Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    10/08/2026, 22:09

General

  • Target
    2026-08-10_8d519b349f662b9dfe87dd6da931527a_elex_stop_vidar.exe
  • Size 21.9MB
  • Sample260810-12vcmsan4x
  • SHA256 4ee9fc469df9b5379316dc1beaf12750c2127c6326ae984dabb69ba107c9b070
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • 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 9 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 1 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_8d519b349f662b9dfe87dd6da931527a_elex_stop_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_8d519b349f662b9dfe87dd6da931527a_elex_stop_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:3668
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BAACCCCACABCABBCABABCAACAABBCCACCCAABAABBCAAAAACABCBABCBBABABCACBCABACBACBBBACBACABACABCABAACBCACAABBAA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAABBCACBBAACCCCCAAABCBAABAAABCBABBBABCCABCACBBBCCACBC.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:5268
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BAACCCCACABCABBCABABCAACAABBCCACCCAABAABBCAAAAACABCBABCBBABABCACBCABACBACBBBACBACABACABCABAACBCACAABBAA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAABBCACBBAACCCCCAAABCBAABAAABCBABBBABCCABCACBBBCCACBC.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5900
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CACABCACCCBACABCABCCBBABABCAABACABBCBACABABBCABAAAA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAABBCACBBAACCCCCAAABCBAABAAABCBABBBABCCABCACBBBCCACBC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CACABCACCCBACABCABCCBBABABCAABACABBCBACABABBCABAAAA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3240
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_CACABCACCCBACABCABCCBBABABCAABACABBCBACABABBCABAAAA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAABBCACBBAACCCCCAAABCBAABAAABCBABBBABCCABCACBBBCCACBC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CACABCACCCBACABCABCCBBABABCAABACABBCBACABABBCABAAAA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5044
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CACABCACCCBACABCABCCBBABABCAABACABBCBACABABBCABAAAA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3936
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_CACABCACCCBACABCABCCBBABABCAABACABBCBACABABBCABAAAA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4232
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAABBCACBBAACCCCCAAABCBAABAAABCBABBBABCCABCACBBBCCACBC.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAABBCACBBAACCCCCAAABCBAABAAABCBABBBABCCABCACBBBCCACBC.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:1344
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:5920
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBABAACBABBBBBAAABABCCBBBACBBABBABACABBBACCCBBBBABCCAA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBABAACBABBBBBAAABABCCBBBACBBABBABACABBBACCCBBBBABCCAA.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5756
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAABBCACBBAACCCCCAAABCBAABAAABCBABBBABCCABCACBBBCCACBC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAABBCACBBAACCCCCAAABCBAABAAABCBABBBABCCABCACBBBCCACBC.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:356

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          JoinStep.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\JoinStep.exe
          • Size 44.4MB
          • SHA256 e9fc1a500ea4a25505f9650a7b3589ff562961c996af1b33787e4c943cf52f20
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 9c92b01fcc83c838ff2e95c7d5bf1687a18bfac12d9bf1a7ad01d553b1afae56
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 589b0629e7c9e252914686f3b2cdb33cbbed6d6f5b8655e07ae0fff681de0221
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 6678b9d028aee286753c863ba27aaf0f087a1894885a0bb4576aa703f35e4397
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 d7eaaca412b9c1ebc0347567ddd0f6ac8708b21b006342cb15ad833907143204
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 dba94723b1e2400f9cfb84b90f937dd4bafcd93872c437922bae767eb860b16b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 9318b67c8f2c50127c726e315bdc0a69cef53320a7c8ddca975fe0540fc01d0a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_ABAABBCACBBAACCCCCAAABCBAABAAABCBABBBABCCABCACBBBCCACBC.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAABBCACBBAACCCCCAAABCBAABAAABCBABBBABCCABCACBBBCCACBC.exe
          • Size 21.9MB
          • SHA256 4ee9fc469df9b5379316dc1beaf12750c2127c6326ae984dabb69ba107c9b070
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1344-64-0x00000000007D0000-0x00000000007F1000-memory.dmp

          memory/1344-44-0x00000000007D0000-0x00000000007F1000-memory.dmp

          memory/1344-90-0x00000000007D0000-0x00000000007F1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-45-0x0000000000C50000-0x0000000000C71000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-78-0x0000000000C50000-0x0000000000C71000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-0-0x0000000000C50000-0x0000000000C71000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-30-0x0000000000C50000-0x0000000000C71000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-16-0x0000000000C50000-0x0000000000C71000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-108-0x0000000000C50000-0x0000000000C71000-memory.dmp