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:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system -
submitted
30/03/2025, 09:55
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
JaffaCakes118_987f1b96e0b6748f5099c87be7178c3f.xls
Resource
win7-20241010-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
JaffaCakes118_987f1b96e0b6748f5099c87be7178c3f.xls
Resource
win10v2004-20250314-en
General
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Target
JaffaCakes118_987f1b96e0b6748f5099c87be7178c3f.xls
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Size
163KB
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MD5
987f1b96e0b6748f5099c87be7178c3f
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SHA1
ddedbccd316b9acdae32d5b55616fe664768b889
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SHA256
07314d99339c1515c988466c29cacef2f92484d13b24acaa2702d12c857b2f37
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SHA512
6713b95a4a458751b2d6f233eb21020771db075ec445355151bf33b7ea4e96f2c5070f75a2fb248a8c77b3a7ae9115c7fea025ed405aa22b9514d45241d3c249
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SSDEEP
3072:EfOOTtWVbrzrr507ITk9xYJEXwDv4NEI:eTcr5B
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 484 1180 cmd.exe 29 Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process 772 1180 cmd.exe 29 Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process 2544 1180 cmd.exe 29 -
Deletes itself 1 IoCs
pid Process 1180 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 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 -
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\54277F00\:Zone.Identifier:$DATA EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
pid Process 1180 EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
pid Process 1180 EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 7 IoCs
pid Process 1180 EXCEL.EXE 1180 EXCEL.EXE 1180 EXCEL.EXE 1180 EXCEL.EXE 1180 EXCEL.EXE 1180 EXCEL.EXE 1180 EXCEL.EXE -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1180 wrote to memory of 2544 1180 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 1180 wrote to memory of 2544 1180 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 1180 wrote to memory of 2544 1180 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 1180 wrote to memory of 2544 1180 EXCEL.EXE 30 PID 1180 wrote to memory of 772 1180 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 1180 wrote to memory of 772 1180 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 1180 wrote to memory of 772 1180 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 1180 wrote to memory of 772 1180 EXCEL.EXE 31 PID 1180 wrote to memory of 484 1180 EXCEL.EXE 32 PID 1180 wrote to memory of 484 1180 EXCEL.EXE 32 PID 1180 wrote to memory of 484 1180 EXCEL.EXE 32 PID 1180 wrote to memory of 484 1180 EXCEL.EXE 32 PID 2544 wrote to memory of 1724 2544 cmd.exe 37 PID 2544 wrote to memory of 1724 2544 cmd.exe 37 PID 2544 wrote to memory of 1724 2544 cmd.exe 37 PID 2544 wrote to memory of 1724 2544 cmd.exe 37 -
Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 1724 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_987f1b96e0b6748f5099c87be7178c3f.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:1180 -
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:2544 -
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:1724
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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:772
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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:484
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