socgholish | 133e3e2401858b20a5342c93d25fb9b305c7c209a0266e35209605c3f203d562

Analysis

max time kernel
118s
max time network
146s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20241010-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
08-01-2025 10:12

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_9a15334a6f6d877f97a55692bfd049e3.html
Size

51KB
MD5

9a15334a6f6d877f97a55692bfd049e3
SHA1

fc871426716e9cc356d032ea97fd20c614a86904
SHA256

133e3e2401858b20a5342c93d25fb9b305c7c209a0266e35209605c3f203d562
SHA512

961060b20da7ef890902db1164bca09a9c4130f5a023fc3c398967f7fd8166ca339df4789027f010a800d18ec235e6b41d224a6afcbfd439f415269a09893881
SSDEEP

1536:ylpx187NJge9tQPgUbS8rnESbcKi9i6+aTrzv23UQvJKYp3Smb/s9:ylpANb8bSWnJ6+aTkUQRJp3Smb/e

Score

10^/10

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Malware Config

Signatures

SocGholish
SocGholish is a JavaScript payload that downloads other malware.
downloader socgholish
Socgholish family
socgholish

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 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	IEXPLORE.EXE

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 44 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DontShowMeThisDialogAgain	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\google.com\Total = "25"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{1F551EF1-CDA9-11EF-B4AF-66AD3A2062CD} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IETld\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\google.com\NumberOfSubdomains = "1"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\www.google.com\ = "25"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "442493083"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InternetRegistry	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\www.google.com	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Zoom	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\google.com	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "25"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\MFV = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000fe18af431455c74ca00948998949032b00000000020000000000106600000001000020000000b8e378d0baa4ae3159e301580d953aee2d7717a6bc49bc4979dbaa17933b977e000000000e80000000020000200000002ffe9fef0cf1738d40e11f782f76b9b84b885d4e3e1feb2b678e3ef8c06fb71990000000f167f40e55f680b686b7fa78e854adf86f8d46524c6af5e443a2f4c15c9c011c77be9f3efa4746479bdb8f956d46f8f5d327f14aa346a6fe5e02e0d850acdfb80bf5d035505d7a6512281a0136501d35013d9d9e7b1a71bba3bee632e5fe6ee41ecff82a104667b0df895bcd4cf15cf964210a45959edc213921b673c87e01b02908124c5fd69e2174d001b8e79429d140000000036a739250d0c3649927f5920ef5c635a4e280855b33bc2303c87d847f291a01da488338c5e3dd9b98fae34f6a790ea09d9f776fc86cb78a449f880fe0ffee2e	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000fe18af431455c74ca00948998949032b00000000020000000000106600000001000020000000a04ec1addd39319def81e3bce97e230f5ce13db0999be8cae29c53c4db581bb7000000000e8000000002000020000000eca0d0e6b0dec556948a73545aadee0a7c24f9fa2ee55720aea9aa14b147cddc200000004fed4d42716f399d9a43f8b4cfb1559d111d04065744ad45fd35f12ee31d875b40000000cd30ce99159c6bc1a165b9295f0c7cbd6b44864917a4de1b924e793da4a992dcfd5e21e813cac2be1391d98d8cc66100109af9444cdf45b07d23adac783bf065	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 100c930bb661db01	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\DownloadRetries = "2"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\BrowserEmulation\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\GPU	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PageSetup	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2776	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
2776	iexplore.exe
2776	iexplore.exe
2792	IEXPLORE.EXE
2792	IEXPLORE.EXE
2792	IEXPLORE.EXE
2792	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2776 wrote to memory of 2792	2776	iexplore.exe	30
PID 2776 wrote to memory of 2792	2776	iexplore.exe	30
PID 2776 wrote to memory of 2792	2776	iexplore.exe	30
PID 2776 wrote to memory of 2792	2776	iexplore.exe	30

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_9a15334a6f6d877f97a55692bfd049e3.html
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2776
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2776 CREDAT:275457 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2792

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\3C428B1A3E5F57D887EC4B864FAC5DCC

Filesize
914B

MD5
e4a68ac854ac5242460afd72481b2a44

SHA1
df3c24f9bfd666761b268073fe06d1cc8d4f82a4

SHA256
cb3ccbb76031e5e0138f8dd39a23f9de47ffc35e43c1144cea27d46a5ab1cb5f

SHA512
5622207e1ba285f172756f6019af92ac808ed63286e24dfecc1e79873fb5d140f1ceb7133f2476e89a5f75f711f9813a9fbb8fd5287f64adfdcc53b864f9bdc5

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\F0ACCF77CDCBFF39F6191887F6D2D357

Filesize
1KB

MD5
a266bb7dcc38a562631361bbf61dd11b

SHA1
3b1efd3a66ea28b16697394703a72ca340a05bd5

SHA256
df545bf919a2439c36983b54cdfc903dfa4f37d3996d8d84b4c31eec6f3c163e

SHA512
0da8ef4f8f6ed3d16d2bc8eb816b9e6e1345dfe2d91160196c47e6149a1d6aedaafadcefd66acdea7f72dcf0832770192ceac15b0c559c4ccc2c0e5581d5aefc

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\3C428B1A3E5F57D887EC4B864FAC5DCC

Filesize
252B

MD5
35d0ab4f8c98d41ce3bb61361497e3e2

SHA1
a7e00160f723bdf9ec60f621ca0d85163fa4f874

SHA256
7352ad6c2a3a511842759a62cbe5c1a0db1f34dac9694b4d6d66fc2491db171e

SHA512
3fd4f7acc9f960ac8087e757890b8a348e1b66810474e7b6d8c935ca025c0572259295f2fbf0b55e0370ec52683f1be86d3ec771f42190a6503b77efdf8b9467

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\94308059B57B3142E455B38A6EB92015

Filesize
342B

MD5
5f0dd478aa8c8d1f71d251f83e1862f2

SHA1
3b2dbfdbbf8ce2daf56efb2e40bc033660a7ceaa

SHA256
30e4af0e2a1d9e18965daa85c83d5f34d3463f8df3c4b67120ee8dedce2e7e71

SHA512
f445c00ef006243341eae0cc4444dcbc2aecfb1ac174db67d81f35a3932186de6f6f1cc3f76be3ce2839f6886dd325be839c602fed20f5ca19d033375b0e16a3

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\94308059B57B3142E455B38A6EB92015

Filesize
342B

MD5
c7aebd2c85801bb23b00694e6bd8d5e6

SHA1
20aa3cc21bfc1926af6e56b750cb5e4ffa3106b2

SHA256
edb28418e8c0f3bb733637be69cbe8c1cf1c6d87715eca3aeb5c6bf590fb0bfe

SHA512
df7c1965087197078677d3663cfd0489ed36394394db9b1e01cbd6d2ad35da643eef0d40e98cd9e563a98a9ff8176d71c5987811880ae27af02907041393f9dd

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\94308059B57B3142E455B38A6EB92015

Filesize
342B

MD5
111d13b4c27a51e4e25bd666a75a72a2

SHA1
88934de040fb13ffdfcf989d6dd048bd9bfd11d1

SHA256
85ed61346f0bbaf5257d4b54923fd4f15067d94f81991569d2d8afe44c5b9f6a

SHA512
92bb4687f828dabbaa3b652aee2bd2304bffb25582079931ccc496342084484f8b54821d53e6819c66fd1f616199d612e83ad375194f50b182ad70a5b184d573

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\F0ACCF77CDCBFF39F6191887F6D2D357

Filesize
242B

MD5
aa556b2b73069c6718e747d3fdbf2346

SHA1
f943b708e607000efbbabdbc761e28d98baf7c9a

SHA256
8ed5c7207559e05f5ee8232b62ce2361bc5a7082da17f9bb434a39a36ee40be3

SHA512
b27db11f2a66527959a4205b1fee1a7b74e40a2e82e79ea06e0b0d98b1155d99fd1b541a59f16daf77f26e72376d62020d4fa0672785f1983a7431ea235da0ed

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStore\4G7VWZ2I\www.google[1].xml

Filesize
99B

MD5
beb7ad735caa2a0a178506c495ff4548

SHA1
76f7c2557a3d4c77dd91ee394dc213095db7f6dd

SHA256
101c2615f585073f7246db84be90cb4bef0dd0ca5b23b9700346f398308b494d

SHA512
86436a881c3bd372eacb3fffc8412165e3a941e52a8d3cdb9201fa6566914b4e805f6c5c465a1f414858afcc773333621588cd7968559b5816655f32d33c1ab5

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\DUME8XYE\recaptcha__en[1].js

Filesize
547KB

MD5
19ddac3be88eda2c8263c5d52fa7f6bd

SHA1
c81720778f57c56244c72ce6ef402bb4de5f9619

SHA256
b261530f05e272e18b5b5c86d860c4979c82b5b6c538e1643b3c94fc9ba76dd6

SHA512
393015b8c7f14d5d4bdb9cceed7cd1477a7db07bc7c40bae7d0a48a2adfa7d56f9d1c3e4ec05c92fde152e72ffa6b75d8bf724e1f63f9bc21421125667afb05c

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cab674D.tmp

Filesize
70KB

MD5
49aebf8cbd62d92ac215b2923fb1b9f5

SHA1
1723be06719828dda65ad804298d0431f6aff976

SHA256
b33efcb95235b98b48508e019afa4b7655e80cf071defabd8b2123fc8b29307f

SHA512
bf86116b015fb56709516d686e168e7c9c68365136231cc51d0b6542ae95323a71d2c7acec84aad7dcecc2e410843f6d82a0a6d51b9acfc721a9c84fdd877b5b

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tar682A.tmp

Filesize
181KB

MD5
4ea6026cf93ec6338144661bf1202cd1

SHA1
a1dec9044f750ad887935a01430bf49322fbdcb7

SHA256
8efbc21559ef8b1bcf526800d8070baad42474ce7198e26fa771dbb41a76b1d8

SHA512
6c7e0980e39aacf4c3689802353f464a08cd17753bd210ee997e5f2a455deb4f287a9ef74d84579dbde49bc96213cd2b8b247723919c412ea980aa6e6bfe218b

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