| File name: | MalwareSample.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/2c6f5432-57ba-4e3d-ada0-174f62be5055 |
| 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: | April 29, 2025, 15:26:53 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32+ executable (DLL) (GUI) x86-64 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows, 10 sections |
| MD5: | 6B500AD29C39F72CD77C150A47DF64EA |
| SHA1: | D16253151F6E59942E45B105EFBC0F2E97984411 |
| SHA256: | B375E37EE678D8FA056E06CFECCBE1077D517365A46981A811ADB637BA5C838C |
| SSDEEP: | 24576:V17PXiLtxVhweORzqznLBuwBtrhJZibZ8kU8tG0:V17PXiLtxV+JqznlumtrhJZidh |
MALICIOUS
COBALTSTRIKE has been detected (YARA)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 6028)
SUSPICIOUS
No suspicious indicators.INFO
The sample compiled with english language support
- rundll32.exe (PID: 6028)
Reads the software policy settings
- slui.exe (PID: 1328)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- rundll32.exe (PID: 6028)
Manual execution by a user
- chrome.exe (PID: 7052)
Checks proxy server information
- rundll32.exe (PID: 6028)
- slui.exe (PID: 1328)
Application launched itself
- chrome.exe (PID: 7052)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
TRiD
| .exe | | | InstallShield setup (71.5) |
|---|---|---|
| .scr | | | Windows screen saver (21.7) |
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (3.3) |
| .exe | | | DOS Executable Generic (3.3) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | AMD AMD64 |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2023:02:07 12:10:07+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, Large address aware, No debug, DLL |
| PEType: | PE32+ |
| LinkerVersion: | 8 |
| CodeSize: | 307200 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 16384 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x12c0 |
| OSVersion: | 5.2 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 1.0.0.1 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 1.0.0.1 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Windows NT 32-bit |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | English (U.S.) |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| Comments: | - |
| CompanyName: | - |
| FileDescription: | FileDescriptor By Raghuwanshi.G.S |
| FileVersion: | 1, 0, 0, 1 |
| InternalName: | FileDescriptor |
| LegalCopyright: | Copyright © 2008 |
| LegalTrademarks: | - |
| OriginalFileName: | FileDescriptor.exe |
| PrivateBuild: | - |
| ProductName: | FileDescriptor |
| ProductVersion: | 1, 0, 0, 1 |
| SpecialBuild: | - |
Total processes
145
Monitored processes
13
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 1180 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=gpu-process --no-appcompat-clear --gpu-preferences=WAAAAAAAAADgAAAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAA4AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAA== --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1964 --field-trial-handle=1968,i,17914176931805238727,5361068148237174301,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version /prefetch:2 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 1328 | C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding | C:\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
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| 2344 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --no-appcompat-clear --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=6 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3180 --field-trial-handle=1968,i,17914176931805238727,5361068148237174301,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 3100 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=crashpad-handler "--user-data-dir=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data" /prefetch:4 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad" --url=https://clients2.google.com/cr/report --annotation=channel= --annotation=plat=Win64 --annotation=prod=Chrome --annotation=ver=122.0.6261.70 --initial-client-data=0x21c,0x220,0x224,0x1f8,0x228,0x7ffc8994dc40,0x7ffc8994dc4c,0x7ffc8994dc58 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 3176 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=chrome.mojom.ProcessorMetrics --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --disable-quic --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5176 --field-trial-handle=1968,i,17914176931805238727,5361068148237174301,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 4528 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --extension-process --no-appcompat-clear --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=7 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3720 --field-trial-handle=1968,i,17914176931805238727,5361068148237174301,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version /prefetch:2 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 5600 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --no-appcompat-clear --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=5 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3228 --field-trial-handle=1968,i,17914176931805238727,5361068148237174301,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 5968 | 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) | |||||||||||||||
| 6028 | "C:\WINDOWS\System32\rundll32.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MalwareSample.exe.dll, #1 | C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows host process (Rundll32) Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 6564 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --no-appcompat-clear --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=8 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4584 --field-trial-handle=1968,i,17914176931805238727,5361068148237174301,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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Total events
3 670
Read events
3 656
Write events
12
Delete events
2
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (7052) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7052) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | failed_count |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7052) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 2 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7052) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\StabilityMetrics |
| Operation: | write | Name: | user_experience_metrics.stability.exited_cleanly |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7052) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Google\Update\ClientStateMedium\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96} |
| Operation: | write | Name: | usagestats |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7052) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\PreferenceMACs\Default\extensions.settings |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ahfgeienlihckogmohjhadlkjgocpleb |
Value: 3B08F722C14555E595AF269F140EE426CE8DEBAD90D03EE9FF33B95CB34233F6 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7052) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\PreferenceMACs\Default\extensions.settings |
| Operation: | write | Name: | bjbddleefiddlmdfdfbgodgacjjldihj |
Value: 5CFE6AD362B9AABBD07085580BC6C063CF1C79A0B22ECB6BCBA21EECA68BA07F | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7052) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\PreferenceMACs\Default\extensions.settings |
| Operation: | write | Name: | mhjfbmdgcfjbbpaeojofohoefgiehjai |
Value: F6EE482B70E472BD0FE04C8E130D7E2A0D87334BDC8F199AD874C100863BC5BE | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7052) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\PreferenceMACs\Default\extensions.settings |
| Operation: | write | Name: | neajdppkdcdipfabeoofebfddakdcjhd |
Value: 856E0E73E6E37099A4C21DA68A6A10BD31001B9D36A3243EBC4814EC93C0BA43 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7052) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\PreferenceMACs\Default\extensions.settings |
| Operation: | write | Name: | nkeimhogjdpnpccoofpliimaahmaaome |
Value: FCA740BBFC8E20E9025F9E9DB4E7938D7E7DD2A04EA8AF0876F2B98E4667FEBA | |||
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
41
Text files
28
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7052 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\chrome_cart_db\LOG.old~RF12d6a1.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 7052 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old~RF12d6a1.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 7052 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 7052 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\coupon_db\LOG.old~RF12d6b1.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 7052 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\PersistentOriginTrials\LOG.old~RF12d6b1.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 7052 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\coupon_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 7052 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\PersistentOriginTrials\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 7052 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\discounts_db\LOG.old~RF12d6b1.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 7052 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\discounts_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 7052 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\chrome_cart_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
7
TCP/UDP connections
31
DNS requests
27
Threats
0
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.6:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.6:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.23.77.188:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1672 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 2.23.246.101:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1672 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 2.23.246.101:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | 51.124.78.146:443 | — | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 23.216.77.6:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
— | — | 23.216.77.6:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
— | — | 23.35.229.160:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 23.35.229.160:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
2104 | svchost.exe | 51.124.78.146:443 | — | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
— | — | 172.211.123.249:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | FR | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 40.126.32.68:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 2.23.77.188:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
thefirstupd.com |
| unknown |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
slscr.update.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |