Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
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resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system -
submitted
08-01-2025 22:31
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe
Resource
win7-20240903-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
General
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Target
JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe
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Size
1.9MB
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MD5
b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c
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SHA1
96a229ed8d9b3d26086fa10c9675203b4f5f4626
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SHA256
11271bb4ead40385c854e9a19eef0d64578639066195361a5e4818d172f5bbfb
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SHA512
02a80deec6b8089da6102c9763f39bb6d3d0bbee340a44f04f13226e4d8c69ae699076f7ef6eeeeb9e705bc1b7fe8c02399682ef52754ecfec09f4799345179f
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SSDEEP
49152:HN54VMGOhLmPkO4koPyVu5eAEfgPwNqsruC:v0vEf8u5eAmFJ
Malware Config
Signatures
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DcRat
DarkCrystal(DC) is a new .NET RAT active since June 2019 capable of loading additional plugins.
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Dcrat family
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resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/2192-2-0x0000000001250000-0x000000000174A000-memory.dmp dcrat behavioral1/memory/2192-1-0x0000000001250000-0x000000000174A000-memory.dmp dcrat behavioral1/memory/2192-29-0x0000000001250000-0x000000000174A000-memory.dmp dcrat behavioral1/memory/2620-31-0x00000000011C0000-0x00000000016BA000-memory.dmp dcrat behavioral1/memory/2620-32-0x00000000011C0000-0x00000000016BA000-memory.dmp dcrat behavioral1/memory/2620-38-0x00000000011C0000-0x00000000016BA000-memory.dmp dcrat -
Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__ JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__ csrss.exe -
Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion csrss.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion csrss.exe -
Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 2620 csrss.exe -
Identifies Wine through registry keys 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications, which can be used as sandboxing environment.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4177215427-74451935-3209572229-1000\Software\Wine csrss.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4177215427-74451935-3209572229-1000\Software\Wine JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe -
Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
pid Process 2192 JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe 2192 JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe -
Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 8 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\csrss = "\"C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\User Account Pictures\\Default Pictures\\csrss.exe\"" JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\csrss = "\"C:\\Documents and Settings\\csrss.exe\"" JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\lsm = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\\SDK\\lsm.exe\"" JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\smss = "\"C:\\Users\\Default\\Local Settings\\smss.exe\"" JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\services = "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\dskquota\\services.exe\"" JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WmiPrvSE = "\"C:\\PerfLogs\\Admin\\WmiPrvSE.exe\"" JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\winlogon = "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\RASMM\\winlogon.exe\"" JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\audiodg = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\\Common7\\IDE\\audiodg.exe\"" JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe -
Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\dskquota\c5b4cb5e9653cce737f29f72ba880dd4c4bab27d JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RASMM\winlogon.exe JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RASMM\cc11b995f2a76da408ea6a601e682e64743153ad JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\dskquota\services.exe JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe -
Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 2 IoCs
pid Process 2192 JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe 2620 csrss.exe -
Drops file in Program Files directory 4 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\lsm.exe JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\101b941d020240259ca4912829b53995ad543df6 JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\audiodg.exe JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\42af1c969fbb7b2ae36b0e06bea61fc9a154b4af JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
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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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language csrss.exe -
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 8 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 2700 schtasks.exe 2964 schtasks.exe 3044 schtasks.exe 2744 schtasks.exe 2848 schtasks.exe 2716 schtasks.exe 2556 schtasks.exe 2780 schtasks.exe -
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
pid Process 2192 JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe 2192 JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe 2192 JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe 2192 JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe 2620 csrss.exe 2620 csrss.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2192 JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2620 csrss.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2192 wrote to memory of 2620 2192 JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe 40 PID 2192 wrote to memory of 2620 2192 JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe 40 PID 2192 wrote to memory of 2620 2192 JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe 40 PID 2192 wrote to memory of 2620 2192 JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe 40 -
Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs
The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c.exe"1⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Identifies Wine through registry keys
- Loads dropped DLL
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2192 -
C:\Documents and Settings\csrss.exe"C:\Documents and Settings\csrss.exe"2⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Executes dropped EXE
- Identifies Wine through registry keys
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2620
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Documents and Settings\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2964
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "lsm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\lsm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:3044
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Default\Local Settings\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2744
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "services" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\dskquota\services.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2700
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSE" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\PerfLogs\Admin\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2780
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\RASMM\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2848
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "audiodg" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\audiodg.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2716
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\User Account Pictures\Default Pictures\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2556
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
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Downloads
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Filesize
1.9MB
MD5b0464a68d3df95ccb9023830b6a2037c
SHA196a229ed8d9b3d26086fa10c9675203b4f5f4626
SHA25611271bb4ead40385c854e9a19eef0d64578639066195361a5e4818d172f5bbfb
SHA51202a80deec6b8089da6102c9763f39bb6d3d0bbee340a44f04f13226e4d8c69ae699076f7ef6eeeeb9e705bc1b7fe8c02399682ef52754ecfec09f4799345179f