Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    07/09/2026, 15:39

General

  • Target
    2026-09-05_7ea55c75a7710a0d341fe2a18d12005f_elex_stop.exe
  • Size 582KB
  • Sample260907-s3tthack7t
  • SHA256 a8aa0bb0af3975ac04fa60d591a61e52af9df829b35ec928ea2236c37a90ffb3
  • 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 11 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • 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 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-05_7ea55c75a7710a0d341fe2a18d12005f_elex_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-05_7ea55c75a7710a0d341fe2a18d12005f_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:4108
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_AACCBCBBCAACCCCCABCBACBBCCCBBABBCABBCCCAAABCABBCCCCACBACCCCCBCCBBAAACBCABCCAAAABBCAABCBBABBCACCCAABACCC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABABAAABBAAABCCACCABABCABCACACABCAACCCCBAABABAABCCBAACB.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:4104
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_AACCBCBBCAACCCCCABCBACBBCCCBBABBCABBCCCAAABCABBCCCCACBACCCCCBCCBBAAACBCABCCAAAABBCAABCBBABBCACCCAABACCC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABABAAABBAAABCCACCABABCABCACACABCAACCCCBAABABAABCCBAACB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3752
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_ABCBCAAABACBCCCBABCBBBBCBCABBBBBAACBACCBCACABABACCB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABABAAABBAAABCCACCABABCABCACACABCAACCCCBAABABAABCCBAACB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ABCBCAAABACBCCCBABCBBBBCBCABBBBBAACBACCBCACABABACCB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2548
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_ABCBCAAABACBCCCBABCBBBBCBCABBBBBAACBACCBCACABABACCB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABABAAABBAAABCCACCABABCABCACACABCAACCCCBAABABAABCCBAACB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ABCBCAAABACBCCCBABCBBBBCBCABBBBBAACBACCBCACABABACCB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3148
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_ABCBCAAABACBCCCBABCBBBBCBCABBBBBAACBACCBCACABABACCB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3532
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_ABCBCAAABACBCCCBABCBBBBCBCABBBBBAACBACCBCACABABACCB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:544
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABABAAABBAAABCCACCABABCABCACACABCAACCCCBAABABAABCCBAACB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABABAAABBAAABCCACCABABCABCACACABCAACCCCBAABABAABCCBAACB.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:3020
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:628
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\calc.exe
        calc.exe
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        PID:3200
  • C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:4560
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCABABBACCBBACCAAABBAACCCACCAAAAABBCBCBCCBABCCBBABBBCC.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCABABBACCBBACCAAABBAACCCACCAAAAABBCBCBCCBABCCBBABBBCC.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2584
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABABAAABBAAABCCACCABABCABCACACABCAACCCCBAABABAABCCBAACB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABABAAABBAAABCCACCABABCABCACACABCAACCCCBAABABAABCCBAACB.exe
    1⤵
    • Creates a file in the Startup directory
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3728

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 02d262beeaf35bf57c015dc121a049f6714c77c07115738d7b2a93a990bd1f4d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        setup.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Setup\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-AC0F074E4100}\setup.exe
        • Size 1.0MB
        • SHA256 070e39a21e2f06da7ea9bb6544a67b88a47d823c92a97e1c78a8160c98150fbb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\AppRepository\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.CapturePicker_10.0.19041.1023_neutral__cw5n1h2txyewy\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 59ba6fa9ddf0e022762f9c9ab6f4e5eba0d8688642db603fe47d35a37345f26f
        • 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 e2e11af0e5eae28843927cf4eda8c11acaca1a0ee252dfa38555a400bfe8925b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Advertising.Xaml_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\Temp\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 66527c8913bdd026474b34635ae122df033374e344b902e6fbdb37d78f6e58e4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 280b82b9ee399a20ac40f622bc60c121fbc22dad54b8ccc9281f5cd27c7ecb36
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 c52c93779b71b593f147e02590abf237d77258023f9b89dde1f9cce09ff84c10
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 9f1c5f8758ffd24974bf7ce6cf199c8a948ebc7f46d0d954a9900508acf0ba62
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 f1a0dc282f8bc62fc3d4f9383c73295da24e053731ada9961902543e0d330a26
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 83ac323189b2ed3c6202fcf4437226c5ef549a13b401d477d4f71886d8077ec6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 f9e8eb14d69b02e493a318db5710f2b320a2db068859b5577e9cfcdcb5958ccd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        svchost_ABABAAABBAAABCCACCABABCABCACACABCAACCCCBAABABAABCCBAACB.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABABAAABBAAABCCACCABABCABCACACABCAACCCCBAABABAABCCBAACB.exe
        • Size 582KB
        • SHA256 a8aa0bb0af3975ac04fa60d591a61e52af9df829b35ec928ea2236c37a90ffb3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        virus_log.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
        • Size 934B
        • SHA256 1ae5c2b88c28a7c824bd3a73776d5926b11609e84892dc5be45c80fb8dfc7129
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/628-59-0x0000000004EB0000-0x0000000004EB1000-memory.dmp

        memory/2584-77-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

        memory/3020-36-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

        memory/3020-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

        memory/3728-80-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp