Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    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
    15/08/2026, 01:38

General

  • Target
    2026-08-15_352b48d1e2c6e12a78963ce5f9bdef95_elex_stop_vidar.exe
  • Size 4.0MB
  • Sample260815-b2f3ksxtav
  • SHA256 5214a00fde08e529292b28887fdebe777ef8977376ef6f63f2bcd9a87015aeb2
  • 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\2026-08-15_352b48d1e2c6e12a78963ce5f9bdef95_elex_stop_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-15_352b48d1e2c6e12a78963ce5f9bdef95_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:4420
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BBAABCABAACCABBCBBABBBABBCCBCCCBABBBCABAAAACABACBACCBABBBBBAACABCABAACBBCBBBCCBCBCAABBBBCBABCCABCCAAAAC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBACAACBCACBCBCBCACCABAACBCBBACBBCAAACABBCCAACABCCABBB.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:1552
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BBAABCABAACCABBCBBABBBABBCCBCCCBABBBCABAAAACABACBACCBABBBBBAACABCABAACBBCBBBCCBCBCAABBBBCBABCCABCCAAAAC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBACAACBCACBCBCBCACCABAACBCBBACBBCAAACABBCCAACABCCABBB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2892
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CBABCBABAAABCBABCACBAACAAACAABBACBBACAAABABABAABCAB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBACAACBCACBCBCBCACCABAACBCBBACBBCAAACABBCCAACABCCABBB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CBABCBABAAABCBABCACBAACAAACAABBACBBACAAABABABAABCAB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5700
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_CBABCBABAAABCBABCACBAACAAACAABBACBBACAAABABABAABCAB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBACAACBCACBCBCBCACCABAACBCBBACBBCAAACABBCCAACABCCABBB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CBABCBABAAABCBABCACBAACAAACAABBACBBACAAABABABAABCAB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4112
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CBABCBABAAABCBABCACBAACAAACAABBACBBACAAABABABAABCAB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:7124
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_CBABCBABAAABCBABCACBAACAAACAABBACBBACAAABABABAABCAB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2456
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBACAACBCACBCBCBCACCABAACBCBBACBBCAAACABBCCAACABCCABBB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBACAACBCACBCBCBCACCABAACBCBBACBBCAAACABBCCAACABCCABBB.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:6536
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:6732
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCCBACABCCCCCBCBCBCBBABBACBCBABCBABBBBABBBABABAABACCCBC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCCBACABCCCCCBCBCBCBBABBACBCBABCBABBBBABBBABABAABACCCBC.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2876
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBACAACBCACBCBCBCACCABAACBCBBACBBCAAACABBCCAACABCCABBB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBACAACBCACBCBCBCACCABAACBCBBACBBCAAACABBCCAACABCCABBB.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4528

    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 e8e748939c326457f416f2645c09c9041e81409974cfea8191c8af6570751d45
          • 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 4.6MB
          • SHA256 e6e889bd6227a1f6d51247361c84478a3c4f187586dd31e63389c6a6be15382d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\AcroCef\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 2f782b9d08732338c2c1b0279d36c5460cb80a385f67ac127381356bdd347730
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Extension State\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 fcd6733134135e9a4869dbb3e09bde80efbbe39a853a27e05792158730da9671
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 bcfbb5eaa2a7853faba25b97482f642de25f47ff642f6eda7faac3ea33cb28a4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 8a88fa1eaeefb9ac7583029ec4f0457bbf53a992af11d7ca5fc52dd5c94378fa
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 467dcb629d9c7b5f8a7baca1175b23d4588249be5f0e8a881b1683f446da590a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 7ffec84e554ce52f8b71a82e2177f595ed3777d28a6405d4b53c926be78c86a2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 c21df7baae791b86bd51ecaab93dfc1eea5fe84d46c124ef31ca848074d60204
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 ce182c172e1d0b6deab59cb0cd357709ddbb97f6474d60908c4a38c08a8ecffc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 b6dd746d0c9ef50cce3df313f0560a892ae529c41a4a2b23bcdb1af45c180877
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_ACBACAACBCACBCBCBCACCABAACBCBBACBBCAAACABBCCAACABCCABBB.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBACAACBCACBCBCBCACCABAACBCBBACBBCAAACABBCCAACABCCABBB.exe
          • Size 4.0MB
          • SHA256 5214a00fde08e529292b28887fdebe777ef8977376ef6f63f2bcd9a87015aeb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 dddcec7c6a266baf1d95e341d17ba0ed35c3388fff820cc2124c80f971523fdc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 f145804a9f818fe614337af849826f5ff397c96fa71a1b33150ef77277ba6ffe
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/2876-64-0x0000000000580000-0x00000000005A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4420-0-0x00000000006A0000-0x00000000006C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4420-7-0x00000000006A0000-0x00000000006C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4528-597-0x0000000000890000-0x00000000008B1000-memory.dmp

          memory/6536-33-0x0000000000890000-0x00000000008B1000-memory.dmp