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Database Entry



Miniduke


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: c8f977ded6caa261174a6b6c4bc7ce2db2fc5913ffb37086b6a2d0c13c9e682d
SHA3-384 hash: b037f1e6555792523a27a8b7469bbe73fa2fcc3bfa906850d7f57a29c937040ea4974e5b8f996a7aaba7ea03b2b29795
SHA1 hash: 81e9e30d259b174fd70513d3e2e1b7000f488885
MD5 hash: eb8bd03e22623319f8a9c8b591488d55
humanhash: five-double-sad-twelve
File name:svchost.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Miniduke
File size:228'062 bytes
First seen:2025-11-23 09:30:13 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash edf0659abd5188c18e493cb2537cb8d9 (38 x Miniduke)
ssdeep 3072:iLd7OSNuT+5ph2TccViLfCb6cSIWJ+y5Se:iLd7OSNumphAcDWOdIWcs
Threatray 6 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T17124A02132E0C072DD534AB46D62E7668ABF7C149731C9CBBBE41F5E6E786A08139707
TrID 47.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
15.9% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
9.9% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
7.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
6.8% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter Hexastrike
Tags:exe miniduke

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
23
Origin country :
IE IE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
svchost.exe
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2025-11-23 21:18:52 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Gathering data
Result
Verdict:
Clean
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for synchronization primitives
DNS request
Launching the default Windows debugger (dwwin.exe)
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-debug base64 cmd crypto evasive explorer fingerprint keylogger lolbin microsoft_visual_cc
Result
Gathering data
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Backdoor.MiniDuke
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-22 13:42:45 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
AV detection:
29 of 36 (80.56%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  3/10
Tags:
discovery
Behaviour
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
apt Win.Trojan.Zusy-9876296-0
YARA:
detect_apt_APT29
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
c8f977ded6caa261174a6b6c4bc7ce2db2fc5913ffb37086b6a2d0c13c9e682d
MD5 hash:
eb8bd03e22623319f8a9c8b591488d55
SHA1 hash:
81e9e30d259b174fd70513d3e2e1b7000f488885
Detections:
win_cosmicduke_w0 win_cosmicduke_auto
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:detect_apt_APT29
Author:@malgamy12
Description:detect_APT32_malware
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:win_cosmicduke_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects win.cosmicduke.
Rule name:win_cosmicduke_w0
Author:@malgamy12
Description:detect cosmicduke

File information


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