Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    04/06/2026, 04:26

General

  • Target
    2026-06-04_928fd3b71b4b93134152eaa8bc93d107_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 820KB
  • Sample260604-e2k83shz2v
  • SHA256 42dfb26ab0f9f454eace644eff3d0d25e1768bbbe5638f12f495171f190bc01b
  • 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\2026-06-04_928fd3b71b4b93134152eaa8bc93d107_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-04_928fd3b71b4b93134152eaa8bc93d107_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:3560
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5000
    • 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:844
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1712

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 1.7MB
        • SHA256 6d87e6a19d5837ff8c6c06fba2258016458c3bd845efc6f4069ab4f90eaa17cc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 68f2ebfe47f59028696bb3e62d02ce5c300e8ff0b607139883b7b3200651bb20
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 835KB
        • SHA256 dcbe2878381c6b84150396c65480bdf79673d4dd8cffaa3ca1a2638d7109e847
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 6.9MB
        • SHA256 fc908a608de51fd4e734cfed77303eaea69f1cfe991043127b74b73f5679fe22
        • 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 2.5MB
        • SHA256 1f93722db4f6f05526832baa21cf071e017bcc4dc31025c9763860d933ee1a66
        • 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 4.3MB
        • SHA256 6c75e7716352dbb36145f7f0e2a5abd713a741d428cdabb8f681aa74dffa2925
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 3.1MB
        • SHA256 664eba11a316ca2c52bb8273becf3e9c493edeaa7bc5c8d68bbe546c1ee2a382
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 f35784d014eb886db434c02d104495d4cbd8848de9e0e08df78ac3fe05c63db8
        • 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 2.7MB
        • SHA256 efab9623947291a2edc9142cff75accc758222bbe6b30c37045701f6d6422b6c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 3.9MB
        • SHA256 97ddcb6f984c813d0e6292571c1eb34ef258ca6a019ccfbcc984be1506bdad32
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 2.2MB
        • SHA256 923846b8b4bb8d58bcdd0d82a11612c56f679de0fbd303c33acca479c9511d7d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 844KB
        • SHA256 97da407f43b9430e270e6b07bcc758659d7aa27129c90c5fab346aa905644d0b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 844KB
        • SHA256 032baaf08daced33bfe3c555f47d966dd0f5dcccc91441876c26c09fbb1eebe4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 844KB
        • SHA256 f404c6b06f77c4d3cf73845ff297ef9829aaa9e7541266629e2021c3e391ee14
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 864KB
        • SHA256 ebf4970452e4106a07a8c942be34e45a5658c2c68d1d2b6097cf37041f647869
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 844KB
        • SHA256 720887035591789c82e28b06bb6a9ba1cdb1099a7fb6ad010d07fd94dd733bad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 844KB
        • SHA256 de892e5e14ef399939652a87b13bb0e9cedc80f1914a7f06dbfc4bf4926f62d5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 964KB
        • SHA256 a9b2a736982b64475e196e1c4fe302e2e18080f0db51b060b29aeef22a20b330
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 877KB
        • SHA256 39e7a9c81b7642fd5cfb2687296cf45d0f69f92923f48a73a6e6342502629d99
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 885KB
        • SHA256 4f623ebd5a886d13e36c37184037100d1a4bb7ba18e6be5bd87567dc02caa24b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 881KB
        • SHA256 d334e49ffe7df4536599796c04722983e7cfbc3da391854aa15ee70fe42e8cc8
        • 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 820KB
        • SHA256 42dfb26ab0f9f454eace644eff3d0d25e1768bbbe5638f12f495171f190bc01b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 820KB
        • SHA256 8549a5bba863be817903e4efeeb88801cc69daff7f5e1c29c0f27c3f78beea79
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 820KB
        • SHA256 18c10f14351b0cf8fc425767f9d0d9b636593740ab61d4a033beb709d6720b9e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 820KB
        • SHA256 36ddc43483c482f9a799dd66d6c757d168e079055d2b539bdafe051647f12d94
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 820KB
        • SHA256 33165f7a12de1c741c080d672962e39ce55be385493385360041f9d04b05e979
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 820KB
        • SHA256 d939a96a9afafdbd216582c723cf2daf87bd144e35435e5b1dc24eb0bf329189
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 820KB
        • SHA256 b9dedf9b2631068826b582ad71e61f091fc1a6d6fcfbf85b168fbb61dfffbeff
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 820KB
        • SHA256 64dacf705426885bc657c98bbc3bb7df3ffcd2c3a2353cb092cc459a83a4cab0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 820KB
        • SHA256 63521f6b1327e020c36626df48243db26a18fac01abc6c03a095d90e591f28c8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH