Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    18/09/2026, 04:35

General

  • Target
    2026-09-18_4dc7f924f2e0161f598278969600aa15_cosmicduke_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_tofsee_vidar.exe
  • Size 2.7MB
  • Sample260918-e7tseawfnd
  • SHA256 c9f77b1d2286f0329ee8d24e85ee66a932ba5197f2423b7f01d03ef494e76270
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: CosmicDuke,TinyBaron

    CosmicDuke aka TinyBaron is an information stealer used by the APT29 group.

  • Detects 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
  • 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\2026-09-18_4dc7f924f2e0161f598278969600aa15_cosmicduke_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_tofsee_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-18_4dc7f924f2e0161f598278969600aa15_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:5164
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntlsa.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntlsa.exe /combine local system
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4876
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntlsa.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntlsa.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    PID:6008
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\hostenv.exe
    "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\hostenv.exe" oky
    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:4316
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\hostenv.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\hostenv.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1168
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:756

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          moninf.scr

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

          hostenv.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\hostenv.exe
          • Size 2.7MB
          • SHA256 4f44c260b3e75a8ef02daba7efbd6d0d682b1177555ef74831008466bf758173
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ntlsa.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntlsa.exe
          • Size 894KB
          • SHA256 03f16207c54f4e865543d8f3dde80fdcad10a53f1c98ee43f96f6170e7004f43
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1168-37-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp

          memory/1168-79-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

          memory/1168-77-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp

          memory/1168-75-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp

          memory/1168-74-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp

          memory/4316-73-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp

          memory/4316-33-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp

          memory/5164-5-0x0000000002790000-0x00000000027D8000-memory.dmp

          memory/5164-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp

          memory/5164-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

          memory/5164-3-0x0000000002790000-0x00000000027D8000-memory.dmp

          memory/5164-2-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp

          memory/5164-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp