Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • 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
    04/06/2026, 04:28

General

  • Target
    2026-06-04_94b55c6ff8c70518d9f6e192f6e73782_cosmicduke_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_tofsee_vidar.exe
  • Size 2.2MB
  • Sample260604-e35zwahz3w
  • SHA256 de153a16b7cf5ecbd586adff29039b948daf5ab239295cd2940a79671dedec2d
  • 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 2 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\2026-06-04_94b55c6ff8c70518d9f6e192f6e73782_cosmicduke_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_tofsee_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-04_94b55c6ff8c70518d9f6e192f6e73782_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:4668
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pdbdsp.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pdbdsp.exe /combine local system
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1760
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pdbdsp.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pdbdsp.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    PID:2960
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\svchost.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\svchost.exe v3q
    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:3088
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\svchost.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\svchost.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:808
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 808 -s 540
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:2344
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 808 -s 532
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:2888
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 808 -s 700
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:4568
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 808 -ip 808
    1⤵
      PID:4104
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 416 -p 808 -ip 808
      1⤵
        PID:4052
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 524 -p 808 -ip 808
        1⤵
          PID:4492

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              dnsmgr.scr

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dnsmgr.scr
              • Size 3KB
              • SHA256 47f3405ab0da5af125bcc6ebb6d17a1573b090c54d7a0a00630ec170ccc4b9d1
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              svchost.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\svchost.exe
              • Size 2.2MB
              • SHA256 1dab9def6db7869f0bdd9b243139b8275f09ad4c3a3875b3acce5832d0355d1a
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP 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

              pdbdsp.exe

              • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pdbdsp.exe
              • Size 1.6MB
              • SHA256 ab8298f44a0902245ab9f8dde3c62b1dab1647ea2cde2e88dbeddc241279b3ed
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              memory/808-39-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/808-82-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

              memory/808-80-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/808-78-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/808-40-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/3088-77-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/3088-36-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/4668-3-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/4668-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp

              memory/4668-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

              memory/4668-2-0x00000000022F0000-0x0000000002338000-memory.dmp

              memory/4668-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005AF000-memory.dmp