Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    136s
  • 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, 04:22

General

  • Target
    2026-07-22_777533b0d41887a5877a711539d542d3_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 13.6MB
  • Sample260722-ezdffsvyes
  • SHA256 3a58ee7aa4ffd03fefff403f4be57c1699b464e1896bfb18e17a281253446225
  • 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_777533b0d41887a5877a711539d542d3_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-22_777533b0d41887a5877a711539d542d3_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:5424
    • 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:4432
    • 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:1856
      • 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:2132

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 14.1MB
        • SHA256 de27cb37a70eadcc3a95c78d5d1f460011d7e667276b94050a2574b7ae98549c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 14.5MB
        • SHA256 0e9f85e941d55eeabcbb2d3073dfd8c8c683ae08df2020dd7f8a1714e677b324
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 14.3MB
        • SHA256 52628fe7f1e983b265a862de174b41e15e62bb3f04ee43ed799922b963237788
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 13.6MB
        • SHA256 1f7e26c4c150b0e1fb7f4aefa0ca99df14ce8743a32103e5c1dd3efe1d2aa666
        • 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 15.3MB
        • SHA256 a84ca89550f2419bd5a8d94ea4bccbd2bf179b813935fcca519949aa627b83a2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 15.8MB
        • SHA256 e4fbe1f9287fd41952e2b047bef1352fbcf8daaa4f5403392c2a3d3b6fe32dc2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 15.2MB
        • SHA256 34ff99bd84a9782c4306fe3bfcbb646d3641a43648cb436c21e371a6b429305b
        • 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 15.4MB
        • SHA256 3cf9efac707a9caad8801e2d3c5c30d566c3cf1924e4fa8862b059b4704fb48f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 16.6MB
        • SHA256 283148f47fd7998896d0c928db4f1d59294b918f9d64003f882b5784157dfb00
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 15.0MB
        • SHA256 5629db5623696f56967e63a8b35976cf2678b95246b21082f33f807da53af3d9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 13.6MB
        • SHA256 6371cec12bc0fc01254969a30c5d177219b06b5dca1aedaed5a49be557bfeb4b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 13.6MB
        • SHA256 191035b102dc00e8aedd907df1a974515c96a88b40df2da4377cd91d6ecb932e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 13.6MB
        • SHA256 9dacfbf5fe0e9a30d1e09ad03982fcec44249c7e40a1544c47533dc41a2ce4ae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 13.6MB
        • SHA256 d7a3ddf620555fc5186d1953c064afd7cd3da5cf66ad6391b8f3ee5648b859bb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 13.6MB
        • SHA256 7848253996631c92e60cd8a5e2e0440d9d126df19a5b2f0faf6cdd66cb354383
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 13.6MB
        • SHA256 4849f9c0ff5d7a1f38664bad50c8c15923ada95539dd105946959124b4668a79
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe
        • Size 13.9MB
        • SHA256 e44fefe888fb7552c8a2cee874af04922be2ba25fc76b79d98d70f248e692163
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 13.6MB
        • SHA256 929859bdb73cc4601f945861e3968d580331a7b564084a765b1cd7e434304240
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 13.7MB
        • SHA256 0c4b370ce9813f167a16ee68cb752598cbae2838ed93c3ff0b32371012c3241d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 13.6MB
        • SHA256 6c64a87b2556a389109ec3e4d8c77ebf45510fe4e7255c529be941751849954b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 13.6MB
        • SHA256 8b9ba0c3739d6ef56d3ccaaebe809ba16fe3b4ad74734ee0c94eb8729104465e
        • 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 13.6MB
        • SHA256 3a58ee7aa4ffd03fefff403f4be57c1699b464e1896bfb18e17a281253446225
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.6MB
        • SHA256 43e9ecd9a2a016c3c3bd7d56e185bf5499302002d29562420ff001d225f104d8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.6MB
        • SHA256 495b1bf0b094370be1e45c1bac027eaa8bdf06f4917ff64036e2bd8b1e537d47
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.6MB
        • SHA256 f20c7bb56d8b7f3fcb76c3995dcb3d08ed394c5f8e5158fe64758d663bdaca06
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.6MB
        • SHA256 c5b23d68a46fd680a5415fcd085e4f83eb159a73d1f9499fd961995ba623f71d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.6MB
        • SHA256 02ab9569732138e414b93eb2561f55e10c8fa3bfbaf211ccaeb0b046d2075861
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.6MB
        • SHA256 04fcf33f5ce6d49d4165ac1c22eca5867620bae0d703f1953d758f39529c8c5b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.6MB
        • SHA256 1a07f09b845fb2daa1d24ba7f04204bb47b2a258c51b8535f5e460f25b053490
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.6MB
        • SHA256 cfb08d1c3a18404e6dafe80e8019652d3a815ff0e702c06bdd3a005a1104e31a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH