Analysis

  • max time kernel
    124s
  • max time network
    127s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260629-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/07/2026, 15:19

General

  • Target
    2026-07-02_014246c2ea5f6a107a69dfdd820842be_elex_mafia_stealc_tofsee.exe
  • Size 433KB
  • Sample260702-sp6adagy7s
  • SHA256 623313a07cdc79deb494ef377bcdb07e242df18d9294643cc12ee7835cdd2b9c
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

  • Deletes itself 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • 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.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 62 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 38 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 36 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 54 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 40 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_014246c2ea5f6a107a69dfdd820842be_elex_mafia_stealc_tofsee.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_014246c2ea5f6a107a69dfdd820842be_elex_mafia_stealc_tofsee.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5852
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\B61C.tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\B61C.tmp" --helpC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_014246c2ea5f6a107a69dfdd820842be_elex_mafia_stealc_tofsee.exe C842BF394CF60AFECD6D5005B7173D96C48E1310F9C6215BAC783191AB4A4A324CE93A67A70B93EFA2436E643ABD2F1555168EE51CC18E2F2B9FEC75B096A80C
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4656
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2528
    • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
      explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
      2⤵
      • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:5748
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:3700
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:4248
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:2812

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
          • Size 599B
          • SHA256 b536a3dae9ea5c69081f0491eed829e3b57e32401fdf49a63031bcd6b20e6fdb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          B61C.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\B61C.tmp
          • Size 433KB
          • SHA256 d78a49696f6bad69ddad5b6c0e39fa60cccf1b07621f125673cf5bba4a8194d8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/3700-23-0x000001D9001E0000-0x000001D9002E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3700-71-0x000001D904210000-0x000001D904230000-memory.dmp

          memory/3700-57-0x000001D903C90000-0x000001D903CB0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3700-38-0x000001D903A30000-0x000001D903A50000-memory.dmp

          memory/3700-39-0x000001D903E90000-0x000001D903F90000-memory.dmp