Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
windows10-2004_x64 -
resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250314-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system -
submitted
18/04/2025, 14:22
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
JaffaCakes118_be703c6463c6abecf9b40ceb8767f965.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20250314-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
JaffaCakes118_be703c6463c6abecf9b40ceb8767f965.exe
Resource
win11-20250410-en
General
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Target
JaffaCakes118_be703c6463c6abecf9b40ceb8767f965.exe
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Size
753KB
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MD5
be703c6463c6abecf9b40ceb8767f965
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SHA1
ff01b76ce1d089d9463fc49f0a504e79bad2887a
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SHA256
915ef27293e400c67ee19313700ddd96e0bd1b9becabd68d50b461d91cfe2941
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SHA512
9523ae8aedc59e561c13548b35ffceb23b7892cba4894daa6c17d660d58f36fc5a69e39c2e92c3713eb44e561c056e8cd6384952882b0d0fb861946177b750be
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SSDEEP
12288:/uD68wSJOCJqQfHH6V23nJc2qq24Qy5Z9mm744L9Nd/FB77lwecB3zWuoPXGbdZT:QJOCJfHagJc51q9mmM4L9NdFB/lw1xxZ
Malware Config
Signatures
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Ardamax family
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Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x0007000000024345-12.dat family_ardamax -
Contacts a large (568) amount of remote hosts 1 TTPs
This may indicate a network scan to discover remotely running services.
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Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-308834014-1004923324-1191300197-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation JaffaCakes118_be703c6463c6abecf9b40ceb8767f965.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-308834014-1004923324-1191300197-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation utorrent18.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-308834014-1004923324-1191300197-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation GEHI.exe -
Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
pid Process 3028 GEHI.exe 3464 utorrent18.exe 4468 GEHI.exe 4648 utorrent18.exe 5452 uTorrent.exe -
Identifies Wine through registry keys 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications, which can be used as sandboxing environment.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\WOW6432Node\Wine uTorrent.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-308834014-1004923324-1191300197-1000\Software\Wine uTorrent.exe -
Loads dropped DLL 20 IoCs
pid Process 6000 JaffaCakes118_be703c6463c6abecf9b40ceb8767f965.exe 3028 GEHI.exe 3464 utorrent18.exe 3028 GEHI.exe 3028 GEHI.exe 3464 utorrent18.exe 3464 utorrent18.exe 4468 GEHI.exe 4468 GEHI.exe 4468 GEHI.exe 4648 utorrent18.exe 4648 utorrent18.exe 4648 utorrent18.exe 1392 DllHost.exe 1392 DllHost.exe 1392 DllHost.exe 5452 uTorrent.exe 5452 uTorrent.exe 5452 uTorrent.exe 5992 WerFault.exe -
Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\GEHI Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\GEHI.exe" GEHI.exe -
Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
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Indicator Removal: File Deletion 1 TTPs
Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.
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Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\GEHI.006 JaffaCakes118_be703c6463c6abecf9b40ceb8767f965.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\GEHI.007 JaffaCakes118_be703c6463c6abecf9b40ceb8767f965.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\GEHI.exe JaffaCakes118_be703c6463c6abecf9b40ceb8767f965.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe JaffaCakes118_be703c6463c6abecf9b40ceb8767f965.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463 GEHI.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\GEHI.001 JaffaCakes118_be703c6463c6abecf9b40ceb8767f965.exe -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x0007000000024347-21.dat upx behavioral1/memory/3464-30-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A5000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/3464-47-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A5000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/4648-60-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A5000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/3464-65-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A5000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/5452-69-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A5000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/5452-70-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A5000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/5452-71-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A5000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/5452-72-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A5000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/5452-73-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A5000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/5452-74-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A5000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/5452-76-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A5000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/5452-77-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A5000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/5452-78-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A5000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/5452-79-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A5000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/5452-80-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A5000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/5452-81-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A5000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/5452-82-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A5000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/5452-83-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A5000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/5452-84-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A5000-memory.dmp upx -
Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Program Files (x86)\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe utorrent18.exe -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
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Program crash 1 IoCs
pid pid_target Process procid_target 5992 3028 WerFault.exe 88 -
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 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 GEHI.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language utorrent18.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language GEHI.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language utorrent18.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language DllHost.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language JaffaCakes118_be703c6463c6abecf9b40ceb8767f965.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language uTorrent.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe -
Modifies registry class 13 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-308834014-1004923324-1191300197-1000_Classes\.torrent\OpenWithProgids\uTorrent utorrent18.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-308834014-1004923324-1191300197-1000_Classes\Applications\uTorrent.exe utorrent18.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-308834014-1004923324-1191300197-1000_Classes\Applications\uTorrent.exe\shell\ = "open" utorrent18.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-308834014-1004923324-1191300197-1000_Classes\Applications\uTorrent.exe\shell\open\command utorrent18.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-308834014-1004923324-1191300197-1000_Classes\Applications\uTorrent.exe\shell\open utorrent18.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-308834014-1004923324-1191300197-1000_Classes\.torrent\OpenWithProgids utorrent18.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-308834014-1004923324-1191300197-1000_Classes\.btsearch\OpenWithProgids utorrent18.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-308834014-1004923324-1191300197-1000_Classes\.btsearch utorrent18.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-308834014-1004923324-1191300197-1000_Classes\.btsearch\OpenWithProgids\uTorrent utorrent18.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-308834014-1004923324-1191300197-1000_Classes\Applications\uTorrent.exe\shell utorrent18.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-308834014-1004923324-1191300197-1000_Classes\Applications utorrent18.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-308834014-1004923324-1191300197-1000_Classes\Applications\uTorrent.exe\shell\open\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\uTorrent\\uTorrent.exe\" \"%1\"" utorrent18.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-308834014-1004923324-1191300197-1000_Classes\.torrent utorrent18.exe -
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
pid Process 5452 uTorrent.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
description pid Process Token: 33 3028 GEHI.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3028 GEHI.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3028 GEHI.exe -
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
pid Process 5452 uTorrent.exe -
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 1 IoCs
pid Process 5452 uTorrent.exe -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 8 IoCs
pid Process 3464 utorrent18.exe 3028 GEHI.exe 3028 GEHI.exe 3028 GEHI.exe 3028 GEHI.exe 3028 GEHI.exe 4648 utorrent18.exe 5452 uTorrent.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 18 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 6000 wrote to memory of 3028 6000 JaffaCakes118_be703c6463c6abecf9b40ceb8767f965.exe 88 PID 6000 wrote to memory of 3028 6000 JaffaCakes118_be703c6463c6abecf9b40ceb8767f965.exe 88 PID 6000 wrote to memory of 3028 6000 JaffaCakes118_be703c6463c6abecf9b40ceb8767f965.exe 88 PID 6000 wrote to memory of 3464 6000 JaffaCakes118_be703c6463c6abecf9b40ceb8767f965.exe 89 PID 6000 wrote to memory of 3464 6000 JaffaCakes118_be703c6463c6abecf9b40ceb8767f965.exe 89 PID 6000 wrote to memory of 3464 6000 JaffaCakes118_be703c6463c6abecf9b40ceb8767f965.exe 89 PID 940 wrote to memory of 4468 940 cmd.exe 92 PID 940 wrote to memory of 4468 940 cmd.exe 92 PID 940 wrote to memory of 4468 940 cmd.exe 92 PID 3464 wrote to memory of 4648 3464 utorrent18.exe 98 PID 3464 wrote to memory of 4648 3464 utorrent18.exe 98 PID 3464 wrote to memory of 4648 3464 utorrent18.exe 98 PID 3464 wrote to memory of 5452 3464 utorrent18.exe 100 PID 3464 wrote to memory of 5452 3464 utorrent18.exe 100 PID 3464 wrote to memory of 5452 3464 utorrent18.exe 100 PID 3028 wrote to memory of 5776 3028 GEHI.exe 110 PID 3028 wrote to memory of 5776 3028 GEHI.exe 110 PID 3028 wrote to memory of 5776 3028 GEHI.exe 110
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_be703c6463c6abecf9b40ceb8767f965.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_be703c6463c6abecf9b40ceb8767f965.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:6000 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\GEHI.exe"C:\Windows\system32\28463\GEHI.exe"2⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3028 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3028 -s 10683⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Program crash
PID:5992
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c del C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\GEHI.exe > nul3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:5776
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\utorrent18.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\utorrent18.exe"2⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3464 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\utorrent18.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\utorrent18.exe" /PERFORMINSTALL 12741 "C:\Program Files (x86)\uTorrent"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:4648
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C:\Program Files (x86)\uTorrent\uTorrent.exeuTorrent.exe /NOINSTALL /BRINGTOFRONT3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Identifies Wine through registry keys
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:5452
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\GEHI.exe1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:940 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\GEHI.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\GEHI.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4468
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{E2B3C97F-6AE1-41AC-817A-F6F92166D7DD}1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1392
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 3028 -ip 30281⤵PID:2956
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Defense Evasion
Indicator Removal
1File Deletion
1Modify Registry
1Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
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Filesize
4KB
MD525530555085337eb644b061f239aa9d4
SHA18d91e099aba5439d4bfa8bce464c94e3e1acf620
SHA2563fb6b438ad1530abdd068bffb303fb8a4de51430e0e18ddb6b1a0469ffab8325
SHA512b1f9de0c276533a5a7070aeb2b6415cc1c0bdd2baf5e0645c6ac5ba767cab0d76e5b4461800d89724992af2c863294ada3c1eb2e4516183fe2010c33d47d6a2a
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Filesize
260KB
MD5eaa865631b18d6c8ec5b34082f41c91a
SHA1da61b82e4697b80b8049aeb25a425e3e1577b3bc
SHA256c0eb079b449c83adda85567816ce7c45582cdc985b05f84335253fe0d5208e20
SHA512d92e60737132dd58c54b031db15ea01a560942b80253589ac4dbb41fdc3c7eb277989c822bd26b10c0faffe0eeb0a378f0c9d08d53a6965003f61740040de6be
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Filesize
395KB
MD5d63cc8679a63448db1c64252e14e4ab5
SHA110b3a9ac4bc16e8ac1cd05e50b4d540fa3ef223e
SHA25629b3646a556879a4a48e4f2f81e09179c34ac2051ed3e4f4c28e293092470d3d
SHA512cb1911e1a77fb9be560aa4fd8bbef65e181b6d4438d65657501dbcd8dbf488ba01738a7222f35f8d4317e8df8c6f307d9e3623d6e3e45753e138b80fb68ff768
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Filesize
404B
MD567c70d5fb64b96214b1bf37c81423967
SHA1fdb90c709de360ee5819b0df5e4f60c8de1479e2
SHA256daa163165777ea44d18b01bf52c7ae758b1f93be192294a565f22c3129fbdbe1
SHA512e5459ebeed5a5c234fec4f739eea44e27f48448cde7f17e8266a25131d28b8ef098ecc390411831306e8be85323f3e5cf6fcf8891ae2bc258da6c4afa651acf2
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Filesize
8KB
MD581e20f4361cf8f5a57812871c24d945e
SHA15d7877d6959ab26599b05795a71633f00c37a3da
SHA256e6e8b4a29dccb3531f58c75b754caf7f26afe3e7043239305fd0ae7ab2f7571d
SHA51269b1d75ab7123054bf98cf3a0f2cc7a0749cda8d85ebdef85be7d89f1454154ce29070907b934727a6c5276ff430e94810b87a5634d25d8529df9ee36fd20818
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Filesize
5KB
MD5e9fbdcc2f5fb657fa519b3f5c69fc52d
SHA1c49cca77b46a59d620711de7564d43e5dafcd2b5
SHA256cc440cfc4ce1a1ff503cc9e8937c59aae64bfce4daa3e7dc757220a25cadc2e4
SHA512913759967e16b99d8ea66433e5dc99d5ddbf737be6784306e67c2b23a525b7a578fcae1028221d3209abc452ff30508eb750c62113c3868a7af36b544e525fb1
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Filesize
473KB
MD597d8ad45f48b4b28a93aab94699b7168
SHA18b69b7fd7c008b95d12386f6da415097e72151de
SHA256661df22a66b2062b233eb0bd9665de924cfe0ac9c6ba29e20ffef24f817f9331
SHA5123351eac970bab391de410fcf1937da75d2e4722b808f10332f487ddfe469544e32e7d4ed0e5bdc19bd5f472cffcc55ca1498c95945b4e9c4ceff6ff5cc521c8a