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Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
149s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20241010-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
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09-01-2025 05:52

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe
Size

13.0MB
MD5

c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d
SHA1

41d6de655653c97af24ba3330525491c183c30a8
SHA256

fbeadcb0b5279e7fce975f8fa2b0bf014b39068553feb774e51ceaf2d86b7215
SHA512

d15613202579cf337e31363a4ce33f643fe52509da3b329139b89d3e0e715eb9bae872250c2595232a52dcbc9fa6cc991bcd04ff9e3e7668b6ed5a9d9a49a665
SSDEEP

196608:YuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuX:

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\vatoqkbr = "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
2876	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\vatoqkbr\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\vatoqkbr\\tmhtxmx.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2152	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2804	tmhtxmx.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2804 set thread context of 2152	2804	tmhtxmx.exe	43

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

pid	Process
552	sc.exe
2436	sc.exe
2440	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	JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.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	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	tmhtxmx.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 2016	1796	JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe	30
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 2016	1796	JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe	30
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 2016	1796	JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe	30
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 2016	1796	JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe	30
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 1932	1796	JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe	32
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 1932	1796	JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe	32
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 1932	1796	JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe	32
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 1932	1796	JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe	32
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 552	1796	JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe	34
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 552	1796	JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe	34
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 552	1796	JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe	34
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 552	1796	JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe	34
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 2436	1796	JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe	36
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 2436	1796	JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe	36
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 2436	1796	JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe	36
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 2436	1796	JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe	36
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 2440	1796	JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe	38
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 2440	1796	JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe	38
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 2440	1796	JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe	38
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 2440	1796	JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe	38
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 2876	1796	JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe	41
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 2876	1796	JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe	41
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 2876	1796	JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe	41
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 2876	1796	JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe	41
PID 2804 wrote to memory of 2152	2804	tmhtxmx.exe	43
PID 2804 wrote to memory of 2152	2804	tmhtxmx.exe	43
PID 2804 wrote to memory of 2152	2804	tmhtxmx.exe	43
PID 2804 wrote to memory of 2152	2804	tmhtxmx.exe	43
PID 2804 wrote to memory of 2152	2804	tmhtxmx.exe	43
PID 2804 wrote to memory of 2152	2804	tmhtxmx.exe	43

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1796
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\vatoqkbr\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2016
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmhtxmx.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\vatoqkbr\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1932
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create vatoqkbr binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\vatoqkbr\tmhtxmx.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:552
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description vatoqkbr "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2436
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start vatoqkbr
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2440
- 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:2876

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\vatoqkbr\tmhtxmx.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\vatoqkbr\tmhtxmx.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_c06dc6483f2ab9064f7178fd90c2078d.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2804
- 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:2152

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\tmhtxmx.exe

Filesize
11.7MB

MD5
f1efeca75db50b9dc857b3cbf53ee95a

SHA1
477aa2c070c8793ad2bfd6761ceeb90cda136368

SHA256
a57fe3e44016a803ac469ba4fb12ddf8017ebf9b4f44aa18c4f8bcb77c36bd55

SHA512
7d021bee364c128a6ffa3e8358a4c241b94e76e21256223ca20d32b4fdd9a92ecb008b427edfcacb69ddb161af498ead900d51d9e0cea58fffaebbd3c9a3455d

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memory/1796-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F0D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
43.1MB

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memory/1796-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1796-1-0x0000000003090000-0x0000000003190000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/1796-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1796-9-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000233000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/1796-2-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000233000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2152-14-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2152-17-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2152-13-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2152-11-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2152-18-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2804-15-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F0D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
43.1MB

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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