Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    128s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    18/10/2026, 22:26

General

  • Target
    2026-10-17_a49a535a3f9d8bc529d950710261c7f5_cobalt-strike_elex_vidar_wannacry.exe
  • Size 878KB
  • Sample261018-2cl6eawsg1
  • SHA256 000ef66644ffabba351c01621e9a0affdd0c85669515c21b57faa5004de83ef0
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 21 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 20 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-17_a49a535a3f9d8bc529d950710261c7f5_cobalt-strike_elex_vidar_wannacry.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-17_a49a535a3f9d8bc529d950710261c7f5_cobalt-strike_elex_vidar_wannacry.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5636
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a52AA.bat
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2632
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-17_a49a535a3f9d8bc529d950710261c7f5_cobalt-strike_elex_vidar_wannacry.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-17_a49a535a3f9d8bc529d950710261c7f5_cobalt-strike_elex_vidar_wannacry.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:1392
    • C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3336
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5488
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1160
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:1184

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
          • Size 228KB
          • SHA256 34da77ced4341abb5fbbf6f88e5b2249679b79d35a6ef0afdd8503efab3662b1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          VC_redist.x64.exe

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{57a73df6-4ba9-4c1d-bbbb-517289ff6c13}\VC_redist.x64.exe
          • Size 660KB
          • SHA256 5f6c3a15c9358d4898cba695272af729888b23e0ee5a0f70a4c82cf6ec63cdbc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          $$a52AA.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a52AA.bat
          • Size 800B
          • SHA256 ed53c3f3ab30da4739e5db7e9459bae9797b9766f59d392713c4f6d8b336991d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          2026-10-17_a49a535a3f9d8bc529d950710261c7f5_cobalt-strike_elex_vidar_wannacry.exe.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-17_a49a535a3f9d8bc529d950710261c7f5_cobalt-strike_elex_vidar_wannacry.exe.exe
          • Size 851KB
          • SHA256 11418d0f6b2ab05823c4852ef26c850e9df2afcae027b03efb8b627809423e3c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Logo1_.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
          • Size 26KB
          • SHA256 d47256aa519d4f40e1d5f6078fe6b4377001192ef9825fe6303e2dfe045d6ef3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _desktop.ini

          • Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\_desktop.ini
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 65b450c655e09660704d0f1776b5a7172fc48ea6ce08e9a5f6e9bf9a7bb5b3a1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          memory/3336-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

          memory/3336-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

          memory/3336-35-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

          memory/3336-39-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

          memory/3336-150-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

          memory/3336-1247-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

          memory/3336-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

          memory/3336-5044-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

          memory/3336-5517-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

          memory/5636-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

          memory/5636-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp