Analysis

  • max time kernel
    90s
  • 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, 14:32

General

  • Target
    2026-08-20_cb78147aa16e0e2db54d0026251b3816_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 934KB
  • Sample260820-rwk3cadh37
  • SHA256 ff4232ff15d2185788f611d7a98c22ce1a21920cde38e8ce4f03710a1c4717b4
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 43 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 40 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\2026-08-20_cb78147aa16e0e2db54d0026251b3816_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-20_cb78147aa16e0e2db54d0026251b3816_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:3140
  • 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:4160

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 934KB
        • SHA256 ff4232ff15d2185788f611d7a98c22ce1a21920cde38e8ce4f03710a1c4717b4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 4c45271d57dd6846871bb6c6b6d504f416822787b6e362c42d51fb7da0ced139
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 948KB
        • SHA256 186fc3f60ad7da014917fa9c4ae1f4cf48d04ec52f8a63dc5456592a9ea3d94c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 6c0734ce71b8240e185e7e37b5f150f4fc6a207714bcb11dfc414019b7489f94
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 6952322567e4607985395e2fa3a590b1eb61b1a3f850fbdbf872df201f26a363
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 6c19eaf8a95c275253067a49c2c5d214f0ba5516d9f8fa6ca99a350fe8059da8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 757dad75caea29b31d82ab5d1bffda4bac2eaa2b50e9735c46f66d872642b9a6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 009666e11369f3fe12ae94e044bc2d2161df9d43b3384c28638255feeabca438
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 49b05177af260ea87fee4ffefbe2bbcc886a332089fd980fdec5429ca129a2ac
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 3c5d64cd642d0fc6545de1ff86d3afcde25dc8c1e79f77e3955962ba34768c7a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 d1b67fe885b6d5a1820fdf2e73a7f6a53b01e341c9677044755a8571be8492a8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 6292f7d513d7dcea3eab02b8df3d0379705eef654318b0f6da82dcd87895deb8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 01c773aac0d851de9a17eb5ebbace3ec793ccb9a7a322e6bd8defbf855ad7d9f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 f3f23a5021af3a9c29a5cf01c49a36a80914b5cd00489013965f0fc4b4a6ce8e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 5d828eff31a66b113b208146cb9c1912d727870c5f4191c56f3f061ed22063d1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 9bdcff72d810498842e3325f54d02b719f15e4491b055fbf713922696581a4e8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 604f35023874da4e4a26718e1e8873d028599fa6e9f2d7c2be25bf2f39826982
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 5f8f0c0b020b38c5fd85a919f69ae9ab39e8e4d4853bf338ee6646136dc3a024
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 93934e338fc45d2abb2af025fe9ef34d14d4ddc83e4323de5bf5badb12cfa7f1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 b7ea90438733a25d2590b52bf34303686b72d8fa768052a34b729f4b9402b761
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 7b7ffa12bcd0ec6880da70cf1baf305f5418d9499c1084737b8d682acd9b4ce5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 8a3a8c16bc78b8ba8d6938e83f387943e5e05b77b81125bc0c90f05d0b17f50e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 dcb7a580994a85bf499ef8e996a35ac900b1eddd664aee55a2cade9e5b0ce8de
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 8c400498946744620a71a78f739a7992d251734dd514cab90b82100f37ecf04d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 2667d7572c6d2125a8e8042d0d5ae1c0fefad5ef996d45ea0848a58e0d8fd51d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 2b871731fc6b52969ef0662cd49e1d4fa254c9de6fb65d02cebbac6983c41aaa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 1391a7e82097b9def6d93953febc8698bd43ee722330862cb7fc6adad42e5f00
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 c55f6d30afc668d0f471e9df5b91334604d8be648bc5ae7a985235687cd0b27e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 95ce9d440c4974e34446e89b2c59c033b5973d6bcdd1ac395978f0f521e39df4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 b75c04fa40dadd85d603e237e5e4fc13145904f3382e52c62b3cc59c280833d3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 7ec8a5815a05d5f6aa75868f95892211a99f175a5c630061d1d0fe1676c2f162
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 8a7f8d39d7abc03b51d784a724552608f1a50ad5573fb8836bc141080948601b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 f00cda4f5eeadf20ea67bee7dabb4d6f9dd1ce6aee3c15c93ee5fdda1ed9a2c3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 2f6490fff2c172f7eeacd8eef9b3fd0f7567fc2c2c6b62b547f51919d33994b3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 0b0947384d26b4312ae10ab328f44901a6988baabb1728b244c34f0721cc35ce
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 62d8c7cb2f34d00faea4ba19dd6766c0a45a040ea378f0403e16f83e6a9f0be8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 1bd22d520a3d113a66534d3310130a7f9ba87ea5e342310e0cf6be7fa1ae7af9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 491f39dd2d8b87d4e7207f9f46ce2650ce9ae26b016fa679c42e213e03c8fe3f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 6045fe535296e2ab691b4ebfa827af44f6438055104c00a5cada3b934f485598
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 cb23267dde44ace89fac3b5a8f6d76d9324a53f5309caac7737f8927e2b7eeb8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/3140-166-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3140-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4160-173-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp