Analysis

  • max time kernel
    112s
  • 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, 17:23

General

  • Target
    2026-08-20_a42fe7b14af72b7cb5d9c821641ad242_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 895KB
  • Sample260820-vyly7ssbmb
  • SHA256 ee7ed243a7fe0285519362b52e6932563621246d42480d3e89ffd6d6c609edc7
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 44 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 41 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\2026-08-20_a42fe7b14af72b7cb5d9c821641ad242_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-20_a42fe7b14af72b7cb5d9c821641ad242_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:3312
  • 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:4060

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 895KB
        • SHA256 ee7ed243a7fe0285519362b52e6932563621246d42480d3e89ffd6d6c609edc7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 1dedd672239a20b6e9260e2edf9554fde5ebbb9bde98b39a7b3391546afbb643
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 4ee0ee0bfb3c9db929eca63f7f20bbc817914ffabd6cf2d6e1592bc727b1913e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        IntegratedOffice.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 443a1dc00c1a01ecf3a388cd2db717d78b570079228e4916590334fcc4b81e2c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 c2f613b5fd450ec7d073d3629880a11f18cedfe0a3cf0d1fbdceb733a6ef9b7c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 98525fa79dd974f415bcc5857baac197aa7a02d8ecc21dd41aa35d4950df446f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 98d08b4d764bbe63c4b1b3902383a0c29445918c6f29a54b1c4f1e7b1866bbe3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 93f3e7f1c4fb62f319c929921c053d032a229a5850b6781fd26b936c79bf128e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 b9975af439db7d978508c04d290e8a4924f07ab429f51fc008adb9bde20f2697
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 ddfa8706edebc60f1241be6dcf0b22207423994869dbc0183a070ed9c8eff309
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 f9aa3828f3c9d1a89aa255939ef9d2f3c797bc2f4007b10f6cb37c4c6a99e7b4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 dcb71e8842163738dd99a9ef0ad83efc7a537aae496e64406e8973829fa2f03e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 25526afbe9c318285f2c41a13eee1351b4c70b048926604d264baca7e7d620b3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 835361c6ab1e7b1df6ac294a3540f7cc4de5efcc9544cbb6cfb8ff58e6f9a965
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 c2714d4254d069c2b7896334d73c5a0bbc03c832134d824b908c3830940ae9cc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 d664ee48e87c46bc3e15bf6e24b5a0805321625fdab297bd61c140fd37d3cfec
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 91b5c17f5f0504f36540c274a08ec4147014c3fcf3ea26f717140083b90acde8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 2f8f8f7aaf789802e8a91706ac556a6e8afb6bc026a01505d619091795d8c048
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 7e9f29e92ec1cde129b396b8f49e2ceb6bd7b5a2d6fc49a433be073182f5389a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 10057ffa1e172ef2ca7aaccd896bf25405b7f3626d0a683424037d443fc09979
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 3ea43b0b571d6ebfe1bdfe9f7d09765c2c4154e7129a30aab29d5c51cef5670d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 2e040f5d6b03fd41237f3d882da224da9da02f41ae54d7efaa2c6ce8cfbfe1ca
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 0a99e2b207abfeb5187b1a72ff1c6c7e9d5c4db246b4a5d2f336112154bd0ee9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 a339cdb8a4a950e4bac16dae227f6aa7583a0bd7a0e60274bdeb5d98b5a1f732
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 282b19c17924721501a17d5e9396bb175b41bbac50efb26a7491ddb27ef07048
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 01f7b47c6a6d17e768dbcb66cd0d097c820ab09e0d782529590e8f4c3181f211
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 bc381a8f675e7f9564100c1bc2964a1b79845585c67aeed46242f32f955ca8ce
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 788bbc0141880879834e3730047d68a3960d59bbfb23ee6eece0b3fd5d5aedd9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 8c86f87e71ebc55995e93d42ed7e0d95ce548c774e8d158ec51de808b36c896e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 1740ccb881cf1dd721b120cc1d69c5e97f982f40903f8e4bcac0d7d35f765017
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 78f033feda9d3257d665e572f9ad5a6ddb31919fb9181a34dfeb09a2f8af9c7f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 a1be858cfed9da95956fd3aa103eb23ae06b5d279111ac738eb62c73e92cd815
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 6151f519c46dff7cc7f1856a2af8c0252ad76c83a12e0f49dc8b7aa677dc0ad2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 e1405c0e786b884c6b5dd90436a44feb59f4b9788600efa4023d8dc436ba74d1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 c4c2fda877d04d26ca4853d3c6b1479bd308d7641054792ad87a788899139e2d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 5525fd94576146e3543c75c73ac409ee235c5f6302da02b436026872b0d907b9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 00645b10123d95d4764f7d4891e76cb97501478f3ac4f0a2b0dc65164fd9f85e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 e039b70ceace75b83cac71cabbefb4c9a563c9e1584aff73ef3e6e1f5ab4f6bd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 65cf08fff7647c2b77445e431e998472da4d9b3f16975ed4586c0e306dbdbc24
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 ecfb1261e9f0dfc765648fe3b117aa717d5a07bce9c3b0c547aacde205936638
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 952b6308f73e2ee9ff24c3ea8370cd911fd821f2ae9cc3a34574b4525a0cc702
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/3312-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3312-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp