Overview

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Static

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2026-08-18...ar.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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2026-08-18...ar.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    126s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    18/08/2026, 20:20

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General

  • Target
    2026-08-18_a6ebf967d90a7e006136e8c7eaaee782_elex_stop_vidar.exe
  • Size 689KB
  • Sample260818-y4mdpsbb95
  • SHA256 82ad78668f33641b669abc415fc07e209a4710c5cfd607c28a0da2ec7c2ce6f6
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
discoveryexecutionpersistenceprivilege_escalationspywarestealer

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 4 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.

    persistenceprivilege_escalation
  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
    persistenceexecution
  • 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.

    spywarestealer
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
    persistence
  • 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.

    execution
  • 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.

    discovery
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

    persistenceexecution
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-18_a6ebf967d90a7e006136e8c7eaaee782_elex_stop_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-18_a6ebf967d90a7e006136e8c7eaaee782_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:1624
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BCCBBACCAAAAAABCACACABACAABABBCBBBAAACBAABCCCCCCACBCCABACBCAABCCACBACABCBBBAABBBBAAAABABCABCAABACACCCBB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAABAACBAAABAAACAABBBABCBBAACAABBBCBCABAACCCCCACAAABCAB.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:668
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BCCBBACCAAAAAABCACACABACAABABBCBBBAAACBAABCCCCCCACBCCABACBCAABCCACBACABCBBBAABBBBAAAABABCABCAABACACCCBB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAABAACBAAABAAACAABBBABCBBAACAABBBCBCABAACCCCCACAAABCAB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2364
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_AACABAAABABBCBBBBCBBCCCCABAAABACABABCBACBBAABCBCCCB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAABAACBAAABAAACAABBBABCBBAACAABBBCBCABAACCCCCACAAABCAB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_AACABAAABABBCBBBBCBBCCCCABAAABACABABCBACBBAABCBCCCB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5200
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_AACABAAABABBCBBBBCBBCCCCABAAABACABABCBACBBAABCBCCCB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAABAACBAAABAAACAABBBABCBBAACAABBBCBCABAACCCCCACAAABCAB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_AACABAAABABBCBBBBCBBCCCCABAAABACABABCBACBBAABCBCCCB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5800
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_AACABAAABABBCBBBBCBBCCCCABAAABACABABCBACBBAABCBCCCB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1816
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_AACABAAABABBCBBBBCBBCCCCABAAABACABABCBACBBAABCBCCCB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4116
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAABAACBAAABAAACAABBBABCBBAACAABBBCBCABAACCCCCACAAABCAB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAABAACBAAABAAACAABBBABCBBAACAABBBCBCABAACCCCCACAAABCAB.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:3348
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:3452
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABACBCACCBBCABAAABAAACCAAAABCACAAACACCCBABCCBCACABABABC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABACBCACCBBCABAAABAAACCAAAABCACAAACACCCBABCCBCACABABABC.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1200
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAABAACBAAABAAACAABBBABCBBAACAABBBCBCABAACCCCCACAAABCAB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAABAACBAAABAAACAABBBABCBBAACAABBBCBCABAACCCCCACAAABCAB.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5660

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

          Reconnaissance

          Resource Development

          Initial Access

          Execution

          Command and Scripting Interpreter

          1
          T1059

          Windows Command Shell

          1
          T1059.003

          Scheduled Task/Job

          1
          T1053

          Scheduled Task

          1
          T1053.005

          System Services

          1
          T1569

          Service Execution

          1
          T1569.002

          Persistence

          Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

          2
          T1547

          Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

          2
          T1547.001

          Create or Modify System Process

          1
          T1543

          Windows Service

          1
          T1543.003

          Scheduled Task/Job

          1
          T1053

          Scheduled Task

          1
          T1053.005

          Privilege Escalation

          Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

          2
          T1547

          Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

          2
          T1547.001

          Create or Modify System Process

          1
          T1543

          Windows Service

          1
          T1543.003

          Scheduled Task/Job

          1
          T1053

          Scheduled Task

          1
          T1053.005

          Defense Evasion

          Modify Registry

          1
          T1112

          Credential Access

          Credentials from Password Stores

          1
          T1555

          Credentials from Web Browsers

          1
          T1555.003

          Unsecured Credentials

          1
          T1552

          Credentials In Files

          1
          T1552.001

          Discovery

          System Location Discovery

          1
          T1614

          System Language Discovery

          1
          T1614.001

          Lateral Movement

          Collection

          Data from Local System

          1
          T1005

          Command and Control

          Exfiltration

          Impact

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          Downloads

          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\UEV\Templates\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 d0ced3f8511a7556129fd32a53c26f2761e9a0a379da2afae3db0527ebeaf772
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          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 1.3MB
          • SHA256 faa69ed9ef1c3382d51bc4020b08f1bc105fc266994731b5705ea0955fcd5c62
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{B175520C-86A2-35A7-8619-86DC379688B9}v11.0.61030\packages\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 90ea0b94f0e457f890df72e9d9cbbb92936a3dc31dfc9df1e2cb5b0830cbc4f8
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\ProgramData\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 6c7207f06f14afbba11ac23708ed7d7209566c53e34b32d53e0eba6fa584ca6b
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad\attachments\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 e28e3775f28cb9e85d508a8478084ca73212da8a633e07c57aa02f60848ad0fa
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\INetCookies\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 5ff940c20dbdddb4a545c380b4b86c51bb3d397e05a59256fd632e42caa96b2e
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 fb580c9bee99f0071c8bc427297ff496f922519cbb2e7b8f0e5049a7c19e7744
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 9cb41aff4997adfa4c3cd6ff1c4cf03b995c1be2c339baefb1fce0716935d6b1
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 60945dab36bf0302d5dc7d7f95b088babf856146635da770aea8f04e45454549
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Windows PowerShell\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 1d01ba08494b20be6945ec98dafbeb51287b8340718863d37c77557f62515b71
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          svchost_BAABAACBAAABAAACAABBBABCBBAACAABBBCBCABAACCCCCACAAABCAB.exe
          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAABAACBAAABAAACAABBBABCBBAACAABBBCBCABAACCCCCACAAABCAB.exe
          • Size 689KB
          • SHA256 82ad78668f33641b669abc415fc07e209a4710c5cfd607c28a0da2ec7c2ce6f6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
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          virus_log.txt
          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 4de706118506ad612489593e2599a3c54df1440cb491ec900bafcf1c932fbb54
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
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          virus_log.txt
          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 ab25c6207d184228728c41a24d75b70aeb78d939c9bfa95c7619b1bf51328e9c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
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          memory/1200-78-0x00000000009F0000-0x0000000000A11000-memory.dmp
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          memory/1624-0-0x0000000000760000-0x0000000000781000-memory.dmp
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          memory/1624-7-0x0000000000760000-0x0000000000781000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3348-31-0x0000000000ED0000-0x0000000000EF1000-memory.dmp
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          memory/5660-2380-0x0000000000ED0000-0x0000000000EF1000-memory.dmp
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