Analysis

  • max time kernel
    111s
  • 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, 17:14

General

  • Target
    2026-08-03_a991188587c702208dd9811669056439_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_glassworm_hijackloader.exe
  • Size 858KB
  • Sample260803-vshdtscf99
  • SHA256 ef5545ae2cdc7f08f3d588b07f6c865c3d2e58e5b7bdeb834ff1c57cbc31035a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • 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_a991188587c702208dd9811669056439_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_glassworm_hijackloader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_a991188587c702208dd9811669056439_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_glassworm_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:4592
  • 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:1276

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 858KB
        • SHA256 ef5545ae2cdc7f08f3d588b07f6c865c3d2e58e5b7bdeb834ff1c57cbc31035a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 881d05c7a499663e19dcf15b2e655afcb6b35508249186a15e7a53b4fc0bae54
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 873KB
        • SHA256 2dcc331c242e9bd8f41738b54d76acaa1930220afa01289525e7aeb88d027406
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        InspectorOfficeGadget.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe
        • Size 906KB
        • SHA256 9678bc0197f5828041f7e5adf810566b3377984f3b7995f7de18fe1707859627
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 2ad676486e4329175143bc33abbca6519dbba6f526bcdf0e1e168e669b85d6d0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 bac1cfec81d35d63fd55dd6e124f7e19b490d04d0a99088b309ce632b1c0ca20
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 13fdd7385ebe6620acad1e9f9293abb1237f3970d675add1238cb8cab60e421a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 6d382c8ff9228f54de965435760a5231bc58ab8833b0e3289b17eca65c2fbcc3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 2ce686e22f52b7d035f919c5f5449f3e1208f7628a827f8f3fae6302100f97f9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 dc62642b7c117fb787538e4de8b7ad5835b6ed260072a2ee417bdcd74432b5f7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 542928053b274fe60868361119e0af63c31571ba0e9ac82538f354dfb92b000e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 98bf5ac84638205d89f048ae31c93bf7061ec0e90a2b6b1c77d976b734d34720
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 0ba29b0f45b5d6b283638fd90564c2c3097a145fee2487cc82de0c24775e469a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 e1a8bb580f2fe7a11567286197473705f25fec0201c6861dab250940a148884a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 9fa8139fed9a98f41e930d4a063b4ce42223a487391cac4c7d910afcbfc4a775
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 38d482d4d52942e8b7699348acb4a3f28fd2fe00cf2547a6d6480799857fb7eb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 3b5946b8a15462656cd57fd7c8fdf771cae1433b42a7c750d230766543a7543b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 f7d1165e687cba9016488b5f71543c3b7c87355f50eea5595d850db4252eff6e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 67c8cdd78b532a0fd4d435cb42f5a7f904e2986fe983d5cfe03065551081ad9a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 b973cac217635f22bf22e1c257584166beb29ad434ad553f20a51aa35b5a59a6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 c03cc93d3e7b8b8ec891183a848291512e57ae91817bc0dc06b045bdfe1824ad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 21dcf561c214b8aef9139d1b705722d5d93de0db6c0023bbd9fcf00ed141d9b0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 e9854a2329707481824ea4d00f791e2f127372ee2aa17bb8ec5555a612813127
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 cfe5b2dfc5370c04ead3960d02672b58e05bd3b8f4a083e930f02ba288c7e4f7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 426bc72e8beb10e4be4cf65adc9b9680639685211657455fc332b4f84cf4d0a2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 294a1e2ddfa2daf58c689a3d48c5a921ac979a92784bdc6b7ec2e0b84208d769
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 023634c9aa1da1b33b3939f9afbde4fdac20bed5e5e96f35ae480eb68726bad0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 34ddfcd3e67f7746c223b77aff15ff29fcc9678e76d274941284c9e9bad0acd0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 5a7a98524c3632a004c84d704f3d8287843af96b95e620cb1010bffd6ecbd656
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 401bb714aa53dd92e40cb560e27b897c65cac78475b6ae32aa5826cd489a56bd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 5b3d19381372c39b7fd7c58ea23a6d0145b26fe4690e2282fbb1e3e383945bfc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 3dccd2961219c78a8ccbbcc3d4ecb0d2030a9928b3f6e999bfefe41b68cd5ca4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 308543de9e1f5cbd9c3facb25b911f9a019832d48105cd6280961d4fa3536614
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 680c43b042d7f4be453a1187cdb4519c3ef158a4a28e2742bbb6eaa2fe904f84
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 720533f709cd5866029972e7423113b41bd78206689c4ed81935d446232f1544
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 47706941aba854443672c5e87fc722fa2f3fd927f933097238a557d5a62e2c13
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 5d568d395b8b2450d717521edd74e6310055107b8bd83945d534fe05d1d0813d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 8fc0cabe30010467eb639220d7dcdb26df8cad81db3c87e084c5a7d2a991ff01
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 3e9ace65f9fd2bce9ce61d0ca9bf74ea8c9409cee41b087817895d88a71a8d5e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 4ae2b0237ee95ce80985b5c287ceb1f3cc3cca8c24b0a9558529680520de5f9b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 001fbb45008fd6d3dda8aba424913c2656a9f701e935b807b9dfc7bad95a248f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1276-25-0x00000000005C0000-0x00000000005C3000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-9-0x00000000005C0000-0x00000000005C3000-memory.dmp

        memory/4592-18-0x0000000002180000-0x0000000002183000-memory.dmp

        memory/4592-1-0x0000000002180000-0x0000000002183000-memory.dmp

        memory/4592-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp