Analysis
- max time kernel
92s - max time network
96s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows - submitted
17/05/2026, 15:56
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
windows11-21h2-x64
8 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
- Size 729KB
- Sample260517-tdmvbsew2q
- SHA256 434276dc3b0a6e5c3bfd1cd875b3f0a2912fc3342c8651a6e4b232ac4e28aed9
- MD5 d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2
- SHA1 b2cd859a8a425610ab719494b1f501351d2bb4fc
- SHA512 800e5710fb2942b162ad6dcc308f66eb2d439d784135c91fbbba8c22768df560d1b39f3b5c55de06be6abb65ab43358edd6eec3618573538a86342f68e7458a3
- SSDEEP 12288:A3ZUnXoZ643ZUnXoZ6irWcRGJlFsazgplL:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlaazgplL
- TLSH T1A6F49D17E79500E8D00AC1789AAA9A32FB75BC561730A3DF2358C6152F63BD06F3E794
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Custom signatureDetects executables packed with ASPack 3 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/1140-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x001b00000002b58e-7.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/1140-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x001b00000002b58e-7.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinFirewall = "C:\\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\\patcher.exe" 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe - Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 1 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_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe$ 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoasb.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\rmiregistry.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\kinit.exe$ 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ssvagent.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\NAMECONTROLSERVER.EXE 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SELFCERT.EXE$ 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\pack200.exe$ 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\unpack200.exe$ 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.NetFX45.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOHTMED.EXE$ 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\wordicon.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe$ 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\java-rmi.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jjs.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PDFREFLOW.EXE 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe$ 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe$ 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaws.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\kinit.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SkypeSrv\SKYPESERVER.EXE 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ktab.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\servertool.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Getstarted_10.2.41172.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\WhatsNew.Store.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe$ 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\CNFNOT32.EXE$ 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX86\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\eqnedt32.exe$ 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.0.42251.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\AppInstallerElevatedAppServiceClient.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaws.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe$ 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelperBgt.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\Smart Tag\SmartTagInstall.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\grv_icons.exe$ 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe$ 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaws.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\XLICONS.EXE 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\xlicons.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\excelcnv.exe$ 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OLCFG.EXE$ 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe$ 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpconfig.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaw.exe$ 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe$ 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jp2launcher.exe 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.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 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe - NTFS ADS 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 1140 2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
Processes
-
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-17_d6188e7dd9604d4c6c07d43b7b185ce2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.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:1140
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Replay Monitor
Loading Replay Monitor...
Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.4MB
- SHA256 aa99282df5f3ce8d8c910720abfd7ed1512e6ae92e97b0c27d2f100768e0a702
- MD5 f4ebc8f67ee1f3bc8256c87d9ac20d48
- SHA1 0086eb307bc6d1ddd5cdedab73fae20407936bbb
- SHA512 e858f47809a494eccd85526ed9acc76f83ad25f24ce463780c0f7bb1a0dec090668ccf5d1ca05fac20be3b0e8d5bdadd0ea941079a84ec99a451e26d48be1829
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlaazgplK3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlaazgplL:A3k03kHRJt3k03kHRJo
- TLSH T1AC659D17E79500E8D00AC1789AAA9A32FB75BC561730A3DF2358C6152F63BD06F3E794
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH