Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    147s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    08/08/2026, 03:05

General

  • Target
    2026-08-08_96a34103f054c1040dccca9fd8329195_coinminer_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe
  • Size 24.8MB
  • Sample260808-dlhycayfle
  • SHA256 132e2c5d554d022e9238b17c97807a5fa4e8fd578947840eaf4d1e76bd071f8f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 1 IoCs
  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 2 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 11 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-08_96a34103f054c1040dccca9fd8329195_coinminer_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-08_96a34103f054c1040dccca9fd8329195_coinminer_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2092
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ABCBBACBBCBBBBCBBCCCCAACCACAABCABACCCCCCAAAACBCBCCBAAACBACACBCACACAACACCACBBBCBCCBCCABCCAAACBCACACBBCAB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACAABCABAACACABCABBACACBAACBAABBCBCCAAAACBACAABBBCBAAAB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1948
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ABCBBACBBCBBBBCBBCCCCAACCACAABCABACCCCCCAAAACBCBCCBAAACBACACBCACACAACACCACBBBCBCCBCCABCCAAACBCACACBBCAB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACAABCABAACACABCABBACACBAACBAABBCBCCAAAACBACAABBBCBAAAB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4632
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_BACCAABAABCBAACABBBAABABBACBABCBBBABBCBBAAAACABCCBC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACAABCABAACACABCABBACACBAACBAABBCBCCAAAACBACAABBBCBAAAB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BACCAABAABCBAACABBBAABABBACBABCBBBABBCBBAAAACABCCBC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2340
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_BACCAABAABCBAACABBBAABABBACBABCBBBABBCBBAAAACABCCBC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACAABCABAACACABCABBACACBAACBAABBCBCCAAAACBACAABBBCBAAAB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BACCAABAABCBAACABBBAABABBACBABCBBBABBCBBAAAACABCCBC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:468
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_BACCAABAABCBAACABBBAABABBACBABCBBBABBCBBAAAACABCCBC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:892
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_BACCAABAABCBAACABBBAABABBACBABCBBBABBCBBAAAACABCCBC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3216
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACAABCABAACACABCABBACACBAACBAABBCBCCAAAACBACAABBBCBAAAB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACAABCABAACACABCABBACACBAACBAABBCBCCAAAACBACAABBBCBAAAB.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:456
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3348
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\calc.exe
        calc.exe
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        PID:1500
  • C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1744
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABBAACCCCCACCCAABCCCCAAAABCAACCBCBBAABBBBBBBBAAAACBACBC.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABBAACCCCCACCCAABCCCCAAAABCAACCBCBBAABBBBBBBBAAAACBACBC.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3056
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACAABCABAACACABCABBACACBAACBAABBCBCCAAAACBACAABBBCBAAAB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACAABCABAACACABCABBACACBAACBAABBCBCCAAAACBACAABBBCBAAAB.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    PID:4816

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 17b1b989266156f5e18d899c2573aa4991109986e063eb95c0786f29209a39e5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 49be00edd341c411685b76ec08cf34cbf0d4192177ce07e09cf1fada976e89f5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 bff0b62bc0f43aa5415e454cca0f0df7e87c53997bbb515c4e0a7a7779a01744
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 b77b67e40e91c08fc8ee7803bd642b57a580efab0741c99edc14c08790ca3c9c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 9c4940ab2a0282111d887ebeca8f720748fd193c04fbb57b68fa1906c59d32f8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 144adee63554cad5dd5eef51491e671654e6d6ee99e4d69c6b50d48916878caa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        svchost_ACAABCABAACACABCABBACACBAACBAABBCBCCAAAACBACAABBBCBAAAB.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACAABCABAACACABCABBACACBAACBAABBCBCCAAAACBACAABBBCBAAAB.exe
        • Size 24.8MB
        • SHA256 132e2c5d554d022e9238b17c97807a5fa4e8fd578947840eaf4d1e76bd071f8f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        virus_log.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
        • Size 934B
        • SHA256 78ad1592e7a64db8ce24492a2112c5562ebce032fc7e04e6a6c66bfabaa0a6e8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/456-36-0x0000000000D60000-0x0000000000D81000-memory.dmp

        memory/456-26-0x0000000000D60000-0x0000000000D81000-memory.dmp

        memory/2092-0-0x00000000002F0000-0x0000000000311000-memory.dmp

        memory/2092-7-0x00000000002F0000-0x0000000000311000-memory.dmp

        memory/3056-78-0x0000000000E70000-0x0000000000E91000-memory.dmp

        memory/3348-60-0x0000000005640000-0x0000000005641000-memory.dmp

        memory/4816-89-0x0000000000D60000-0x0000000000D81000-memory.dmp