File name:

21e60f444ad41cf3fbf875ec0777ad85abd3838223fcca713f0145c1f3b81e98

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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.

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Analysis date: December 14, 2024, 02:15:53
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:
cobaltstrike
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows, 9 sections
MD5:

7169FF69A4AB909881CFE2FB8F041ADA

SHA1:

00338A972E32AAA74F30D334B6612AB1FCE8A554

SHA256:

21E60F444AD41CF3FBF875EC0777AD85ABD3838223FCCA713F0145C1F3B81E98

SSDEEP:

192:NauHqWj7G4m1ajJAQa7LC+QWLfFCAZlYYqn5yyyptL7GbUaYnCrUR1p7gJTD:QWXGaNp+QWAClYRs9n7GbUanrUPYD

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  • MALICIOUS

    • COBALTSTRIKE has been detected (YARA)

      • 21e60f444ad41cf3fbf875ec0777ad85abd3838223fcca713f0145c1f3b81e98.exe (PID: 6372)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • 21e60f444ad41cf3fbf875ec0777ad85abd3838223fcca713f0145c1f3b81e98.exe (PID: 6372)

    • Executes application which crashes

      • 21e60f444ad41cf3fbf875ec0777ad85abd3838223fcca713f0145c1f3b81e98.exe (PID: 6372)

  • INFO

    • Checks proxy server information

      • 21e60f444ad41cf3fbf875ec0777ad85abd3838223fcca713f0145c1f3b81e98.exe (PID: 6372)
      • WerFault.exe (PID: 6880)

    • Checks supported languages

      • 21e60f444ad41cf3fbf875ec0777ad85abd3838223fcca713f0145c1f3b81e98.exe (PID: 6372)

    • Reads the computer name

      • 21e60f444ad41cf3fbf875ec0777ad85abd3838223fcca713f0145c1f3b81e98.exe (PID: 6372)

    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • WerFault.exe (PID: 6880)

    • Reads the software policy settings

      • WerFault.exe (PID: 6880)
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CobalStrike

(PID) Process(6372) 21e60f444ad41cf3fbf875ec0777ad85abd3838223fcca713f0145c1f3b81e98.exe
C2192.168.1.170:7000/D9rn
HeadersUser-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0; BOIE9;ENUSMSE)
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (87.2)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (6.3)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (6.3)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: AMD AMD64
TimeStamp: 0000:00:00 00:00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, Large address aware, No debug
PEType: PE32+
LinkerVersion: 2.34
CodeSize: 8704
InitializedDataSize: 18432
UninitializedDataSize: 2560
EntryPoint: 0x14c0
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 5.2
Subsystem: Windows GUI
No data.
screenshot
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Total processes
123
Monitored processes
2
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start #COBALTSTRIKE 21e60f444ad41cf3fbf875ec0777ad85abd3838223fcca713f0145c1f3b81e98.exe werfault.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
6372"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\21e60f444ad41cf3fbf875ec0777ad85abd3838223fcca713f0145c1f3b81e98.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\21e60f444ad41cf3fbf875ec0777ad85abd3838223fcca713f0145c1f3b81e98.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
3221225477
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\21e60f444ad41cf3fbf875ec0777ad85abd3838223fcca713f0145c1f3b81e98.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\wininet.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
CobalStrike
(PID) Process(6372) 21e60f444ad41cf3fbf875ec0777ad85abd3838223fcca713f0145c1f3b81e98.exe
C2192.168.1.170:7000/D9rn
HeadersUser-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0; BOIE9;ENUSMSE)
6880C:\WINDOWS\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 6372 -s 1176C:\Windows\System32\WerFault.exe
21e60f444ad41cf3fbf875ec0777ad85abd3838223fcca713f0145c1f3b81e98.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Problem Reporting
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\werfault.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\cryptsp.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
Total events
6 443
Read events
6 443
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
2
Text files
2
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
6880WerFault.exeC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_21e60f444ad41cf3_1149544b0a21599f79c1c6fc2cd623659ae399_ae2e6674_04221ba5-ba68-4031-bff5-04a7f5e35212\Report.wer —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
6880WerFault.exeC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERE429.tmp.dmpbinary
MD5:31DD447DDB279F7756822A555561D719
SHA256:6E5709B17DEEC224ADBA1D8BFDB1A867BF9ACBFE8AAA6FE0C9A25BDDDC8DF824
6880WerFault.exeC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERE4C7.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xmlxml
MD5:7F7A9A7AA21695F50050558DEC4FC5E2
SHA256:5E118CC1F416AB4C7947072376A30A9EAB916F1DFEED720A6247AFE7972500AD
6880WerFault.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\21e60f444ad41cf3fbf875ec0777ad85abd3838223fcca713f0145c1f3b81e98.exe.6372.dmpbinary
MD5:0847F944E5CE6337CBCBEBCE43D41A73
SHA256:F1A79DC301C13F59D5AED4A3947DC7070DD5ED1C844C44AF8F4782D921005F71
6880WerFault.exeC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERE4E7.tmp.xmlxml
MD5:C97AF672609BA757AA3758EC10FDE945
SHA256:E82F2355A7227B0826D5DA676D3FDD4B6E7C0AB18ADE8E9188B4EFD219331233
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HTTP(S) requests
4
TCP/UDP connections
22
DNS requests
8
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
—
—
GET
200
23.216.77.6:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4160
RUXIMICS.exe
GET
200
23.216.77.6:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
6092
svchost.exe
GET
200
2.19.217.218:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4160
RUXIMICS.exe
GET
200
2.19.217.218:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
—
—
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
6092
svchost.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4160
RUXIMICS.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
23.212.110.144:443
www.bing.com
Akamai International B.V.
CZ
whitelisted
—
—
192.168.100.63:49679
—
—
—
unknown
3976
svchost.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
6092
svchost.exe
23.216.77.6:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
4160
RUXIMICS.exe
23.216.77.6:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 40.127.240.158
whitelisted
www.bing.com
  • 23.212.110.144
  • 23.212.110.162
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.185.110
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.216.77.6
  • 23.216.77.28
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 2.19.217.218
whitelisted
watson.events.data.microsoft.com
  • 20.189.173.22
whitelisted
self.events.data.microsoft.com
  • 20.42.65.93
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info
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