Malware Analysis Report

2025-08-05 23:04

Sample ID 240412-dkawcagd7t
Target eefa6d65ae3c059aeda47da1b1ebe5f3_JaffaCakes118
SHA256 6c1287c0a1d7c8912b6e7eb6588921931e7f5e0b108ed6e87a7fa796bdcc6137
Tags
themida zgrat evasion rat trojan
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

6c1287c0a1d7c8912b6e7eb6588921931e7f5e0b108ed6e87a7fa796bdcc6137

Threat Level: Known bad

The file eefa6d65ae3c059aeda47da1b1ebe5f3_JaffaCakes118 was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

themida zgrat evasion rat trojan

Detect ZGRat V1

ZGRat

Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)

Themida packer

Checks BIOS information in registry

Checks whether UAC is enabled

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-04-12 03:03

Signatures

Themida packer

themida
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-04-12 03:03

Reported

2024-04-12 03:06

Platform

win7-20240221-en

Max time kernel

149s

Max time network

155s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eefa6d65ae3c059aeda47da1b1ebe5f3_JaffaCakes118.exe"

Signatures

Detect ZGRat V1

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

ZGRat

rat zgrat

Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__ C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eefa6d65ae3c059aeda47da1b1ebe5f3_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Checks BIOS information in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eefa6d65ae3c059aeda47da1b1ebe5f3_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eefa6d65ae3c059aeda47da1b1ebe5f3_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Themida packer

themida
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Checks whether UAC is enabled

evasion trojan
Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eefa6d65ae3c059aeda47da1b1ebe5f3_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eefa6d65ae3c059aeda47da1b1ebe5f3_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eefa6d65ae3c059aeda47da1b1ebe5f3_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eefa6d65ae3c059aeda47da1b1ebe5f3_JaffaCakes118.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eefa6d65ae3c059aeda47da1b1ebe5f3_JaffaCakes118.exe"

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
RU 45.138.157.149:59227 tcp
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Files

memory/2072-0-0x0000000000AA0000-0x00000000012B4000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-1-0x00000000771D0000-0x00000000772E0000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-3-0x00000000771D0000-0x00000000772E0000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-4-0x00000000771D0000-0x00000000772E0000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-5-0x00000000771D0000-0x00000000772E0000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-7-0x00000000771D0000-0x00000000772E0000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-6-0x0000000075730000-0x0000000075777000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-9-0x00000000771D0000-0x00000000772E0000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-11-0x00000000771D0000-0x00000000772E0000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-13-0x00000000771D0000-0x00000000772E0000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-2-0x00000000771D0000-0x00000000772E0000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-14-0x00000000771D0000-0x00000000772E0000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-15-0x00000000771D0000-0x00000000772E0000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-17-0x00000000771D0000-0x00000000772E0000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-19-0x00000000776F0000-0x00000000776F2000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-18-0x00000000771D0000-0x00000000772E0000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-16-0x00000000771D0000-0x00000000772E0000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-20-0x0000000074700000-0x0000000074DEE000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-21-0x0000000000AA0000-0x00000000012B4000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-22-0x00000000002D0000-0x0000000000310000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-24-0x0000000000AA0000-0x00000000012B4000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-25-0x00000000771D0000-0x00000000772E0000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-26-0x0000000075730000-0x0000000075777000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-27-0x00000000771D0000-0x00000000772E0000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-29-0x00000000771D0000-0x00000000772E0000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-28-0x00000000771D0000-0x00000000772E0000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-31-0x00000000771D0000-0x00000000772E0000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-32-0x00000000771D0000-0x00000000772E0000-memory.dmp

memory/2072-33-0x0000000074700000-0x0000000074DEE000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-04-12 03:03

Reported

2024-04-12 03:06

Platform

win10v2004-20240226-en

Max time kernel

154s

Max time network

162s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eefa6d65ae3c059aeda47da1b1ebe5f3_JaffaCakes118.exe"

Signatures

Detect ZGRat V1

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

ZGRat

rat zgrat

Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__ C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eefa6d65ae3c059aeda47da1b1ebe5f3_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Checks BIOS information in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eefa6d65ae3c059aeda47da1b1ebe5f3_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eefa6d65ae3c059aeda47da1b1ebe5f3_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Themida packer

themida
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Checks whether UAC is enabled

evasion trojan
Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eefa6d65ae3c059aeda47da1b1ebe5f3_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eefa6d65ae3c059aeda47da1b1ebe5f3_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eefa6d65ae3c059aeda47da1b1ebe5f3_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eefa6d65ae3c059aeda47da1b1ebe5f3_JaffaCakes118.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eefa6d65ae3c059aeda47da1b1ebe5f3_JaffaCakes118.exe"

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=asset_store.mojom.AssetStoreService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=asset_store_service --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3940 --field-trial-handle=2232,i,11267738607351977302,107266978269557304,262144 --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 249.197.17.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 209.205.72.20.in-addr.arpa udp
RU 45.138.157.149:59227 tcp
RU 45.138.157.149:59227 tcp
RU 45.138.157.149:59227 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 19.229.111.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 103.169.127.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 56.126.166.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 24.139.73.23.in-addr.arpa udp
RU 45.138.157.149:59227 tcp
RU 45.138.157.149:59227 tcp
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US 8.8.8.8:53 240.197.17.2.in-addr.arpa udp
RU 45.138.157.149:59227 tcp
RU 45.138.157.149:59227 tcp
RU 45.138.157.149:59227 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 172.210.232.199.in-addr.arpa udp
RU 45.138.157.149:59227 tcp
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US 8.8.8.8:53 chromewebstore.googleapis.com udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 chromewebstore.googleapis.com udp
GB 172.217.16.234:443 chromewebstore.googleapis.com tcp
RU 45.138.157.149:59227 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 234.16.217.172.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

memory/2044-0-0x00000000003C0000-0x0000000000BD4000-memory.dmp

memory/2044-1-0x0000000077070000-0x0000000077160000-memory.dmp

memory/2044-2-0x0000000077070000-0x0000000077160000-memory.dmp

memory/2044-3-0x0000000077070000-0x0000000077160000-memory.dmp

memory/2044-4-0x0000000077070000-0x0000000077160000-memory.dmp

memory/2044-5-0x0000000077070000-0x0000000077160000-memory.dmp

memory/2044-6-0x0000000077070000-0x0000000077160000-memory.dmp

memory/2044-7-0x0000000077070000-0x0000000077160000-memory.dmp

memory/2044-8-0x0000000077070000-0x0000000077160000-memory.dmp

memory/2044-9-0x00000000776F4000-0x00000000776F6000-memory.dmp

memory/2044-12-0x00000000003C0000-0x0000000000BD4000-memory.dmp

memory/2044-13-0x0000000005D50000-0x0000000006368000-memory.dmp

memory/2044-14-0x00000000057A0000-0x00000000057B2000-memory.dmp

memory/2044-15-0x0000000005800000-0x000000000583C000-memory.dmp

memory/2044-16-0x0000000005840000-0x000000000588C000-memory.dmp

memory/2044-17-0x00000000059E0000-0x0000000005AEA000-memory.dmp

memory/2044-19-0x00000000003C0000-0x0000000000BD4000-memory.dmp

memory/2044-20-0x0000000077070000-0x0000000077160000-memory.dmp

memory/2044-21-0x0000000077070000-0x0000000077160000-memory.dmp

memory/2044-23-0x0000000077070000-0x0000000077160000-memory.dmp

memory/2044-24-0x0000000077070000-0x0000000077160000-memory.dmp

memory/2044-25-0x0000000077070000-0x0000000077160000-memory.dmp

memory/2044-26-0x0000000077070000-0x0000000077160000-memory.dmp

memory/2044-27-0x0000000077070000-0x0000000077160000-memory.dmp

memory/2044-28-0x0000000077070000-0x0000000077160000-memory.dmp