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
15/03/2025, 15:40
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
JaffaCakes118_770034c50bb98c5b1fca378a18fa5d4a.xls
Resource
win7-20240903-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
JaffaCakes118_770034c50bb98c5b1fca378a18fa5d4a.xls
Resource
win10v2004-20250314-en
General
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Target
JaffaCakes118_770034c50bb98c5b1fca378a18fa5d4a.xls
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Size
84KB
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MD5
770034c50bb98c5b1fca378a18fa5d4a
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SHA1
7f6cccf4e9864314a6380187cf014eee82e2eb5e
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SHA256
c5547db4d0d78e2875757726cba34e96dcd6109eb5d3ba4f838d6b251dba1d17
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SHA512
111d9f8345296811e453c299dfde298ad4ec1d96dc22909ce092aacb192fa42995fb8cf2b8430285d3f8df50b44284e902a46c29f2c5b86fa9a753c9260aeafd
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SSDEEP
1536:ymmmWSV5WVbrzQ7Io8cpDukbA23vM88ScJtXwgpMu:jWVbrzQ7I5cDukZEjhJtXwLu
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 2352 2144 cmd.exe 29 Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process 1768 2144 cmd.exe 29 Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process 2404 2144 cmd.exe 29 -
Deletes itself 1 IoCs
pid Process 2144 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\D3077F00\:Zone.Identifier:$DATA EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
pid Process 2144 EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
pid Process 2144 EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
pid Process 2144 EXCEL.EXE 2144 EXCEL.EXE 2144 EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2144 wrote to memory of 1768 2144 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 2144 wrote to memory of 1768 2144 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 2144 wrote to memory of 1768 2144 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 2144 wrote to memory of 1768 2144 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 2144 wrote to memory of 2352 2144 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 2144 wrote to memory of 2352 2144 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 2144 wrote to memory of 2352 2144 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 2144 wrote to memory of 2352 2144 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 2144 wrote to memory of 2404 2144 EXCEL.EXE 32 PID 2144 wrote to memory of 2404 2144 EXCEL.EXE 32 PID 2144 wrote to memory of 2404 2144 EXCEL.EXE 32 PID 2144 wrote to memory of 2404 2144 EXCEL.EXE 32 PID 1768 wrote to memory of 1788 1768 cmd.exe 36 PID 1768 wrote to memory of 1788 1768 cmd.exe 36 PID 1768 wrote to memory of 1788 1768 cmd.exe 36 PID 1768 wrote to memory of 1788 1768 cmd.exe 36 -
Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 1788 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_770034c50bb98c5b1fca378a18fa5d4a.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:2144 -
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
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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:1788
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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:2352
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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:2404
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