Analysis

  • max time kernel
    120s
  • max time network
    133s
  • 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, 16:54

General

  • Target
    2026-08-03_cbbb33dfa3f09076072fdfafd0e3ca82_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader.exe
  • Size 718KB
  • Sample260803-vemfmacd92
  • SHA256 271b9b40978a4b1894d7b42c9d174e1a754a5f5e9c4f4e5d288ab6caed506299
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 49 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 1 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\2026-08-03_cbbb33dfa3f09076072fdfafd0e3ca82_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_cbbb33dfa3f09076072fdfafd0e3ca82_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader.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:2944
  • 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:5596

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 718KB
        • SHA256 271b9b40978a4b1894d7b42c9d174e1a754a5f5e9c4f4e5d288ab6caed506299
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 819KB
        • SHA256 dc0fff564a70e4c91dcf2e927e9c1d54afdbb4301bfd1a3f052779d5693c0cdb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 eb3b2fbcb87f455b5a42d4e26015fd559a893a1a6b90f133fb02f8ca83c880f2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 733KB
        • SHA256 c6a61fd3a4d601707e27570cc8814eaf59dd4f1b7ee40a01a8d0e032b16f8b73
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        IntegratedOffice.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe
        • Size 766KB
        • SHA256 8e800506af05d4bd43a921b512ec3ef7b460166d20f3e30351cfb339dcd00b66
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 5c1ddaa7114aee61913e1dec54c8c455c7d50be02e9ed5bb4fc5d87459d54134
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 83c3ee2c4f3cce8a93a5fa18621948d04ceabaa93143e6d3e2960e3e9e4390a1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 11f2c7902ca7a4aceb5045d4e755aa29e175af053eaaeaf20b940857f6bd05c7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javafxpackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe
        • Size 880KB
        • SHA256 f139774ff7baeb56bb6d1a268c2379807cf2fd640c231d7e09fb56b45ad051fd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 e500e0868413e1141e4cf48692c9acd4917e56da8b217da67be19dac37c1a3ea
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 2952ff1746dbd16f16605c65be610330d1c78d6b0c9fa719f273fac0b12d826f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javapackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe
        • Size 880KB
        • SHA256 390de61c8c6b25fb38359d4f18901ad6a83f7de8af90b50a34bf0360c10201d7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 d20841c8385abde96aeeaaa791c92bd00f70b9c2c631b0330de320b460f36685
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 aa2706b1a227e07db0114d8911fdf5a8596e1cb44f4a09831e908573c54680ec
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 a312f8081516f6de1be9256d0bb2c1c590ee7b807cf33a822141621fa3eca9c3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 ee4f1852666e2fa985f4cf255cbe8c682451be4dfe8b0d98b8ed7148a93ecb6a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 271a60cc09b1f75f3d15ee0fcf1eab13c0fcb3f6d93a496c497faa730027522d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 ebd32372c8057c72486a81281876c622e342456522f0d9b19297ecdcdb8d3e11
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 36c9b6f2c350ef450715bfd96c08ad3d1acaf5decfa7c28fc1706717a7953920
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 4161dccf44a394764609a2d5978b89f417e3977a0e4a4474a7d5263bfeaaf67b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 3e7c139c2bd7c1bbc40719b3c46870a9f6829dab7ffffdee14e6c2210d9b659e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 2fb6416405f31c5c070c2322cbf5ddc633c32aa4c04ec12fe5362bb18ae01f14
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 86059398a5c52f811e98c5fd1e639cb708e4e4ff51991821e0ff38962a4a82bc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 a1911576cf0ff848de067be8bc22e3331bf8422678f9ceffe1a76e1cd56a1139
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 4bece3c9521bfaaa266bae7b377a58ed10ff893f41b8917eff3a307214a735f1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 72102e1dabdfc1971cb47db58f6ac743e172489627a3297cdefdad1e2d206e89
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 20d5716e20fad5d5dfac54783336eceaa3ecb021dd35386940a8afb10ecf5def
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 745c143b85de9b01db0c758d005b136f41312f9e8ddef36685893a9a2648dd0f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 951fbda88a8a4a48b73b601497f2fb4cd3c3577075af37f4f2a1202d70db9530
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 45f50eb1b404ed6894700dcb853a74e50add76e9d738940c33ec8411fbf6e6e7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 aebe166a5d165198fd8b85fc23983ce74d7b870a4e78de75f41156c50e98d730
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 622185f87abca9f4b4c7a12507393c0526126455473e387d3b53762435657a3b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 adca7cb892bcc00165c5deacbb6feac1ddb4ae499eceb45c5087091673ad83d4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 27aa109e59fa77c18adedcba7b717f3f041e45ed442d8f7bd4efb25a8e0ba108
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 111c70f40bcb75a5bf8d0859ef7d4920d20fa97fec3f7c2cee70c8df188144ca
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 8822f73dc9d97ccb1028d1fbc1a29dfee4732dbdedf6f57c598b773cc5753c48
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 269ee95b2b2cc2643e3870e2fd865673ec0f5f1b2a842e4758eaba6fc2a3d5f0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 404446a2bce6aec15a832e5e9afacd191f6219aef4f73bb3f2dee8436974848d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 964a4e5f694f653b1426e44cd79e03ce740e54dcbf5c5db49003604d033f96b0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 ffe047fa8f2146129ee73d9a34950b292ffb809c91ac2a6600990cb66c1a416d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 d928941212b91498d639ab4073a101a229f302fa939008945f4ba67b1c82898c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        unpack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\unpack200.exe
        • Size 938KB
        • SHA256 d3f4c7c36527550a86fe0358c2cac69400f6dba7329b9600ebeffd0dd3c06c72
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 6040a771abbe1ded52f7a7164bda411a3d92fc969417da88df816daad4cb4c01
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 9b594b91612b23df34f4d290d5db088a102436cf5d1f3bf524812c6f3f6bb2c5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 78eac55880ebc1c07c1cad87c61cb2f32c9fa0cf63a5060c03a82e159ab00d59
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        FileSyncConfig.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\FileSyncConfig.exe
        • Size 971KB
        • SHA256 4eb198d3dc2fb66146e3c9cccf6e91ee03142c11c6b1ddbb5cfa05f5058c4bff
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2944-1395-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/2944-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/5596-1396-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp