Analysis

  • max time kernel
    103s
  • 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, 18:02

General

  • Target
    2026-08-20_367145103c14bbbc2bcce6e04d5d4d55_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 895KB
  • Sample260820-wmprdssglf
  • SHA256 96b700d251c293c81f6da51e825223b43b699aeaae6c62b562a6a319229404ad
  • 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 30 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_367145103c14bbbc2bcce6e04d5d4d55_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-20_367145103c14bbbc2bcce6e04d5d4d55_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:4164
  • 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:928

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 895KB
        • SHA256 96b700d251c293c81f6da51e825223b43b699aeaae6c62b562a6a319229404ad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 24648af3ddebbf4be9b9e7416c0660238d470a016f46a3ceb450b5c2f711578a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 909KB
        • SHA256 984aca1ec16601c37e4717ed74601e4178206b65c45d46e88795d16952e14a41
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        InspectorOfficeGadget.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 50f9865ae55a4f1a040ccc2313105dc651937f862e25c20bf08413ac1e975447
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 ea7ecfb945e88a14aad93bb8767416e2f1cdd80fae3ef798cc3b64aa2d4857c1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 9538a7657bba0f5bf8f35ab0bc0ce5a31f784f14e2e2231292fe12c44a43e3d8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 b2bdf70b9d2ab79ee8dee4395f200b6f63984d4f2a4317a53401db023d1bf38e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 b8e86d1833d0467da3b2ded6d31e1f4c2132fce40a432d339accbb6be0d5c623
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 799e4afd806b347fee4c313567fad9bb2b0ca4488b4b3075701152b9df44b09e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 deb8ec99ec7a7320bb4b88ebbbba512e593ec5d42b80b99da7a2436ee66e77fd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 5349eeadedb6310fb1fdb4b0f1ccfcb54df4b9e311ff2a5b2af49601aa0219a8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 4d0e7eb77d62ac22c67ed8026681eadd8d38946a00a4cbd3245187df246ff492
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 3fb7c2cd9f9cb7fa259baf31588f651c46d7e02e2dd720e87f792da13cab76d0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 7f8dfe2b28059c84b9238be100f5b1d5fac5b823bd3c84a88d44d72828075dbf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 d5419d293380ba751cbc370bae4053a45f75fea65d1c33b12da5150f2a16219c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 46f235f9b2e926222247384e6db9ac0e1e8cdb055c0ae33a7efa4281d12d0199
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 d8daea6e4f9bc2d061704527690ccc925c9d9e3a46829459ce6f5ec0ee9bab99
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 14a66604222c1bb7de4bfb39262d002c5ae30931a5bd2bda67cf765f8eab684a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 ced3c5dfe62654f732d24bd5d3d9e55b2aaa880bbc3e03eff90cad0e8ab48665
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 ef2217a28075ce8a9c04bacd68caee40229b0811829bc312e660cae6bb7548dc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 6f3db5dd88c4d9492efdb9efd5447b57ad52d041a65f32ad24379669735f9b03
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 b70d43c0862a734fab59170baddb6c54b955bc86f0708c5dbf9b3c025884256b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 d90e8b194a67de0d7caa2f293fe40f3556afeb5fbd9d0a493ab8735196661abf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 233a85abb18bed3b2c34b06f3c16166824290860b20d8efaa7897d13752668d3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 83b4661d176ed62d146fad2760c705624d82425ac7e87c061895d6c0027964d8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 9f3e7f9879e40f46792c373ca8811b7d57d2ce3b6309ccb7519c25481c8e088a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 f840ff0fafce3819d20cf868f1b8b7722803cfb9c3bd3019a84bdd37ae582c28
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 951a4ef50051e748e0cce33f4190974e03a84d9e0d691bc559d74921decbccfc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 b297cc1401cd32386704776beb2255050a0be86db49b67814d740d4fa9280816
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 d9a42f4a31ac06ebaa5ad306f9a3fdfc969878e5df4af416d97d5b116df83cdd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 5ae10e9347a0de53cd3199f96256b7f9b7af9a0bde5dbe833e7b8abf949c9c92
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 9b2adfea33eef178040085655e5e22fdadaa48b40e402ee82fe7fcdc5ae23f42
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 271d0d3e2a600149faa0c6b0efe0ad0c3958bc164547876a0933997f43b156af
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 52296e5b28fb8c081c9567a835516b080a59e112e6a88792180737347165fcc4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 f8f419c23a55db701c0c33dccb0c188e02d2963e4036aa86ed8af34e91e078ca
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 d62d5a05e11d4e75efee1dcbf7055564b383c1f166600ef1af25adf552577b0b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 c168555abb1ee25599414a8aec5a721cd2ad5c118b81c9c4cb69ad0994e99a8f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 25ceb4d835f440d18c3efddde55f86a9e1fc3aa767e21c1f25b7c2cf1d845212
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 78a2b182e8827f790d186246959f705a65985e4b36add80d5f824f8e65b764d6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 b879678612e4ab5b3d8f476de21937080bbdf83826172efc3a1eddea11958900
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 918KB
        • SHA256 d9bb9599b8c9e06895130b467893ea7d4298d6e854a3a7c897535d71ed2d9bde
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/928-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4164-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4164-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp