File name:

beacon.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/dfc81a53-042c-4ad3-8d79-6debf537d242
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: June 27, 2022, 07:39:46
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:
cobalt
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows
MD5:

58B367B936D8EC8C02F3A72634084094

SHA1:

45D9E83C7337F523966F1A265D5F6ABAE32A9739

SHA256:

2ECBEAE46D1A70DDFD51944F77671F5A1FC96CE2452F9AB42F1ADD47BA4A813F

SSDEEP:

6144:cRQhKJfKtwgnPVJcekIEo1JDBnT5WbO1aaF2x+SRU:cKltwgndJcef1dBsa1aiIU

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  • MALICIOUS

    • COBALT detected by memory dumps

      • beacon.exe (PID: 240)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Checks supported languages

      • beacon.exe (PID: 240)

    • Reads the computer name

      • beacon.exe (PID: 240)

  • INFO

    No info indicators.
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CobalStrike

(PID) Process(240) beacon.exe
C2 (1)192.168.100.1/cx
BeaconTypeHTTP
Port80
SleepTime60000
MaxGetSize1048576
Jitter0
PublicKey-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY----- MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQCnOM3nXx+7HBhkbDd+AwFrFisS unK999w2tM0uTpuuEiBalcJhcL+QgQWtf6S7zPp5hjImG+2YcPl18geU4f5JlSPX HwilbK4DFb/ePWyKFjhrA7emVRqhM21QMlo1ANsn14rY/RO2pzuft8P7TXoIjjI/ B2GGVuzYNZX6X4I2EwIDAQAB -----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\rundll32.exe
Spawnto_x64%windir%\sysnative\rundll32.exe
CryptoScheme0
HttpGet_VerbGET
HttpPost_VerbPOST
HttpPostChunk0
Watermark0
bStageCleanupFalse
bCFGCautionFalse
UserAgentMozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; InfoPath.2; .NET4.0C)
HttpPostUri/submit.php
HttpGet_Metadata
SessionId (2)base64
header: Cookie
HttpPost_Metadata
ConstHeaders (1)Content-Type: application/octet-stream
SessionId (1)parameter: id
Output (1)print
bUsesCookies0001
Proxy_BehaviorUse IE settings
tcpFrameHeader0004000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
smbFrameHeader0004000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
KillDate0-0-0
bProcInject_StartRWXTrue
bProcInject_UseRWXTrue
bProcInject_MinAllocSize0
ProcInject_PrependAppend_x86000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000...
ProcInject_PrependAppend_x64000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000...
ProcInject_Stub32cd41edf0810c5b5f498edf4731cc6d
ProcInject_AllocationMethodVirtualAllocEx
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (42.1)
.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (37.3)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (8.8)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (6)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (2.7)

EXIF

EXE

Subsystem: Windows GUI
SubsystemVersion: 4
ImageVersion: 1
OSVersion: 4
EntryPoint: 0x14b0
UninitializedDataSize: 1536
InitializedDataSize: 283648
CodeSize: 7680
LinkerVersion: 2.22
PEType: PE32
TimeStamp: 2020:06:09 02:17:16+02:00
MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 09-Jun-2020 00:17:16
TLS Callbacks: 2 callback(s) detected.

DOS Header

Magic number: MZ
Bytes on last page of file: 0x0090
Pages in file: 0x0003
Relocations: 0x0000
Size of header: 0x0004
Min extra paragraphs: 0x0000
Max extra paragraphs: 0xFFFF
Initial SS value: 0x0000
Initial SP value: 0x00B8
Checksum: 0x0000
Initial IP value: 0x0000
Initial CS value: 0x0000
Overlay number: 0x0000
OEM identifier: 0x0000
OEM information: 0x0000
Address of NE header: 0x00000080

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 7
Time date stamp: 09-Jun-2020 00:17:16
Pointer to Symbol Table: 0x00000000
Number of symbols: 0
Size of Optional Header: 0x00E0
Characteristics:
  • IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
  • IMAGE_FILE_DEBUG_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE
  • IMAGE_FILE_LINE_NUMS_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_LOCAL_SYMS_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_RELOCS_STRIPPED

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
.text
0x00001000
0x00001D44
0x00001E00
IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1024BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_2048BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_256BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_32BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4096BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_64BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_8192BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_8BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_MASK, IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
5.85556
.data
0x00003000
0x00042424
0x00042600
IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1024BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_256BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_2BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_32BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4096BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_512BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_64BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_8192BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_MASK, IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
6.49392
.rdata
0x00046000
0x000002F4
0x00000400
IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1024BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_256BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_2BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_32BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4096BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_512BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_64BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_8192BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_MASK, IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
4.35483
.bss
0x00047000
0x0000045C
0x00000000
IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1024BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_2048BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_2BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_32BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4096BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_512BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_64BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_8192BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_8BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_MASK, IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
0
.idata
0x00048000
0x000006EC
0x00000800
IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1024BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_256BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_2BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_32BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4096BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_512BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_64BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_8192BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_MASK, IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
4.60684
.CRT
0x00049000
0x00000034
0x00000200
IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1024BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_256BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_2BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_32BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4096BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_512BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_64BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_8192BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_MASK, IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
0.24913
.tls
0x0004A000
0x00000020
0x00000200
IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1024BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_16BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_256BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_2BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_32BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4096BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_4BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_512BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_64BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_8192BYTES, IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_MASK, IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
0.22482

Imports

KERNEL32.dll
msvcrt.dll
No data.
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Total processes
34
Monitored processes
1
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start #COBALT beacon.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
240"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\beacon.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\beacon.exe
Explorer.EXE
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\beacon.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\wininet.dll
c:\windows\system32\api-ms-win-downlevel-user32-l1-1-0.dll
CobalStrike
(PID) Process(240) beacon.exe
C2 (1)192.168.100.1/cx
BeaconTypeHTTP
Port80
SleepTime60000
MaxGetSize1048576
Jitter0
PublicKey-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY----- MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQCnOM3nXx+7HBhkbDd+AwFrFisS unK999w2tM0uTpuuEiBalcJhcL+QgQWtf6S7zPp5hjImG+2YcPl18geU4f5JlSPX HwilbK4DFb/ePWyKFjhrA7emVRqhM21QMlo1ANsn14rY/RO2pzuft8P7TXoIjjI/ B2GGVuzYNZX6X4I2EwIDAQAB -----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\rundll32.exe
Spawnto_x64%windir%\sysnative\rundll32.exe
CryptoScheme0
HttpGet_VerbGET
HttpPost_VerbPOST
HttpPostChunk0
Watermark0
bStageCleanupFalse
bCFGCautionFalse
UserAgentMozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; InfoPath.2; .NET4.0C)
HttpPostUri/submit.php
HttpGet_Metadata
SessionId (2)base64
header: Cookie
HttpPost_Metadata
ConstHeaders (1)Content-Type: application/octet-stream
SessionId (1)parameter: id
Output (1)print
bUsesCookies0001
Proxy_BehaviorUse IE settings
tcpFrameHeader0004000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
smbFrameHeader0004000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
KillDate0-0-0
bProcInject_StartRWXTrue
bProcInject_UseRWXTrue
bProcInject_MinAllocSize0
ProcInject_PrependAppend_x86000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000...
ProcInject_PrependAppend_x64000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000...
ProcInject_Stub32cd41edf0810c5b5f498edf4731cc6d
ProcInject_AllocationMethodVirtualAllocEx
Total events
279
Read events
270
Write events
9
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(240) beacon.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
Operation:writeName:ProxyEnable
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(240) beacon.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections
Operation:writeName:SavedLegacySettings
Value:
460000003B010000090000000000000000000000000000000400000000000000C0E333BBEAB1D3010000000000000000000000000100000002000000C0A80164000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
(PID) Process:(240) beacon.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\{362E934C-743B-4588-8259-D2482DB771A8}
Operation:writeName:WpadDecisionReason
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(240) beacon.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\{362E934C-743B-4588-8259-D2482DB771A8}
Operation:writeName:WpadDecisionTime
Value:
846C7816F989D801
(PID) Process:(240) beacon.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\{362E934C-743B-4588-8259-D2482DB771A8}
Operation:writeName:WpadDecision
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(240) beacon.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\{362E934C-743B-4588-8259-D2482DB771A8}
Operation:writeName:WpadNetworkName
Value:
Network 4
(PID) Process:(240) beacon.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\52-54-00-36-3e-ff
Operation:writeName:WpadDecisionReason
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(240) beacon.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\52-54-00-36-3e-ff
Operation:writeName:WpadDecisionTime
Value:
846C7816F989D801
(PID) Process:(240) beacon.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\52-54-00-36-3e-ff
Operation:writeName:WpadDecision
Value:
0
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
2
DNS requests
0
Threats
0

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
—
—
192.168.100.1:80
—
—
—
unknown

DNS requests

No data

Threats

No threats detected
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