Analysis

  • max time kernel
    89s
  • max time network
    127s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    26/08/2026, 12:53

General

  • Target
    2026-08-25_b37856b53d7df444c8b3459eea2ac005_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 867KB
  • Sample260826-p4tncadr9v
  • SHA256 9e11b0a6e364bbd9178aae1f41217ec2a3f0a43dfadc10a6296f7fab964744e3
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 43 IoCs
  • 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 64 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\2026-08-25_b37856b53d7df444c8b3459eea2ac005_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-25_b37856b53d7df444c8b3459eea2ac005_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:5184
  • 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:4380

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 867KB
        • SHA256 9e11b0a6e364bbd9178aae1f41217ec2a3f0a43dfadc10a6296f7fab964744e3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 f5509092815ddfce5da841bc476ed7464e5778594b9f002fdd4cb554161c9a5f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 881KB
        • SHA256 92005d9ca5ecf9459581b7b3b88f1d7756bb81d8ca81ccc7e6f0aa0b26c93e56
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 14fef9ef4487e4677bbf04a5548eb1c4dec2c742ff96096a2a51cef5a57dfd70
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 b9fbb35c9893f7a708d3deef7dd9adaa4fb7bdc52dcc98bd5116c0dd2f099538
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 130f78f49a169d6d4627ebe8a5b4a3ec94fd938d8870fb568bbde3ccbd327f5f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 1130495432bc56fff504c3c850564428b4194c090a914048c4b4984934ae1bf8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 2ecfafbef0d9074bf4952026046a7c4c5c497dc191aa1e3f9afed271e196ec7d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 7cf559d94e48acecb98d2e06255045e8e167e3f2e88091192716c602bda81c94
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 12f08f517a1760ba6beffe7725a7925b5bff14b7604313f343ad5d5af164e150
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 a6311755185f0b25d3a34041c821eb5ae8d5446bef8a8c9f6cb86479f55a5f30
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 de45d54a25dfd98ffac85d4e223015ff2f4ebfb6911be94414e3351a16936068
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 bd6f8a4d5cd15e39635c313b7a4786596cbd9e79ccdaf1e99da9a4f998faacb1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 2a74f2a6c9fbf2183fd4104908de3beb4020f7c3e802fcf3dc9d2da5072ab4cc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 4cec17e0457105ba2bf8b0c8d0ee05c7702f5877615cad1e496da1079b8e932c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 3284fbe335e71648c979e8c1c56e8f7efdf65c601e4d6097bbdbe51083887e89
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 8f7d212b891e83dee2526d24a1c76c53698dfd9b03ba9d822bdd492538b5108a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 7bd72a6cdca8787551c2c2b0b820fa956b51a1e2d4526a4d2ad46442a6d5af0f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 ffea3e7af3f0ff7f301986c2d9d534d10d142c5987a244c145220545ca768bba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 139a54a7204d0c4d653672a1bf1278f408b61a9024d21d4ceed69e07d2236490
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 52b728d339d0b74a10fc208f87a88a9cb5dd8052062cabeafc3ea225c2dceaf5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 c9b99c2cd527484af00f11479aa0c8def0caf6c820d6a4f0cb62db047c9bf972
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 335a035a2499cdcc348a05fe32e912acf0ef4f07392f11edfd5500a26fd0a3f3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 d20d42be917edabf983707e8a045a078a33b7385d6f89c4752ce93d991c90416
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 61b61c2aa7526407a2288ebc5743e2d586014bbd8f31a65148170b0d5347599c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 9a91cdead8581ffa47f5649d764833432cd744a697970d4a40b42e4c26b06c32
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 e2a4b9f89f5ebd7cce5e90adc35f0fea268213009262ac3d1d612f6903e8d89e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 6c54a628285b861ab977035b395393b1878e85fdef3c4d7dc7464371a9cededf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 644cea97ca1cacbe46ae97f5a4b5d472b7f7a5db8174c05a03e33ab0aa66673d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 dad682f0ade0034a3f5c43aefaf4a4312167af221d587f23d0a36ddc2c1c244c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 891d972b2c4e91aafb14f4875ab2afdf8b887621fae1e54a0fe3aca50f22b7de
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 20a5eb25c5c5846aec2139e5fb39137c35616efb398958cf7615d79c69e53d00
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 c4c304b9f22f9fa1c369ec316f62423bb5f27bf9b6ec753fd206c46892a23e63
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 269bd560a8dd889231d6a4ed8d3449c42517431d71a7ed0fd40f9477b1d42a84
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 2e04c5ce981f7e3337abfccb2c0d1378d8e535bfd70d375f8d9ae03cf8d06bb7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 3ecc258f710b8b8a70e05d0af4e17ae38410f11aa288d3c17a7c9038621b7157
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 133cebc200b5af7b8f51d86daf04bba73b9f3f23d1ed118e810487b695148fb0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 d76879214b420845ce9b99a24e565776584d50baa6109bf65a85affaa0d499fa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 19a67def972d915b1fb8fafa00683b20f913b6b8b6d6bf8e3a0a7f50e56fc867
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 023e2a285324ea0e84b9adf5df9ed91828233866ec77e96fb8efcab0be5d99ab
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4380-2148-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/5184-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/5184-2141-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp