socgholish | c53eca236869e96a45034333d433ba52adb8e6b498fe5776ce933159f59dc32a

Analysis

max time kernel
120s
max time network
147s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240729-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240729-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
11/03/2025, 02:40

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_62bd1252accca7a0e5de1ec4910f4088.html
Size

46KB
MD5

62bd1252accca7a0e5de1ec4910f4088
SHA1

3ee347560971710b039b4a643dfbf16316f2a36a
SHA256

c53eca236869e96a45034333d433ba52adb8e6b498fe5776ce933159f59dc32a
SHA512

7769de7ee58bd31136ab919fcb131d362b774e9bf8b48061e391f1c807ba5fea50d65992eb60abab57cfd84bb61ecade3f742f1a1f2878d4e02509aaed898f63
SSDEEP

768:uG8BG5SA2S67HsZxgRVyQ7smAT9zjmYkUMwx7Is9+mbhjvXbu6MmQSqVd7NMATrs:uBESAgsMRVyQAmezeUMcIR8hjXbkDvTg

Score

10^/10

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Malware Config

Signatures

SocGholish
SocGholish is a JavaScript payload that downloads other malware.
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Socgholish family
socgholish

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 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	IEXPLORE.EXE

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 26 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InternetRegistry	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\BrowserEmulation\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PageSetup	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{31FD6D11-FE22-11EF-B40C-C6FE053A976A} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IETld\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "447822697"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DontShowMeThisDialogAgain	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Zoom	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\GPU	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2764	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
2764	iexplore.exe
2764	iexplore.exe
2744	IEXPLORE.EXE
2744	IEXPLORE.EXE
2744	IEXPLORE.EXE
2744	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2744	2764	iexplore.exe	31
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2744	2764	iexplore.exe	31
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2744	2764	iexplore.exe	31
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2744	2764	iexplore.exe	31

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_62bd1252accca7a0e5de1ec4910f4088.html
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2764
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2764 CREDAT:275457 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2744

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\3C428B1A3E5F57D887EC4B864FAC5DCC

Filesize
914B

MD5
e4a68ac854ac5242460afd72481b2a44

SHA1
df3c24f9bfd666761b268073fe06d1cc8d4f82a4

SHA256
cb3ccbb76031e5e0138f8dd39a23f9de47ffc35e43c1144cea27d46a5ab1cb5f

SHA512
5622207e1ba285f172756f6019af92ac808ed63286e24dfecc1e79873fb5d140f1ceb7133f2476e89a5f75f711f9813a9fbb8fd5287f64adfdcc53b864f9bdc5

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\94308059B57B3142E455B38A6EB92015

Filesize
71KB

MD5
83142242e97b8953c386f988aa694e4a

SHA1
833ed12fc15b356136dcdd27c61a50f59c5c7d50

SHA256
d72761e1a334a754ce8250e3af7ea4bf25301040929fd88cf9e50b4a9197d755

SHA512
bb6da177bd16d163f377d9b4c63f6d535804137887684c113cc2f643ceab4f34338c06b5a29213c23d375e95d22ef417eac928822dfb3688ce9e2de9d5242d10

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\F0ACCF77CDCBFF39F6191887F6D2D357

Filesize
1KB

MD5
a266bb7dcc38a562631361bbf61dd11b

SHA1
3b1efd3a66ea28b16697394703a72ca340a05bd5

SHA256
df545bf919a2439c36983b54cdfc903dfa4f37d3996d8d84b4c31eec6f3c163e

SHA512
0da8ef4f8f6ed3d16d2bc8eb816b9e6e1345dfe2d91160196c47e6149a1d6aedaafadcefd66acdea7f72dcf0832770192ceac15b0c559c4ccc2c0e5581d5aefc

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\3C428B1A3E5F57D887EC4B864FAC5DCC

Filesize
252B

MD5
2f447237ad340ed610833c573be919d9

SHA1
28029d9172382506d4649a0feb96e408a6da8ba1

SHA256
cc576f1028ae10cf50d350e08467d9339510884bd47000e52818a848ea3e8528

SHA512
c08396602ffd876ab9e3184d9ad8d8e8cb64c8db41fd4c805b32f89fd44290b2ce897727d807801f079d161afecd4ded0c49e9e9018040d88532ce7ebe32b73b

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\94308059B57B3142E455B38A6EB92015

Filesize
342B

MD5
9e79071c55815792fe493de851d26243

SHA1
e9515f8a653bd4d8276a12ee3c2f8fb670f6b7c3

SHA256
b1149f73bcfa390d775c59257e49bc7486999a3fbd8b3172e9f09e93a41dcb18

SHA512
2ef2bc1a6e10c8c104f77f00f0cdcbd349daef331cd95a07bf09bbdfeb1b744c2e437d27065ea8662a6110a768135d79cb130b316a881b3b3323bedc4b14713d

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\F0ACCF77CDCBFF39F6191887F6D2D357

Filesize
242B

MD5
d2f433f659935ae06282a1cef74e2e97

SHA1
821e262525e1ea606798c10763366dd724efa2e8

SHA256
78aac487c616b814b35f412693f3421b6a25fb3eff88f5e378bda4e180f77e15

SHA512
af6ac83b2b43e50f5f3526aa04744aafd642d7d2307a40d0657cb9ce29d9f5e87edcb9ade4831a03870bc51016071742844447b573e9b90418ce8ec89017d4d9

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\F0ACCF77CDCBFF39F6191887F6D2D357

Filesize
242B

MD5
38a8173533a1ffeb8c3e1ff8109f3042

SHA1
bb1b0ad50204a1e58c7fe6dcc74626c59bf7359c

SHA256
aba6c0aba0da76039b88b03c779e97af9f9de5d23bba085406fffc0738a2f2b8

SHA512
a39af0ebb74e25f5c36435a0a1670ca654a790124df8ec798547241b0d54b1edf929eb9ae97d38968395e8e3f318ffec92f4aceb44188f34551707b98d87a9d5

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\40WV1DY9\f[1].txt

Filesize
42KB

MD5
165a8a3d452bb81eccfb53cfbcc9f066

SHA1
98759b55e28837d17e37bf9bd3fa28f90678f302

SHA256
d809f13a236fe441336594d6ba58e749bb9366a67721ba45755d186d2dad4d3f

SHA512
9c8f23e0acc55d6087487865afb93598bb820df1059bdabfc49f48ee183fd69998e0d2aeab18bcfc4572f32be79f64bd8e62311f2ab597a5a55829a182664ff7

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CabF576.tmp

Filesize
70KB

MD5
49aebf8cbd62d92ac215b2923fb1b9f5

SHA1
1723be06719828dda65ad804298d0431f6aff976

SHA256
b33efcb95235b98b48508e019afa4b7655e80cf071defabd8b2123fc8b29307f

SHA512
bf86116b015fb56709516d686e168e7c9c68365136231cc51d0b6542ae95323a71d2c7acec84aad7dcecc2e410843f6d82a0a6d51b9acfc721a9c84fdd877b5b

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TarF589.tmp

Filesize
181KB

MD5
4ea6026cf93ec6338144661bf1202cd1

SHA1
a1dec9044f750ad887935a01430bf49322fbdcb7

SHA256
8efbc21559ef8b1bcf526800d8070baad42474ce7198e26fa771dbb41a76b1d8

SHA512
6c7e0980e39aacf4c3689802353f464a08cd17753bd210ee997e5f2a455deb4f287a9ef74d84579dbde49bc96213cd2b8b247723919c412ea980aa6e6bfe218b

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TarF763.tmp

Filesize
183KB

MD5
109cab5505f5e065b63d01361467a83b

SHA1
4ed78955b9272a9ed689b51bf2bf4a86a25e53fc

SHA256
ea6b7f51e85835c09259d9475a7d246c3e764ad67c449673f9dc97172c351673

SHA512
753a6da5d6889dd52f40208e37f2b8c185805ef81148682b269fff5aa84a46d710fe0ebfe05bce625da2e801e1c26745998a41266fa36bf47bc088a224d730cc

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