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
21/03/2025, 12:21
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
JaffaCakes118_83321a1a6f2a7ad9d5aa17021faf0190.xls
Resource
win7-20240903-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
JaffaCakes118_83321a1a6f2a7ad9d5aa17021faf0190.xls
Resource
win10v2004-20250313-en
General
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Target
JaffaCakes118_83321a1a6f2a7ad9d5aa17021faf0190.xls
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Size
109KB
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MD5
83321a1a6f2a7ad9d5aa17021faf0190
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SHA1
bd813c121342f4c90136850daaa38f484472fb74
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SHA256
8882320f6b81d106940e3fc1671c7d6df3fc994040643965f7078d12f30d7d18
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SHA512
046e865d26dded7708ac934ffb4d18ae305c67cfec06a25de5b42b7fa60deccf12f08eb0757bdd2c6c9580b4713827f6c07766346021763cbab6e7cb009fcfc3
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SSDEEP
1536:8EEEEtwoLcgpe3+P9JcOJm32+T2Z2JRn2jcc0lbxOvTgZuB88ScJtXQ1bH:kcgpXJm32+N2jcc0lbxOrrjhJtXQRH
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 1040 2816 cmd.exe 29 Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process 1312 2816 cmd.exe 29 Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process 1688 2816 cmd.exe 29 -
Deletes itself 1 IoCs
pid Process 2816 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 attrib.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\94767F00\:Zone.Identifier:$DATA EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
pid Process 2816 EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
pid Process 2816 EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 7 IoCs
pid Process 2816 EXCEL.EXE 2816 EXCEL.EXE 2816 EXCEL.EXE 2816 EXCEL.EXE 2816 EXCEL.EXE 2816 EXCEL.EXE 2816 EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2816 wrote to memory of 1040 2816 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 2816 wrote to memory of 1040 2816 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 2816 wrote to memory of 1040 2816 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 2816 wrote to memory of 1040 2816 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 2816 wrote to memory of 1312 2816 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 2816 wrote to memory of 1312 2816 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 2816 wrote to memory of 1312 2816 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 2816 wrote to memory of 1312 2816 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 2816 wrote to memory of 1688 2816 EXCEL.EXE 33 PID 2816 wrote to memory of 1688 2816 EXCEL.EXE 33 PID 2816 wrote to memory of 1688 2816 EXCEL.EXE 33 PID 2816 wrote to memory of 1688 2816 EXCEL.EXE 33 PID 1040 wrote to memory of 1016 1040 cmd.exe 36 PID 1040 wrote to memory of 1016 1040 cmd.exe 36 PID 1040 wrote to memory of 1016 1040 cmd.exe 36 PID 1040 wrote to memory of 1016 1040 cmd.exe 36 -
Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 1016 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_83321a1a6f2a7ad9d5aa17021faf0190.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:2816 -
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:1040 -
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:1016
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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:1312
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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:1688
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