FF6066AA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3544-511-0x00007FF605D20000-0x00007FF6066AA000-memory.dmp