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Database Entry



ChromElevator


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 9 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 7f9cccaa96b41f6637f6514b591f1c77eb36871c3e30c7ee3535a8846f29d2ae
SHA3-384 hash: 3dac5bec65e927490674d9f0379c259fd998de2a99cb797204bbb40a576dbc277bc41485e22cff352b886f6442536eeb
SHA1 hash: ea3aec5d98518bc2dc48c4637b0f5cf6f318ff09
MD5 hash: a2841a5e4970d459da91be474b63b7bc
humanhash: thirteen-winner-idaho-black
File name:ms.exe
Download: download sample
Signature ChromElevator
File size:830'976 bytes
First seen:2026-06-30 07:33:51 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash e6dca20011a213715b98fb416c7680c8 (1 x ChromElevator)
ssdeep 24576:5YVbw2S3hhT1JKGjX2AZs+n+pQ5euDBjcaRe:K1TS33y0X2GV+
TLSH T1E505BF55FFC164F1E6C10179A1EA3B375E38A6184325FED3E34859A4A8201E36A3E3DD
TrID 38.2% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
26.4% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
11.8% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
11.7% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
11.7% (.EXE) DOS Executable (generic) (2000/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:ChromElevator exe upx-dec


Avatar
abuse_ch
UPX decompressed file, sourced from SHA256 8400baab7be9483abd12a4e798febe2abb1597c1dc956b9fe7f6d1838a991ef8
File size (compressed) :386'048 bytes
File size (de-compressed) :830'976 bytes
Format:win32/pe
Packed file: 8400baab7be9483abd12a4e798febe2abb1597c1dc956b9fe7f6d1838a991ef8

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
136
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
ms.exe
Verdict:
Suspicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-06-30 07:38:34 UTC
Tags:
ip-check pastebin evasion

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Tags:
phishing emotet spam
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
DNS request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Running batch commands
Creating a process with a hidden window
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Deleting a recently created file
Creating a file
Creating a process from a recently created file
Searching for the window
Launching a service
Changing a file
Reading critical registry keys
Searching for the Windows task manager window
Launching a process
Launching the default Windows debugger (dwwin.exe)
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Stealing user critical data
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Launching a tool to kill processes
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-06-21T00:56:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-07-01T18:32:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stealer.sb HEUR:Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stealer.gen
Gathering data
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
60 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Connects to a pastebin service (likely for C&C)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
6 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout SFX 7z Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Yogi
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-06-21 05:27:37 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
22 of 36 (61.11%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
unc_loader_089
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
chromelevator
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:chromelevator defense_evasion discovery hacktool spyware stealer upx
Behaviour
Kills process with taskkill
Runs ping.exe
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
Enumerates physical storage devices
UPX packed file
Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2
Looks up external IP address via web service
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Downloads MZ/PE file
Detects ChromElevator
Family: ChromElevator
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
7f9cccaa96b41f6637f6514b591f1c77eb36871c3e30c7ee3535a8846f29d2ae
MD5 hash:
a2841a5e4970d459da91be474b63b7bc
SHA1 hash:
ea3aec5d98518bc2dc48c4637b0f5cf6f318ff09
Malware family:
ChromElevator
Verdict:
Malicious
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YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:BLOWFISH_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Detects Windows malware employing anti-VM / anti-sandbox evasion techniques across VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, QEMU, Xen, and generic sandbox environments
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:VECT_Ransomware
Author:Mustafa Bakhit
Description:Detects activity associated with VECT ransomware. This includes registry modifications and deletions, execution of system and defense-evasion commands, suspicious API usage, mutex creation, file and memory manipulation, ransomware note generation, anti-debugging and anti-analysis techniques, and embedded cryptographic constants (SHA256) characteristic of this malware family. Designed for threat intelligence and malware detection environments.
Rule name:with_urls
Author:Antonio Sanchez <asanchez@hispasec.com>
Description:Rule to detect the presence of an or several urls
Reference:http://laboratorio.blogs.hispasec.com/

File information


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ChromElevator

Executable exe 7f9cccaa96b41f6637f6514b591f1c77eb36871c3e30c7ee3535a8846f29d2ae

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