Analysis

  • max time kernel
    117s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260629-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    29/06/2026, 17:13

General

  • Target
    2026-06-26_2e4830905f3adb9c47b673d7e7308a73_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 886KB
  • Sample260629-vrhcfab15n
  • SHA256 158a5e9070887f34efa133e9b470bc624ddd18381d7d853b3cc054832a3ebb50
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 47 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 44 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with ASPack v2.12-2.42

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 20 IoCs
  • 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.

  • NTFS ADS 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-26_2e4830905f3adb9c47b673d7e7308a73_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-26_2e4830905f3adb9c47b673d7e7308a73_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • NTFS ADS
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:3708
  • C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
    C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1620

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 158a5e9070887f34efa133e9b470bc624ddd18381d7d853b3cc054832a3ebb50
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 9fc4e2901f9c58a745563c7e133a0dad78888f234aa2ee84008b8139ad669aa1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 900KB
        • SHA256 895c6cb8bfde5acbb0184b92b0c614879fc2a0972f7b78cee4cf8265e914a3b3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        InspectorOfficeGadget.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe
        • Size 934KB
        • SHA256 303ea474e0e05ac05e0c74a10d37681d53932ff18f33c38f36a0b9c8e90cca72
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 22242e7784a688a0d6f830e4e66bd13686d465687ad5693c1cbf97e0a8609b1b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 96d1d9a5ac151ed16fe127b4e6dc8609213461425a186c985ccb728f26a26542
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 6df6910d948216325a07b6944a63de5d53959c2f9ebe7006d1bcc3f47dcdf052
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 d7f81fc2d68e3c3ebf976f46432e552d746f14d9295def811b41a902d9bfc0e3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 22be4d52434d1deb2e8447d7f629881cbb141be21b92fb092ac1094719eb9dd1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 9419ed64fc6ddc3ce269ea900b78bec5d2fe37af479193c8a10cf005e16b0bb7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 2d5516bbc4a05571b05a245b96d9bfa087ec5fc9669ebdcc301186485993dc33
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 e55784e1d846fb3b35d46fdeb9ab509791fcc071869336209ae1ff6f4b60e64b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 206daae52f0ec386d6994f445f9e782df232636296d9482a017d7a52f1c74845
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 c9b471506c76fea496ee7bcb9b91dd6b99ede7cb28d30f08a3f477468a7562b0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 c03d3c343891c25bb0e4cb47e5a248b7e94f82cc77907f22a306f4366d71f69d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 07fe609f58213dc391042bb803e4dbfe2c164c3c69e89ea8914529e9e1035249
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 b2440879bb0c7f859d12f137d08db81ba400864f2d5d5f46365ec5f7944e915c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 2c2dfb52b217aafc2647607e7f7cabd1d8cf743273809b008df97e631c9d871c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 2e6cb09be1d01578b543b799e141adea496a808fdea356283ee35ec43aeef057
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 1b296e7a6341e43c2b75d565e91ef912334c3cc24a9687cc96b589ec3cbe4465
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 c270872fcfd24d40c7b8378d70dc172c233993c18fa11419d92344e1fd79afd4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 1d1e556df3def05325e5193b30992e52871b203e000dff44150d5f995abe66b2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 0e2652dd887d223d7632f2342525e4276a9f4d15ea007092b8659380c2ab4e94
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 f2df2f30dfd7b844c31612212f560afca627c7f5681bdc7a1ca3e2c2c68d292e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 325f99597361a67a168d4871f788df17229f51f8162657def1ad423111ca7224
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 666053d954b8c722853d5e8dc3ecb05ef1f2ccdb5dd2d73c58be95ff4ccbebbe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 995c5fd00f1a9e4574d137f96b0d68e2327daa7159b99702a236cb00cd3d0cb9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 23a42103af58b064cf9c0d829d6801838fc2bb2becfddea95d6b35058faa0660
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 9dc15e124bcd1de5944443a1788e7ff4ed8181b2094711148e30693f8767126f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 e5a7ab3b10b86450e08fd6228a33dff53d580761cd8e034d35d7f59004e56f31
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 e4544e309ada91ae8878021dbf9ea641faa2acd9f81c4d91109c3b7450b6f661
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 09bfdc0a9b6ca0c4aaebf55d1aa49633dedebb9f7579c2c42fcedbca553fac9e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 5cc35330d6a51266b2c2a65e63f69342108ead5cb4c1e0cd7511d715846f1ebb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 08b7ec3d37a175c3e742b67146a58ff8359722ad9b7e0ec92e47a9d8bb41f257
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 ea4a676e8eb0dbb642607ea1ce19cf3baa9d58a361a79d0080987ae00ff93970
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 57bf2496bbbe710452ae15b715972d70a82f9fb1736219ab85e1a9bf1b6a0556
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 64055c5aca771afdcf887a9d02fcc479e603e7ede1a0f5e6a6ed6a3f051714d9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 39dd97a8dbb772634fdbcb85ce05df13dbfa409b466f9438500d827081afe241
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 f6a6f8478365f9b70c1d5195082b31c897fb1f4d7413c6c4bbd9f87261799b82
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 741f22696b8231f9f9a6baaa037d246b8ca327fab828ad1be89ca5738fe4b419
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 cb953dc577cd625e26014a7f1a668f29e99442605b9f0ab0c27e838b4733e396
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 e26f4e44f90a4096b268bd0ccc1946c614cffb028fcce5f129fa7de26bcf2ef1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 c9c05435a2e89e679bb27bf9b03c8caa53817bb342a9cf584dc3be7f50a7ce44
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSBuild.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_64\MSBuild\3.5.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe
        • Size 971KB
        • SHA256 4e62fc8d52a4fd0be7be09923eeb81fed19b632ec7547b1563e98851906ccf72
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1620-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3708-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3708-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp