Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
133s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260130-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows - submitted
11/05/2026, 19:41
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
5 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe
Resource
win11-20260130-en
5 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe
- Size 2.1MB
- Sample260511-yea95shs8v
- SHA256 1f8de2ffcc2163f11695e2dc0b574fd79cd93aa6a3b22ae046ed961b9a423745
- MD5 32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef
- SHA1 a4cf5ad4294f03c5c4da41047ecdfaab12df0eb1
- SHA512 7ddded3f1b16be7005ce03bbdb2bfd51d92ebadd5581cacb34a276ae7c9622345b041a13764fdc30ae4357001e1f8470eee215be2480d0f6b98a30dda4a0f24c
- SSDEEP 49152:cm6uJaPXwmci9PF+gpAf+hc9kPLKYh6EB9grEKC+5D:cxuEPbLagukPjYagrT
- TLSH T190A501557BB6C2B7DBC340B20866871E15339DD227AE9EC7F7D03D499D302CA2A3A251
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
6/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\PhysicalDrive0 2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe - Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
pid Process 2720 2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe 2720 2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 16 IoCs
pid Process 2720 2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe 2720 2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe 2720 2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe 2720 2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe 2720 2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe 2720 2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe 2720 2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe 2720 2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe 2720 2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe 2720 2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe 2720 2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe 2720 2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe 2720 2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe 2720 2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe 2720 2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe 2720 2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 2720 2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe"1⤵
- Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:2720
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Tencent\DeskUpdate\Guid.db
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 99c27aea185bfe036fc1c4db09d3f82d6b5360f409e16cdc010a8a18e22c9c99
- MD5 11e7e3831f69ef8252c1ba2181a7c2c2
- SHA1 1ec25e704795c637baab222f8d2311985d75f6e3
- SHA512 ccfadaf1d67251b5745702cffc29915c41f8805c8605e940c2f44b68b13c44ae660f0179af7c7e7729affd2811e7c159393ca7c2098c5f9421287b5804426343
- TLSH T172217BE1624C1DFC995F83C3232134124D693303496729FF2EA5C94D3A9F2092E4E740
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\ProgramData\Tencent\DeskUpdate\GuidInfo.db
- Size 320B
- SHA256 4aab0372a0a2e1b58e908f31e0819178bc095d845498667f6ea6a22a85ab98b6
- MD5 09c706ee85b60fbf3aecdb2206f84893
- SHA1 2d68a6851ac7fcec10ededadd27fa799d6425e2a
- SHA512 165d1227c1f3173efb177a3931208e1f7e5d7759cac9e3ff210de4ee86a626216dc93b4af413b6c961920a864f16a91f77276e06bfed5757e9ab381712a5967a
- TLSH T135E07D76E630EFCDB99F24F063B4FDCC27161A151D9A02DA588411434A60BCC9CEE40D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TencentDownload\~e5859e3\QQPCDownload.dll
- Size 1.9MB
- SHA256 7fae69ebf44c3773697e9e21e43d87d55cf7c0cbf504377014e00e3b29bcbadf
- MD5 c625ac8331c2178b0b0c24ad1198a604
- SHA1 d697e83c074323b9090e55ca1a726755685baf59
- SHA512 76e4aa79b5f305dcd765874678b7dbad9b0d33649dbe00706060373d62b8136660678aed20f5c8667b0324c3b0d3e82da2e0dd4ab2ae625cb92f67ee2571c6f1
- SSDEEP 49152:CngZgCy1+3W3rV+gFubHjaUozerWoM1Ck4:sCs+32rV/sjaUoyrWo
- TLSH T14395AE0136C1C076F9BB5BB0587865AA44BDB9211B206CCF93C4669E7A345D2AF31F3B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TencentDownload\~e5859e3\beacon_sdk.dll
- Size 1.3MB
- SHA256 ad835610539bbfa9e419ce4996d0361d620f8fe3dea8227280236450b7951c2d
- MD5 9f2a418d3184145f8ba406e13ffd2a6b
- SHA1 aa9e1682629361c8605efeaa2ac37f130848dd3e
- SHA512 cce9934fc3ec3fd8f3d030f0d40bf80df2d254324bc80b7c8af2e6b9149579636e08cda8c85e7424132e63bcbb9d1fd368cb4b64d1405d372361fe17c7ca6a42
- SSDEEP 24576:bQnAtm011POqOLUCkgHi1aRq0vCNd3+h9FIhPMD8DgSMes6+PjtzT/s39c5jR:EnAt7xnOL2JIR3aNd3+9FIdzGPj5T/wg
- TLSH T104559E12BE91C472F8CE01B692BB5FBA4D3D5624572944E397D01DA59D302E3BB3E30A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Tencent\DeskUpdate\GlobalMgr.db
- Size 190B
- SHA256 d0007df6ae24ba0752db33b37872d1f2c5286d99035a66cdc4bc99afdca85e34
- MD5 4769fb50fe044244b997fd514c62f69c
- SHA1 da68585cc9b383abbed72f89f5a590fbffb8fd5e
- SHA512 5bf62824624b25de642a5b95504afcecb8809acadd2593cd04ef171bbdd687285d4e8305a48541f8abddd2cf8c8025b11e3abe9bdbc45f776bf9cdb7cc982742
- TLSH T161C012BBD51C9EB75E9E2F63D65064245C4503D1464F5594002430CB5D71710B0ED878
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH