Analysis

  • max time kernel
    93s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/08/2026, 16:08

General

  • Target
    2026-08-02_f79339a2142d990b7341bedbf5fa5152_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 838KB
  • Sample260802-tk9yfastev
  • SHA256 f9feff50f6d7c3d61cd5919f14cd80fe242e0ee9ff170299f007eafa60b3d54f
  • 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 63 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_f79339a2142d990b7341bedbf5fa5152_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_f79339a2142d990b7341bedbf5fa5152_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:5196
  • 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:1224

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 838KB
        • SHA256 f9feff50f6d7c3d61cd5919f14cd80fe242e0ee9ff170299f007eafa60b3d54f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 d9e8401dd83e08e1d1ecf6f577183ede62ededba4bdfa54533edbe2041df4db9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 853KB
        • SHA256 5089d419bc08575e6a8c93f48e4a87ce789f7758ccf99586ee8a8ce0ae953b0a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 832c400c5c18892bb7da990752136dab28d0fa8af6fc467524267d452432e314
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 4efc21b7b09d75a45df704bad54dc94a6cb602cf4a0ffb08db5afa3cb7041f94
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 f7ac0a8dd017ebdf180a83ccdf0437f9f6b542dcbd405930a97b8528f7192ea9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 947a09fd5636f5464c61a28c3a7bf6fae01c0c0d67af32ae1154d27331515c8f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 1cb11378fe528c6735b45ce232be9fc4ad1590f95c779f0ff78733f666d11a43
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 5fe1a825678f1bfb33359c9fade3101af209be2893e54ee3a032c290d2f25b95
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 94cefaf5eec39d472e316965cb5893e80054af9e59eac7c9d06c1f61a3386ebb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 84b20cab4dcdd53c1c1ca92277ed76ebc5a1a2fed6011028adf83953cf2bb620
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 0546a03e4ac62ebf4a672a7a8e64f343fa3fd8b241979640a4e848b05223bbb3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 6a604c910be3d41a0e1c94d90b0fa38b1f74a86cdded0942a19e1e4111a513be
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 42a70a7948535a530e96ab1ba1e8cbd041b1988be3c0753260852485396c3872
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 590336dbb9c69e29b65d95c9fa1e914ae4914662ec3ba3825356ffbc62e64113
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 20f3e6fea10891899fffd934de5e8fe82e4fef43678151ca1fc0dd98f7ae7e13
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 0dbfa040ee895dd947c609caca8cf6e95c9d5dd5aa9dd5dbc6069307b542df76
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 e39edcd22fd474432c16560301b3ba0c0c0c6705837ecb18fb282e4d92008de9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 b9df3893c3f34494a926bfde3e7b62658a377e55e0c876ff6de05c7513042536
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 752a7be63695773b0010706a7bda03fa9cc9cde394ee4665e963d0b9a2dc2006
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 d403c931e7e55940086e1d4cb563e48967c47194e57aee86fd8dad554c61bbae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 8e931a2862350f4cc8cb99f172018f23e9e9563ecb1a063e31a1f159fefde801
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 619d2241c5ba3bbd7c29fb90e0137ab2e49ea6ae56712474bc1749d97f6a12ba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 f1a5b34e9b696b0335961568d7a9a221ad3c38d5fe5c663be9670e188fa3cb96
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 a87361850f588114fda8ad7153e988028537585c8ee4e4aae76e7b9a9f2a9ae6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 8c88c7b98c1a408f7f048b107c9da8bf09cdfe630a71ed3066d0b2deebb4a057
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 7f09f7553d0dd5ace9170484e51528e7b79e767c29388e2be2cee328a4af7d76
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 6aa58f99b6e2ae07b7358d553e90787703fa8a2426c499011cd0d2d8628437f7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 fd4f17ff14ec7520a067c83650e356f9fb2cf9160de9b5497207dd5b77766a73
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 4ab4ef53fd29f940476606de52e85ec0dd1130bcc640196b98d7d0d2e7ec34b2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 e603e960a5a1edee45417f3a3fb1d0d588e065ebd89ab83f94216f51a5d38dfb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 195ba8decf18b56cb0baf9d8c62f95a653ade50b2858020c70cf828b7469a9fd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 8f5079a1f176a5bf308bac2e7db68f0ccaa962071487696ddc636921e8a7d5bf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 7cb385a07386b292e02d99dd348ea977e09b2e60a9ee67bcfc316fd7e32db85e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 9cc9a5b2299c7d05d853cfba41907fe91209a17b920100f0fa2682a7c105d8e8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 41e4d9bbc1fe395b743fd19619100b30e127ddda060fcc85ad13359e95db39ae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 68b7783f44dbbb51921c0435962d6a01b1bcd8aa4c07896fe0ab9ed8d2d27761
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 52fbe245c49917358a793be60a1a6f2ad7fee8aaa98eb4fb10080b44cd2987c7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 713d1b18b8d2e8dc24096bde387e1ddc8c58e9fd6aa2b7c4351ed0dc6a28f77f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 076389530231eb22c0fcb8049b23b286636c09fd657efa9a137f9d2df3c56cb3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1224-2088-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/5196-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/5196-2051-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp