Analysis

  • max time kernel
    110s
  • max time network
    134s
  • 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, 23:28

General

  • Target
    2026-08-02_eac653daf92e8735d7f056c7916df196_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 869KB
  • Sample260802-3geskatdnh
  • SHA256 3dd39676213d6f5a10ed8d12ed03e868ea45265a03425257f0852f6a36a19e41
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 45 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 42 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 13 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_eac653daf92e8735d7f056c7916df196_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_eac653daf92e8735d7f056c7916df196_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:3472
  • 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:2376

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 869KB
        • SHA256 3dd39676213d6f5a10ed8d12ed03e868ea45265a03425257f0852f6a36a19e41
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 dba649f52d2f8564023c763c83a7ac5a300c09c6feb30608bee6f7b23caf4764
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 883KB
        • SHA256 c39ffaaf6abec0428b459a995c67662dcb2237c0014bd37af135437418d4b8c1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        InspectorOfficeGadget.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe
        • Size 916KB
        • SHA256 368c00697012aa6f3d5641bd6537edfbdf602ddf70416cf148532e8e587ff426
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe$
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 fea433e93b4b8de0e9ae2781241622921cb4dede2db29f1797e54ce4cf55a68d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 78f9707d15cccab34366911d893384350cceb41efb48c65e9839ece53a6c5fef
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 06fc78a39fca41c3a6ef2ddb90a2cd4e6c7c9387a89b17de273f086a3eaa6ada
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 dd89677d84814419d2eef190ef120a70ed55f95816260c9d383d0460e6f0674c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 b3f2aa06125d0e67f6b253e07f3859a86edc4df2893cdfd8a289f58ee417f5da
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 1f701b1ec55ab86023b3c532847aa2d6d5b88af1ecd46d919a4950fcb58e3c08
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 10973d35fa56597633c6964747c45198d5344096ef7504522bc9a587e2381d4c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 15025c4801c35a60c94e46781eddb96ff71c290b3fd249a19f8e750b69b3bdbb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 b293091a34eab3b3dd83f96e8f6a0846ea7580de18c143ba16b1efbb2d0b5f60
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 9b227718a7a839b29d825dc8c5f8a6394a8e4d1bd73122280a44b6f4a83542c7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 b0d57ebcfa9f615cbac0e85149ca8f7e562517fecec1f375bfc03f7dbf9d0840
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 8520f83aaadd61c51f80b89f3a668e89b9f826be55e0755bd67f1197949d3784
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 3ad03c10be0cec7ef116b574c5480b1d44d7a714a623983355aae8c419903cfb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 64815f08843484dc4e0140b7591089f5b9093d0d3a46b2760c446a9956ef7ba3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 35ea981e32f71dc03f64ea56f68520b63bd8878e9bcf604a283bc4c2b4d0eecd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 2196cd451979752b6d36e0f2d8bda87fcda6cc588446bd36b74645cebec0ab5b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 35db27767b4978a3f5284d1e7bf31eed91754f34ffc87fb9902fd79ec7abaa6b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 c92040fd005cba6398ae66da6a217700002cce3bbb2421083f1b4745c02a38eb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 f753d66fb9c2aa205944c1258cf502808f032a7ab769e404de7517056bd7592a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 3e24c18e2a55b7f757d76c9f24736f57db779769d249b0015d4937177ae381bc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 feefc288fb397872e857f1e4eae8745b18314cd96120f07a44c15ad8d3b73ff9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 61fc6e0fc1ba3c1dff5d9d8821f690b667fd0856003ce01dbe487af5937d2559
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 9b41625e9c881b2cfcac150c48164969b3edd4b1beaf0549030922a90ff60608
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 a00a8afca48b6b3585a4afedee25ad7eef2e714512b16970f96c6b98ca7c0f39
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 67537e627955d00e5d80ef4e259b9d9891192564a070010e8286be669b2537ab
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 4cd88aa458658edaa4be761e6f8e2dd5797dd702f6978a39f402a136df1e57a7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 594ffeeb37c292b91d44a494cf149eb10b5287f2397d05e4ed68f1749c022a7f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 a1626dff2c5f57ec8a223d816b1e2fa9bcfba6b764af7a3a066a064fcc9de400
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 8da7ccb1538f454a17338a32330ec7a92403ad423d63cba40811af38b34a1454
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 d24a86db168b499de17b18926ac1ccf9a6f3cccdd5428bac17cd3929dcc9141d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 080c1360497357cb0a49436870cb7dedf179a2f49cfaa3eda308067f2ef3784d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 f1eb974e42490a9961c8a3a296ee5d23497ab04ace357e4f1ae0b857f422fc3b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 4ba1890de78b8963a42689f24ad8e2bc3bdb4c82c976ad610d6ac27226118f0d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 c7349294208e5acdccc5afb91bb72af9926e413498e8a013ec585ac3159dd079
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 57cd2ac0ea40ca2a3d18df95aa23b2130c3f1a0daead6617ab68405b4269c435
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 5490ad060417a0b426affd04c821ea41a28463284a3b596a71b65613e43f51e9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 20103b42018915cc009ad15fe24fb87b6e1224188f47908015587c5e7fa24915
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 db3e43354c919d5153dd1ae67cbe9224a257d2626e25ed9739d7b25aff89174f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2376-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/3472-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/3472-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp