Overview

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2026-08-27...ar.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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2026-08-27...ar.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    114s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    27/08/2026, 05:14

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General

  • Target
    2026-08-27_fd3ce8da89d4ee49417325d25dfad59b_darkgate_elex_glassworm_stop_vidar.exe
  • Size 2.4MB
  • Sample260827-fxfcpszbpd
  • SHA256 9b1624782f1e33d21167cb329c16890e809af0b1f9220511eb0e6f83b6a90351
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
discoveryexecutionpersistence

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
    persistenceexecution
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • 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 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-27_fd3ce8da89d4ee49417325d25dfad59b_darkgate_elex_glassworm_stop_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-27_fd3ce8da89d4ee49417325d25dfad59b_darkgate_elex_glassworm_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:3492
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CBABABBACCABBBCACBCBBBAACBCCCACBABABCBCCBBCBBABBCBCAABBAAACABCAACACACAABABCBAABCBCCACAABAABCBBCACBCBACB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCABCCAABCCBAABAACAAACAACBBACABAABAABCBBCBAACAAABCAAAB.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:2400
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CBABABBACCABBBCACBCBBBAACBCCCACBABABCBCCBBCBBABBCBCAABBAAACABCAACACACAABABCBAABCBCCACAABAABCBBCACBCBACB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCABCCAABCCBAABAACAAACAACBBACABAABAABCBBCBAACAAABCAAAB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5840
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_AACBBACABACBCABBBBAAABBCACCCAACCCCAAACAAAABACCBBCCA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCABCCAABCCBAABAACAAACAACBBACABAABAABCBBCBAACAAABCAAAB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_AACBBACABACBCABBBBAAABBCACCCAACCCCAAACAAAABACCBBCCA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5584
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_AACBBACABACBCABBBBAAABBCACCCAACCCCAAACAAAABACCBBCCA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCABCCAABCCBAABAACAAACAACBBACABAABAABCBBCBAACAAABCAAAB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_AACBBACABACBCABBBBAAABBCACCCAACCCCAAACAAAABACCBBCCA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2780
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_AACBBACABACBCABBBBAAABBCACCCAACCCCAAACAAAABACCBBCCA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:6016
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_AACBBACABACBCABBBBAAABBCACCCAACCCCAAACAAAABACCBBCCA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:6088
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCABCCAABCCBAABAACAAACAACBBACABAABAABCBBCBAACAAABCAAAB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCABCCAABCCBAABAACAAACAACBBACABAABAABCBBCBAACAAABCAAAB.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:5180
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:1900
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCABCCAABCCBAABAACAAACAACBBACABAABAABCBBCBAACAAABCAAAB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCABCCAABCCBAABAACAAACAACBBACABAABAABCBBCBAACAAABCAAAB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:436
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCBCACCABCCCBABBCAACCACABCCCBCCCCACABCABBBCAAAABCCCCCAA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCBCACCABCCCBABBCAACCACABCCCBCCCCACABCABBBCAAAABCCCCCAA.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2160

    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

          1
          T1547

          Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

          1
          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

          1
          T1547

          Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

          1
          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

          Discovery

          System Location Discovery

          1
          T1614

          System Language Discovery

          1
          T1614.001

          Lateral Movement

          Collection

          Command and Control

          Exfiltration

          Impact

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          Downloads

          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 4b3fca28a115b538bba4eb53fe96f574463252dcf9c8cdd01d880daefaef2cc0
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 f21488382c9faa9382363ee5c7df58eb40a72bddb0cab716c807e9349c938ac4
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 67b7ffa0749135fda64dd016e351e109416ceeca39b242c3dce951a23019e69c
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 09da23ca23ce80bccdfedda677b07794112ce107e6ecbd6da38a6ea7edc73c80
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 76179b4397e0080f8993c7d112dabc9be2265ac0a16e9be567fdcf6f8c9130d3
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          svchost_CBCABCCAABCCBAABAACAAACAACBBACABAABAABCBBCBAACAAABCAAAB.exe
          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCABCCAABCCBAABAACAAACAACBBACABAABAABCBBCBAACAAABCAAAB.exe
          • Size 2.4MB
          • SHA256 9b1624782f1e33d21167cb329c16890e809af0b1f9220511eb0e6f83b6a90351
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
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          memory/436-66-0x00000000002F0000-0x0000000000311000-memory.dmp
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          memory/2160-74-0x00000000001A0000-0x00000000001C1000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3492-6-0x0000000000A60000-0x0000000000A81000-memory.dmp
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          memory/5180-22-0x00000000002F0000-0x0000000000311000-memory.dmp
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          memory/5180-35-0x00000000002F0000-0x0000000000311000-memory.dmp
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