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
    14/08/2026, 23:28

General

  • Target
    2026-08-14_875eb72070ef9376b41b6533f5e2105d_elex_stop.exe
  • Size 402KB
  • Sample260814-3f4ejavsh1
  • SHA256 b35200051a619b64de0a858e64a84e6bd3fa82b7754d6ef52e26b89650d90ab3
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 2 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 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 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_875eb72070ef9376b41b6533f5e2105d_elex_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_875eb72070ef9376b41b6533f5e2105d_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:4956
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BCBBABBCBAAAAAAAAACBBBCAAACBBCCBBCCAAACACBCABABCBBBBAABCCBABCAABACCBBCABCCACCCCBACBCBCCABCCBACACCABBCAA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABACAAACBAAACCBBCABBBCABAACACCBAABABCCAABABBBBABBCCAAA.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:3276
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BCBBABBCBAAAAAAAAACBBBCAAACBBCCBBCCAAACACBCABABCBBBBAABCCBABCAABACCBBCABCCACCCCBACBCBCCABCCBACACCABBCAA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABACAAACBAAACCBBCABBBCABAACACCBAABABCCAABABBBBABBCCAAA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3008
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_ABAABCAAAACBAAAACABBACBBBACCAACBAABACCCCCBABCBAABBC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABACAAACBAAACCBBCABBBCABAACACCBAABABCCAABABBBBABBCCAAA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ABAABCAAAACBAAAACABBACBBBACCAACBAABACCCCCBABCBAABBC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3056
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_ABAABCAAAACBAAAACABBACBBBACCAACBAABACCCCCBABCBAABBC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABACAAACBAAACCBBCABBBCABAACACCBAABABCCAABABBBBABBCCAAA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ABAABCAAAACBAAAACABBACBBBACCAACBAABACCCCCBABCBAABBC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3852
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_ABAABCAAAACBAAAACABBACBBBACCAACBAABACCCCCBABCBAABBC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3932
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_ABAABCAAAACBAAAACABBACBBBACCAACBAABACCCCCBABCBAABBC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5912
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABACAAACBAAACCBBCABBBCABAACACCBAABABCCAABABBBBABBCCAAA.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABACAAACBAAACCBBCABBBCABAACACCBAABABCCAABABBBBABBCCAAA.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:356
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:5848
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABBBACABAAABBBBCBCAABBCAABAACBCCAACBCABCBBBAACCBABCCCB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABBBACABAAABBBBCBCAABBCAABAACBCCAACBCABCBBBAACCBABCCCB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4996
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABACAAACBAAACCBBCABBBCABAACACCBAABABCCAABABBBBABBCCAAA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABACAAACBAAACCBBCABBBCABAACACCBAABABCCAABABBBBABBCCAAA.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5124

    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 93b553ba071e27d11c05061e0527866780c6ec2314acbc1267dace2a0d6beaad
          • 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 1010KB
          • SHA256 fff680341f75f6e82e407e14e7266b6d555526f5cc9deb62ee442891d1197ebf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Extensions\ghbmnnjooekpmoecnnnilnnbdlolhkhi\1.107.1_0\_locales\lo\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 43bbb40b806170fd74722f6e6bf4efdb7fd7b7af2ef0ef1a1d88407b475b1c2d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\windows_ie_ac_001\AC\Temp\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 6c0d2f4f0405491edfa1ac8e1258b24b84814dd60ebe6cd53b97608615a3da5f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 1d1d993c15e13e456a6b8593724f8ba540a8d44035ff7b57da76b391d7bf07e1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 e23f09baf7801aef3caf763be45c3a8a5368d1d588dc1a92d6ebfbb37d869399
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 c615ad93f60e6163379fafce05ea5f9e74377880206737b1220c320720201783
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 d1af10d4cdad012f99a16916805693e1867e55bad979a4f5f77df53e21adae7f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 4a6958ab3eba89e98a8c0ac3cabb068e716d45802095f0a90afa0ec6195b879b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 c1f4fd6a305d73f444c8f93bb2ccc4d830fc547d70fb9e165fc576654f3da0a2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 b3b64bf7ffdcebe26fd46776876b4596d4a1d393efe00ecdb570079bb5f697a3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_CABACAAACBAAACCBBCABBBCABAACACCBAABABCCAABABBBBABBCCAAA.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABACAAACBAAACCBBCABBBCABAACACCBAABABCCAABABBBBABBCCAAA.exe
          • Size 402KB
          • SHA256 b35200051a619b64de0a858e64a84e6bd3fa82b7754d6ef52e26b89650d90ab3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 5345834d9583a7c43d019cce78b8e1b1570d2e093bf2366ce42d98d5f6113790
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 3a4916da9dc7f511476eff923f5d50d9376a3e73fb5c584358ac2720139df042
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/356-33-0x0000000000280000-0x00000000002A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4956-0-0x0000000000260000-0x0000000000281000-memory.dmp

          memory/4956-7-0x0000000000260000-0x0000000000281000-memory.dmp

          memory/4996-80-0x0000000000830000-0x0000000000851000-memory.dmp

          memory/5124-605-0x0000000000280000-0x00000000002A1000-memory.dmp