Analysis

  • max time kernel
    108s
  • max time network
    130s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    01/08/2026, 22:25

General

  • Target
    2026-08-01_0a0dd8c9833a0413b7e2aa9496732310_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 917KB
  • Sample260801-2b4n3aycrd
  • SHA256 e79d422f40bc22441a451d17723c1aaecb439afe4cdb289fea75ae2cf48bb6b0
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 43 IoCs
  • 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 5 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\2026-08-01_0a0dd8c9833a0413b7e2aa9496732310_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-01_0a0dd8c9833a0413b7e2aa9496732310_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:1860
  • 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:2340

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 917KB
        • SHA256 e79d422f40bc22441a451d17723c1aaecb439afe4cdb289fea75ae2cf48bb6b0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 002eadb42ac91b52cdd89a3fe237f5c66737049129a5fa31081b48870cb90151
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 931KB
        • SHA256 cf5840e44d3e59f47ca47895355a966d28589023a710fdabe323e456191c848b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 8b3d627fabb09bc18f8b89b21f7dd3aa09ab2208c7f445421e176173dab2b91b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 06b0a2e1bf1cafc78e48a0b60520fe8560818e5a54f163c8ec3acf8444b2674b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 9d4c0e96233596281e49a75725fbe8b604379e54abf99b67a94d4956d0e58611
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 9112370194bdcdb68a21256408bc102f4f5ad926a2bdb97052c13b55a1aeae13
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 59bd7cc8cacd3c7da207e78e608850da31db8c8ecd6074a6356b439a684e7e4c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 404090937ca87894cc6ee1f30983f64c48a52e53e932b250c5f5ba7f337f4f55
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 670b9deeafd6bff406a3e5cdc406b931220ec9d63367998fd89edfc1a3a56a05
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 da8907cf7e5a614a53eb57e5980a83a10cd8ada451b523ab88a1e0cc23d7c21c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 ffa7e9a793f58786249126c8ca0de14742c9b8a4860726a0fe385fbf4bb7ff74
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 db730d125a6f75a599d90c9db579b38a7e1d9bc1dbbaf744cc500fc516ba9eda
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 be2fcccc7e81ff001f7120f029e7326c482b33f6b6d761d8085da777ecbcf7dc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 7b4dd3985aeff7482558283dff053a2782631ce9cbba5751b18af1296bbe77f1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 7d06878bafaf928cd5be65f0fbb243adf13961b46cc2b876f50ba9608ee59fcf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 78bb4efaa3eb7601269634dbe402e371bff5266b8be8349a8a8e395089f3935b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 eaa1728bca59be4b660bd1eb66b6ba2bd87f0e89d2074ea8671ed0572ad309a2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 adc0b7e26b56339ed7dde0e10237499074746d5152e6669615c2ab5e66a9b9de
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 06198afe35d8dd143645eadd9d5bdf7cc301dada429ee03332a07e021fdfb9a2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 2352db5bcfc2e57919492ae16d168dbeb0fd155d834e393ad324bd6f9089fd06
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 5632d165ecc26da1e9bace321933f9da42c0fa56011a8c881922b182e961d085
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 3377e13834918301c1151a4dbceb978daddf3e720a65586a1bd1d1bab27b70f4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 633a3d861e9cb7c978fd1b04b946c6a0c181591caed8e6dfacbe90bec24bfc24
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 7451e73ed0d298bc2865600278424a417b716fb4a543717cf082450e35041a9c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 da02b8db34d5b5c3c19dc7c6ea94c28f87a58bb5a6b1e7829e8743ab58ba55a9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 6bf3861472ccea9d97bd08f9abda4b01a019f83fc92c220e27925139c0e895cb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 e0acd6c9a5ccbe1c7d2414d9bf2346bc9b9a11392da77c0f65e794d343672b43
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 ec134eaa878afd185441b5c04b845cc05c1ae66f43b9c633ad8597ec413d6008
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 d498e9d70edfd3634a8a869b8405e059d7f2cbbb96c0d8e8fa2749ce6e11b4e3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 334766b6a9aaeb64505b7a3e9d4d0966092a058d55392effcb4d3a66f5287ea0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 4f9aa64dc6fc8a94f7924e5406390641eb4903c6dee6ccd37fd649df47a1617a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 db8d2fa4d76508eb1b72336a33299a403b18b2130b47953308b8cfc401eb47b2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 82e6114f11bf3928d1f0aaf3201f47069dbbbc2c540b116643222a299d4eddc1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 69c23d9f492fd8b005ab690c5192ae06db8ac8fa03a09dc69dbafc1b5766300a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 32d40d37c4aecb95bbb728828673c78e80bba6910d55ad194e9d7fd09745b82d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 70981f0f05c168985e4d877b253e8aa48aaae7f5d3294ce4d8760fe731b12e87
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 8501be1849679e748a9b179c8975a42dfe4733bbed35d3a56551d0cb473b0218
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 afd4c0f599d1dca37cb608d55d83726290f90f3d4fa4c01998541f04023bed9e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 c0cbb14b397c86db068211f2b6dd14b636673e2e3541ae42bf292d9f0e47a2ab
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1860-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/1860-1505-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/2340-1524-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp