neshta | 0adcf2c781204d7aa283bf799f900d98aee75c9174db7d3cde944697d6fcd34a

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
22/02/2025, 05:46

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
Size

324KB
MD5

179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90
SHA1

ec9ebc48f39e695c185b97db2ea972e449540c16
SHA256

0adcf2c781204d7aa283bf799f900d98aee75c9174db7d3cde944697d6fcd34a
SHA512

e1b08526f989c089cafe1edd99dbd94045e385def424db9d6034a4cf883d6376d04f07240a289b84086179d1e2638ace0ebc2e47baa55effa367a1d99e46cf36
SSDEEP

6144:tu4KCTpo7SSVDd6QQ8f8QSB2zhB7JtyHwQAOxglKqqDLus4t+:xKCTJU67B2zhB7QwQUqnuZ+

Score

10^/10

neshta discovery persistence spyware stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

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

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1708	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2520	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
2520	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
2520	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe

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_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.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

Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\ADOBEA~1\Versions\1.0\ADOBEA~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\INTERN~1\ielowutil.exe	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\IECONT~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSOHTMED.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\POWERPNT.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~1\wab.exe	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{57A73~1\VC_RED~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\INTERN~1\iexplore.exe	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\1033\ONELEV.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSTORDB.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSTORE.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\ONENOTEM.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\PPTICO.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\WINWORD.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI4223~1\sidebar.exe	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\A3DUTI~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\NAMECO~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\setup_wm.exe	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{4D8DC~1\VC_RED~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{61087~1\VCREDI~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\DISABL~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\CLVIEW.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\VPREVIEW.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\wmpconfig.exe	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\SETUPF~1\{AC76B~1\Setup.exe	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\SOURCE~1\OSE.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\OIS.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~1\WinMail.exe	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~2\ACCESS~1\wordpad.exe	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\ACROBR~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GO664E~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\GRAPH.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\DW\DWTRIG20.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\FLTLDR.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GOOGLE~2.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\BCSSync.exe	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSQRY32.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\WORDICON.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{EF6B0~1\VCREDI~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\DW\DW20.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\TextConv\WksConv\Wkconv.exe	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\CNFNOT32.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSOUC.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\XLICONS.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\ACCICONS.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\misc.exe	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSOSYNC.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MOZILL~1\MAINTE~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\Eula.exe	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\MSOICONS.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\MSOXMLED.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\Oarpmany.exe	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\OFFICE~1\ODeploy.exe	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GOF5E2~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\GROOVEMN.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\ONENOTE.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\ink\mip.exe	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MOZILL~1\UNINST~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\wmlaunch.exe	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\wmpshare.exe	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~4\ImagingDevices.exe	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{33D1F~1\VCREDI~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{CA675~1\VCREDI~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Resource\Icons\SC_REA~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\svchost.com	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.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_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.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_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 1708	2520	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe	30
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 1708	2520	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe	30
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 1708	2520	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe	30
PID 2520 wrote to memory of 1708	2520	JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- 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
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2520
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1708

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\DW20.EXE

Filesize
859KB

MD5
beb6dae71186da2adfa2e5671bcfd154

SHA1
2c520dfe3490772dfc6bbc2783c5114ca303d39d

SHA256
832b42331ca55ce423a4556827cfacdca82c6dbef771619a28b965ef5c62b815

SHA512
002423a98f74c7f1244fa9caa06e82cecec67d6bf2c721c7cfb7deaf5995e5ba89ff0ce19c9f5294f0fea608753afdac0c324f194e76c0cac4b835de38fcd09e

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\JaffaCakes118_179d75a730ea66ac9c050f9b7e22ed90.exe

Filesize
284KB

MD5
bc03513c90469aa42bdf5c507ac8b684

SHA1
1a7330ee3d1fe650e73234fa269f17e681e0e7be

SHA256
f7ced146049eeb601a481408fb5edebbb805dafee25671b47735d1451d20de33

SHA512
2c123767db9f10b57273fb1aca7df10fc1aaad37613ed73beac11d43c6cb5dfcaa5f15bb2609de1e431869e5b891f92901dff3c46bc865c792f2b6b126312293

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\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\LOGTRA~1.EXE

Filesize
252KB

MD5
9e2b9928c89a9d0da1d3e8f4bd96afa7

SHA1
ec66cda99f44b62470c6930e5afda061579cde35

SHA256
8899b4ed3446b7d55b54defbc1acb7c5392a4b3bc8ec2cdc7c31171708965043

SHA512
2ca5ad1d0e12a8049de885b90b7f56fe77c868e0d6dae4ec4b6f3bc0bf7b2e73295cc9b1328c2b45357ffb0d7804622ab3f91a56140b098e93b691032d508156

Download Submit
memory/2520-87-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

Download
memory/2520-89-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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