Analysis

  • max time kernel
    109s
  • max time network
    116s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    07/08/2026, 11:44

General

  • Target
    2026-08-07_5263bdb936ccb6f484297b4563796501_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 862KB
  • Sample260807-nwbl5afe92
  • SHA256 9c57a2adf8d47d61599e856c8db68a2a428ddf81f57c5ff82c894a8857b0a0b5
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 40 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 37 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with ASPack v2.12-2.42

  • 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\2026-08-07_5263bdb936ccb6f484297b4563796501_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-07_5263bdb936ccb6f484297b4563796501_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.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:5712
  • 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:3368

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 9c57a2adf8d47d61599e856c8db68a2a428ddf81f57c5ff82c894a8857b0a0b5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MicrosoftEdgeUpdateSetup.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateSetup.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 e05ab49bc82175100417065080c32f26536d40c1620eca6385f7e7b5e34f9ce5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 2a1af07b2a7b2048815fd53104c3b08a56b1838f41b64784faeee38414848694
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 877KB
        • SHA256 dee33191ecee9efb913c02b29d810cfb45bd72f6eb5d50677993e462547c47f2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        InspectorOfficeGadget.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe
        • Size 910KB
        • SHA256 f5a7a21cc18dd25f0cd343912471af0a008ef359137f46471f178a8eb837163f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 04dd6e6b2638e8d0296947ba9a885df7328507c4b9be91821e2bb2e943303ef8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 82c8ef6ba44092c1463bbb2bd4948fff3954927c9e062e8893c8d3e2462c1066
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 7b3f38963c054b59bccbe4ecda4d1f4c0b2d6f98c525b495180cf5b26cb4abff
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 95879be40928ac7202d0109261bf3f0ab75496ded0ee4a5ecde561f72ca6b0b0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 15b33257e2042b96fcf74a2eba4e7c0d2247aa945efa1db1ffc69280bf7a59d1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 11b41cbfce86f531dac37186640304d4f700481a543bc8e545bdd269cd71a73a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 274d033308278d3db5b96f8ea44c9bdf03f697302d19ff885a5fc8fdf508c559
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 f36e3cca89c05b23abc8444ea5df36c5ff95ee966a717c9eef7315293a2cca9e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 e9c80646084f46e549723a0ad169ca98b016f003b3490c2d1c8919de364983c1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 c1c1934204b7c789df352cce76fd444c440037a05076e71d85e2d4ed1dcd2006
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 2b4a25d701e55e4f139e8a37fabde40bd8f23a8f7595ec25728682d77429af4c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 d09b6515eb3a3cc2cac767934636d4677613ae52e7dbb4f35ddcf88e78b4e305
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 baa12ecf350089be11fe8a1089b7fa707c93ea0f4eb06c3aa785964a70f31dcf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 da2d230e5060770f6a5da360dd08c591f7d101a5f0902640408f452c7f21c44d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 5bbd3f0299ea6c500cee7782f64b18c842e26e3d496d271ef6224f9070918f7c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 efd0007de9330d7297926aafc466cd0b21e7d21c2d79fe26da660f96c982132d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 5838174dbf415ddb90e9876f2b1d888ee558ac6d2e61643a83b229b9c6ad54bc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 118676de1981ea65d80b80c19bfcfb7339320e6d423315b521e43a38a3f924ab
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 fed40ee15881563f04ac31697aea5a3ab67670e316f9f554891e42357302ff60
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 5947ccd95b529e4de5cb3568ff2ae2aa00622e9232202a32fe2d99116413c723
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 9d41b0948173d3d55f47944365422935bda76c14a0fb415cd42653c4f17d0996
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 87bfb605400b8f13b119fa19e0561fc3d314b10e6c1cc87fcf3c4d3e795c2908
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 0433fc5eba17db24a88219748cd5b14d71d8a437701c36bddbd2cfbd597e59a3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 170e816402d4c7f122ad027fe36b63a25af5345f7b15936ed664519f52d561df
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 777fbfe99610f8d941f72525d9d43ac3c5cf014183854b1f08929b6d88b24982
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 e885c302ca26d8d6ac83a7751e475d8a52f68fae2317cdf56931ce80cc94a723
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 3da6abb27c4ebb850b6a6c84592a419a816458e9e34cbdbd3973b08903031699
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 e844d294af5b49f48791c6d5c2bfb7b67c561e77a6f5209c6bd31ef0460c9058
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 13f8fbb71bc1ff9bd90405ab2a182bc7de91724d1de51a474875c6453c31c472
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 9ff6e4a38c4afa4d723a087f2cdea166d715d3e11ce3a94055496a39d469cba5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 f1b12da8575e18a6a14999b3bead30a79f79ece1a3e15d446fc195c8192fd9b2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 98e7f0ba60a1fbaffa74a4cb3d7d6678011de3c302c9d9897be05cac83373059
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/3368-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp