Analysis

  • max time kernel
    101s
  • 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, 11:52

General

  • Target
    2026-08-08_4c0ad4330722e6e0f524aae4c97dd607_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 862KB
  • Sample260808-n1qa3swdmf
  • SHA256 9413000c4d7bfa486e9011b0eddd7fe3d9df006b58d0739a72429702faa49a9a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 43 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 40 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 28 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_4c0ad4330722e6e0f524aae4c97dd607_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-08_4c0ad4330722e6e0f524aae4c97dd607_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:2324
  • 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:3316

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 9413000c4d7bfa486e9011b0eddd7fe3d9df006b58d0739a72429702faa49a9a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 eddd60547940142ce7c3d7270bebc712e4aa23e7c5bbaa6333fe014e7c03d39f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        IntegratedOffice.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe
        • Size 910KB
        • SHA256 42744ad7edcb9c229da1ac6431deb4331cca113793aba77c604494f7d43c70bd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 a38021e4abc11dd8b90eab82b4b2d73c72fa1498760ec0f6fbe8df064572b80d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 8cc29bad6385720dd34a580051954677f0c108aed9a9d426e07a876389642a8c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 e412f74b51a87b292152af1ca1eed1ec94309f017d3939d2665935c03521b1e2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 02c965fac8af6ae4866969e682888e8b6700b7508230e8d0f35ed725a428a0f2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 452705b13eaabc861c27a30e801b29452f9aa74fb97a0c8805f1f69fda390fcd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 7b09bc6b0a9898cecbf140bd05f34799d1b63158496645e204d11274992b876e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 7a69f4c2ee692d3f75bc43b1160e77d75f588db0013fdfc387f670611997eee5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 5297175f637eaa1178ec7a7eb1a231a8a3dd3d971e4815ff95dcefb859829fd9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 2120675b8f6360f2e1d759323c3fc532b3974280a9e63ab9f12c3e575f5dbc6e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 88d676c7c766421cb62b8c27f15e3e0988644aff7f0bd4282b80dff1cfd83ca5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 f11a7125d4a0ecaf3e428c20b567ebdae5c1e2d8f39b6f8ae500db324aa82ffc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 9762eabef2ce547a376b034221e9193f96777f249bd0399d813605855265bdc5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 485fb9fd01e21dcb4d3f39fd8cc41e10f740deb8d67d6e69c82acd227ab272bb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 bf56fa2597a205838211124fdc2ca7d6ff70327ee51ce322338212d352abbe8a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 f5692918477a87efca7b1b5707bd134f067b03b503b18166f014031800a96457
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 f004d17fe748565051c703bb00940067dfe1c5d814def8e03b31204c6613fa2d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 b5fcb6cc97c4cb532538e5b97adeb1d9f6de84b740293e99f7b788e5ce19b82e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 17183ce536d20fc6dfb1ade1af30492bf6e4e2ef04fe43983c1b280596ccebc5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 e858641a3f11d877451850cada3aa3d6d94ad18e3f64a2622e2aeb0d14417d49
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 14831112a4936bc0788a792cebdee195eb087c0b4f1b101f50bccdddd00cb341
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 f340b6139962e5aeb48c599307a32f1fbb5a75dbf32d89965faf90975d32097e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 e0b731c60bc7a574dcbcc65fdc64302b595c8e22f208a1798fcd2687b2edace3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 9521d20b0c0672a9bb57eefe75208fc94826445eab275a1d9bc3a0aa3ec11d04
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 0bb6060b72a63172f475c34fe1ac7ae4a85727a1ba39b7e1c7b5c4a896f6a18f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 5c4764d3cd57679dced272ea84497012058c9c508d6266b90ff2b01137ea9589
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 475c2cc0ff2051e9a6100683b6b00ce32559cbbc47435bf03469ae99de59cdf1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 badb4571602e8986be71ea92013e2922e86f2c498bc23a074b8c3e82bd1b01b4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 7247ca4e7e8c5dc69590de0dd7aa95b52baad2da5c1b4ef9cf2e4269421ffcd1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 c02d81a96ed5146b04d4681da26b35fae67486c0962d76a3f34e67c04cd8af7c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 3ee3c3274fdf87405be31132c1eac900af2ce79c38bf30d99179be1677e5db1f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 26ccfc23c6dc8ba149a878f6d7ae376ced0ed6f7e7d8b977c5400801bf2872cb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 4cfbb029ba683ac540f3d06d5bbaf0827f35fc5503b481e5045759d9c4c71499
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 a830cf618987d0a63abd3e16692c8c0da5356dbc26f3c2110097f2fcc7f2c0d2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 835ecfbab0979ca10dfc83b95ca934d3ba249ced7d8e4f00e093be4e47195361
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 bf504452380dafc4e8377d4a0aa6713f35ed205e1d144acf9a8d3cfc9b8d801f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 d83ed75c84f4529ae11ba0b4fbb59e5b897de7af868dadfed2c32c40035c8dad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 af435a8e0d1cbb2bd1d6f7fe630a932ba144b3d035e94137ca582a233289e42d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2324-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/2324-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3316-59-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp