File name:

c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/2e51b816-f0fd-4b30-94e6-327b7246d96e
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: August 31, 2024, 14:02:51
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:
pyinstaller
python
cobaltstrike
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows
MD5:

D22E179506087D412CA827A42FCB87AC

SHA1:

CF9B754EF6AA60BFE8E0A63843555AB276A456FA

SHA256:

C95139D7900239A1091FF272F01953A9535144F6F4EA4A61FEBC262AB4537813

SSDEEP:

98304:yXEb4NKbjgidO4jQ1mVlZyeH/+/12F5wwSEvqgRO2Mboeo/agHV1MvPmyPRNr2hH:k8KgPdu9Mb

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  • MALICIOUS

    • COBALTSTRIKE has been detected (YARA)

      • c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe (PID: 6188)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Process drops python dynamic module

      • c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe (PID: 6988)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe (PID: 6988)
    • The process drops C-runtime libraries

      • c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe (PID: 6988)
    • Drops the executable file immediately after the start

      • c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe (PID: 6988)
    • Process drops legitimate windows executable

      • c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe (PID: 6988)
    • Application launched itself

      • c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe (PID: 6988)
    • Loads Python modules

      • c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe (PID: 6188)
    • Executes application which crashes

      • c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe (PID: 6188)
    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe (PID: 6188)
  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe (PID: 6988)
      • c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe (PID: 6188)
    • PyInstaller has been detected (YARA)

      • c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe (PID: 6188)
      • c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe (PID: 6988)
    • Reads the computer name

      • c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe (PID: 6988)
      • c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe (PID: 6188)
    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe (PID: 6988)
    • Checks proxy server information

      • c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe (PID: 6188)
      • WerFault.exe (PID: 2640)
    • Reads the software policy settings

      • WerFault.exe (PID: 2640)
    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • WerFault.exe (PID: 2640)
    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe (PID: 6188)
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CobalStrike

(PID) Process(6188) c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe
C2192.168.5.5:8888/6xLc
HeadersUser-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/5.0; BO1IE8_v1;ENUS)
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (87.3)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (6.3)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (6.3)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: AMD AMD64
TimeStamp: 2024:08:24 07:03:55+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, Large address aware
PEType: PE32+
LinkerVersion: 14.34
CodeSize: 166400
InitializedDataSize: 152576
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0xa6a0
OSVersion: 5.2
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 5.2
Subsystem: Windows command line
No data.
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Total processes
129
Monitored processes
4
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start THREAT c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe conhost.exe no specs #COBALTSTRIKE c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe werfault.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2640C:\WINDOWS\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 6188 -s 1264C:\Windows\System32\WerFault.exe
c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Problem Reporting
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\werfault.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\cryptsp.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
6188"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe
c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
3221225477
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.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
CobalStrike
(PID) Process(6188) c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe
C2192.168.5.5:8888/6xLc
HeadersUser-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/5.0; BO1IE8_v1;ENUS)
6988"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
3221225477
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.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
7052\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exec95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Console Window Host
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
Total events
8 239
Read events
8 231
Write events
8
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(6188) c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:ProxyBypass
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(6188) c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:IntranetName
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(6188) c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:UNCAsIntranet
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(6188) c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:AutoDetect
Value:
0
Executable files
55
Suspicious files
3
Text files
2
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
6988c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI69882\Crypto\Cipher\_Salsa20.pydexecutable
MD5:F2CA4A6E2407BCF67377D03F98142CD6
SHA256:C97CDCF64732821D8308627F0488B7259ABB6A382027BDC2EDFC92A9B170826A
6988c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI69882\Crypto\Cipher\_chacha20.pydexecutable
MD5:65B1F115C735A1C6A3D701C856A5C851
SHA256:B3EE740DFD11F3EA140ECBBADFA2381E38EC167A46946DF101C1DE80D1989EFC
6988c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI69882\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_blowfish.pydexecutable
MD5:C97C824F8A8D88A360587A30BAE38A9B
SHA256:E2C4A5BF9D1D506690BBF2B602F7047B17A0F997D6CD84194BED131565326D5E
6988c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI69882\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_ctr.pydexecutable
MD5:335F119A67EFD51C2D6FD959915FFBB3
SHA256:9C149AADE4E4A724C3945FED423300C41BB77CEEBF61C9ACF29D1B97D98260A2
6988c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI69882\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_des3.pydexecutable
MD5:4E0AD735ED79B02DD7341EF4F58FFD54
SHA256:8B972C0433D674EB3D086393E6D81836B40EB16721B53FA91784E9EC2C601F99
6988c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI69882\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_cfb.pydexecutable
MD5:7D405981C46BBC578BF46EE2FDD3079C
SHA256:D90115ED4DAC2871C94AD732D312D767DF0D0C2D63AAEED880FC85DB7D53D963
6988c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI69882\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_ofb.pydexecutable
MD5:49D3BC1462B7EE111103A0D15B90FF96
SHA256:D2634C15A52B56868F9231A5AAF22F17367746A9991A0EB22FFF0F6AF0B9CAA0
6988c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI69882\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_des.pydexecutable
MD5:0E3EE4AA95C4BABB6775AC083FD8EBD3
SHA256:55BE7ECDC81A2322A061BD52660ECE13EC75674D9949DCEE603AA7C9A7324734
6988c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI69882\Crypto\Hash\_BLAKE2s.pydexecutable
MD5:F299E2C1A3358BF676B7BE3A81FAF605
SHA256:6D03317222918284CD35D6851A073396A48DC4EB7981E801BE2EB34DE7CF9A02
6988c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI69882\Crypto\Hash\_BLAKE2b.pydexecutable
MD5:CF79B93D31402254FF1310ED45B15FB3
SHA256:C2EEC0466665C4F7D8A11652DEB6B822E23F20D4D578D915CEB7D5EB52B23C12
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
16
DNS requests
5
Threats
1

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
6876
svchost.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
1356
RUXIMICS.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
2120
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
192.168.100.134:49785
unknown
4324
svchost.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
3888
svchost.exe
239.255.255.250:1900
whitelisted
2640
WerFault.exe
104.208.16.94:443
watson.events.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 51.104.136.2
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.184.206
whitelisted
watson.events.data.microsoft.com
  • 104.208.16.94
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
6188
c95139d7900239a1091ff272f01953a9535144f6f4ea4a61febc262ab4537813.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
AV TROJAN Observed Cobalt Strike User-Agent
No debug info