Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    147s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    09/08/2026, 13:23

General

  • Target
    2026-08-09_f7c401160a73aeb67a382cd3332e4ee3_elex_icedid_vidar.exe
  • Size 1.5MB
  • Sample260809-qmxjcaybmb
  • SHA256 457a2385288b6b7e4591600afe6de12b4eb177abb35b5a10212d02b379b38d56
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    A file was written to a Windows startup folder. Files in these directories are executed automatically when a user logs on or an application initializes.

  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 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
  • 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 4 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.

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_f7c401160a73aeb67a382cd3332e4ee3_elex_icedid_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_f7c401160a73aeb67a382cd3332e4ee3_elex_icedid_vidar.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:928
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BABAACAABBBABACBBCBBBCACBAACBCCAABCABBBBBCCBABCBABACBABABBCBABCABAABACACACCBCBAAACBCBCCACABBBAABBBCBABB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBBBCAABCACCABACBBBBBAACBBCAACCBACBBCCCBABBCABAACCCBAAC.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:4912
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BABAACAABBBABACBBCBBBCACBAACBCCAABCABBBBBCCBABCBABACBABABBCBABCABAABACACACCBCBAAACBCBCCACABBBAABBBCBABB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBBBCAABCACCABACBBBBBAACBBCAACCBACBBCCCBABBCABAACCCBAAC.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1724
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CABCBBBAABABCCACACAABACBACACAAAABBBAACABAACACACABCB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBBBCAABCACCABACBBBBBAACBBCAACCBACBBCCCBABBCABAACCCBAAC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CABCBBBAABABCCACACAABACBACACAAAABBBAACABAACACACABCB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3156
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_CABCBBBAABABCCACACAABACBACACAAAABBBAACABAACACACABCB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBBBCAABCACCABACBBBBBAACBBCAACCBACBBCCCBABBCABAACCCBAAC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CABCBBBAABABCCACACAABACBACACAAAABBBAACABAACACACABCB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5796
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CABCBBBAABABCCACACAABACBACACAAAABBBAACABAACACACABCB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5900
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_CABCBBBAABABCCACACAABACBACACAAAABBBAACABAACACACABCB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2440
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBBBCAABCACCABACBBBBBAACBBCAACCBACBBCCCBABBCABAACCCBAAC.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBBBCAABCACCABACBBBBBAACBBCAACCBACBBCCCBABBCABAACCCBAAC.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:5064
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:4020
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BCCCBABAAABAAACACCBCCACCCCAACCBABBABCBCCBBCAACAAABCBCCCCBCBACBCBABBBAABBABCBCBBAAABBBCBAAAABBBBCACABABA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AABBABBACBCBABCACBABAABACACBBBCCCCAABBCACABCCBBABABBCAA.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:2840
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BCCCBABAAABAAACACCBCCACCCCAACCBABBABCBCCBBCAACAAABCBCCCCBCBACBCBABBBAABBABCBCBBAAABBBCBAAAABBBBCACABABA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AABBABBACBCBABCACBABAABACACBBBCCCCAABBCACABCCBBABABBCAA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2668
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AABBABBACBCBABCACBABAABACACBBBCCCCAABBCACABCCBBABABBCAA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AABBABBACBCBABCACBABAABACACBBBCCCCAABBCACABCCBBABABBCAA.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3184
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBBBCAABCACCABACBBBBBAACBBCAACCBACBBCCCBABBCABAACCCBAAC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBBBCAABCACCABACBBBBBAACBBCAACCBACBBCCCBABBCABAACCCBAAC.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5396

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\PerfLogs\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 87ce160a1a8205736bbc058604983c90b09c34014da51a5d32199f04cb699662
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\AppV\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 d2758ca5a98f465f75e744a531e251abd23fb1ef3e412718712ec171b7026774
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\AppRepository\Families\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 aeefbbcd99ce0b874ad79400cb1bac132fe6dcbd16af82cd2bcf758fa42b5413
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WSXPacks\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 b1c432f3d956c069431f2741e242ca51ada729706332799b6227f0dc4637345c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.15-win-x64.exe

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{5625bb48-295c-4113-bc92-d6a69b19b04c}\windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.15-win-x64.exe
          • Size 2.1MB
          • SHA256 35e0e55cab48f7f6ee7a63f944e3a84b5f85ac60156228d61c8ab28391977165
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneNote\16.0\Backup\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 1dd23f5fe6ab300a963b46ab096476cd1919454e0062df3f0253001d95dcc77f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 a8206bd761ce00c5dc8e42c7fb2babc834c9bd29a80ca90540271899fc7c3821
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 79eedbf299d45a5e68c6b16b2a6f2f825af82de02ecb3503c048bd9d027ef083
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 19ffa176daecb86884bbf57ebff4b8e63bfd4b53c0ce7fffad63c38bbb095d28
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 cc6eb440368481640869fb5faa74c6178aa78784b68148e93107f87296a82ef8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 53f1887e1436e60eefdfd304e521886b325fef4fb38b78483555102696cdb786
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 88ec56ecc70d758f941369d235729c2a91061a6f170648ca6e3c2f6fe6fd40a3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 4c518d6607632be069588d68eed95747b6365e206747f60e7abe29c18fc0db0b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_BBBBCAABCACCABACBBBBBAACBBCAACCBACBBCCCBABBCABAACCCBAAC.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBBBCAABCACCABACBBBBBAACBBCAACCBACBBCCCBABBCABAACCCBAAC.exe
          • Size 1.5MB
          • SHA256 457a2385288b6b7e4591600afe6de12b4eb177abb35b5a10212d02b379b38d56
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 600ed523cdf7eb3ac15c53a57771832e7b1a449fc498b9c1c58ab9c3224ee61e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 799fb074199e4b967b6d98846f86321a6cfc1f519856eeb6682e38fb504e5824
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 f868eeca54723f7850cc5274ee9c8f963ab62ae7117382d667590b0b584ad557
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Libraries\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 a81ad377abeee7cd46e1c5faef48889546590f1777d6b00f936d952c2bd46b2e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          memory/928-6-0x00000000005C0000-0x00000000005E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3184-63-0x0000000000A90000-0x0000000000AB1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3184-3939-0x0000000000A90000-0x0000000000AB1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-33-0x0000000000660000-0x0000000000681000-memory.dmp

          memory/5396-2847-0x0000000000660000-0x0000000000681000-memory.dmp