Analysis
- max time kernel
112s - max time network
142s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
03/08/2026, 09:21
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe
- Size 966KB
- Sample260803-lbe3pstape
- SHA256 c31d9abe13b9661d247f712718db32dc6aed6f7e27b65f7e50d1acb9575f7050
- MD5 3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9
- SHA1 62d6e6f7bda1573695a55a544ef0e30b8711553f
- SHA512 15504b5088c626ceadc0f11e464f217ec9c55e8b9e9a64fe01fd87e01c01f985133086b57c13dac43766bbf6ef11f537aba7aaf1b0ad2a062df8d0612a3c06b5
- SSDEEP 12288:2V5KV5izrqFkbh4Y5q8gbcImt0LDviQQi8C+lPYx7CagGkOf:2IifqFuh4V8StzQc+lPYx7b1kOf
- TLSH T141255B21BAA4C036C57608704AA5D76E5638B811CB134ECBA3A89EDEFFE07C15F35635
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 6 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/5620-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000c00000001c5f5-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b2c2-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/5620-87-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4052-166-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x001900000000bb41-1022.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000c00000001c5f5-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001b2c2-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x001900000000bb41-1022.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4052 patcher.exe - 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
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinFirewall = "C:\\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\\patcher.exe" 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinFirewall = "C:\\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\\patcher.exe" patcher.exe - Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoev.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\grv_icons.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\updater.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpconfig.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe$ 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\TabTip.exe 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE$ 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaw.exe 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PerfBoost.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\VPREVIEW.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\msouc.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVLP.exe 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmpshare.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\javaw.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\rmiregistry.exe$ 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\sscicons.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\sscicons.exe$ 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpshare.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ssvagent.exe 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate64.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msotd.exe$ 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PPTICO.EXE$ 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\maintenanceservice.exe$ 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\wab.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java.exe 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\SPREADSHEETCOMPARE.EXE$ 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmlaunch.exe 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\javaws.exe$ 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\cookie_exporter.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\kinit.exe$ 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\pack200.exe 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\tnameserv.exe$ 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSQRY32.EXE$ 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Eula.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe$ 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.NetFX40.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Edge.GameAssist_1.0.3456.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\EdgeGameAssist.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARMHelper.exe 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPPREARM.EXE 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe$ patcher.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language patcher.exe - NTFS ADS 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 5620 2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe 4052 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_vidar.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops autorun.inf file
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- NTFS ADS
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:5620
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C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exeC:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe1⤵
- 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:4052
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 966KB
- SHA256 c31d9abe13b9661d247f712718db32dc6aed6f7e27b65f7e50d1acb9575f7050
- MD5 3d5e9d7e18a88df728f906df849644e9
- SHA1 62d6e6f7bda1573695a55a544ef0e30b8711553f
- SHA512 15504b5088c626ceadc0f11e464f217ec9c55e8b9e9a64fe01fd87e01c01f985133086b57c13dac43766bbf6ef11f537aba7aaf1b0ad2a062df8d0612a3c06b5
- SSDEEP 12288:2V5KV5izrqFkbh4Y5q8gbcImt0LDviQQi8C+lPYx7CagGkOf:2IifqFuh4V8StzQc+lPYx7b1kOf
- TLSH T141255B21BAA4C036C57608704AA5D76E5638B811CB134ECBA3A89EDEFFE07C15F35635
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 19973603c9520557ffba40acedbb42cec106cbff9ffa9e489b2519481292a75b
- MD5 eb3751a1a9d7cefe951198bc96b63a0a
- SHA1 4036cd3c0d713ad14f5e1f501775794955160bb0
- SHA512 220a063392f1a5068ab246537be7f4b48ccd7c8894819e1f40345e3141057047d59edffba485eb3d68f6543fb173bc9ef42d51208e16546bbe05f3ee26360a71
- SSDEEP 24576:2IifqFuh4V8StzQc+lPYx7b1kOL0Le5ji0hmxNrM:yqFhxzQ+lPji0Aj
- TLSH T1DC754A21FA748231C072847586E2975EEA317441C7238ECB92949FEDFFE26D19A36731
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE$
- Size 1010KB
- SHA256 86b4c5c86013684897fa4bfe2b82791a7c537db3974e5ab1bdb5c8a81757faea
- MD5 cbc9420b28ef1d605031ad13422e0dfb
- SHA1 0d148d48f8631c4287c4c10f890fd91c87004f4d
- SHA512 61d3dc1b6cab54c6710de9721e939479cd4ec216b04897007ff248c7bd293b64ccb22f6c68a1657576502777a149536512602b3d21bb641216604b6753c4d56f
- SSDEEP 12288:2V5KV5izrqFkbh4Y5q8gbcImt0LDviQQi8C+lPYx7CagGkO2wZi:2IifqFuh4V8StzQc+lPYx7b1kO2wE
- TLSH T1DC256C21BAA4C036C57608704AA5D72E5638B911CB134ECBA3A89EDEFFE07C15F35635
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH