Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
151s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
- submitted
13/08/2026, 15:01
General
- Target 2026-08-13_a62190b45228ffad093ad7dd15d72a41_elex_icedid_njrat_stealc.exe
- Size 3.7MB
- Sample260813-sd5vgabl3y
- SHA256 4f88af504683719905d1e0469fa75d7b32d1b3e740ffd958383987192308e0af
Malware Config
Signatures
- Family: Neshta
Malware from the neshta family is designed to infect itself into other files to spread itself and cause damage.
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking 1 TTPs
Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.
- Executes dropped EXE 31 IoCs
- Modifies system executable filetype association 2 TTPs 9 IoCs
- Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
- Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
- Drops file in Windows directory 31 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 16 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 10 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-13_a62190b45228ffad093ad7dd15d72a41_elex_icedid_njrat_stealc.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-13_a62190b45228ffad093ad7dd15d72a41_elex_icedid_njrat_stealc.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Modifies system executable filetype association
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\2026-08-13_a62190b45228ffad093ad7dd15d72a41_elex_icedid_njrat_stealc.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\2026-08-13_a62190b45228ffad093ad7dd15d72a41_elex_icedid_njrat_stealc.exe"2⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\svchost.com"C:\Windows\svchost.com" "C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\UNINST~1.EXE" /setup3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\UNINST~1.EXEC:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\UNINST~1.EXE /setup4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Modifies system executable filetype association
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Modifies registry class
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C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE"C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WhatsNew.txt1⤵
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C:\Windows\svchost.com"C:\Windows\svchost.com" "C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exeC:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
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C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE"C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WhatsNew.txt1⤵
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C:\Windows\svchost.com"C:\Windows\svchost.com" "C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exeC:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
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C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE"C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WhatsNew.txt1⤵
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C:\Windows\svchost.com"C:\Windows\svchost.com" "C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exeC:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Modifies registry class
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C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE"C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WhatsNew.txt1⤵
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C:\Windows\svchost.com"C:\Windows\svchost.com" "C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exeC:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
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C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE"C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WhatsNew.txt1⤵
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C:\Windows\svchost.com"C:\Windows\svchost.com" "C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exeC:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Modifies registry class
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C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE"C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WhatsNew.txt1⤵
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C:\Windows\svchost.com"C:\Windows\svchost.com" "C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exeC:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
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C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE"C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WhatsNew.txt1⤵
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C:\Windows\svchost.com"C:\Windows\svchost.com" "C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exeC:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
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C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE"C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WhatsNew.txt1⤵
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C:\Windows\svchost.com"C:\Windows\svchost.com" "C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exeC:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
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C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE"C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WhatsNew.txt1⤵
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C:\Windows\svchost.com"C:\Windows\svchost.com" "C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exeC:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
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C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE"C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WhatsNew.txt1⤵
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C:\Windows\svchost.com"C:\Windows\svchost.com" "C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exeC:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
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C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE"C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WhatsNew.txt1⤵
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C:\Windows\svchost.com"C:\Windows\svchost.com" "C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exeC:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
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C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE"C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WhatsNew.txt1⤵
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C:\Windows\svchost.com"C:\Windows\svchost.com" "C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exeC:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Modifies registry class
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C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE"C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WhatsNew.txt1⤵
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C:\Windows\svchost.com"C:\Windows\svchost.com" "C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exeC:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
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C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE"C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WhatsNew.txt1⤵
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C:\Windows\svchost.com"C:\Windows\svchost.com" "C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exeC:\PROGRA~1\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Persistence
Event Triggered Execution
2Change Default File Association
1Component Object Model Hijacking
1Privilege Escalation
Event Triggered Execution
2Change Default File Association
1Component Object Model Hijacking
1Credential Access
Credentials from Password Stores
1Credentials from Web Browsers
1Unsecured Credentials
1Credentials In Files
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
ACROBR~1.EXE
ACROTE~1.EXE
ADOBEC~1.EXE
ADelRCP.exe
RdrCEF.exe
AcroRd32.exe
WCCHRO~1.EXE
Eula.exe
FULLTR~1.EXE
LOGTRA~1.EXE
READER~1.EXE
WOW_HE~1.EXE
arh.exe
32BITM~1.EXE
64BITM~1.EXE
ADOBEA~1.EXE
AdobeARM.exe
jaureg.exe
VSTOIN~1.EXE
java.exe
javaw.exe
javaws.exe
DISABL~1.EXE
MICROS~1.EXE
MICROS~2.EXE
MICROS~3.EXE
MICROS~4.EXE
IE_TO_~1.EXE
COOKIE~1.EXE
ELEVAT~1.EXE
IDENTI~1.EXE
setup.exe
MSEDGE~1.EXE
MSEDGE~2.EXE
MSEDGE~3.EXE
NOTIFI~1.EXE
PWAHEL~1.EXE
msedge.exe
IE_TO_~1.EXE
COOKIE~1.EXE
ELEVAT~1.EXE
ELEVAT~2.EXE
ie_to_edge_stub.exe
setup.exe
cookie_exporter.exe
elevated_tracing_service.exe
elevation_service.exe
identity_helper.exe
msedge_pwa_launcher.exe
msedgewebview2.exe
notification_click_helper.exe
MSEDGE~1.EXE
PWAHEL~1.EXE
msedge.exe
Uninstall.exe
2026-08-13_a62190b45228ffad093ad7dd15d72a41_elex_icedid_njrat_stealc.exe
directx.sys
svchost.com
memory/764-290-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/916-351-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/928-345-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/1080-332-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/1180-372-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/1216-326-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/1564-296-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/2532-358-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/3048-304-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/3528-339-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/3740-270-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/3740-308-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/3740-283-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/3740-298-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/4128-297-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/4128-307-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/4128-282-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/4128-269-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/4128-210-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/4312-320-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/4424-314-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/4796-365-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp
memory/4948-379-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp