Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    93s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/06/2026, 03:38

General

  • Target
    2026-06-02_8114299d7487d8ca782b3647d02b2e16_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_stealc_vidar.exe
  • Size 5.9MB
  • Sample260602-d68phac17t
  • SHA256 0380b8cb3010291f9caf78a0f069820de481a393b46d13427f64cda01d18e171
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Custom signature
    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 63 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 26 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:3216
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-02_8114299d7487d8ca782b3647d02b2e16_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_stealc_vidar.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-02_8114299d7487d8ca782b3647d02b2e16_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_stealc_vidar.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:672
      • 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:2672
        • 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:2544
        • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3612
          • 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:1140
  • 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:5180
    • 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:5216
    • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1336
      • 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:1420

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 ceceebdbd877d161f925e88d1983f280ddd0d9f053aedb0933a4ce9b0e87d56e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_lorb0tpo.euh.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_lorb0tpo.euh.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 3fe224f6052b84f423c0e6ae9e21b9e8a3bb44d90833dd3c0b590cb17940309e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/672-316-0x00007FF617910000-0x00007FF617EF3000-memory.dmp

        memory/672-294-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140295000-memory.dmp

        memory/672-0-0x0000000180000000-0x00000001800DD000-memory.dmp

        memory/672-15-0x00007FF617910000-0x00007FF617EF3000-memory.dmp

        memory/1140-156-0x00000155587C0000-0x00000155587C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/1140-160-0x000001553D2A0000-0x000001553DD62000-memory.dmp

        memory/1140-157-0x00000155587D0000-0x00000155587DA000-memory.dmp

        memory/1140-155-0x0000015558790000-0x0000015558798000-memory.dmp

        memory/1420-173-0x00000275B9480000-0x00000275B9F42000-memory.dmp

        memory/2544-146-0x0000020A738A0000-0x0000020A738BA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2544-25-0x0000020A73290000-0x0000020A732B2000-memory.dmp

        memory/2544-101-0x0000020A735F0000-0x0000020A735FA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2544-163-0x0000020A70380000-0x0000020A70E42000-memory.dmp

        memory/2544-58-0x0000020A73880000-0x0000020A7389C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2544-44-0x0000020A735E0000-0x0000020A735EA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2544-41-0x0000020A73520000-0x0000020A735D3000-memory.dmp

        memory/2544-40-0x0000020A73500000-0x0000020A7351C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-220-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-32-0x0000000000E40000-0x0000000000E41000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-218-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-222-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-221-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-17-0x0000000002A70000-0x0000000002A71000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-219-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-226-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-247-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-246-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-245-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-244-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-243-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-275-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-274-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-273-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-272-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-217-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-300-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-301-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-305-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-304-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-306-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-303-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-302-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-307-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-308-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-310-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-309-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-311-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-312-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-313-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-314-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-315-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/5216-169-0x0000015FCD2A0000-0x0000015FCDD62000-memory.dmp