Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    145s
  • 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, 04:58

General

  • Target
    2026-08-08_792651aec3191ccca2ef4b9e57c411c9_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 4.1MB
  • Sample260808-flyd5stxhw
  • SHA256 ee1f659b8f1cdb9fda0acbc7141d2fb073785942ec2bae91ce315233a10309ad
  • 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_792651aec3191ccca2ef4b9e57c411c9_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-08_792651aec3191ccca2ef4b9e57c411c9_cobalt-strike_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:2540
    • 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:4960
    • 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:4288
      • 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:4604

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 4.7MB
        • SHA256 6bd75cef87ab7416e12bf4df96980978b71259ad03ba01a79f7484f147e7e17b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 5.1MB
        • SHA256 fe5b91ab9759339e4652d4bfadaf8004237a9971243f1d048d5be4b70a6415ba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 4.8MB
        • SHA256 48ac1032dd57bb15554c0490a8a7db39f3cf6d931a08bc2ee7a78366eff51436
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 4.1MB
        • SHA256 10cfc798c280346f7e52dc82575b6c8497359dc27ac134514e54d8043770bf54
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 10.2MB
        • SHA256 6d63364b10bd58cc3bb6ef752428a76f66c122d3045287bb2cc87e5857fcc600
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_pwa_launcher.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Size 5.8MB
        • SHA256 e3073927646257760deb19139d536ec719e8c67966722a31f4e4b4e8233ccff7
        • 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 7.6MB
        • SHA256 013f3ebda2e14c068a0cbc4966787f792d391faae960d862cdb3e725711c59e8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 0062b541abaf1d9020db088ef888f9a9b071a54c49eed26279040d2f46394ed7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        os_update_handler.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe
        • Size 6.0MB
        • SHA256 f7db521035451e52cef1d9231194476b9426badfaabc926ef1afe825559f521b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 7.2MB
        • SHA256 5edee71dc9a01b3d1abac7c086285e36bbcdd8153311a9a09ce48c5cccff67e5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 5.5MB
        • SHA256 40bc1367a3379bb34ad141a700d13c2699f850557323daeaf41be0365da32a86
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 4.1MB
        • SHA256 5c9d0a909630ab581c8398b7fc0404486d61a5699309cf98fedf888832efd2d6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 4.1MB
        • SHA256 8e8de413316ddeab494443bcfbfe03e00d3ab6f307b8c3280910761a4b363d29
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 4.1MB
        • SHA256 06855e091c6fdc1213504ecb65c4c576abaea0db61f03940bd450738c352af32
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 4.1MB
        • SHA256 f483a1f07353c92a9d615b4bd61420348945077521b97e8270c196c7473e7175
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 4.1MB
        • SHA256 eb5c3ddc6086f114e0f38b336e5a11e9ba63bc6c78e08f23a143028b81f83adc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 4.1MB
        • SHA256 e6600b204b16f1f81d98d336c3632fe246a05b84ea3054c2b520fc8313a62e81
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 4.3MB
        • SHA256 6f43cda7e884e2bbef117fbf6995558aae1351652f8d4f482767c1b0c0a832db
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 4.2MB
        • SHA256 ffce7f6bfe83f8069de3d245e37ea8cf26cda9a94dc4b0ec6309f349627c4d75
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 4.2MB
        • SHA256 32eb1c30a12474e71f536bb4f88267ab36a7bdcfc69780c224d49d626ab6ec3e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 4.2MB
        • SHA256 4bfe8f2e9f75314e8ebbc09f082a31772640ac55b5dfb2fcf7617bce0fb9f701
        • 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 4.1MB
        • SHA256 ee1f659b8f1cdb9fda0acbc7141d2fb073785942ec2bae91ce315233a10309ad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.1MB
        • SHA256 d49d77c66b99365866e719eed2582f3fd58b9cbc40b2abb4fedfa6f470977976
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.1MB
        • SHA256 e5a6ce2a7dc356a8c052a33c3407d9ea5b0579cc4b8ac801b680ba1a69b28758
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.1MB
        • SHA256 577e56440ee58ec4775f0c059fd52359ba9b765695153523b7aa2e59a00be94c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.1MB
        • SHA256 7e3fbaaf916a9a04426c41849260c8de25533d812f03a543ebe9e70801972b03
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.1MB
        • SHA256 b664a7d784a04050828e6c55b5be03c71a078f5dfa269c59baf247c3324c0be8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.1MB
        • SHA256 f18ab21f11fe507f959b6c5d61ed0669ac315ed087b562de093d888c38e510fb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.1MB
        • SHA256 23ba30db3e41327e07dc729d407a7daa14c08d367107273ab13a7cb88d71094d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH