Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    139s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    16/08/2026, 04:28

General

  • Target
    2026-08-16_5f218d56817a19f9fae88dcb0e4e4598_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 839KB
  • Sample260816-e35zwabc23
  • SHA256 6dfa5c05f6001732f158d8922191e326db77651f6b780dd7e29dc7a97331d7ee
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Grants admin privileges 1 TTPs

    Uses net.exe to modify the user's privileges.

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Disables service(s) 3 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Network Share Discovery 1 TTPs

    Attempt to gather information on host network.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 5 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • Permission Groups Discovery: Local Groups 1 TTPs

    Attempt to find local system groups and permission settings.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 30 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-16_5f218d56817a19f9fae88dcb0e4e4598_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-16_5f218d56817a19f9fae88dcb0e4e4598_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4888
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3080
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\UpdatAuto.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3764
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4252
    • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE
      "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\2026-08-16_5f218d56817a19f9fae88dcb0e4e4598_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~1.Doc" /o ""
      2⤵
      • Checks processor information in registry
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2016
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net stop sharedaccess
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4696
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop sharedaccess
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2856
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop sharedaccess
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4804
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net stop wuauserv
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3128
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop wuauserv
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3364
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop wuauserv
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2448
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net stop wscsvc
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:372
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop wscsvc
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1872
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop wscsvc
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1068
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net stop srservice
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:736
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop srservice
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2604
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop srservice
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:3352
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net start TlntSvr
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1772
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net start TlntSvr
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1116
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 start TlntSvr
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4268
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net user helpassistant 123456
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5008
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net user helpassistant 123456
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2372
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 user helpassistant 123456
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:3212
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4960
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4288
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1680
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config srservice start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1216
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config SharedAccess start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2640
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config wuauserv start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4400
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config wscsvc start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3668
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config srservice start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4732

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 c1c35624836fe5b9810cebffbbaad725b554fb0a1746311c062d0c6fd81cf935
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 dfc3cd45f8e3d958d319f51f2a67712f7eb37516114af65b6c91d93de0eb0dc5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 e3213f78d25111ad1c457fe46fb5b832ab8fcff0109ada76096e3b2beda87059
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 849KB
        • SHA256 92dbc874d7ad97a58567d4502d1756a9138a6ff92025f9bacebf8d209d128c31
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 6.9MB
        • SHA256 344ac30773f5612f89a9d629a1b3396088a6388f12ac64f8cedd4fcb1ddd3aa5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_pwa_launcher.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 82706fc45d1ad91630842867fc7d6c7173a96b1d546abe578e03ccd08b6d89e6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevated_tracing_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.exe
        • Size 4.3MB
        • SHA256 50638fac9838874d06064fa96f6db51cc26f6f97fe3d4eb92c0540bd0d274ff3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 3.1MB
        • SHA256 5e29cbdc7cc04472d4d5ccd8d74cce484c6ca59fa34991fd6a376c2494866f0b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 d1c909660d235652482ce52108c392cc1320bde24430e7c97c11cd5a6ba99953
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        os_update_handler.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe
        • Size 2.7MB
        • SHA256 a56aa625ca76aa9934a85b6076c368f68e048b3739fd7d17a4b0ae25de3fe4b3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 3.9MB
        • SHA256 816a64bb0b30164705d7477ed146e778f13742e95c8a9ea7ece227f296252226
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 2.2MB
        • SHA256 9897afe77fbc848e79529690cfc038cc1925676fa10a617f18dcb9f46b36fa2b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 858KB
        • SHA256 da50efc2b2c2e7f13c07431a5adef376a0467a559b5a01ebd77e53118b27830c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 858KB
        • SHA256 a49243c0fbd0914b8071a3c139190cb0fd60c9f884ea3f85cfce4629a4fd5c28
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 858KB
        • SHA256 3971b101c6db87a3a78c9687a7b34557be088984c5093290198db56fcb654930
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 878KB
        • SHA256 659cefeedf93482055f0815949280d792a03334931d88d32d4d59597ebaa5bc0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 858KB
        • SHA256 b2e924ed155fcd2e8944ea4ee902c53eaf274fc6f1779649558a94081cef1b45
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 858KB
        • SHA256 39117002d81857c8c1b890576f07d0b8a6f8a461407cc9a09c6d2f79ad9ccc9e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 978KB
        • SHA256 b160e1248f7e9549b3825e62ee5f985fc07c78e337d68d6680b9575efef9815d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 8a9bb1f84da678a05a287296177d81b5f4a22aa20259af16ec55db7f9e3c0ca1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 899KB
        • SHA256 ed7cfa95aabe2b11b135440962118050995efc5d79d258a182eda20015eb682b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 895KB
        • SHA256 6c597c0e1deeb143cc3e759a287ed235d79f301fd3fafa71c9fd131372de9bd1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        gb.xsl

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TCDD834.tmp\gb.xsl
        • Size 262KB
        • SHA256 6230814bf5b2d554397580613e20681752240ab87fd354ececf188c1eabe0e97
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Option.bat

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Option.bat
        • Size 53B
        • SHA256 0bc485263cf8a962e64db0b88f156f2a9af1b81ecfdb1cf9111d497e85df70f3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        UpdatAuto.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
        • Size 834KB
        • SHA256 4dbd077011064042540321a7496ed0b8ab0b4be582c8442121687d78c291b865
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2026-08-16_5f218d56817a19f9fae88dcb0e4e4598_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~1.Doc

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\drivers\2026-08-16_5f218d56817a19f9fae88dcb0e4e4598_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~1.Doc
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 7217690779f33fef28edb469df97777dc61de6c13b9154c808a21b1f6b50d9ed
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 834KB
        • SHA256 e971a0fd0917d663f4a7df9bb050516fa6d3fc42ec2732e2af277a0957ebfc68
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 834KB
        • SHA256 e82d7cf2b1866ad4ec323a912313bf2c945176ee666e847a491c87550888a336
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 834KB
        • SHA256 52dfb4bcd8084550e2b2e3ddb7d2d6a021616fb1c81f59cd7aed05e2eee450cb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 834KB
        • SHA256 5f316eb9b5b5f0afa5bc66e0f540733f5d6edaf1aed1b9b8309a2653f6cae7ff
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 834KB
        • SHA256 80670487569ba608e8b2666a0db66128abf800e8936ad985969b2d8645bf68e8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 834KB
        • SHA256 67e44b0f73d57321dcfdec98b0c223f971f170a72c85659440da544f1a61d373
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 834KB
        • SHA256 038ed3255eca7951be398db91e13321b48d6aba41b5e8d23c88c0fbd7b87aad1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 834KB
        • SHA256 6257d8316e3ed1110ae69d5ff78d8e693e85f7cd1814537ac14a65eba2466502
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 834KB
        • SHA256 a5b1daa9aea6201765fead6556fdae6fd24016c004f76aea0226de78e88de5a5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2016-47-0x00007FFFA9D70000-0x00007FFFA9D80000-memory.dmp

        memory/2016-46-0x00007FFFABE30000-0x00007FFFABE40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2016-40-0x00007FFFABE30000-0x00007FFFABE40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2016-38-0x00007FFFABE30000-0x00007FFFABE40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2016-48-0x00007FFFA9D70000-0x00007FFFA9D80000-memory.dmp

        memory/2016-39-0x00007FFFABE30000-0x00007FFFABE40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2016-37-0x00007FFFABE30000-0x00007FFFABE40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2016-132-0x00000231B8930000-0x00000231B8AD9000-memory.dmp