Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    14/08/2026, 03:51

General

  • Target
    2026-08-14_8b9699c926c5f4358763d9a9d325ef04_darkgate_elex_glassworm_stop_vidar.exe
  • Size 27.9MB
  • Sample260814-eetxpscj9s
  • SHA256 6c7033e6824f6c6726863cd8925147fbfc2d52dee62d3df4fb9279312c4f1256
  • 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 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 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_8b9699c926c5f4358763d9a9d325ef04_darkgate_elex_glassworm_stop_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_8b9699c926c5f4358763d9a9d325ef04_darkgate_elex_glassworm_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:3660
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_AACACACABBABACACCACCCACACAACBCCAAABCABAACBCCABBBACBBCCBBCCACCABBCCACBACBACABAABBBBABACCBCCBBABCBCCACACC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCBBBCBBABBBBBBCCBBABBCCCBBCABBACACBCCACBABCCCCACABAABB.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:4560
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_AACACACABBABACACCACCCACACAACBCCAAABCABAACBCCABBBACBBCCBBCCACCABBCCACBACBACABAABBBBABACCBCCBBABCBCCACACC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCBBBCBBABBBBBBCCBBABBCCCBBCABBACACBCCACBABCCCCACABAABB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3896
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_ABBACBBAACACBBBCCBCBACCBACCBCBBBBABCCACBBCCBCCABCAB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCBBBCBBABBBBBBCCBBABBCCCBBCABBACACBCCACBABCCCCACABAABB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ABBACBBAACACBBBCCBCBACCBACCBCBBBBABCCACBBCCBCCABCAB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3772
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_ABBACBBAACACBBBCCBCBACCBACCBCBBBBABCCACBBCCBCCABCAB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCBBBCBBABBBBBBCCBBABBCCCBBCABBACACBCCACBABCCCCACABAABB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ABBACBBAACACBBBCCBCBACCBACCBCBBBBABCCACBBCCBCCABCAB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5104
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_ABBACBBAACACBBBCCBCBACCBACCBCBBBBABCCACBBCCBCCABCAB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2116
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_ABBACBBAACACBBBCCBCBACCBACCBCBBBBABCCACBBCCBCCABCAB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:712
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCBBBCBBABBBBBBCCBBABBCCCBBCABBACACBCCACBABCCCCACABAABB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCBBBCBBABBBBBBCCBBABBCCCBBCABBACACBCCACBABCCCCACABAABB.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:4364
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4772
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\calc.exe
        calc.exe
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        PID:4516
  • C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2568
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AABAAAABBCCCCCBAABCBCBABCCBCBCCAACCCACABBAABBCBBCACBACC.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AABAAAABBCCCCCBAABCBCBABCCBCBCCAACCCACABBAABBCBBCACBACC.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3968
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCBBBCBBABBBBBBCCBBABBCCCBBCABBACACBCCACBABCCCCACABAABB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCBBBCBBABBBBBBCCBBABBCCCBBCABBACACBCCACBABCCCCACABAABB.exe
    1⤵
    • Creates a file in the Startup directory
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4068

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 f8f7dddd929b7b063256222c8b7afc0502fbba31162c8d6615f0616a8bfe4481
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        setup.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Setup\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-AC0F074E4100}\setup.exe
        • Size 28.4MB
        • SHA256 99e7bce5c0ced57da9e304204506a36545455efbe69460d9f23436d4827e3981
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\MapData\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 0239c5c4323e72036dbf2a3e4e1ff89629b293f262348f028d2a97646b750153
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\AppRepository\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Apprep.ChxApp_1000.19041.1023.0_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 e1438fb5fcfab88e90489116e567afbec4246c9875cd725e1c0a3e2dc91cdcbd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{57a73df6-4ba9-4c1d-bbbb-517289ff6c13}\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 d524379eedcaaac4d5b54e6452a6257d478e735b52c623182a5c21703e95546f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Packages\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 13b406b049c4a7f4542c11507ea4ad49e9456b93ce15b009cf65a2d18875c34f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\gu\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 38917a26386b3b3624ad92fd413a2b7a3969a1869c74ed03840aecaad5fbd7f5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ho495kqa.default-release\cache2\entries\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 782f472dbf25f7cc2a482ac666780cb03836b3670883dc0ec8031448f0fd20a1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 cedeca8bdf6e28e414b510af0e28a5354de6af71d7f7be2cb6efdbdc3128174f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 c71bc9d375930aa89d05ee8cdd40e581b597e460fe1d7a7fa9dd8197c09d7727
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 a3d1719d6ed3423396f8c8dc362a8d1dbf2c15efa09d68cf910ad379d8b8bbe9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 2ddee20dba7d0ada84447dbec23b2006055f10ec30ac4dc95170185c3fcec867
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 2a70c3d394319660963971bfecb57e951c836cbdc6a7430d93292e735862555a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        svchost_CCBBBCBBABBBBBBCCBBABBCCCBBCABBACACBCCACBABCCCCACABAABB.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCBBBCBBABBBBBBCCBBABBCCCBBCABBACACBCCACBABCCCCACABAABB.exe
        • Size 27.9MB
        • SHA256 6c7033e6824f6c6726863cd8925147fbfc2d52dee62d3df4fb9279312c4f1256
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        virus_log.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
        • Size 934B
        • SHA256 0d0553296531115a7b5363487883adf5f896abf0eb79aabea32033630fea4368
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        virus_log.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 b3801b81c55f11cc3f73ae85721cc76b0e38c10ff9355a336a8b889556f1c181
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Libraries\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 5d5fbcb1df92974ec4d0ff550a687f3ff8d4bb904bdeb4b5865d78d7c8d62e80
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/3660-0-0x0000000000D80000-0x0000000000DA1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3660-7-0x0000000000D80000-0x0000000000DA1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3968-88-0x0000000000240000-0x0000000000261000-memory.dmp

        memory/4068-1132-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4364-36-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4772-60-0x0000000005680000-0x0000000005681000-memory.dmp