Analysis

  • max time kernel
    95s
  • max time network
    129s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    30/07/2026, 06:56

General

  • Target
    2026-07-30_598a73a0567da48ecbf8445e6c81b76d_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 933KB
  • Sample260730-hqrhhawwft
  • SHA256 7ea4df01025c205f2d34e4cce5f399016d439fbef0484b12a977173c794110d0
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 38 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 35 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 64 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\2026-07-30_598a73a0567da48ecbf8445e6c81b76d_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-30_598a73a0567da48ecbf8445e6c81b76d_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:4068
  • 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:4960

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 933KB
        • SHA256 7ea4df01025c205f2d34e4cce5f399016d439fbef0484b12a977173c794110d0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 5ca444aa14f8ab3bef4285505ae8596fb53d988bb4dcd9a70aac874562fe895d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 947KB
        • SHA256 0163877f32eb22a1e12322f68713bf5ca28c472abba75d3b1dbdfb79d5f72b1a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 476f1e3b6ee546e90c38bb84d8c8700c71f0a98b0832f8610d5ec9caf1ac7deb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 19fec937f71919c0069fb0ddbf4d9cf1cdfb303f8256dffdb8452d38daeb3fe7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 1a156ca8158fbb5fca3f686840f506dbf6643ab388d58858f17ae26efa7b79c3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 7e823e1900d3a7aec5877adc89f63236e4b296ef205ab9e8c390175990d075c0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 aa1b275ed8f17506649fdc2a54e45d199c2e92dfbdfd7d45e74d39850db19a59
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 1e652e9ba51f76080e4229efdf91f7cebb6e9e3ae89b774517fbbecbbfc8a7a0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 63993ab2fa6b6a809f2fd7366126a45c756aa7cd7d75de96ff28a45d14014eb5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 017025621bdf967fc3fd24b600feb78ae9360ce2f378eb4cf8eedc8fdbab9cfb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 40e84d6f4d900a9c6eb98f63224c28bf20792561d6bff1171d16c383363148ba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 876b4c046b4515012e24d1ed8bda045af490d5a6e7755a7124673aa90bd4b40f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 71fd37e0056712b6b5e9ad14bad7b9eaff1fa639af6d07d8a444a247f9101091
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 a01ef77b969e414ac49a490248c58db639a206ac4dae02c31b1a0f10883b07ee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 90748a766c154e570b7e30f6111d34cf77a8272b295891dab0b77d78c762c62f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 e1f241bf491bcd03cf2b42eadc8c99329434ea132605338410ab6eccaf5e5a9b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 9c43f4ca90c93c57ffdac165e35b31e4a1a8d2ca87e3814a7acd9c14e06c8f7d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 8a62ee942e341f9a257fab408671abe0ac57aca676c45a73da19082926606fef
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 af8bb99570836e21ef885481b85403417937534659abd09afbfe881277096e5c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 6a009f9510e0af5e1299f057e44425e075ff6cc919f3b95e281eb3f2cf0133f7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 ebb520398131b72cbef58b6cbbe7c4dfd71e142393491f019f83214189880d5b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 655a401b6ef047f21f5ffcb5e3a278281609d3664bb8d32620d2e074fbcfb040
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 728a5abc21b232ab66c6a546848c914274b0b01065b17b09338274e4a1d97b40
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 556906ba9a371e0709e748ac7be73534ed203c9995bad7cdb255e7586cb07138
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 f382c51ceee9ef7a44d4af3e668f49ff26a905980f31970b4bb2ae72b4fbad5b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 2161b201a19b90da8c1c7f7aab8e04c2eb3054c6661e3dd0d70e0ccaa81fd767
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 f9e49984ec952953acf7b2369529fd017e9fee040f82813482bfe5efa97f7471
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 12217ddb649ba3ac49c75b734f7d0868d779b65fa8b119d6f5897e70c27210b3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 1974d73bda81fb0ed1035832e93724400cdc8de88f6df2500b9664f2adcb4e41
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 84dd8232bbad69e33643380f3a97bbbb7c375944834817fdd0fb20e645271344
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 f82c238d0a116e38ef491743959edd9b9c8b73c2f2e3cb62c86748a576cb724d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 77aacd324ed88fc6b1a08f0179bf80756f5ae8cddb6ca37d757d3eb05abaecfb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 ff202b9bb67424096d0d7a5f8c5bd75f622a0df6b02640d6fd5e1d9ac3a5c437
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 be04c94b91f8e219e4da6781782d61abf9945b2a6ffd6f54aebed131b4f2a6c8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4068-166-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4068-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4960-167-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp