Malware analysis 1ec9675c5d09c4a74e13c542238f9387b0d0f58223be1d696dc9c9e7cc8f6cce.exe Malicious activity

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File name:	1ec9675c5d09c4a74e13c542238f9387b0d0f58223be1d696dc9c9e7cc8f6cce.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/1b0328f5-4c27-4998-a8d5-2faebdfd76f0
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Threats:	Cobalt Strike is a legitimate penetration software toolkit developed by Forta. But its cracked versions are widely adopted by bad actors, who use it as a C2 system of choice for targeted attacks. Malware Trends Tracker >>>
Analysis date:	December 14, 2024, 12:16:57
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:	xor-url cobaltstrike generic
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows, 11 sections
MD5:	18D2B37B930A4006D4458BF5FDE9C111
SHA1:	D9291747CCF652D77498F0377D00A8D06428DB74
SHA256:	1EC9675C5D09C4A74E13C542238F9387B0D0F58223BE1D696DC9C9E7CC8F6CCE
SSDEEP:	6144:kcbdZRB0DfQZH5ELGlqEaiIdoZQqDhFYZ6d95JBGJtAPTlZ9RCq+qR6le:vbd1KOZ8ALDhFYI75JkJtEj3v+Q6s

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: none
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: on
Route via Tor:: off
Autoconfirmation of UAC:: on
Network:: on

Software preset

Internet Explorer 11.3636.19041.0
Adobe Acrobat (64-bit) (23.001.20093)
Adobe Flash Player 32 NPAPI (32.0.0.465)
Adobe Flash Player 32 PPAPI (32.0.0.465)
CCleaner (6.20)
FileZilla 3.65.0 (3.65.0)
Google Chrome (122.0.6261.70)
Google Update Helper (1.3.36.51)
Java 8 Update 271 (64-bit) (8.0.2710.9)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.271.9)
Microsoft Edge (122.0.2365.59)
Microsoft Edge Update (1.3.185.17)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - de-de (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - es-es (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - it-it (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ja-jp (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ko-kr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - pt-br (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - tr-tr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professionnel 2019 - fr-fr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office профессиональный 2019 - ru-ru (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft OneNote - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Update Health Tools (3.74.0.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Mozilla Firefox (x64 en-US) (123.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (123.0)
Notepad++ (64-bit x64) (7.9.1)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Extensibility Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Licensing Component (16.0.16026.20146)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15928.20198)
PowerShell 7-x64 (7.3.5.0)
Skype version 8.104 (8.104)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.59.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.63.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4480730) (2.55.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB5001716) (8.93.0.0)
VLC media player (3.0.11)
WinRAR 5.91 (64-bit) (5.91.0)
Windows PC Health Check (3.6.2204.08001)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
Client LanguagePack Package
DotNetRollup
DotNetRollup 481
DotNetRollup 481
FodMetadata Package
Foundation Package
Hello Face Package
Hello Face Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB5003791
KB5011048
KB5015684
KB5033052
LanguageFeatures Basic en us Package
LanguageFeatures Handwriting en us Package
LanguageFeatures OCR en us Package
LanguageFeatures Speech en us Package
LanguageFeatures TextToSpeech en us Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MediaPlayer Package
MediaPlayer Package
Microsoft OneCore ApplicationModel Sync Desktop FOD Package
Microsoft OneCore ApplicationModel Sync Desktop FOD Package
Microsoft OneCore DirectX Database FOD Package
NetFx3 OnDemand Package
Notepad FoD Package
Notepad FoD Package
Notepad FoD Package
Notepad FoD Package
Notepad FoD Package
OpenSSH Client Package
OpenSSH Client Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
Printing PMCPPC FoD Package
Printing PMCPPC FoD Package
Printing PMCPPC FoD Package
Printing WFS FoD Package
Printing WFS FoD Package
Printing WFS FoD Package
Printing WFS FoD Package
ProfessionalEdition
ProfessionalEdition
QuickAssist Package
QuickAssist Package
RollupFix
RollupFix
ServicingStack
ServicingStack
ServicingStack 3989
StepsRecorder Package
StepsRecorder Package
StepsRecorder Package
StepsRecorder Package
StepsRecorder Package
TabletPCMath Package
TabletPCMath Package
UserExperience Desktop Package
UserExperience Desktop Package
WordPad FoD Package
WordPad FoD Package
WordPad FoD Package
WordPad FoD Package
WordPad FoD Package

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MALICIOUS
- COBALTSTRIKE has been detected (YARA)
  - 1ec9675c5d09c4a74e13c542238f9387b0d0f58223be1d696dc9c9e7cc8f6cce.exe (PID: 6548)
- XORed URL has been found (YARA)
  - 1ec9675c5d09c4a74e13c542238f9387b0d0f58223be1d696dc9c9e7cc8f6cce.exe (PID: 6548)
SUSPICIOUS
No suspicious indicators.
INFO
- Checks supported languages
  - 1ec9675c5d09c4a74e13c542238f9387b0d0f58223be1d696dc9c9e7cc8f6cce.exe (PID: 6548)
- Reads the computer name
  - 1ec9675c5d09c4a74e13c542238f9387b0d0f58223be1d696dc9c9e7cc8f6cce.exe (PID: 6548)
- Checks proxy server information
  - 1ec9675c5d09c4a74e13c542238f9387b0d0f58223be1d696dc9c9e7cc8f6cce.exe (PID: 6548)
- Reads the software policy settings
  - 1ec9675c5d09c4a74e13c542238f9387b0d0f58223be1d696dc9c9e7cc8f6cce.exe (PID: 6548)
- Reads the machine GUID from the registry
  - 1ec9675c5d09c4a74e13c542238f9387b0d0f58223be1d696dc9c9e7cc8f6cce.exe (PID: 6548)

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CobalStrike

(PID) Process(6548) 1ec9675c5d09c4a74e13c542238f9387b0d0f58223be1d696dc9c9e7cc8f6cce.exe

C2 (1)edwardscdn.azureedge.net/jquery-3.3.1.min.js

BeaconTypeHTTPS

Port443

SleepTime42000

MaxGetSize2801745

Jitter30

PublicKey-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY----- MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQC8UOF8H6f7Wac1kOa0E1tBkiDk 3C+qsn8BK6XQdbrlwuYWlBrPvy8aFbNRdIvdhFhfJ5KoNi8cY1vhsRt5QPlzcdGC pCAi4vGbGotvHXYRtFloATU2yHt8K8n5tI2kHENfrJEWARjX0rrnrIcJSS8lsX3r k092ccHdoyeJAT5vXQIDAQAB -----END PUBLIC KEY-----

DNS_strategyround-robin

DNS_strategy_rotate_seconds-1

DNS_strategy_fail_x-1

DNS_strategy_fail_seconds-1

SpawnTo00000000000000000000000000000000

Spawnto_x86%windir%\syswow64\dllhost.exe

Spawnto_x64%windir%\sysnative\dllhost.exe

CryptoScheme0

HttpGet_VerbGET

HttpPost_VerbPOST

HttpPostChunk0

Watermark77172588

bStageCleanupTrue

bCFGCautionFalse

UserAgentMozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/131.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/131.0.2903.86

HttpPostUri/jquery-3.3.2.min.js

Malleable_C2_InstructionsRemove 1 bytes at the end, Remove 84 bytes from the beginning, Remove 3931 bytes from the beginning, Base64 URL-safe decode, XOR mask w/ random key

HttpGet_Metadata

ConstHeaders (3)Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8

Referer: http://code.jquery.com/

Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate

SessionId (3)base64url

prepend: __cfduid=

header: Cookie

HttpPost_Metadata

ConstHeaders (3)Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8

Referer: http://code.jquery.com/

Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate

SessionId (3)mask

base64url

parameter: __cfduid

Output (3)mask

base64url

print

SSH_BannerHost: edwardscdn.azureedge.net

bUsesCookies0001

Proxy_BehaviorUse IE settings

tcpFrameHeader0005800000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

smbFrameHeader0005800000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

KillDate0-0-0

bProcInject_StartRWXFalse

bProcInject_UseRWXFalse

bProcInject_MinAllocSize17500

ProcInject_PrependAppend_x869090..

ProcInject_PrependAppend_x649090..

ProcInject_Stub29b180d316c59ea2bfb9a4714c1e529f

ProcInject_AllocationMethodNtMapViewOfSection

xor-url

(PID) Process(6548) 1ec9675c5d09c4a74e13c542238f9387b0d0f58223be1d696dc9c9e7cc8f6cce.exe

Decrypted-URLs (1)http://code.jquery.com/

No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.exe	\|	Win64 Executable (generic) (87.3)
.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (6.3)
.exe	\|	DOS Executable Generic (6.3)

EXIF

EXE

Subsystem:	Windows GUI
SubsystemVersion:	5.2
ImageVersion:	-
OSVersion:	4
EntryPoint:	0x14c0
UninitializedDataSize:	1024
InitializedDataSize:	421376
CodeSize:	49152
LinkerVersion:	2.36
PEType:	PE32+
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, Large address aware, No debug
TimeStamp:	2024:08:11 19:56:30+00:00
MachineType:	AMD AMD64

No data.

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Total processes

118

Monitored processes

1

Malicious processes

1

Suspicious processes

0

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

6548

"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\1ec9675c5d09c4a74e13c542238f9387b0d0f58223be1d696dc9c9e7cc8f6cce.exe"

C:\Users\admin\Desktop\1ec9675c5d09c4a74e13c542238f9387b0d0f58223be1d696dc9c9e7cc8f6cce.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\1ec9675c5d09c4a74e13c542238f9387b0d0f58223be1d696dc9c9e7cc8f6cce.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll

CobalStrike

(PID) Process(6548) 1ec9675c5d09c4a74e13c542238f9387b0d0f58223be1d696dc9c9e7cc8f6cce.exe

C2 (1)edwardscdn.azureedge.net/jquery-3.3.1.min.js

BeaconTypeHTTPS

Port443

SleepTime42000

MaxGetSize2801745

Jitter30

PublicKey-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY----- MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQC8UOF8H6f7Wac1kOa0E1tBkiDk 3C+qsn8BK6XQdbrlwuYWlBrPvy8aFbNRdIvdhFhfJ5KoNi8cY1vhsRt5QPlzcdGC pCAi4vGbGotvHXYRtFloATU2yHt8K8n5tI2kHENfrJEWARjX0rrnrIcJSS8lsX3r k092ccHdoyeJAT5vXQIDAQAB -----END PUBLIC KEY-----

DNS_strategyround-robin

DNS_strategy_rotate_seconds-1

DNS_strategy_fail_x-1

DNS_strategy_fail_seconds-1

SpawnTo00000000000000000000000000000000

Spawnto_x86%windir%\syswow64\dllhost.exe

Spawnto_x64%windir%\sysnative\dllhost.exe

CryptoScheme0

HttpGet_VerbGET

HttpPost_VerbPOST

HttpPostChunk0

Watermark77172588

bStageCleanupTrue

bCFGCautionFalse

UserAgentMozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/131.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/131.0.2903.86

HttpPostUri/jquery-3.3.2.min.js

Malleable_C2_InstructionsRemove 1 bytes at the end, Remove 84 bytes from the beginning, Remove 3931 bytes from the beginning, Base64 URL-safe decode, XOR mask w/ random key

HttpGet_Metadata

ConstHeaders (3)Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8

Referer: http://code.jquery.com/

Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate

SessionId (3)base64url

prepend: __cfduid=

header: Cookie

HttpPost_Metadata

ConstHeaders (3)Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8

Referer: http://code.jquery.com/

Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate

SessionId (3)mask

base64url

parameter: __cfduid

Output (3)mask

base64url

print

SSH_BannerHost: edwardscdn.azureedge.net

bUsesCookies0001

Proxy_BehaviorUse IE settings

tcpFrameHeader0005800000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

smbFrameHeader0005800000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

KillDate0-0-0

bProcInject_StartRWXFalse

bProcInject_UseRWXFalse

bProcInject_MinAllocSize17500

ProcInject_PrependAppend_x869090..

ProcInject_PrependAppend_x649090..

ProcInject_Stub29b180d316c59ea2bfb9a4714c1e529f

ProcInject_AllocationMethodNtMapViewOfSection

xor-url

(PID) Process(6548) 1ec9675c5d09c4a74e13c542238f9387b0d0f58223be1d696dc9c9e7cc8f6cce.exe

Decrypted-URLs (1)http://code.jquery.com/

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Total events

3 329

Read events

3 329

Write events

0

Delete events

0

Modification events

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Executable files

0

Suspicious files

0

Text files

0

Unknown types

0

Dropped files

No data

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HTTP(S) requests

0

TCP/UDP connections

28

DNS requests

4

Threats

0

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
—	—	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
—	—	104.126.37.171:443	www.bing.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
2040	svchost.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
6548	1ec9675c5d09c4a74e13c542238f9387b0d0f58223be1d696dc9c9e7cc8f6cce.exe	49.13.77.253:443	edwardscdn.azureedge.net	Hetzner Online GmbH	DE	whitelisted
3976	svchost.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.104.136.2	whitelisted
www.bing.com	104.126.37.171 104.126.37.176 104.126.37.170 104.126.37.161 104.126.37.155 104.126.37.163 104.126.37.144 104.126.37.160 104.126.37.154	whitelisted
google.com	172.217.18.14	whitelisted
edwardscdn.azureedge.net	49.13.77.253	whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected

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No debug info

General Info

1ec9675c5d09c4a74e13c542238f9387b0d0f58223be1d696dc9c9e7cc8f6cce.exe

18D2B37B930A4006D4458BF5FDE9C111

D9291747CCF652D77498F0377D00A8D06428DB74

1EC9675C5D09C4A74E13C542238F9387B0D0F58223BE1D696DC9C9E7CC8F6CCE

6144:kcbdZRB0DfQZH5ELGlqEaiIdoZQqDhFYZ6d95JBGJtAPTlZ9RCq+qR6le:vbd1KOZ8ALDhFYI75JkJtEj3v+Q6s

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

COBALTSTRIKE has been detected (YARA)

XORed URL has been found (YARA)

SUSPICIOUS

INFO

Checks supported languages

Reads the computer name

Checks proxy server information

Reads the software policy settings

Reads the machine GUID from the registry

Malware configuration

CobalStrike

xor-url

Static information

TRiD

EXIF

EXE

Video and screenshots

Processes

Behavior graph

Specs description

Process information

Information

Modules

Malware configuration

CobalStrike

xor-url

Registry activity

Modification events

Files activity

Dropped files

Network activity

HTTP requests

Connections

DNS requests

Threats

Debug output strings