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Analysis

max time kernel
145s
max time network
145s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20241023-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241023-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
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05-01-2025 06:41

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe
Size

12.9MB
MD5

92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5
SHA1

0171f93700ce9e398725ad857e7384031581846e
SHA256

b93a47f6924dbe4309eb656760e3edeafdd38061e8ef9add06598f95871260b6
SHA512

1701ed30435153b4b765775aeb68dd1e0751ef2cbc14e7016bcda1933060d881fdeb0a9145e527e29a98bcd3caec23433563d6af73babd3ce33c13242d258d75
SSDEEP

12288:BZwvqm0loTlEUKg7/ua4FXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXn:BSvqmNB/d

Score

10^/10

tofsee discovery evasion execution persistence privilege_escalation trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

tofsee

defeatwax.ru

refabyd.info

Signatures

Tofsee
Backdoor/botnet which carries out malicious activities based on commands from a C2 server.
trojan tofsee
Tofsee family
tofsee

Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion trojan

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\C:\Windows\SysWOW64\qhxnlrrn = "0"	svchost.exe

Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
persistence execution

Windows Service
T1543.003

Service Execution
T1569.002

Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Windows Service

T1543.003

Disable or Modify System Firewall

T1562.004

pid	Process
2744	netsh.exe

Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\qhxnlrrn\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\qhxnlrrn\\qxvglgui.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2708	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2816	qxvglgui.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2816 set thread context of 2708	2816	qxvglgui.exe	43

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

pid	Process
2276	sc.exe
2444	sc.exe
2788	sc.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

persistence privilege_escalation

Netsh Helper DLL

T1546.007

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key value enumerated	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 9 IoCs

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

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	qxvglgui.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1556 wrote to memory of 2676	1556	JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe	30
PID 1556 wrote to memory of 2676	1556	JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe	30
PID 1556 wrote to memory of 2676	1556	JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe	30
PID 1556 wrote to memory of 2676	1556	JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe	30
PID 1556 wrote to memory of 2052	1556	JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe	32
PID 1556 wrote to memory of 2052	1556	JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe	32
PID 1556 wrote to memory of 2052	1556	JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe	32
PID 1556 wrote to memory of 2052	1556	JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe	32
PID 1556 wrote to memory of 2276	1556	JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe	34
PID 1556 wrote to memory of 2276	1556	JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe	34
PID 1556 wrote to memory of 2276	1556	JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe	34
PID 1556 wrote to memory of 2276	1556	JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe	34
PID 1556 wrote to memory of 2444	1556	JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe	36
PID 1556 wrote to memory of 2444	1556	JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe	36
PID 1556 wrote to memory of 2444	1556	JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe	36
PID 1556 wrote to memory of 2444	1556	JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe	36
PID 1556 wrote to memory of 2788	1556	JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe	38
PID 1556 wrote to memory of 2788	1556	JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe	38
PID 1556 wrote to memory of 2788	1556	JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe	38
PID 1556 wrote to memory of 2788	1556	JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe	38
PID 1556 wrote to memory of 2744	1556	JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe	41
PID 1556 wrote to memory of 2744	1556	JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe	41
PID 1556 wrote to memory of 2744	1556	JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe	41
PID 1556 wrote to memory of 2744	1556	JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe	41
PID 2816 wrote to memory of 2708	2816	qxvglgui.exe	43
PID 2816 wrote to memory of 2708	2816	qxvglgui.exe	43
PID 2816 wrote to memory of 2708	2816	qxvglgui.exe	43
PID 2816 wrote to memory of 2708	2816	qxvglgui.exe	43
PID 2816 wrote to memory of 2708	2816	qxvglgui.exe	43
PID 2816 wrote to memory of 2708	2816	qxvglgui.exe	43

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1556
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\qhxnlrrn\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2676
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qxvglgui.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\qhxnlrrn\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2052
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create qhxnlrrn binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\qhxnlrrn\qxvglgui.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2276
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description qhxnlrrn "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2444
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start qhxnlrrn
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2788
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall add rule name="Host-process for services of Windows" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe" enable=yes>nul
  2⤵
  - Modifies Windows Firewall
  - Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2744

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\qhxnlrrn\qxvglgui.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\qhxnlrrn\qxvglgui.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_92017ee762ffecb801be76e272ef66b5.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2816
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
  svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Windows security bypass
  - Sets service image path in registry
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2708

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

System Services

T1569

Service Execution

T1569.002

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Netsh Helper DLL

T1546.007

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Netsh Helper DLL

T1546.007

Defense Evasion

Impair Defenses

T1562

Disable or Modify System Firewall

T1562.004

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qxvglgui.exe

Filesize
12.6MB

MD5
1d63b523d304ff78d5d4795e8ba8459d

SHA1
dbbfa0d40b71cbed8596e74094f9d9d07a106cc2

SHA256
da7cbbb3eed2e69222b3e7d2e8afca6f1af9c242a46d9709a471c1d0341a996e

SHA512
9cd005fa01415a0e78e2cd2933079665eddb60b6107f7be5bf6410a26fb7fa1c19117ff99b0e77768740aaa15ebc43d1e7bf99819b04bab02705e1ffdcb88583

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memory/1556-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
308KB

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memory/1556-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1556-2-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000233000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/1556-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1556-9-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000233000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/1556-1-0x00000000005A0000-0x00000000006A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/2708-11-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2708-14-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2708-13-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2708-17-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2708-18-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2816-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
308KB

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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