tofsee | a2dd70f6f376f77f914c80c9023f60c19c3ee7ab60ceb582cb9e3a4986ea99b4

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
149s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20241023-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241023-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
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08-01-2025 21:30

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe
Size

10.4MB
MD5

ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f
SHA1

fe954e83ce4ffcf80ccea1f56d06ee0e3ceb4b49
SHA256

a2dd70f6f376f77f914c80c9023f60c19c3ee7ab60ceb582cb9e3a4986ea99b4
SHA512

a821e50da95d0a8dca3059005f70b49e970863fc50122e3a6239a80eb48cba9ed776b99adbbd608b5572818f4930784bafca94b38474609096a7f58ec1960a3e
SSDEEP

49152:ovqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqv:o

Score

10^/10

tofsee discovery evasion execution persistence privilege_escalation trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

tofsee

quadoil.ru

lakeflex.ru

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\pltvpkse = "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
2252	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\pltvpkse\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\pltvpkse\\rjbihyjq.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2600	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2688	rjbihyjq.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2688 set thread context of 2600	2688	rjbihyjq.exe	41

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

pid	Process
2752	sc.exe
2320	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	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	rjbihyjq.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2664	2076	JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe	28
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2664	2076	JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe	28
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2664	2076	JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe	28
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2664	2076	JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe	28
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2260	2076	JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe	30
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2260	2076	JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe	30
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2260	2076	JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe	30
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2260	2076	JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe	30
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2752	2076	JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe	32
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2752	2076	JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe	32
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2752	2076	JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe	32
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2752	2076	JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe	32
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2320	2076	JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe	34
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2320	2076	JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe	34
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2320	2076	JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe	34
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2320	2076	JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe	34
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2788	2076	JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe	36
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2788	2076	JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe	36
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2788	2076	JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe	36
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2788	2076	JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe	36
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2252	2076	JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe	39
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2252	2076	JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe	39
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2252	2076	JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe	39
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2252	2076	JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe	39
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 2600	2688	rjbihyjq.exe	41
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 2600	2688	rjbihyjq.exe	41
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 2600	2688	rjbihyjq.exe	41
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 2600	2688	rjbihyjq.exe	41
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 2600	2688	rjbihyjq.exe	41
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 2600	2688	rjbihyjq.exe	41

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2076
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pltvpkse\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2664
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rjbihyjq.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pltvpkse\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2260
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create pltvpkse binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pltvpkse\rjbihyjq.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2752
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description pltvpkse "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2320
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start pltvpkse
  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:2252

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pltvpkse\rjbihyjq.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pltvpkse\rjbihyjq.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_ad9879b4dee92bea323e942a7aee0a4f.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2688
- 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:2600

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\rjbihyjq.exe

Filesize
12.3MB

MD5
8c15b504264b0462e60a79fdb21fced2

SHA1
65b01b37abf7ab1e20fc97d798a745ea54f43c2c

SHA256
c70f306018f2eba0e992a3f17986ca6e3d5ad5ec77ee269512d920a004cc26c3

SHA512
96a84903fcd58caaf5c837828462309d4c16e86ac87f56880aae8f627c7d504c4d98dbe139381ae06c5fb3cfd58cd1bd3fc5ee5459d629141def708ac8860b9f

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memory/2076-9-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000233000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2076-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2076-2-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000233000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2076-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2076-8-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000016BC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
18.7MB

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memory/2076-1-0x0000000001870000-0x0000000001970000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/2600-14-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2600-13-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2600-11-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2600-17-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2600-18-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2688-16-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000016BC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
18.7MB

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Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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