Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    146s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    16/08/2026, 10:20

General

  • Target
    2026-08-16_9d803ff880da52f288af0a9c36d11625_elex_icedid.exe
  • Size 368KB
  • Sample260816-mdarfavzev
  • SHA256 9eb5ae66c84eb811b953e0d386043ddfd813c782146ff96399163094d1a9c11c
  • 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\2026-08-16_9d803ff880da52f288af0a9c36d11625_elex_icedid.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-16_9d803ff880da52f288af0a9c36d11625_elex_icedid.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:4788
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CAABCCABCACBBCBCAAAACBBAABACABAACBCBCABBBCBBAABBBBCABBCABACCBBBACACCBCCCCBCACABBBABABBCCACBAAABAAACABCA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBCCCAAACCACAABCBBCABBABCACCACACCBBCBCACBABABCBCBBAABC.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:980
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CAABCCABCACBBCBCAAAACBBAABACABAACBCBCABBBCBBAABBBBCABBCABACCBBBACACCBCCCCBCACABBBABABBCCACBAAABAAACABCA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBCCCAAACCACAABCBBCABBABCACCACACCBBCBCACBABABCBCBBAABC.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2272
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CBAABBCBAAACAABCABCCABCABAABCCBCBBCCCCCCBBABCCABBBA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBCCCAAACCACAABCBBCABBABCACCACACCBBCBCACBABABCBCBBAABC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CBAABBCBAAACAABCABCCABCABAABCCBCBBCCCCCCBBABCCABBBA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1428
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_CBAABBCBAAACAABCABCCABCABAABCCBCBBCCCCCCBBABCCABBBA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBCCCAAACCACAABCBBCABBABCACCACACCBBCBCACBABABCBCBBAABC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CBAABBCBAAACAABCABCCABCABAABCCBCBBCCCCCCBBABCCABBBA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2032
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CBAABBCBAAACAABCABCCABCABAABCCBCBBCCCCCCBBABCCABBBA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3204
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_CBAABBCBAAACAABCABCCABCABAABCCBCBBCCCCCCBBABCCABBBA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:696
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBCCCAAACCACAABCBBCABBABCACCACACCBBCBCACBABABCBCBBAABC.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBCCCAAACCACAABCBBCABBABCACCACACCBBCBCACBABABCBCBBAABC.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:2464
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:2456
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCCABCAAABBABBCACBBBABCBBCBAABACBAABACACCAABCCCAAABACAB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCCABCAAABBABBCACBBBABCBBCBAABACBAABACACCAABCCCAAABACAB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3868
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBCCCAAACCACAABCBBCABBABCACCACACCBBCBCACBABABCBCBBAABC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBCCCAAACCACAABCBBCABBABCACCACACCBBCBCACBABABCBCBBAABC.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:748

    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 2457ca058055cd5c368b943863631c1ea4ad94b332743b6241f1fe54656bb394
          • 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 976KB
          • SHA256 93310a2b08207a25cc26daaa0d95d00ec0a24e8020c5b6e7b9180aed72a0b990
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\shared_proto_db\metadata\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 a85af680ec90efe23da6e6753f6f21b9efd9f34e2180ee33c6cea3f86a4ce670
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ConnectJoin\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 721080f762877084a825054e3cf04129f4f0c64a7a49e821af3b071e03fcc22b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 292e27250989b257de88ba2b8e6066a88c2d7e9157ce5e53395142289507808a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 f91180c96fce623d5c025e4953d037a79419d649c30029f5231c2a25756c72d2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 43ed44c290af572b7cbca84e5710f51163abb73aed47db4eb885b4c3401f05bf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 adf3aed5c06057943c9405a3783dff490fa5638a2aaa1b94192993e87ed792f8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 4ac7963fa69449ef6534bfabe5c0ef3f7be1a7f73f7fbd0da4ef48b9ae851bdb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 3afc8177099b97f6176d6097ed3b869c8bcc255c64973fdd150de782fa54cebb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_CBBCCCAAACCACAABCBBCABBABCACCACACCBBCBCACBABABCBCBBAABC.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBCCCAAACCACAABCBBCABBABCACCACACCBBCBCACBABABCBCBBAABC.exe
          • Size 368KB
          • SHA256 9eb5ae66c84eb811b953e0d386043ddfd813c782146ff96399163094d1a9c11c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 38847791d1cc0d6722fb96173d27a8c2112305d9d6c3d612078995ed6f4c9163
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 295dd175884e21892c6b5459a35bd4be4d7cb8fafaef5f3ccab08ce47a315035
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/748-81-0x00000000000E0000-0x0000000000101000-memory.dmp

          memory/2464-33-0x00000000000E0000-0x0000000000101000-memory.dmp

          memory/2464-23-0x00000000000E0000-0x0000000000101000-memory.dmp

          memory/3868-78-0x0000000000120000-0x0000000000141000-memory.dmp

          memory/4788-0-0x00000000007B0000-0x00000000007D1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4788-7-0x00000000007B0000-0x00000000007D1000-memory.dmp