Analysis

  • max time kernel
    93s
  • max time network
    131s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    29/07/2026, 21:22

General

  • Target
    2026-07-29_136fc489d58e334c12fd282f40f68b00_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 933KB
  • Sample260729-z7zzmsfb39
  • SHA256 e92ebf69b7f40b13cdce622f61c45431ed038443def53d20131275b485bb1b72
  • 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 22 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\2026-07-29_136fc489d58e334c12fd282f40f68b00_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-29_136fc489d58e334c12fd282f40f68b00_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:4452
  • 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:3716

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

        Replay Monitor

        Loading Replay Monitor...

        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 933KB
        • SHA256 e92ebf69b7f40b13cdce622f61c45431ed038443def53d20131275b485bb1b72
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 28194b7dc08744e88f46719f6498c7240c5fcb233984ed2b61803e878c7fdb87
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 947KB
        • SHA256 df658f270e39698d69cad02c4515eebee6ea13b98b72c2cab8b4fb79ae81e919
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 943d6135b4be55edefe4053b8d39feba7818e832aab6d3408442472ab7bdb2a2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 7939dbaae9a9bd485617f39cdafe95530a3c4262f1efb576e4c26f85f293bcae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 b1e866ec09f6c74b56c20652395ee51926d3633e2e26a97d0ee12fd9de185c2d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 1dc9e843bdb5a7247a381e672a2e40489de65344ee85c8fca530670766a67893
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 e1cc307f005070e3c1463f702e562d6827a87220bd0f9bf2fd2d7f099d1a7eb2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 6d3d03e85ab3a12fcfe1a21768be0d1e0db30ace14c46137d491173806d846b6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 d56f16d89c51ad731119889a35f11c83cf496cae07a16dfaa26e2692294cf187
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 6d98f2c2d35cb97e335beb3c55f8bb3f33a9386fa9fdf61d1a526c083f2cfca5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 6259fa561786bed3dcf0f27f30dd660c03c0e323bd87ddbabf793ce7b674cd7f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 fdc17883df496c98f7a31628f3d0ee4a7fa70d813d05ac6763415bd41ea5ce92
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 51482feff21800eed4c03c11a23f527210dc08bb664bcd89157f3e599c08bbd0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 186568786d4d8346020f86f29c876af36c29deacb7779374287f2dd41e1e19ea
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 7ac070a0635edf093459044eb9c5b4395751f6dddbefefdf946590d0f20a0372
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 a9ee4e3aed0fd89952b8bd982d3246583092301096308ff41080d657b5b6e824
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 5a62767e619e2d36c3466f16304df6664ed7c9ff5df86923fd5ab33185021234
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 45cb9a5e2851c640ed5b66be455e55b6545a57061ed1c01408fe72ffa038c702
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 8cd52c71373aabb678e473158d3757c3141dfbb46a3d326bae60f5c8732d5ce4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 1076cc910964d8a8ec515e0142e9656117af34d969fc60fc0f6bb012ded37c60
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 dd5038d8de61f5a087f2f151e176c1a1a749fe2a142517d485939b8a3e4aa009
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 b093988d6b5402239f1b3d36e977a72e84855eb15e10ffdb87c60f869794a227
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 caa89e5c1d423796c5ed1d3d2907a331e5fc5ab74e3448e2e871f4e6bf605014
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 45cacbaef140de936de45bdf40f912ad54fda214429367764a07e8578a6031f4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 4b5a09cd51d5e4b092dc9142b4079f96c4090cf27da56b0e08d9a619ef63eb1f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 92a54e329de3c536aece9d09104d1650feac54033619c096c21977028c936567
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 9aa412c7f5fdd1c4426f29631811af239926608b9732b72901b2bd8b0a6e4781
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 59f977dfa04c2d5d382dde1a0a3204d2db6bee4662bf9bcd5f70fbb41950f687
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 28c8a35b98898f653820c8a5ab121a51e041ca9d5eb9205123694bb37a03f457
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 7b9908000b35f5039f368acb9ddae5e8c4c8e9236526b2c65f70c7185d978622
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 aeb1ee57e3cfbecc07bded039de52aa3c691aa47d1baa07aed5767c693fd6b49
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 3f3bd75bd3f7f3cbb2cf75363f731985e61d85c7c978fa9d46d4a75e3fb8234c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 bab3ab35b2eca3c3622495b96e181523d41c07331b6ad9983622e52bfd6dd61b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 f8a27078fe13c3d09d88ccde6c89b7decdb478268d62a54f058162b28ec0e212
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 2fb1d8f4d36d6180dbdcaf1d070a8f660c0a17813dc6c996c7f3be65a7fc6d30
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 2426bce85d99216e396d1c1790185d22cd4959fb74ea6f011fd7938b983a25c2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 4d48cfa1e6577f98fb51d0dcfac94aa1ddcdcf2fccfaa8604900165bd25f07a2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/3716-167-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4452-166-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4452-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp