Analysis
- max time kernel
114s - 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
01/06/2026, 03:48
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
windows11-21h2-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 2.3MB
- Sample260601-ec8cbaes4n
- SHA256 9b7e65efc37a52921a678a60b043b710ab69b44391e68f98e71485e56cf4efb1
- MD5 08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca
- SHA1 b28f99a0c2583ac8feeb70140500cc6601db2cff
- SHA512 4a0a8889e38ce00735190d3c324bef09900ea64beec3c5a9657ab0c0dd63dafe44b08f0c5c0d301bfc970e2fc06f8cfcada411a4cad4783ff96107cf0c481787
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l9TRzy0qNVExJbMD5TvinrmAYTqMi8CtBd2QHr:A3k03kHRJq56r+qJtb2IdPji0Aj
- TLSH T139B54B16F6A44B65D06BC075C9D2965AEA323C825F3087CB1345FB283F377D19A3A722
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Custom signatureDetects executables packed with ASPack 7 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/2180-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x002500000002b36a-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/5108-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000200000002a3f9-12.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/2180-58-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/5108-71-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0008000000027a52-1377.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x002500000002b36a-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000200000002a3f9-12.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0008000000027a52-1377.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 5108 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" 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_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 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_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 created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.exe 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\OFFICE16\LICLUA.EXE$ 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\pack200.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoev.exe 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTE.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaws.exe 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe$ 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.NetFX40.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_16005.12827.20400.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\HxAccounts.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe$ 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PerfBoost.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaw.exe 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\ktab.exe 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SELFCERT.EXE$ 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DWTRIG20.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-040C-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe$ 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_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\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.exe 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\GRAPH.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate64.exe$ 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\CNFNOT32.EXE 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Todos_0.33.33351.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Todo.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroLayoutRecognizer\AcroLayoutRecognizer.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\excelcnv.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe$ 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe$ 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Analysis Services\AS OLEDB\140\SQLDumper.exe 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\kinit.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msotd.exe patcher.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\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PerfBoost.exe 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe$ 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpconfig.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\unpack200.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\kinit.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\servertool.exe 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub_18.2104.12721.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalBridge.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ssvagent.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Integration\Integrator.exe 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_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\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe$ 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\GRAPH.EXE$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\msouc.exe 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\orbd.exe$ 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.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 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_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 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 2180 2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 5108 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-01_08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca_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:2180
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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:5108
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 2.3MB
- SHA256 9b7e65efc37a52921a678a60b043b710ab69b44391e68f98e71485e56cf4efb1
- MD5 08054492535fb9dbd7e89d8a2bd89bca
- SHA1 b28f99a0c2583ac8feeb70140500cc6601db2cff
- SHA512 4a0a8889e38ce00735190d3c324bef09900ea64beec3c5a9657ab0c0dd63dafe44b08f0c5c0d301bfc970e2fc06f8cfcada411a4cad4783ff96107cf0c481787
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l9TRzy0qNVExJbMD5TvinrmAYTqMi8CtBd2QHr:A3k03kHRJq56r+qJtb2IdPji0Aj
- TLSH T139B54B16F6A44B65D06BC075C9D2965AEA323C825F3087CB1345FB283F377D19A3A722
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe$
- Size 3.1MB
- SHA256 becef5e89f188d0bee6e9180fabaf11dd29bd63083d6adc3b7f18d4b139f1155
- MD5 3c76082d3e2ed0ad1eab37cc0138d7a9
- SHA1 6c0dc8eac1d697f04fb409ab051f5457d6c22f41
- SHA512 40278b790338db9fbdc8ed1e52f89a991b043a2591c6cbe4b766474dd9994b3466a4801230706258f5b9325d26f36e8f7ccbdae5ac3a29d429399fb81978c9c3
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJq56r+qJtb2IdPji0AjPVk0QGTvntQb:A3k03kHRBr+WjoCHaib
- TLSH T113E56B16E6A847A5D07BC179C5D29656FA323C421F308BCB0355EB293F737D19A3A322
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 2.9MB
- SHA256 a914ac55ef22c6b1d0a7993e599d647a152594c49e11b0640398e2d0331b1723
- MD5 dacd3aa0aaab3310207603b6e4f27dbd
- SHA1 5d6794af93add11169b35e39129a8937ede06101
- SHA512 4241a073f978cd6a4900ae02daff9bb496bfc37952351f2d5a30fdca38122b4f749332dbbff8b6549e220c924926f39f437e0d7b8b999eae56df858ef12fed82
- SSDEEP 49152:A3k03kHRJq56r+qJtb2IdPji0AjKPji0Aj:A3k03kHRBr+Wjo0jo
- TLSH T184D53A16F6A44765D077C075C9D2969AEA323C821F308ACB1345EB283F377D59A3A732
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH