Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • 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
    20/08/2026, 05:59

General

  • Target
    2026-08-20_418f96c2420d7d839db7ffca7b02e759_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_vidar.exe
  • Size 3.0MB
  • Sample260820-gp47jattby
  • SHA256 cb488ee4c2df14725c51bce2213a2bbe15f5b345552fdc0f7e3aecb7ce73b805
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-20_418f96c2420d7d839db7ffca7b02e759_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-20_418f96c2420d7d839db7ffca7b02e759_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • 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:5332
    • 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:4480
    • 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:2384
      • 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:2116

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 3.5MB
        • SHA256 50a0cd79a544d7987ba9b04791c5a55b357081f8298ecd0830d5d91f9d7fae1b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 3.9MB
        • SHA256 f52bcac9baada7445c158e27f895bfef60f8392aadb78d314da8cb2ed5a7e186
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 3.7MB
        • SHA256 395615a81eefabdcd0bfc463905a602185d2e2291aad819bfc3f03db8cd7878d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 3.0MB
        • SHA256 75d8be163a1e99b06c231ae6bf219f8060143d3cb9c015527a614642ad3eb690
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 9.0MB
        • SHA256 ed6a9fad5fd5f5a14da1e2410a5e5f4883a89a1172a7b7e2cbad16e7623d6269
        • 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 4.7MB
        • SHA256 129be906495bf8abdf7d890875bd188ee84c7d50ff9024ed05f71e23fbacaf63
        • 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 6.5MB
        • SHA256 dbb166d7bd7da2bb144ba48953571b9a694ffc2c9580f0708bedd33c5741ea1c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 5.3MB
        • SHA256 f1cf5be13c855def4811f713786de5900f59e764c92edc1c9d750d6e938e8602
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 4.6MB
        • SHA256 cd07bf108723fd52d6c945b2580a2e69cbd255890352d3df600aea8857ad3b25
        • 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 4.8MB
        • SHA256 4d55893989c57c7f5d6f85dc81fd1e8b00d790ecd6d00133610e7298289b4101
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 6.1MB
        • SHA256 a087e68d6c53218ad43f07f2212e1201778bda9ffff4b8def9d6c16c0127d00e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 4.4MB
        • SHA256 1144459b52eb8a20eb6d69bef7b438dabb4ee8486d7602b65b666624705fd328
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 3.0MB
        • SHA256 52f144e4edd368d114efb060ce243814d915f0e427f6c67919bf6bf327c9e512
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 3.0MB
        • SHA256 d0fca3f879f604b492f2ba84c77592cac57faa5e794924daef0a4eadc38da6c5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 3.0MB
        • SHA256 8e8aa5f43b8930ca6890ff018e6523d41fc6a1db7d99107c4b1da3a4906c61be
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 3.0MB
        • SHA256 37a5242ac17d8b04681bede0b31d10216920c0dfb6208e774ea3bd9556c68a09
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 3.0MB
        • SHA256 0dc855215b12c3c1c478becf929af79b11c1ce0e1f904ae9334d7853662cb14d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 3.0MB
        • SHA256 b1b999d340258f2ca4e9ffe37b718d45492f026ebc453ab014c5ec7c22243fb6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 3.1MB
        • SHA256 4c6e1c86c2eb158b4c018f686b642b63a34881ff0998514455ff56990df90b57
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 3.0MB
        • SHA256 4447c56c33e07d1c07c70ed81709f4c671d90fc68adcaec71a854d68e409320f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 3.1MB
        • SHA256 479fb9a03de0c4e306fd11bef9bb7bfd7feeeb70a967a0543dceb60cd9d3c9f4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 3.1MB
        • SHA256 f37ab0f0228acaaaec9dda45f2e379d4c985d8dddaaf10d44e630a86ac9d8bcc
        • 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 3.0MB
        • SHA256 cb488ee4c2df14725c51bce2213a2bbe15f5b345552fdc0f7e3aecb7ce73b805
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 3.0MB
        • SHA256 ef982b6ace737a193940d7589510c0b20c53eab98d41575176ebf95a8dfdc85b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 3.0MB
        • SHA256 842ffca86f0f3243af3896cc740120c9d3b1d2ea8837a17807ffdf2a21bc3bce
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 3.0MB
        • SHA256 38a49fa9cdac993646c3c7f5c19f85ee4a91a439d5f0d3cec40b16d1b7a278ea
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 3.0MB
        • SHA256 db8f0905bde1789cf44c8cc45ce570abd80201e5849f325996459a31400605c2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 3.0MB
        • SHA256 028967027070ab037df14c0b9b6eaf2d8f5c9057846f4359d47dd090bc1692fd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 3.0MB
        • SHA256 64bfff70aaf56adc286ddc954a27589ce3977e602ecce798822e5e94a681c51b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 3.0MB
        • SHA256 7d5c3cdf5a07f6a56f682b52722b7ccc2c2ecbfb9ff0316f53340708e4a52a6a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 3.0MB
        • SHA256 b48c46f90cfb8a743670e3bf2a31c8e5e30e5c886fa763e4ead4972b880dead0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 3.0MB
        • SHA256 661dc05abb1ddac0831f9ae8919d1303a6dfd5bd953252c24b591e92ebb97ccb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH