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Target
2026-05-29_ebaf494c8262dc95ac8cb1d46f23d813_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_mespinoza_vidar
Size 1.0MB
Sample260529-vr1tsacy6m
SHA256 4f6ff72008f23f1dc42c3ddfeb89db3189a4541d890be26cae989564a0d2a9cf
MD5 ebaf494c8262dc95ac8cb1d46f23d813
SHA1 9f8c8d2a309805b681ddd95632809cd4cb36d394
SHA512 207ff8ba3b1be8e7794cd15eebeb08dc400cc8fba14c1a4ee5ee9ba35f892dcac0fbc1ca30a5d743e059c2b1c8dcd1e07bb9b436dda298b392dedf6c1efa63e4
SSDEEP 12288:dDPdMWuatuPtXmMf0dBKwZC2tDclPZp/wN6cayZCNnZfevQ68KdmfEEH:pdx5tul2Mf0dYwZCUUrmayEnZf8eKdYH
TLSH
T192354A2569C45F66D13F9234CA919256EB777E520F2183DF32885E2A3F721C0AE37623
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

3^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Unsigned PE 1 IoCs

Checks for missing Authenticode signature.

resource
2026-05-29_ebaf494c8262dc95ac8cb1d46f23d813_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_mespinoza_vidar

File Explorer

2026-05-29_ebaf494c8262dc95ac8cb1d46f23d813_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_mespinoza_vidar

.exe 1.0MB

2026-05-29_ebaf494c8262dc95ac8cb1d46f23d813_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_mespinoza_vidar

IMPHASH 583f9312e901b4f30064bf5c3d929a53
SHA256 4f6ff72008f23f1dc42c3ddfeb89db3189a4541d890be26cae989564a0d2a9cf
MD5 ebaf494c8262dc95ac8cb1d46f23d813
SHA1 9f8c8d2a309805b681ddd95632809cd4cb36d394
SHA512 207ff8ba3b1be8e7794cd15eebeb08dc400cc8fba14c1a4ee5ee9ba35f892dcac0fbc1ca30a5d743e059c2b1c8dcd1e07bb9b436dda298b392dedf6c1efa63e4
SSDEEP 12288:dDPdMWuatuPtXmMf0dBKwZC2tDclPZp/wN6cayZCNnZfevQ68KdmfEEH:pdx5tul2Mf0dYwZCUUrmayEnZf8eKdYH
TLSH
T192354A2569C45F66D13F9234CA919256EB777E520F2183DF32885E2A3F721C0AE37623
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

windows:6 windows x86 arch:x86

Unsigned PE

Checks for missing Authenticode signature.

Minor OS version

Major OS version

Entry point

29985

Magic Number

267

Subsystem

IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI

DLL Characteristics

IMAGE_DLLCHARACTERISTICS_DYNAMIC_BASE IMAGE_DLLCHARACTERISTICS_NX_COMPAT IMAGE_DLLCHARACTERISTICS_TERMINAL_SERVER_AWARE

File Characteristics

IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE

PDB paths

P:\Target\x86\ship\filters\x-none\fltldr.pdb

gdi32

SetEnhMetaFileBits GetEnhMetaFileBits DeleteEnhMetaFile SetMetaFileBitsEx GetMetaFileBitsEx DeleteMetaFile

kernel32

GetModuleFileNameA IsWow64Process QueryDepthSList InterlockedPushEntrySList TryEnterCriticalSection GetProcessAffinityMask WerUnregisterMemoryBlock QueryFullProcessImageNameW OpenProcess ReleaseMutex WaitForMultipleObjects RtlCaptureStackBackTrace InterlockedPopEntrySList CreateThread WaitForMultipleObjectsEx GetTickCount64 GetThreadIOPendingFlag GetCurrentThread PostQueuedCompletionStatus GetQueuedCompletionStatus CreateIoCompletionPort GetModuleFileNameW GetShortPathNameA OutputDebugStringA CreateMemoryResourceNotification GetModuleHandleA LoadLibraryW EncodePointer DecodePointer FormatMessageW SetLastError RaiseFailFastException MultiByteToWideChar FlsAlloc FlsGetValue FlsSetValue FlsFree EnterCriticalSection LeaveCriticalSection InitializeCriticalSectionEx DeleteCriticalSection SetEvent ResetEvent ReleaseSemaphore WaitForSingleObjectEx CreateEventExW GetCurrentThreadId GetEnvironmentVariableW CreateFileW ReadFile WriteFile WaitForSingleObject GetCurrentProcess TerminateProcess QueryPerformanceCounter GetProcessHeap HeapSetInformation GetCurrentProcessId GetSystemTimeAsFileTime GetTickCount VirtualProtect WerRegisterMemoryBlock CreateEventW UnhandledExceptionFilter SetUnhandledExceptionFilter IsProcessorFeaturePresent InitializeSListHead IsDebuggerPresent GetStartupInfoW RaiseException GetSystemInfo VirtualQuery FreeLibrary LoadLibraryExA IsSystemResumeAutomatic GetSystemPowerStatus GetVersionExW CreateMutexA CreateEventA OpenEventA OpenMutexA CreateSemaphoreA OpenSemaphoreA CreateFileMappingA OpenFileMappingA GlobalAlloc GlobalFree HeapAlloc HeapFree LocalAlloc LocalFree SetWaitableTimerEx CancelWaitableTimer CreateWaitableTimerW LoadResource SizeofResource WideCharToMultiByte GetCommandLineW LoadLibraryExW GetProcAddress GetModuleHandleW UnmapViewOfFile MapViewOfFile CreateFileMappingW GetLastError CloseHandle Sleep FindResourceW

vcruntime140

memset __telemetry_main_invoke_trigger memcpy __std_type_info_name __std_terminate memcmp __CxxFrameHandler3 memmove wcsrchr wcschr __telemetry_main_return_trigger __vcrt_InitializeCriticalSectionEx _except_handler4_common _CxxThrowException

msvcp140

_Thrd_id ?_Xout_of_range@std@@YAXPBD@Z ?_Xlength_error@std@@YAXPBD@Z ?_Xbad_alloc@std@@YAXXZ _Thrd_sleep _Xtime_get_ticks

api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0

_get_narrow_winmain_command_line _initialize_narrow_environment _initterm _initterm_e _set_app_type _seh_filter_exe _invalid_parameter_noinfo_noreturn exit _exit _clearfp terminate _cexit _c_exit _register_thread_local_exe_atexit_callback _controlfp_s _crt_atexit _errno _invalid_parameter_noinfo _initialize_onexit_table _register_onexit_function _configure_narrow_argv

api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0

wcsncpy_s wcscpy_s strncpy_s strnlen strcpy_s wcscmp wcsnlen isdigit

api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0

malloc realloc free _set_new_mode

api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0

__stdio_common_vsprintf_s __p__commode _set_fmode __stdio_common_vswprintf __stdio_common_vswprintf_s

api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0

_libm_sse2_log_precise _libm_sse2_exp_precise __setusermatherr _except1

api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0

_configthreadlocale __initialize_lconv_for_unsigned_char

advapi32

ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW ConvertSidToStringSidA SetSecurityDescriptorDacl InitializeSecurityDescriptor GetTokenInformation OpenProcessToken RegSetValueExW RegQueryValueExW RegCloseKey EventUnregister EventRegister EventWrite RevertToSelf RegCreateKeyExW RegOpenKeyExW OpenThreadToken CopySid GetLengthSid GetSidSubAuthority IsValidSid AddAccessAllowedAce AddAccessDeniedAce AllocateAndInitializeSid CreateWellKnownSid EqualSid FreeSid GetSecurityDescriptorDacl InitializeAcl

ole32

CoRevokeInitializeSpy CoRegisterInitializeSpy CoUninitialize CoCreateGuid CoInitializeEx

Name

.text

Size

153KB

Virtual Size

153KB

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ

Name

.rdata

Size

33KB

Virtual Size

33KB

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ

Name

.data

Size

72KB

Virtual Size

72KB

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE

Name

.tls

Size

512B

Virtual Size

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE

Name

.rsrc

Size

1KB

Virtual Size

1KB

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ

Name

.reloc

Size

10KB

Virtual Size

10KB

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ

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gdi32

kernel32

vcruntime140

msvcp140

api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0

api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0

api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0

api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0

api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0

api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0

advapi32

ole32

generic