Malware Analysis Report

2024-11-16 13:12

Sample ID 240625-mpaktaxfrq
Target 0dc2297a95541712a366874006cd4169_JaffaCakes118
SHA256 e62b9dbe692daccb617504ced6c110ba5babd6cf3c3283ef240d8f2c8d18a94d
Tags
sality backdoor evasion persistence privilege_escalation trojan upx
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

e62b9dbe692daccb617504ced6c110ba5babd6cf3c3283ef240d8f2c8d18a94d

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 0dc2297a95541712a366874006cd4169_JaffaCakes118 was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

sality backdoor evasion persistence privilege_escalation trojan upx

UAC bypass

Windows security bypass

Sality

Modifies Windows Firewall

Disables RegEdit via registry modification

Disables Task Manager via registry modification

UPX packed file

Windows security modification

Checks whether UAC is enabled

Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL

Program crash

Unsigned PE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

System policy modification

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-06-25 10:37

Signatures

Unsigned PE

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

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-06-25 10:37

Reported

2024-06-25 10:40

Platform

win7-20240220-en

Max time kernel

122s

Max time network

124s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0dc2297a95541712a366874006cd4169_JaffaCakes118.exe"

Signatures

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0dc2297a95541712a366874006cd4169_JaffaCakes118.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0dc2297a95541712a366874006cd4169_JaffaCakes118.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2156 -s 148

Network

N/A

Files

memory/2156-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042D000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-06-25 10:37

Reported

2024-06-25 10:40

Platform

win10v2004-20240508-en

Max time kernel

147s

Max time network

156s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0dc2297a95541712a366874006cd4169_JaffaCakes118.exe"

Signatures

Sality

backdoor sality

UAC bypass

evasion trojan
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0dc2297a95541712a366874006cd4169_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Windows security bypass

evasion trojan
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UpdatesDisableNotify = "1" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0dc2297a95541712a366874006cd4169_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UacDisableNotify = "1" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0dc2297a95541712a366874006cd4169_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusOverride = "1" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0dc2297a95541712a366874006cd4169_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0dc2297a95541712a366874006cd4169_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallDisableNotify = "1" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0dc2297a95541712a366874006cd4169_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallOverride = "1" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0dc2297a95541712a366874006cd4169_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Disables RegEdit via registry modification

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3558294865-3673844354-2255444939-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\system\DisableRegistryTools = "1" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0dc2297a95541712a366874006cd4169_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Disables Task Manager via registry modification

evasion

Modifies Windows Firewall

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe N/A

UPX packed file

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

Windows security modification

evasion trojan
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify = "1" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0dc2297a95541712a366874006cd4169_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallDisableNotify = "1" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0dc2297a95541712a366874006cd4169_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\FirewallOverride = "1" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0dc2297a95541712a366874006cd4169_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UpdatesDisableNotify = "1" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0dc2297a95541712a366874006cd4169_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\UacDisableNotify = "1" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0dc2297a95541712a366874006cd4169_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\Svc C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0dc2297a95541712a366874006cd4169_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Security Center\AntiVirusOverride = "1" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0dc2297a95541712a366874006cd4169_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Checks whether UAC is enabled

evasion trojan
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0dc2297a95541712a366874006cd4169_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL

persistence privilege_escalation
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe N/A
Key queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe N/A
Key value enumerated \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe N/A

System policy modification

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0dc2297a95541712a366874006cd4169_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0dc2297a95541712a366874006cd4169_JaffaCakes118.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0dc2297a95541712a366874006cd4169_JaffaCakes118.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe

netsh firewall set opmode disable

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

memory/2248-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042D000-memory.dmp

memory/2248-1-0x0000000002AA0000-0x0000000003AD2000-memory.dmp

memory/2248-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042D000-memory.dmp

memory/2248-3-0x0000000002AA0000-0x0000000003AD2000-memory.dmp