Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    30/05/2026, 03:23

General

  • Target
    2026-05-30_640e5ea6e7ec72d699a1c92d493b4d71_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 8.6MB
  • Sample260530-dxt5rafw6p
  • SHA256 e3fb12a2886148703b82078805a79c29e21cec596ab429dfaebd9118f3771564
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-30_640e5ea6e7ec72d699a1c92d493b4d71_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-30_640e5ea6e7ec72d699a1c92d493b4d71_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1660
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4128
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\UpdatAuto.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1896
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2768

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 9.2MB
        • SHA256 0ade7439acaaf1ebf210ec99af12f4ed1aa537fcec84cc1de6957f1c818cb8ae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 9.6MB
        • SHA256 c614c32719f292995bd16b3be9eb15ecb682ea31d425bb08a2e18e0ee568cafa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 9.3MB
        • SHA256 74f59e6da80323d9e3bc13e8231e8a481f00c816b437f1cfde1e2cd554431319
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 8.7MB
        • SHA256 27118a2ea7add6063fcd94a62844d645cc8e27f8be73a49afdbb5b6bc112a0ff
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 14.7MB
        • SHA256 7cafdc165633f22b3d4c7aa6a8dd7b8f18ec83c8714291aad4de9bab6793bd48
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        setup.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe
        • Size 14.7MB
        • SHA256 5aa57998b6ee9029856041597d21fcde32c107fac5d906382250f23166c0b08b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_pwa_launcher.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Size 10.4MB
        • SHA256 029764492b70839c638ea0a7ff131e59d17db6047cccdfe6f750f2d9c7a4a365
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevated_tracing_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.exe
        • Size 12.1MB
        • SHA256 bf9b2e61f2affa14448df6d531777b6dc83a7f319b38c037d4ac7fed65aac8d2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 10.9MB
        • SHA256 741a073c855d249a07dcd37b96190e277cdb4db86729d820152cccd4e5a8930e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 10.3MB
        • SHA256 7cb9a28444bd60160d378c5e78466978affc4c734dd5f4a2ba955060fd66cfcf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        os_update_handler.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe
        • Size 10.5MB
        • SHA256 6ed73ba7b056ecdc129a6bf4b38cae24e6ed17f65df9d99b00d0093e238ece23
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 11.7MB
        • SHA256 a7fd290065a4ed7f569c3753c48d019eb5a29a405bbcca68ff63397d500091b0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 10.1MB
        • SHA256 fbfb9395ac2790bde23c2363280b32d3bfaf6a93f20a16465fedd2d800a6ccc7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 8.7MB
        • SHA256 f6391ec2d2de478151241f75e7f3ea985d077113a5f3e9b558f3d6ebf8fa9d4b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 8.7MB
        • SHA256 2c8ae57332171ac2379b7096bb3b2fb93a654000ea7eac3eb6e4decd40f0dfe2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 8.7MB
        • SHA256 5631fd139d7719fffd7e0a15196e447212284ee2199cbffcb44bcedf9a00a80e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 8.7MB
        • SHA256 5db70bb0eada271207b54256f674d627c7f2796c589c546ae2239f12da27da7d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 8.7MB
        • SHA256 a9c2f526d364b96d6f386f75652474201ce84c4084d16fd14a458c5967740014
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 8.8MB
        • SHA256 2859236b13435afeeb32f6fb36f0d3eaa149d0287299aa1e224d1f6f9463f740
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 8.7MB
        • SHA256 a22f62abc1408bdb6a305df545b40f6f90ab507d6b9d4fb3112b73ea91a63705
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 8.7MB
        • SHA256 7f41fb802200ea5bc71758152f66a1546c19006dc3ca066d57d9d9c3beb29596
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 8.7MB
        • SHA256 ce8884cb86758f5ac582a47720bfa3bef6acc495b0187c334ccfdd8206a5edde
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Option.bat

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Option.bat
        • Size 53B
        • SHA256 0bc485263cf8a962e64db0b88f156f2a9af1b81ecfdb1cf9111d497e85df70f3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        UpdatAuto.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
        • Size 8.6MB
        • SHA256 e3fb12a2886148703b82078805a79c29e21cec596ab429dfaebd9118f3771564
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 8.6MB
        • SHA256 39b6b3fd44f1c8c8b6fb0aa41f27bcf6fe2e7a862978dc3a5372170e1b485791
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 8.6MB
        • SHA256 b9609a7caba6ef1b0e0751d8f1c9197f0dcedba54a99719937ad6faddee6d012
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 8.6MB
        • SHA256 b7fdbc8003bdebaa567f8938caa64dca809ff6c68b244d75d1e92208c7152fea
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 8.6MB
        • SHA256 b763095138a643817c9a3ca91819328ea53fdb9a7f48069a6e5a8a92d2c96f23
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 8.6MB
        • SHA256 4ee8c671e12967cf381ddbef1f126df833146950a9c551ebb2da59464e10d0f4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 8.6MB
        • SHA256 9e5d62fb4f9d66b70a4c73db12fb3fc34d5dd8ca6305e126ce5eb5ea8f433cba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 8.6MB
        • SHA256 fb07a04189ddd2e0972b23fa8b1b8feb3902549598e25f97ffc13e9ff1d8a8d3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 8.6MB
        • SHA256 5a6361624d4d813f9d35f8cc157a690d7327a430c22812744c005405ce85672f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 8.6MB
        • SHA256 cdbcee68ee22c0201ce9c56a1c8cdac860a56b887e83d66b0c062bf4bcbe7f76
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH