Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    142s
  • 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, 17:13

General

  • Target
    2026-08-27_59140739a549f7bb56c852c48869499e_elex_glassworm_stop_vidar.exe
  • Size 28.6MB
  • Sample260827-vrtepsxxht
  • SHA256 c39ba8ff9186e48690b5b6d8f2a26356198b05395d51709e24fab9189c916085
  • 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\2026-08-27_59140739a549f7bb56c852c48869499e_elex_glassworm_stop_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-27_59140739a549f7bb56c852c48869499e_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:5328
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BAABBCBCCCBAACBAABBABBACCABBCBBCBCBBBBBAAABACAAACBCBAAABABBABCBABBBCCAABBBBCCCBABCCBCCCBBBBCACAAACABCAA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAAAABCBBBABACBBBBCBCAABCCCBBAABABCABCBBCBBABABBBCCABCA.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:1364
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BAABBCBCCCBAACBAABBABBACCABBCBBCBCBBBBBAAABACAAACBCBAAABABBABCBABBBCCAABBBBCCCBABCCBCCCBBBBCACAAACABCAA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAAAABCBBBABACBBBBCBCAABCCCBBAABABCABCBBCBBABABBBCCABCA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2908
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_ABCBCACCCCBBCCACABAABBAACBCAAABABABBBCCCBCCBCCCACAB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAAAABCBBBABACBBBBCBCAABCCCBBAABABCABCBBCBBABABBBCCABCA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ABCBCACCCCBBCCACABAABBAACBCAAABABABBBCCCBCCBCCCACAB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1564
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_ABCBCACCCCBBCCACABAABBAACBCAAABABABBBCCCBCCBCCCACAB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAAAABCBBBABACBBBBCBCAABCCCBBAABABCABCBBCBBABABBBCCABCA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ABCBCACCCCBBCCACABAABBAACBCAAABABABBBCCCBCCBCCCACAB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1560
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_ABCBCACCCCBBCCACABAABBAACBCAAABABABBBCCCBCCBCCCACAB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1596
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_ABCBCACCCCBBCCACABAABBAACBCAAABABABBBCCCBCCBCCCACAB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1556
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAAAABCBBBABACBBBBCBCAABCCCBBAABABCABCBBCBBABABBBCCABCA.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAAAABCBBBABACBBBBCBCAABCCCBBAABABCABCBBCBBABABBBCCABCA.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:420
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:5480
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CAABBAABBCCBCABABBCABCAABCACABBABCBBCBCBBABACABCABCAACA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CAABBAABBCCBCABABBCABCAABCACABBABCBBCBCBBABACABCABCAACA.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:6020
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAAAABCBBBABACBBBBCBCAABCCCBBAABABCABCBBCBBABABBBCCABCA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAAAABCBBBABACBBBBCBCAABCCCBBAABABCABCBBCBBABABBBCCABCA.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2972

    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 abbc71a77405f396d3de61479205fd1cdb984edbbed7d927d2f1d37e03199a56
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Network Inspection System\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 30d60fa4bc06ead1a6ea1edbc88fc731c8301cdea0a41604f782a514614a5b11
          • 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 29.2MB
          • SHA256 0696e31f2ce2a1461f5221bef5d605936b209e787e56395dfc74a4da40b3551b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{6DB765A8-05AF-49A1-A71D-6F645EE3CE41}v14.30.30704\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 79229706223490408851582327e6cf17719820c02febf18aee8df6938f388fc3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Code Cache\js\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 369f7341d7028320cba331da25ec937c07c2bb3f16da6a7dd4e344cce1c08f3a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\prs-AF\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 42b143f8afba67cb03afff9fe31c1105c3e0b38319423ae521ce4daf9a2a9eac
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\windows_ie_ac_001\AC\INetHistory\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 2806d18440ef0c3353e007b30ad9e7c83e04efc769fba960e3f3856979719a7c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 6a6d448543798a89221d668f0df5f3c12a495866e4fcfe66daf8339da921758d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 746ee33aa6acc5e7a1931cc32a5e681416bb7e27bf8c3cb55cf304c970941f91
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 c52e5cb40d14ffdf8592863519251306b7ac8625a2d47b67ea0163933203471c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_AAAAABCBBBABACBBBBCBCAABCCCBBAABABCABCBBCBBABABBBCCABCA.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAAAABCBBBABACBBBBCBCAABCCCBBAABABCABCBBCBBABABBBCCABCA.exe
          • Size 28.6MB
          • SHA256 c39ba8ff9186e48690b5b6d8f2a26356198b05395d51709e24fab9189c916085
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 6e5c1e1ce35d96d1f960cd9c72981b1162c9634afd64d6fd358d937b3a88c0ed
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 0a4e21fcfae6f6f94da921a4c4141dbcaba0bda1406d5a5f8851b54433d616fd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/420-31-0x0000000000620000-0x0000000000641000-memory.dmp

          memory/2972-905-0x0000000000620000-0x0000000000641000-memory.dmp

          memory/5328-0-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000A41000-memory.dmp

          memory/5328-7-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000A41000-memory.dmp

          memory/6020-78-0x0000000000280000-0x00000000002A1000-memory.dmp