Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    122s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    27/07/2026, 03:48

General

  • Target
    2026-07-27_45b63b9e92b8dbc7a625c19eb684864b_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 4.5MB
  • Sample260727-ec1mgagp2w
  • SHA256 ee7be3327fdf69ecdfb7e6f5ce106e295e92a0df2adc32b78a0f17ef4a72e272
  • 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\2026-07-27_45b63b9e92b8dbc7a625c19eb684864b_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-27_45b63b9e92b8dbc7a625c19eb684864b_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:3464
    • 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:4280
    • 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:804
      • 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:4412

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 5.0MB
        • SHA256 a81ca108bc6c1b47f6fff2e70a0614273f867401dcff103dcd475fc27c780472
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 5.5MB
        • SHA256 29340ef40e242655f360caad122e0b200b0dbd930ba36f3488e47bd6dd24fcb8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 5.2MB
        • SHA256 d967bc266cdbf2ffc57fdd367ddcea4c53f185da8dae4ed59c16baa479d20ae9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 4.5MB
        • SHA256 5ebd277c2337082a7a3783cddab6aaa8a875c71ab226f398ee7a1afbf5c086bf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 10.6MB
        • SHA256 c73ed3aae37452adde86954003bdd932a5fc379e0e37192e56504872f2974112
        • 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 6.2MB
        • SHA256 99f7aae57e8f4a8ee2eb8e84501664b7ee8ec0fdb7bdc0724d126f8fb3e0b733
        • 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 8.0MB
        • SHA256 658ceebad778373fae9f8656df72b263dfd0bce21264c3b2bb5638dd7cd87ed3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 a9d09c390376c7ad129c299bc16d42c9f807d83ae7240fa392cdc9cfbf974fa1
        • 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 6.4MB
        • SHA256 85290d24f39fff9d3a28fb00e4458d7b63d22bfd68d08c57dc6f0cc6d73ea3ca
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 7.6MB
        • SHA256 8e329840012e3025d558dac6be53fbb1e9f5d32caf266acb8f8ba4e546a48142
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 5.9MB
        • SHA256 6654b09654e12a2c33080e5bec43d0b1653b74e3746b19d52cb6938a822d1462
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 4.5MB
        • SHA256 f37be06045a64b038fe2dee45beee15bea544b0352c102199794c3a7ae675bd2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 4.5MB
        • SHA256 520489867e1aaa23bfbcef1abb7c993e4acb784e9522032a4528240e64d9a088
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 4.5MB
        • SHA256 724ec8ae14b754ba28d0c42bd5eb7f1cdf2d9093ce9cf88cf43387f60ad360ff
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 4.6MB
        • SHA256 b01a7df75c5eeecc3a71489b501bc72c109a00ecae9e397f208d47b64b6d9f89
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 4.5MB
        • SHA256 a1ad1b1fd76c63fa577404e5f831bcec2bd31bfa8b7f96afe7a37625351255da
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 4.5MB
        • SHA256 21e3dc9bcad40f8ee4d86ffefeb4af4ab90be68a111f6848432199fcf022e72e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 4.5MB
        • SHA256 ac78197477ca9e8f2004e74dbcf89caf9e0fca686b854361cd0fd91fea2f41e9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 4.6MB
        • SHA256 4c7ec0ca35b80ab97c2757a65f4a79f01741a12a18992528fa8f2afecf41d82d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 4.6MB
        • SHA256 671210e30be882529ce2191942d2be89dc27d612d4ccb8e2762ba90dc7470fff
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 4.6MB
        • SHA256 1fc246b83006c9b671b8adacc68a845761ee0ed0d5f63021334a568b725bf47c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 4.6MB
        • SHA256 78b0583dbd35127d62989c750d4c40bc544a35543ad10b117c6adcc02be93f1e
        • 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 4.5MB
        • SHA256 ee7be3327fdf69ecdfb7e6f5ce106e295e92a0df2adc32b78a0f17ef4a72e272
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.5MB
        • SHA256 0d1b6abd3afe77ced71167e70069b741d41b3ba3e80030863545c666c898a54d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.5MB
        • SHA256 dd0938d5ba240ac8189f47e39165d8868489df0e5038b089eb6e9325e264e7c4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.5MB
        • SHA256 ac52775c6681ae13874312ae82d269c3a1587a756ddbd41fb540c3103beeca78
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.5MB
        • SHA256 1b53077f290b9fbe788a5e5ab49b6b971b43450e5f2633dd309f318c131785c1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.5MB
        • SHA256 17db28a25de5ec1c70bf3c4927ec4687c8f2cae8f192f5541f9b49d86f9396fa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.5MB
        • SHA256 c476abff78ba38c710025bd955f5014f0792061d9625186234564ae6a0f68e03
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.5MB
        • SHA256 1a6448b63aa1562b073dd40ee57e71a4ebed492bd74fa8fb4fa66ae42944a176
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.5MB
        • SHA256 b897e47f1545b6f80e8f65ec3745b98c4cf8cd05ee0a732e39576c0745eb05fe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.5MB
        • SHA256 5fd82d95a70745c586d9eab3da6b136915b1fce55029f076722a67e7f1907e1d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.5MB
        • SHA256 06003bbea6240c6f2a2d5361b99a40fe7a1b3f73c296c71ef237f4ea1fa1d3ef
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH