Analysis

  • max time kernel
    120s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    28/07/2026, 22:54

General

  • Target
    2026-07-28_6081c5aed805ee349c2b955a9f8eeabe_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 933KB
  • Sample260728-2vxpvsbm2x
  • SHA256 58d24a398656acfadfc521d133a15c57bbcae5a7624278804017b09ae06492ef
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 43 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 40 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 1 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\2026-07-28_6081c5aed805ee349c2b955a9f8eeabe_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-28_6081c5aed805ee349c2b955a9f8eeabe_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:3368
  • 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:4228

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 933KB
        • SHA256 58d24a398656acfadfc521d133a15c57bbcae5a7624278804017b09ae06492ef
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 450d5b44e9dec13cfcd944b7a4a1fc589e5cb85b9c6af93ddfe129c7e3ecee9e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 947KB
        • SHA256 2b32c611814cf517d61b2e9bb54f0c692bfddf43780c908e40114a421657c70f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 04106d92f437c50a224533b552ab9d5d9728e043e0d46206b931014f6f1f09ae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 e43400885ba8f080b825cefeaee89e4a143751aa6703465947075bd0c8796d8b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 b96325da84a52265bfc80a7b4775f91d96a9744511720c17fe1328f98e1833d6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 6317d94b8ccf5447b8a04ae067e7f7c8e2f60e22f0550f097783180fcdd5ed44
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 94a13624fc18cfc5f586e0921f10f75eab5256a889013283f72b1a0c4020b8d4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 e8d46ca7c563d5491ce388c5f2b256d47d9d23fef8aabba8b31143c5db83f84f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 3065e9b6f95ebf04eb1f07a7db604e78a9b4f6cfbb5a27ce06927af4ba3926be
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 e4c5fda0a4a35ea9f68ed0e0a52907268945e77032d29fd05c38bb1382549aa1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 0a0a4f08e91fc79f65a17640619cf5a1c24feb70eb3176f7f10c08999329aeeb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 769ca50cde54db0df9b4a3ed4fd88ec18ba53b607abc64db9c11378664e5fa1c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 3e3c81492e7d8b9d4fabffe28cc2933d3e3ae0584d0ea2d5b6843d7e690d0fd9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 f6bb2ee63e40554a9ae29aaf333d31317641c88257fa00421d65f099a61a0cdb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 0bceb3eded5a0a1bd535faefec1ed483c1d60e00de3009507172abc3f00dede7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 e0d6bdd12a7f9b8a4d303f789357f4de87a1b7803c83b5e4effea33e09ebbed8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 56082353cec41458a8698e3cda724629db8ac5bf937901b0fb5d339619033928
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 6aee613fbc417f8de8ef8d86e51559d944c4906456a67c65bc03a525d25e1b46
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 4373adf8a1136042fab0ba07e12abb598f61d2e3a5de7d58ccaefbaca2f911d7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 6d790aff5793b86cfae72010b28b42b30e45bfdc18372124c6f4739aec9ec966
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 4efb5c9706fea74078d658a41ccd975c8d48fbd946445e92e93aab6c0ac9240a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 32adaf9d214b1d4878ef2f34f94ac6fcf2a56533a2970031eeec7346b2da7f77
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 7643ad86f73cefcb67bef49127d97b1da15bf4041c2d0b191337ada0f5392c0b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 3e263951ff5df697b0b1e17978ca016880c292ec2f667229d178ff4386135de8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 d31fe36f11a1af8b95e678cea644a0270d0a9bbe025ae3b37a3a5d7b1395d24f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 986c38536c632cc5ca1666c9c913abde37548f6e252f149a9c7f4ebfca6ac364
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 d95d49c44cbd41b9a514f695d4151d9607dc6dc246f4e3dea6b2d2ab400cb636
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 3612d1c771737c795392472c0f71958439a04dd1baf6735149bb925c10a76720
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 11fc85b6af253964b38e6b40afb7bfff4542c061b272dec6990ee7a113b4754d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 f7b0b47a908a56c333f9bbe487e64bd404e22d2211001d486a851bd699754dd1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 0b7bfa49f969466b9c154d19571088d9c3d72abb0f48d75a4af0be43d7bf1dde
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 aa78a484d80029979f7ab82c5a1fc697bda0d3cd07fad6672632bcd39276a210
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 fa7c6d6cc9be03de175a739a45ca23ee4ad63e3631e758edcf8d665f76dd958d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 b9908f56218c0ce5a076d79470c3646985ae7514efbbc37f40ca3b427df7696e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 a25c2f42d3d8f6de989594d287f3d93ec61ff518f7d7b2baa0b6f2af6587c2a9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 fdf6e34ffc312f14d57be8b41671890c0e81a4df3edd3f34ecd9402637b17e31
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 3074c5ee3fba9e439dee7ed872cbc400aa35596c6f44f0ada18880baae6cfd1d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 9e2a05d393b5102fd61c2cd9c4a913f86532026a937caaecb5479e0ed8e5244e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 14f5dbe0958ee62c5a39c6b5e6197ac85614a554231d70aa1ef95b976860abf1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/3368-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3368-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4228-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp