Analysis Overview
SHA256
4e55263ebba2e1a281ab5448d15e8ad103f24869b97326ae4ab0496cf5be6fdc
Threat Level: Known bad
The file d48c585a4363b551f08f9a4cc3c4c1d3_JaffaCakes118 was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Process spawned unexpected child process
Suspicious Office macro
Deletes itself
Indicator Removal: File Deletion
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
Checks processor information in registry
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates system info in registry
NTFS ADS
Views/modifies file attributes
Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2024-09-08 14:15
Signatures
Suspicious Office macro
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-09-08 14:15
Reported
2024-09-08 14:18
Platform
win7-20240903-en
Max time kernel
120s
Max time network
121s
Command Line
Signatures
Process spawned unexpected child process
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE |
| Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE |
| Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE |
| Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wscript.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE |
Deletes itself
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Indicator Removal: File Deletion
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wscript.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | N/A |
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
Enumerates system info in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\FloatingPointProcessor | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
NTFS ADS
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File created | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\65967F00\:Zone.Identifier:$DATA | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Views/modifies file attributes
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exe | N/A |
Processes
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /dde C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d48c585a4363b551f08f9a4cc3c4c1d3_JaffaCakes118.xls
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c attrib -S -h "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\K4.XLS"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c Del /F /Q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\K4.XLS"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c RD /S /Q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\K4.XLS"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exe
attrib -S -h "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\K4.XLS"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wscript.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe" E:\KK\d48c585a4363b551f08f9a4cc3c4c1d3_JaffaCakes118_Search.vbs
Network
Files
memory/2036-0-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
memory/2036-1-0x00000000726ED000-0x00000000726F8000-memory.dmp
memory/2036-165-0x0000000006260000-0x0000000006360000-memory.dmp
memory/2036-164-0x0000000006260000-0x0000000006360000-memory.dmp
memory/2036-97-0x0000000006260000-0x0000000006360000-memory.dmp
memory/2036-74-0x0000000006260000-0x0000000006360000-memory.dmp
memory/2036-374-0x00000000726ED000-0x00000000726F8000-memory.dmp
memory/2036-375-0x0000000006260000-0x0000000006360000-memory.dmp
memory/2036-376-0x0000000006260000-0x0000000006360000-memory.dmp
memory/2036-377-0x0000000006260000-0x0000000006360000-memory.dmp
memory/2036-380-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
memory/2036-381-0x00000000726ED000-0x00000000726F8000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-09-08 14:15
Reported
2024-09-08 14:18
Platform
win10v2004-20240802-en
Max time kernel
149s
Max time network
151s
Command Line
Signatures
Process spawned unexpected child process
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE |
| Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE |
| Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE |
Suspicious Office macro
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Deletes itself
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Indicator Removal: File Deletion
Checks processor information in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Enumerates system info in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemFamily | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
NTFS ADS
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File created | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7D975E00\:Zone.Identifier:$DATA | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 3536 wrote to memory of 1688 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe |
| PID 3536 wrote to memory of 1688 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe |
| PID 3536 wrote to memory of 1436 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe |
| PID 3536 wrote to memory of 1436 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe |
| PID 3536 wrote to memory of 4384 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe |
| PID 3536 wrote to memory of 4384 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe |
| PID 1688 wrote to memory of 4864 | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe | C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe |
| PID 1688 wrote to memory of 4864 | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe | C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe |
Views/modifies file attributes
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe | N/A |
Processes
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d48c585a4363b551f08f9a4cc3c4c1d3_JaffaCakes118.xls"
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c attrib -S -h "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\K4.XLS"
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c Del /F /Q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\K4.XLS"
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c RD /S /Q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\K4.XLS"
C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
attrib -S -h "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\K4.XLS"
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 | 241.150.49.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | roaming.officeapps.live.com | udp |
| GB | 52.109.32.7:443 | roaming.officeapps.live.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 46.28.109.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 73.144.22.2.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 7.32.109.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 253.15.104.51.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 134.32.126.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 13.86.106.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 228.249.119.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 26.165.165.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 206.23.85.13.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 196.249.167.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 0.205.248.87.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 81.144.22.2.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 14.227.111.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 16.173.189.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
Files
memory/3536-1-0x00007FFF6A82D000-0x00007FFF6A82E000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-0-0x00007FFF2A810000-0x00007FFF2A820000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-2-0x00007FFF2A810000-0x00007FFF2A820000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-4-0x00007FFF2A810000-0x00007FFF2A820000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-3-0x00007FFF2A810000-0x00007FFF2A820000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-5-0x00007FFF2A810000-0x00007FFF2A820000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-8-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-7-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-6-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-9-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-10-0x00007FFF28270000-0x00007FFF28280000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-12-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-11-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-18-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-14-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-13-0x00007FFF28270000-0x00007FFF28280000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-20-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-22-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-21-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-19-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-17-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-16-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-15-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-48-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-52-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-53-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-59-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-58-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-68-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-69-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-67-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-51-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-42-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d48c585a4363b551f08f9a4cc3c4c1d3_JaffaCakes118.xls
| MD5 | 72bbb54e520a6bf02e063ccf8679ec93 |
| SHA1 | 1cad26a303a47528008bd662fca7cf6467ec506c |
| SHA256 | d59d6472f0362da9f6214bfa096f9d36cf47b908a850aef199fa359a827bcca8 |
| SHA512 | 76d134b7bd605e0ca2f24158dce6266b5ee4beae025f595d3f2dc87950a3c80b367d94b6a87c3d9315a349b45a1e0ae87c52dfefada968f5c73e6fabb15c23a3 |
memory/3536-112-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-113-0x00007FFF6A82D000-0x00007FFF6A82E000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-114-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-115-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-116-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-117-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\b8ab77100df80ab2.customDestinations-ms
| MD5 | 016d8b2d104742e8bdc5eb1bb886643f |
| SHA1 | e6293a7b5e371f55848b7d6e65e4f83a38a33594 |
| SHA256 | 9495cd53b638e10fedec749012e33428d7052a086829c19c65d669aaaac3b036 |
| SHA512 | b130567802ec0f30b536e043bd453534b67464fbf1362123eef93363e5fb8dbd1132a1026e997a24f2569d5f9c4be1a4fb4e93bfa4312e186928e59ea80de402 |
memory/3536-139-0x00007FFF2A810000-0x00007FFF2A820000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-142-0x00007FFF2A810000-0x00007FFF2A820000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-141-0x00007FFF2A810000-0x00007FFF2A820000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-140-0x00007FFF2A810000-0x00007FFF2A820000-memory.dmp
memory/3536-143-0x00007FFF6A790000-0x00007FFF6A985000-memory.dmp