Analysis

  • max time kernel
    96s
  • 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
    14/08/2026, 23:07

General

  • Target
    2026-08-14_b939dc2b97e7a75ba3f9ee45f53b61a2_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_stop.exe
  • Size 555KB
  • Sample260814-24e66stdkc
  • SHA256 88ef01ec11914647f2d3089c46ec185a7cf4243f479f31ff8f286657326cbfda
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 45 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 42 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 26 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\2026-08-14_b939dc2b97e7a75ba3f9ee45f53b61a2_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_b939dc2b97e7a75ba3f9ee45f53b61a2_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_stop.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:4756
  • 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:4428

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 88ef01ec11914647f2d3089c46ec185a7cf4243f479f31ff8f286657326cbfda
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ADelRCP.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\ADelRCP.exe
        • Size 690KB
        • SHA256 9036e2b320e8560862758030f62f708e3ae20c48df2a65f9e88a9fa659bb22f6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AcroRd32.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe
        • Size 843KB
        • SHA256 b58b74ced310ace50bca5114a7038bd22372ce685e277e60b5de52a846562282
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AcroRd32Info.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32Info.exe
        • Size 584KB
        • SHA256 0a83477f4ba9c57737c75b15264f6774d0ea1e5cb002eb3aa046fd82390acca2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AcroTextExtractor.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroTextExtractor.exe
        • Size 601KB
        • SHA256 dff6b304862defad2e90a1d7b77ec5eb0aa04d50c342019587b0a9df21deb157
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Eula.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Eula.exe
        • Size 646KB
        • SHA256 fa1e6e7ed5b5dda58a2715590cf03c21edac1e8dc48fe5ea6ccf2f633df68289
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        FullTrustNotifier.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\FullTrustNotifier.exe
        • Size 768KB
        • SHA256 9c511edd37b3a2e1dd5fe4c0b5698970d7cffeb4ebe09343a89076442faa6881
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        LogTransport2.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\LogTransport2.exe
        • Size 900KB
        • SHA256 2b460eac53abf592a0e2eec94530de794eb39ffb443fe7ba11ed2360c4b1c749
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        arh.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\arh.exe
        • Size 639KB
        • SHA256 45f8afdcbd05d7c0e8d8f64407c92ec8ddc98ff960e337426d8008ba5e95ecba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        reader_sl.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\reader_sl.exe
        • Size 607KB
        • SHA256 e026fae2d8b34fe3b2fdd9c908e2a90c62fb64731165f815ae0766792adf2660
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wow_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\wow_helper.exe
        • Size 662KB
        • SHA256 a04febd89155f4de47f12a61df8954682e81eb637597c445c8ab1f7726c63c09
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.1MB
        • SHA256 3356309bd88a410dad309a92bba66c6a31c9e2596a82bc9555e274de3385e176
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        IntegratedOffice.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe
        • Size 602KB
        • SHA256 9379e1654d110f197eee98c3b921cb0c75e83b9909370f2df420c1b8ae79d8c1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MavInject32.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe
        • Size 914KB
        • SHA256 3aa71fdd4f55b087aea81d802785f5c140a67348fb3c908b87d5d4edcae9cea9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 578KB
        • SHA256 c7a234e402ce7b7c6fbab9ba39ba4d2043367747cb48e2a685d8360a6ab1c162
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 578KB
        • SHA256 30f5702af9d64632c00ab79e60e90a313d5f2a27199fd97c7a00fa736576475b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 578KB
        • SHA256 9946ac4e524408245672dfb23caa5b2315012b2cfb8eeb9ca8de2db1bb1ea8a2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 578KB
        • SHA256 ec8ceec4891f4194ad47fd0479e9bce07bf0a3d665b97da29dd15080dd3fd746
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 578KB
        • SHA256 2f87f19c731f1f73680a02b032d0c303d7f927b08db9bb5abdbccb93c07714e4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 578KB
        • SHA256 5b7c72e3daf7c0343490f9b307a3c22321bb86fccff08225a0a13ce902ad0468
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 578KB
        • SHA256 566933bf2ddd6f4bd115c2fb186d8e126dd15feed2a97b07afcb572e99e83178
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 578KB
        • SHA256 ae2481c47d0746ecaae4d765f70950f6d39b6f72f58d24a1e1a557bccc28d00a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 578KB
        • SHA256 bae2cc49e02bf2bc3aeae1215dfb2f4f8e46a5adf23a567eb745fa4d058ede9d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 578KB
        • SHA256 bfa7f48d68e5c11aec551debdba83aebff45f899c282569d9f70efa5559f1830
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 578KB
        • SHA256 bb6d0cf10537f9de6833fe38b34efddb704c23a5f4d7aa1a88b6fa6c58bda44d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 578KB
        • SHA256 86e1ac600c7f20abdaf059e2495d4342afff434f78013647959b1213453ad3f8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 578KB
        • SHA256 b0605a079a56b3ceafe3048607c67cf456eee442c279e384ded78921c46b3eb7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 578KB
        • SHA256 f0f417d2bf700d562ff374684374324e0d9f12dd4629c747a48b9881c4abdeca
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 578KB
        • SHA256 5624880e12122ecf92c24d0e45ed2fd1ea31aa35baec35d58a54a6ef64486d55
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        unpack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\unpack200.exe
        • Size 775KB
        • SHA256 df796e884dbbd1bf2f06f6c928a545b045f23dcb4ca15dd912ea1f5b9f375d2b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 578KB
        • SHA256 e57c904392ac783ac644738bbcb16836f7d67dd72fb887ac8f1368ce86f82c3e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 578KB
        • SHA256 21a3f09ad583eadb42f701a61391ae71da4e1822cb8bfa7bbc9039274adcc018
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 578KB
        • SHA256 2fcab4610a0e3811ea915cb6ada1d1f1db890ff4540c717e519269b211d74a26
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ONENOTEM.EXE

        • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTEM.EXE
        • Size 736KB
        • SHA256 b1e5252f15ccabe4966aaf62d6a865d22eaa44a02b21e098c06c091aa23e0f26
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        SCANPST.EXE

        • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SCANPST.EXE
        • Size 670KB
        • SHA256 54f66b987dd94575b8e9f0824f8b6c0f7432d0555d44ccd3a0b495b9352c8300
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        SDXHelper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelper.exe
        • Size 710KB
        • SHA256 3e1466e0e349e5f5334efddabfd987fd4d33f71afa9e40c09aabfa288ec6bf29
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        SDXHelperBgt.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelperBgt.exe
        • Size 588KB
        • SHA256 64ebbaef4474a114034b9ec9d94cb0196e7e746a6595510ad3f658d0ce49686b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        SETLANG.EXE

        • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SETLANG.EXE
        • Size 631KB
        • SHA256 d7c9d4b2cd5c717be2793365feae96bb2b586264f059e807c57b4edbfa3ce79e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Wordconv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\Wordconv.exe
        • Size 599KB
        • SHA256 38c6aa9d51ebc4ed514a041a1543eccab26e0f7d931f543e26d14a3c1aa43c75
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        msouc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\msouc.exe
        • Size 610KB
        • SHA256 7c9507dfe09e89e7176257bac4e7efef760e1e93c76f560d38785b7ed15698b2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        osmadminicon.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\osmadminicon.exe
        • Size 616KB
        • SHA256 550c6f0e03123857c9ee86b7f3ddd539800d440cfa7f29a684a62a08536d02c5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        sscicons.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\sscicons.exe
        • Size 634KB
        • SHA256 c76eb2d7c52150b015226a563fdb77d3590ec04a776a4f721f3de34100e2144e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4428-169-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4756-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4756-168-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp