Analysis

  • max time kernel
    93s
  • max time network
    143s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    10/08/2026, 18:00

General

  • Target
    2026-08-10_fe38aaa487922cdee67e0989efd13e0c_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 951KB
  • Sample260810-wlkfaavapg
  • SHA256 2cf293fda96830a621e6a1ee40c6d14d96170c52d0b9d3eba6a137f170635aeb
  • 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 13 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\2026-08-10_fe38aaa487922cdee67e0989efd13e0c_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_fe38aaa487922cdee67e0989efd13e0c_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:3704
  • 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:5840

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 951KB
        • SHA256 2cf293fda96830a621e6a1ee40c6d14d96170c52d0b9d3eba6a137f170635aeb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 ef9821bb1e63480b1b08bf9356cc015f7e1b4e80820d87bb8b1fecee84f10f8e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 70617d6d457378a97a81fc2bfd96983040fb0b2f015f55a2a0f17a2db8923f30
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 01a4f5fd54d316c7f6478ec16c059d511a0c0aff4a5543648ecab6201dacd8e0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 254da4334fe9ac3a277fe069dbcdc10b2956cb20d12de1796670a0ccf0c4cf27
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 79907dbde64b2ee5e98af7da9f1b0b0b027d21816eb3f1b5ce2f5e883224eb48
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 4414538b494490fad2078d841c9e277a9da77670b5aa27f0a02c2e64ba2cccc6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 331c3ebc55fa5883e607e40fa4490292aa3dd7ee808fafb5ccdb118bc51f9c41
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 e478abefd41e60a571fe3765bc5daf9431a474d3f349b2f85d3b25071e5a2917
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 e7d9da9b2628f530de5aed81113a7d167701c4bfa1426580f06dc1390f13e7e6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 90550ded767c4c2f24da02b9ecec5003bd2044a5999f19393a9df1de0c219a63
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 97d57c21be839dfc5647b2f6864b743ce2b491874e97b1b571a5850074074b42
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 50686f429b2dc4c21a0d05bfcfe91d320275ab205cb156c4552cf926fbcd91f8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 5dc0caa0df282fb54289a2f4362793c54e2f36f6ae61a049c87c87c09649f3b4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 66228c67d390dc346fb89e7f706708616892f09a79db0ecca4964a041fa0d4ad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 885fa1cc54e5592bc8f9a3f7c3f37ead8e58a9e441173314a565aa5ea12cd69f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 70ee0eb3c29da997298028ab34201326c8cd9a63d3e7c6c8039dd2c5afb0d949
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 cf0c3f8a80e6b1506b4e1ccd9169dd0019953c159ef3489678d072846b9bd326
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 c98a86afa4e76141fae76f85eb6db07f2a507fd781ed21f3d30b11bdecb73e41
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 21139ab1d49978d4e065e6e46f7ed57b8bdd30e1f72d21c087993d3b80be3f39
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 178b760e03b21953f82396dbadab0b356315f52ecd68484ca37f84a44b3339f1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 14a9ca7c77e7b75300df9a9b94185e0c0b05f24b8d07091db79e713da8c24938
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 ab083850e6dc374751fca3ee06dfe6fa7b4acf288a517f8e147e259423968e36
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 a8b51c4863707a51eb8959443847748953da40d7ed4114668a174933c5c86841
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 df223ae6265698615f3e15f3ffd34b82a32dbe2f49d5719363e6700f3be5b8ba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 559afa8ca3b2e9544a8041a164bb62322f119cd8b1afd3f093bfee1b6cd55e3f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 36be6918515d4ae230644e6595d8675553469bee4f770b015024aa186cef806e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 9826cd51afd11dc3a8ba01fc34c9caf702d6a6689da462ad865a9254eff5fcf6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 0b9ef4fdb3ceceb2aa4e5ebfe4e9e0379c96b028a26a337ec20b125682e1f148
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 ae6c6d7e74d58d8c9b4a3e0529561a4b48caf2c917bcc3cdff26ceccf4cedf26
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 0b7ab19bacaac0c125dcb4b1e5bac59efb966de5023dae5846f505ad27b2c74e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 dcbc433e7608530172f4d51d6066add60f8405a5a4f8a60be81de51a45c6edc2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 7992fc7b3eac7588b11516bdc8abc7dac36cccd8f7a59ee21c05f3c46e99a972
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 a8444bbd9e93b05d8ba4c3e43b7655da1e2edfcc97ec0f895ce5adaf5b87511f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 4d42547878d2b033225c0811d970aa82ffc0d1056af34c1b89f7b4257538b1c6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 f8d0b26f158ad703e70109fa072531d2b734a190a66a730e6ca259fbce3ed879
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 6291d4cc041b38a917f741b091dd20b6368518150e682155f7714ba2920a1cca
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 1c488f6baabd25b9dd6b4b2ea36bf9654e3040b03d1d67eadccb38d3b3d7c02b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 e6598a5ed8e2203d7233ad2f33387e3c46a14cda1a865e7b540e4d60e033013a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 1b8266d6cd2c78697bcdd0542641ad1df519751ccf454fbfaf442c2130c73ac8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/3704-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3704-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5840-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp