Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
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resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system -
submitted
11/03/2025, 23:01
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
JaffaCakes118_67b9e7ab6bb969b5e2645589ee401e93.xls
Resource
win7-20240903-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
JaffaCakes118_67b9e7ab6bb969b5e2645589ee401e93.xls
Resource
win10v2004-20250217-en
General
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Target
JaffaCakes118_67b9e7ab6bb969b5e2645589ee401e93.xls
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Size
161KB
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MD5
67b9e7ab6bb969b5e2645589ee401e93
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SHA1
fd495e6f56664b76aaa12fb2d7b80d50c40c9b77
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SHA256
9f530620f2193ec5d32ac501daa82c988b49bfaa70ddc79cc0db4eb4e59d5281
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SHA512
68e896f409d621426bd42011f8b7e6626bf70cd5afd5ed455bfea5aa2efff0b9b4da1df372dbe65407d0938e4dfbcd7cf03a9dc84bd813019961d1be5c9d6714
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SSDEEP
3072:VZIl6Nc7yRzs1H75wkZUgsRLpEbWN6Z8TGVoPS2gfSRUlQvaR8LWIEOSq6/cgfAs:bIl6Nc7yRzs1H75wkZUgsRLpEbWN6Z81
Malware Config
Signatures
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Process spawned unexpected child process 3 IoCs
This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.
description pid pid_target Process procid_target Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process 2968 2120 cmd.exe 29 Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process 656 2120 cmd.exe 29 Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process 1752 2120 cmd.exe 29 -
Deletes itself 1 IoCs
pid Process 2120 EXCEL.EXE -
Indicator Removal: File Deletion 1 TTPs
Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.
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System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language attrib.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language EXCEL.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe -
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
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Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\FloatingPointProcessor EXCEL.EXE -
NTFS ADS 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\78A67F00\:Zone.Identifier:$DATA EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
pid Process 2120 EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
pid Process 2120 EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
pid Process 2120 EXCEL.EXE 2120 EXCEL.EXE 2120 EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2120 wrote to memory of 1752 2120 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 2120 wrote to memory of 1752 2120 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 2120 wrote to memory of 1752 2120 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 2120 wrote to memory of 1752 2120 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 2120 wrote to memory of 656 2120 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 2120 wrote to memory of 656 2120 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 2120 wrote to memory of 656 2120 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 2120 wrote to memory of 656 2120 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 2120 wrote to memory of 2968 2120 EXCEL.EXE 32 PID 2120 wrote to memory of 2968 2120 EXCEL.EXE 32 PID 2120 wrote to memory of 2968 2120 EXCEL.EXE 32 PID 2120 wrote to memory of 2968 2120 EXCEL.EXE 32 PID 1752 wrote to memory of 1884 1752 cmd.exe 36 PID 1752 wrote to memory of 1884 1752 cmd.exe 36 PID 1752 wrote to memory of 1884 1752 cmd.exe 36 PID 1752 wrote to memory of 1884 1752 cmd.exe 36 -
Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 1884 attrib.exe
Processes
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /dde C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_67b9e7ab6bb969b5e2645589ee401e93.xls1⤵
- Deletes itself
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Enumerates system info in registry
- NTFS ADS
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c attrib -S -h "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\K4.XLS"2⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1752 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exeattrib -S -h "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\K4.XLS"3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Views/modifies file attributes
PID:1884
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c Del /F /Q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\K4.XLS"2⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:656
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c RD /S /Q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\K4.XLS"2⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2968
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