tofsee | 2672d159494e7cdfa545a996013835ac0795ae33a3cc8926e673d41d7ef60c1a

Analysis

max time kernel
146s
max time network
145s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240708-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240708-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
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08-01-2025 21:23

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe
Size

12.2MB
MD5

ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38
SHA1

c893d010ac8fe223aefb4d7598510870490f0f20
SHA256

2672d159494e7cdfa545a996013835ac0795ae33a3cc8926e673d41d7ef60c1a
SHA512

9622b673fd3d9482cdd1355936fbc2f2260f83167d5812b3f1523e3323fe1300b4eef7e609eda0125545ddf6558753441f3cb5706e454f35464257adf88f5db1
SSDEEP

6144:d9fvApQ0bA3aGmYv+943cj9G+LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLr:d9fvApQ0bjGme84Mj9

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\ojfrabhm = "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
2772	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\ojfrabhm\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\ojfrabhm\\kwdxcivd.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2792	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2732	kwdxcivd.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2732 set thread context of 2792	2732	kwdxcivd.exe	43

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

pid	Process
2096	sc.exe
2128	sc.exe
1592	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	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	kwdxcivd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
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	netsh.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 1216	1964	JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe	30
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 1216	1964	JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe	30
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 1216	1964	JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe	30
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 1216	1964	JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe	30
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 2348	1964	JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe	32
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 2348	1964	JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe	32
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 2348	1964	JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe	32
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 2348	1964	JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe	32
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 2096	1964	JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe	34
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 2096	1964	JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe	34
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 2096	1964	JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe	34
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 2096	1964	JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe	34
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 2128	1964	JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe	36
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 2128	1964	JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe	36
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 2128	1964	JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe	36
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 2128	1964	JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe	36
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 1592	1964	JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe	38
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 1592	1964	JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe	38
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 1592	1964	JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe	38
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 1592	1964	JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe	38
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 2772	1964	JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe	41
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 2772	1964	JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe	41
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 2772	1964	JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe	41
PID 1964 wrote to memory of 2772	1964	JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe	41
PID 2732 wrote to memory of 2792	2732	kwdxcivd.exe	43
PID 2732 wrote to memory of 2792	2732	kwdxcivd.exe	43
PID 2732 wrote to memory of 2792	2732	kwdxcivd.exe	43
PID 2732 wrote to memory of 2792	2732	kwdxcivd.exe	43
PID 2732 wrote to memory of 2792	2732	kwdxcivd.exe	43
PID 2732 wrote to memory of 2792	2732	kwdxcivd.exe	43

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1964
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ojfrabhm\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1216
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kwdxcivd.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ojfrabhm\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2348
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create ojfrabhm binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ojfrabhm\kwdxcivd.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2096
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description ojfrabhm "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2128
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start ojfrabhm
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1592
- 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:2772

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ojfrabhm\kwdxcivd.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ojfrabhm\kwdxcivd.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_ad5762b0012c42b5ec1e4bec9e18cf38.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2732
- 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:2792

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\kwdxcivd.exe

Filesize
12.4MB

MD5
35d8c3c8f194cc1931bccee74b91f55a

SHA1
d1112216d02694675a63faeb871b5a95ccf306f4

SHA256
cb6a7af1d9b7028f632517b8c50f958371393c85889449145e4a35e0060eda3d

SHA512
3d4f7ef700fe0a5fcf73bfd1601d738271c93366a8e20dd1b7969dfb6b3694ae97465002ec69a4ccf5bb6c554599173048d41dc454de6d63e818f85ed3a913d1

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memory/1964-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002B8F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
39.6MB

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memory/1964-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1964-2-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000233000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/1964-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1964-9-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000233000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/1964-1-0x0000000002C70000-0x0000000002D70000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/2732-15-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002B8F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
39.6MB

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memory/2792-11-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2792-14-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2792-13-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2792-17-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2792-18-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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Signatures

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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