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Database Entry



CobaltStrike


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: fbfb5217a45ca98abda656c49b61fd79bd6cf3bf96e8a1ed4ba0b15fd2024251
SHA3-384 hash: 1a391527b4b8ea76065b68f80aa971e91dcf1612615fff2251ca3171c882e3657a0d511cbddcb9225d90517258ce29c4
SHA1 hash: 755b96eb228c6b31223115d3b12a6f4bb2d5d7f4
MD5 hash: 6fa88e9b4d4a96be6c8b347904ba6d5d
humanhash: north-winter-pip-single
File name:mlCaue.exe
Download: download sample
Signature CobaltStrike
File size:1'558'096 bytes
First seen:2025-01-21 01:37:32 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f23d328012cba0ba21c054f533944415 (1 x CobaltStrike)
ssdeep 6144:4NSAKmmYlqntJ44DFgmD9uC6hmiRf0h5nSaZdC2d4knIuTJgLxkwkl6kWi2s973:4NSAJmYlqt3DtcHRf0vnSaCAVtgL2wkF
Threatray 476 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T17B75FEA696B6D0F0E602B191207C7B1AC712CBAF20D495553AE8B280DF438775FDDB4B
TrID 44.4% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
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)
Magika pebin
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon aa27616971616986 (1 x CobaltStrike)
Reporter lighting999
Tags:CobaltStrike exe malware

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
610
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
mlCaue.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-01-21 01:48:28 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
93.3%
Tags:
injection cobalt beacon virus
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Launching the default Windows debugger (dwwin.exe)
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
cobalt microsoft_visual_cc
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad
Score:
64 / 100
Signature
AI detected suspicious sample
Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR)
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.CobaltStrike
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2024-12-19 12:15:08 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
3
AV detection:
16 of 24 (66.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
n/a
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
fbfb5217a45ca98abda656c49b61fd79bd6cf3bf96e8a1ed4ba0b15fd2024251
MD5 hash:
6fa88e9b4d4a96be6c8b347904ba6d5d
SHA1 hash:
755b96eb228c6b31223115d3b12a6f4bb2d5d7f4
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:meth_stackstrings
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:PE_Digital_Certificate
Author:albertzsigovits
Rule name:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
Rule name:win_cobalt_strike_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects win.cobalt_strike.

File information


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

Web download

CobaltStrike

Executable exe fbfb5217a45ca98abda656c49b61fd79bd6cf3bf96e8a1ed4ba0b15fd2024251

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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
WIN32_PROCESS_APICan Create Process and ThreadsKERNEL32.dll::CloseHandle
KERNEL32.dll::CreateThread
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIKERNEL32.dll::TerminateProcess
KERNEL32.dll::GetStartupInfoW
WIN_BASE_EXEC_APICan Execute other programsapi-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll::_get_narrow_winmain_command_line

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