Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    99s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    04/05/2026, 12:31

General

  • Target
    2026-05-04_1ed530d76cd6260a12c3d267286e513b_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 2.2MB
  • Sample260504-pp7xesbw5y
  • SHA256 3fc92393083972116e1009387dffaeeb0499b35c91fd52bb7dbc17c7691ef601
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-04_1ed530d76cd6260a12c3d267286e513b_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-04_1ed530d76cd6260a12c3d267286e513b_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4964
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2720
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\UpdatAuto.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5048
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3028

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 2.8MB
        • SHA256 f36c87f8e4fb6e46d971acdd8caf29c2477086383afb0ae3f13f102988cf9bc4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 3.2MB
        • SHA256 3662c928f0da56abced76783a89ba00bf6cdef5c1f9436f79bd12c19b4302b12
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 2.9MB
        • SHA256 3d5874dc6f785127bab555981fa79f38d940fdd5fecf36f88bab8484046779a6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 2.3MB
        • SHA256 23e5151c5bd56f373e399b7f2a922feab9a5848ce5a5d71b78c2f94b1ac7c507
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 8.3MB
        • SHA256 0d6c9c51de17a2e05c98543a0d5d1b3ff6903f82b9df83c0c5f139dd2c99571c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_pwa_launcher.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Size 4.0MB
        • SHA256 86e82b86916a3cd7e3e4f98ec890c9dbf05c603ad983ef24c84bb78953709555
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevated_tracing_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.exe
        • Size 5.7MB
        • SHA256 fd8ccc89af91a8abcca9ba32d6368290e33da15f9b88d1b487e608c671a5860b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 4.5MB
        • SHA256 db195ceab36418bc0a91c443190a8283a29c64cec24ae5e7e801b84e1cda0596
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 3.9MB
        • SHA256 7a5008d2267c655f912d8865b58ef0b6b3ebe6f92708eff773037327f389569a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        os_update_handler.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe
        • Size 4.1MB
        • SHA256 e7c9a10de3cd46abb351305226495531ad2f2c91859c34287acb6d6d6118e5c4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 5.3MB
        • SHA256 8b6b5cc6b7149a051684f09dbb8b871aa76473648213116877892c4aa4b1e71b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 3.7MB
        • SHA256 9c4fe1e6e7fc10e2191836dd761b2c8c8ffb17fa81b2772683260644f97b0d63
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 2.3MB
        • SHA256 65588e4605f170dcd75df9b5e27b3d7c1addf5b70841eb87f36aa3797f5e6d0f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 2.3MB
        • SHA256 03f6f0ed9d96a6342360c999402139d31013cb2b5499bab28980acb0434453a3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 2.3MB
        • SHA256 674baaf4c6a02240a801d2fd77be85b693d375d7df588ff3e6064ee135eee059
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 2.3MB
        • SHA256 5e50c919a6db4e6d9e48743c816d9cac27eae57b75e6731b317b312f5d1a5e5f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 2.3MB
        • SHA256 dd98998a150b16debf0765e6a5507623aa3c7870950bcf31f5ae43f6f6bee7e9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 2.3MB
        • SHA256 fbe8d8bda92602dce091f2d94f3af49c25b60682b033dd70c344b85b6f6dd1a2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 26a5c8c96cf50eed0e33cadba90ba14956b7fc4681f78976375ef1288677eedd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 2.3MB
        • SHA256 0c6e1ed212325c226f97cb806bbfe45f8a569bb735fb09f3a6d16c34485634aa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 2.3MB
        • SHA256 66073291f54f378fa13cfe2e9f189fe4bbbe5dbdf7c0785451d69245e45a4a72
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 2.3MB
        • SHA256 9985419ccfead9ef2281c3a6906ee8562b81073752ec0904c3daf292d2f9851c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Option.bat

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Option.bat
        • Size 53B
        • SHA256 0bc485263cf8a962e64db0b88f156f2a9af1b81ecfdb1cf9111d497e85df70f3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        UpdatAuto.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
        • Size 2.2MB
        • SHA256 3fc92393083972116e1009387dffaeeb0499b35c91fd52bb7dbc17c7691ef601
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 2.2MB
        • SHA256 e09ac8e944fc45d68a563d7ccfda9ec4e91d16f4df6345389b3f1da381cf8e66
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 2.2MB
        • SHA256 2fab11bdc0f84339c0eb1812681e9811cdd0d9bb70ab2f025277fb0eecb34b6f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 2.2MB
        • SHA256 7b90434d0af2f9f5c2003c95cd3995ae1ffdb99bd435d676f8efc4431c9c2b5d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 2.2MB
        • SHA256 8936e427ea20b54f699127d8fa039803b0ac7e076908755ba5a0cbd9b551a4ff
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 2.2MB
        • SHA256 1e13f46d3f841de2a9a0727e49633ca0e5b6265131c3f4c861500b973b7285d0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 2.2MB
        • SHA256 7b6d3078d45c9726727a844e0dddf82c9a23f96cd1f60d7a008de9d860c82e0b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 2.2MB
        • SHA256 886cc1baddb4ef6fcfff952a4c1e86761bdfb5fad83c312c7d776572f086809d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 2.2MB
        • SHA256 768e53562f571a7f0e3628922ad56c4ea20377064066a218b7b4d7ea43a999d8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4964-78-0x0000000000B80000-0x0000000000BA5000-memory.dmp

        memory/5048-86-0x0000000000A40000-0x0000000000A65000-memory.dmp