Analysis

  • max time kernel
    97s
  • max time network
    89s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    15/07/2026, 01:54

General

  • Target
    2026-07-15_e180b87456db91fcefa278d05e0c9792_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 933KB
  • Sample260715-cbl2ksb131
  • SHA256 a94c09751cfcbe5bae6017841abc942765d0bfa24810590f0f6615e5a607eb94
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 42 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 39 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 19 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\2026-07-15_e180b87456db91fcefa278d05e0c9792_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-15_e180b87456db91fcefa278d05e0c9792_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:2972
  • 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:4600

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 933KB
        • SHA256 a94c09751cfcbe5bae6017841abc942765d0bfa24810590f0f6615e5a607eb94
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 0ae8092c24da247795eea4e4a564b4503139e4c7a3b8134ba123e2c4418a27fc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 d4248cabb6399482c025e1ec66ae5af7de56ac6f430797f8b93aba47dc84ac6c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 e0a67cf88af6f9fbac904b7f44e5d7a6f3cae364ae1cc912aad9d7fc04575af3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 163484f8024bebc911cd173841d0507f55871382b8156a8f9e62dd3d57bb1a26
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 cb7c1bbde296bdba3e954751ecbe67f7bd6e28f11c042d58c6f543351f1e6fdb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 b37e48563c58e6e6408487b9b709ee009112353759d668197e10dab825d992d0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 9c14ee837e2ce6abe073298a93eb715b6f23d679f30f83d5fc162d8ecac88463
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 1886d507166804b7c44e4d72fb399de9e6c4d686008518989c4662602450a6fd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 bc206592860a103905c0547dde10dd8a569d50383ff91e998b25a2b2ccdeebc1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 a4bca28835441c84e8391e26ace0cbe25ea407c7ac1f52a1c1ac89231cb5ebfa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 609887c44c886f869fbad3d872947b97901e94ec9b2263207ca1ee3a524e519e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 e03844a45eafce58ef8973b0c7fea9756cfa49cb183853bd5ae76deae51e948d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 ea82abcc706e0eccd1514e40ddd543d393448066ad38fb062619dd0b54f1d5cf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 84f62fe641cfb7d1d4b8cd08baa00cb792cd454bdcee6545345be1d6b0f61c25
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 5191382ff670c9b83f81c8251c6f309496bd2b1fdabd468173c58394643668c2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 07d1525153a03bea7b6c37cd8b2e1bcc79143c85f2aecab2663bc3a2b759b084
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 54d4c29dbfa4cc1e29a23be222ad4ab5c438884cf317bb033f6a92d69c0a1ba3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 86b4810d4645e60c8f6e8f613aaa34f9d4f9529e3719368cec10769aacc0bc27
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 882306b85940eb1ace1806957a03ae354452d3fd4cba8f45d0a9008b2d6e21dc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 be3f32afff1f3b589445a44d714dfdebfba9f5d360634edd127f850294afa9e2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 db80e5bfdfce6f9a479c7a21aeb042f88749896b394002995764dc57ad9a18fd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 71118251f8dd31bb80aa9a79d72d8d40554a9333e2d0385f7abc063dcf26ee2b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 7a438c5a8cce5938beef4edbcc978e0796d5cd987b269200812098ac8fa11ff6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 576572a450dbd82ca0ae924de277357aa6d0fafa703bce9d69fc12facc67301c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 4ace5ce2fe5ed37e786a2baa4a32fcc5cd3ee621f3bee54941832ddf1c3c61d4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 edef76da6dcb833fe84c6091f0b12c93f8362c81db54fbd73c4457eed183805a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 cf6d056b95a30523f3a10e02bd2014e4d29f656f88649f95c5d26c11af169dac
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 cd732fb55a6fc970bbdb4733af8c760303f273f1a86ee974f51e16ba2fafa81d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 484a4f7a0419ccd47f7e22c59cd4ee8ea52091c827d005a703c8a63e3c26abfc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 9b9ec14a2cb94d33252c2f169b5bb0098ce58f65d8d4e959d38437c3302b5db2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 b57a4e53225c03cc540761371d0012c78e01aa9d9368b223fc6f23c1fb132429
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 1da076f055ad46f56b520f9a32a76bc3f503865ef87dd9fb302deec0e445415a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 dbecdc784b73fefce584648df291de40614abb53553ef20fe2ab50fe1107e8fb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 71e82277652341f31e7fc0953983a574bb98d8040a6583237ee92fcf38e5cbe9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 004b5269e4cd604a4f3420b4e1c3e56dcc638497b71815007386a43867c07d95
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 bf8728b7220a41812edc6b9fb02235e1aebb1e6776861d35e578f9f1beba4f35
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 7c397abfdd96f10306b9d36589ca53de894aa67a117829a905fb3edbeec6ee9a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 5b7bec8ed852657e71a33ac70d393649089259e759759475512d7e816c8f4860
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2972-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/2972-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4600-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp