Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250129-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250129-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    05-02-2025 10:44

General

  • Target

    JaffaCakes118_9ecd59153b34c4ca6e747195517eda85.exe

  • Size

    343KB

  • MD5

    9ecd59153b34c4ca6e747195517eda85

  • SHA1

    019235b6b829407812530e9428957557e83b2a3d

  • SHA256

    6c04519c9b58df1d176d21e5bb13bcddde60938efb240e9d67c4fa38b1c2f0e5

  • SHA512

    bfb65f0e829cc4388e4ee81aa6859ae46fa4db24daaf38a7e8fd237be6d69b30f8ba27d6b732473df3a2e0d036c581518e5a01cd33dda7ac22939fb3be919050

  • SSDEEP

    6144:HqJ7wdeMUZ5NlMSE8H+YZhOlRrUT1AfK/i1Mh5HJ/CEcYNOP0EbpkcDOEP4h5FMv:rdeMUZ5NlMSE8H+YZhOXwAi/i1MhNZNq

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

sality

C2

http://89.119.67.154/testo5/

http://kukutrustnet777.info/home.gif

http://kukutrustnet888.info/home.gif

http://kukutrustnet987.info/home.gif

Signatures

  • Sality

    Sality is backdoor written in C++, first discovered in 2003.

  • Sality family
  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Disables RegEdit via registry modification 1 IoCs
  • Disables Task Manager via registry modification
  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 4 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • 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.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Runs .reg file with regedit 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 26 IoCs
  • System policy modification 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\fontdrvhost.exe
    "fontdrvhost.exe"
    1⤵
      PID:784
    • C:\Windows\system32\fontdrvhost.exe
      "fontdrvhost.exe"
      1⤵
        PID:788
      • C:\Windows\system32\dwm.exe
        "dwm.exe"
        1⤵
          PID:316
        • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
          sihost.exe
          1⤵
            PID:2836
          • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k UnistackSvcGroup -s CDPUserSvc
            1⤵
              PID:3100
            • C:\Windows\system32\taskhostw.exe
              taskhostw.exe {222A245B-E637-4AE9-A93F-A59CA119A75E}
              1⤵
                PID:3184
              • C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
                C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
                1⤵
                  PID:3460
                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_9ecd59153b34c4ca6e747195517eda85.exe
                    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_9ecd59153b34c4ca6e747195517eda85.exe"
                    2⤵
                    • UAC bypass
                    • Disables RegEdit via registry modification
                    • Checks computer location settings
                    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
                    • Drops file in Windows directory
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    • System policy modification
                    PID:3988
                    • C:\Windows\System32\Conhost.exe
                      \??\C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1
                      3⤵
                        PID:2172
                      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
                        netsh firewall set opmode disable
                        3⤵
                        • Modifies Windows Firewall
                        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
                        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                        PID:3976
                      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regedit.exe
                        "C:\Windows\System32\regedit.exe" /s clean.reg
                        3⤵
                        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                        • Runs .reg file with regedit
                        PID:232
                  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
                    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k ClipboardSvcGroup -p -s cbdhsvc
                    1⤵
                      PID:3608
                    • C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe
                      C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3EB3C877-1F16-487C-9050-104DBCD66683}
                      1⤵
                        PID:3812
                      • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
                        "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
                        1⤵
                          PID:3900
                        • C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe
                          C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe -Embedding
                          1⤵
                            PID:3968
                          • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchApp.exe
                            "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchApp.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppX8z9r6jm96hw4bsbneegw0kyxx296wr9t.mca
                            1⤵
                              PID:4052
                            • C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe
                              C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe -Embedding
                              1⤵
                                PID:3940
                              • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\InputApp\TextInputHost.exe
                                "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\InputApp\TextInputHost.exe" -ServerName:InputApp.AppX9jnwykgrccxc8by3hsrsh07r423xzvav.mca
                                1⤵
                                  PID:3700
                                • C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe
                                  C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe -Embedding
                                  1⤵
                                    PID:3776
                                  • C:\Windows\system32\backgroundTaskHost.exe
                                    "C:\Windows\system32\backgroundTaskHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppX3bn25b6f886wmg6twh46972vprk9tnbf.mca
                                    1⤵
                                      PID:2368
                                    • C:\Windows\system32\backgroundTaskHost.exe
                                      "C:\Windows\system32\backgroundTaskHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXmtcan0h2tfbfy7k9kn8hbxb6dmzz1zh0.mca
                                      1⤵
                                        PID:1748
                                      • C:\Windows\system32\BackgroundTaskHost.exe
                                        "C:\Windows\system32\BackgroundTaskHost.exe" -ServerName:BackgroundTaskHost.WebAccountProvider
                                        1⤵
                                          PID:3656
                                        • C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe
                                          C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe -Embedding
                                          1⤵
                                            PID:4036

                                          Network

                                          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                                          Downloads

                                          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\clean.reg

                                            Filesize

                                            12B

                                            MD5

                                            2f1cffa09b6351dadd2f20f8298ea990

                                            SHA1

                                            6c0616e21f33d280dcf00d9b8cc52815e095b32b

                                            SHA256

                                            073e16e026c68f5fdefd6979e44526882f8414ff0c9ebd0e7b6ee523c099c904

                                            SHA512

                                            f4a8c320437067030dd8a8c61fa7238da8a313eadd1e69a62d90952890d4ec2d8d915f2156bbac5e052768670f3a382639194fa30d38853e8884fd096960a2e5

                                          • memory/3988-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045E000-memory.dmp

                                            Filesize

                                            376KB

                                          • memory/3988-4-0x0000000002600000-0x0000000003630000-memory.dmp

                                            Filesize

                                            16.2MB

                                          • memory/3988-11-0x0000000002600000-0x0000000003630000-memory.dmp

                                            Filesize

                                            16.2MB

                                          • memory/3988-12-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C32000-memory.dmp

                                            Filesize

                                            8KB

                                          • memory/3988-9-0x0000000002600000-0x0000000003630000-memory.dmp

                                            Filesize

                                            16.2MB

                                          • memory/3988-15-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C32000-memory.dmp

                                            Filesize

                                            8KB

                                          • memory/3988-8-0x0000000000C40000-0x0000000000C41000-memory.dmp

                                            Filesize

                                            4KB

                                          • memory/3988-7-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C32000-memory.dmp

                                            Filesize

                                            8KB

                                          • memory/3988-19-0x0000000002600000-0x0000000003630000-memory.dmp

                                            Filesize

                                            16.2MB

                                          • memory/3988-28-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045E000-memory.dmp

                                            Filesize

                                            376KB

                                          • memory/3988-20-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C32000-memory.dmp

                                            Filesize

                                            8KB