Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
149s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
07/07/2026, 23:14
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-07_5e3d8f342b65ec50b28c16f189736685_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-07-07_5e3d8f342b65ec50b28c16f189736685_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260706-en
General
- Target 2026-07-07_5e3d8f342b65ec50b28c16f189736685_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
- Size 9.8MB
- Sample260707-28bdsafy31
- SHA256 9a7921c1a41cf727b6f04fd402369347973053fe6758f51f8c3516ee9d3ff966
- MD5 5e3d8f342b65ec50b28c16f189736685
- SHA1 9f50e87bfd92cadd4c8a9f5ae31fbd3c2c6a800c
- SHA512 fcbc9a02798438c5d36bfe9c783c69ce3f75bf6966c54581b6141ed8f1135988aa3f680ebc831012443f9861b27cf64db81c54a2db78859c4196b952bcbac8c4
- SSDEEP 98304:FIQ9zNBmsOqQgDNcEanicl5mIQ9zNBmsOqQgDNcEanicl5P:yMRB1igDNTanbvMRB1igDNTanbZ
- TLSH T1EDA66D4663F885E9E5B7D1788E7AD632EBB17C120530A34F07A0DA9B1F376205E2D721
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation Playexe.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2026-07-07_5e3d8f342b65ec50b28c16f189736685_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2026-07-07_5e3d8f342b65ec50b28c16f189736685_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation Playexe.exe - Deletes itself 1 IoCs
pid Process 2384 temp0a1.exe - Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
pid Process 2384 temp0a1.exe 2392 2026-07-07_5e3d8f342b65ec50b28c16f189736685_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe 4608 Playexe.exe 4772 temp0a1.exe 3764 Playexe.exe - 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 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\jaremore = "C:\\Windows\\Playexe.exe" temp0a1.exe - Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 25 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
description ioc Process File opened (read-only) \??\Z: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\B: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\B: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\E: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\J: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\T: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\X: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\K: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\O: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\R: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\V: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Y: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\A: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\A: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\G: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\H: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\I: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\L: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\M: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\N: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\P: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Q: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\S: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\U: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\W: temp0a1.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\bb.ico temp0a1.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 6 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe temp0a1.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe temp0a1.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe temp0a1.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe temp0a1.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe temp0a1.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.exe temp0a1.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 9 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\Playexe.exe temp0a1.exe File created C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe Playexe.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe Playexe.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\file0a0.dat Playexe.exe File created C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe 2026-07-07_5e3d8f342b65ec50b28c16f189736685_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe 2026-07-07_5e3d8f342b65ec50b28c16f189736685_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\file0a0.dat 2026-07-07_5e3d8f342b65ec50b28c16f189736685_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Playexe.exe temp0a1.exe File created C:\Windows\Playexe.exe temp0a1.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-07-07_5e3d8f342b65ec50b28c16f189736685_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language temp0a1.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Playexe.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language temp0a1.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
pid Process 2568 2026-07-07_5e3d8f342b65ec50b28c16f189736685_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe 2568 2026-07-07_5e3d8f342b65ec50b28c16f189736685_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe 4608 Playexe.exe 4608 Playexe.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 2392 2026-07-07_5e3d8f342b65ec50b28c16f189736685_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe 3764 Playexe.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2568 wrote to memory of 2384 2568 2026-07-07_5e3d8f342b65ec50b28c16f189736685_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe 86 PID 2384 wrote to memory of 2392 2384 temp0a1.exe 87 PID 4608 wrote to memory of 4772 4608 Playexe.exe 93 PID 4772 wrote to memory of 3764 4772 temp0a1.exe 94
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-07_5e3d8f342b65ec50b28c16f189736685_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-07_5e3d8f342b65ec50b28c16f189736685_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2568 -
C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe"C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe" ejecuta2⤵
- Deletes itself
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Enumerates connected drives
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2384 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-07_5e3d8f342b65ec50b28c16f189736685_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_njrat_vidar.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-07_5e3d8f342b65ec50b28c16f189736685_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe3⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:2392
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C:\Windows\Playexe.exeC:\Windows\Playexe.exe1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4608 -
C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe"C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe" ejecuta2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Enumerates connected drives
- 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 WriteProcessMemory
PID:4772 -
C:\Windows\Playexe.exeC:\Windows\Playexe.exe3⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:3764
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Credential Access
Credentials from Password Stores
1Credentials from Web Browsers
1Unsecured Credentials
1Credentials In Files
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-07_5e3d8f342b65ec50b28c16f189736685_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
- Size 4.9MB
- SHA256 95ff667b36dbde1bb9bf740dd6f9e5b74ce9e0e9becd427600aca700261a8470
- MD5 9b184bbf6c7d1bacd7e292241002e5bf
- SHA1 a537ab7af82d76d6d9f73e499a93536695250373
- SHA512 8db2c3d1038569f8b5c251c209c2c9cfca400d8ed5daa99856f46bd3eca7e5a1ac6cfcc16e473e57ab29f64f8d7702db069463a4a6e969720d57d3e27b38c57e
- SSDEEP 49152:eKy7QeeHFw1IkSKreUnlzevKgBOl9fsaUiDbatPEHF6Z+EK/hvgcEfLUTq0gDNaI:dIQ9zNBmsOqQgDNcEanicl58
- TLSH T177367D4663F885E9E5B7D1788E7AD632EBB17C120530A34F07A0DA9B1F376205E2D721
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\Playexe.exe
- Size 4.9MB
- SHA256 8b0b1806b4dbff5158d2784f6c87c1203f85e11490a28e41bff5d420050e7213
- MD5 ad18bee7f0602b2bbf00b0effc934829
- SHA1 19bb3820f9fb41406718fd7267e96b420580a429
- SHA512 b02e8f810a9634268c7fe3e9b6f9e0c2143b33283887609f0d47df5cd7e1b26f3244f844d9d10a5c4ddddb41ca1c3041777f89dfa718600acb736aca90c377fb
- SSDEEP 49152:FKy7QeeHFw1IkSKreUnlzevKgBOl9fsaUiDbatPEHF6Z+EK/hvgcEfLUTq0gDNar:cIQ9zNBmsOqQgDNcEanicl5P
- TLSH T10B366D4663F885E9E5B7D1788E7AD632EBB17C120530A34F07A0DA9B1F376205E2D721
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\bb.ico
- Size 4KB
- SHA256 823cbf89390733bd09d5541839786670d748064e50ff235928abd9e2433192b7
- MD5 84a8ab049bb249ce1b1e25d5648571a9
- SHA1 66b48c0e63f542b74a5b003af9660222c1d0f324
- SHA512 8ce3b7fa9917ee0164b3a09920aaa1ec6806159aab184e3fbb15fc58134c64957811eded9ad3d459c0c1a257aee3129473136d1800f5d89bc9adc5a43a4b6c64
- SSDEEP 48:z2pe4sdnY/3XXXXXXXXXXcDD3V+yD3/6k0vucpb:z6bsdnY/XXXXXXXXXXcDD3Vr/6Jvu6
- TLSH T19C91553EA718B8B0F98E6DB1236FC064505E7504151BCDA6B1A9FCB07F92CEA40143CE
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\file0a0.dat
- Size 22B
- SHA256 6b4b1a917c9aa008f95dc607ac499e6ade0a2160370ed2785b3ea89755ff624e
- MD5 bb59290b13614516900ba803381f4e34
- SHA1 9dd77aed02cf2377bab25f6cc7cce250464c4f24
- SHA512 c198a80610944d821523dfe716da5c150018bd8041e63795c67c103c225623ad5298a9cd8a317cd23bf237e27b955a8559c9e9b6945b80d5d306aa12ede61fe1
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Windows\file0a0.dat
- Size 119B
- SHA256 db58be059eb786345795c852ee871c86d0bff502373af6f40707288e84ff0a33
- MD5 260b5b86e0520ebcbb4b105aa0a95c36
- SHA1 e961299f00f4f64cc47d440324c5117fe0cd7d59
- SHA512 c42ff7c5d115832a3e9db4f6e87c91b86b1abb152fcd96a2f057cae392de191091d008c69b8d3cce628120d30ece55e98426e3d84369c5d444184fed5eb22734
- TLSH T1D3B09B11A159C6C44411705706B3059CC451691C9F192731A754861931804497491A56
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe
- Size 9.8MB
- SHA256 9a7921c1a41cf727b6f04fd402369347973053fe6758f51f8c3516ee9d3ff966
- MD5 5e3d8f342b65ec50b28c16f189736685
- SHA1 9f50e87bfd92cadd4c8a9f5ae31fbd3c2c6a800c
- SHA512 fcbc9a02798438c5d36bfe9c783c69ce3f75bf6966c54581b6141ed8f1135988aa3f680ebc831012443f9861b27cf64db81c54a2db78859c4196b952bcbac8c4
- SSDEEP 98304:FIQ9zNBmsOqQgDNcEanicl5mIQ9zNBmsOqQgDNcEanicl5P:yMRB1igDNTanbvMRB1igDNTanbZ
- TLSH T1EDA66D4663F885E9E5B7D1788E7AD632EBB17C120530A34F07A0DA9B1F376205E2D721
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH