Analysis

  • max time kernel
    102s
  • max time network
    140s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    11/08/2026, 13:20

General

  • Target
    2026-08-11_f81383b0e6d7e530efcd34c5e11192ac_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 839KB
  • Sample260811-qlft7stemc
  • SHA256 8ed1ca6fb9b7a18cc3c4b9ff3ed80a4050d8dd833f0245e712814c9d06729dce
  • 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 19 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\2026-08-11_f81383b0e6d7e530efcd34c5e11192ac_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-11_f81383b0e6d7e530efcd34c5e11192ac_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:4840
  • 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:4152

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 839KB
        • SHA256 8ed1ca6fb9b7a18cc3c4b9ff3ed80a4050d8dd833f0245e712814c9d06729dce
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 61f43de1081e1d7a17ef7cca4493300c335c41d58bdc78e1b1d233bdce9aac1e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 853KB
        • SHA256 32b053dc8c0bd5ee39d1df9b3a08135e65fd49e7f2d0aaa90e1abb853f21faa4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 3063e6a3404353ddf20e34fd33a7deaedbc9a1cc346f152699eb401c7f461442
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 a695a0864ad94ecb90fa004605ba59fffdf5591eec8ffd4e6952e7b575b51e92
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 fc87a2540492988036c5536ffc9fc596962d223048e2d7f54ffef45a5d06af44
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 604561674613776da3c98d4ca94e129fa2ce8d270b33c2f56970b33e331da9fd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 57aff739f3bb0cbfc8598ad812deffe20095c47d9d881d472407ef2bb3c337d8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 3cead65cc5954c7aaec5139272fbc09ab73e9057158cd1df18d405eeb985e80b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 375c988fe684765536a6926b32d9836cc6cf782a5fcf87dd3b9fdd0c721b0f18
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 e6603a4c438afe058100fb66b66bcbd49b577e07ec586425324c3e280e15eff5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 3ab2fe84919fb566613573d222637eb78192a7c34c8e440fdeaf06bf0c1f70d1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 d5d932df34832c3c804d2a117591d48606de01fad23f11374e936ecacef120b3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 1839cc30a976b4e3b2ed4d806ff430168a883dcd29ba3f3ed76cfe8c3b4c3e66
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 5863d922632f54f56c72d449cc9562c55d969b0076fc3b331b95a840ffa83c00
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 c64dc9c8d46ca853f6304f392227bdc013ad973f99851aab92d728f7cdf6ffd2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 dfeefd08dbd5be1567dac007af55a6f5b9dc9fa059e119bc26f803cf87196859
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 83cd8d2a594d3a104b7454cc8ee445e84e02df981c35f2e398ac25842f630417
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 60f01b09c03fcf1ea0a6bc5ff4d0df078679b35e16ebf28741d30f7aa305a1ca
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 59e5969f73e7ecac2487e1405ba77633098fc84d6ddc3c7d096023cd10bb2b74
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 0f7da89dcdaacb102835d252436d1a5ab7ab727a9dc36ec7fd9664f8d4ee93ff
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 0fcad0814703e19c710f88ad2750d82836f5e5d0a1e97c87f0fc7425150f5e11
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 20372f6aa1ef180fcccbfc8283bf3c898dd2057ced9870370a812444291a8644
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 a90e744f44b9453a604da5988830213b8eaef793c9f5909108fd5bf369888d8a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 b2e1034a2d5bbe9eefa3a40f7546806fabaed13c0613bb36e4f2011ae32dd02d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 9ac09686f62564fc320da89ec383e4e4af893d5bc6d3f74c57c3d12849d09c1a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 4afebcfd113c98bdd637a4cb83906d87828d0ed07bcc35b2753bd40240dc9d99
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 8682598705c15a1b285b106c05d651a1e1a65b168d21c4448a2fa348d018c916
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 1b46495879f57e9a132a409072140a0f7a20acc217cb2db1136ac61fb20545b6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 6d3d34ef6ce3d7d56dacf0df778db6179e937723d77c59546ecf511df4d6c38e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 900af61d9a1918f8a42d0ce3c484c6ef9aee861cf9c78f9f306d79867409c7a1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 24ac9c14a77c6e40c75d7904100e2b1cc96cc041d5f4e8dd11b4712117f39a63
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 f9f63ac6b7a9a7a0bacd61f959bd61e716703d7a8d3bf307c27ed01fcebdf359
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 6fc07179b670b1e5b5fc95959b1800a9a9811323ed2afb93b73db75ec4f8ee50
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 149bea5e5d7b93918732358e8a88ab67d3735eff38749b007493c36b43ea1a38
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 9b0155e2073ebbb768459c0258ec06a63170fd2ee6f34e2536f819db1843cc2b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 d85e0fc902a416eaff3ac228985d0c9d257bab51feb022123fe3e8e3e1970fd5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 3541caeb841118413fb349b1ce904e7e95cd3f3b8cc62b51502f4751fb7735c6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 cecc4efadb458da417b211cb733e47889b5edb2f6d6151c7060da10a02b0a0a1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 712518185c6f5f54dd3898df337b1ca009d3a30304227e47004e1c4458291928
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4152-167-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4840-166-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4840-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp