Analysis

  • max time kernel
    81s
  • max time network
    84s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    29/03/2025, 17:28

General

  • Target

    JaffaCakes118_8d71bf5a890eae1da41fe1fd6a0784cf.exe

  • Size

    81KB

  • MD5

    8d71bf5a890eae1da41fe1fd6a0784cf

  • SHA1

    ece8178990157bda6bfa60e82112160119b62e5b

  • SHA256

    ae1e50de9919c108cc981c5a93726f8010f10143034f67fe26cbe2b176a04ea4

  • SHA512

    e48f776dba247cacee0b44b991430f55b89341a89a7508e0a3d3211759c0bf1e27fd59760b6af3c81fbf436dc72f57c2718a2b5fd502339c2cf7a24cf10a52ef

  • SSDEEP

    1536:F26DT3BN2bGbA/kz5lzzLonj9914fo/b9tCAb+Vyl:koT3v2P05ML14Mwyl

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

pony

C2

http://silkplast.info:2346/pony/mac.php

http://vchatlydx.info:2346/pony/mac.php

Signatures

  • Pony family
  • Pony,Fareit

    Pony is a Remote Access Trojan application that steals information.

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Reads data files stored by FTP clients 2 TTPs

    Tries to access configuration files associated with programs like FileZilla.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files 1 TTPs

    Steal credentials from unsecured files.

  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Hide Artifacts: Hidden Files and Directories 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 3 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • 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.

  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 32 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_8d71bf5a890eae1da41fe1fd6a0784cf.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_8d71bf5a890eae1da41fe1fd6a0784cf.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2540
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c at 20:07:00 cmd.exe /c copy %TEMP%\259517101FdOh %WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts /Y && rename %WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts hosts.sys
      2⤵
        PID:2764
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\at.exe
          at 20:07:00 cmd.exe /c copy C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\259517101FdOh C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts /Y
          3⤵
            PID:2872
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v 259517132 /t REG_SZ /d "cmd.exe /c copy %TEMP%\259517101FdOh %WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts /Y && attrib +H %WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts /f
          2⤵
          • Hide Artifacts: Hidden Files and Directories
          PID:3024
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
            reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v 259517132 /t REG_SZ /d "cmd.exe /c copy C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\259517101FdOh C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts /Y && attrib +H C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts /f
            3⤵
            • Hide Artifacts: Hidden Files and Directories
            PID:2184

      Network

      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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      Downloads

      • memory/2540-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        176KB

      • memory/2540-1-0x000000000040D000-0x0000000000412000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        20KB

      • memory/2540-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        176KB

      • memory/2540-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        176KB

      • memory/2540-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        176KB

      • memory/2540-5-0x000000000040D000-0x0000000000412000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        20KB

      • memory/2540-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        176KB