Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    14/10/2026, 11:44

General

  • Target
    2026-10-14_cf22f2bc2a54c1bc1382937f453b4fee_cosmicduke_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_tofsee_vidar.exe
  • Size 2.1MB
  • Sample261014-nwhenstzew
  • SHA256 92e7c9c9a001df3a2865ac8e164869e9eef1eb84468da551dcddbe26bb2e9219
  • 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\2026-10-14_cf22f2bc2a54c1bc1382937f453b4fee_cosmicduke_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_tofsee_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-14_cf22f2bc2a54c1bc1382937f453b4fee_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:5636
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\libtapi.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\libtapi.exe /combine local system
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3628
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\libtapi.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\libtapi.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    PID:2832
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\dnsmgr.exe
    "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\dnsmgr.exe" bad
    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:1260
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\dnsmgr.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\dnsmgr.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2712
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:5168

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          infmgr.scr

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

          pdbcpl.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pdbcpl.exe
          • Size 5KB
          • SHA256 5b50e26a01b320f05d66727e9d220d5858cdac203ff62e4b9ced1cafc2683637
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ntuser{4CB43D7F-7DCA-4906-8698-FFFFFFFF80CD9101}.pol

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\ntuser{4CB43D7F-7DCA-4906-8698-FFFFFFFF80CD9101}.pol
          • Size 4B
          • SHA256 443c07a2c83b7b0253a325d2b72ac757c3aa5b41cd749842bc74fb3ee9b26866
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          dnsmgr.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\dnsmgr.exe
          • Size 2.2MB
          • SHA256 2754997c78c5fddf7036a2456e8d73b4f5b6b60b91cdc331b109e5ef6292ff15
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libtapi.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\libtapi.exe
          • Size 656KB
          • SHA256 84c1962f13c4f5a39d98b46d8e82e24b3f29b796f1d016b34282df39fdd78e61
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1260-34-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp

          memory/1260-75-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp

          memory/2712-38-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp

          memory/2712-37-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp

          memory/2712-76-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp

          memory/2712-77-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp

          memory/2712-79-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp

          memory/2712-81-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

          memory/5636-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp

          memory/5636-2-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp

          memory/5636-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

          memory/5636-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp

          memory/5636-3-0x00000000023B0000-0x00000000023F8000-memory.dmp