Analysis

  • max time kernel
    91s
  • max time network
    140s
  • 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, 23:25

General

  • Target
    2026-08-02_f07f35ed9e1eda10746b34150a8cccbb_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 862KB
  • Sample260802-3els4ahc62
  • SHA256 3708a39f0a482a43db09c666174e118f8f4436dc66e93e1abc3e326d01b58999
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 42 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 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\2026-08-02_f07f35ed9e1eda10746b34150a8cccbb_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_f07f35ed9e1eda10746b34150a8cccbb_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:1908
  • 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:4856

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 3708a39f0a482a43db09c666174e118f8f4436dc66e93e1abc3e326d01b58999
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 963KB
        • SHA256 bc753470d423cc58734b5c8221b4be45e7ba7182d800556eec045d22d26970e2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 c29604220df73dec167f16f6d5b773904124f6073baf84e13949652f3d2a0dbe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 877KB
        • SHA256 0bb44b188423e886b5916b6688856d8994e4d630d0c2ad6e8298176757b09e20
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 1b9dd734745581bd008ce8e3caf9384e9bff80189c8c2f87ddeb2936834435b7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 09804cd8a4974722d27f9e02821d3db84605c9aacf485b9619a9a06aaeb84ae8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 a2475a038ceb637c42be600e3c9baad0702c4f3aaf05da844dc877cfa88b0e90
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 935c2041de9db27e2fc128166a9433b52b162577455a55cb031c20e623e73e3f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 6b221d622406bbabbb31b7b3a473ba977cc25bed85dbf5a1dec9395ef15a616c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 8aa0827c7b1bac002c7e476b6e743ea325c11ddac34aaf46b0c967e6ae432a56
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 4086f2c0e9ec3af778fc3bc057d4dafadf2c166cfb4a9a4ea6cec3f50cfa99d0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 1413cc63f5ed2979f8bebac5a481370386b1f4ca60a95d92e3d94bfcd0c8380b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 fafad924eab04678ff96793828af3866d0d9fb2e2f4bbd70e3fc37cd8088d4ec
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 dc463d613da156c90d0837d81182e7b9f3be7cf0baf484da8fa5be0ffdfbd2d1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 5d62763b782846b6076a908aad1de3637d9a7904169f7a98946785ff3168bb9a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 f6c14444763f26378ba3f0f7c1868504571dee62f9eff2c1f5781cf945c0198f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 1cbac416313becc1581a4894067af20a095a8748157fa40c2a6e96e02272cb97
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 c9fba6649e538e0985c73300fc373b5f70f938d8778e7538342f611cb28b0d5b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 f081b4ca74e59bb7e8a97a24fe74f7cd868811169e29ea4f90ffd05b0d45d8af
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 ed1b638016663fc8c81870d9acacd87d01a1a962c3914d2e115f19f603c05cfa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 bedb325e54d37195ff500894bebc93c151195dc079a654fb5cf9cbd7c9a90a84
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 244eb692e20e8e473600a872f027b8e368f183763bca93e03506cda10b38646b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 99ef8a8ac7a91659a5d71a9dd454d090d47224fdc8e2d777a2ca3ccbce4b3b63
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 3580275a74ed46ada99af51362759d9fae892049b5076c3a3ec17bfa28c11f00
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 373d0f24975c219065fc0deba34308ff9d263ec09c5fcf880108bb3944c38789
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 ff1561af9135ca311d13d47e154850aca335d58bba5d75e46cda874258fa8f1d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 1a97a049b6b8ae5e9d424ddefff7f9647b4cac88a5c408eafc6e7e5d3741c8c3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 b43cce9e9acdf39e12da1e5488f1bc7bd4f06ed10029825bc020afa917221eea
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 699526055cdd53c1ca32c46566fbdb7911ed3b7219ef65fbdf77aeb4eb1930f3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 1deea0711a0a63b12e8ab5aa9312ca206a885130607e06b1ce27f311bcd9cb56
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 12725b8040f30480128bc8ba1dd8a18316f4fef4f53b4b47d43491ad24331088
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 8a2bc955c7ea611ad9f236b8baebb66f7b508e9a8c78dda9cefe0817edcffb69
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 f74f901f883a392a9cedd1e1afadf3819362437e76035bc6e5cd83092ec5820b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 9b920e38903b3c0209476528f3798872d00baeb0820cb79fd313ca0bf5c6a609
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 cae48a89b666a6e0d9dce55f83986e7977912bbe361f1eca96c5b14192d633d2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 7c92bbdd9dd2ade6827ec535ab5b103dbf37a50e102b056d92e4935e844d5b1e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 afa8417915e9af3f53c4a8e28bb6fb11f418a0f3ec3c12d7207108ebf842af16
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 c6b3994fae1a90d5ce017ea24f33802fbbafd7dd11d943805b65f2ef61a0ed1a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dfsvc.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\dfsvc\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\dfsvc.exe
        • Size 867KB
        • SHA256 800aaaf9ac5a5dd02ed941f21ffc3c236379eadd5d35d3a31d22d88b87661743
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1908-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/1908-2085-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4856-2104-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp