Analysis

  • max time kernel
    114s
  • max time network
    115s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/08/2026, 22:06

General

  • Target
    2026-08-02_10aea80cbf198540ef25a2c38a93914b_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 917KB
  • Sample260802-11dnhasgmc
  • SHA256 5e1ed54c67b40d26b19fea9d3f02c9fb5f51eb44f602ddefc5556273e3f5cced
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 45 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 15 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\2026-08-02_10aea80cbf198540ef25a2c38a93914b_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_10aea80cbf198540ef25a2c38a93914b_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:2968
  • 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:1924

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 917KB
        • SHA256 5e1ed54c67b40d26b19fea9d3f02c9fb5f51eb44f602ddefc5556273e3f5cced
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 7aee24fd0ca46ea93bbff1f66eca29eb7fded8aeb8f2b5d8f440de445f22177d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 931KB
        • SHA256 7a3ac0d4d673301bd3b14946536a038d0f134af4141941af941817ada7297a22
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        InspectorOfficeGadget.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe
        • Size 964KB
        • SHA256 ab501887db82fefdda3b7e5cec75a5f2c276ef800e562d13f9844985c924c7ac
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe$
        • Size 1.0MB
        • SHA256 be7ba1bbeb064b91eff215874b0c6291e3a7fd2200b17f63eca9a4789e591e07
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 aaadab6a6a7d1cdbc478124fed3404724de9ef10da0a83d296331f448d697439
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 43037fee0c832e41087203e321ead56be5a6741b8218f48decca630e25e2a42e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 5fc81bf0e5bba6c9d09c656016301cefc3f621a10e5b30e36dface4219a69f59
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 0a67d9f0cb15effee7e67c5d90c8972aba5810522d963b4f4aa4948e068cf983
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 e7393ee5594b6827dc15850680789fd063cd335a8f8e6b8deb1171a48a53a2ee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 32b150b15d4f73ec1e12e97ca201b1cd269059ef0163ee60ce2ae7a2a1904dbe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 a6698d223c6e4a609d482d8803b136f683b7054a8a7f936c0b70b48d692f0ee2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 892189f058aff38c1fe95b729cad6616fc2c2423c9ae4d4aa69514a5a37c6843
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 da773548320b475c1680c1ee23d7d289a90238b9fd54de77f40147091e7d3606
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 f5773d737666a5488bf8c5a000ba4b32a64e7718142c107e5700d3b3985eccef
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 a0fd2f378200104b352eadf33f7df1335296007b677409ca586641b378376527
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 6084065561773f026f242e1e123eb6e7bfccfdcd6ce477e0141dbeb92bd52263
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 81179de4bc4ad90776d23ccaac877b9a1c90e7742bcfc3f4ab400e67160a0056
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 f09e03a9cc2157c8420a0eb285b0d0eb8639f2cecf22f51d3997cd51fd6a20b9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 5ed21899920ca6c62696b4d56670844dbb894889a730856b0acfd1243620e318
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 5e451ee82606dab08de275a93c3ea95c4a1d5014609456000e088a5cb6ff2d98
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 bb1808c2793e0a6c5b7e96150bd0b4309bcaacebe49986ec9b8de83b845d0831
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 74ac4f88915d96f64b4b8334b15df39eea35cd6796692d778cf69e8cf5d1affb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 825475b9ad6aca5790d0bb9a17f47c767b9a5c693e1e10a367f6e0a20896b179
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 b625dcd411390b671693ac2557687f96dd914fa49bb9a241c259ef2cf2d92454
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 d995a9b86cbf95a895d9d7e3ed1a7a138b2c4fd098b9c1e6ed24b3e3e42e9ed1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 d14c407f00c223eefdcc5b782b8b148ac813719ddc2746655bf0f482f4bc3cfc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 ea731f3e9a2fb5ce119556927bae243f2ce33d8907f111cbb948fbb1763f15ef
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 d3310645f4d56502ea86c92c1305a09d5584e5073451e25de755590d4d31936d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 d5ac5abd4d87b4686587741b46f60b0a9c697e78532794cb6a982c94d2efe95e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 e25347cad8437df477b62e84b4f6d53a1c6dc8d1a8b80b23df4b219c80bbbf19
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 f515e90dfa9a508042439aad5edae789ac7a8d15b4b75f10c76220dd94ae45d0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 007e949e24e72e9bd0b3d209ea375833912d94492442cb4904f239fc432a67dc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 ebd548a11187b2dac0828fc9851283ea274ebdcc8465d1a81683457a59a378fc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 e50b086e5eeff2a0763a63fdd14dcaea61fc3ac35b13e0be2c142d01f8c7cb66
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 a05ec7100395463dfad757c80f55ca702804cde79264fd675e9208829a2da967
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 5440ff9aec211107622c7e55934bdf0db0714b3aa9c22edadead0a99c51bdbcb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 29c82fbb42cd74db518f44163199ec7d9d45302072fe5c09607ea9ac00fbc362
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 fd0a090a8e25c1a50f047b88eeffc8498c01e28a67817ce69b9956626010cec5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 8919127923b4e2b0f4b465988c1ba10f9bf12a2d05f5be02f14cfd700faf9b0f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 cf3c5f48a4c74b520ba288ca55d90cb347fbe9845d1914c75a84c318ed002f5e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 940KB
        • SHA256 8f4afa45ca091e99296995d8b681973d0d7bd4d56a847b6acca00a9364b6b706
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1924-1517-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/2968-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/2968-1432-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp