Analysis

  • max time kernel
    89s
  • max time network
    113s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    09/07/2026, 16:46

General

  • Target
    2026-07-09_a6ff4f219ea9aa5b8b1d22104a7f9dd9_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 845KB
  • Sample260709-t9367aex6w
  • SHA256 cf1f4538872e3a8683165d359151b3aad3577703551b6fc750db9593a09434b2
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 43 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 40 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 Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows 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.

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

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-09_a6ff4f219ea9aa5b8b1d22104a7f9dd9_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-09_a6ff4f219ea9aa5b8b1d22104a7f9dd9_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:1312
  • 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 Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • NTFS ADS
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:6044

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 845KB
        • SHA256 cf1f4538872e3a8683165d359151b3aad3577703551b6fc750db9593a09434b2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 eaa6ddfb1d4cabff61ffe696f6c64e5dcf0492caac725950ec20ccbeeee2f7d6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 859KB
        • SHA256 de8204c7cb7b699d82371f9e8ebb8bb918c96f5c608d823469720488f8719e13
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 68af0bebee09c9509fa788b120b81e3c3d4e0230e26b1a8026bf9ebf1b04d513
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 2b69ab3cf65a06b1d4e9579c78cef3a6debbe782cdc9f629fe035dc1aa40d1f8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 5d6ae008762c28fa86002a2c682741eb2d071819a1b1577e27dadf5e0b72a5cf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 78acd60425bb960b8a7a1a19b4f352cc6c1bc0c40e53edd279b1a2322e975890
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 49cb8decfebb056dcbb2b01e2211e4bb4d0a894c9261e94c8a09e208f5dfd056
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 2fe226f818e5b34e02f0796d8db11cf1b24f58f95bbb9de06f1d44c73244829d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 7d3603129c0f1af019f328cda39aa234272d4890ebf18daca34b8aad44274467
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 7f136d921e42a772ff823f832b13139834ae080bd7066c279e903e47cf0317e5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 8854148987bdb9bb85ddb413e88a10865ad26026e0d6d59fd0c914af7218f61f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 1001dd2502a5af4946fa1175381821266be96a54a54e3f8d905a39f8d45a3d08
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 b96889cc10492933bba6af618bc9fb82deb01dc9f749a42229135893c76ed1c9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 b9f961a367fa6e94b12743ccab144dbbb6ecea9e4490d46aeec2c56986610066
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 1f4da4c4bf376f8b966bb6f61261fee50bfeb58ea8fdb4efd1d9015c2fecd89f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 f683446a73b640ed9a6453eb6bedfd0fe39a8367cc3bdc227e5968e15fa73f1a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 0e03dcd766cd1f830bd45d3a62244f68728e858bc945b58c6257a94a25a48cd0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 af1ece19abcc91bd114f7620a5df6afdc490fefc324907d3b44d36f6a8425d5c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 c1b7617b7fee9d888ae8a13438868044359a74bddcaa97fdbd41549a09fbd2f6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 078c7c7986b8227726487772c8d31fa47dd8be798afa3729e2aab2e2b38f835c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 b0180122f340817923e61fb28cf93f24546f1538e8f673350d697adfa5c13a6c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 52cf3259ca10da8f0717e47c076a5f02b1ac5e4c7889c0d73764e63ee0e98863
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 ca7de35f5cdc09469a4076143c2ddc68418cb7e9569db0a1e9e129a011b7a7cc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 f80ae2627371c9471753f7313f2cf5fd6d9d0fba71e4d9e1ecec178eb92fa159
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 c4cd667c0ea05e10bac380bf531481f037c8b09324a75c3854d63e480fdb98f9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 defe056fc02fd48c4ac3db18d6b0d4a503d1cbba5a376ef663784c65a8c0e8cd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 42f019e396836465ceb2655dfac68d52e110615cb5bf25e132a3d45a14a0f007
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 161f945921cd4f91383729d59606d56caab946f5057715c4ad9b03ccde1a6566
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 a7f481489f1b9c9d6edc9b9bcfd8728e43feed650c20e9bf869c87eeb72a35b0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 55065ca5f85c08b9da656939debd32b7960f95dcb15713d68faac9fd81487584
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 133dac97662df10e2f6ecff1e6334d43d4e1939d7d199e4258c339ba3d2a5819
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 b400fac90da27f29b7ce055fcba6b7a990a3029b2b9552248c43c6520d4ef343
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 145b723235a375eb1db3024bf4a7faac3a0119a86cd73dd92f13ebd8995a7dfa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 3cb76f720f40ff1398e979e61df5bca7859c4b5333367781b01de2202bd56611
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 da460b15484cb3e63bde1bae6cbbca69f7afb142ab3ea73c4f553e4dedf1e1f7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 dc07f8807ba93ced4831388b8e484a3a8523e8499dea77a872ac0f30d21d74b7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 cf9fc4220bbac7690076c551ac0efc44cd64096646e1401fdc154752a67775af
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 b36e15fcce0bb9b85214436e0f9f1196d1146e21efe41cf8994f80e06d3caf44
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 cc60cdef57043120ad01a8a238421e1b1f6592ddaa2f0308f49218690134b027
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1312-166-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/1312-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/6044-228-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp