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
12/03/2025, 21:52
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
JaffaCakes118_6d46695976309ffe6eb6dc18928d9e0d.xls
Resource
win7-20240903-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
JaffaCakes118_6d46695976309ffe6eb6dc18928d9e0d.xls
Resource
win10v2004-20250217-en
General
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Target
JaffaCakes118_6d46695976309ffe6eb6dc18928d9e0d.xls
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Size
360KB
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MD5
6d46695976309ffe6eb6dc18928d9e0d
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SHA1
fc26adf393c5108e8353ef55042a28482be2bf00
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SHA256
b6a6214ad7eb10ee3cfa57592579528d5d2cb376876c4513b08a091ac60fb9b2
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SHA512
655e7716cfaff981d94e78d1cc698e2c85859998a87ac364286ee5a87155300119d4af83d9b75dd6b8a328ccb7afba8e8bcafbd6adf1398854554aaee3152fe0
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SSDEEP
6144:r+l6Nc7yRzs1H75wkZUpFCaYWREOdO+jIcrOVnViuMMopoA/gnez5DP+J:mPx/SH
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 2476 2128 cmd.exe 29 Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process 1772 2128 cmd.exe 29 Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process 296 2128 cmd.exe 29 -
Deletes itself 1 IoCs
pid Process 2128 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 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 attrib.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\A6B67F00\:Zone.Identifier:$DATA EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
pid Process 2128 EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
pid Process 2128 EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
pid Process 2128 EXCEL.EXE 2128 EXCEL.EXE 2128 EXCEL.EXE 2128 EXCEL.EXE 2128 EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2128 wrote to memory of 2148 2128 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 2128 wrote to memory of 2148 2128 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 2128 wrote to memory of 2148 2128 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 2128 wrote to memory of 2148 2128 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 2128 wrote to memory of 296 2128 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 2128 wrote to memory of 296 2128 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 2128 wrote to memory of 296 2128 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 2128 wrote to memory of 296 2128 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 2128 wrote to memory of 1772 2128 EXCEL.EXE 32 PID 2128 wrote to memory of 1772 2128 EXCEL.EXE 32 PID 2128 wrote to memory of 1772 2128 EXCEL.EXE 32 PID 2128 wrote to memory of 1772 2128 EXCEL.EXE 32 PID 2128 wrote to memory of 2476 2128 EXCEL.EXE 33 PID 2128 wrote to memory of 2476 2128 EXCEL.EXE 33 PID 2128 wrote to memory of 2476 2128 EXCEL.EXE 33 PID 2128 wrote to memory of 2476 2128 EXCEL.EXE 33 PID 296 wrote to memory of 428 296 cmd.exe 37 PID 296 wrote to memory of 428 296 cmd.exe 37 PID 296 wrote to memory of 428 296 cmd.exe 37 PID 296 wrote to memory of 428 296 cmd.exe 37 -
Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 428 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_6d46695976309ffe6eb6dc18928d9e0d.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:2128 -
C:\Windows\splwow64.exeC:\Windows\splwow64.exe 122882⤵PID:2148
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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:296 -
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:428
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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:1772
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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:2476
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