Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    126s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    08/08/2026, 02:46

General

  • Target
    2026-08-08_c43f8dc5adc9644f94be1b67fecb4999_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 1.2MB
  • Sample260808-c9gjrabc66
  • SHA256 6b3379eea96e04c20bdc5e4b80f5ad7c9306cf94ec6780c6055e799b55b6d712
  • 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.

  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-08_c43f8dc5adc9644f94be1b67fecb4999_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-08_c43f8dc5adc9644f94be1b67fecb4999_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:1444
    • 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:1852
    • 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:1692
      • 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:5368

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 1.7MB
        • SHA256 164e290a9de98273970074fee2ddec12ae2de6e048df40cd5f9afd015f30c3ec
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 2.1MB
        • SHA256 b6d4428746351d5e6c3b13534588602f0b0541e3f70022e46bd16b18b61b27a8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 1.9MB
        • SHA256 2628dd9bb4c814d193d1a6a9b28e4b7e8cd7a0b15a254854935b68f0588e7e69
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 cd17c1a2cc48209fa381c4e4240309e4029dd40311ae131a359bd2c432930d3c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        EditConnect.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\EditConnect.exe
        • Size 1.6MB
        • SHA256 105f2d8a636be301484e68cb7141e0946b501474141be89aa810e3fe8a9009e4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 7.3MB
        • SHA256 398fe2cd323cf4e4775153cb795e075d4bbd7ea78c5d6aa3589baaae921b0ecc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevated_tracing_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.exe
        • Size 4.7MB
        • SHA256 c4e386242e78304a7088c799899733b8c35821c43fa8d9e7c1eeba9ce1df38e5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 3.5MB
        • SHA256 922e9492b47ca02c24e11dd9f95611b4e393254dc1f0460461557f8b93d3fb9e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 2.8MB
        • SHA256 69d58572d5e3440597f22cf46e28cadf3d57352ce111484ebd479cb1f881a13a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 4.3MB
        • SHA256 3a02b70e52ed4b0b57f60460c22d709b19369e836b1e5e05601271eb4f342777
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 2.6MB
        • SHA256 0b78fb4d9be42cbcbb8c9f82e3093571aa5df0aac4ea47351526b4e70cb8b9b7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 52f097e37327fdbb5cb20c01af631d69e39d7702bbe35fc5be29930a7a532141
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 5f193c33f5bfab31ea9862ef170edac66fdac604b2ab433fc041601f80d9f0e3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 fad7e2d70e0ff2aec6dc6d2d71b46cb1076e10e20f239064dcb3944d84589736
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 af08c1c165251cc3a81d45f09ec967fac789a6e5ac29ddaad2a0dc7aceb86d11
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 304908cfbb9c3f95202e01466c6153d26b005acc7ad113b43dd67e1cb07cb5c5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 59968539c8130e700f4c8970ddfe4acf2e89bc77b83c29b95976fd5ca221917c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 878561a6e219db95ca9fab3659888f26ac71e2728bb6dad49ca588fe8fab7309
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 1de86f09641519d80fb4684e5ef8490b51279bb99e61604de2431e7da9218cd8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 f8907f5a16b197811b584ba403e1ad2db58965e7db31c5bf0a67b8e308f49500
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 01d6d8e3ce825eda7c445763ef25ad8c8cdbfdfe25115012540af9078390960f
        • 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 1.2MB
        • SHA256 6b3379eea96e04c20bdc5e4b80f5ad7c9306cf94ec6780c6055e799b55b6d712
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 56c43ae9463a2b81ffed244cbb795c2715c8e18b9fc7205ee5c37dc6de7921b5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 072e34fde23205c9ec07b101ea37703a37e07e2f0acd8df1dd94380f0e01612b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 19aaf2f502a3ce00b40aafb8b610797f55d934ac45d8847b3f3bbda003d6b654
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 86005b0e200da63abfbfae63d7b2aec3ebae81aa42f9bd74c722f8a2edf98178
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 28c2562de26d3e7aca4be972f23defe066cd55b48ec7650aa3f83ec023f88286
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 1236aec8c6eb40a3665c7705931a7996abe7168df1a4b6fe3788973fd2185d80
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 debeaee0e90c4b711d9ed1ce21631ff242e3610997af2f5371ba57542698b447
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 be8817e70b39624d8ff7c7411639ee3777e514ae4bbb44ca5de7e865bf62b27e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 bfa7b2df48219402ad9e734fdbbfe829ddea0556b3d486cc38ad8f419df48b3a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH