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2026-09-01...ar.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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2026-09-01...ar.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    03/09/2026, 15:52

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General

  • Target
    2026-09-01_15a575eef5dfd924afbae76af973ee15_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 6.8MB
  • Sample260903-ta18jsbn2x
  • SHA256 ca951d85119c663e481295c6adef92bb9b0a06273368517767408dd9617baa86
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
discoveryexecution

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

    execution
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

    discovery
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-01_15a575eef5dfd924afbae76af973ee15_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-01_15a575eef5dfd924afbae76af973ee15_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5080
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1344
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\UpdatAuto.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2176
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5000

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 7.3MB
        • SHA256 aed1b2f99696ee84db18a95a2f5cecefa449c64d5ecff304b25218245d36bf50
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        7zFM.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 7.7MB
        • SHA256 afb0a5a730d92cd4a6683a573ebbd77fdad300aac65e7b52a5e8e4d741e68d72
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        7zG.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 7.4MB
        • SHA256 8c194e33947da74edd9018b097dc1ade84a05abc1d0b14d68a9ec4d8a04d3b57
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        Uninstall.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 2b19c4c96ea0f98ed8cdd9569867dddb5e6e12b82fe975882947100174c65d77
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        chrmstp.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 12.8MB
        • SHA256 b6cb17c6c064b2976b26b3ef579bd4544822af82f74b918bec13935e87080f85
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        chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Size 8.5MB
        • SHA256 b6521bce0aebaa43b93db5b93c9a24422ae64b1af73856e2ea926d18e8ae5662
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        elevated_tracing_service.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.exe
        • Size 10.2MB
        • SHA256 352e350ff78af9fd7431430fe7d3000e1fe2215bffd1e7a90233e96ca1bfc2ac
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        elevation_service.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 9.0MB
        • SHA256 6a10561c5cc9398584bcfa346103d5b551b4748d70c1e34c89335267abc33f13
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        notification_helper.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 8.4MB
        • SHA256 88b7a5ac4db9c7350c457825f45dd5d67e0cb73ef0f7052c591aaa412010a5d7
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        chrome.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 9.8MB
        • SHA256 b717b6d1c0d0745c1cdbec6747ff32a13f4104e753e1a1f9201e342ee3e372eb
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        chrome_proxy.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 8.2MB
        • SHA256 70469f18a1ea936d6ff09b2dc6f9f9a93e75050d7944aae1c0ad6980c99ed256
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        appletviewer.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 e59f33e2c6a6d9ac7ad8c185acf166212a9d91961df420a833e67d3583901ba0
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        extcheck.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 3235604eb26ac8d5dfe30a64f7b7e6a3b2a240164e51d6e9aff91a7d415311c3
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        idlj.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 559edadadf661a3e17154f417b928b0142cdef06af84b1c3f4003b9db83fd915
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        jabswitch.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 6eca8aca7c50a1e0afaac14ce194acc7615f1757c457ba8f0868833ebf3d19fe
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        jar.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 dcf24729ac110d0ae2e6d5e11b03223e69937577497ecc756f4cd30585efcbbc
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        jarsigner.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 f4aa384abca0d183ff7b26b6b4b5e813c849592a71cac5d987663423396c56fe
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        java-rmi.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 96346f1ddc50719f50234aa00244f2c4c3b1d332c3c1b904ed537c6affd8a39b
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        dotnet.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 6.9MB
        • SHA256 3ef854540fdc5c444568df260d28a853851e6dba9ad5992947fb445a78387baa
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        createdump.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 9b22785f14ed9e5e71895d1439e8f2af8bcb746b1541b178b47df39726844a37
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        createdump.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 77da7d00540ef272c0aad5a234bcbebb5e73df94073cdfe3790f84602acf8935
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        createdump.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 b45dd62b93924a2260841664f9a00e126f034dc83d5781fe21378c3a1538cf9b
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        Option.bat
        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Option.bat
        • Size 53B
        • SHA256 0bc485263cf8a962e64db0b88f156f2a9af1b81ecfdb1cf9111d497e85df70f3
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        UpdatAuto.exe
        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 ca951d85119c663e481295c6adef92bb9b0a06273368517767408dd9617baa86
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 06ccb581f86b3061c3426fa15d4a80cd92b2316823c9baee8b278e83e1578bfa
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 bdd458c50675020d5bae34565a66d3c2e7937d31878123120b9f2081601e2a43
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 280.4MB
        • SHA256 696b538bd06543b5039c00e7db979c7482a4b4f911639301e642d4c8fcf8182c
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 280.4MB
        • SHA256 cdcb8192fd3b8cb8fba76b53642afe7c6c1cfbf36259192cedd79bf119f5d20a
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 280.4MB
        • SHA256 6f48625cfda5eac8628db56956808ab0e5314fed2c2ce909d562c83b033f99b1
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 280.4MB
        • SHA256 123743984481c7d97231d86fa2e3eab773c608ff3b0fe93543ba781c8a115df3
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 280.4MB
        • SHA256 025a93e57c209ed9c1014e15f00db0b241d1aa5b5f1755603aa6d532824e8c63
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 02845b02cc56fbe43f85ace2651129e62fcb24c8a1c6b8c9f4c105f3479e5f33
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 88e506e1e3a4c48e1e63a2f2d35b05ccb15d164efe0bf6148a27cea9df26c898
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 ac44139fcfbfb45466bc930968136aec96ce6aeb7b97b46732da58a7b868beea
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 9b629aadbad8f156854616f5e764d7d644ef95bd19546d0c48f0f3507e873c90
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 64bdadf500b56fcced74f4d362efc70c3e8fa8f12b2111bf2b4cfa1782941524
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 ef65ead9988b8d0064ecd02f14c9a705c9a7867b6f44b4c5738fa37c4ee949fd
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