Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    04/08/2026, 06:31

General

  • Target
    2026-08-04_84e426c319f3a1629fa5305d73d653be_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 6.1MB
  • Sample260804-g974xstamd
  • SHA256 331551ebe731272c2131049049b647e5dfb704f2e61ba5aa224b5a56e646c3d7
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 6 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 18 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_84e426c319f3a1629fa5305d73d653be_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_84e426c319f3a1629fa5305d73d653be_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4120
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4296
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\UpdatAuto.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4072
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3120
  • C:\Windows\system32\dwm.exe
    "dwm.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2080

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 6.6MB
        • SHA256 2c80f5a8aaab9aaed237dfa82b9efc181bbd2e8bf28d0b1b77d9a128601674aa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 7.0MB
        • SHA256 39c1c29bd203f9c5868dbe36601cb97e1f0e5d93ba57a4513cc217197c298104
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 f74884d3739d852af26a2667cbcb859d24e2b1cab9e46cd6a6d56a98ceac0f20
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 6.1MB
        • SHA256 e3b87a22ecd93112e46c0c032763208a01164e26afa31ad0b0ca1cb6a27ef3c3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        setup.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe
        • Size 12.1MB
        • SHA256 98052dfd0fcb58aa9cb461eac17c7ef052e0d52a128522a566dc2e4a186c4874
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_pwa_launcher.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Size 7.8MB
        • SHA256 6b11d3f4223fa9f62a653ea48e8e52aff2388a3d4fae98837d3d045525f42ed5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 8.4MB
        • SHA256 57d206108f60f032fcf42528be78a4e43bbded1ba98773b67a51174e95cbf0e7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 7.7MB
        • SHA256 f2a4aed847ba2750c6a70421534fb277689c64cccc99701f730fcf8e72276e15
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 9.2MB
        • SHA256 1b6478a8aca5f6773b49493caa9abcd1df4371619faccbd564d24ebaba195978
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 7.5MB
        • SHA256 1e0e059ff0478d254459bb55f6d388906151f17fdd31f970d66c9fa9ac3a22f0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 6.1MB
        • SHA256 448b8a32375c87af5b03a66a8847df596c149d7eb613f5a88c9523b05ca85afe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 6.1MB
        • SHA256 5c91bf324806ff0ae77b55062add3f1782954ae265716f145cbdb64319ebc756
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 6.1MB
        • SHA256 e10c539bbfb4186880a4120775a66f1e8093d0272b2b7716554ea7da41c91f83
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 6.1MB
        • SHA256 08f23ef4c813c35423ff2e3ff0db1ff457ce90000f3559d1f28311dc74ccc248
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 6.1MB
        • SHA256 db3ea666e58978d498fd44182fadd0f6032abab07555070a0f6a413e33ec4859
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 6.1MB
        • SHA256 ac56239f2615393c317d31963df06e31f74222df8b3cc7f57b9e848c1a1370fd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 6.1MB
        • SHA256 cebd2ce683c6d83ba7663ef906816632a995d036cbbd5f42c6ce42b3e25aa893
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 6.2MB
        • SHA256 62466845be2c9eb1af859e0be3157269aebaa244316d5f52448a071b34d247c0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 6.1MB
        • SHA256 1a2f6951a2be422ca75aa452c03d1535e35c767161596a08d7fe520dd096ecb0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 6.2MB
        • SHA256 3ed884b770250f2c5893d8f732ec81413c310efa523ce652220b257e34df2807
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 6.1MB
        • SHA256 ea7fd1681b78e87a2bb46491023df4f996b7e9c75976be71803c1f705a1bb78f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Option.bat

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Option.bat
        • Size 53B
        • SHA256 0bc485263cf8a962e64db0b88f156f2a9af1b81ecfdb1cf9111d497e85df70f3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        UpdatAuto.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
        • Size 6.1MB
        • SHA256 331551ebe731272c2131049049b647e5dfb704f2e61ba5aa224b5a56e646c3d7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.1MB
        • SHA256 40d666a09ba076ee38ac29fa3548b5bdcfed6cfaddb37d3be15a96054ad8869d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.1MB
        • SHA256 44005b269e83983bab1a65a4ca7fa48dc78aceefaa99cfa5a6d3a2a192f06a4f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.1MB
        • SHA256 16bde8d55cb4cd7680953d7a7a75ddcb5cb7afbe8ae394746c6b34df90440047
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.1MB
        • SHA256 fde85e01138eb42865e3f11f2c04daf1f2caad84f4d19becc46cb171d3299eac
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.1MB
        • SHA256 0197fa750b485ce9c0bc7be036af221f3a290c27598c3dcc49ceb183d1f2ad40
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.1MB
        • SHA256 e3f803be02b1f41773a5e78e91020e6d84b3909e547f09dbcc431ea4e2305e50
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.1MB
        • SHA256 654adcda9615821d043c670c4236f119bcd6855068cd9e154604fe26dba0ad12
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.1MB
        • SHA256 a81049a19546c81572509acc5e671510d216946310ce571a02b60aa57e84f290
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH