Analysis

  • max time kernel
    104s
  • 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
    04/08/2026, 17:33

General

  • Target
    2026-08-04_f06c150352a9e32e8412e15fab8e3bb0_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader.exe
  • Size 718KB
  • Sample260804-v5cn4stvat
  • SHA256 f5668660f99ec41e9b4fca3affe1ce35ebdaa94cee182affa4444d90f5efa4c5
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 47 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\2026-08-04_f06c150352a9e32e8412e15fab8e3bb0_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_f06c150352a9e32e8412e15fab8e3bb0_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:4972
  • 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:4592

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 718KB
        • SHA256 f5668660f99ec41e9b4fca3affe1ce35ebdaa94cee182affa4444d90f5efa4c5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 1d4613019aa140e87412baecc1143cc93794872be553b9187ab111718f9b5eaf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 733KB
        • SHA256 4460a98b68a536d88a1ff88654459de2f81bbf2a4ad91d92fe9fc2bcc77865bb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 4a23cfe8cbda88cb13878696a8357eb3b8635f6f70100236cf91b85f5642b001
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 f902e9e052beef1e08882a1e626a4873b82c36178d4ee5e3ca0eb76095f6a059
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 a4778545d9916c44bfbbf3c607c58a7b9b91375c686a369e671c7b5e60f6cc36
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javafxpackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe
        • Size 880KB
        • SHA256 75de60312bfbeacd0310e29520d05c916725694d405430f74568f106b044dcf9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 2a3dc1c62c631812b746276b38db97b33b34f5ecd1a35390583a89efc7c9e95d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 032d4c6d791fdad738a463bf01b50ee5237ef0665361686dd1a2764f923a2c72
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javapackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe
        • Size 880KB
        • SHA256 69a4eb034eaa8795e946382c7c7667e626041ab03f7891a784e9e304509f8b1e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 bd8ed207d9aa56d1ed986ec3261005db03349df7c6c2e8e767506bcbd1135f5d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 5556065b011dbc10de94ffd9029b737106e9d16a821064e47f152c5748fd7c1a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 27fbfc93c497a0222373ca32e389bd6f8729b3ec8ab07d31bac20ebe0452bf8f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 6fd66cbe5e8b4151d19873923fd122a4e607b7916710e3892f4c9962dbac99a4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 aa925701443dcd4b1193d40a4270e1d1064a70b7e1ca1546f508529c0141d381
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 8ea4999afde282cb1ca207fb9750844a7ea791bce5587b32808be563a56a1e03
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 1c9393410ac5f87abfb175611ee86b67fb8c6fe1eaf5fb9980244d5cd30f9938
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 53d646c0fede7b8d94fbcfe26da8202537ee1f20ab3960ef296c535deaef91bd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 b4aa47ca5bc188391662910ab7868f0219ed7376efd34402170103502fb7317e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 003ab811830f8928c38f2a2008093f83136b2ea6845ccbec0fd30dd4e7bb0ddd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 a0b9d4f628c0ae57248df9d697a4f876736ab2bb95bf14f6cca3dfbe214cc0a6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 d6fcf10aff730426e3a1bbd56207f2e00aa3f88f87b08b85def79e8fe0a4b6f1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 af999d08cf7c1289a225075b91296f480eaa982771c2b67c830bbe86441dc182
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 5f8100c6eb4f7542d2c8ffbff7f9614e1aa70c629ad8786a3d5477535902899d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 26508a312535b063c2c7509c2c98a3e1013259a1a199d0c95a0bc7d7ea07c1f7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 0c92b9f2533a21e0c86a66bd5015aa0ec219346cff1743a45f6b750c67021616
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 262fe2110bcab9d808d33b1aed276079a1d080ca9f8f4428b9cf96da2f3749e7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 4670e7364369ec1cf266ec1fcafa74bd84e97cec1c1570c2e0ef6165158d251d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 3029a55a0dd0d355cdeece7cfc6adb13647369e4aa9939c405eacbb9555a6c59
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 c022419dd619d0cef60117a4faa0f2e3c3770a856d0dd33482f8b6683b45bd4a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 e467f94c397ac2faf639a657e647bbd04cc2bcd3428da672e62dc1414bf36c73
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 ce1f3f26820c48354598a0d2e972bcd47ff5a8142a8ede3c0284ed23d37fca87
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 31fa3113c12ea467df0f938e173ac2fab1e5fb75a3dd76b2fff0efc8b4864051
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 69834b1d21f8255bc48721b88c94233c4d3cf946a01617bad01e60c7d9a750bd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 560c3ab1d522953001e57520786d064bcd69a945d9d517d1454104604ae21fec
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 4ec8e02cec73ef4e490a4d697119a195af7a04f127b1050f19b400ce5f9fbe8d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 b4a17152a4649cbcf13d71adb04e2e72fecfaeaa0019aa0b0696ca9b5aed8459
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 ec41af25f7e1dd0f49a60803655757d2d658727ae1e94b6965ca08f3f39cc3d6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 98fecdb44523bb7e12649b4e501a341bb73319bbe3ade59556fbad6523a3171c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        unpack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\unpack200.exe
        • Size 938KB
        • SHA256 07527c4a2113e084dfb11dca79f2634193776ce3da3a49f9565381a93e51b14d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 49aef973d1530689c95da15d9b9caa7197d6f2f46b8b9267b4bd23b26bd21ea7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 dffeaf9669be634e0ec97761177f20a9c5eeb1af32f106f5d31c5b4894a3eed2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 213dee8b804ce02521c319947ff8c84a27ee2a9b0359baa9d994d73c296fc946
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        FileSyncConfig.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\FileSyncConfig.exe
        • Size 971KB
        • SHA256 9d7364b9d42cfce03b287c923f3fa4863365c22afac09b77ed6b19f08e09caf4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4592-1557-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4972-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4972-1556-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp