File name:

we.exe

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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: June 11, 2024, 08:32:00
OS: Windows 11 Professional (build: 22000, 64 bit)
Tags:
cobaltstrike
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64, for MS Windows
MD5:

E62157F5FD27534CCE24895BCD7BC34A

SHA1:

C69DEB84BAD205A5D35ABFB1EF441C9FAA8D8FDB

SHA256:

E17488B7B3C9A600DCA703CF0AEB28A4CD8FA229E931EDBC206F6EF3FD66B03B

SSDEEP:

49152:7ohxx8sxwz6+DE6FzSkLbfy1akWuFkEgTAG0eIoQcSbcf3dwSZiUeKkfQGG0eVvs:0x8sxP+ZSkvkWp9TAG0HoQcSbcf3N09

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Drops the executable file immediately after the start

      • we.exe (PID: 3696)

    • COBALTSTRIKE has been detected (YARA)

      • we.exe (PID: 3696)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Starts a Microsoft application from unusual location

      • we.exe (PID: 3696)

    • Process drops legitimate windows executable

      • we.exe (PID: 3696)

    • Reads the Internet Settings

      • we.exe (PID: 3696)

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • we.exe (PID: 3696)

  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • MiniSearchHost.exe (PID: 3440)
      • we.exe (PID: 3696)

    • Reads the computer name

      • we.exe (PID: 3696)
      • MiniSearchHost.exe (PID: 3440)

    • Checks proxy server information

      • we.exe (PID: 3696)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (50)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (49.9)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: AMD AMD64
TimeStamp: 2024:04:23 02:09:22+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, Large address aware
PEType: PE32+
LinkerVersion: 14.38
CodeSize: 1987072
InitializedDataSize: 1836032
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x1ad1e0
OSVersion: 6
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 6
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 12.0.19041.1
ProductVersionNumber: 12.0.19041.1
FileFlagsMask: 0x0000
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Windows NT 32-bit
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
CharacterSet: Unicode
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription: Microsoft Windows Media Player Setup Utility
FileVersion: 12.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
InternalName: unregmp2.exe
LegalCopyright: ? Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
OriginalFileName: unregmp2.exe
ProductName: Microsoft? Windows? Operating System
ProductVersion: 12.0.19041.1
No data.
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Total processes
94
Monitored processes
2
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start #COBALTSTRIKE we.exe minisearchhost.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
3440"C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\MiniSearchHost.exe" -ServerName:MiniSearchUI.AppXj3y73at8fy1htwztzxs68sxx1v7cksp7.mcaC:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\MiniSearchHost.exe—svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Version:
421.22500.3595.0
Modules
Images
c:\windows\systemapps\microsoftwindows.client.cbs_cw5n1h2txyewy\minisearchhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\program files\windowsapps\microsoft.vclibs.140.00_14.0.30704.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\vcruntime140_app.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel.appcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
3696"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\we.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\we.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft Windows Media Player Setup Utility
Version:
12.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\we.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
Total events
3 739
Read events
3 728
Write events
11
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(3696) we.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:ProxyBypass
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3696) we.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:IntranetName
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3696) we.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:UNCAsIntranet
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3696) we.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:AutoDetect
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3440) MiniSearchHost.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Software\Microsoft\TIP\AggregateResults
Operation:writeName:data
Value:
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
(PID) Process:(3440) MiniSearchHost.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Software\Microsoft\TIP\AggregateResults
Operation:writeName:data
Value:
(PID) Process:(3440) MiniSearchHost.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Software\Microsoft\TIP\AggregateResults
Operation:writeName:timestamp
Value:
425D696600000000
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
0
Text files
0
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

No data
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HTTP(S) requests
11
TCP/UDP connections
23
DNS requests
9
Threats
1

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
3984
svchost.exe
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
—
—
unknown
1332
svchost.exe
GET
200
88.221.110.216:80
http://www.msftconnecttest.com/connecttest.txt
unknown
—
—
unknown
3984
svchost.exe
GET
304
95.101.54.105:80
http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/disallowedcertstl.cab?b9ee5475c4affcc6
unknown
—
—
unknown
2868
OfficeClickToRun.exe
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D
unknown
—
—
unknown
1088
svchost.exe
POST
403
2.19.105.250:80
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=252669&clcid=0x409
unknown
—
—
unknown
1088
svchost.exe
POST
403
2.19.105.250:80
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=252669&clcid=0x409
unknown
—
—
unknown
1088
svchost.exe
POST
403
2.19.105.250:80
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=252669&clcid=0x409
unknown
—
—
unknown
1088
svchost.exe
POST
403
2.19.105.250:80
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=252669&clcid=0x409
unknown
—
—
unknown
1088
svchost.exe
POST
403
2.19.105.250:80
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=252669&clcid=0x409
unknown
—
—
unknown
1088
svchost.exe
POST
403
2.19.105.250:80
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=252669&clcid=0x409
unknown
—
—
unknown
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4552
svchost.exe
239.255.255.250:1900
—
—
—
unknown
1332
svchost.exe
88.221.110.147:80
—
Akamai International B.V.
DE
unknown
1332
svchost.exe
88.221.110.216:80
—
Akamai International B.V.
DE
unknown
3984
svchost.exe
40.126.31.69:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
unknown
3984
svchost.exe
95.101.54.105:80
ctldl.windowsupdate.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
unknown
3984
svchost.exe
192.229.221.95:80
ocsp.digicert.com
EDGECAST
US
whitelisted
1088
svchost.exe
2.19.105.250:80
go.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
unknown
2844
svchost.exe
13.89.179.11:443
v10.events.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
unknown
2844
svchost.exe
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
2868
OfficeClickToRun.exe
13.89.179.8:443
self.events.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
unknown

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
login.live.com
  • 40.126.31.69
  • 40.126.31.71
  • 20.190.159.0
  • 20.190.159.23
  • 20.190.159.4
  • 20.190.159.71
  • 40.126.31.73
  • 20.190.159.2
whitelisted
ctldl.windowsupdate.com
  • 95.101.54.105
  • 95.101.54.113
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 192.229.221.95
whitelisted
go.microsoft.com
  • 2.19.105.250
whitelisted
v10.events.data.microsoft.com
  • 13.89.179.11
whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 20.73.194.208
whitelisted
self.events.data.microsoft.com
  • 13.89.179.8
whitelisted
fs.microsoft.com
  • 184.28.90.27
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
1332
svchost.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO Microsoft Connection Test
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we.exe