Analysis

  • max time kernel
    92s
  • 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
    01/08/2026, 19:08

General

  • Target
    2026-08-01_dfeb8490c98946e346b85ae85cab7256_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 933KB
  • Sample260801-xtgj2athnf
  • SHA256 977a55f36bfacb98cd14352e909c2c369e5be9cca38cb53332f369bed6292756
  • 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 27 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_dfeb8490c98946e346b85ae85cab7256_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-01_dfeb8490c98946e346b85ae85cab7256_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:5480

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 933KB
        • SHA256 977a55f36bfacb98cd14352e909c2c369e5be9cca38cb53332f369bed6292756
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 e5b9e8a1e66318934676bab79ee1ea42ccb98cdf66d46286d1e48d34e0cd0e6b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 947KB
        • SHA256 e24393d2f51752c14cd5a4adcb0a7b7bef40fd1b54a46fe93ddd07bf3f7584a8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 a8ed1a2e850ea254ecb53c1e2c69fe496c74e1314424a1df7acfab2a1c1cbd46
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 1a40112b5878a274060d636a45dd4fd4cf2f8e200f83be743ca8ae3aeac69e74
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 64189508b55358fd43b738bfa0c79dfefb4c59a53bddd87b577f64c0586d49ad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 0cf50842de4bd864b21db226ded549e0a087c609692e2365468dbb9091c23f09
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 60f651b7a56d08d4f1b2f4bd92dca9d8f641d64790641a68ab31c7a214b2725f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 defd6a36394b4df23889b75d580ae777ca6b820e847b78dac4c0851d80aa4d2d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 624334ab1bd0ba1d37cd50de0dad1ba5e8a906c79bc415ffee081ed53d02b800
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 939b849d4eef4eb9071da0694eb5c72fcf62d08017302e6be65c89ed0bea7266
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 cc329d6e0b8b38cb652dc4babd383667ac3b595f33ecc7d65cbb461d12128595
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 adb771dc985d8752a6f9d6368ea8086a29a3c90dc3c16a611c18ff008fb74d59
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 1c058a7cf117b394c95b5658be165d0b125f16fb1ac92a48f9180ccf1c1a88f1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 22462f879f623f72d3f698d07d246ac567cd029de4b8d25e533790405ea6f89c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 30ea4486a965ff4da3d56b7985f7d5461820ce580c1f58a1ef281233f829bfdc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 12076728714f2bb94abfdc8203a10728f480f02913d31dae3a301d75819d4a14
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 691afad58617edb4acfc2fe608c2aa6e51c77d966a6679c3b3cf1d3a2e7b56e8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 6ed7c640d7474280d97126fc83723caa3ee14002c2007a6129b776fc7899a111
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 b9f03bc4c75e9a0486bb5c0b92a0b86dfce62e716f364c65b922d492688d5a9a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 725e5edf35f1ed260bdbcf3005af5b1b9444f2d6fa64bedd050f5f368b79b084
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 b19e8b1e6787bbb11a5a812d7387a6d06360a660fcdaf20d61f005cc08a74f74
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 1ca84567bab408182d06c4a7e8f6cc9a8b97e21a04bee260bfa1e147644d9681
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 39a729dcc75ce74e0fe3036e83bf2aed0a05a19a49b8997d786397ff1e8860ac
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 1f34fbf476499a951b67a9dbe53c5742e0dd323008b2c46d1c39ea26e3178317
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 4e71b9e04c97632e36fd551892b5d4c287efc4bb696a7f84feeea040e22a7542
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 d8d4a0476524fb95005a28e4b4f00e451fa0e849118d6bed76a5006aeffa9ccd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 f79f28d2c4e17a52ba467910fd0a7f6185cbc746cf0bff42b5bf0fec78c9b89c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 ef9bdd6636e2b4a511dab7c82fc23dd4c67348cdf06001bc243b5ba4d0f93bc0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 b792607906ed16fc77f72ba49422ce37fffce6df49d29a5d17e9a398577f906d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 b8d85dc84130b3ff268e9d8c9194ad42a0197cb22f0d7f831d2ee4c4651212d5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 b783ff4bd5fa3b8679746dab64132185b46eb688550e11abea0427036b1c39f4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 836b99bd07bd4ae42027b3f0f1aa2d4e177ab750a45a576b85916cbf7b6c9249
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 40a18d5a72668d8d311958fe9e1ae0c619c7d4399ac73a95dcb5e7aa4277fbfa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 762b0d081c9ffd2a488dff8891cbf2deb873c7662cdfea2c861f1624f35f9b2b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 31470cd9a962a17749908f684939b0815ffe7af8389cf5362c72e33a4796f601
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 40d60527a9c07a5d4ed4e938bdb8386f196365539673de3bbad253617a35dae1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 0096e6c7abe2cee6405f3d721b578f903e57c10f482382c231b70862d543b5dc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 bf7ad4e3a4a97c6a7d9f8a56140a60025e86d097b262a580b389e601550cef7c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 957KB
        • SHA256 37c53ab10e2735601d256121d3d7996c09331067e677a5b71aa7ec49553abf26
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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

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

        memory/5480-167-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp