Analysis Overview
SHA256
35a957c128cb8431e412fad3f0a71d392d5bad8433936a99909477a3b9c43bc4
Threat Level: Known bad
The file caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118 was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Formbook
Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
Formbook payload
Checks computer location settings
Windows security modification
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Unsigned PE
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2024-08-30 10:11
Signatures
Unsigned PE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-08-30 10:11
Reported
2024-08-30 10:13
Platform
win7-20240705-en
Max time kernel
119s
Max time network
120s
Command Line
Signatures
Formbook
Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection\DisableBehaviorMonitoring = "1" | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection\DisableOnAccessProtection = "1" | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection\DisableScanOnRealtimeEnable = "1" | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
Formbook payload
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Windows security modification
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Features | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Features\TamperProtection = "0" | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 2648 set thread context of 2196 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe |
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe | N/A |
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
"powershell" Get-MpPreference -verbose
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\pxZSGYPHdOLq" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp4579.tmp"
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe"
Network
Files
memory/2648-0-0x00000000748EE000-0x00000000748EF000-memory.dmp
memory/2648-1-0x0000000000C80000-0x0000000000D06000-memory.dmp
memory/2648-2-0x00000000003B0000-0x0000000000418000-memory.dmp
memory/2648-3-0x00000000748E0000-0x0000000074FCE000-memory.dmp
memory/2648-4-0x00000000002A0000-0x00000000002B8000-memory.dmp
memory/2648-5-0x00000000748EE000-0x00000000748EF000-memory.dmp
memory/2648-6-0x00000000748E0000-0x0000000074FCE000-memory.dmp
memory/2648-7-0x00000000043B0000-0x0000000004406000-memory.dmp
memory/2648-8-0x0000000000590000-0x0000000000596000-memory.dmp
memory/2648-9-0x00000000048C0000-0x00000000048F6000-memory.dmp
memory/3004-12-0x000000006F771000-0x000000006F772000-memory.dmp
memory/3004-13-0x000000006F770000-0x000000006FD1B000-memory.dmp
memory/3004-14-0x000000006F770000-0x000000006FD1B000-memory.dmp
memory/3004-15-0x000000006F770000-0x000000006FD1B000-memory.dmp
memory/3004-16-0x000000006F770000-0x000000006FD1B000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp4579.tmp
| MD5 | df5de2eb5771c40c87686b4e0bef3cc2 |
| SHA1 | 4bcc9e19c4b38ae0587c321e65a1383ffd102ac3 |
| SHA256 | ee153ad61f257d70c62dd60caaf568022a9d0659cad55e9a465e8ae2cb844437 |
| SHA512 | 83ff8378581734420ca10caa788c1b624fbfe1d8e69e9474941049d4af1b40e2a5a598963f33d2101ee04b05f07801f779e41e0185d100b5eedfb1920c439490 |
memory/2196-27-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042E000-memory.dmp
memory/2196-26-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp
memory/2196-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042E000-memory.dmp
memory/2196-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042E000-memory.dmp
memory/2648-28-0x00000000748E0000-0x0000000074FCE000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-08-30 10:11
Reported
2024-08-30 10:13
Platform
win10v2004-20240802-en
Max time kernel
134s
Max time network
125s
Command Line
Signatures
Formbook
Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection\DisableBehaviorMonitoring = "1" | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection\DisableOnAccessProtection = "1" | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection\DisableScanOnRealtimeEnable = "1" | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
Formbook payload
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Checks computer location settings
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-523280732-2327480845-3730041215-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
Windows security modification
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Features\TamperProtection = "0" | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Features | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 4904 set thread context of 4632 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe |
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe | N/A |
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
"powershell" Get-MpPreference -verbose
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\pxZSGYPHdOLq" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpB800.tmp"
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\caa15cf238aab71d356c954b1041948d_JaffaCakes118.exe"
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 196.249.167.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 172.210.232.199.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 134.32.126.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 157.123.68.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 18.31.95.13.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 24.139.73.23.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 73.144.22.2.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | tse1.mm.bing.net | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 57.169.31.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 150.171.27.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.27.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.27.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.27.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.27.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 10.27.171.150.in-addr.arpa | udp |
Files
memory/4904-0-0x000000007458E000-0x000000007458F000-memory.dmp
memory/4904-1-0x0000000000A40000-0x0000000000AC6000-memory.dmp
memory/4904-2-0x00000000053E0000-0x0000000005448000-memory.dmp
memory/4904-3-0x0000000007A30000-0x0000000007ACC000-memory.dmp
memory/4904-4-0x0000000008080000-0x0000000008624000-memory.dmp
memory/4904-5-0x0000000007AD0000-0x0000000007B62000-memory.dmp
memory/4904-6-0x0000000002E50000-0x0000000002E5A000-memory.dmp
memory/4904-7-0x0000000005540000-0x0000000005596000-memory.dmp
memory/4904-8-0x0000000074580000-0x0000000074D30000-memory.dmp
memory/4904-9-0x0000000002E70000-0x0000000002E88000-memory.dmp
memory/4904-10-0x000000007458E000-0x000000007458F000-memory.dmp
memory/4904-11-0x0000000074580000-0x0000000074D30000-memory.dmp
memory/4904-12-0x0000000008730000-0x0000000008786000-memory.dmp
memory/4904-13-0x0000000007C20000-0x0000000007C26000-memory.dmp
memory/4904-14-0x0000000008780000-0x00000000087B6000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-15-0x0000000002940000-0x0000000002976000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-18-0x0000000074580000-0x0000000074D30000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-17-0x0000000005400000-0x0000000005A28000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-16-0x0000000074580000-0x0000000074D30000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-19-0x0000000074580000-0x0000000074D30000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-20-0x0000000005280000-0x00000000052A2000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-22-0x0000000005B20000-0x0000000005B86000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-21-0x0000000005320000-0x0000000005386000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_secwgmgk.mck.ps1
| MD5 | d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641 |
| SHA1 | 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d |
| SHA256 | 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7 |
| SHA512 | 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82 |
memory/4316-32-0x0000000005C90000-0x0000000005FE4000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-33-0x0000000006250000-0x000000000626E000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-34-0x00000000062E0000-0x000000000632C000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-35-0x0000000006840000-0x0000000006872000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-36-0x0000000074580000-0x0000000074D30000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-37-0x000000006FF80000-0x000000006FFCC000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-47-0x0000000006820000-0x000000000683E000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-48-0x0000000074580000-0x0000000074D30000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-49-0x0000000007290000-0x0000000007333000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-50-0x0000000074580000-0x0000000074D30000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-52-0x0000000007570000-0x000000000758A000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-51-0x0000000007BC0000-0x000000000823A000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-53-0x00000000075E0000-0x00000000075EA000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-54-0x00000000077F0000-0x0000000007886000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-55-0x0000000007770000-0x0000000007781000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-56-0x00000000077A0000-0x00000000077AE000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-57-0x00000000077B0000-0x00000000077C4000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-58-0x00000000078B0000-0x00000000078CA000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-59-0x0000000007890000-0x0000000007898000-memory.dmp
memory/4316-62-0x0000000074580000-0x0000000074D30000-memory.dmp
memory/4632-68-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042E000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpB800.tmp
| MD5 | 4baafae7d5dbc4f4cc70a99fbd9793d9 |
| SHA1 | 5432e5064bcfb8efb626b378268a2a592d29d17e |
| SHA256 | da8a36f78e4d7f8d3fb70a298d5b58437e4936b77eedd903eeeae140b4f97e59 |
| SHA512 | 098ceef67a47e5b7f898ccc7863f138becbc0299cc2b5656c834958465819218e14a8bfabcf47be48d0418c94ba7e72061f8159478f9662421835184d395f5f5 |
memory/4904-70-0x0000000074580000-0x0000000074D30000-memory.dmp
memory/4632-71-0x0000000001420000-0x000000000176A000-memory.dmp