Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    12/08/2026, 00:07

General

  • Target
    2026-08-11_2eab49b3d322f81f20a3c9ad554adeb7_elex_stop.exe
  • Size 728KB
  • Sample260812-aea3dahd78
  • SHA256 41e4587cc1c18c6ac847208399c44b67a3767c4b122663cfd4325d2126589351
  • 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 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\2026-08-11_2eab49b3d322f81f20a3c9ad554adeb7_elex_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-11_2eab49b3d322f81f20a3c9ad554adeb7_elex_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:1668
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_AABBBCBBBCABCBCBBCBBBACCBAABBAAABCAABABACACCCBCCCACBABAABBCBBABBAAABABABCBCCCAABBACCAABCAAAACBCACAAACAA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCBABABCBCABCBAAABBACACACBACCBBABBBAAAACACAAABAABCCACBC.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:1780
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_AABBBCBBBCABCBCBBCBBBACCBAABBAAABCAABABACACCCBCCCACBABAABBCBBABBAAABABABCBCCCAABBACCAABCAAAACBCACAAACAA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCBABABCBCABCBAAABBACACACBACCBBABBBAAAACACAAABAABCCACBC.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1688
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_ABCABBACCCACCABACABBCACACAACABCBACBABAAABBBCCACABCC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCBABABCBCABCBAAABBACACACBACCBBABBBAAAACACAAABAABCCACBC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ABCABBACCCACCABACABBCACACAACABCBACBABAAABBBCCACABCC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2668
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_ABCABBACCCACCABACABBCACACAACABCBACBABAAABBBCCACABCC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCBABABCBCABCBAAABBACACACBACCBBABBBAAAACACAAABAABCCACBC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ABCABBACCCACCABACABBCACACAACABCBACBABAAABBBCCACABCC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3020
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_ABCABBACCCACCABACABBCACACAACABCBACBABAAABBBCCACABCC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1384
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_ABCABBACCCACCABACABBCACACAACABCBACBABAAABBBCCACABCC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:552
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCBABABCBCABCBAAABBACACACBACCBBABBBAAAACACAAABAABCCACBC.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCBABABCBCABCBAAABBACACACBACCBBABBBAAAACACAAABAABCCACBC.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:3820
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1068
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\calc.exe
        calc.exe
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        PID:3152
  • C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:312
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AABABCBBBACABCAAABCCBCCCBCBCACABBACBCBCBACCCACCBCABCACC.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AABABCBBBACABCAAABCCBCCCBCBCACABBACBCBCBACCCACCBCABCACC.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3412
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCBABABCBCABCBAAABBACACACBACCBBABBBAAAACACAAABAABCCACBC.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCBABABCBCABCBAAABBACACACBACCBBABBBAAAACACAAABAABCCACBC.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    PID:3812

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 b07ecaa020ca7fdab150d97c9a9e57046d094e37bb2a114321f89b25778d18db
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 1ff39ba161f92e6f7c4c88b1d94488a95e3f3985612c54c963897739eb8018d7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        ExitMeasure.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\ExitMeasure.exe
        • Size 4.1MB
        • SHA256 4b23079a09a23da595a69614cb39b24822852a187161f585c848350ffb283fb9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ExitMeasure.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\ExitMeasure.exe
        • Size 4.9MB
        • SHA256 6db9fd623ebb4cc3e9b04431264ff808922a7252554a5ee8300489ba675dce99
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ExitMeasure.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\ExitMeasure.exe
        • Size 5.6MB
        • SHA256 1d2d4cfd2a7978a42d414c1120924150d611f15595d72aaef7186028c83eedae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ExitMeasure.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\ExitMeasure.exe
        • Size 6.3MB
        • SHA256 8446cc6868d30438940389f2b7b5eb03f7228314b0cff21651f4e23ab82f9e1b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ExitMeasure.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\ExitMeasure.exe
        • Size 7.0MB
        • SHA256 d2d70898f7ea670a62d73ffa9e20c8864f3e84f1d4b46689060f30196630d94d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ExitMeasure.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\ExitMeasure.exe
        • Size 7.8MB
        • SHA256 d2de4dedda461964125f1db2f415e912dbe4849e8abb2712a91851b5889e53b0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 6849e0fa1aa6efbd86d1021ba2a343eff4552cc89fa2c2ab7174b130a09bfc9a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 ab536942af44b0bdc9ebb0fcb1891ef4f539659c8243f55e1a3bb8d3321e6098
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 1c07b61f18cfe1365f6e441fb6e4d6a249cfc4b3281531d8bed4355e18deaabe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 25ef31d0e7fbed9c491509ecbc0c55e7d4f39286a25e85098e27c5abd130aa24
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        svchost_BCBABABCBCABCBAAABBACACACBACCBBABBBAAAACACAAABAABCCACBC.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCBABABCBCABCBAAABBACACACBACCBBABBBAAAACACAAABAABCCACBC.exe
        • Size 728KB
        • SHA256 41e4587cc1c18c6ac847208399c44b67a3767c4b122663cfd4325d2126589351
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        virus_log.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
        • Size 930B
        • SHA256 fbe9d25be65b9aec66594edf3bdd0569c1ec128c1de5ca7d0be2f1d8532f74c1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/1068-78-0x0000000005590000-0x0000000005591000-memory.dmp

        memory/1668-75-0x0000000000010000-0x0000000000031000-memory.dmp

        memory/1668-25-0x0000000000010000-0x0000000000031000-memory.dmp

        memory/1668-0-0x0000000000010000-0x0000000000031000-memory.dmp

        memory/1668-51-0x0000000000010000-0x0000000000031000-memory.dmp

        memory/1668-12-0x0000000000010000-0x0000000000031000-memory.dmp

        memory/3412-101-0x00000000006F0000-0x0000000000711000-memory.dmp

        memory/3820-76-0x0000000000B40000-0x0000000000B61000-memory.dmp

        memory/3820-37-0x0000000000B40000-0x0000000000B61000-memory.dmp

        memory/3820-52-0x0000000000B40000-0x0000000000B61000-memory.dmp