Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    144s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    13/08/2026, 00:03

General

  • Target
    2026-08-12_d44293854b014534ec548d48143dd3f5_elex_stop_vidar.exe
  • Size 1.2MB
  • Sample260813-ab4waaxcmd
  • SHA256 09405ccef1bf80274be4725792856605f68295830fe46de4bb555ccf9e788099
  • 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\2026-08-12_d44293854b014534ec548d48143dd3f5_elex_stop_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-12_d44293854b014534ec548d48143dd3f5_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:2760
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CCAACCACCAAAAABABCAABAACBCCCCBBBBCCBABCBABCBBBBCCBAACACCCBAACAABCACBACBCCAAABBCBCCAACCBCBAAABBABABABBCC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCBCBAACCCBCCCBCBBAAAABACBBCACAACAAAAACCBCBCCBAABCBCBAB.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:1936
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CCAACCACCAAAAABABCAABAACBCCCCBBBBCCBABCBABCBBBBCCBAACACCCBAACAABCACBACBCCAAABBCBCCAACCBCBAAABBABABABBCC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCBCBAACCCBCCCBCBBAAAABACBBCACAACAAAAACCBCBCCBAABCBCBAB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2180
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CCAABBAAABAABCBCBABCBCBABBABBACBBCBBAAABBCAACCCBACC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCBCBAACCCBCCCBCBBAAAABACBBCACAACAAAAACCBCBCCBAABCBCBAB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CCAABBAAABAABCBCBABCBCBABBABBACBBCBBAAABBCAACCCBACC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2672
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_CCAABBAAABAABCBCBABCBCBABBABBACBBCBBAAABBCAACCCBACC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCBCBAACCCBCCCBCBBAAAABACBBCACAACAAAAACCBCBCCBAABCBCBAB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CCAABBAAABAABCBCBABCBCBABBABBACBBCBBAAABBCAACCCBACC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4592
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CCAABBAAABAABCBCBABCBCBABBABBACBBCBBAAABBCAACCCBACC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2584
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_CCAABBAAABAABCBCBABCBCBABBABBACBBCBBAAABBCAACCCBACC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2280
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCBCBAACCCBCCCBCBBAAAABACBBCACAACAAAAACCBCBCCBAABCBCBAB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCBCBAACCCBCCCBCBBAAAABACBBCACAACAAAAACCBCBCCBAABCBCBAB.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:264
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:4912
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CBAACCBBBCCAABBACCBABBCBACBCABBCABCACACBBCAACABABACBCCBAAABAAAACABBACACBACBBBBCABAABBCCBBBBCBCABACBBAAA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCABCACBCABBBCCAABACBCACACBACCCBAACBBBCCCABBCBACCBBABB.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:2900
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CBAACCBBBCCAABBACCBABBCBACBCABBCABCACACBBCAACABABACBCCBAAABAAAACABBACACBACBBBBCABAABBCCBBBBCBCABACBBAAA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCABCACBCABBBCCAABACBCACACBACCCBAACBBBCCCABBCBACCBBABB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:5888
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCABCACBCABBBCCAABACBCACACBACCCBAACBBBCCCABBCBACCBBABB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCABCACBCABBBCCAABACBCACACBACCCBAACBBBCCCABBCBACCBBABB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3460
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCBCBAACCCBCCCBCBBAAAABACBBCACAACAAAAACCBCBCCBAABCBCBAB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCBCBAACCCBCCCBCBBAAAABACBBCACAACAAAAACCBCBCCBAABCBCBAB.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2368

    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 62073995d366678a20f6a7d4bd667ff8dc5a12eb0cadaa0a4ef1d2dceed9dea7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceMetadataCache\dmrccache\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 7db6c6dde8a99e792b9dd11ff324afb315ab3de7af2d678b8df400d4595fc3d0
          • 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 1.8MB
          • SHA256 f3eced6592fffef55102b77251470baa205915868fb19044a46856ba31b65188
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{7DAD0258-515C-3DD4-8964-BD714199E0F7}v12.0.40660\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 e53674aa07b640188859826c4dfc4d04a4453487f855a4c8feaf271973e658ca
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\SoftwareDistribution\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 58bc751f9eeaf88c390889f21b8752284fbe4035ea623c446fc57ad14d4c4fb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 96c2d3b78c071d94eb73df0041cc60ae6551f6a13c823077472a0a48bbb1e79e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\INetHistory\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 14534186ebbb5cef67c3de118d964ff19c5756777ddb9482e6815c26ad1860fe
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 6b3f04db2c8eff02b702051ce223480e3e08cf1894f06bb531e4d55b6762212a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 908e570a2b3e638b48e07696f0f546199912642bb015fced58bf49fc43a9abb1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 755a63a9400c59776733c9bf231c8b28dd97f7478e374ef0483d981a78fcaf40
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 f110c4ffc5ae04cf0a885854f17519b86d1b75a527db3f4941352768e3e096f0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 3820cde39af0336b039062540e4a203876c86046e16fc2b42cd8ca4ace18ae6b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 76a54d4fd029a034a767e4e1621c71dc3d516ba6845a204aa6d6b7599c17b90a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_BCBCBAACCCBCCCBCBBAAAABACBBCACAACAAAAACCBCBCCBAABCBCBAB.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCBCBAACCCBCCCBCBBAAAABACBBCACAACAAAAACCBCBCCBAABCBCBAB.exe
          • Size 1.2MB
          • SHA256 09405ccef1bf80274be4725792856605f68295830fe46de4bb555ccf9e788099
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 7101a181bf6cb1af839d4509ccc406cd96765822566c44a58009ce50dd09a8c2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 7e9ce3344276bed4c5aeeef5d8f93a2624689bb6bcf2a3c156facbedcf3c88ca
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 12c62c792266fa8a936b906ced72a7d71164b3e7b9b2ffd7030f9a9911b3eada
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/264-32-0x0000000000B90000-0x0000000000BB1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2368-3303-0x0000000000B90000-0x0000000000BB1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2368-4062-0x0000000000B90000-0x0000000000BB1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2760-6-0x00000000006C0000-0x00000000006E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3460-79-0x0000000000AB0000-0x0000000000AD1000-memory.dmp