Analysis
- max time kernel
78s - max time network
147s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
17/05/2026, 05:07
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.2MB
- Sample260517-fr3wtaf16l
- SHA256 3bce072fc7a9e79e39b293c92e828068154ed4f5c277dbc36c30ad0f16582f83
- MD5 8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c
- SHA1 c8254677649c3814328fa839d3035f919120b43e
- SHA512 e9983b7007a47cdd901a9667c4fc2bd9fc634bf7488cc3aa24221a1dd637db59366c20cfc22f6f06fd61a57216dff4ef1d0bff285e64ed7588df202b29bfaa4c
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlaTeD5Tvinrm5FQNvTeD5TvinrmgF:A3k03kHRJP56rK56r9
- TLSH T116455A03A2990FA4C25F8174CA968A62E6777C524F2097EF1354BF253F327D0AE39653
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Custom signatureDetects executables packed with ASPack 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/3948-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000700000002439d-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2544-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022b67-12.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/3948-70-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2544-71-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0003000000021605-1281.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0012000000016916-1886.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x000700000002439d-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022b67-12.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x0003000000021605-1281.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x0012000000016916-1886.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 2544 patcher.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinFirewall = "C:\\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\\patcher.exe" 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinFirewall = "C:\\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\\patcher.exe" patcher.exe - Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE$ 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnscfg.exe 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroLayoutRecognizer\AcroLayoutRecognizer.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelperBgt.exe 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SETLANG.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\OLicenseHeartbeat.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\keytool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\kinit.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\maintenanceservice.exe$ 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\wabmig.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider_12.50.6001.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\XboxIdp.exe 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe$ 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jp2launcher.exe 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.XboxApp_48.49.31001.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\XboxApp.exe 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\OFFICE16\LICLUA.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoasb.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SELFCERT.EXE$ 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.GetHelp_10.1706.13331.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\GetHelp.exe 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate32.exe 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WebpImageExtension_1.0.22753.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\codecpacks.webp.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PPTICO.EXE 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SETLANG.EXE 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MixedReality.Portal_2000.19081.1301.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\MixedRealityPortal.Brokered.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe$ 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX64\Microsoft Analysis Services\AS OLEDB\140\SQLDumper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaw.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\CLVIEW.EXE$ 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoev.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\DATABASECOMPARE.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WORDICON.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.exe$ 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SCANPST.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\Wordconv.exe$ 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\ohub32.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\private_browsing.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\GRAPH.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javacpl.exe$ 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaws.exe$ 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\IEContentService.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\maintenanceservice.exe 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2019.19071.12548.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Photos.exe 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\pi_brokers\32BitMAPIBroker.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.exe 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaw.exe 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVLP.exe$ patcher.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 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 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language patcher.exe - NTFS ADS 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 3948 2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 2544 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-17_8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops autorun.inf file
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- NTFS ADS
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:3948
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C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exeC:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops autorun.inf file
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:2544
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.2MB
- SHA256 3bce072fc7a9e79e39b293c92e828068154ed4f5c277dbc36c30ad0f16582f83
- MD5 8415d028d53649faf104d1e56535761c
- SHA1 c8254677649c3814328fa839d3035f919120b43e
- SHA512 e9983b7007a47cdd901a9667c4fc2bd9fc634bf7488cc3aa24221a1dd637db59366c20cfc22f6f06fd61a57216dff4ef1d0bff285e64ed7588df202b29bfaa4c
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlaTeD5Tvinrm5FQNvTeD5TvinrmgF:A3k03kHRJP56rK56r9
- TLSH T116455A03A2990FA4C25F8174CA968A62E6777C524F2097EF1354BF253F327D0AE39653
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\Installer\setup.exe$
- Size 1.7MB
- SHA256 8648766ddad39228d62f326f21536a11ca01b7303b1ba5545e963a177a7de366
- MD5 6026f3dbe6f88a010352c8534f6b1a6b
- SHA1 20a0fd320442ca9ce935e352dbf0800703f7cfdb
- SHA512 d0bc64f7cc7df1f129ebbc87f80ebb07c9caef6595d053504a2fc861949eba24990b47bf95792db18cc1bf46f9c6c41e0d6b1f24c373d010b78a98b9a47002cf
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlaTeD5Tvinrm5FQNvTeD5Tvinrmg9Ur2d29dBrtpDiI:A3k03kHRJP56rK56rlUidGl
- TLSH T130855A02A6980FE5D15F8174CA968662E6737C560F2097DF1394BE293F33AD06E3A713
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 1.8MB
- SHA256 59371432bc9d652d45685a0b4c92caa473a0f76c28b549bec52b90dd2826b605
- MD5 936088d0025cc370c0fc4a55d7789beb
- SHA1 d2d6f101ca104160617ffbf602bcc2b660069ff4
- SHA512 a9a861871d542981baa1ae421c8c61c29daeabfe61b65afd3fc79eb0b0a84697de1ecd035eb63bb633ffc9cde50d24ddacc4824cd8d60f834a2eda44f0dc0c86
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlaTeD5Tvinrm5FQNvTeD5TvinrmgB0Le5ji0hmxNrM:A3k03kHRJP56rK56rJPji0Aj
- TLSH T14B852816E6A84FA5D06FC074C9929656EA733C410F2087DB1354BF293F376D1AA3A723
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe$
- Size 1.3MB
- SHA256 28cf4f959a6d13097ed0d44b4d33b0e93e04a48406a4339312c628eb06218536
- MD5 ddea3a200c98b413701bc05b1ef4a4cd
- SHA1 0485900f690f14c56d85062bfec0164c0d08b9b0
- SHA512 82e9b0f57a7e4190d8ee0e20ee8528793b6cb4b89696238753e31920e7310bf993467fa0b13d06a5aac7e686433e5e3f7ee1ffc0a2c72eb8cfda181b60a22079
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlaTeD5Tvinrm5FQNvTeD5TvinrmgRF:A3k03kHRJP56rK56r7
- TLSH T11D554902E2990FA4C69F9134CD968A62E6377D910F205BEF1354BF253F327D0AA39653
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH