Analysis

  • max time kernel
    119s
  • max time network
    129s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    15/07/2026, 04:35

General

  • Target
    2026-07-15_92a6e4ca9d7bca38a8eb8aa37a2bc69e_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 873KB
  • Sample260715-e7vppsbx5l
  • SHA256 0b4baf8e8855e95572d463e87dfac62df827d946aaadfd5d7be16379f4cc8104
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 50 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 47 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 14 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_92a6e4ca9d7bca38a8eb8aa37a2bc69e_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-15_92a6e4ca9d7bca38a8eb8aa37a2bc69e_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:4880
  • 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:3148

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 0b4baf8e8855e95572d463e87dfac62df827d946aaadfd5d7be16379f4cc8104
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Eula.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Eula.exe
        • Size 965KB
        • SHA256 94e1860da4b70479c92210bdfb057b6906af081228e917a072bceac5ab4cf582
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        reader_sl.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\reader_sl.exe
        • Size 926KB
        • SHA256 62b7d4f25650f1333698d31490087f569849b1053af52647b34902ddb1c330a2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe
        • Size 972KB
        • SHA256 c506432937de5b5feec16c60c45774f80afd5605d264335a2aae848937079a3b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MicrosoftEdgeUpdateOnDemand.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateOnDemand.exe
        • Size 972KB
        • SHA256 4b4b4e238ce5e9f5aa40e780e3174cf45262ac0083442926e4e0cbb546677ae0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 5c737985ec248c83b9ac781ea51b2ca0b1167fec37ae3a6302fd1637a4d93888
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 888KB
        • SHA256 0b263d84fb74babc11a312185ab69ea76654d2dfe5e47600bf5f6e4fb8f692fc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        InspectorOfficeGadget.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe
        • Size 921KB
        • SHA256 2ab329a70907efb91aa213b50bcc5b3a7220ec67faf1057d492011ea9b25e8c8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 42b10185cbc4129a3eff4e90aa01a83ca899ce098f22fb917a1a91bdb0f2ee8e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 090a1c168ea034c38c70fdc43e45f63ded48fa70cc20cad9dfb3ff5499a0320e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 9236aa89a6a960bae62f039a1264a3b2b651ee1b427a8a7120ae779782ef1963
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 8df37916dd2af7decebe60899fdbcad29c9144fcf1b1c69d495a4ec429f9d32c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 2609653c1d025fed440df5c4d97c83308230600da2ce73164c5af5271dd286a6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 9e9e0ae4efce6c79402175ccf2c816cf583f87ae510a808305479f1776c2309d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 2b3881f09f9b39ec3ad140a3a3ce6777847782984abd4211c71f906885004426
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 f91232da4f72dbca77a27f16f0999e4c609f9e2089496c732e846570477504fa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 577c9907c005174c789fc75ff0455287ee09438f9b70f4053cf64a825d0f4e59
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 821b9835e7a710dbd70b9f6d067ac5bbe797c5bf60e86cdafd86b8cadbef4b98
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 08a009ccee6ce410aed2617d6c2a8140ecd55f995e4d4019b0a3236a803e2d99
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 e44e595cf75bec84b1734d266016cb137b9f4ad710e1b64a676a3cd9479031f9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 6983f20c42017c6bf6c22b1a41a268e8e03d66e915d80c1fe892047d30cc5ba7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 364ba3b0be1fa85e30a16cf584a447b2eadbfac4db0736208b7d927da9d189ef
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 ff5eb79dd210df958326dce5637021ea61973b987eee4c88388551b19c73a985
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 9b5e79ed3a50e7169ece830daf2712eff65f556c4141f33db01481bdc7744081
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 f63462bc3940a0925d80ad03982aa092e948d232be11f6e6e77b145da85a32eb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 6477ac0086f52720aa2227e9ebc6ab6cf58afc9bffb190277cb34a7ee6674ffc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 c241ed37c1b7198c4c7f48a82cdd6bb81bf355ecc647a9fac63c92ada93d2180
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 75f317e0f0734eb5d5ee8a4c98b57ecffc18ce01c1c424305eec90aec98c9997
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 66f854a61b9ffc192cfe380edc4f2f5cde9ea8e1c8a26a408bbe56b2ee4b3e2c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 a81499add7441a1551d5e50fb2b1c38bd0f4ab7b52c793ee4c34eb3f0ffa3a2d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 c53cedf4bea5b9ce222ca12916f9d2ab4b35c95e92e7b7b4685785fb880c78e8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 77c48a78d828ae2295515d73d02cb6338f8c2b2f7a2bf8698c2cde5aca036007
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 0bd5f499eb793d5ace39e256792fb63a1cafe2f4f8326515a509cfee745dfaa2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 0a3f8fea81c0c66fa291d0b61870b1abcd54152104f833be3cfc193592a54135
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 4156b9d0bdb746d91fe500e63e1d2d32098d77900bcb3e9d1b06457451cb357b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 226f9f3560a0cdf61d45fa0ef84037d2a69ba707ac772865e07742b64c46e3a5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 718975329ce8ad57d2ee430832e3c2b1275b0f69006999e418d78f7e3ddfd72b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 a1698b6aad9a5a18c0addf392423dc0cf48c97745e14321bd7c46ef9aeb7d7f9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 c38e292a84222c15d42a930420de658df9187f600bd62259fe697297bdd9631c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 2334ee4d5ec86bf3dee0c15b29996cc9112018a4afd8d3260956c95e756c0dcc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 b341d7c0e84b9d700d12fec22c7b269dbcfc186689a2d6578eb5c30baefaa8b7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 6a218bb2da9d5c781125bb022502f92fdbcd24d3e32c804410c482b0db5beb2d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 05cded86b842b87da94abf8f2c14490fd8a5c6fb2c2bd83a7682c7c423ef46e4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 a9504ce9d700edd5bf5f0c80d3c2600e03f367b308f656b521159c8851f30232
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 9fd0b01693455696cba8c27d4c19f85489764cbffa9fc7a7eb162542ebdcc9a3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 a223de54f649babf4e13de1d104d4223111b2140265ca750e4b8b19b670c0797
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 c817545e5db2daa60c9f0d3b541c1afa144fbd849204a0e11664e4df16a6381b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/3148-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4880-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4880-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp