| File name: | 25e83963dc7dac6379d85567daefc3a6bb9866b73c9d14eb391efd97a9dc0c0a |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/ce4d8b76-c98a-44cd-9077-3fa57a5f0f6b |
| 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. |
| Analysis date: | May 16, 2025, 07:03:15 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64, for MS Windows, 8 sections |
| MD5: | 4C424FA4E230E9F32FB8656419AC904C |
| SHA1: | 6A18F2DE733F8D25580220ABBF24099C4162E9B0 |
| SHA256: | 25E83963DC7DAC6379D85567DAEFC3A6BB9866B73C9D14EB391EFD97A9DC0C0A |
| SSDEEP: | 49152:t09VeSzNM5Ny+HgrU8xx6gXft20vZqxUufNYnN8Wj/qt3dgbVAWXBWJp5:eeySQXan |
MALICIOUS
COBALTSTRIKE has been detected (YARA)
- svchost.exe (PID: 6988)
SUSPICIOUS
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- 25e83963dc7dac6379d85567daefc3a6bb9866b73c9d14eb391efd97a9dc0c0a.exe (PID: 4696)
The process creates files with name similar to system file names
- 25e83963dc7dac6379d85567daefc3a6bb9866b73c9d14eb391efd97a9dc0c0a.exe (PID: 4696)
Likely accesses (executes) a file from the Public directory
- cmd.exe (PID: 5988)
- svchost.exe (PID: 6988)
- Acrobat.exe (PID: 1324)
- Acrobat.exe (PID: 5680)
Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
- 25e83963dc7dac6379d85567daefc3a6bb9866b73c9d14eb391efd97a9dc0c0a.exe (PID: 4696)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- svchost.exe (PID: 6988)
Connects to unusual port
- svchost.exe (PID: 6988)
INFO
Drops encrypted JS script (Microsoft Script Encoder)
- 25e83963dc7dac6379d85567daefc3a6bb9866b73c9d14eb391efd97a9dc0c0a.exe (PID: 4696)
Checks supported languages
- 25e83963dc7dac6379d85567daefc3a6bb9866b73c9d14eb391efd97a9dc0c0a.exe (PID: 4696)
- svchost.exe (PID: 6988)
Reads the computer name
- svchost.exe (PID: 6988)
Checks proxy server information
- svchost.exe (PID: 6988)
- slui.exe (PID: 8120)
Application launched itself
- Acrobat.exe (PID: 1324)
- AcroCEF.exe (PID: 6736)
Reads the software policy settings
- slui.exe (PID: 8120)
Application based on Golang
- svchost.exe (PID: 6988)
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CobalStrike
(PID) Process(6988) svchost.exe
C2101.201.81.60:8810/REae
HeadersUser-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0)
TRiD
| .exe | | | Win64 Executable (generic) (87.3) |
|---|---|---|
| .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: | Executable, Large address aware |
| PEType: | PE32+ |
| LinkerVersion: | 3 |
| CodeSize: | 680960 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 54272 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x6f380 |
| OSVersion: | 6.1 |
| ImageVersion: | 1 |
| SubsystemVersion: | 6.1 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
Total processes
138
Monitored processes
15
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1324 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Users\Public\decoy_document.pdf" | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe | cmd.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Adobe Acrobat Version: 23.1.20093.0 Modules
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| 3300 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe" --type=gpu-process --log-severity=disable --user-agent-product="ReaderServices/23.1.20093 Chrome/105.0.0.0" --lang=en-US --gpu-preferences=UAAAAAAAAADgACAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEgAAAAAAAAASAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAgAAABAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAEAAAAAAAAAABAAAADgAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAA= --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\debug.log" --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1560 --field-trial-handle=1608,i,11941936677536210211,17640207977538627341,131072 --disable-features=BackForwardCache,CalculateNativeWinOcclusion,WinUseBrowserSpellChecker /prefetch:2 | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe | — | AcroCEF.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: LOW Description: Adobe AcroCEF Exit code: 0 Version: 23.1.20093.0 Modules
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| 4620 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe" --type=renderer --log-severity=disable --user-agent-product="ReaderServices/23.1.20093 Chrome/105.0.0.0" --first-renderer-process --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\debug.log" --touch-events=enabled --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=5 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2284 --field-trial-handle=1608,i,11941936677536210211,17640207977538627341,131072 --disable-features=BackForwardCache,CalculateNativeWinOcclusion,WinUseBrowserSpellChecker /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe | — | AcroCEF.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: LOW Description: Adobe AcroCEF Version: 23.1.20093.0 Modules
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| 4696 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\25e83963dc7dac6379d85567daefc3a6bb9866b73c9d14eb391efd97a9dc0c0a.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\25e83963dc7dac6379d85567daefc3a6bb9866b73c9d14eb391efd97a9dc0c0a.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0 Modules
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| 5332 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | cmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 5332 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --log-severity=disable --user-agent-product="ReaderServices/23.1.20093 Chrome/105.0.0.0" --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\debug.log" --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2172 --field-trial-handle=1608,i,11941936677536210211,17640207977538627341,131072 --disable-features=BackForwardCache,CalculateNativeWinOcclusion,WinUseBrowserSpellChecker /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe | AcroCEF.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: LOW Description: Adobe AcroCEF Version: 23.1.20093.0 Modules
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| 5680 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe" --type=renderer /prefetch:1 "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Users\Public\decoy_document.pdf" | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe | — | Acrobat.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: LOW Description: Adobe Acrobat Version: 23.1.20093.0 Modules
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| 5988 | cmd /c start "" C:Users\Public\decoy_document.pdf | C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe | — | 25e83963dc7dac6379d85567daefc3a6bb9866b73c9d14eb391efd97a9dc0c0a.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 6736 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe" --backgroundcolor=16514043 | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe | — | Acrobat.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: LOW Description: Adobe AcroCEF Version: 23.1.20093.0 Modules
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| 6816 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --log-severity=disable --user-agent-product="ReaderServices/23.1.20093 Chrome/105.0.0.0" --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\debug.log" --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2156 --field-trial-handle=1608,i,11941936677536210211,17640207977538627341,131072 --disable-features=BackForwardCache,CalculateNativeWinOcclusion,WinUseBrowserSpellChecker /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrocef_1\AcroCEF.exe | — | AcroCEF.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: LOW Description: Adobe AcroCEF Version: 23.1.20093.0 Modules
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Total events
18 920
Read events
18 817
Write events
101
Delete events
2
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (1324) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Mappings\S-1-15-2-2034283098-2252572593-1072577386-2659511007-3245387615-27016815-3920691934 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | DisplayName |
Value: Adobe Acrobat Reader Protected Mode | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5988) cmd.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.pdf\OpenWithProgids |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Acrobat.Document.DC |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5680) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\ExitSection |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bLastExitNormal |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5680) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\DLLInjection |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bBlockDLLInjection |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5680) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AdobeViewer |
| Operation: | delete value | Name: | ProductInfoCache |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5680) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AdobeViewer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EULAAcceptedForBrowser |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1324) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AdobeViewer |
| Operation: | delete value | Name: | ProductInfoCache |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5680) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVEntitlement |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bSynchronizeOPL |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5680) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVGeneral |
| Operation: | write | Name: | uLastAppLaunchTimeStamp |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (5680) Acrobat.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\AVGeneral |
| Operation: | write | Name: | iNumAcrobatLaunches |
Value: 7 | |||
Executable files
1
Suspicious files
102
Text files
9
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5680 | Acrobat.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\SOPHIA\Acrobat\SOPHIA.json | binary | |
MD5:837C1211E392A24D64C670DC10E8DA1B | SHA256:8013AC030684B86D754BBFBAB8A9CEC20CAA4DD9C03022715FF353DC10E14031 | |||
| 5680 | Acrobat.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\SOPHIA\Acrobat\Files\TESTING | binary | |
MD5:DC84B0D741E5BEAE8070013ADDCC8C28 | SHA256:81FF65EFC4487853BDB4625559E69AB44F19E0F5EFBD6D5B2AF5E3AB267C8E06 | |||
| 6736 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG.old~RF10e021.TMP | text | |
MD5:ED7D8AAE48211E2BFAF557130572C62A | SHA256:A5CF8D8ADC86DCA357396AF7E3A24A116072D5C1E5552EEB76601AE2673DED6E | |||
| 6736 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Session Storage\LOG.old | text | |
MD5:EB1590F2607E1CE46DBF6A521F772EA0 | SHA256:4355D9A8A115BA4E41178B456A8A5578846EB1F7EC9509249C2405F758F31731 | |||
| 6736 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Session Storage\LOG.old~RF10e021.TMP | text | |
MD5:7383516745DEC1E86152192435F92D1F | SHA256:E22D34BBD915EEB277D4F4138D176EACE5577CF035EF7C2C80A4BC4D9B6C0E1D | |||
| 6736 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\aba6710fde0876af_0 | binary | |
MD5:9A2727C9D78BC65729F0D74383CFD011 | SHA256:33B110AE79A5C90F30D521D57E5A8ACBD00BD3683CB0C38DFB1C71097925F776 | |||
| 6736 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG.old | text | |
MD5:8412AEEF2309E13FC954061D9BCEFFF4 | SHA256:D062D7B5DF5F3BCB753E97AB5D1DCD9CF62058D9103DA383DBE1F482FC1D4644 | |||
| 6736 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\4a0e94571d979b3c_0 | binary | |
MD5:8667262F715A1FDF901CC49A60A28F4A | SHA256:D74166D65439B15170FAEABAF28152B3CACCEFC6C1EB9A775F3C0ABA2BBF8129 | |||
| 6736 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\0786087c3c360803_0 | binary | |
MD5:5062AA2AF45F5A4CEF2E895E722E8D92 | SHA256:28A19C55B7F59B8616C91570E09A26CB042AD62EA9CA2112C249A741149425A9 | |||
| 6736 | AcroCEF.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\Code Cache\js\bba29d2e6197e2f4_0 | binary | |
MD5:B77FF4D6EC6679416D0EF2681B8C622E | SHA256:C62E3159E60BFFF6C543173A6D355DD8237D5C7E7AE7EE40811A10B4FB4EEA2E | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
9
TCP/UDP connections
60
DNS requests
21
Threats
0
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2104 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.53.40.178:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2104 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.21.171:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7916 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 2.16.164.120:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicTimStaPCA_2010-07-01.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7916 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 2.16.164.120:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut_2010-06-23.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7916 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7916 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7916 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7916 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.2.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7916 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.2.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
2104 | svchost.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
3216 | svchost.exe | 172.211.123.250:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | FR | whitelisted |
2104 | svchost.exe | 23.53.40.178:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
2104 | svchost.exe | 184.30.21.171:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
6988 | svchost.exe | 101.201.81.60:8810 | — | Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd. | CN | unknown |
6544 | svchost.exe | 40.126.31.129:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
5332 | AcroCEF.exe | 23.35.236.137:443 | geo2.adobe.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
google.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
geo2.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |
p13n.adobe.io |
| whitelisted |
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
armmf.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |
acroipm2.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |