Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    128s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    19/08/2026, 02:03

General

  • Target
    2026-08-19_2b65015784fae32248dc4ceaed432762_elex_stop_vidar.exe
  • Size 21.5MB
  • Sample260819-cgnscscl4v
  • SHA256 12232c018d4fe94347b6ace31fd36bfc590bd607a9fa8b4c092a672b146a9ae6
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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.

  • 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\2026-08-19_2b65015784fae32248dc4ceaed432762_elex_stop_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-19_2b65015784fae32248dc4ceaed432762_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:3300
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ACACABBACBCACABCCCAAABCACCABBABABABAAAAACBBACCCCACACBBCAAAACABBBCAABACBABACBCACAAABABCACBACABAABACBCCBA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAABAACACBBBBCCBABBCBCBBBACAACBBAACACCACBABCCBBACBCCCB.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:632
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ACACABBACBCACABCCCAAABCACCABBABABABAAAAACBBACCCCACACBBCAAAACABBBCAABACBABACBCACAAABABCACBACABAABACBCCBA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAABAACACBBBBCCBABBCBCBBBACAACBBAACACCACBABCCBBACBCCCB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5792
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CAAAACCBBABCAACBCAAACBCCCACCCBACACCBCCAAAAACBCBBCAB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAABAACACBBBBCCBABBCBCBBBACAACBBAACACCACBABCCBBACBCCCB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CAAAACCBBABCAACBCAAACBCCCACCCBACACCBCCAAAAACBCBBCAB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2448
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_CAAAACCBBABCAACBCAAACBCCCACCCBACACCBCCAAAAACBCBBCAB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAABAACACBBBBCCBABBCBCBBBACAACBBAACACCACBABCCBBACBCCCB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CAAAACCBBABCAACBCAAACBCCCACCCBACACCBCCAAAAACBCBBCAB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2788
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CAAAACCBBABCAACBCAAACBCCCACCCBACACCBCCAAAAACBCBBCAB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5568
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_CAAAACCBBABCAACBCAAACBCCCACCCBACACCBCCAAAAACBCBBCAB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3584
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAABAACACBBBBCCBABBCBCBBBACAACBBAACACCACBABCCBBACBCCCB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAABAACACBBBBCCBABBCBCBBBACAACBBAACACCACBABCCBBACBCCCB.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:5948
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:6012
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAABAACACBBBBCCBABBCBCBBBACAACBBAACACCACBABCCBBACBCCCB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAABAACACBBBBCCBABBCBCBBBACAACBBAACACCACBABCCBBACBCCCB.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1092
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABBCACBBCBABBCCABCCBCBACCBCAAABBABACAAABBCBAABBCABCBAC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABBCACBBCBABBCCABCCBCBACCBCAAABBABACAAABBCBAABBCABCBAC.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2588

    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 cd32c63142ec0ea9c32c4f5448b249857b9fbcf005cf9fef31391977b24fad61
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\AppV\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 4bf2960b63b960e9ed8dfd455639adf7568ac0eef2039e840266349310fcbd66
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\AppRepository\Packages\Microsoft.Edge.GameAssist_1.0.3456.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 30e2131d38b402cf7c2ec0950e52e43e8259ee47b7c63ab2935f59414aef7de5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\AppRepository\Packages\NcsiUwpApp_1000.25128.1000.0_neutral_neutral_8wekyb3d8bbwe\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 d1b47a5de196037b8edb1e81e129caa989808f615a7a71bfefa78c2812b6092f
          • 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 22.1MB
          • SHA256 a18e0996f7a6a0c0f782479f8b111a29d86ecea15ded90777bd4d9635f371049
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{57a73df6-4ba9-4c1d-bbbb-517289ff6c13}\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 b11ff187a21212e50ed1396b031a76971d7cefea56c4dd17d4818c67921d725d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{CF2BEA3C-26EA-32F8-AA9B-331F7E34BA97}v11.0.61030\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 3a9560974b4649defebe78f95be6be3fe1264785469f3c786c011007ee2829ea
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge.Stable_8wekyb3d8bbwe\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 a31353242f070b599fbfa214b180c60f884d6fb157b204cadd71312649ddf83b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge.Stable_8wekyb3d8bbwe\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 76bcacedd64680a5ecdac804109e3c5123f055b9407fff77ec1504360bcf19bc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\gu\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 870bda5a11b1591341b31c6af19cbe0d26a14102ca7e4ced05340d7dc0c55d1c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\gu\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 ab126a9a084054fd9f561f4326751ca5ceb656f494ee73b657b3ed1e83deb55d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneNote\16.0\Backup\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 0cd03b4039b26eb97be6c099bf1b3693919203b96b0873f0476606db408cdb5b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStore\8TT423M4\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 4d5212650b806031d82dd8886ee329503d04459c6faf181c92ccc87ad51363ca
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\UserData\Low\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 b25e1001b641d79745da76f1fe8f60ad01f3de507be46c5ccbaeba30427623ae
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 4a570cba6e7c2095957b8ab9f9b40bd9fdabe4acaac397bf534cc50c89a942c5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 51fef4cb82ea97bc8a225b69e2c2eb71364d24940f667fd5aba9ed5fd70f04af
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 cb5fdab3f755eb6c8dde45e8e75f562d736d569d29f0af8e1e7e9a533540d8c5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 64ca897125aa184b998aa49aef5c9b91aa7002767ed5c7cb0809cf532d562777
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 6311b5c474e7627705a88f71560688027780358dd1c0478b672b5c24adc2e323
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_ABAABAACACBBBBCCBABBCBCBBBACAACBBAACACCACBABCCBBACBCCCB.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAABAACACBBBBCCBABBCBCBBBACAACBBAACACCACBABCCBBACBCCCB.exe
          • Size 21.5MB
          • SHA256 12232c018d4fe94347b6ace31fd36bfc590bd607a9fa8b4c092a672b146a9ae6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 03d58b133e28a172d14ee5538a77111dcf12e048a041d8d53271cb5ada593c7a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 f979b641b2c2b3fa80f734956278ddf9b16df60a13466af97c8ddab77ed14008
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 834B
          • SHA256 de08a3076c2e3587e61a4efd3c6ae71c5a4fbb794b492dc8a2d1b77a2bf5ca2b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/1092-1380-0x0000000000D50000-0x0000000000D71000-memory.dmp

          memory/3300-6-0x0000000000730000-0x0000000000751000-memory.dmp

          memory/5948-35-0x0000000000D50000-0x0000000000D71000-memory.dmp

          memory/5948-22-0x0000000000D50000-0x0000000000D71000-memory.dmp