94aa198303b77b482c012aef…

sample

Tracked by C2 Tracker · indicators & metadata only, the APK itself is never published

Analyst notes

Metasploit. Android payloads generated by Metasploit / msfvenom (meterpreter and command stages), running under the package com.metasploit.stage. The payload dials back to LHOST:LPORT, which is the C2. Two config formats appear in the wild. In the older/plain format the transport URL (tcp://, ssl:// or https://LHOST:LPORT) is a const-string in the DEX. In the newer format the stage carries a protobuf TransportConfig in the static byte array Payload.a, parsed by an embedded protobuf-lite runtime (com.metasploit.a); that array is XOR-masked with a per-build 4-byte key, and because the buffer is zero-padded the leading bytes leak the key, so XORing the array by key[i mod 4] recovers the protobuf and its transport URL. Many samples are red-team or test builds pointing at LAN, loopback or 0.0.0.0 addresses (recorded verbatim); live ones use public IPs or tunnel fronts such as *.lhr.life (localhost.run) and *.loca.lt (localtunnel). Indicators: tcp://172.24.135.166:4444.

Recovered configuration

package

com.metasploit.stage

Identification

SHA-256: 94aa198303b77b482c012aef1f91ccb475f077f8527bc66151c7070db4a0b7cf
MD5: 9ac22d9bf277f1afa87c988b373dd71b

Observed

Families: Metasploit
First seen: 2026-10-10

C2 configuration (1)

Every indicator extracted from this sample. One row per C2 - each links to its indicator page with Whois, DNS and certificate pivots.

Indicator	Type	Port	Scheme	Family	First seen
172.24.135.166	ip	4444	tcp	Metasploit	2026-10-10

Signing certificate

Subject CN: -
Issuer CN: -
Fingerprint: befef7ca6d6911e208b98b985e59d621c4badf5887b19a0dfc54a454aae6bee9

Relationships

Sample → C2 indicators, signing certificate (with every other sample signed by it) and family. Click a node for details, double-click to open its page.

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About Metasploit

Android payloads generated by Metasploit / msfvenom (meterpreter and command stages), running under the package com.metasploit.stage. The payload dials back to LHOST:LPORT, which is the C2. Two config formats appear in the wild. In the older/plain format the transport URL (tcp://, ssl:// or https://LHOST:LPORT) is a const-string in the DEX. In the newer format the stage carries a protobuf TransportConfig in the static byte array Payload.a, parsed by an embedded protobuf-lite runtime (com.metasploit.a); that array is XOR-masked with a per-build 4-byte key, and because the buffer is zero-padded the leading bytes leak the key, so XORing the array by key[i mod 4] recovers the protobuf and its transport URL. Many samples are red-team or test builds pointing at LAN, loopback or 0.0.0.0 addresses (recorded verbatim); live ones use public IPs or tunnel fronts such as *.lhr.life (localhost.run) and *.loca.lt (localtunnel).