Analysis

  • max time kernel
    103s
  • max time network
    135s
  • 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, 16:51

General

  • Target
    2026-08-11_b6b3ef9a412541f72c01abbce2af270e_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 862KB
  • Sample260811-vcsvmatwgt
  • SHA256 16d4f9daab72475f51a16528fd38c92a7104b42508c22ae25bc6a4ab98d8c671
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 39 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 36 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\2026-08-11_b6b3ef9a412541f72c01abbce2af270e_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-11_b6b3ef9a412541f72c01abbce2af270e_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:4084
  • 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:5436

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 862KB
        • SHA256 16d4f9daab72475f51a16528fd38c92a7104b42508c22ae25bc6a4ab98d8c671
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 963KB
        • SHA256 a7435486b8a1c9597a85c1894f70835ed6a0cc1d2ca6d0886cda039b411e2d0e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 e4c054e3a0a0f098b082f47fe1c3addc5c6135e15e0b9446a748ec5f8acdb597
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 877KB
        • SHA256 154bf2cc195ff8777fbbdaa63c2a2c92929d5f86d2471324b7d4ccf60db9c28e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 ed6b45d5afd60f820bc66842f6c7489f7b6956b449e080266fd318ab3a868ce4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 563deede94f1cba39b0b75af43e82b451dfd78c3b6f9e2b453142aa11d4eede5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 eb27cc7054b7b88d2e3faf87fa07737f59a4dbb1834be188a6cbd8f97df0cf3d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 3564e41ad60546d304b39e7704a6d7c6f26253a23eb7155fc1eeed21c9803142
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 bc26fe0fad9ca145cf755cbdfc44fcb5f446ac2491923e7a4aa735126fc4cb47
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 4d00b8ad8df5fd82f82e021928723eeb3e498b6934cb88826a6296637148c141
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 5882f67688d79a251797bb5ab68365e4ff4a8a56cca062cd104c0b31b7c5877c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 afaca298782de6a744f5742ca439e06b106a67c7a4d1ad68ad597ea2b9f12441
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 5c666c3e7e7163fe03f2c2923ac2667191960ff0ba9bacb49bfb598148339b1e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 eb7277f36a9101934d7f39bb3c95315e7e8bebc7565189f9fec42fecd8baea45
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 0c6b5ba23e1fab4b189fdcc44e87d95f89863dff2eafd7e91e68b8dfdb860013
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 0482b28145e53439234530ec3b5cb985380fb399e3133198d78a2da6170f9445
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 a436d001b95f08ad87feada64c9d388c122aa78106bd314a8591953ab3036278
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 7a5ae3baeb1cc4d74de874b188f6546416ec2f11bcba5d3ece21545e1869c44e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 862404f8e232d0833f7408329196cfafd4e6aaec714320270cba3107216402aa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 e875e7a367cd1053bab824d20014c5e36fe3b45e503cd827bbb454cd60ec3d34
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 03fc18f85f93993ef880c27dc4454974c4071bf360adddcd37b7c5017c1031d0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 cb68bd24d624eaea435e88bdf2a27e8fdea6b7a3d67d6e33d4213d71e5fada12
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 c4f205cb6ec7b949e8277a2f1d45c8a3301b0d29f470b8578827240a47ac7fd3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 9a5e8911da7e7590b9bbed391249f1a012bf69da01a2b5cfa9e8ecabac6f1bc7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 441ec380642f03661f8cba8756a209ccddcbf403523284d526835629dac2b878
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 2a5c199ed50e2a47afa852fecd5795a9f7097a4262005e37e90915c20fc5f006
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 c36eb7639171f5b004878c65d4b8f8b110f099a62a2e811177c9f99ac24945e6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 68694f72450060d4e3ee2fc8d52ae1d32b4eeffdaec9c446d271a4f6e54493d7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 f405df230c2c957436387217f92f0aac71b3e39b44449bb4f1b08e9bbb22500f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 4ca0786f706fb4b67edbe7208656c2711071ec70f6df7424ec77434ad556bb0b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 f7bdf5b1780e4a68e934c575c6788f2085a127f65540acbd5ccbc7cfd86716dc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 7861ec63900bb5f3239ac3aec6d01db764823ffcf45cbadf1c8d80f678924641
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 f6e978d3cb3f3639d1048b434a774d9f76c798a9e4a96d2f1afa6387fa98eebe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 4db3b16ed6f0a99d445ec408f663d5a04699c565608e40322aecdd85d4b30c1c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 5f9140e42587b36d072051e961d83564480173362c74d53da49869c0ad04ba45
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 886KB
        • SHA256 38481529e4038963ef509884d178a44d9485f79c02b7118de05a2ad4a2b0f151
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4084-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4084-40-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5436-71-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp