neshta | 699e3aaa1f6d246b0d5244fca5cc95572b8bc975fcfbb51454fee50f2c144a54

Analysis

max time kernel
118s
max time network
121s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
29/03/2025, 19:02

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
Size

567KB
MD5

938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea
SHA1

faadf613a5345064de018b535b8fd557ce71ba46
SHA256

699e3aaa1f6d246b0d5244fca5cc95572b8bc975fcfbb51454fee50f2c144a54
SHA512

abd2804d7be48f74e32a5b1782ca5dfce3b2b6d2d65ece6c2c336107a9f34a3775ba94f704a8398d764a273e2631f2beab6def238fd29b7aa2160db436f08127
SSDEEP

12288:dXj6q9vXj6q9AFGDuHIXj6q9rzNqXj6q9bdGSyI:NOqdOqqbH2Oq0OqhdfyI

Score

10^/10

neshta discovery persistence spyware stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Detect Neshta payload 3 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x0001000000010318-11.dat	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/2416-90-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/2416-92-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_neshta

Neshta
Malware from the neshta family is designed to infect itself into other files to spread itself and cause damage.
persistence spyware neshta
Neshta family
neshta

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2932	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2416	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
2416	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe

Modifies system executable filetype association 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Modify Registry

T1112

Change Default File Association

T1546.001

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command\ = "C:\\Windows\\svchost.com \"%1\" %*"	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe

Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
spyware stealer

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials In Files
T1552.001

Credentials from Web Browsers
T1555.003

Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{EF6B0~1\VCREDI~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\TextConv\WksConv\Wkconv.exe	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GOOGLE~4.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Resource\Icons\SC_REA~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\ink\mip.exe	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\misc.exe	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\WINWORD.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\wmlaunch.exe	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\A3DUTI~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\INTERN~1\iexplore.exe	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\GRAPH.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSTORDB.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{57A73~1\VC_RED~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\ONENOTEM.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\VPREVIEW.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\XLICONS.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\Adobe\Updater6\ADOBEU~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\DW\DW20.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\LICLUA.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\MSOICONS.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\MSOXMLED.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GOBD5D~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSTORE.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\OFFICE~1\ODeploy.exe	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\LOGTRA~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\SETUPF~1\{AC76B~1\Setup.exe	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\Oarpmany.exe	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~1\wab.exe	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\wmpconfig.exe	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GOOGLE~3.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSOHTMED.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\ONENOTE.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\wmprph.exe	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~2\ACCESS~1\wordpad.exe	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GOOGLE~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GOF5E2~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSOSYNC.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\OFFICE~1\Setup.exe	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\ADOBEC~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\FLTLDR.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GO664E~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\wmplayer.exe	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{33D1F~1\VCREDI~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\BCSSync.exe	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\IECONT~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\PPTICO.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\setup_wm.exe	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{4D8DC~1\VC_RED~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\ACROBR~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\Eula.exe	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\POWERPNT.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~4\ImagingDevices.exe	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\VSTO\10.0\VSTOIN~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\INTERN~1\ielowutil.exe	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\CLVIEW.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\INFOPATH.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\SELFCERT.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\wmpshare.exe	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\SOURCE~1\OSE.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\ADOBEA~1\Versions\1.0\ADOBEA~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\INTERN~1\ieinstal.exe	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSOUC.EXE	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~1\wabmig.exe	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\svchost.com	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe

Modifies registry class 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command\ = "C:\\Windows\\svchost.com \"%1\" %*"	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2932	2416	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe	28
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2932	2416	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe	28
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2932	2416	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe	28
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2932	2416	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe	28
PID 2932 wrote to memory of 2052	2932	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe	29
PID 2932 wrote to memory of 2052	2932	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe	29
PID 2932 wrote to memory of 2052	2932	JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe	29

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Modifies system executable filetype association
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2416
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2932
- - C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\dw20.exe
    dw20.exe -x -s 380
    3⤵
    PID:2052

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Change Default File Association

T1546.001

Privilege Escalation

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Change Default File Association

T1546.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Credentials from Password Stores

T1555

Credentials from Web Browsers

T1555.003

Unsecured Credentials

T1552

Credentials In Files

T1552.001

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Data from Local System

T1005

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\MSOCache\ALLUSE~1\{90140~1\dwtrig20.exe

Filesize
547KB

MD5
cf6c595d3e5e9667667af096762fd9c4

SHA1
9bb44da8d7f6457099cb56e4f7d1026963dce7ce

SHA256
593e60cc30ae0789448547195af77f550387f6648d45847ea244dd0dd7abf03d

SHA512
ff4f789df9e6a6d0fbe12b3250f951fcf11e857906c65e96a30bb46266e7e1180d6103a03db2f3764e0d1346b2de7afba8259ba080057e4a268e45e8654dfa80

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\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\LOGTRA~1.EXE

Filesize
252KB

MD5
9e2b9928c89a9d0da1d3e8f4bd96afa7

SHA1
ec66cda99f44b62470c6930e5afda061579cde35

SHA256
8899b4ed3446b7d55b54defbc1acb7c5392a4b3bc8ec2cdc7c31171708965043

SHA512
2ca5ad1d0e12a8049de885b90b7f56fe77c868e0d6dae4ec4b6f3bc0bf7b2e73295cc9b1328c2b45357ffb0d7804622ab3f91a56140b098e93b691032d508156

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\JaffaCakes118_938450c98160b3b6e870c969f8ca9bea.exe

Filesize
526KB

MD5
4b04b29de3d871c2ff0690f59e4256ec

SHA1
b04ebcb69e1fe8cdf4f9a4192ede190570e09cf1

SHA256
12d6100b864e3d75ebbec33007fd52272381b69a3703d6964bc2b8f776e4b3d4

SHA512
9bc0febc544e96cf85ee97d11da42d473e36b82f99528a57426dad5bff846399a18ba294cd115c479ba7be31008b2330a226860e5697f7d5b942fb3a66425686

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memory/2052-14-0x0000000000300000-0x0000000000301000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2416-90-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2416-92-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2932-9-0x000007FEF60AE000-0x000007FEF60AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2932-12-0x000007FEF5DF0000-0x000007FEF678D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

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memory/2932-13-0x000007FEF5DF0000-0x000007FEF678D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

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memory/2932-87-0x000007FEF5DF0000-0x000007FEF678D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

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memory/2932-88-0x000007FEF60AE000-0x000007FEF60AF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2932-89-0x000007FEF5DF0000-0x000007FEF678D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

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Analysis

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Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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