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Database Entry


Miniduke


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: ca173bac741566c19ba62d3002a3044b064ebcf21a0c2ce4c31e068a3b048c33
SHA3-384 hash: 6402da3e6263fe53cacfa7dfa23b7386959940ebeeaa394d731fdedf9f3b841a2c33d5881b5bd6ce0e3186abb2b99df1
SHA1 hash: 81cd4a3b2663dd726bf70b5c8f34ec802bee4bef
MD5 hash: b6ac9582f8a32a8645c8c6275783784d
humanhash: mirror-solar-table-speaker
File name:svchost.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Miniduke
Create hunting rule
File size:178'688 bytes
First seen:2025-11-23 09:30:17 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash edf0659abd5188c18e493cb2537cb8d9 (38 x Miniduke)
ssdeep 3072:KZ/LhS0rKgHq+rFLIwgoovufDUbZBYIWJkGw5Se:+/LhS0rKE/FLITo9mUIWWGG
Threatray 5 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1AA049E3533E480B1E53316B46DF1AB76967EBC384A71858B9BA41F5F2E34A918339307
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 :
19
Origin country :
IE IE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/40860/
Gathering data
Gathering data
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching the default Windows debugger (dwwin.exe)
DNS request
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Backdoor.CosmicDuke
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/ca173bac741566c19ba62d3002a3044b064ebcf21a0c2ce4c31e068a3b048c33
Result
Gathering data
Score:
97%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/ca173bac741566c19ba62d3002a3044b064ebcf21a0c2ce4c31e068a3b048c33
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
5 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Link:
https://app.malva.re/file/b6ac9582f8a32a8645c8c6275783784d
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/ca173bac741566c19ba62d3002a3044b064ebcf21a0c2ce4c31e068a3b048c33/
Threat name:
Win32.Backdoor.MiniDuke
Create hunting rule
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-22 11:09:22 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
AV detection:
30 of 36 (83.33%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=ziltxlducvtmdg5gfuyafiyejmde5phsdigczzgddydiuoyerqzq._file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
cosmicduke
Create hunting rule
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77cd2b705612246823a22afa826ac4a67d8c6a9fd0f9559abf9d7304703be2bd
Miniduke
b5c571cbe24b37359eb4018bac19e37a2ffc6108d6d1cb5c8c22640397c47596
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c8f977ded6caa261174a6b6c4bc7ce2db2fc5913ffb37086b6a2d0c13c9e682d
Miniduke
ca173bac741566c19ba62d3002a3044b064ebcf21a0c2ce4c31e068a3b048c33
Miniduke
error
Miniduke
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  3/10
Tags:
discovery
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/251123-mekm2atngz/
Behaviour
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
apt Win.Trojan.Zusy-9876296-0
YARA:
detect_apt_APT29
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/362586e8-7916-47e7-8a77-8d2bc319f633
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
ca173bac741566c19ba62d3002a3044b064ebcf21a0c2ce4c31e068a3b048c33
MD5 hash:
b6ac9582f8a32a8645c8c6275783784d
SHA1 hash:
81cd4a3b2663dd726bf70b5c8f34ec802bee4bef
Detections:
win_cosmicduke_w0
Create hunting rule
win_cosmicduke_auto
Create hunting rule
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/9d2a8770-2298-4b9c-bba6-c7e95549c154/
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
1.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/ca173bac741566c19ba62d3002a3044b064ebcf21a0c2ce4c31e068a3b048c33

YARA Signatures

MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

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

File information

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Cape
Cape
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/40860/

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