Analysis

  • max time kernel
    111s
  • max time network
    113s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    27/08/2026, 02:09

General

  • Target
    2026-08-26_f5e12d20651ba3b9bfe64db145878d5f_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
  • Size 942KB
  • Sample260827-ck71eayeqe
  • SHA256 305c574ed1ba600c731dca5201611080796cb7fd2dd2c1ff16961fb9c0958a75
  • 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 24 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\2026-08-26_f5e12d20651ba3b9bfe64db145878d5f_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-26_f5e12d20651ba3b9bfe64db145878d5f_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:4556
  • 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:4176

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 942KB
        • SHA256 305c574ed1ba600c731dca5201611080796cb7fd2dd2c1ff16961fb9c0958a75
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 8d3b35c58d19f75702b41df999b91694d1fcc0341bf8d2165dc52915f40d4a03
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 e98c1df192e6cbb3c5bc7014833d89bcad59958e6d742e2ca10a311494c97896
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 ba8959e0aa159b36b00970b0434bd6563145cd1fafb7f5008bd66bb02a5d2b3a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 722cfd5b50262c8d1a92ae8134a3ecef4280674024c3ebcad6c2c7c6c94007ed
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 1b2055ada3691ef321e17701d8f6f9020291d4077f12227958dde63bb4c4be46
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 37a7bec9569ad20c1d0899d4c8a3bdbb0f7c395eb23a821805ce1b8344e93d4f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 080b146e6bb54c920e229287c0c3a906315c283f613673a38ec6b01e65fdd330
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 a3127a3f3f3857daa5c6df542125432a85ce6472814ad7b8635378476bcfcc90
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 2a08741caceb42bd122687cf0187f9fbf994b29eaee8126ea60687a75f505059
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 ce189b301d1892cc64fb008ffbb4cef3919c296eb57905bf27f0f62a5dea444b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 805cea7abb8e8a7289c81d1114c9b8ba80a92c75520f981df46553cae8058686
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 c35f220a6d561cf6eb18e5549163837c9fe85ecc8dba68fd628ef094a4c7af3c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 8a5215ecc7a789abdf374e03c46946433f173c174a4f42998ee0bcf7204537f0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 9c32adf5cadfb05f1eae1bfe6815496e66109f3cca2e8190bd9db852bed9231d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 6d21cb419f77062457ebfaf8fa4b718be3365028fd44f1e812e74fc74c7d0f9b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 7402285c6052695ba3b9f59080698b1a9a5fd0270dd00040b856b77f7b2ea037
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 b0e12cae7184a5951a93be67f818ba821412a1aff2706db4dcb056522248fe39
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 63f0fe8812e283bbbfb442d715ec11754158c007362e23beb21d95d11bcce26b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 fc45c73270db55fb2d351205945c3956cbd366c2a80997f5debd55f3a5b1eff4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 890ebd192c54b92ccc33ff39d78d09a74289164d3ec7088be22d407096b5d923
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 c4a0ca6548e684fcaed780706ca40625d5321a34247d518784638603635f67b4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 53da93998673f1c01da906155ee333313b23061414873d130654ef5511983bf8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 1c7b4cb291c50dced28607fbd3cb74f11d568fc0d66bc3be3d1e3acc262c29b9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 5dd9770f0220064c3fcf21073f688ae8b80a68c6b4ad9d188ccf60e64974be9e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 e9b671041f09b4db56326d873c8321d9bea6c9af1484740c22f005caf6d9bd4c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 2234027a28a8e96fa164200f67029b87abd728d3e1790e92042bb58d72c4ac35
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 29cef583def5d7ce4232827c68f6d5e9e79fec321a0afeb8d1e2727a684524f6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 384855071d914d7092a43f6c605f09910ffb2e3044486a22ab3b8a15e0963ddb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 604e5283ace4f0a3e33df00805bb7b216921fdd54a33dd0c1abe04bbc158501c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 30353615440baba1f11f1490098517ba7797562e7fca2b6c6a21cbf46d4865c8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 093962c0a65f85bfbe16a7bb3ab40742e9e4799b6b181b59d139dafc6f5dde05
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 76bafc0df8466ba628a697b79df58077d69c6f6413fdcb8e9ca0627c6eb37131
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 03aeaa7b94944ef99ee7f2f45cc48a98ab321ca062a6e28add48186fb0bd7d12
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 34f537f00c53675c0bdbef0e9a136bf0e0f15a928836b82a80bfde793084594d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 ca896d5451943bc49cd1b64bee2c5e0c83c722c9b3c079f5247bb085d09d4dd3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 ecb5001081930ea1e6607411ae18da5535a204b0b0bd68c6c72f9c5646516694
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 826cbab2b08d03491b41839173d06b924a7c1deabec0bda16e955de6c68b17a7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 46df5373f4dfc9b374e147746a49fc57bf67c013e52104e73e4884ca65add769
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 019afe8e4d27c73813de69473768660132d5a8aacbbc800096a393415e88b32e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 cf581c537724c267bca3f32a42566ba78c47a59e4705a1577577c306f269d198
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4176-34-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4556-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4556-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp