Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    147s
  • 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, 04:07

General

  • Target
    2026-08-15_41db6db8d275eb259e14aa1280c6baf3_elex_stop.exe
  • Size 3.9MB
  • Sample260815-epp2hay1cz
  • SHA256 2c2e4f52c1efb79184c825c49a7285808ef8c2ba8ce5ab6f2b813ea5bfaa6b6e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • 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 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-15_41db6db8d275eb259e14aa1280c6baf3_elex_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-15_41db6db8d275eb259e14aa1280c6baf3_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:3576
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CCABBCABBACABAACCABAAACBCAABBCBCBCABABBBBCCBAABCCCACBACCABACBCACBCBACABCABCABACCCAAABACCBCBBCCACBCBCBBC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCCABACCCABACACBCBABBBCCAACACCACCCACCABCCCAABACCACBAAAA.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:4876
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CCABBCABBACABAACCABAAACBCAABBCBCBCABABBBBCCBAABCCCACBACCABACBCACBCBACABCABCABACCCAAABACCBCBBCCACBCBCBBC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCCABACCCABACACBCBABBBCCAACACCACCCACCABCCCAABACCACBAAAA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4564
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_AABAAACBAABCCAACACBCBCCCCBBABAACBBCACAAAAAABCBBBBCC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCCABACCCABACACBCBABBBCCAACACCACCCACCABCCCAABACCACBAAAA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_AABAAACBAABCCAACACBCBCCCCBBABAACBBCACAAAAAABCBBBBCC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:632
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_AABAAACBAABCCAACACBCBCCCCBBABAACBBCACAAAAAABCBBBBCC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCCABACCCABACACBCBABBBCCAACACCACCCACCABCCCAABACCACBAAAA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_AABAAACBAABCCAACACBCBCCCCBBABAACBBCACAAAAAABCBBBBCC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4932
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_AABAAACBAABCCAACACBCBCCCCBBABAACBBCACAAAAAABCBBBBCC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4192
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_AABAAACBAABCCAACACBCBCCCCBBABAACBBCACAAAAAABCBBBBCC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4808
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCCABACCCABACACBCBABBBCCAACACCACCCACCABCCCAABACCACBAAAA.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCCABACCCABACACBCBABBBCCAACACCACCCACCABCCCAABACCACBAAAA.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:4984
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3100
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\calc.exe
        calc.exe
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        PID:4140
  • C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:5024
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCCABACCCABACACBCBABBBCCAACACCACCCACCABCCCAABACCACBAAAA.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCCABACCCABACACBCBABBBCCAACACCACCCACCABCCCAABACCACBAAAA.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    PID:4552
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBAACCABABAACCBBBACABCBCBBACACCCBBCCACBCBBCCABCCAAACCB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBAACCABABAACCBBBACABCBCBBACACCCBBCCACBCBBCCABCCAAACCB.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:3136

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 cead7a5ab21c54e7870e841307501cead140eaed7b3365fa6529b8bcb933166c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 2b12a59bccf2d3e0af01ad005cc04efc886c4abe0a2f4b4ffcb02d322378a1a9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 158ae94cdeb3e241040c025274ff677d8819c5ab0e76628c954d92a774b1bcf0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        UnblockStep.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\UnblockStep.exe
        • Size 39.8MB
        • SHA256 180182744d8e96918d9db6a11dfe77bbc5e8afaa4dab261ca60723bb6e52512a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        UnblockStep.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\UnblockStep.exe
        • Size 12.3MB
        • SHA256 ccd6393b571c9c53dd1f74cc985db33831a3b7e9de7034fca919e557b7202902
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        UnblockStep.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\UnblockStep.exe
        • Size 24.1MB
        • SHA256 846a529f9f7578d70152e5766192687d4bbba813f8d1f1f7f80c2722344d2ded
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        UnblockStep.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\UnblockStep.exe
        • Size 28.0MB
        • SHA256 b2ebfc7fa195680a3ef137c3488141ff9fdc673a13562d6fa3f34138b296c452
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        UnblockStep.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\UnblockStep.exe
        • Size 448KB
        • SHA256 d2d1a61996bf6fe6736fd492bdee59f2f989b35a46e6d6a93418bf511fffe242
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        UnblockStep.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\UnblockStep.exe
        • Size 35.9MB
        • SHA256 a75cfa151b04e07a344c7cf8f59bdbb396a2f64c9cd4b854ac3680ad4a33092e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 d79832693c4acbce371b7df367300e56ee75bfc13cd994953d6a53d38ec18b09
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 814950e10fa0c5d1435f04d5e64c3cfcf02d903f8d4b9d4a2def8073742ed875
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        svchost_BCCABACCCABACACBCBABBBCCAACACCACCCACCABCCCAABACCACBAAAA.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCCABACCCABACACBCBABBBCCAACACCACCCACCABCCCAABACCACBAAAA.exe
        • Size 3.9MB
        • SHA256 2c2e4f52c1efb79184c825c49a7285808ef8c2ba8ce5ab6f2b813ea5bfaa6b6e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/3100-79-0x0000000002150000-0x0000000002151000-memory.dmp

        memory/3136-103-0x0000000000B40000-0x0000000000B61000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-37-0x0000000000510000-0x0000000000531000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-63-0x0000000000510000-0x0000000000531000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-0-0x0000000000510000-0x0000000000531000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-94-0x0000000000510000-0x0000000000531000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-24-0x0000000000510000-0x0000000000531000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-11-0x0000000000510000-0x0000000000531000-memory.dmp

        memory/4552-102-0x0000000000170000-0x0000000000191000-memory.dmp

        memory/4984-77-0x0000000000170000-0x0000000000191000-memory.dmp

        memory/4984-54-0x0000000000170000-0x0000000000191000-memory.dmp

        memory/4984-36-0x0000000000170000-0x0000000000191000-memory.dmp