Analysis

  • max time kernel
    101s
  • max time network
    140s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    04/08/2026, 10:47

General

  • Target
    2026-08-03_92f0d6a3749556effdf46900abe9b5d6_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader.exe
  • Size 791KB
  • Sample260804-mvm34atxbx
  • SHA256 57724dd8f845cf0e6225ac6e586779a805521504e0096fd2b430f513fa90835b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 45 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 64 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_92f0d6a3749556effdf46900abe9b5d6_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_92f0d6a3749556effdf46900abe9b5d6_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader.exe"
    1⤵
    • 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:400
  • 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:6096

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 791KB
        • SHA256 57724dd8f845cf0e6225ac6e586779a805521504e0096fd2b430f513fa90835b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 ad9663cbc8b0f243e0201e5a030ffcaa28ebe20a4f705a0b8eb6e108a808bfce
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 806KB
        • SHA256 5ee374160ceb0855442790804db535690c3b15e8f435c950490bb5cc8dba7f0f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 a5b117bd33dda4c61e37e9399acd9f811e7101ec4a4378a3774b4bf70a933a77
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 a19fa33c26d6c92df0d33036ab05638d8d6bd4509b775201160b15b76db734bd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 751c897d79cfb15224d645973a98f22237b3f22bac1dd4882ff6c8d0bad7240a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javafxpackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe
        • Size 953KB
        • SHA256 7be9ae4ba1150f49b420d20c003a97efd3a0ab2c1ca9c59aae7609c2017e3f03
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 a2c53016b8dead62ef48f4a515e5ee24aab8577f0be7d979a996e05aebc0e785
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 a329c5fce1ddae4f7ff62007858b27e54d5b9759a494f59b7c1796edf778ab1d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javapackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe
        • Size 953KB
        • SHA256 b8570b245215544da56a578996f29739c1139b429775611346f1ae359f5ac86c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 28606a2cd80324ac91ef7188e6f8198e026f279c00491826400b3b4e8ab1e379
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 0b0269d7f568ed2d8917482c8f7e77f6d031bcbd0f09844fe8fb52ba835e7d3b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 8c8c2df9556b62e2e2af31ec271803c36d1cad8fabef3d2abe1f8fdccbc9b5ae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 fc7117025d91b6523d6a0be58997d7d05222d208990496627ca0635708491998
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 c6e390b206d6a7c958ac9bede23ea81b6deda2293cc907e82b8f8420e9b76e7f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 308fbabffea766b0d4cb55271b5ebf17d4809069c9a46e778bff2f6d8e16141f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 d6f4c7cb21cfb74db16bce49c4ec296f3aa02346556654752fda97ca8ea9e3ed
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 d2165c601670729730afdae99b7c930c6ecf5357bd2e69aaf82909b8d5cad391
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 c1d99ad9b7dda0f99e34d4f40c7e10f649f372cf70ba00dd210eed966d4f6cde
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 0252daaeb6d382ddc4c5cadc45bde2eec6da8268550b75626f046c67bfc49789
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 7385cc33c58f1804ad1217c38f3024721009392c10ae5795b9e5bbce9dbce6c5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 37c985a98b05788585db624bd49772a680c8dbdaae9f96eaeca70ffc5f3ad63c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 f1976ead235fb4c97d9a299e72657836a98e333a186e3415864d1232c30465db
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 3f15ba0455d1078728471baaeeeedb4758c99c1b6596161678bbd9db9c4ea246
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 fbc7e6cfc185c6233f8f1330b5fb605911f4931c27e537f37298b1987d890cae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 92c4c7a9f4b07304a4c0b01c93369ed314b3dcd827cb0da34202f8d508b6fe54
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 c6356a74cd56ab72a647b25ad3d9bbcb196a94c2912a22e15195514e6cca08fd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 e6f47b8af02ce4e0a6637ee843b46e763fe64da2c63c3d575caff9437afdbec0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 294f2fe5045cd7c11040b55eff4b5bf9509b87d3f8521252a6e666450fcf9322
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 9e2bbefab380ad9fcf9e9015381609a0bb7227bc66f854340bf970129cc80216
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 26773616cd64171808413dc578ff1c111c9d62133cf2310f2e59ff0f2a2c7f8c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 bfd395def9650af0553fffa84634060f5dc394fada072e1a0187a29ea21e2578
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 d4a4e5caab1018b2f5b28cef3a49eb645adc34ecd7c940a6c68a462add39db9d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 482208230e5a1114e2baf833fc88e1a2a63f459c3f9bd19c8ec2ab76f0f101c9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 135fde16203b16d41b157b8a5e63b80e7fc18d9d69b29e23ecc799fa91b0e7b3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 775b60809b189dcf37a392e0194470f5faaff85a0863671a0c38adb759ec7d96
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 a640c670a49112104ebcedae03af9020ff03480c112031a5f70ea8a7ec405ffb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 a4af937f6c516f9545e206911c946f7590de92672982f0880cdd6f52294162a5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 0b96217850de43268069a8c618dbad30efee24684c403956d0f27019b4451df4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 634badcfc77d5c7150ab196854681d57ed3071d5d71fd59c7f65b663cdc39c43
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 070aef01cc016fe934258e9cd95f3081283471686126496022e5614fa3f32d56
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 815KB
        • SHA256 da077c558ca8e9cbf3aec1b5e0f9a00bf01043c14d8a8b0d58faf29e699f1cd2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/400-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/400-2011-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/6096-2012-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp