Malware analysis 15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe Malicious activity

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File name:	15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/1d327126-ee27-4481-90c9-ec381a44a1c8
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Threats:	A backdoor is a type of cybersecurity threat that allows attackers to secretly compromise a system and conduct malicious activities, such as stealing data and modifying files. Backdoors can be difficult to detect, as they often use legitimate system applications to evade defense mechanisms. Threat actors often utilize special malware, such as PlugX, to establish backdoors on target devices. 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:	May 15, 2025, 13:31:09
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	meterpreter backdoor 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:	15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1
SHA1:	232D7FFC1F874317377A57E52F710FE5748CD767
SHA256:	755B9E89416A664F52A0DFEE6DE54687F15AE900A7317763B0A4144996724F6A
SSDEEP:	6144:tqi8gTOpTkAk0H3j6I7E60SpR5i5UlMfd1jRoqN1196vCMYqOtBiUzcKAk3IBggR:t8NeAki3j6GJr

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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:: off
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
DotNetRollup
DotNetRollup 481
FodMetadata Package
Foundation Package
Hello Face 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
MediaPlayer Package
Microsoft OneCore ApplicationModel Sync Desktop FOD Package
Microsoft OneCore DirectX Database FOD Package
NetFx3 OnDemand Package
Notepad FoD Package
OpenSSH Client Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
Printing PMCPPC FoD Package
Printing WFS FoD Package
ProfessionalEdition
QuickAssist Package
RollupFix
ServicingStack
ServicingStack 3989
StepsRecorder Package
TabletPCMath Package
UserExperience Desktop Package
WordPad FoD Package

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MALICIOUS
- METERPRETER has been detected (SURICATA)
  - 15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe (PID: 7492)
- COBALTSTRIKE has been detected (YARA)
  - 15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe (PID: 7492)
SUSPICIOUS
- Connects to unusual port
  - 15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe (PID: 7492)
- Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
  - 15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe (PID: 7492)
INFO
- Checks proxy server information
  - 15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe (PID: 7492)
- Reads the machine GUID from the registry
  - 15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe (PID: 7492)
- Reads the computer name
  - 15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe (PID: 7492)
- Reads the software policy settings
  - 15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe (PID: 7492)
- Checks supported languages
  - 15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe (PID: 7492)

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CobalStrike

(PID) Process(7492) 15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe

C2 (1)103.171.35.26/dot.gif

BeaconTypeHTTPS

Port9443

SleepTime60000

MaxGetSize1048576

Jitter0

PublicKey-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY----- MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQCYwABfVZCivHbnjZUO+BO81zPg D/iC2oPyKTKg/ktH1Zbz3KyDsPWnMof9juyAfTGI73mxgqkNUk3MwtLRfIqw+cle DaWzp4gE2tnKy9qy4dqKpTA6yNxxtvSYH3EW3YQb7BsYeNZclmAmezp4zgRUwqyd V21a6CYhEsjH2IeQ7wIDAQAB -----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

Watermark987654321

bStageCleanupFalse

bCFGCautionFalse

UserAgentMozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0; BOIE9;ENUSMSE)

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_Stubcc4ba01c076d925ce1fc333d59ba83db

ProcInject_AllocationMethodVirtualAllocEx

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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:	294912
UninitializedDataSize:	2560
EntryPoint:	0x14c0
OSVersion:	4
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	5.2
Subsystem:	Windows GUI

No data.

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Total processes

129

Monitored processes

3

Malicious processes

1

Suspicious processes

0

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

7492

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\15219ed1ca4f2613ccb74ebc27b571c1.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\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll

CobalStrike

(PID) Process(7492) 15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe

C2 (1)103.171.35.26/dot.gif

BeaconTypeHTTPS

Port9443

SleepTime60000

MaxGetSize1048576

Jitter0

PublicKey-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY----- MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQCYwABfVZCivHbnjZUO+BO81zPg D/iC2oPyKTKg/ktH1Zbz3KyDsPWnMof9juyAfTGI73mxgqkNUk3MwtLRfIqw+cle DaWzp4gE2tnKy9qy4dqKpTA6yNxxtvSYH3EW3YQb7BsYeNZclmAmezp4zgRUwqyd V21a6CYhEsjH2IeQ7wIDAQAB -----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

Watermark987654321

bStageCleanupFalse

bCFGCautionFalse

UserAgentMozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0; BOIE9;ENUSMSE)

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_Stubcc4ba01c076d925ce1fc333d59ba83db

ProcInject_AllocationMethodVirtualAllocEx

7576

C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe

—

svchost.exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

KMS Connection Broker

Version:

10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\sppextcomobj.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll

7608

"C:\WINDOWS\System32\SLUI.exe" RuleId=3482d82e-ca2c-4e1f-8864-da0267b484b2;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=4de7cb65-cdf1-4de9-8ae8-e3cce27b9f2c;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEvent

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

—

SppExtComObj.Exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

Windows Activation Client

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

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Total events

3 493

Read events

3 490

Write events

3

Delete events

0

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(7492) 15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content
Operation:	write	Name:	CachePrefix
Value:
(PID) Process:	(7492) 15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies
Operation:	write	Name:	CachePrefix
Value: Cookie:
(PID) Process:	(7492) 15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History
Operation:	write	Name:	CachePrefix
Value: Visited:

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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

5

TCP/UDP connections

19

DNS requests

13

Threats

2

HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
—	—	GET	200	2.19.11.105:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	2.23.246.101:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
8160	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
8160	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
—	—	2.19.11.105:80	crl.microsoft.com	Elisa Oyj	NL	whitelisted
—	—	2.23.246.101:80	www.microsoft.com	Ooredoo Q.S.C.	QA	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
7492	15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe	103.171.35.26:9443	—	VH Global Limited	HK	malicious
3216	svchost.exe	172.211.123.248:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	FR	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	20.190.159.71:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	2.17.190.73:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	4.231.128.59 40.127.240.158	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	2.19.11.105 2.19.11.120	whitelisted
google.com	172.217.16.206	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	2.23.246.101 184.30.21.171	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.248	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.159.71 40.126.31.2 20.190.159.130 20.190.159.128 40.126.31.69 20.190.159.73 40.126.31.71 40.126.31.131	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.17.190.73	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	20.12.23.50	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	52.165.164.15	whitelisted

Threats

PID	Process	Class	Message
7492	15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe	Targeted Malicious Activity was Detected	ET HUNTING Suspicious Empty SSL Certificate - Observed in Cobalt Strike
7492	15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe	A Network Trojan was detected	ET MALWARE Meterpreter or Other Reverse Shell SSL Cert

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No debug info

General Info

15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe

15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1

232D7FFC1F874317377A57E52F710FE5748CD767

755B9E89416A664F52A0DFEE6DE54687F15AE900A7317763B0A4144996724F6A

6144:tqi8gTOpTkAk0H3j6I7E60SpR5i5UlMfd1jRoqN1196vCMYqOtBiUzcKAk3IBggR:t8NeAki3j6GJr

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

METERPRETER has been detected (SURICATA)

COBALTSTRIKE has been detected (YARA)

SUSPICIOUS

Connects to unusual port

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

INFO

Checks proxy server information

Reads the machine GUID from the registry

Reads the computer name

Reads the software policy settings

Checks supported languages

Malware configuration

CobalStrike

Static information

TRiD

EXIF

EXE

Video and screenshots

Processes

Behavior graph

Specs description

Process information

Information

Modules

Malware configuration

CobalStrike

Information

Modules

Information

Modules

Registry activity

Modification events

Files activity

Dropped files

Network activity

HTTP requests

Connections

DNS requests

Threats

Debug output strings