Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    136s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    16/08/2026, 03:49

General

  • Target
    2026-08-16_b82339ef8bc61621b933775ee3c17d8a_elex_stop.exe
  • Size 1.8MB
  • Sample260816-edpxcsba83
  • SHA256 c56fb194189ada341fa334be8e3fc34505168acf509935f86708ff53ae3c270f
  • 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 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-16_b82339ef8bc61621b933775ee3c17d8a_elex_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-16_b82339ef8bc61621b933775ee3c17d8a_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:3232
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CCBBACBBACCBCCCCACBCCBBCBCAABACABAABAACBABCCCCACBAACCCABCBBACBAACBBBCBCCBAABCAACAAACAAABAAAABBBBCCAAAAC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCCBBAACBACCBBCBCCACBBAAABAACCACCCACCBBAAAABACBBCCAACCC.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:4408
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CCBBACBBACCBCCCCACBCCBBCBCAABACABAABAACBABCCCCACBAACCCABCBBACBAACBBBCBCCBAABCAACAAACAAABAAAABBBBCCAAAAC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCCBBAACBACCBBCBCCACBBAAABAACCACCCACCBBAAAABACBBCCAACCC.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4944
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CBBCBBAABACBBAABCACABBBCACCCBCBAAAAACCACBBAAAAAACCC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCCBBAACBACCBBCBCCACBBAAABAACCACCCACCBBAAAABACBBCCAACCC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CBBCBBAABACBBAABCACABBBCACCCBCBAAAAACCACBBAAAAAACCC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4976
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_CBBCBBAABACBBAABCACABBBCACCCBCBAAAAACCACBBAAAAAACCC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCCBBAACBACCBBCBCCACBBAAABAACCACCCACCBBAAAABACBBCCAACCC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CBBCBBAABACBBAABCACABBBCACCCBCBAAAAACCACBBAAAAAACCC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4400
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CBBCBBAABACBBAABCACABBBCACCCBCBAAAAACCACBBAAAAAACCC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3372
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_CBBCBBAABACBBAABCACABBBCACCCBCBAAAAACCACBBAAAAAACCC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3244
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCCBBAACBACCBBCBCCACBBAAABAACCACCCACCBBAAAABACBBCCAACCC.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCCBBAACBACCBBCBCCACBBAAABAACCACCCACCBBAAAABACBBCCAACCC.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:1112
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1904
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\calc.exe
        calc.exe
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        PID:2860
  • C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:4228
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAABBBACABBBAACCBCCBAAACBCAABBAABCACCAAABCACACCBABACBCC.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAABBBACABBBAACCBCCBAAACBCAABBAABCACCAAABCACACCBABACBCC.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1080
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCCBBAACBACCBBCBCCACBBAAABAACCACCCACCBBAAAABACBBCCAACCC.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCCBBAACBACCBBCBCCACBBAAABAACCACCCACCBBAAAABACBBCCAACCC.exe
    1⤵
    • Creates a file in the Startup directory
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1784

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 e5b5cd6fca4e387a7f151e5964d39180b328b78214e2133c5d2109623dd26497
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        setup.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Setup\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-AC0F074E4100}\setup.exe
        • Size 2.2MB
        • SHA256 8b56dedeedecc2f70b8a20928d9e6bf8b1452f2a9bb21e113026634644644d83
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{CB0836EC-B072-368D-82B2-D3470BF95707}v12.0.40660\packages\vcRuntimeMinimum_amd64\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 a85151996dc703d8e9ab07678e61e5cfa8e5d393aa543e6dd4f35f7c997f085a
        • 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 c1c0a1a4f299cc0110686014f60f1509d8fb1d69dbdd19a6476e92f435c16555
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.BioEnrollment_cw5n1h2txyewy\AppData\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 0a2e26903d02d59bf575be8aee533fc205d7fe3c368055006c97e5a51ab2b704
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Printer Shortcuts\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 ce8d1acae80353929ff3706e9734727622d32652c15e5bc310495b3790236d4a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 ee866943c28fbe2f932049ee7555ed58ca1bda3e53f240e148b63ef68e49756b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 ec4fd06ae7ccbb1aa84b1b80af8ee40f3e7a6c397e20d604e9208470b118bd05
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 1cca7f0a995698130e3a6908bda57ba0fbb4c5a3d1e7c41ae370738f66338e0f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 989ff7093dd669a4cface81c3ab68eeb249c62aac052696c0a3bf3c4ff4f7cfe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 d4594bfda3e433ba3b7c3d54000560895becd6bda773802bd8ae4850e972e922
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        svchost_BCCBBAACBACCBBCBCCACBBAAABAACCACCCACCBBAAAABACBBCCAACCC.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCCBBAACBACCBBCBCCACBBAAABAACCACCCACCBBAAAABACBBCCAACCC.exe
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 c56fb194189ada341fa334be8e3fc34505168acf509935f86708ff53ae3c270f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        virus_log.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
        • Size 930B
        • SHA256 e5dc8a6cf53f558653ee4fd1ae591df0c84a638a7e8ee4a1f8331b1194719030
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/1080-77-0x0000000000280000-0x00000000002A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/1112-36-0x00000000008D0000-0x00000000008F1000-memory.dmp

        memory/1112-26-0x00000000008D0000-0x00000000008F1000-memory.dmp

        memory/1784-79-0x00000000008D0000-0x00000000008F1000-memory.dmp

        memory/1904-59-0x0000000005010000-0x0000000005011000-memory.dmp

        memory/3232-0-0x0000000000480000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3232-7-0x0000000000480000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp