Analysis

  • max time kernel
    116s
  • max time network
    129s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    24/07/2026, 20:31

General

  • Target
    2026-07-24_cac98232ca143cfb0a2e6d7775a91831_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 727KB
  • Sample260724-za5tmaea62
  • SHA256 8d94ba74aa3fb66773a4ddf4bc70bead5e4c7a27799ff0395c492e9d98706797
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 41 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 38 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\2026-07-24_cac98232ca143cfb0a2e6d7775a91831_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-24_cac98232ca143cfb0a2e6d7775a91831_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:4608
  • 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:1900

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 727KB
        • SHA256 8d94ba74aa3fb66773a4ddf4bc70bead5e4c7a27799ff0395c492e9d98706797
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 844KB
        • SHA256 6587d8704b07cd62534ed17515b0ed8a0eba5ba10bcde7d1e07a727a6c14b1ac
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 e6e75988316414ff7fa8f8b5494e703fbbc841fc7b8e66e81b888b209a66a06c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 7acb576e2894f176d36e3a96770b3aa8488117749306970401fae681aab6d867
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        InspectorOfficeGadget.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe
        • Size 775KB
        • SHA256 4eedba82f25db44a306ebebfdcfb082d126f52bbf49505873a99b71ae5626f98
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 39a26767f29ed425956990bfb1dd9c25fce49dba8c14500d8d2f7bdf17b1ef2e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 bfca1fccee70420006ce07319241fe691d937dd22f12f2e59b17a07a7dbf8d82
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 8050027677696d964ad5bfeb25c4bd6de2d2beced8abbd2f48493f3bfc281aa1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 8ffb4e5ff293b9c80002468837ef89e5c2126cffb6fe75405364e4301301b318
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 a185122386212b4738f9abca35aaefe2cb84f456656a58ff7a117ba2ee390391
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 626b9f3749668722ce0993646322d48976c27fe5bc17deea093d223005f079de
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 e891a59c348b42d64c8b5c04783f4ea25e5fd131dfb8a2fac0ad2346dd9c98b0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 5de1734b71fd3b6982a31f2e89567f39e3e55fb1a0dfeb9f0d753ebe98913d2d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 97145a17509845bf02c69c2f208eef5d8c5335c0b6eafd5b92a6a8491b2467f9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 2370fe5333a762431a828034670a933dbe106e8043b6e1d5261be105278f1f87
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 7dac3fcefac88bd33b211992df193e50b5f36dc157b7b6b0f212dc1e51bbeccd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 53a9d13995232f50b2bfb7b2e9b9a85081fad959d4a2283118f7e5b34e3ac77e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 1d1204e2855738249181241e708ba8d363b194652d071871de44cf97074824ae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 4010374450354bd977418f9b052f6d3ffa3255f45e4a892e99b0dfcb1aa2d840
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 4a4f4d7807dbbe0c1e182ecf6a331c39c3e8c38a9b2877a8ce06277e3b6a4f27
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 6d691b02045bcc8ab0b905e99236c249ee4d8ab14fc21582949294f0acacc8b4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 31c056da328e46071a93e6faf30f35dbb313ca46068b04f47f0d4d56c2a788ba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 c3405bd2ec50415fd93712a145bef7893122dd224d6f6a7b0b2ce21a2134d9d7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 41e0b7fb36f624b07ba11c752ffaa7ec8429f8ca3422bf8f8bc9442aa0ab2771
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 62e35585224d8dd1093a732a45041953466e55607b0535a44c809448ef730d6d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 5b0962dafde0ba9279a7a7cd3ac403fcfdb784f820a5cdeace4470895131e6e9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 1be3690549defa0ad48dfe0ec22641ed34e98d296d1885652c44f7420c5c6e59
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 88e91f57b3bb7d40f9732d2c3f4519e6cb2098e5d577858e08c6d85c784b81f7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 c10005402661e0dfb319ae80a7b7f3136839c261a7de231c294f07fb73925b28
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 be98b05176230071bcc8489cf0dfbc853b694b5498e3ca3c5b836f93ed7617f7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 5afe3f99bbfe9db17622168b2935d8d57b8a710abde4c563beab9707421c1644
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 7ca283b6b17c909cb7a05fe6c0e5ce1cbc442bd476d2f1cd61fee324a8604f10
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 e5d2454df176d2ca16299a243b2f8e21189c6d7301a5d02c66269794184af320
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 85c4af3f5887602b9d8b3756aa395c04c2c5efff47f859cb406df5e02278c3ed
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        unpack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\unpack200.exe
        • Size 947KB
        • SHA256 b1ae832bbe6146cb30ea771bdc6cd8e9f2963dadf9456cc25e0da19076e43c1d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 398cdacdda841ffa26ce963911cc77409d287eb50f8908d6da3c853f7197d8fd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 49bbbbf810a2720abe1500f8efceae044e7d394cbf9d4e168757f57382f86dea
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 bd4d0acfef282da41843e44cfa7b93a33d7a9c3751754451fb6e8c15d61c4600
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1900-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4608-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4608-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp