Analysis

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

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    25/08/2026, 08:30

General

  • Target
    2026-08-24_87adf9ca1f220f9341b0132df266d94d_elex_icedid_vidar.exe
  • Size 722KB
  • Sample260825-kd8mcsvydt
  • SHA256 ccd17e602567078c67f2dee328357816bc54ace258cb163b8ae5dbaa4d421622
  • 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 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 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-24_87adf9ca1f220f9341b0132df266d94d_elex_icedid_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-24_87adf9ca1f220f9341b0132df266d94d_elex_icedid_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:1216
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_AAACBCCABACCABBBACACCAABBAAAAACACAAACCCAAABCCBCCCABABACAABBBBBABCBABAAACCCCCBCBCCCBCCABCCCAAACBACCCACCB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAACBBCCBBBABACCBACBBCCCABCBACCCCCBCAAABBCCCBABCBAABBA.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:5952
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_AAACBCCABACCABBBACACCAABBAAAAACACAAACCCAAABCCBCCCABABACAABBBBBABCBABAAACCCCCBCBCCCBCCABCCCAAACBACCCACCB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAACBBCCBBBABACCBACBBCCCABCBACCCCCBCAAABBCCCBABCBAABBA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4448
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_AAABCBCCCBACABAABBACCCCCCBACCAABCACBAACBCBAACCABACB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAACBBCCBBBABACCBACBBCCCABCBACCCCCBCAAABBCCCBABCBAABBA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_AAABCBCCCBACABAABBACCCCCCBACCAABCACBAACBCBAACCABACB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1068
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_AAABCBCCCBACABAABBACCCCCCBACCAABCACBAACBCBAACCABACB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAACBBCCBBBABACCBACBBCCCABCBACCCCCBCAAABBCCCBABCBAABBA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_AAABCBCCCBACABAABBACCCCCCBACCAABCACBAACBCBAACCABACB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4268
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_AAABCBCCCBACABAABBACCCCCCBACCAABCACBAACBCBAACCABACB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4936
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_AAABCBCCCBACABAABBACCCCCCBACCAABCACBAACBCBAACCABACB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4996
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAACBBCCBBBABACCBACBBCCCABCBACCCCCBCAAABBCCCBABCBAABBA.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAACBBCCBBBABACCBACBBCCCABCBACCCCCBCAAABBCCCBABCBAABBA.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:3104
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:4560
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAACBBCCBBBABACCBACBBCCCABCBACCCCCBCAAABBCCCBABCBAABBA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAACBBCCBBBABACCBACBBCCCABCBACCCCCBCAAABBCCCBABCBAABBA.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:4184
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BACBABAACBBBAAAACCBBACAACABCBBBCCCBAACAAABCCCBAACBACBAC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BACBABAACBBBAAAACCBBACAACABCBBBCCCBAACAAABCCCBAACBACBAC.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:748

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          CompareMount.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\CompareMount.exe
          • Size 2.4MB
          • SHA256 a823a9df66e6b3bf0b06096e139c00c2af1f684240ce9e71a6a1b38ff477977b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          CompareMount.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\CompareMount.exe
          • Size 4.5MB
          • SHA256 1a25f456766b3cf1a5eab8bd7509bdc33cbb842d7e6b2603f4fda7af2fdcd7aa
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          CompareMount.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\CompareMount.exe
          • Size 5.2MB
          • SHA256 523d8c015003bdb54453ac842b31650fd7aa4b7c684a4fd3730c7ee6c8a6729c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          CompareMount.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\CompareMount.exe
          • Size 5.9MB
          • SHA256 e5a23c46937ed1da77ab9354b84547efa7ef4e1e12fe031f019406dc8a1470db
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          CompareMount.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\CompareMount.exe
          • Size 6.6MB
          • SHA256 34e9842316e5d284447ae08d28d77f6df7c45575d7a582591fa8561b7f280145
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 c81ffe5112d88c8591736d97abafd64cc6efad43ff740e96a73ed9272ac094ba
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 3d66d230b476d81235ff84a38eeb01fb488fcf03668ee5bd811300c164658be8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 26b99edbf910ece7719d3eb545dca91c63a029f07138bd075d9bfa1cf6bb18ec
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 345fe9ee323c0b62e48a4f7084ebb85ff7b5a0cbcaf6fc66f6049169c8cba6e6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_ABAACBBCCBBBABACCBACBBCCCABCBACCCCCBCAAABBCCCBABCBAABBA.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAACBBCCBBBABACCBACBBCCCABCBACCCCCBCAAABBCCCBABCBAABBA.exe
          • Size 722KB
          • SHA256 ccd17e602567078c67f2dee328357816bc54ace258cb163b8ae5dbaa4d421622
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1216-35-0x0000000000D50000-0x0000000000D71000-memory.dmp

          memory/1216-61-0x0000000000D50000-0x0000000000D71000-memory.dmp

          memory/1216-0-0x0000000000D50000-0x0000000000D71000-memory.dmp

          memory/1216-23-0x0000000000D50000-0x0000000000D71000-memory.dmp

          memory/1216-12-0x0000000000D50000-0x0000000000D71000-memory.dmp

          memory/3104-49-0x0000000000380000-0x00000000003A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3104-34-0x0000000000380000-0x00000000003A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3104-73-0x0000000000380000-0x00000000003A1000-memory.dmp