Analysis

  • max time kernel
    114s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    08/08/2026, 03:54

General

  • Target
    2026-08-08_2b8b58b23dbd81f613a4e931569d0b10_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 886KB
  • Sample260808-ef9dsasyfw
  • SHA256 68800bea06c3cc347ccca985b3ad2aa9d76cfd21a4e90355eb570321bac0d71e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 41 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 38 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 15 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\2026-08-08_2b8b58b23dbd81f613a4e931569d0b10_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-08_2b8b58b23dbd81f613a4e931569d0b10_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.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:1180
  • 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:5756

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 68800bea06c3cc347ccca985b3ad2aa9d76cfd21a4e90355eb570321bac0d71e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        reader_sl.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\reader_sl.exe
        • Size 938KB
        • SHA256 bf42ecfe7601906b641f8d2023c42184be79f1fe8ab871659feb39799d5f26a9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 4f8066488178b8244ce0e0c886a8091ce504adf1a5d85c0b82d93d685d60622f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        InspectorOfficeGadget.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe
        • Size 934KB
        • SHA256 f5db32473efad0ffea72fc3cf77bc169c9a701eea4d24273dae4ee5cb0e180ae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 5fad708d622b2c3b211c1ede669bf0ef8385fe6bbc604950c408dda84a91420b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 080e8ce2fd1f69359cab8ee5f7d2173cdb9269df07cb82acde76c6907763e945
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 fbf3036b39e2c632f7c22b113a19314beee7c0b3edd8a298c3b84b9810b827d1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 8be05cd452b40427f6cada9eefbd18643d36e8f0a994ed3f75dd8db49b118074
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 f5611448523ffddec8a064b9153069d260ea8014bbc16786ffe9b600b18ee20d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 33fdbf85a3ed6a8e0fbbb61bb68929bcf794169bbde0b50a56082477d43ea710
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 3e1d90c972ddfaf282fb561b9875c419d4093c6893ea369e4ccbc2bb0b85b80c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 814091afb3cce3901319eaa9a6a316a4155e1f5daf610c06d32065b945fd9e8b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 40a1623ef4eb264da451a9c06c6ae5827b130100e24769390fb110ff8b8fc160
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 c2977dfaf412e9583c0e734ec845f01cecadc4483b3ba066b1feb9d0ef5efff2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 8cae2135d2b5cd2167a42cbec06bfde3054f8779087b23681e33b0ce8f1de0c3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 dac19f100e7d9aa46e29e68554e6cf4b7fb615be7dc9e2495dabb1cb225545f1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 f77267d79249441547015201087cae70a0994dd591e4443a97ffdaedad84b3c8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 440ab02bda085a439bdfcb6ab91754b6898850d0ec60229d22578d471edee797
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 8f708a76f649634bcc14a24e80c82d9c1a2eb9de2afd5703ff6fd88a196a0b0a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 6138f08993ce0dbc86ac9a2e16f96f0879d146784ac348ed4f1f47905682757c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 6ca40cdebd29ad0c14eaa7a4d677b78632e1f3c204f5c0d471bfda1a805bbb92
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 5c58a257ececb2a53a05237255b70d1fa8569dc2e8afb8b14cef4ee82644d32f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 5c0969229949664f05428b904c9e2662c116cd13964d2309b8f35acc21023987
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 ef0117b072e07a593ca489875d1e90ff4b9e7a36d032f761be55c2206fbae706
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 0c32520ebb625347a52d0a992b1fe49895caee3568cce8ca261c63bfa1b1c3df
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 08a6644a42798a8f5ff329b34e05e0be597f96750eb2a4080d1103e19c19a642
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 3c8706aed44bcd581cf48cfdc7f256161358ff1eddfe52c55fefacd2bcb2d977
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 a1026128c509214a49e3d00195b47351b294638554179250fed7bad6bf19eef3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 1fe0e7406be338db8e833ee39d1dc2585e6816b8c12e8e2ba8b5c223a73c44ed
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 77543810d8e9c750dff3c79d394aa80ee74a7dadfb794516e85dddbc0956543d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 fea0963a398cf4e0d60439c363204da053d91f15d5c244982d43ab181068bf6c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 9f77097587c5a10f0ee61ef0d265dcf3e0c490cbff5cdee1e8656eddb8ad894a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 2eedb547898a52a571ac787026559353fc367e3ae269372d3319d4f0f32c6634
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 cece7595c62b2d7a9073f47b1eb30413939262d42333072015a749fce9d6abfb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 26477d1794ecc5e2034c94bfc09eb19c8ed43cbfdac05e743123c6a8ad703e67
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 9503493ae4d439762e18d9706c98e42c09cf08b514c7473c1a9c88d787d083d6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 0a91ff64f7bde2f8b05e04f6709ce72b66032a3203c6276aa8948fb7c1604641
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 1ac9ce24e7e7231f2196267a975315477a96c07f094293b594a3c4ab8c418a0d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1180-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/1180-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5756-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp