Analysis

  • max time kernel
    111s
  • max time network
    114s
  • 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, 14:26

General

  • Target
    2026-07-15_2f18e649977b1638d06ee3e518f88e52_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 934KB
  • Sample260715-rsagfaew2j
  • SHA256 3b07cada3bdff6a0793330a9925b3a67eae1652dba10f0adafb651d25763d043
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 45 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 42 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 13 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_2f18e649977b1638d06ee3e518f88e52_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-15_2f18e649977b1638d06ee3e518f88e52_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_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:3644
  • 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:940

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 934KB
        • SHA256 3b07cada3bdff6a0793330a9925b3a67eae1652dba10f0adafb651d25763d043
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 fe773fc5cea55c61aa41b2663b422d3e0ecd66954013c1de2a47ee7569c38d29
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 949KB
        • SHA256 17923b6dc34f88a7f52dbc93360d55c6ce58799fd3c3bacfd3372b3e2e6d443e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 a8341be886f71daef2d3590266d2d2ddf0d4e514577560a8ee848ada87f71c19
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 ab56bebfe718c1fc376e3271e336760e4dca725f55015a97259cf2fd665d6a36
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 a387797d021ceebce5116b7b1c6e1ca94f69eb80255d4b342308ae87a7ff9f04
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 5b5d8f3a5b6550dfd1099bd85ad27c125f7cf7e6711ca4cec023659c6d0235f7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 f80fc67c05acc3eefb3972c8a2db799530f92d5ec5bfbaa439a0d9163295c28e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 de9b3671aa4884b2a8e22ba60f583ec8ef20b0b9f553da7ad0a472cc557cd906
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 a0e469dc9e01b0d6506524ed78a5fe4d24c34a934fd42a79b05cda52c7197cf9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 8fe38f6f536249d7e59960b247edcdc1cf31d4eb48d06ace17f88778eabbca34
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 29f09a1fdcc65c7fdcd10e83f710ac03c499d31a6c70cc17a9b6dc2d42741621
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 ecf5ebc977efd2b35640da1e4ff330ca257b493bd0626c4a6ccc3285f83bb902
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 7d8fafed23f695e2c0e4af2511fe58eeb8615c1971b5ff48232b66eaffa7e0db
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 635a480e81d0e055bbc0b07bb4c15042b6b085230b3af4cfee668360a3369c4d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 3e30c2b37e28373e4169e0fa0fbb147ef9f65df90c7d459fc822e28f5b349946
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 e5568ce9c73845e705e42de7c25310daa859c3ecf82e6459d3daa080a1e880a6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 256d562f305b9e03e4d988fe8d20166d4cc725cd0b3633db96e0584457d3bcc0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 c5b39fa92d4f960d9c8fb977cd330079b3e40433baa75dadf7c8eed1313995a0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 d055d75dfd3f630341f0c021283c3d53a0cb66bea0ff393dd544070487519651
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 034c95bdac7ed4342a2382056f5c6a7a3c3aadc2173a5d3f0a6531db5f97b748
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 ec7f93cb4fc0f9c57c7cca41181923c62be6edd3c135f7f43bacd9b73e918790
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 30d8aa570444c9bb79406467d24541f0a8f85f91c4f4ef906dd845cbed740f0f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 701379bb4237b91217e4fc659c073716c3c2ceaf45a6f077b8c526ad8260eaa5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 dc66ceec178135e5c49700c9275090270721073dc1326ce6ebe6133bc9c6904c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 b6d1757252108b9b719d66bf7722d44e08c00c8e958dbe5966cab328a1022f1a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 aef989b33d56c76ae8d20ba1f74221e88be902ca81fdc1de4dc2dc9ebab3cbd0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 3b5af404fdc695efe358587f52710b3597453274393fffdd2bcfae2b97252d48
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 d889c5081eb415d78e9b6c7acb3facb21050d8cdd4bcee59c7a9a00b826c0a94
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 17fd338e1b6f360e5f4f7e8e70636449b425c70731ebcca40d74ff1b8f866819
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 6493c4a1a3b3ab506dd264c4b490e1efbef6c5c424d8b559f9cac1e31d3bbe61
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 e2f9cc9cd795779bfea4a3f21fc07271cb475f67e62df92df6abe7993bd1a470
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 e167a09786be1fbc580e883e8fe84b44577501a0fdd30c7461bee33e363928d0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 406fad95a66491631cab25c7f02cd59e8895da33b9a139e544cb8c4a93b4df17
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 ae0f494f611e217a20b57f648ace2d071c723bbcc924361b138f17f29964527d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 dbab83605714b28cb38b9339f3871b122e18da362473f05b7d7de350c48fc05b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 7746a9f2923f0cd0045e3b175706664546b6af6f4ec7b5ed160609668a4bdea5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 2aaffe4640fefd670aecaf73ab41d7194086e754d1ee1396601d9e2145927217
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 dd4c1680684d3439ddc35b39cc58d2732fa23230b2bba564a8563c0671ea47dc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 11d91fdf94ccd8ef8e6a04de77fcc556c6830ff1525aa08cad0fc66088d26137
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 9a2d3c24b23618e2bfae7bd82359f982f5325b6969612d6c308f0ed7409f8dc0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 3d85c1ce1f371c75066cfad5dfa5eb93d6527f29ea6e252333482bfe49715e0b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/940-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/3644-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/3644-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp