tofsee | fccafebc3676168caba30cd188d3ebb00b4fffe26ef2754468d4883cad7de571

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
151s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
08-01-2025 06:14

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe
Size

13.3MB
MD5

8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8
SHA1

0e0750c3ab52fc2b95727f92541848fe3e4e0e1a
SHA256

fccafebc3676168caba30cd188d3ebb00b4fffe26ef2754468d4883cad7de571
SHA512

ea91950a3af96c3bff8a26c724c7925b3f12ade6b69f931c80c589d4a522b7805fe95f5f47fb42272ff583ac0e0c666e0e469725e57b25a740644244cfb18df3
SSDEEP

98304:jRoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooX:

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\canauaap = "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
2584	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\canauaap\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\canauaap\\fgeorkpa.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2428	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2644	fgeorkpa.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2644 set thread context of 2428	2644	fgeorkpa.exe	43

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

pid	Process
2792	sc.exe
2748	sc.exe
2784	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 value enumerated	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key queried	\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	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	fgeorkpa.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2228 wrote to memory of 2828	2228	JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe	30
PID 2228 wrote to memory of 2828	2228	JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe	30
PID 2228 wrote to memory of 2828	2228	JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe	30
PID 2228 wrote to memory of 2828	2228	JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe	30
PID 2228 wrote to memory of 2740	2228	JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe	32
PID 2228 wrote to memory of 2740	2228	JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe	32
PID 2228 wrote to memory of 2740	2228	JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe	32
PID 2228 wrote to memory of 2740	2228	JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe	32
PID 2228 wrote to memory of 2792	2228	JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe	34
PID 2228 wrote to memory of 2792	2228	JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe	34
PID 2228 wrote to memory of 2792	2228	JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe	34
PID 2228 wrote to memory of 2792	2228	JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe	34
PID 2228 wrote to memory of 2748	2228	JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe	36
PID 2228 wrote to memory of 2748	2228	JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe	36
PID 2228 wrote to memory of 2748	2228	JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe	36
PID 2228 wrote to memory of 2748	2228	JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe	36
PID 2228 wrote to memory of 2784	2228	JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe	38
PID 2228 wrote to memory of 2784	2228	JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe	38
PID 2228 wrote to memory of 2784	2228	JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe	38
PID 2228 wrote to memory of 2784	2228	JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe	38
PID 2228 wrote to memory of 2584	2228	JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe	41
PID 2228 wrote to memory of 2584	2228	JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe	41
PID 2228 wrote to memory of 2584	2228	JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe	41
PID 2228 wrote to memory of 2584	2228	JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe	41
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2428	2644	fgeorkpa.exe	43
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2428	2644	fgeorkpa.exe	43
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2428	2644	fgeorkpa.exe	43
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2428	2644	fgeorkpa.exe	43
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2428	2644	fgeorkpa.exe	43
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2428	2644	fgeorkpa.exe	43

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2228
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\canauaap\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2828
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fgeorkpa.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\canauaap\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2740
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create canauaap binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\canauaap\fgeorkpa.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2792
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description canauaap "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2748
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start canauaap
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2784
- 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:2584

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\canauaap\fgeorkpa.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\canauaap\fgeorkpa.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_8fde8b0fd9fb569180caa7332394fec8.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2644
- 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:2428

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\fgeorkpa.exe

Filesize
10.0MB

MD5
d45e91b858b518873460c3922d4f84ea

SHA1
cefe4c4d9f31eab192281b565988f8fbff408583

SHA256
c141226ec749ea82e9f3cbdcd68abd37e6bd3d1374dc81684d07e91392fa0172

SHA512
163b368ab09d5a356a505cf3c6e24593deb28740d35f966485556ae721beb85711da258c07dc4e018b6f2f024b155f35bcab143e01af81b74bb32c2fa900e765

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memory/2228-9-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000033000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2228-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2228-2-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000033000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2228-8-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
688KB

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memory/2228-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2228-1-0x0000000000630000-0x0000000000730000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/2428-11-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2428-14-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2428-13-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2428-16-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2428-18-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2644-17-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
688KB

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Signatures

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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