Analysis

  • max time kernel
    95s
  • max time network
    132s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    13/08/2026, 16:27

General

  • Target
    2026-08-13_d57f5106aab8407c047d49dd045eaf77_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 918KB
  • Sample260813-tyjcmsca92
  • SHA256 7422733bbdd3a1d163d2a8d490dabfa66a6505c36c07d8ba411208ed611211c1
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 36 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 33 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 25 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\2026-08-13_d57f5106aab8407c047d49dd045eaf77_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-13_d57f5106aab8407c047d49dd045eaf77_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:1116
  • 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:5944

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 7422733bbdd3a1d163d2a8d490dabfa66a6505c36c07d8ba411208ed611211c1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 84642dfa2daaa83e158a273e639c9683eea26e997d7cb0da0380f266f3305b37
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 1.6MB
        • SHA256 f4f56916dded4ec2aa1d2f7afe4f03452a65e779dda3103157de0a870a1de6f8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 933KB
        • SHA256 f7b093bc06e4a690f39a5e14586fb6fdc8e58911de9625f7403aa8e883416e43
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 27f30e52b7343444350ce17aa5cba482fae214b4dea4c542eb0490ce4a4247c1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 e6fc3e7691fe9823acbd5bb5dfaae5c98fe28f107c237e9befa7e654ce3dc02f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 73f45f47c5d48a688b22cf23b231e04bab0a50df11ba2e0f6c814c4d954761dd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 59641de2c5b10c09677d0a761bf8070827da51897a0cd30642d6d1c04d969599
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 7af520a55d332281affe33d88bf941b8e6d02f9df3a8d7a0f5463f3c54ccec57
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 c665a7c6660c1e9392bcd5b93303ea6273055594c4326ccfe56ef4ebcb11d1e3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 50ffc98be06e957e98955fa1ce4094fa33dee35d9f1a2742f1275046cd883406
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 fb2b6fedc1af861ec86eac4ed685f21a85a4c5243d89ce0eafbbd8f95d01c3da
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 83c7a6e6a1952ccf9a5b1167488e3891c939bdd26433ea5c3f1f89462a5101dc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 821b4a4e301499617d3e056c1142c5a4ccfe9661bcf5f68ff42b7cede8163f4b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 f42a8bbfb7f7ff3693cbe4a803cb0d8b72d6ede40d376f96e2ed69786b710387
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 007d7fff9eb4749dbf5165bae528329abb0da563c8373260bbffe959a1124732
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 1ced4c57c2192411edd177322f27e4b5f048066a2f597580432e3053f773c6ee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 aebb833e244bf0eb8346da3302d6c3a107eceec8c00c208053a0a5ec82f5ad68
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 6f4e5021019cb1d0c5044a3968306f527239f2e6d468cc0f2816921650f44602
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 42f37a13d60094d6426eb4bd8073cc95b4b46815ed2a6323e63555d865a20d7b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 3bc0a7316d953cd0e5e4bbeb9e128e340265b7d07b011d03890f4d22a47eae21
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 6e1f647a67a53d963cf60db8fb1fcdeff5da4e26d57ae12042680ec0014fa159
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 7c9452599b5f6d889c1d4fd9671cf5fc99dcc7fa62ff1a74e47634cc4201ac9a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 9f76ace5c289eccbcc2c4b6a526ca35509a68ec17b86e22419e3ce3e97321f03
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 8161075eb47dc7056b451c650af7af0332daf5e9527db7d74dfd04eee9ab7b58
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 fa86ca0a91a33c270928567e6896e1c979ecf7e0df60021aa81bbffb36f97113
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 92cbef4e9c92e0db8af68b7395c5613f547058f9248a395ccf424fbd589bbeb6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 acf019b4ad986b1953aff5d3fa4d3d3780fec2a42c01efc163eb2b6570cc9cc7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 4f814d37d057a8ba7b9eb14d52a0e63252955c8a682d2f3ab6f664f01b2ce7af
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 d689d9ab882252cf233cfb0bc14f7f2223c67f1a88a1cef8c76a078208354341
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 58ede52da3e25891333108b2922278aba6a020f0fec136da854f6e5061f6744e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 afa990f8770d771f530f000e5ddea50f9af411956760bd3f2fa0ae903965dcd5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 64a1e3f1d56d80f4781ae07b25f11d0aeaa1a2875a133c3245423c6f7a63c6cb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1116-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/1116-159-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5944-160-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp