Analysis
- max time kernel
128s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260629-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260629-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
06/07/2026, 16:36
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe
- Size 1.9MB
- Sample260706-t4exeahx9z
- SHA256 f2cab8bb9c1107fe160f7e4767b59575489588a41b804fbf35f205c8332412d2
- MD5 3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f
- SHA1 2fc897e68fb40ded31b2c8285b9be5ba0bca5193
- SHA512 c5849d17b1728f97c99478e2ec83486e0cd9b31b9756b857ad01dde734c82089c9388b0315d10ca1d7f7c7969e9ebba643b23bf0f3a0ce4eabe76cee37b69a02
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98b8GSWGDQD1t3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUR:A3k03kHRJA3k03kHRJl
- TLSH T17195AE13EB9504E9D10AC174AAD68A23FB75BC56176093DF2358C2152F62BD07F3E3A8
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 5 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/5804-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c6b8-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b293-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/5804-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4436-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c6b8-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b293-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4436 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" 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinFirewall = "C:\\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\\patcher.exe" patcher.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 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_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 opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateSetup.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\MSOICONS.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.ShowHelp.exe 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroTextExtractor.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\dbcicons.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\private_browsing.exe 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\tnameserv.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\keytool.exe 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPPREARM.EXE$ 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\filecompare.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\ohub32.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\maintenanceservice_installer.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\keytool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe$ 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\java.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate32.exe 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroBroker.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32Info.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\arh.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateComRegisterShell64.exe$ 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jp2launcher.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WORDICON.EXE 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\cookie_exporter.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateCore.exe 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\nmhproxy.exe 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\Installer\setup.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\OFFICE16\LICLUA.EXE 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe$ 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\unpack200.exe 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_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\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\rmiregistry.exe$ 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\POWERPNT.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe$ 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVLP.exe$ 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PDFREFLOW.EXE$ 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MpDlpService.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\default-browser-agent.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\identity_helper.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\msedge_pwa_launcher.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OLCFG.EXE 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\pwahelper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_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 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_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 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 5804 2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe 4436 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_vidar_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-06_3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f_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:5804
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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:4436
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 1.9MB
- SHA256 f2cab8bb9c1107fe160f7e4767b59575489588a41b804fbf35f205c8332412d2
- MD5 3db1e4f1b03a707b3efaab7b5da6848f
- SHA1 2fc897e68fb40ded31b2c8285b9be5ba0bca5193
- SHA512 c5849d17b1728f97c99478e2ec83486e0cd9b31b9756b857ad01dde734c82089c9388b0315d10ca1d7f7c7969e9ebba643b23bf0f3a0ce4eabe76cee37b69a02
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98b8GSWGDQD1t3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUR:A3k03kHRJA3k03kHRJl
- TLSH T17195AE13EB9504E9D10AC174AAD68A23FB75BC56176093DF2358C2152F62BD07F3E3A8
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 2.4MB
- SHA256 2d2c83e0c35358fb4cb01aedde5c397ee75ab5b7eb47ec8b4e052f6720637ad8
- MD5 f51d882a64646c06c59ae7067481dfd7
- SHA1 0933fd5d1a4469eb6736717aad8b73b7c58af8f3
- SHA512 0244d3147b8f2fcbe7d57cec3c2af4493ea3121ac59c17e2137a33f41811d6c709beec8874e88119a48e1698ee9e80104ed9d77be86861f134135f00557cb4ba
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUQ0l98b8GSWGDQD1t3mnXoZ643mnXoZ6i6cMJlCUp:A3k03kHRJA3k03kHRJhPji0Aj
- TLSH T1ADC59D17FAA405B5D026C174CAD69A66FA717846173097CF2358C2283F63BD0AB3E7B4
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH