Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    03/01/2025, 03:17

General

  • Target
    JaffaCakes118_69e88f109ae5a31aa838b84c2bdbc870.exe
  • Size 898KB
  • Sample250103-dtalyaxlet
  • SHA256 a0fda440bdb738ad31df32b4ec82ff588b545378a59131ea0b533c89dd11a0a4
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Expiro family
  • Expiro, m0yv

    Expiro aka m0yv is a multi-functional backdoor written in C++.

  • Expiro payload 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_69e88f109ae5a31aa838b84c2bdbc870.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_69e88f109ae5a31aa838b84c2bdbc870.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4680
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"
      2⤵
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1568
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
        3⤵
          PID:1784

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          AdobeARM.log

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AdobeARM.log
          • Size 358B
          • SHA256 579d224aaac9c533c6850703fac70adf86a7d07ab13e4aa2c2b500c60a31105a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          ArmUI.ini

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ArmUI.ini
          • Size 251KB
          • SHA256 b4d4dcd9594d372d7c0c975d80ef5802c88502895ed4b8a26ca62e225f2f18b0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          TmpD2C1.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpD2C1.tmp
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 ff9b4cf04e3202f150f19c1711767361343935da7841c98b876c42fd2cabce9b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          TmpEE0B.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpEE0B.tmp
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 19fe53c801ad7edc635f61e9e28d07da31780c2480e6f37ecfc63fffe1b250fe
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          TmpEE3B.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpEE3B.tmp
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 dcc9d2695125406282ba990fec39403c44b12964acf51b5e0dc7f2080d714398
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          TmpF05F.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpF05F.tmp
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 aabf92089e16fdb28706356dbc4efb5a81f5277946f2e67695b31676616ed2d2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          memory/4680-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000006AE000-memory.dmp

          memory/4680-1-0x0000000000412000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp

          memory/4680-3-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000006AE000-memory.dmp