Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    143s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    22/07/2026, 04:24

General

  • Target
    2026-07-22_1d5fdc6231fb44eb59ddbc35cc6adafe_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 6.8MB
  • Sample260722-e1vq5adj6w
  • SHA256 32c08cf9f6d92e91a2808f3119270730dc76c9a09e94ce5336e167c968746071
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-22_1d5fdc6231fb44eb59ddbc35cc6adafe_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-22_1d5fdc6231fb44eb59ddbc35cc6adafe_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2548
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5072
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\UpdatAuto.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4576
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4932

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 7.3MB
        • SHA256 5985d4b86668a7fc041c8e1292178609f0418d7c5f80842384a660b4b3db7a0b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 7.7MB
        • SHA256 bb0f6a6908c16bc45288963f9cc1ebb439e6ba42368a9df7785b0dcc497960b3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 7.5MB
        • SHA256 902ce61c3c8740949acafc5dfdfded277a5852b78b2574f4989dd2bfdb298eab
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 d9db0a22a39d4cb4f62daa1213819659c71e35d47559ad21b342055f5aded20d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 12.8MB
        • SHA256 e6c9e252259181544e13b07ea9429eb4e6ebe1114c1407c95e23e699945108e9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_pwa_launcher.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Size 8.5MB
        • SHA256 6ed5bbc430cd35397eda52db3659f3abdb081da01fbc23d79ed561b34abb6438
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevated_tracing_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.exe
        • Size 10.2MB
        • SHA256 9c2fcfc8ea12e1f3edbfeb1b04ef11a556eb8d85a307d3c13c31cc8781633301
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 9.0MB
        • SHA256 16d5eb1fa6f47873c0ce63a309f0e707fdd87f2eb5c8b7967b2e020d39c0f35e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        os_update_handler.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe
        • Size 8.6MB
        • SHA256 57a05d114367c660243ffb12d58c2e390ab532f7452dceb108ed9b79fc7f5840
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 9.9MB
        • SHA256 a15d2f768b13c79c485d4e7004e0b4857d073ae0f3401d534e684775e1968763
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 8.2MB
        • SHA256 49c68e9a2245f43105a3db57c57ffc4b4384d1a4981ba8b0b370ca083ca93e73
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 01d6244b4da7ffbd8e4d91a259b21cc0cced9cfca6217c02c41196035bddb0c5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 78c30190546fb5519d7114ede758f8f30600f8ef675c91e84ea76b8829bd60c7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 f18c9970567684613ad98bbeda44e2eaabf4f7b3c11037f3f771cac341c03bb0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 cc0b21394f7d49c04690c102ab20547851ff2ded231c71c0329087d335e2865a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 9935bb0e9e30877e3d9cf0651b91e2948751260e4c05e9b682b2f4809d5d3430
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 7e84774ca08180de0d3c365ca19bcd05d02cac85e34686dd5656d710fb52e1fe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 ff8fa5c540014b6b46fe90414f3ac393f18a78b91d4d6453b1cc8a90bf7f3e8b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe
        • Size 7.1MB
        • SHA256 404ed06149d4dcb7de11d965d1f8dac391d6dfc305cd488384679bf44f026e98
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 6.9MB
        • SHA256 6beeb4ba1cda4eb96caa6866bddff4e2bdaaefea2a9efaaaea0368a4073fe3cd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 97a42e08a531738623eac925cc3b2c67848aa7d7b745e6d94653e0f562fd12e7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 b09a197623a5c18b67e7c56b05aecddace755def9cdbc5171ae546cacd5f6085
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 fda1f091ce38f2759b39d2d4b27259a63098deab77f8fc2e59cd0dc2fab61037
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Option.bat

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Option.bat
        • Size 53B
        • SHA256 0bc485263cf8a962e64db0b88f156f2a9af1b81ecfdb1cf9111d497e85df70f3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        UpdatAuto.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 32c08cf9f6d92e91a2808f3119270730dc76c9a09e94ce5336e167c968746071
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 26517e9f759acfdd711b802d551874a6d94f3657e78f6f6e6a9a8f48b3c9a2e4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 a2d26a8a7ebb4b05c5519a0f21286a9146ad3be7703d736f998717d70f9f7834
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 f11d12a29e8a331f2da362935b650ce66bff6ea094a4f4b7b903f19da09d86ab
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 5b20bc614acaef886290284f3789124a18c415b584c1af8ab56a48a9f7edf32b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 196606429aae110d913bc61d9bc1689949149b33ff84f32099b66e7eb9af0c75
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 408f948d7ada87a98b0e28eeb3f90be2e210d1deb6f4d895bd6155ce8f61a7f3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 1c2307ac20b237bf9324dd881e4de4754826cdbb6322b73313cda5a8b0decdc5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 01dd70ae6aacee650e215e4eebaa73c6e143f774b97becdf9ff1a7b8b07ed693
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 ea46e1e38d23b585d7c9641b568a4d10babe425ab596cfd7dcf43fedde54ba38
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 fabd19548063e2269d3a5cb4b44c162356a8c26f9608a41ca504d11e1134d39b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH