Analysis

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

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/06/2026, 03:36

General

  • Target
    2026-06-02_6e0669590656ccb43419fda7879fea9e_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 9.2MB
  • Sample260602-d6bd1aet8j
  • SHA256 651ed6a0709b8258deac7276d64a68dd022c376610f990600282965a7468bb54
  • 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\2026-06-02_6e0669590656ccb43419fda7879fea9e_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-02_6e0669590656ccb43419fda7879fea9e_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:2720
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3500
    • 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:4516
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4192

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 9.7MB
        • SHA256 e873a1c0f0efa7a3ae0bc50c19aef06d0bac561b55cd9de395e304daf4a999c0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 10.2MB
        • SHA256 8513f206e3483d5500ab115e1ed25bd034af2520af494cd75e1c97d8e7063e61
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 9.9MB
        • SHA256 8cbb78749a1034aef22e4b8ebdb9c6d28a2fbb7e79d224ac100a1de76f461884
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 9.2MB
        • SHA256 0d9c3628eb04834c91d12289d4c747c13e76868ded1ec33976d938e47b00c46a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 15.3MB
        • SHA256 326047af2a0cb9e33cdce1c0f86a7fd6957a7cd4a209a87413dd30b2dddd40f2
        • 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 10.9MB
        • SHA256 7a02e05dab6aea857c5c7ac9799e2062baca378e2d9fcc34381e816658241820
        • 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 12.7MB
        • SHA256 6905216bdf22e5a4e741162d286bc468ab9024cb221869af6f50ad98ab8fc317
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 11.5MB
        • SHA256 e42b86771d02025b191151e1ab65b3ac5580d24433b159a9cfd8c1926248d897
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 10.8MB
        • SHA256 e527aab2cd31f14edd44df3dc1312495e65c8f62ba6e4d19e03a24d69cac8dbc
        • 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 11.1MB
        • SHA256 bd748a29394764c235c13c6c6b32fe49040fa38da41977615171f68138a404e4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 12.3MB
        • SHA256 860773d1efc6e0422d8acec519ad54ab57c04b1ac8b11228a698c6fc85c2e44b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 10.6MB
        • SHA256 d941c28e0a42bd60168679e183a42a399ab501195cdaee8259e2560fb10970bc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 9.2MB
        • SHA256 29c7fef9b30c4558fb56c41001beea2409b7170f3cafadce7d6ea3371bd9e962
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 9.2MB
        • SHA256 2b09f279648f0bead29638f032d62c31c8e38192ce744f119642591be0bb4daa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 9.2MB
        • SHA256 bea46ca54134663b4ee7620335a754e233b975d4a832be128beb639cb51268c6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 9.3MB
        • SHA256 5a428ac6805954a12522ae20ec1ed4e962558a4b59445e13477fcbea0721dd56
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 9.2MB
        • SHA256 f1c97b4f5a462020c2dbea4bedeb9edd6f552025868ecde2652a70d7538d05f6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 9.2MB
        • SHA256 de2fc5e0585d294ea5420cadebbde24d164567c787a6846fbea81cd5353e244d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 9.4MB
        • SHA256 d015db38d129db15d76cc9ebf75834d1db25cd2983d13476f5d83cf96a95f9a9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 9.3MB
        • SHA256 506db43a4fe7484dea5d1e20b0f891bc4cf92c53f31baca4efa7c5b7deb916b4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 9.3MB
        • SHA256 6f8bb1962e43a650425ee225e60416ff2de8b8c12587163fb6b26afb126545ce
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 9.3MB
        • SHA256 6541eb421bd53ea11d6813d471c306572bae55dcd7fe8697339b40b4e31953e4
        • 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 9.2MB
        • SHA256 651ed6a0709b8258deac7276d64a68dd022c376610f990600282965a7468bb54
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 9.2MB
        • SHA256 6a261551b432a7b4e6af54d343b778f81cf2e57fb0d50fd8d9954f61dad7229a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 9.2MB
        • SHA256 25d8ea41bae0a5a7acbc168b1493f796e9eb90ee2988dd4c29889dd9c614454a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 9.2MB
        • SHA256 ce4609fa7a423b23c0624669e35b4a9936e1dcc77f395231b34fd9c7c0284a98
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 9.2MB
        • SHA256 d344789bbd6358a17405aec745ad5a64f44a04d908ab8c20dc6c82faeae629a4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 9.2MB
        • SHA256 bea0a0fa51f354be7c5fbf0f4d01283fab704f215ea196ebfee9e6c159af61b7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 9.2MB
        • SHA256 8e572737a0c8107d9e736f7ad566c127d135a5e29ea701feccf19ab22b568653
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 9.2MB
        • SHA256 bbc365c51b2d0b3ff50da5fc74e1f79c20cc30c3c33d2603552d6aa07124818d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 9.2MB
        • SHA256 bca67fc8666b4f09369a281f958b6ef674e8572d5fc71f19e6517763f7f12b57
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 9.2MB
        • SHA256 de068886ffb87121f764c9688b96be301f06f4d6b9995ca0394a9378b124e9b4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH