Analysis

  • max time kernel
    101s
  • max time network
    144s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    27/07/2026, 10:09

General

  • Target
    2026-07-27_c0235322271273f53ea9f251f1d49e41_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 816KB
  • Sample260727-l626qazygt
  • SHA256 ccaf5f32b61936ce730768771e56c6c757fc9acc444f9f4bac0162463150853c
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 44 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 41 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 24 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\2026-07-27_c0235322271273f53ea9f251f1d49e41_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-27_c0235322271273f53ea9f251f1d49e41_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • 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:4928
  • 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:1892

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 816KB
        • SHA256 ccaf5f32b61936ce730768771e56c6c757fc9acc444f9f4bac0162463150853c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 d0743547267b8f129ecd694cd2a40c88e99891e3b3ea708f989d50473e6e3944
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 831KB
        • SHA256 ec025d0522f2c3c142ea1973db8d148b14f41d48427e0efd5b4ad6cf431c7949
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        InspectorOfficeGadget.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe
        • Size 864KB
        • SHA256 2ea5d055d9eb0989cc3574d22939b815ccb7e362bbd4a56e97eec25f73d9f62e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 33bb9edcbbc05b1b374db17731d53116bb440c6d9c05992e7e82f058d56d11bf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 a4eba4d403dd86c6f601e8fc8da90bf67639b14602f22484ed4ec4863078d719
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 3e3e530525aac510b64e7440adb8c6331c0173ae3d3e031d2e2747c023de0d20
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 7a6cc784c2bd0ca1739ba29ba6e0f1b0cff44081786d601358c1a7705334a91d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 2b9a63b1f4fd695729e92569594ad717a180ec5e514016d13cb724f349fddacd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 8d8f1298649cf40ca05c490c482484b52721ffdf047f81cf732fafa848f13fbe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 4c7bfc4319e6e1be9426262a083ab63d901c2080d6f2a6ac3a7b57575c44887c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 d0c18a4ccd029f4a09be0b99a1e83f20085543db35b390cac352199151dc6385
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 9c65bd1c629d0239300b91b44f0088d7c281e0f8228cc2f03e4446b2812d037d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 b4295b4b92d78abd876d9c5599005e2ea6cd1758b9e3466b01925221cf0617af
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 310807f7e8246533692caa32e55af034fa7fb389d7a60bb8210f8cdd8e571d54
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 9401baa544656b051a6c8744a0c2ec35b22565390d6132338909c09421917770
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 edb762801879ef1294c3840e5761d20b8198f14878d9251110e723ca4a4ffff0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 b46a2a97d3889e2d92bfac7fa5939c216c65168c2487ae49f6aff10720ea485b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 56b1b3b7e38f3ec03397943c911b5ae370bf7dbe9870304f996d1c50e16b0710
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 0d48e5c11b42811a5ea9e29145319a2398a38724c5979b521ce5f82fc0cd47f1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 9430ed370e2c07f3b254e43a3f17effd50369a012f14f155ccddcdee430fbf1c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 b70de8e42d7115d3eae53fdefc4cb9416cff72695aea60eafde8baf531d09230
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 9f642b719d3df4191906b4911722d80b50a828641a7f927a64683c9e5fad1b31
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 f6622aacefa63d85ce0e1b3a0b3f6757a5d11d8a69a0c1e463a113f146083be1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 c08bf24360ad2b6bc080de8b43c8cdaf0218170ca0675b180c3baec0469a5580
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 3bb39dee59e5b3fd11d11daede2a8ac59fd2bdf2a2ad85138bdc95ceb56a2d2e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 eb45b6e7a5f7b38b25884860fe8156297d90f7ba74df457947f8fb69632769bd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 f4d736e3061ef993460778b82ed2a4f75058083817a43162d81f1f2e4d4742e9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 49bbad44b0e1b6bf9a4092b9111ed9165aad2cffee645fd75c108343728f02d3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 9e33283def4ccba231b745c4d1c5a17dff89f861c15d1e46bc3a7904ebe69d07
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 f32d69b66dc31ffe3dabe8c44a108522a72c068ea74b91a4fba11caffcb1872d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 fcb25ebb7eebca492ce6e1dd59c1b4cfc030b6a85a8d95a09bb2b2f4e97329f5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 4c244ae111b639c0f76288c25a395e1678abff109b997a2b30a95ed54e592915
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 ca31259fb37a7bef7c979fd976c5f8da6a10302cb3a02dd6b780b09266329424
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 27eaffe12f02608bbc05fc26bc5c9131b1e162d26f6d1583d1916f94ada9e164
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 0a46a80bf57b3e397970c8c072084301ac3e4c85e419c43e2ed0d8ec47321efd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 6bb58b845d1922f44d3613ca040c976ab5efca4b88fb96e7009cfce2e4aee0a0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 52c074d1180952cc2693e18c418c3b012ca6053ca2f0face32579a5e417f653f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 276a9840840539492dbf55c33b4aef07a59e849ed0edfd2ac07666177d7168ab
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 38ad6eb0d56885420d0573c91749753f6cc8e9a6cc9ca68657729c818d5971c9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 840KB
        • SHA256 78b5f829d65afd40c164fb9a20d4145078ec838cbc7382d2b7e469f7046adc33
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1892-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4928-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4928-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp