Analysis

  • max time kernel
    101s
  • max time network
    151s
  • 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, 17:44

General

  • Target
    2026-08-03_7a2e90a1008392e3175e054aa169df5a_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader.exe
  • Size 718KB
  • Sample260803-wbfpcavblc
  • SHA256 f998d56c6e922544e069e1a9203e8b66aca98df88799e6072f1b94461edb029f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 41 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 22 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_7a2e90a1008392e3175e054aa169df5a_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_7a2e90a1008392e3175e054aa169df5a_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:4992
  • 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:3104

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 718KB
        • SHA256 f998d56c6e922544e069e1a9203e8b66aca98df88799e6072f1b94461edb029f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevated_tracing_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\elevated_tracing_service.exe
        • Size 833KB
        • SHA256 a50a38b110bc5cab80601fb02d75594c75eab161111d21238afe9f4424841b01
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 05866123db3fac8ac2fea32e2d49db6a3a2e1627b1bced10e0e14315d51004db
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 733KB
        • SHA256 cb6f8c0f76d95bb562ed6eca046b0a91ff9668604c9f8cfb73889450ffbd1993
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 1dbd11b71c9310c39a02efbad1a78353fc4faeadba48dc8705de2485f3ffcd25
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 51de4115bae26d37bb867635f2fc384605581892eebf16a6af3b36c96ced273d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 d56b76ddcdb481b15a1f6ad608f9831821e8fe5ebe46e203500a83654c7b4a2a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 65be8b6de36f02df767eccb3f0c024787808931b37bb080bda98f85106751ca1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 9b01a5970b71d38c64557df48e2eadda8de53941fa440cd625c361cb38f38d44
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 c5be16bf0cdad2db814bf182a8695453a20b9287ffc529c2a5c4d68eb39e8bed
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 30c19590fdfb12333664db1934c24aca105632871b2be91a4419d9da9251eabe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 feac5408a4b682bce6af065df566be035212689ba61064455a22a3d6f7dc3c24
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 543de5d1df94f2365cff3c7e6b3850c03beea6cf093cb134713e45fa93e6953a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 f19512cab2e4085972e230c8bfd4f4f7640c529f594c059cbfb943b3120a1aa7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 10676587b52cd6cefe51dacf103108b5dc995a54e71c0ced2f7497b9768c99ec
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 ede975548f8765bfa394b12d78da14608f7d8919fb231ddce3c21119f9bf4c02
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 a6368f7d18c8a6047ea4795ed3e70b40a432ec42fcd967781e5ed97b867f6e35
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 6fb542f37bc703a1b093bcb85c652cd511254ed26b42835eaa4166c743612961
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 358e74d9c64fbf2866447152804327f9afeebb0c9ca4d7ca47e53d37c2623409
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 8df666b56097bb2e01a3789f8a39b5e547bee3386acfd2856dcec138439a5365
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 10e0c59d634e1861cd850b0003e317a6436719ece5e231cc3ca2c404857f6fba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 55f808c1cc8b80f9bcfcc6b6ed688df33fcc5efb10303ac22c12cfff713a3994
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 63aa0890aba7ae741536f562bd65411933d229ec971db76e2e71cc3ea17704ad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 8c462263b6964ed8f90bf4f41ee1334baf0fc073fc9a1387038236474696324a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 df88cf843b86377af3b7babc004dc0bd1f3ea4aeae66d418a8cd586d969d7a31
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 73190bb8f83ba85f59f5b33610fbe0cc8b8072ca823403664dc93a69b7ee91db
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 a2117897067ec16dbc9274ff8ae3d84166d969c9f6cbdf9673740107b33217c4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 9414c390f33f04d026e7c7b6b10c030334bb07b0a349b8e85bead50d022c5aba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 05150234c18ddb9e5a66d8949d28d4631f7763a82772efdc8d24e801fca6d61c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 4d42381037a680a5435cd9d0108b6d5df3c076e7250a637278ea41860e6efe42
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 8cb24d70c734c0f41a2a8640bc2cdb53a1f1a304f0dc882675795d737a4ecec2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 f9a1a0a92cd9817002862e3e6859b90adab3bba07190af940ea64bb7bbceb2a7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 1d3aab2eee9619d1ea12918a0b01ea2887a1c48b7e84a1d7bd41eef0c383efff
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 5380677b43fc248192d7654c612e63eeba2b632171f462570dbf452748f4c74c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        unpack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\unpack200.exe
        • Size 938KB
        • SHA256 081f2c4abea40353e66e149d4ce63d2821600034ad26f78456315fc2dfd1a592
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 1060dc9579d1e827d45e7ff4bd01d3d0ca27b2033e088d591b80da33b4b0d802
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 bcf59d8378e18e79badc278915b1198d996916e93fc50669fabe8439424c99f9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 6f36c57d9e95c7929e659343fc99d76886b8323961b816a5255682bf10f49ceb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/3104-1999-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4992-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4992-1986-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp