Analysis Overview
SHA256
ac73085476716c5273ac1b930a6a29461b51112a45431e9d34eb64c57947361b
Threat Level: Known bad
The file 8ce48f220d79c4931477ba3003a92c31_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
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
Views/modifies file attributes
Checks processor information in registry
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Enumerates system info in registry
NTFS ADS
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2024-11-03 18:30
Signatures
Suspicious Office macro
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-11-03 18:30
Reported
2024-11-03 18:35
Platform
win7-20240708-en
Max time kernel
119s
Max time network
122s
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 |
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:\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 |
| 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 |
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\27B67F00\: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\8ce48f220d79c4931477ba3003a92c31_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"
Network
Files
memory/1820-0-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-1-0x0000000071E4D000-0x0000000071E58000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-2-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-4-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-9-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-13-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-21-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-28-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-45-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-3-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-5-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-31-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-30-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-29-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-27-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-26-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-25-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-24-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-23-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-22-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-20-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-18-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-19-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-17-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-16-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-15-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-14-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-12-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-10-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-8-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-7-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-6-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-55-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-94-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-330-0x0000000071E4D000-0x0000000071E58000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-331-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-332-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-333-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000510000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-11-03 18:30
Reported
2024-11-03 18:35
Platform
win10v2004-20241007-en
Max time kernel
149s
Max time network
153s
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\ED975E00\: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 FindShellTrayWindow
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| 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 4644 wrote to memory of 4656 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe |
| PID 4644 wrote to memory of 4656 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe |
| PID 4644 wrote to memory of 2624 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe |
| PID 4644 wrote to memory of 2624 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe |
| PID 4644 wrote to memory of 1768 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe |
| PID 4644 wrote to memory of 1768 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe |
| PID 4656 wrote to memory of 1396 | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe | C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe |
| PID 4656 wrote to memory of 1396 | 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\8ce48f220d79c4931477ba3003a92c31_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 | 97.32.109.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | roaming.officeapps.live.com | udp |
| NL | 52.109.89.19:443 | roaming.officeapps.live.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 232.168.11.51.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 19.89.109.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 81.144.22.2.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | g.bing.com | udp |
| US | 150.171.28.10:443 | g.bing.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 10.28.171.150.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 26.73.42.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 217.106.137.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 205.47.74.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 209.205.72.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 56.163.245.4.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 171.39.242.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 172.214.232.199.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 43.229.111.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 241.150.49.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 110.11.19.2.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 89.16.208.104.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | tse1.mm.bing.net | udp |
| US | 150.171.28.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.28.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.28.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.28.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.28.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
Files
memory/4644-5-0x00007FF980250000-0x00007FF980260000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-6-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-4-0x00007FF980250000-0x00007FF980260000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-3-0x00007FF980250000-0x00007FF980260000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-2-0x00007FF980250000-0x00007FF980260000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-1-0x00007FF9C026D000-0x00007FF9C026E000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-9-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-8-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-11-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-10-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-7-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-12-0x00007FF97DB00000-0x00007FF97DB10000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-13-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-14-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-16-0x00007FF97DB00000-0x00007FF97DB10000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-15-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-17-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-20-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-19-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-18-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-0-0x00007FF980250000-0x00007FF980260000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-50-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-58-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-48-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-57-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-42-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-70-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-72-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-71-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-91-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8ce48f220d79c4931477ba3003a92c31_JaffaCakes118.xls
| MD5 | c37a4f41f3ad9b59456f16f3786ac3cd |
| SHA1 | 3b88de756818ef81fee872f816ad6e5dade95780 |
| SHA256 | 2f602c8be8a74ed570e46ff5921b6397d7e6915e4bdb85f2b5c520433d618756 |
| SHA512 | 7e14b7c3604876665cf72c0010cb4629202094e11cf223f88151da04ac9d0641d4f1175c235c9ffeb63e5fef3e70314bddd8c52d501cbb4e85caa0a357d56872 |
memory/4644-106-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-108-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-107-0x00007FF9C026D000-0x00007FF9C026E000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-112-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-113-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-114-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
memory/4644-118-0x00007FF9C01D0000-0x00007FF9C03C5000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\b8ab77100df80ab2.customDestinations-ms
| MD5 | aedbc0cf238ef18199a6cfb7701b40a2 |
| SHA1 | 03c480ed02159446a80a11662bf8bb4a265b3f5e |
| SHA256 | 03ed0401343d5c20284942d47e5fb0280c83fdf4094d2bf1fba5c89c1c3025bf |
| SHA512 | 75ab5f86e31e459cc2dfcc23f7bd0c0a4eae203f994ad9334aab7576a9e8e7e87b3d776be54555b11da763ccb85fe7706c4e5444bce7262b7f21afc56c2e6e5e |