Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    141s
  • 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, 07:56

General

  • Target
    2026-07-07_683fd9d47772cce2b566dd8fd8c59013_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 4.0MB
  • Sample260707-jsrfysc12v
  • SHA256 a15138509a4cae4575f8fc9d113e70920ac9f96ee91edfca172cbbeb5734a5e7
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Grants admin privileges 1 TTPs

    Uses net.exe to modify the user's privileges.

  • Disables service(s) 3 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Network Share Discovery 1 TTPs

    Attempt to gather information on host network.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 5 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Permission Groups Discovery: Local Groups 1 TTPs

    Attempt to find local system groups and permission settings.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 30 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-07_683fd9d47772cce2b566dd8fd8c59013_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-07_683fd9d47772cce2b566dd8fd8c59013_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:3036
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2692
    • 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:4104
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3392
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-07_683fd9d47772cce2b566dd8fd8c59013_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~4.exe
      2026-07-07_683fd9d47772cce2b566dd8fd8c59013_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~4.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:2532
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net stop sharedaccess
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3168
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop sharedaccess
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3832
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop sharedaccess
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4312
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net stop wuauserv
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3648
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop wuauserv
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:788
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop wuauserv
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4296
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net stop wscsvc
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2168
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop wscsvc
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:992
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop wscsvc
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1624
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net stop srservice
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3884
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop srservice
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1680
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop srservice
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:436
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net start TlntSvr
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2344
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net start TlntSvr
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4128
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 start TlntSvr
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4876
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net user helpassistant 123456
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4376
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net user helpassistant 123456
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4328
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 user helpassistant 123456
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4224
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4316
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5080
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2264
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config srservice start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2732
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config SharedAccess start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4800
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config wuauserv start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4996
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config wscsvc start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2072
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config srservice start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4784

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 2.9MB
        • SHA256 5edd6dbe905f6881db4b6e9afa4c0c131195a819219078c8aa8779c324a88759
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 3.3MB
        • SHA256 e8201a64f3177cb53c48117ae9fff4caf74c175e34b21bf008d703e690e68dfd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 3.0MB
        • SHA256 84ffd63c970b78bae178cdbdf70cdeec9718ec22821cee7aeda4ed60ff0b0fe7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 6f2eb8a03209584660072a4e202b0a2847a315264490476c47383b88c2f88597
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 8.4MB
        • SHA256 e4d211e03b7198d6715654ae49bd3e1cf763b7e0fde15ffec6e67894f9f190c6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        setup.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe
        • Size 8.4MB
        • SHA256 dcc5f2c2eb5014ea685b874af24a09f428b1750151f2b8f22c3228eb2ca579a1
        • 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 4.1MB
        • SHA256 b1097c449f73957ba27e82aed4ef45a410e2b10657ddaf05be789738306f6eca
        • 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 5.8MB
        • SHA256 2ecf709aaf3dbb5a0beacba76c777ce6ff2696b60e1aeb7887e0303e4eb0406a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 4.6MB
        • SHA256 e93087e93c81238eb6948c851382b5108e2ef8a603077b3c972514d77346708b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 4.0MB
        • SHA256 4ba2a43c3e2e03a065c93151545d638a335b7e17c14b2796f340c1a1c91e75e8
        • 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 4.2MB
        • SHA256 c286ff23f8a8d62ff753a33f818a90288f2ca4931db386fbaf5a35d53fcf62ac
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 5.4MB
        • SHA256 6ed0b7b4bf097a658ee3b64f9cd249583a864c95ad77ff1fd689ae0d7f93ea3f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 3.8MB
        • SHA256 c982d42caaf968bbef9f7928e7b405f9c5e100065c97a378f3678245de6ef9e9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 2ab54ad736921cf8b2a55a16e7ce40e186e28596ec33500a7e51415c605880f1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 62609ba0875ed6f17609db85de621b425ec0cdcc6a4d9c352c727b5ca4afc703
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 a7e9bcfe34341f66d4eea94fd645a37669ff956a8afdf51f01a9c18acc94b4c1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 90683005d3d3c6a3155b94ec7e17b35cc972f9bca79e7862b06bc053e0d60b90
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 1cc77e1f66610466ad5d2cd5d5c3a0b28a6c1945847e2f9269cbb394e734cbf4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 83b38f53a4cacfded89068c2fd793d0a0e43c8df6d3bb9cdc7e028b056b4c475
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 bd5025477b26a2e7858474dd86ad63de0ebba6e8ec0ab4a9b273c4b39ef883e8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 cb7a37f688533c653059dc2570eddf351a08099e984b09ea5423d93b24cac432
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 cda5cae00ad4eae9e60b94b315f77915db2cb9930fa0188072cee20fa28d3bc5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2026-07-07_683fd9d47772cce2b566dd8fd8c59013_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~4.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-07_683fd9d47772cce2b566dd8fd8c59013_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~4.exe
        • Size 1.6MB
        • SHA256 814cc0aa61ca1827c3c38a4619b974db6c7325c41cb1facd6aec57fd97c54fc8
        • 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 2.4MB
        • SHA256 8d13734c69734486075307e850bde950ae6054e25f03c3139081dc54cf34e3e2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 9326afd9f2d1944aefd498a46cd39bdc74e5d1df8257e06f50fab1dc0cdb2d96
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 a7077e349bb5d175486b9bdd334592535787f244c8b8aedaa5cd1aa8e7fbbf98
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 80.6MB
        • SHA256 27a5d40bca868a05aefb5030c73eeed4ff265bdb1190bb6c44011b73fccf632d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 80.4MB
        • SHA256 cd3460be3c71e1b954e9b43cacb2826e8528d11ac4571cbc8181c0b7830aefed
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 78.4MB
        • SHA256 76407c1a5a6c2fb09e3f8f64cf0220aef7701b0cec9527ee5e604e09b3056027
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 80.8MB
        • SHA256 51a6fea392974df6d7849a5bb1fcdbf978563116ae5525f7f2b51c983b39aefb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 77.9MB
        • SHA256 f38e1203ee21cacb9a2544c0a31eb62e0b38d72d3dab1ae6bbea211581c2c0e9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 78.5MB
        • SHA256 e1e699f021fcba0f7bef0de8dab7b45f62b21d63b03d9c44b5fe6a78831ffdc0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 77.7MB
        • SHA256 f88ee97dc7801ffb83d67768924e68355f4e05c3db163706fbf9a3c4b064e7f4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 75.2MB
        • SHA256 75d524715a9e3823e114162073dcebf6f2346af6d80e9f002e438c41f1a94e41
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 77.4MB
        • SHA256 53046b34d5142431a72c9d25070b0bf57bc94199e3160aeee6b3222fdd21325e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 77.7MB
        • SHA256 f8755548db938334d8c9b3ea0c8bd9dd73a93065af0d5f44d482eae825230dd6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 76.7MB
        • SHA256 4e668e102618491bba98f73bb6cb1809a04a07d72790fa34367af032c6bb739a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 79.4MB
        • SHA256 444ddf45014604c396b8a1c2c25aeabb5e9a7e4205d54abe060b888b0d76a8cb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 78.9MB
        • SHA256 e3546a9f67803566dd33ed09622d4f2e6f86580854942c7c9d34a9e14ab839a7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 80.4MB
        • SHA256 66ee6310abf3a613fa6aec362c98b7129e1efd2ca8edd8446ee0b96e69d5f364
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 77.4MB
        • SHA256 d5c450607d61a942ae934f6c7dc152e37ff94578ffee8878f5a5c0f59de8cff1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 76.3MB
        • SHA256 243cf613f8ae35f5c7292fcc760773d2c9f29a738f0609a2f101f72d9c03fd99
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 76.1MB
        • SHA256 be1acc850058f2736227f939e11b598b199ddb4002f43c6849531c45cb7dadb1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 8295b06c2c51ae281c302e569ea9a55adfdfeef4b600b814e78a5a4ec8fbd8c8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 759bafeaff580c99b184758e00a17fc5e03efc5ff09dec7aa6117b19ea187a5c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 335f8ad5193a515587fd2bc2d55749fa9e48689803fa6de2c3f7e45033f8ab40
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 9d98734df10b810472eb166171d0cf368a0d339eb689498188ec4b63798d313e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 e9866c172b0762904198e1f387e8c609191e22df334d7e97632f6bb0fa7cd6ab
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 8663538f66773f1b50b60b8444467d19bfd37fe185b7cb3841845d2fbe8825ae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH