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
29/03/2025, 17:31
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
JaffaCakes118_8da93f2c184247b886fee3ac1b17eb58.xls
Resource
win7-20240903-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
JaffaCakes118_8da93f2c184247b886fee3ac1b17eb58.xls
Resource
win10v2004-20250314-en
General
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Target
JaffaCakes118_8da93f2c184247b886fee3ac1b17eb58.xls
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Size
95KB
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MD5
8da93f2c184247b886fee3ac1b17eb58
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SHA1
d6e6cf2946c657f222501453d20fd86766545783
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SHA256
ba8990f92dd9680634d898be9d5a63ec42d89660a1f29a51147633307b1e9da5
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SHA512
38d62103fb0bc336e7870e9e8b16968c5a6e524ecf13bc3455936102779edeec337ede1d01f6e9dfa6ee2abfa1214c5c338ca54ac63ac6687e23b7007b653d77
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SSDEEP
1536:eeeeeqWfeOQzJtV8cbsQvPe8k1SLz459mYqNAOIbkWVbrzQ7ITkPBx2sKt8pcJtk:eExWVbrzQ7ITky18CJtXweQN
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 1840 2360 cmd.exe 29 Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process 1732 2360 cmd.exe 29 Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process 380 2360 cmd.exe 29 -
Deletes itself 1 IoCs
pid Process 2360 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 attrib.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\C0A67F00\:Zone.Identifier:$DATA EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
pid Process 2360 EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
pid Process 2360 EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
pid Process 2360 EXCEL.EXE 2360 EXCEL.EXE 2360 EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2360 wrote to memory of 1840 2360 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 2360 wrote to memory of 1840 2360 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 2360 wrote to memory of 1840 2360 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 2360 wrote to memory of 1840 2360 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 2360 wrote to memory of 1732 2360 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 2360 wrote to memory of 1732 2360 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 2360 wrote to memory of 1732 2360 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 2360 wrote to memory of 1732 2360 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 2360 wrote to memory of 380 2360 EXCEL.EXE 33 PID 2360 wrote to memory of 380 2360 EXCEL.EXE 33 PID 2360 wrote to memory of 380 2360 EXCEL.EXE 33 PID 2360 wrote to memory of 380 2360 EXCEL.EXE 33 PID 1840 wrote to memory of 1980 1840 cmd.exe 35 PID 1840 wrote to memory of 1980 1840 cmd.exe 35 PID 1840 wrote to memory of 1980 1840 cmd.exe 35 PID 1840 wrote to memory of 1980 1840 cmd.exe 35 -
Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 1980 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_8da93f2c184247b886fee3ac1b17eb58.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:2360 -
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:1840 -
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:1980
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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:1732
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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:380
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