Analysis

  • max time kernel
    100s
  • max time network
    134s
  • 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, 17:21

General

  • Target
    2026-08-04_feb16cd25824587a5e2762d9728ba480_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader.exe
  • Size 765KB
  • Sample260804-vw2a4sec43
  • SHA256 6d870cc2cffc4cac93162fec93310abcc3005a8ca9e52b24320086c1e6aefe2f
  • 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 63 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_feb16cd25824587a5e2762d9728ba480_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_feb16cd25824587a5e2762d9728ba480_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:5800
  • 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:4192

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 765KB
        • SHA256 6d870cc2cffc4cac93162fec93310abcc3005a8ca9e52b24320086c1e6aefe2f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 afa1a3e97370b553271c2bc1fa83149e3bb144d48f088a781a993244a6ae3ba2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 780KB
        • SHA256 2318ed6deb05ab904f3f9d48ab2e65aba3e855741be98864b298ce54f13144e5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 24724ab00f86286d88788a0a5ba13d3c9a51afc541f2e6bc3e5cb3018325e436
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 b32eb17ae1b34dc9c8aad7f8b8a22097fd58a37b4aeb0bf2b905260537ea698f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 1646f2dd0f8a759a1096680bad1f016c65856761b1c849c996d7b88c0fc30e0e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javafxpackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe
        • Size 927KB
        • SHA256 97bdc16a436b27cdb8b3792fd6e16dff0da4f0cb3723851aa27806b0d57bce78
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 ca5807ce33b589238ea97184309c9957fdaa718d809feb116d7f167cef3d8dad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 67bd704acfe087a3ad4958d0ddabda981b4ee2c09b38a0e65c793ee12ced8796
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javapackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe
        • Size 927KB
        • SHA256 920aca6b0613cf16e05830e2a13e01d98fb82c28949335625c58b026e2b9997f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 e5e823a9fc8c01d37d61f4c08665e3052827d9be7545843ae4fbc285dce628dd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 847424b2417519ba904f40125235bbb4faa285e1df4cd50ee106cebce2499a50
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 2755fe403d77123e0c28f11e80817ee15c148eb1127949b750a0dc803ff3fdd6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 3bb0c40643f4673f7860424b5dc78d2966b9d908be0025ccbf86495b126227b6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 215d5cac55870bb68e00a700d82b7a2a5e8bbbab3dc00b332fdd47f1cee5682c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 e3b1be4176c3c60d823251220a7b50472deff6990b77d4668a264728872ea0df
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 777bef583201be18fa1a731ec96610d82e32bedbefa78575e20c257bfc0dd013
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 659c21ebff1c34d77dd30d500d7215955e50fa08c1991586312277d092e1335c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 6ded98e706028e57ea4f08fda67900172f75e55421e9682603df91db69220b65
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 0715ea923430de1f4271c05af085fd89ee382864299d133d1194f067aa9b073b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 363d8cdfb4a40f41a13dc710dcfbd556f8b2f213d723516ea228f8ba6a0b0e62
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 f8bb04f88cab3df875c4c7c7ea9f23850fd2758cc7e446b34cd36ead6e1e10de
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 4e7d21be4ec985b4dff79a62a5cb9f8fa6debdc7be385eda8d624b0b63d96d7d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 78bea17fa73f9baca4d3a798722306e54739a7ef3d62e8d4fd83e630508b0ea5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 1705f46a523bd780421546f37d576cb341d385cdf1bca195da6716d20b37f72a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 aaaf0b5a55d86ec0dfd7d78963f3c7b3528e0823bfa6a0b1b5a41aa326570ba2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 15adc307782ede9bf69d25434f3178952b8c3a7db62e2205e338ca5723927b36
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 680a460756483b965e624e12b82d8b333ff9b3228cb8157d33ca91026926e510
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 11449ddd117380cd34f213a73a7b6b3dc52bb9c8299e00477869f55feae79e83
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 d13a001eb9704f0a97451da059fad4d2e97381657a09fc10d6e96f913a1ac8ef
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 117fc0dfe6ce57d81b14baf7dd914d1fdae092c6b5379a65bff878b5e3f0c86a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 d170a2551ac7e887ebd8993b95dc16d8ff9cfc3e6f35bbbef23162c8707efff3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 d4975c28a144a9191b53eb3db2f7aad538a831c9396adf01e29c6d08b3185a21
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 f2ce40b5198262cd7266af0322b08f789a798ce69117c553757ebda7c4007f5f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 60fe6696dc0277fc9c2b3b7c5b49124e7212e20f93de565e8d44ed89b2364684
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 4b66bdb7a416acef42df8101f81492c649b758f3ab476ce3ce48dbdb1ec6ccef
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 6d4ca069736d7dad113f0d38f39c4529d1cea70923fa0c1e21e453ce0bade466
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 56c863c12abb4d81c5f58506067f666bef2195c4aca34f2026e56f87895c04eb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 b5fe9d52d556c69d23c34775156857b53c857355e8383d1df1a15846d34dd566
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 760376d81e4f48cb1a0095aa9c78de169af3b6203cc1b4d973262b4abcb4f51e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 1700e5734b567b4d6264e5977ab24285c4b9e1252d3983c6b056708b260298f7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 c8968023b74aeceef1461b5abfe4c88834d37ab174a1aef0204fdec910523651
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4192-2006-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/5800-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/5800-1987-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp