Overview

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Static

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2026-08-10...ar.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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2026-08-10...ar.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    146s
  • 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, 02:46

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General

  • Target
    2026-08-10_3d0a17d1d3af206f7e79abb421248656_elex_stop_vidar.exe
  • Size 3.7MB
  • Sample260810-c9hf2sdf86
  • SHA256 a93463093d25b900ddcc6be76a83228707450668cadbb7c0fe4c4d5f00c63a11
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
discoveryexecutionpersistence

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables embedding registry key / value combination indicative of disabling Windows Defen 1 IoCs
  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
    persistenceexecution
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
    persistence
  • 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.

    execution
  • 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.

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

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

    persistenceexecution
  • 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_3d0a17d1d3af206f7e79abb421248656_elex_stop_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_3d0a17d1d3af206f7e79abb421248656_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:2444
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_AABBACACAABCCBCCCAAACBCAACACAACCABACBBBBCAAABCACACCCBBCAABCBBCBCCACAACCACABCCCCBBBBCBCCCBCCCACACBABACCA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCCCABAACBABBACCABCBCCBCCCCACBBCCAABCBCCCCCACCCBAACBA.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:4920
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_AABBACACAABCCBCCCAAACBCAACACAACCABACBBBBCAAABCACACCCBBCAABCBBCBCCACAACCACABCCCCBBBBCBCCCBCCCACACBABACCA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCCCABAACBABBACCABCBCCBCCCCACBBCCAABCBCCCCCACCCBAACBA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2888
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CCCBBABACCBBBABABCBAABCCBCCBBBBBBCCCBBCBBCCBBCACABA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCCCABAACBABBACCABCBCCBCCCCACBBCCAABCBCCCCCACCCBAACBA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CCCBBABACCBBBABABCBAABCCBCCBBBBBBCCCBBCBBCCBBCACABA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1628
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_CCCBBABACCBBBABABCBAABCCBCCBBBBBBCCCBBCBBCCBBCACABA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCCCABAACBABBACCABCBCCBCCCCACBBCCAABCBCCCCCACCCBAACBA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CCCBBABACCBBBABABCBAABCCBCCBBBBBBCCCBBCBBCCBBCACABA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2008
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CCCBBABACCBBBABABCBAABCCBCCBBBBBBCCCBBCBBCCBBCACABA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4776
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_CCCBBABACCBBBABABCBAABCCBCCBBBBBBCCCBBCBBCCBBCACABA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5672
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCCCABAACBABBACCABCBCCBCCCCACBBCCAABCBCCCCCACCCBAACBA.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCCCABAACBABBACCABCBCCBCCCCACBBCCAABCBCCCCCACCCBAACBA.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:4288
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:4236
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCAAABBBBBBCCABCBBCAACCACCBAABAAABBBCBCBCCBBCAACBCCCAC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCAAABBBBBBCCABCBBCAACCACCBAABAAABBBCBCBCCBBCAACBCCCAC.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:616
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCCCABAACBABBACCABCBCCBCCCCACBBCCAABCBCCCCCACCCBAACBA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCCCABAACBABBACCABCBCCBCCCCACBBCCAABCBCCCCCACCCBAACBA.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:4520

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

          Reconnaissance

          Resource Development

          Initial Access

          Execution

          Command and Scripting Interpreter

          1
          T1059

          Windows Command Shell

          1
          T1059.003

          Scheduled Task/Job

          1
          T1053

          Scheduled Task

          1
          T1053.005

          System Services

          1
          T1569

          Service Execution

          1
          T1569.002

          Persistence

          Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

          1
          T1547

          Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

          1
          T1547.001

          Create or Modify System Process

          1
          T1543

          Windows Service

          1
          T1543.003

          Scheduled Task/Job

          1
          T1053

          Scheduled Task

          1
          T1053.005

          Privilege Escalation

          Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

          1
          T1547

          Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

          1
          T1547.001

          Create or Modify System Process

          1
          T1543

          Windows Service

          1
          T1543.003

          Scheduled Task/Job

          1
          T1053

          Scheduled Task

          1
          T1053.005

          Defense Evasion

          Modify Registry

          1
          T1112

          Credential Access

          Discovery

          System Location Discovery

          1
          T1614

          System Language Discovery

          1
          T1614.001

          Lateral Movement

          Collection

          Command and Control

          Exfiltration

          Impact

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          Downloads

          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 ee4fe87c96ec367c107ba3e066f09b72432a9ed1290b49236eb1e33cabc687cc
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 987702555b5dfd2c221bc3ed2c459adc0c729392e778ca61615553921fe967f8
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 e173397c62ebb8ab4a90fb6b63635208181fc1f994086a6d80d2b4af1b4fe620
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 17fcde21026dbdd282ced7f40e6b0d411627ff55eb2a1136999b3fcb8b3a5101
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 18b215741211f47c2acc180273869b5d5f679e9cc6ad83ba8f89998ed5632048
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 cf22117cc48af153480263f39893cf3ff22d1d0c4386d8f02b5893007843f5ad
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          svchost_ACCCCCABAACBABBACCABCBCCBCCCCACBBCCAABCBCCCCCACCCBAACBA.exe
          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCCCABAACBABBACCABCBCCBCCCCACBBCCAABCBCCCCCACCCBAACBA.exe
          • Size 3.7MB
          • SHA256 a93463093d25b900ddcc6be76a83228707450668cadbb7c0fe4c4d5f00c63a11
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
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          memory/616-65-0x0000000000950000-0x0000000000971000-memory.dmp
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          memory/2444-0-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000003D1000-memory.dmp
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          memory/2444-8-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000003D1000-memory.dmp
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          memory/4288-34-0x0000000000870000-0x0000000000891000-memory.dmp
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