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:win7-20250207-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system -
submitted
11/03/2025, 14:15
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
JaffaCakes118_65b2b50aed09fa8413e5b5b9abb39fa3.xls
Resource
win7-20250207-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
JaffaCakes118_65b2b50aed09fa8413e5b5b9abb39fa3.xls
Resource
win10v2004-20250217-en
General
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Target
JaffaCakes118_65b2b50aed09fa8413e5b5b9abb39fa3.xls
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Size
112KB
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MD5
65b2b50aed09fa8413e5b5b9abb39fa3
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SHA1
db8adcbd71c9071a58651923e09e7a424aac56a8
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SHA256
d5d7818e96aa5aca2a12008c9a797da7da6f2e28ba06d934eb73c9e208d8a4be
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SHA512
57c62826f39924dcb77b42a3f3a330e1e4b4c6120df794ce914492960441103160193f631a8b0dd082b340cbf04c8b0c1f1ebe7435ff41e8204b8bfa38624767
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SSDEEP
1536:HrfffrfKyrfujnfJyQksFl6VJOufFtMTiKBsqIeWciQ28oOWVbrz+7jx7ITkR62R:/KfWVbrzCx7ITk9hjhJtXww5kV2z/
Malware Config
Signatures
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Process spawned unexpected child process 4 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 1648 2748 cmd.exe 29 Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process 1032 2748 cmd.exe 29 Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process 1864 2748 cmd.exe 29 Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process 1976 2748 wscript.exe 29 -
Deletes itself 1 IoCs
pid Process 2748 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 6 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 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 Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language wscript.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\4C467F00\:Zone.Identifier:$DATA EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
pid Process 2748 EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
pid Process 2748 EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
pid Process 2748 EXCEL.EXE 2748 EXCEL.EXE 2748 EXCEL.EXE 2748 EXCEL.EXE 2748 EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2748 wrote to memory of 1648 2748 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 2748 wrote to memory of 1648 2748 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 2748 wrote to memory of 1648 2748 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 2748 wrote to memory of 1648 2748 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 2748 wrote to memory of 1032 2748 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 2748 wrote to memory of 1032 2748 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 2748 wrote to memory of 1032 2748 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 2748 wrote to memory of 1032 2748 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 2748 wrote to memory of 1864 2748 EXCEL.EXE 32 PID 2748 wrote to memory of 1864 2748 EXCEL.EXE 32 PID 2748 wrote to memory of 1864 2748 EXCEL.EXE 32 PID 2748 wrote to memory of 1864 2748 EXCEL.EXE 32 PID 2748 wrote to memory of 1976 2748 EXCEL.EXE 36 PID 2748 wrote to memory of 1976 2748 EXCEL.EXE 36 PID 2748 wrote to memory of 1976 2748 EXCEL.EXE 36 PID 2748 wrote to memory of 1976 2748 EXCEL.EXE 36 PID 1648 wrote to memory of 1540 1648 cmd.exe 37 PID 1648 wrote to memory of 1540 1648 cmd.exe 37 PID 1648 wrote to memory of 1540 1648 cmd.exe 37 PID 1648 wrote to memory of 1540 1648 cmd.exe 37 -
Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 1540 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_65b2b50aed09fa8413e5b5b9abb39fa3.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
PID:2748 -
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:1648 -
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:1540
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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:1032
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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:1864
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wscript.exe"C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe" E:\KK\JaffaCakes118_65b2b50aed09fa8413e5b5b9abb39fa3_Search.vbs2⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1976
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