File name:

f4bc0fd36a8a3e2e11ae39fa4991b74ea92cf86b2c25cff02a76fd3b0018c6a9

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/fea2f7a6-3eaa-470c-9ae7-6ecee9821e96
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: March 24, 2025, 14:27:48
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:
cobaltstrike
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows, 6 sections
MD5:

2EBFF82217D45035FB94F186048A53B1

SHA1:

57C43FD2334BFA22DFE3360DA3111A268476737B

SHA256:

F4BC0FD36A8A3E2E11AE39FA4991B74EA92CF86B2C25CFF02A76FD3B0018C6A9

SSDEEP:

192:bJkwn8tIO7Yv8WqPq4jju24jjLAemNsd4fYuIAP69DhhYFV6hJUXq1+dye67f1i/:p8tIO7Yv8WqS4QuIAP6iYaXs+west3

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  • MALICIOUS

    • COBALTSTRIKE has been detected (YARA)

      • f4bc0fd36a8a3e2e11ae39fa4991b74ea92cf86b2c25cff02a76fd3b0018c6a9.exe (PID: 2088)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • f4bc0fd36a8a3e2e11ae39fa4991b74ea92cf86b2c25cff02a76fd3b0018c6a9.exe (PID: 2088)

    • Executes application which crashes

      • f4bc0fd36a8a3e2e11ae39fa4991b74ea92cf86b2c25cff02a76fd3b0018c6a9.exe (PID: 2088)

  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • f4bc0fd36a8a3e2e11ae39fa4991b74ea92cf86b2c25cff02a76fd3b0018c6a9.exe (PID: 2088)

    • Checks proxy server information

      • f4bc0fd36a8a3e2e11ae39fa4991b74ea92cf86b2c25cff02a76fd3b0018c6a9.exe (PID: 2088)
      • slui.exe (PID: 2384)

    • Reads the computer name

      • f4bc0fd36a8a3e2e11ae39fa4991b74ea92cf86b2c25cff02a76fd3b0018c6a9.exe (PID: 2088)

    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • WerFault.exe (PID: 5776)

    • Reads the software policy settings

      • slui.exe (PID: 2384)
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CobalStrike

(PID) Process(2088) f4bc0fd36a8a3e2e11ae39fa4991b74ea92cf86b2c25cff02a76fd3b0018c6a9.exe
C2192.168.1.150:9999/UTmG
HeadersUser-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0; MASB)
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: 2025:03:24 12:21:49+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, Large address aware
PEType: PE32+
LinkerVersion: 14.42
CodeSize: 7680
InitializedDataSize: 10752
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x2060
OSVersion: 6
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 6
Subsystem: Windows command line
No data.
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Total processes
128
Monitored processes
4
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start #COBALTSTRIKE f4bc0fd36a8a3e2e11ae39fa4991b74ea92cf86b2c25cff02a76fd3b0018c6a9.exe conhost.exe no specs werfault.exe no specs slui.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2088"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\f4bc0fd36a8a3e2e11ae39fa4991b74ea92cf86b2c25cff02a76fd3b0018c6a9.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\f4bc0fd36a8a3e2e11ae39fa4991b74ea92cf86b2c25cff02a76fd3b0018c6a9.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
3221225477
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\f4bc0fd36a8a3e2e11ae39fa4991b74ea92cf86b2c25cff02a76fd3b0018c6a9.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\vcruntime140_1.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp140.dll
c:\windows\system32\vcruntime140.dll
c:\windows\system32\wininet.dll
CobalStrike
(PID) Process(2088) f4bc0fd36a8a3e2e11ae39fa4991b74ea92cf86b2c25cff02a76fd3b0018c6a9.exe
C2192.168.1.150:9999/UTmG
HeadersUser-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/5.0; MASB)
2384C:\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
4408\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe—f4bc0fd36a8a3e2e11ae39fa4991b74ea92cf86b2c25cff02a76fd3b0018c6a9.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
5776C:\WINDOWS\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 2088 -s 580C:\Windows\System32\WerFault.exe—f4bc0fd36a8a3e2e11ae39fa4991b74ea92cf86b2c25cff02a76fd3b0018c6a9.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\cryptsp.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
Total events
5 478
Read events
5 478
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
3
Text files
1
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
5776WerFault.exeC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_f4bc0fd36a8a3e2e_dbf0f0c2ae22de8b0511fc0be5f522c2c9a7878_fce48952_dfc7dd51-3d8d-4dbc-ac9d-256e2faf8584\Report.wer —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
5776WerFault.exeC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER4768.tmp.xmlxml
MD5:2B88D7F2B3231D5FB20558A4723B60B3
SHA256:B1FBBB4A43A0B7E1F15D233DA570C44E6403B02A80934BB51F3C7D401D142CB3
5776WerFault.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\f4bc0fd36a8a3e2e11ae39fa4991b74ea92cf86b2c25cff02a76fd3b0018c6a9.exe.2088.dmpbinary
MD5:E6F48623F1AE665BB051697EBC934CD2
SHA256:7CF3F9DC9C62C15F534064A04F6079A31A24BE0D8B50F69A95A517CF6C85722B
5776WerFault.exeC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER469B.tmp.dmpbinary
MD5:F9AC64B4A13B6A34C25FA409A1CD8153
SHA256:11C4674C74620AF40BB1E1A5B3D444BF1DF4A4F371914F836B79AB9ED3C0D37A
5776WerFault.exeC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER4748.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xmlbinary
MD5:A0F2EFC1755C88D96B56BD198EAD092F
SHA256:EC3CF7EBA7086D1382548F16AFAAE579D97A163BA9840D571A1838BFAC6DC453
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HTTP(S) requests
3
TCP/UDP connections
21
DNS requests
4
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
2104
svchost.exe
GET
200
2.16.164.120:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
POST
500
20.83.72.98:443
https://activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com/SLActivateProduct/SLActivateProduct.asmx?configextension=Retail
unknown
xml
512 b
whitelisted
—
—
POST
500
20.83.72.98:443
https://activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com/SLActivateProduct/SLActivateProduct.asmx?configextension=Retail
unknown
xml
512 b
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
2104
svchost.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
—
—
192.168.100.62:49748
—
—
—
unknown
2104
svchost.exe
2.16.164.120:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
3268
slui.exe
20.83.72.98:443
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted
2384
slui.exe
20.83.72.98:443
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 40.127.240.158
whitelisted
google.com
  • 216.58.206.78
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 2.16.164.120
  • 2.16.164.72
whitelisted
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com
  • 20.83.72.98
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
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