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Database Entry



ChromElevator


Vendor detections: 8


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: f4f408bb3a4aebebd5a225816afaaa0022da4763a8c8b046130bcbcf3e1bff84
SHA3-384 hash: 6f2c3464f8fe79299e415c81ba5c7391f0059fb92c5fdf0facfcab2b1c3ac0eb276fc626f5259f3368983f31d8a5c467
SHA1 hash: 5226f85c71cba73800a45c16d8f76e18b6ee5633
MD5 hash: 9f372d6604123258c94b2a178b983791
humanhash: seventeen-utah-florida-fanta
File name:nouveau_curriculum_vitae (11).vbs
Download: download sample
Signature ChromElevator
File size:9'067'534 bytes
First seen:2026-06-30 08:46:54 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Visual Basic Script (vbs) vbs
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 49152:FU4jIC0OIiGgmCgIpVKTyojLZUNQxUcZIadi4MkRl8RZkqTdRyYcIq+1:R
TLSH T15596E55B93D403EE11B2B106E84E396AF612C4BC6B3293652D58793D33B6634873E5F8
Magika vba
Reporter JAMESWT_WT
Tags:ChromElevator nouveau-curriculum-vitae vbs

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
81
Origin country :
IT IT
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug anti-vm crypto dropper evasive evasive expand fingerprint lolbin obfuscated reconnaissance zero-day
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
vbs
First seen:
2026-06-18T17:06:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-07-02T00:44:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
HEUR:Trojan.VBS.Generic HEUR:Trojan.Script.Generic HEUR:Trojan-Dropper.Script.Generic HEUR:Trojan-Downloader.Script.Generic
Gathering data
Threat name:
Text.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-05-31 12:07:05 UTC
File Type:
Text
AV detection:
4 of 24 (16.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:chromelevator family:xmrig adware defense_evasion discovery execution hacktool miner persistence spyware stealer upx
Behaviour
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Script User-Agent
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Runs ping.exe
Modifies registry class
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Kills process with taskkill
Enumerates system info in registry
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
Checks for VirtualBox DLLs, possible anti-VM trick
UPX packed file
Looks up external IP address via web service
Enumerates connected drives
Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2
Adds Run key to start application
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Loads dropped DLL
Executes dropped EXE
Deletes itself
Checks computer location settings
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
Badlisted process makes network request
XMRig Miner payload
Family: xmrig
Family: ChromElevator
Detects ChromElevator
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YARA Signatures


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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:dependsonpythonailib
Author:Tim Brown
Description:Hunts for dependencies on Python AI libraries
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
Rule name:test_Malaysia
Author:rectifyq
Description:Detects file containing malaysia string

File information


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