Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    140s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    15/08/2026, 03:45

General

  • Target
    2026-08-15_65d529ae0093de9f42d0cdc0c7720342_elex_stop_vidar.exe
  • Size 5.3MB
  • Sample260815-ea5teaybkb
  • SHA256 fe539fed886eabfc8a90f04e76badbbc890c440236072880bf81bf05dd5628ac
  • 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\2026-08-15_65d529ae0093de9f42d0cdc0c7720342_elex_stop_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-15_65d529ae0093de9f42d0cdc0c7720342_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:1732
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ACBCBABCCBBAACBCBAACCBBABABAAABBACBCAACAABCBCACABACCACCABCBCCBCCABBABABCCBCBCBBCCAABAABBAAACBBCCABBCACA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBABCACABCBACAAAABCCCCCAAAAAACBAABBCCACABCBABCABBBCBACC.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:2372
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ACBCBABCCBBAACBCBAACCBBABABAAABBACBCAACAABCBCACABACCACCABCBCCBCCABBABABCCBCBCBBCCAABAABBAAACBBCCABBCACA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBABCACABCBACAAAABCCCCCAAAAAACBAABBCCACABCBABCABBBCBACC.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3748
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_ACABBBABCABACBAABACCABBBCBCBBCCABACBACABACBBCCCAAAA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBABCACABCBACAAAABCCCCCAAAAAACBAABBCCACABCBABCABBBCBACC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ACABBBABCABACBAABACCABBBCBCBBCCABACBACABACBBCCCAAAA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3452
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_ACABBBABCABACBAABACCABBBCBCBBCCABACBACABACBBCCCAAAA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBABCACABCBACAAAABCCCCCAAAAAACBAABBCCACABCBABCABBBCBACC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ACABBBABCABACBAABACCABBBCBCBBCCABACBACABACBBCCCAAAA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4788
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_ACABBBABCABACBAABACCABBBCBCBBCCABACBACABACBBCCCAAAA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3928
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_ACABBBABCABACBAABACCABBBCBCBBCCABACBACABACBBCCCAAAA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:416
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBABCACABCBACAAAABCCCCCAAAAAACBAABBCCACABCBABCABBBCBACC.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBABCACABCBACAAAABCCCCCAAAAAACBAABBCCACABCBABCABBBCBACC.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:3504
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:180
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\calc.exe
        calc.exe
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        PID:1656
  • C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:4152
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCBAABAAACCCCBABCABCCAABCCBCCCBCBCAACABCBBCBCCBAABAABBB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCBAABAAACCCCBABCABCCAABCCBCCCBCBCAACABCBBCBCCBAABAABBB.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3308
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBABCACABCBACAAAABCCCCCAAAAAACBAABBCCACABCBABCABBBCBACC.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBABCACABCBACAAAABCCCCCAAAAAACBAABBCCACABCBABCABBBCBACC.exe
    1⤵
    • Creates a file in the Startup directory
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3984

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 a1f369246aff19d980d3549032c8bc18073d41fd4dd57bb0c3ca6404d9d3a9f7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        setup.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Setup\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-AC0F074E4100}\setup.exe
        • Size 5.7MB
        • SHA256 395c0172a77dc4dfbbfd3bb300eb34fd6d3c4022526ef0a5335bcc0cfc0fb632
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{7DAD0258-515C-3DD4-8964-BD714199E0F7}v12.0.40660\packages\vcRuntimeAdditional_x86\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 57ffe986b2e86cbe53dc9762c433cd3dff1fc2d832c00baa6bab77395a5e9902
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\platforms\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 bb7006d64bc6bdfda7586608794cce256fedfb2c37c41a1784c73b464f4ad4be
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 e5dc2d7c63ddedf08c5e28ce11386a79f1e2c58a9a8146991915bb513d82833a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 f181aa3a2437b949ebfb90d4e6e58d0aad0a650ff35703f57a41c89ae19585e4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 d9c361847adafae5655b69abe80bd6cfa39693c60f4e9f515105d96b2df5cb2e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 b5a05bef8013e1ba4e9d8357011642c5949e52d7529e557305a0ff0f2f9af37f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 acf5210e0be586c9478d122f828cf88aca7ed08e09cd41a46b81b2af862cfcb2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 70f6c9c23c22a1f8c99af44b2a1e1fa81a38c86f0d3f376c81c85acd506f3fdf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 23b100ae96c61f5537d848c13d6c94800e3b3cf54e48b5287c0e53fb91b6a4ec
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        svchost_CBABCACABCBACAAAABCCCCCAAAAAACBAABBCCACABCBABCABBBCBACC.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBABCACABCBACAAAABCCCCCAAAAAACBAABBCCACABCBABCABBBCBACC.exe
        • Size 5.3MB
        • SHA256 fe539fed886eabfc8a90f04e76badbbc890c440236072880bf81bf05dd5628ac
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        virus_log.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
        • Size 934B
        • SHA256 8ea33fb9f01e4b6a000ae41128c0982e1a9943b009187e3b511e981509ed06cc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        virus_log.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 c85eb4f91752efdb8cf8bd6960fc1e1e2441a88d54923816c0a3d410bdbf6d11
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/180-58-0x0000000004DE0000-0x0000000004DE1000-memory.dmp

        memory/1732-0-0x00000000000B0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp

        memory/1732-7-0x00000000000B0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3308-77-0x0000000000FA0000-0x0000000000FC1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3308-1522-0x0000000000FA0000-0x0000000000FC1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3504-36-0x00000000008B0000-0x00000000008D1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3504-26-0x00000000008B0000-0x00000000008D1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3984-123-0x00000000008B0000-0x00000000008D1000-memory.dmp