Analysis

  • max time kernel
    104s
  • max time network
    118s
  • 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, 16:49

General

  • Target
    2026-07-28_d3a769db4431eb669b5ac72e2be2fed7_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 933KB
  • Sample260728-vbraea1zew
  • SHA256 21ebd099bb6fc4b10d3ffa8d1446e360a778167fd2b3f5012f3f92429e83734b
  • 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 19 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_d3a769db4431eb669b5ac72e2be2fed7_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-28_d3a769db4431eb669b5ac72e2be2fed7_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:3724
  • 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 933KB
        • SHA256 21ebd099bb6fc4b10d3ffa8d1446e360a778167fd2b3f5012f3f92429e83734b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 dc2bb669027fef92de23baefddb31449b11b1a30166ff3af97b8d9c9624833f2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 947KB
        • SHA256 efc757b39c86ff9dafebe80e227dd9113a657f78f0444b59bf2b0536a5eb385b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 8539140b000c60c66b78dc15a2dce8d06ee7a2a624052db7222bcd0a6e3df3f5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 340778cccbe1278e203522e4df6a32bdc5d65ce8fead62374186620564ec401e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 114815f30ac66e2b7ff5e931036a22b399c07cef7de9885a3910fe4c101b5fe0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 d3e09748de8bedd9652fdecc4718d6e7f72e5fc432abcc4c48fb606734129e6b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 beb231b63ac1d17464488c889024f7c969ea8e20ef6212a96e865d02085c5531
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 29b0fc5cebd768e8ebb8295d0c78bc11777a02351d413b1ee57c096ebc92d0fb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 da0bd86f756c1a20fdec255303452dfae50cf7925af2d50533a0ec33ddf78ebc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 460019fd889c0cab4a8422092b48c3999a6679a5e5c7190fbee0f60f73a98cbc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 802c58b52de0f90f51ce961a288ecbd95c4b7f0753240289a7f9d13cb0c66655
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 7254ca720c45648a44af537304a3ee6a92fa0ad648912e24b8befde3a83c5a67
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 db31dc9a50a553b5d69f5b66c83e35114e4554a294e6c177ef0c9ad4f70d9d95
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 769296b0935bd97e3718405b04c0c9cbc05b0fb2f425054b06a72b8c8fd35ab6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 b30e2ecc91a3d37ae2029016cc9f08d7ba7ed1e462e4915bc99f9996f3f62ef2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 39a5c282a467ad57885dcd00fd153431c03d8fee8fba1e8ea076298ce78d70f4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 718bdfc0c2087c714c8a52cdfba7602ad2d3b2be272ca28e8b5dd8f54cbaa996
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 f1df722e4a5d633da28f8696b177f876e024fce03416ebf83c119a764b7cac77
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 88eaa44198dfb00df31f955ff5e8e125858bcde65af8ed167fb8b6a875c10a8b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 8f2b48674f4547c2f1f1be1b5d869c2331afbd058204f10b7c4ef35ef66e6b3b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 7a5699e340de63805595f1a8e3d15c03f890113b5a30032ad540060dfc303a06
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 933c52cc54d3417388c24ce5fd524295a1eb64ad0a78fc644ba42778f515f0d1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 f4cb8db2aac3e3c307aafb25eef6d5f71f3bb566b428627cde0d1b0aead9fb27
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 6d6c5f6748a0320547c3078835fd6aae4d79b0f1596001c93d4456c019f1992f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 6145f5c594a679bdbb367987636265da739db94074d5bdf6a12100becbffc6ce
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 f06d7a025ffcc5d7c251aea9c4361c8aea5b1816a2ce90f1583b0e0d427f91e5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 768d128a29ddd7db8bac933dddbcce852b59363c6e711580a13c52196bb50edf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 037372577949c43381644415a3388c5b5ebf9772259bb698623e9df11abcd99c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 4a598a563dc9b7f7acad366b42fb066d55b42f0f2f12ab5f50eac085d3648407
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 38469a4f82cdbaef247132d03d43ae3f5d5e00d85c578663ee21805183259954
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 9175975d0b3fc3564ec2747a6958c4d536f987b8c573aa2ea477df24c4e379bd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 5f80631a7017f9fc4727053db8c20cbddae41a68cddc08fd1a53c2a8b47f64a4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 0abc358129466da6503dc6b1ba0f8e3c85c976d1617f01ee9d21e9a45832c921
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 a9c7c2860bc2070caa85b204d77655ffc254b079b16f479a6dbd20ca533087cd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 72105bebbbe9f02a347c879b39eec50a72e2ba9645895bfe41a2eb197506610b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 3e70159a2a6330f0633d6e4f6a69d204a603c3fca40eac71e5a50b8cd7a3da94
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 65c34c82b1b7b7895ebd2a7557b0e0afef511e62a20f00fe834d69356f77dca3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 134f287d84a8ef4daef4759866f5d8f1b1419b22b788dbfcaad0d52a4e0b7d49
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 250d19a65e5a147d0500b137e8f8cec621e5457ba617f27612410fccbd11c925
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1900-59-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3724-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3724-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp