Analysis

  • max time kernel
    101s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    14/07/2026, 01:37

General

  • Target
    2026-07-13_2fdea2559a16d77b434c5bc2bb81aec2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 850KB
  • Sample260714-b15dsaev5s
  • SHA256 07be6a3224fd01d6122dc47c61aeaad85445bac19e17b794d50896c710ac6405
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 40 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 37 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\2026-07-13_2fdea2559a16d77b434c5bc2bb81aec2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-13_2fdea2559a16d77b434c5bc2bb81aec2_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:4140
  • 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:3424

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 850KB
        • SHA256 07be6a3224fd01d6122dc47c61aeaad85445bac19e17b794d50896c710ac6405
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 967KB
        • SHA256 a42a2530dccd869ea5b00af3150a9e3d80d83a65682c8ffd986a90d82621a4f7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 5d922fb1f954b1c354e9965774e22915820ddf9c9d982969e7904a657b8950a1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 864KB
        • SHA256 df8b9099736b1239dc4d5e6b87c52a11de8a8ecf54b1cfebfc39a76dcf788e35
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        InspectorOfficeGadget.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 85a8ec5c84346751dfa1f3ad878a4c5ebe20165165e4ba617441bc14f605658d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 e3d4bfd0f068eae4cafe1b5ecc872dcd0ed62fc93c2b93f09c37aff005625918
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 d1905c0bb42dc96a68dd026d61fdbb51dc64d950beab6b384234a96ddcc3e43c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 18f7e7e16f273cd1f42002f2b9979c21bce25536949ed6ff67cfb3f51e8d2673
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 6c4b019f552b08437ad841a093f0487d52cbf144cbd5154d09ac2546ca4c2705
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 947e9cc7d725a0ef4c67a7a8932a4735d7b02b6cb8298d83584096cc470f3dfe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 e9e34ba2eb3026b766186222bbb737f91e4270e7abac401b97f83d9fa5e2c8d7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 9f757895794cbe3cde6c9812ed51a0caaafe4d2d6229baf28a5c19c812313c36
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 211182cca6e933ecb6ffcf3624cefa4f226d1d4d7f73a29d30fcbff73a453681
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 49e7da6f6b28a509c6df91cf7657440a4659a7fda95f38bb182923073fced32a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 165c7ea703176837474e1c563d1c4b964c5a1e525252497247d5fe0eb0bceb1e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 c834d331251281367a08932b3d87196ca9a883b3d8a7b4b030e29e0703d2d33a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 d8217f73a2521827f0ae790ae623c56d445d814273239fc26ca30e72fba38ff7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 4e78160ab7d53465eb5a68877856ba56e0a5b9cda2c2aa0994be44e42c7a04cd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 e02c24235129ac91bead1f12b908c61edb87cad86ab25bf359166474a77c58e4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 faea2b94b3bdeed95e38c65fbbd3ab50cb46e6f15897c203b7871557be175474
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 fdde06f8d538623ee6a83b96fa25d6387c595303ab05056ae9f2bd00ca993870
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 53bb8025c5c063057a2b1e679d0b42cb0c70a292c247a8c42d27d2648efe9a7a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 9a4b94ce7feb33d8fde55bd20b6ab758ae07efad1a4593b6cca23b874b961a4a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 3cfc230333de486542c1f88ca641213b5dcbee20923d16e180207325a0dd8329
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 ac0c8c89aae9177d04933f1863331e740c39937658038fb155110b22650428fe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 11e17b9c229b02b99237db81cf7b22743f6d0b3e98da1ec5d2d1ba7868f2aeae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 1cb7ba90242471c7b1dae06c80a6e2168448597534ec5ab50e390f3e907e6a7c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 e03a1db56ed1280b27505d6d4d0c0a8044209950e0ef4caebfd36e8abf372730
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 15074a7b34346891bd38642737bb3d07ef8443834cbd538ede741dacea1417b2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 b2045e858d1b7436dd61adfebb91d1fa9a8f1daca7f900e3c03e776a026ea16d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 587824baec462c2d7034304cfe3589e6a503187ecf08a68062ade7bd31d90ee8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 4583d48b51097709825c0b1f8319a3dbbd6a3c19ebe6a8853fc27eee44712d9f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 33f4ced2109d25989f6f6d1496199fa030f1d2fff33d3c1ed80dc808beaeb831
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 f2b1c5d112f01015ae760e87fb4f530c666835c5260116a0ccc4f76da8b00d31
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 7c2ec206971ff01ad3180b2c112ac673ba281a82e461e8f0975aff1a9cd92183
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 2eb11180760db27733a1b63def5be4c8b7d824cb7f15949995a6b9523a24f0a6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 8d642a51e1c1a859b405ed8f4ba50730e8467b5b449a534e4f8350d3424bc0be
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/3424-34-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4140-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4140-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp