Analysis

  • max time kernel
    87s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260706-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260706-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    09/07/2026, 14:47

General

  • Target
    2026-07-09_646a53f2b9c430c148dd3b3b9867b8cc_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 918KB
  • Sample260709-r6bawsct7m
  • SHA256 5d011c9e5b5d81a00cc2625ec43feebbb36b3c796028fb59074f21e838804c11
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • 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
  • 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.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 62 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 38 IoCs
  • NTFS ADS 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 42 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 54 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 43 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-09_646a53f2b9c430c148dd3b3b9867b8cc_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-09_646a53f2b9c430c148dd3b3b9867b8cc_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.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:3796
  • 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
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1548
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3156
    • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
      explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
      2⤵
      • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1148
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:3744
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1716
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:5012

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          patcher.exe

          • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
          • Size 918KB
          • SHA256 5d011c9e5b5d81a00cc2625ec43feebbb36b3c796028fb59074f21e838804c11
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          7z.exe$

          • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
          • Size 1.4MB
          • SHA256 0f563e2ece26d1a4e5d024deaaa036ea5e6a6ce4ae314fcee33bd840542feee9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Uninstall.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
          • Size 933KB
          • SHA256 b63bdf8ceb77c3eb870718eb3982f2a6bfefbf4223edde7420065c530c687ee8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          InspectorOfficeGadget.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe
          • Size 966KB
          • SHA256 6ce5b9ca12763ca2b69d7f0f144e6af5e119e1179e664ab1729695d02221f289
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          java-rmi.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 5679efa43d3f2845b462580df5a8bf17750c3b6b89a218dd594796c24b129a18
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          javac.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 121b76b7515472792ca2926fcd3672849025d28cfc45aa9e79cf06a5b43351c8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          javadoc.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 d66b912acfd8f79e9c8907e0fa96cdad9c43faeaa8f0fa6773739e364040d474
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          javah.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 9e0a921085136ecfe618e1ca3d5b9713617544432c82b2239e7b785de6137d95
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          javap.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 7abb86906a14287c99bee80b8dd4ea3d3794f27d82b31b1e0aaf98e67d264bee
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jcmd.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 91fa4ba70dd115eb93ace2b57885fee43ec6f9567bd46106027003e10d030636
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jconsole.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 fe3b6f39fb2d05032dc96f77f34e656f5e0fb576ada7ca9a0990310a9374a959
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jdb.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 11bbb48009fe45fc9236c9e31b940b03584029f18f9b50a299e73a269a37b604
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jdeps.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 d242f89b0f593dada984ee696fe0856efe7d30b5cee062293f70cc6048ed12bb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jhat.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 b3614725f5d23f9c72ba05470e0116e8b0f7d7a57fbffc56bfc0744b15f8336b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jinfo.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 f3a2407390840c64d7d96b33af6984a7b08b5dd5d50903ac41ef3afaa6e5592b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jjs.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 23241b61646f1966e34ad221ee2244abdaa0dffac763498b406fa7d67a81d66d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jmap.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 07e8f32616b786da27200033ac47ef63faf42b4f8b3d47d1c1c74f860e9ebd0e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jps.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 8f56959eb76be0ed269fd077d624d57945070f8dd6b47a9e296f76bb05c5dfe7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jrunscript.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 e413bc3e5b1073a2ff15e5922be03aa9a8bc4745983e1c60ed54bb6517faac44
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jsadebugd.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 7c442a40a72b68016229cf6e994c606ebee34c860e1c1eec87b39cfd224718c9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jstack.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 cde6f1bb3bba8e60aaccbf29cf641ee4439740b02248634bb808a7bc2be33ee9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jstat.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 bf6e670f201424381282befb002201c8b5d9879f4fd184a8b65f0008291c57c0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jstatd.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 c30e44321b201683ae370a53ba39a1efde00ea699a852672b398ce992da40bd5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          keytool.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 dc3b5e5126683dcfad354bb5db8d11ac17950a404f434e5fd6199265b5bf32e2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          kinit.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 e3dbe77d09dc8068a8b72a32929a97d6f1fc0a8ed425be0496f1a692564f6765
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          klist.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 f01d02d1f36ef7dd90b82dcf39a87c19cd16998db90f6e115ca8b767da0a6ddc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ktab.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 e294785c052e3ecb378340fc65ad7fea129fea72e9be023a4abe1ab517bba037
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          native2ascii.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 2d929493a9ddc6cb77442377b86df49afa20dbe6e133929ef751aa8a3fe9f053
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          orbd.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 91ba26670eefac53f6143e693b34b1598b818e7c83e9c3a44a51cb8c34eb0046
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          pack200.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 c0f108925e229faf00ffe577327c0520b94676ac9e6805c14c08a5795aa44b18
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          policytool.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 2545d29114d384ae6eaa32404e7ea5596bb1426eeb104edb70bbe106ff685025
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          rmic.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 68964cefdf553bad761bc93be291943f3e651ec3a32a43ee365105eb6552dca8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          rmid.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 750c39f19158310ee60297616df5f379af96c055b27a8af6a5f7d266df7cbd53
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          rmiregistry.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 0ef892c473f3cc5c3f2b596a670b5a3f3ae0308e18fad8ff10b14edbcac76e08
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          schemagen.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 65b111972ecfcea260380d0286b2766610bbae51949cdd4116cc3fb299399404
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          serialver.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 92e9aa90df7642d19c70d501a1dac05f2c44b76f31813f8dc17fe496d56c5dee
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          servertool.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 a050fbaf73e88316d4377ae027a07c1d03652a3dcbd9b114a138fcc1eeb754fd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          tnameserv.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 7fb6b54a633f56ec57a2ea7ade439ea2d79d304574b431a0795d569343c9e414
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          wsgen.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 6e954c2fc0839668dcb9d8485f020dc93ba5b5d5efd7687deaf6084b6c089036
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          wsimport.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 62679adaf594180622452344b69e4717d2a5914bf25841c3c1989c91922c2926
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          xjc.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
          • Size 942KB
          • SHA256 b44c06b2715f768960a5f05bee2ffc06ab029dd6e497741c2bfaed9b18a31ae9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
          • Size 607B
          • SHA256 be6b74e52e5eef1f1c27c0976bf3bf1bfa99958c00bbef2898a602f691be6dae
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/1148-966-0x000000000A780000-0x000000000A90E000-memory.dmp

          memory/1548-11-0x00000000005C0000-0x00000000005D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3744-611-0x000001EF01AB0000-0x000001EF01AD0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3744-549-0x000001EF001E0000-0x000001EF002E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3744-625-0x000001EF04270000-0x000001EF04290000-memory.dmp

          memory/3744-587-0x000001EF01930000-0x000001EF01950000-memory.dmp

          memory/3744-591-0x000001EF01E00000-0x000001EF01F00000-memory.dmp

          memory/3796-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

          memory/3796-1-0x0000000002180000-0x0000000002183000-memory.dmp

          memory/3796-18-0x0000000002180000-0x0000000002183000-memory.dmp