Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    143s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    05/09/2026, 17:43

General

  • Target
    2026-09-04_16b6d95b146b12bda369f082cd660371_elex_stop.exe
  • Size 2.8MB
  • Sample260905-waxapsfq3x
  • SHA256 6cbd6bb7526fa9d08c83641371bfca06a00353f1a1d23b8e03fc177af1b98e6d
  • 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\2026-09-04_16b6d95b146b12bda369f082cd660371_elex_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-04_16b6d95b146b12bda369f082cd660371_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:3452
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BCBBBACCAAAABCBCCBBCBBCACACABACBCCAACCAAAAAABABBBBCCBBCBCCABBBCACAAACCCACCCBACBAABACACCCABABABBCCBAAAAB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBACBABBBBAABCCBABCCBBBBACBABAAACAABBCCCACCBBAACCBCCBBA.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:3904
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BCBBBACCAAAABCBCCBBCBBCACACABACBCCAACCAAAAAABABBBBCCBBCBCCABBBCACAAACCCACCCBACBAABACACCCABABABBCCBAAAAB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBACBABBBBAABCCBABCCBBBBACBABAAACAABBCCCACCBBAACCBCCBBA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1828
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CCCCACCABAACCAACBAAAACAACABCABACCAABBACBACBABCABBBB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBACBABBBBAABCCBABCCBBBBACBABAAACAABBCCCACCBBAACCBCCBBA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CCCCACCABAACCAACBAAAACAACABCABACCAABBACBACBABCABBBB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2120
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_CCCCACCABAACCAACBAAAACAACABCABACCAABBACBACBABCABBBB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBACBABBBBAABCCBABCCBBBBACBABAAACAABBCCCACCBBAACCBCCBBA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CCCCACCABAACCAACBAAAACAACABCABACCAABBACBACBABCABBBB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1692
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CCCCACCABAACCAACBAAAACAACABCABACCAABBACBACBABCABBBB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3580
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_CCCCACCABAACCAACBAAAACAACABCABACCAABBACBACBABCABBBB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1388
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBACBABBBBAABCCBABCCBBBBACBABAAACAABBCCCACCBBAACCBCCBBA.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBACBABBBBAABCCBABCCBBBBACBABAAACAABBCCCACCBBAACCBCCBBA.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:3000
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:5904
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBACBABBBBAABCCBABCCBBBBACBABAAACAABBCCCACCBBAACCBCCBBA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBACBABBBBAABCCBABCCBBBBACBABAAACAABBCCCACCBBAACCBCCBBA.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:2528
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBAABACBBCBBBCCBCBABCCCBBCCCABCCCBCBBBBABCBCACABAACACA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBAABACBBCBBBCCBCBABCCCBBCCCABCCCBCBBBBABCBCACABAACACA.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4516

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 7ab873fe2f6d5c67b9cef943024af9da8006382e3fc5a922eeb84db53cc265ed
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 f9f6dead62bd851fa431ac6aa79390f6263d8a62da1007f38bdd5982e08a77ab
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 795a93e8a10bc74128e0e3c2988a3836e6f48c58473bc1b601971404db8d2f7d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 7ce6eb80e8f594950368ec0433f840e416d3ad0a763b19e0e49e35ebda394a24
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_BBACBABBBBAABCCBABCCBBBBACBABAAACAABBCCCACCBBAACCBCCBBA.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBACBABBBBAABCCBABCCBBBBACBABAAACAABBCCCACCBBAACCBCCBBA.exe
          • Size 2.8MB
          • SHA256 6cbd6bb7526fa9d08c83641371bfca06a00353f1a1d23b8e03fc177af1b98e6d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/3000-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

          memory/3000-37-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp