Analysis

  • max time kernel
    106s
  • 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, 21:15

General

  • Target
    2026-08-02_c758feacb441ea7b5475449dba50675f_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 762KB
  • Sample260802-z31elsfr21
  • SHA256 fd9777eb5fb18b6576a9a4ae6cf984db6c155da9a8d2e1ef6cd29d4019deb4bd
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 46 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 43 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 24 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_c758feacb441ea7b5475449dba50675f_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_c758feacb441ea7b5475449dba50675f_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:4384
  • 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:3308

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 762KB
        • SHA256 fd9777eb5fb18b6576a9a4ae6cf984db6c155da9a8d2e1ef6cd29d4019deb4bd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 d9674456d7f87552e675ce0d3e6f587ebca4c7c3a61685eab08f6d107c646138
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 777KB
        • SHA256 b8ccf5fb6402c07b5ab27ac0cb72e63a34bc5b2c614f564c823dc161f8491974
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        InspectorOfficeGadget.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe
        • Size 810KB
        • SHA256 ef86383f0c4e5fd60dcb3e66b62b86e786cc9b337d929a5a932f5e62d58c5bc5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 3785d7590edbd241ed4e210b021c9e84d5dc00921af8624f6f8826918392eaa4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 1b3f235c31b1fcae79e73b3c79f79e30ebce09e62bcecdf2a4d8c31fad3f6aee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 f252116bc82683a6c01a6a30245f18d45a0ff92983ac9ef4f84dc624ae64a740
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javafxpackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe
        • Size 924KB
        • SHA256 452db73aaac47fa224a2779ad23e2c5620618e12e9e21d1b77516efad6482024
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 afd4058b784e943c97baa1135b79f09fffc901ba9a71e5f77c2eed5808c69b72
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 ff8490208e07da6c92a24764ce23a5044cff3c8d9f40daf65eef01ac9c64a173
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javapackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe
        • Size 924KB
        • SHA256 26ec33781bed44dee6491b4b7c0f245fe807dbca46a85699a95809ee66ca8621
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 6e29accc775595ad0bfbf2765cfce1f8312756b65af54dfc019b0966ea4bda53
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 a43afc490569811eceaf5d6714480ba3023edbb1c800506cadfaab82d12d1888
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 ce8c9854117970008f08d4191a78572744dcd9f8cdc20f303155dc56cbb01db6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 9bdf73e5b60fe33221cd07aeb6ca2c9a50e05018c2fee784dcabe26ae0c6d483
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 cfed188bccf38da6c8461ea5231d6d7659816e4b44a38af7d54b77e63a49c949
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 6a6974984b809eec03dc06f095edd49234ea14c24a32e7d3ad88a8850b789b53
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 e40ac1b981f14250096c60a1e6adb007254bf51720528d78b9c56c3b492f112d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 a129c95481758059790c514f65b7705a365293147e2c1adca2ef0ddcbe0779cc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 55b6705fa001f49805b82a4d5a1a39b53b7d1183979d66d513d9cbf7f6deb22c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 8d99022001a0468c7486334773ebf7d6f7d52d527f2941a74cc715c64433e1ff
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 7d5ef4e59a98bf3860e983a1c1b553cef30d585c7c930a86a1a179f572d60620
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 b0b61b83e88d2000c88c6d33cd8240eaedbee50745102935f66a5cf20643cbe7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 751ec232f78aa136502a6cadd4ee3c54b483351576a03b0617910bce695f7720
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 c8c72df7097e83db99e979ce20634f5e6337a6774abf18c03cd708b23124bb38
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 cb5282897b73019f231bcfcf185d619dddbb956c032fd1e1d1d81d2f112c784f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 fc374e2c16d35264bad0a4ee4fe84b06ddd12ff9a032828b9c911fbf25816e0b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 2833bcec1dbdfd57c077b956f09865c7af4f8792f5c1f23b196b1bdc0dc49411
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 df66ec939714f828e68f2b992fed640c5fe4878e1d64237a70b35ac10e2969d3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 e9d7508b2220de2fe257f770d772bd69f2d2e4136d5239906e4b92811f9a7e43
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 f644e7ce2514ced6586c87891f0d9ecf3c6a70c00d296f0102d1933562b35472
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 7e54d126940c19d7f86d8c4929a4fbb1ed05f6d6301556aae113674fc8edfbfe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 c348729f8e69bb7dfbe4f976aeda72eeec62a85262fc3992629c9507a2ef44f8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 873ac76ed81f19107aeba4ea0d0eff5e415216e1702a5a9e5773f17a7f1a4912
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 4191722ba7946558688aa16081139de33504eda9973f2083ca16544e3afec066
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 38a6edab9c86f37c4491e38eb0ced8c63d2d5723538d8318a500e599adb88341
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 7264f8abe6ff0e121c95d043c3f522c4ffb5269d2bb29a129490098033f00363
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 589346af205f1f76ab0be5a1798047924e22cebc18331d353748db74b753728a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 30d799a4fb4343fed919b5cdf4d56a0e2110f0744af9dce2864e5522f166645b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 a54e08fc0cfda5d2ddd01bd79e845eeb9b6ae26d82b518568705a56a7945a7ae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 8f80090d454412a96c259bda6b14f06176311a2d77f23c0cba4fdf5acb8e6ecc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 fc300e447c6f5d6746bcc23d539f5a9ebe788eb748aa1bf8e91d2ad0f0c92241
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 be83d053d29f099d7a39e6843be3ad52eabc582030fccf27cc86aa5ecf75786b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/3308-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4384-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4384-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp