Analysis
- max time kernel
34s - max time network
155s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260706-en - resource tags
- submitted
08/07/2026, 04:48
General
- Target 2026-07-08_32e20fac598f0972a6166e3c9c1a26db_elex_icedid_maze.exe
- Size 2.6MB
- Sample260708-ffcv9aa16w
- SHA256 2acbfa198a781c9ed4171071d3b1db6071fdf56dfd07cb86a8d6ec3beba66436
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.
- Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
- Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
- Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs
- Drops file in Program Files directory 15 IoCs
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 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 42 IoCs
SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Modifies registry class 16 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 19 IoCs
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 10 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-08_32e20fac598f0972a6166e3c9c1a26db_elex_icedid_maze.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-08_32e20fac598f0972a6166e3c9c1a26db_elex_icedid_maze.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\Windows\System32\alg.exeC:\Windows\System32\alg.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
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C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\maintenanceservice.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\maintenanceservice.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Program Files directory
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\??\c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE"c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
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C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exesihost.exe1⤵
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\explorer.exeexplorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS2⤵
- 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
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C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe"C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca1⤵
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe"C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca1⤵
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
elevation_service.exe
maintenanceservice.exe
OSE.EXE
elevation_service.exe
prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
alg.exe
AppVClient.exe
memory/1088-61-0x000002165CAF0000-0x000002165CB56000-memory.dmp
memory/1088-60-0x000002165C8D0000-0x000002165C9C3000-memory.dmp
memory/1088-62-0x000002165CAF0000-0x000002165CB56000-memory.dmp
memory/1888-266-0x000000000F8E0000-0x000000000F95C000-memory.dmp
memory/1888-265-0x000000000F060000-0x000000000F0B0000-memory.dmp
memory/2604-41-0x000001C133800000-0x000001C133866000-memory.dmp
memory/2604-42-0x000001C133800000-0x000001C133866000-memory.dmp
memory/2604-40-0x000001C1335E0000-0x000001C1336D3000-memory.dmp
memory/3088-87-0x0000026A01BF0000-0x0000026A01C10000-memory.dmp
memory/3088-88-0x000002720B300000-0x000002720B400000-memory.dmp
memory/3088-95-0x0000026A01C30000-0x0000026A01C50000-memory.dmp
memory/3088-122-0x000002720B710000-0x000002720B730000-memory.dmp
memory/3088-75-0x0000026A001E0000-0x0000026A002E0000-memory.dmp
memory/3236-50-0x0000015DFDF50000-0x0000015DFDFB6000-memory.dmp
memory/3236-48-0x00007FF7499B0000-0x00007FF749B18000-memory.dmp
memory/3236-49-0x0000015DFDF50000-0x0000015DFDFB6000-memory.dmp
memory/3236-55-0x0000015DFDF50000-0x0000015DFDFB6000-memory.dmp
memory/3236-57-0x00007FF7499B0000-0x00007FF749B18000-memory.dmp
memory/3824-1-0x0000000002D00000-0x0000000002D69000-memory.dmp
memory/3824-6-0x0000000002D00000-0x0000000002D69000-memory.dmp
memory/3824-0-0x0000000002A90000-0x0000000002BC0000-memory.dmp
memory/3824-7-0x0000000002D00000-0x0000000002D69000-memory.dmp
memory/5600-31-0x000002850ECE0000-0x000002850ED46000-memory.dmp
memory/5600-33-0x000002850ECE0000-0x000002850ED46000-memory.dmp
memory/5600-32-0x000002850ECE0000-0x000002850ED46000-memory.dmp
memory/5600-30-0x000002850EB10000-0x000002850EC03000-memory.dmp
memory/5684-37-0x00007FF628060000-0x00007FF628182000-memory.dmp
memory/5684-15-0x00007FF628060000-0x00007FF628182000-memory.dmp
memory/5684-17-0x00000185A48F0000-0x00000185A4956000-memory.dmp
memory/5684-16-0x00000185A48F0000-0x00000185A4956000-memory.dmp
memory/5684-18-0x00000185A48F0000-0x00000185A4956000-memory.dmp