neshta | 1038e6565302e50191d1fe423c0f8c4d6d866be4e39449f86b30e3f4b67cd0a4

Analysis

max time kernel
121s
max time network
122s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
06-02-2025 00:59

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
Size

3.5MB
MD5

a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6
SHA1

1d913f45cdc29762ea0cee6f1fd4ef605dc3888c
SHA256

1038e6565302e50191d1fe423c0f8c4d6d866be4e39449f86b30e3f4b67cd0a4
SHA512

509b8c13fde8f9ce83038ddd7537fafce2061b6becf51eee28169e4c729709d96eb2e8e74e2be3f6ae8df8de0c5736e49f877fb3b4eff8f97cc998ad4ea1c908
SSDEEP

98304:Sgy8kDbkIrrNRiaZ67lnQhMDDMbfjR/s6DKvjXPVf:SF8kDbpnBenk6bP5

Score

10^/10

neshta discovery persistence spyware stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Detect Neshta payload 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2992-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/2992-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/2992-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/2992-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/2992-95-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_neshta

Neshta
Malware from the neshta family is designed to infect itself into other files to spread itself and cause damage.
persistence spyware neshta
Neshta family
neshta

Modifies system executable filetype association 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Modify Registry

T1112

Change Default File Association

T1546.001

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command\ = "C:\\Windows\\svchost.com \"%1\" %*"	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe

Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
spyware stealer

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials In Files
T1552.001

Credentials from Web Browsers
T1555.003

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2320 set thread context of 2992	2320	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe	31

Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{57A73~1\VC_RED~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\LICLUA.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GOOGLE~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\DISABL~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\ONENOTEM.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\Oarpmany.exe	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\INTERN~1\ieinstal.exe	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\CLVIEW.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\OIS.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\VPREVIEW.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\XLICONS.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\wmlaunch.exe	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\Adobe\Updater6\ADOBEU~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\ink\mip.exe	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSTORDB.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\NAMECO~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\INTERN~1\iexplore.exe	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSTORE.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~4\ImagingDevices.exe	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\DW\DWTRIG20.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\FLTLDR.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\TextConv\WksConv\Wkconv.exe	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GO664E~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{CA675~1\VCREDI~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\Adobe\Updater6\ADOBE_~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\BCSSync.exe	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\CNFNOT32.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~1\wab.exe	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\OFFICE~1\ODeploy.exe	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSOHTMED.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Resource\Icons\SC_REA~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\INTERN~1\ielowutil.exe	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\WORDICON.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{EF6B0~1\VCREDI~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\1033\ONELEV.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\IECONT~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\ONENOTE.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\PPTICO.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GOF5E2~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~1\wabmig.exe	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{4D8DC~1\VC_RED~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GOOGLE~4.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GOOGLE~2.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{33D1F~1\VCREDI~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\wmplayer.exe	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\wmpshare.exe	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\SOURCE~1\OSE.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\ACCICONS.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~1\WinMail.exe	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\setup_wm.exe	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSQRY32.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\wmpconfig.exe	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\ADOBEA~1\Versions\1.0\ADOBEA~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\DW\DW20.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\MSOXMLED.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\GROOVEMN.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\MSOICONS.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\OFFICE~1\Setup.exe	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\misc.exe	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MOZILL~1\MAINTE~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\wmprph.exe	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~2\ACCESS~1\wordpad.exe	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\POWERPNT.EXE	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\svchost.com	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 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_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe

Modifies registry class 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command\ = "C:\\Windows\\svchost.com \"%1\" %*"	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2320	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 2992	2320	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe	31
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 2992	2320	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe	31
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 2992	2320	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe	31
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 2992	2320	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe	31
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 2992	2320	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe	31
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 2992	2320	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe	31
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 2992	2320	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe	31
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 2992	2320	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe	31
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 2992	2320	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe	31
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 2992	2320	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe	31
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 2992	2320	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe	31
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 2992	2320	JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2320
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_a591eba4913791142ed2740704efbbd6.exe
  2⤵
  - Modifies system executable filetype association
  - Drops file in Program Files directory
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Modifies registry class
  PID:2992

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Change Default File Association

T1546.001

Privilege Escalation

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Change Default File Association

T1546.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Credentials from Password Stores

T1555

Credentials from Web Browsers

T1555.003

Unsecured Credentials

T1552

Credentials In Files

T1552.001

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Data from Local System

T1005

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\MSOCache\ALLUSE~1\{90140~1\dwtrig20.exe

Filesize
547KB

MD5
01d5e801c34633655d78b1b89883f72c

SHA1
f8dba7cff703ab68d94ac1070f180202016f1efd

SHA256
dd953f9f859432a222d876f9556dcd108c4a430078594790c1efee7e374a09ed

SHA512
cf9a547552635750e2fad78d6843b90e0a602cb71b568aace7a58d844b77357a5261b44d976ec121556d73787406c11e6a9afa82d32a02c8dac858c8fa2a0a37

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memory/2992-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2992-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2992-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2992-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2992-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2992-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2992-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2992-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2992-16-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2992-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2992-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2992-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2992-95-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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