Analysis
- max time kernel
83s - max time network
132s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
22/05/2026, 15:19
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
windows11-21h2-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- Sample260522-sqd8aahy2x
- SHA256 fc7cc306c8eb172fc78393956cbc3f2ab533e6dbc01ddcdac9a7f2e51bedbd10
- MD5 09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a
- SHA1 ac69d40324929a90dd9d1633c86205b76715d10a
- SHA512 2d11f062bd17396060b3688d96625536dd9581beedcfb40fe094d0c9d870371c420007bdaabac37f18ef463992221668e459300a4f1552e1865032b9d417ccf6
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bRaQxbgii+gJ0Le5ji0hmxNrM:A3k03kHRJtPji0Aj
- TLSH T166658C17F6A402B5D027C1B9C5D69A6AEE7138821B3086CF1359C7283F63BD19B3A771
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/3328-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0007000000024434-6.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2156-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022bd0-12.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/3328-40-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2156-59-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x00020000000216a2-1268.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0007000000024461-1566.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x0007000000024434-6.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x0003000000022bd0-12.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x00020000000216a2-1268.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x0007000000024461-1566.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 2156 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" patcher.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinFirewall = "C:\\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\\patcher.exe" 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_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\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe$ 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jp2launcher.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOSREC.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTEM.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PPTICO.EXE$ 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PerfBoost.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SCANPST.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\FLTLDR.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\AppSharingHookController.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\accicons.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.ShowHelp.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.VP9VideoExtensions_1.0.22681.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\codecpacks.VP9.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ExtExport.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe$ 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\ShapeCollector.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\policytool.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOSYNC.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\maintenanceservice.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jp2launcher.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\visicon.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoev.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrServicesUpdater.exe$ 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroLayoutRecognizer\AcroLayoutRecognizer.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe$ 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate32.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\Wordconv.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\xlicons.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\wabmig.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\java-rmi.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\rmiregistry.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WebMediaExtensions_1.0.20875.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.WebMediaExtensions.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrServicesUpdater.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\servertool.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\DATABASECOMPARE.EXE 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WORDICON.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\OLicenseHeartbeat.exe$ 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX86\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\eqnedt32.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsCamera_2018.826.98.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\WindowsCamera.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe$ 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\java.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaws.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\sscicons.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\ktab.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\unpack200.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.exe 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.ShowHelp.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\maintenanceservice.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 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_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 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 3328 2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 2156 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a_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:3328
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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:2156
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 fc7cc306c8eb172fc78393956cbc3f2ab533e6dbc01ddcdac9a7f2e51bedbd10
- MD5 09a496e7aae9620fcf6508720ee1079a
- SHA1 ac69d40324929a90dd9d1633c86205b76715d10a
- SHA512 2d11f062bd17396060b3688d96625536dd9581beedcfb40fe094d0c9d870371c420007bdaabac37f18ef463992221668e459300a4f1552e1865032b9d417ccf6
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bRaQxbgii+gJ0Le5ji0hmxNrM:A3k03kHRJtPji0Aj
- TLSH T166658C17F6A402B5D027C1B9C5D69A6AEE7138821B3086CF1359C7283F63BD19B3A771
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevated_tracing_service.exe
- Size 1.6MB
- SHA256 c4e5277661cb80cdc20275d03b3666f1c58d91d281d57c308dc21f251a1d030d
- MD5 ad775784b5e7335ca4856c5dde6deda6
- SHA1 3bf99b76c29cc6e3f50c6f9915bfe8fa24f7dcfd
- SHA512 4502719e9edfa7d868bbef5cd8ae57fbb128957e377a725c53bdf96a65572b4ea3df4ad852b6195299dbb2b8c1e0097a14cd290dd64c234483fcdc15be520bb1
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bRaQxbgii+gJ0Le5ji0hmxNrMdTjE:A3k03kHRJtPji0Ajow
- TLSH T15A757C17F6A402B5D067C1B8C5D69A5AEB71388217309ACF1358C7282F63BD19F3A771
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 2.0MB
- SHA256 3ae547110723a4b48a79d0554e814defb9d142e2d95054e138a07e3b0f4df9ff
- MD5 5156b6455510d7c359f2383ea0cb0117
- SHA1 763c3e20ecb54d40881aa0da1a4e51f8bf3831e5
- SHA512 c39501fc509e37e2eab1da4b550392fd8419dfd698a9ae9965a52606d87e9ea93b9993bc6c0f315ec5e80ae29076cbd5c670c7e9a4cb529bce9f51be49cda25a
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bRaQxbgii+gJ0Le5ji0hmxNrMD0Le5ji0hJ:A3k03kHRJtPji0AjKPji0Aj
- TLSH T168A57C16F6B44375D073C0B9C5D2A69AEE71348217308ACB1399C7283F67BE59A3A731
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-006E-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe$
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 72fdae0c62f320f654074b5897f280bca81f095732cc5d1136974b1bbe5340d7
- MD5 e50e031fbc75e72ebb35b8b7cb64d0a1
- SHA1 101fc32d275fbb7d66477ee365e3ed74665dd055
- SHA512 d0e666619955694b67b1163820c5af012ab44d86798d73c6210167b18810ca303ff1b5538027adc40450946dfbc33537f7d6e544b2d907dbd8477338eff4f5a5
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98bRaQxbgii+gJ0Le5ji0hmxNrMPF:A3k03kHRJtPji0Ajq
- TLSH T15B757C17F6A402B5D067C074C9D69A56EA713D821B308ADF1358F7282F73BD1AA3A770
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH