Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    30/08/2026, 20:12

General

  • Target
    2026-08-30_29cb77a717c25a377090ef7b3dd7a17b_elex_stop.exe
  • Size 790KB
  • Sample260830-yy8dzsda79
  • SHA256 05472f8875f6c5f9de676732a99c5cfc454e93a51fcb61c38bd81e9e72d3edaa
  • 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\2026-08-30_29cb77a717c25a377090ef7b3dd7a17b_elex_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-30_29cb77a717c25a377090ef7b3dd7a17b_elex_stop.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:5804
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ABBAACBBCBBBBABCABBABCCBBACBCACBCCAABCBCBACCABACCBCBCCBBCACBACBACBABBBAAACABCCCABBCBABBBAAABBBACCACAACC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCBBCCCCCBCBCACBBACABACCABCBAACCCAAABBBABBBAAABAACABBB.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:2744
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ABBAACBBCBBBBABCABBABCCBBACBCACBCCAABCBCBACCABACCBCBCCBBCACBACBACBABBBAAACABCCCABBCBABBBAAABBBACCACAACC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCBBCCCCCBCBCACBBACABACCABCBAACCCAAABBBABBBAAABAACABBB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:6084
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CBBABCCABAACCBACCAABBABACBAAABCAACBACBBBBAABCCCCBBB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCBBCCCCCBCBCACBBACABACCABCBAACCCAAABBBABBBAAABAACABBB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CBBABCCABAACCBACCAABBABACBAAABCAACBACBBBBAABCCCCBBB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4056
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_CBBABCCABAACCBACCAABBABACBAAABCAACBACBBBBAABCCCCBBB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCBBCCCCCBCBCACBBACABACCABCBAACCCAAABBBABBBAAABAACABBB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CBBABCCABAACCBACCAABBABACBAAABCAACBACBBBBAABCCCCBBB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5548
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CBBABCCABAACCBACCAABBABACBAAABCAACBACBBBBAABCCCCBBB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4656
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_CBBABCCABAACCBACCAABBABACBAAABCAACBACBBBBAABCCCCBBB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3076
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCBBCCCCCBCBCACBBACABACCABCBAACCCAAABBBABBBAAABAACABBB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCBBCCCCCBCBCACBBACABACCABCBAACCCAAABBBABBBAAABAACABBB.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:1068
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:4416
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCAACBABCBACBCBCBACCAAACBCACABBBACBCBBBCCAAACCCBCCCBBC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCAACBABCBACBCBCBACCAAACBCACABBBACBCBBBCCAAACCCBCCCBBC.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5696
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCBBCCCCCBCBCACBBACABACCABCBAACCCAAABBBABBBAAABAACABBB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCBBCCCCCBCBCACBBACABACCABCBAACCCAAABBBABBBAAABAACABBB.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1448

    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 f2fed007291b7742e7193c6073c66d662dcf9ce575ec36fc5eca81f2d1395fa8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Office\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 8191414e518177aa8b0896234fc02ba58aae174e90920205fde098de93691833
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Clean Store\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 8b67283f9307fb922a1cc42284310c3da221be51e0d0bcecbbb5cf580adb6a20
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\ClipSVC\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 fb7108b40d1418f5db3dc031481ec824dc45b26043b66cfb17ae3d838749c001
          • 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 1.4MB
          • SHA256 6d3f890bb15b7d6a53462ac6b937e7f8ced94615dd5614b7a9f4e7aa0818dda6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\6.0\51\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 d87d89dfaba02c642533743b9667495cf7e3b96b6ef46b40403003e000282959
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\platforms\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 ccb23462b586f82bb2a4ea917a786d5e1232b1ca48e50b49f8e619003db5e756
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\Temp\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 afabbc4e0872b3989a0dca0b720ac8e042f608b4947a0a72398a89882d76ec11
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 9b9ac9d494c6b113db5e2b4d32a2efc9cac979cf5a0e09dacefc1b2298b8935e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 7635835c91e412e734cbbe3b3c39f86b611486f8fdf210ff4b2d1618ab547576
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 84d71965fbc2ff7d1f0949a4f35a41d1f4dea3c63fdc131e4a5ad05cf1487894
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 e54f16dcee95a4a6245e6ac585936a16d14992ec6c9a6cfbaaff4248ffc4526b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 42763bdfa765b4c56bf3e5ef49fc1e34444b926cf00dce4e283517d87da1d7fd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_CBCBBCCCCCBCBCACBBACABACCABCBAACCCAAABBBABBBAAABAACABBB.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCBBCCCCCBCBCACBBACABACCABCBAACCCAAABBBABBBAAABAACABBB.exe
          • Size 790KB
          • SHA256 05472f8875f6c5f9de676732a99c5cfc454e93a51fcb61c38bd81e9e72d3edaa
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 097cffccad8de93f360b4e19df3df0f7250a0c86b5b0a13ba37eeebeb5d59bdf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 5722fa0d342630f7861e1160aed49bcaf29b7a23f65e02660ef28672be6dcde6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/1068-31-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000041000-memory.dmp

          memory/1448-1314-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000041000-memory.dmp

          memory/5696-78-0x0000000000140000-0x0000000000161000-memory.dmp

          memory/5804-0-0x0000000000710000-0x0000000000731000-memory.dmp

          memory/5804-7-0x0000000000710000-0x0000000000731000-memory.dmp