File name:

15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/73af7a34-3125-4193-9c0e-8f7e2ad4f24c
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: May 15, 2025, 13:24:39
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 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:

15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1

SHA1:

232D7FFC1F874317377A57E52F710FE5748CD767

SHA256:

755B9E89416A664F52A0DFEE6DE54687F15AE900A7317763B0A4144996724F6A

SSDEEP:

6144:tqi8gTOpTkAk0H3j6I7E60SpR5i5UlMfd1jRoqN1196vCMYqOtBiUzcKAk3IBggR:t8NeAki3j6GJr

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  • MALICIOUS

    • COBALTSTRIKE has been detected (YARA)

      • 15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe (PID: 7636)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • 15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe (PID: 7636)

    • Connects to unusual port

      • 15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe (PID: 7636)

  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • 15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe (PID: 7636)

    • Checks proxy server information

      • 15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe (PID: 7636)
      • slui.exe (PID: 3956)

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • 15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe (PID: 7636)

    • Reads the computer name

      • 15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe (PID: 7636)

    • Reads the software policy settings

      • 15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe (PID: 7636)
      • slui.exe (PID: 3956)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report

CobalStrike

(PID) Process(7636) 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
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: 294912
UninitializedDataSize: 2560
EntryPoint: 0x14c0
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 5.2
Subsystem: Windows GUI
No data.
screenshot
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Total processes
126
Monitored processes
2
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start #COBALTSTRIKE 15219ed1ca4f2613ccb74ebc27b571c1.exe slui.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
3956C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\slui.exe
svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Activation Client
Exit code:
0
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
7636"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\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(7636) 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
Total events
6 757
Read events
6 754
Write events
3
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(7636) 15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
(PID) Process:(7636) 15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
Cookie:
(PID) Process:(7636) 15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History
Operation:writeName:CachePrefix
Value:
Visited:
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
0
Text files
0
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

No data
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HTTP(S) requests
8
TCP/UDP connections
69
DNS requests
13
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
7892
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.52.120.96:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
7892
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.18.121.147:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
7892
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.18.121.147:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut_2010-06-23.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
7892
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.18.121.147:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicTimStaPCA_2010-07-01.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
7892
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.52.120.96:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
7892
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.52.120.96:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.2.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
7892
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.52.120.96:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
7892
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.52.120.96:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.2.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
—
—
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
—
—
172.211.123.250:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted
—
—
40.126.31.131:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
40.126.31.131:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
3216
svchost.exe
172.211.123.250:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted
7636
15219ED1CA4F2613CCB74EBC27B571C1.exe
103.171.35.26:9443
—
VH Global Limited
HK
malicious
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
7892
SIHClient.exe
4.245.163.56:443
slscr.update.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
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
  • 40.127.240.158
  • 4.231.128.59
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.250
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 40.126.31.131
  • 40.126.31.128
  • 20.190.159.0
  • 40.126.31.2
  • 20.190.159.23
  • 20.190.159.131
  • 40.126.31.73
  • 20.190.159.129
whitelisted
google.com
  • 172.217.17.110
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 4.245.163.56
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 2.18.121.147
  • 2.18.121.139
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 23.52.120.96
whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 20.3.187.198
whitelisted
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com
  • 52.111.236.22
whitelisted
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com
  • 40.91.76.224
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info
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