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Database Entry



CobaltStrike


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a9579b5d3ba68d169058d43b9b9d033897d2e51aceb26f76aa2a250ca337b4e4
SHA3-384 hash: 54375c22e76e8eb381ce1467f03a4e29eca1105c25a779ed4915cef970efeeb4c86f8b0c728e1e7488aa933e775c9c44
SHA1 hash: 9491aad3811e00ddf091722397e2506d24fd6946
MD5 hash: 999091666dbf12a924835e3720ebec86
humanhash: emma-bravo-three-july
File name:a9579b5d3ba68d169058d43b9b9d033897d2e51aceb26f76aa2a250ca337b4e4.exe
Download: download sample
Signature CobaltStrike
File size:817'152 bytes
First seen:2024-07-24 20:05:26 UTC
Last seen:2024-07-24 20:23:41 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash c835453ae34bcf8ba05aeb6ccfa43d54 (1 x CobaltStrike)
ssdeep 6144:YtqXvTUgaSp+vn8A7NFEooGkvgvGeLaAibwzo9lvKkkKz1eWDwCErbkxYMCrYOPp:8qfTbmn8yNFESk4vZ412tPoTPeb
TLSH T1D3053B16EA152DD3D925CEF05EA291132D15F4E70B137A5F3ACC0009FE77BA5AA28DC8
TrID 44.4% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
21.3% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
8.7% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
8.5% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
8.4% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon f8dc888898a88490 (1 x CobaltStrike)
Reporter Anonymous
Tags:Cobalt Strike exe


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Anonymous
this malware sample is very nasty!

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
342
Origin country :
CN CN
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
cobaltstrike
ID:
1
File name:
a9579b5d3ba68d169058d43b9b9d033897d2e51aceb26f76aa2a250ca337b4e4.exe
Verdict:
Suspicious activity
Analysis date:
2024-07-24 20:23:49 UTC
Tags:
cobaltstrike trojan

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
96.5%
Tags:
Network Stealth Malware
Result
Verdict:
Suspicious
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file
Launching a process
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a process with a hidden window
Searching for the window
Creating a window
Launching a service
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug anti-vm expand lolbin microsoft_visual_cc packed rust
Result
Threat name:
CobaltStrike, Metasploit
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
AI detected suspicious sample
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Contains functionality to inject threads in other processes
Found malware configuration
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected CobaltStrike
Yara detected Metasploit Payload
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.CobaltStrike
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2024-04-05 19:52:31 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
19 of 38 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
cobaltstrike
Result
Malware family:
cobaltstrike
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:cobaltstrike backdoor trojan
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Cobaltstrike
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://150.158.75.38:19111/bangumi/play/ep816608
Malware Family:
n/a
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
a9579b5d3ba68d169058d43b9b9d033897d2e51aceb26f76aa2a250ca337b4e4
MD5 hash:
999091666dbf12a924835e3720ebec86
SHA1 hash:
9491aad3811e00ddf091722397e2506d24fd6946
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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
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:SEH__vectored
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Malspam

CobaltStrike

Executable exe a9579b5d3ba68d169058d43b9b9d033897d2e51aceb26f76aa2a250ca337b4e4

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_DLL_CHARACTERISTICSMissing dll Security Characteristics (GUARD_CF)high
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
COM_BASE_APICan Download & Execute componentsole32.dll::CoCreateInstance
ole32.dll::CoInitializeSecurity
WIN32_PROCESS_APICan Create Process and Threadskernel32.dll::CreateRemoteThreadEx
kernel32.dll::CreateProcessW
kernel32.dll::OpenProcess
advapi32.dll::OpenProcessToken
kernel32.dll::VirtualAllocEx
kernel32.dll::WriteProcessMemory
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIkernel32.dll::LoadLibraryA
kernel32.dll::GetCommandLineW
WIN_BASE_EXEC_APICan Execute other programskernel32.dll::WriteConsoleW
kernel32.dll::GetConsoleMode
WIN_BASE_IO_APICan Create Fileskernel32.dll::CopyFileExW
kernel32.dll::CreateFileW
kernel32.dll::MoveFileExW
kernel32.dll::GetWindowsDirectoryW
kernel32.dll::GetSystemDirectoryW
kernel32.dll::GetFileAttributesW
WIN_BCRYPT_APICan Encrypt Filesbcrypt.dll::BCryptGenRandom

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