File name:

MalwareSample.exe.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/d8377e1c-c12a-4c25-ad40-45e6964aadc7
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, 15:17:12
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:
cobaltstrike
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

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  • MALICIOUS

    • COBALTSTRIKE has been detected (YARA)

      • rundll32.exe (PID: 6876)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    No suspicious indicators.
  • INFO

    • Checks proxy server information

      • rundll32.exe (PID: 6876)
      • slui.exe (PID: 5800)
    • The sample compiled with english language support

      • rundll32.exe (PID: 6876)
    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • rundll32.exe (PID: 6876)
      • Taskmgr.exe (PID: 5072)
    • Reads the software policy settings

      • slui.exe (PID: 1272)
      • slui.exe (PID: 5800)
    • Manual execution by a user

      • Taskmgr.exe (PID: 5072)
      • Taskmgr.exe (PID: 4244)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

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: -
No data.
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Total processes
138
Monitored processes
6
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start #COBALTSTRIKE rundll32.exe no specs sppextcomobj.exe no specs slui.exe slui.exe taskmgr.exe no specs taskmgr.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
1272"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=TimerEventC:\Windows\System32\slui.exe
SppExtComObj.Exe
User:
NETWORK SERVICE
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Windows Activation Client
Exit code:
1
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
2904C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exesvchost.exe
User:
NETWORK SERVICE
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
KMS Connection Broker
Exit code:
0
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
4244"C:\WINDOWS\system32\taskmgr.exe" /7C:\Windows\System32\Taskmgr.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Task Manager
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\taskmgr.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
5072"C:\WINDOWS\system32\taskmgr.exe" /7C:\Windows\System32\Taskmgr.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Task Manager
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\taskmgr.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\powrprof.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
5800C:\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
6876"C:\WINDOWS\System32\rundll32.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MalwareSample.exe.exe.dll, #1C:\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
Images
c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\imagehlp.dll
Total events
3 181
Read events
3 178
Write events
2
Delete events
1

Modification events

(PID) Process:(5072) Taskmgr.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TaskManager
Operation:delete valueName:Preferences
Value:
(PID) Process:(5072) Taskmgr.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TaskManager
Operation:writeName:Preferences
Value:
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Executable files
0
Suspicious files
0
Text files
1
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
5072Taskmgr.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\D3DSCache\3534848bb9f4cb71\F4EB2D6C-ED2B-4BDD-AD9D-F913287E6768.locktext
MD5:F49655F856ACB8884CC0ACE29216F511
SHA256:7852FCE59C67DDF1D6B8B997EAA1ADFAC004A9F3A91C37295DE9223674011FBA
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HTTP(S) requests
7
TCP/UDP connections
31
DNS requests
24
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
5496
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
2.16.164.51:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
whitelisted
5496
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
23.219.150.101:80
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
6988
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.219.150.101:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
whitelisted
6988
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.219.150.101:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
whitelisted
2924
SearchApp.exe
GET
200
184.30.131.245:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D
unknown
whitelisted
2924
SearchApp.exe
GET
200
184.30.131.245:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D
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
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
5496
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
2.16.164.51:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
5496
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
23.219.150.101:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
CL
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
3216
svchost.exe
172.211.123.248:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
40.126.31.128:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
2.23.77.188:80
ocsp.digicert.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
2104
svchost.exe
51.124.78.146:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
6988
SIHClient.exe
4.175.87.197:443
slscr.update.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
google.com
  • 142.250.185.110
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 2.16.164.51
  • 2.16.164.59
  • 2.16.164.58
  • 2.16.164.27
  • 2.16.164.35
  • 2.16.164.42
  • 2.16.164.48
  • 2.16.164.64
  • 2.16.164.66
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 23.219.150.101
whitelisted
thefirstupd.com
unknown
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.248
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 40.126.31.128
  • 20.190.159.73
  • 40.126.31.67
  • 40.126.31.71
  • 40.126.31.130
  • 40.126.31.0
  • 20.190.159.130
  • 20.190.159.128
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 2.23.77.188
  • 184.30.131.245
whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 51.124.78.146
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 4.175.87.197
whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 52.165.164.15
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info