Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    124s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    03/10/2026, 16:32

General

  • Target
    2026-10-02_1af9ee7d052355d8e0537b5b6e9b9296_elex_icedid_vidar.exe
  • Size 1.2MB
  • Sample261003-t174saec38
  • SHA256 99e5b3ff7636914b5e8d9918c45233709c943e2b2abc13ce331b32aa4edb5550
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 4 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 4 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.

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 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 9 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-02_1af9ee7d052355d8e0537b5b6e9b9296_elex_icedid_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-02_1af9ee7d052355d8e0537b5b6e9b9296_elex_icedid_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:6008
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BCCCBACCCABBCAACBCABCCACABBBCBAABCCBCBCBBCCBCACBCAAAABCBBCCCBCBACCCABABABBCBCCBBCABACAABCACBCCCCBABCACB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAABBBBBBBBAAABCCAACACAAACABCCBCCCCABCABAABAAAAABBAACAC.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:3300
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BCCCBACCCABBCAACBCABCCACABBBCBAABCCBCBCBBCCBCACBCAAAABCBBCCCBCBACCCABABABBCBCCBBCABACAABCACBCCCCBABCACB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAABBBBBBBBAAABCCAACACAAACABCCBCCCCABCABAABAAAAABBAACAC.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:6108
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CACBCCCACCCCCCCBCABBBCBBABACBCAAACBACACAACBBCACACAA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAABBBBBBBBAAABCCAACACAAACABCCBCCCCABCABAABAAAAABBAACAC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CACBCCCACCCCCCCBCABBBCBBABACBCAAACBACACAACBBCACACAA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4480
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_CACBCCCACCCCCCCBCABBBCBBABACBCAAACBACACAACBBCACACAA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAABBBBBBBBAAABCCAACACAAACABCCBCCCCABCABAABAAAAABBAACAC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CACBCCCACCCCCCCBCABBBCBBABACBCAAACBACACAACBBCACACAA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1064
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CACBCCCACCCCCCCBCABBBCBBABACBCAAACBACACAACBBCACACAA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3160
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_CACBCCCACCCCCCCBCABBBCBBABACBCAAACBACACAACBBCACACAA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2388
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAABBBBBBBBAAABCCAACACAAACABCCBCCCCABCABAABAAAAABBAACAC.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAABBBBBBBBAAABCCAACACAAACABCCBCCCCABCABAABAAAAABBAACAC.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:1244
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:2468
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_AAACBBAABCABCAACBCCAABCCBBCAACBCCCBABACCAACABCACBABCAABBCAABACACBACBCBABBACCCACBBCBBCCBABCCBACCABAAAAAC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBCBCAABCAAAAACBBBCBBBBCBCBCBCBAAABBCABCCBBABBABBBBBBAA.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:3968
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_AAACBBAABCABCAACBCCAABCCBBCAACBCCCBABACCAACABCACBABCAABBCAABACACBACBCBABBACCCACBBCBBCCBABCCBACCABAAAAAC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBCBCAABCAAAAACBBBCBBBBCBCBCBCBAAABBCABCCBBABBABBBBBBAA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2328
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBCBCAABCAAAAACBBBCBBBBCBCBCBCBAAABBCABCCBBABBABBBBBBAA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBCBCAABCAAAAACBBBCBBBBCBCBCBCBAAABBCABCCBBABBABBBBBBAA.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5108
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAABBBBBBBBAAABCCAACACAAACABCCBCCCCABCABAABAAAAABBAACAC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAABBBBBBBBAAABCCAACACAAACABCCBCCCCABCABAABAAAAABBAACAC.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1800

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\AppRepository\Packages\Microsoft.LockApp_10.0.26100.1301_neutral__cw5n1h2txyewy\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 c6f0b14b714f4aaa60fe5dddd055ebc03c266c818aa9315cd6535691e7f71878
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          VC_redist.x86.exe

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{4d8dcf8c-a72a-43e1-9833-c12724db736e}\VC_redist.x86.exe
          • Size 1.8MB
          • SHA256 21e53f6d2e470228f1343a88b2f6192ac5407e528a184c4b0ce3464ec3fb18be
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\quz-PE\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 e408c5940c27aab6e1c00f7c44a6b743637e5b2513efa40608dc9d9b21a03bf1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.AAD.BrokerPlugin_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\INetHistory\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 608993d146edb5381e53520a24849f4a453f561c3338559eedd9ded912348569
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Background Tasks Profiles\rxulnd4i.MozillaBackgroundTask-308046B0AF4A39CB-defaultagent\datareporting\glean\db\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 467049f0aeacc273a04c02ec853775a237462abff0346a925bd41be8af839097
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 e5c1ab06aace3222e75c8de118c3f8a379a349a87fccafcd26cc1b8a6f91cd6a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 ac440f298c3403e7aa735da35295f271fab11a74cb57dc82adef6d0a2f3ede95
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 415f2b140143b99d73650616a14e8ec95ac052bb1c7155cdf884fea4d5a6b6ce
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 c280615e9bf956f018249ea4f01686297ba4aed164d666f5e17d8d68e2edd299
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 09c20618d100ab2dfccb6a92334c3b0c2684159fd7168b68773b73bba2cc41f1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 2f1d7ee77b9de48b7d5432f8d87097e9a12d4f3247838c6cc82e615498613e5e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_BAABBBBBBBBAAABCCAACACAAACABCCBCCCCABCABAABAAAAABBAACAC.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAABBBBBBBBAAABCCAACACAAACABCCBCCCCABCABAABAAAAABBAACAC.exe
          • Size 1.2MB
          • SHA256 99e5b3ff7636914b5e8d9918c45233709c943e2b2abc13ce331b32aa4edb5550
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 7d5fce3b8d3448cb9aa10e0c9401fe76a2379404b2af268156facc0e8f3a30ca
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 776B
          • SHA256 e8bb7dc4d05d1ab33c915a354b0f65d182b3a19a63a63e0e59d718bdc7407ae8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 ede5737dbf33f263cdfcdef989a18c3f327b22c7b58602791f2195a4a228634d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 9c78404052252385b76a38a734bad2176cd0cb1a889920a5d174b6d96554751b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 171de969314f6672c698452e650c64ebce4f37f0f5823929100881fa65421bd7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          memory/1244-33-0x0000000000760000-0x0000000000781000-memory.dmp

          memory/1800-1898-0x0000000000760000-0x0000000000781000-memory.dmp

          memory/5108-80-0x00000000002E0000-0x0000000000301000-memory.dmp

          memory/6008-6-0x00000000008E0000-0x0000000000901000-memory.dmp