Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
19/09/2026, 11:15
General
- Target jaffacakes118__8f44e6bf2987e64fe934a2347b333ae4.exe
- Size 629KB
- Sample260919-ncwsysbl3y
- SHA256 3fb5a4959254c65c9324fb1a30d2247d623d79b40477c2ed7b2e7643295706f3
Malware Config
Extracted
-
sality
-
http://89.119.67.154/testo5/
-
http://kukutrustnet777.info/home.gif
-
http://kukutrustnet888.info/home.gif
-
http://kukutrustnet987.info/home.gif
Signatures
- Family: Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
- Family: Sality
Sality is backdoor written in C++, first discovered in 2003.
- Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs
- UAC bypass 3 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
- Disables RegEdit via registry modification 1 IoCs
- Disables Task Manager via registry modification
- Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
- Loads dropped DLL 6 IoCs
- Windows security modification 2 TTPs 7 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
- Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs
- UPX packed file 4 IoCs
Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.
- Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 22 IoCs
- System policy modification 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Processes
-
C:\Windows\system32\dwm.exe"dwm.exe"1⤵
-
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k UnistackSvcGroup -s CDPUserSvc1⤵
-
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -p -s webthreatdefusersvc1⤵
-
C:\Windows\System32\ShellHost.exe"C:\Windows\System32\ShellHost.exe"1⤵
-
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k ClipboardSvcGroup -p -s cbdhsvc1⤵
-
C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exeC:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe -Embedding1⤵
-
C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exeC:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe -Embedding1⤵
-
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k UdkSvcGroup -s UdkUserSvc1⤵
-
C:\Windows\system32\ctfmon.exe/QuitInfo:0000000000000248;000000000000023C;1⤵
-
C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exeC:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3EB3C877-1F16-487C-9050-104DBCD66683}1⤵
-
C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exeC:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe /Processid:{973D20D7-562D-44B9-B70B-5A0F49CCDF3F}1⤵
-
C:\Windows\System32\SecurityHealthSystray.exe"C:\Windows\System32\SecurityHealthSystray.exe"1⤵
-
C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exesihost.exe1⤵
-
C:\Windows\explorer.exeexplorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS2⤵
-
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118__8f44e6bf2987e64fe934a2347b333ae4.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118__8f44e6bf2987e64fe934a2347b333ae4.exe"3⤵
- UAC bypass
- Windows security bypass
- Disables RegEdit via registry modification
- Loads dropped DLL
- Windows security modification
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
- System policy modification
-
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exenetsh firewall set opmode disable4⤵
- Modifies Windows Firewall
- Loads dropped DLL
- Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
-
C:\Windows\System32\Conhost.exe\??\C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV15⤵
-
-
-
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HOSN.exe"C:\Windows\system32\28463\HOSN.exe"4⤵
- 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 SetWindowsHookEx
-
-
-
-
C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe"C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca1⤵
-
C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe"C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca1⤵
-
C:\Windows\System32\smartscreen.exeC:\Windows\System32\smartscreen.exe -Embedding1⤵
-
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HOSN.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HOSN.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Event Triggered Execution
1Netsh Helper DLL
1Privilege Escalation
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
1Bypass User Account Control
1Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Event Triggered Execution
1Netsh Helper DLL
1Defense Evasion
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
1Bypass User Account Control
1Impair Defenses
4Disable or Modify System Firewall
1Disable or Modify Tools
3Modify Registry
5Replay Monitor
Loading Replay Monitor...
Downloads
@4F8D.tmp
AKV.exe
HOSN.001
HOSN.006
HOSN.007
HOSN.exe
memory/2556-51-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000671000-memory.dmp
memory/3160-29-0x0000000000C70000-0x0000000000C72000-memory.dmp
memory/3160-24-0x0000000000C70000-0x0000000000C72000-memory.dmp
memory/3160-59-0x0000000000C70000-0x0000000000C72000-memory.dmp
memory/3160-20-0x0000000000CC0000-0x0000000000CC1000-memory.dmp
memory/5064-18-0x00000000046F0000-0x00000000046F1000-memory.dmp
memory/5064-17-0x00000000045A0000-0x00000000045A2000-memory.dmp
memory/5064-21-0x00000000045A0000-0x00000000045A2000-memory.dmp
memory/5064-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042D000-memory.dmp
memory/5064-36-0x00000000023D0000-0x0000000003403000-memory.dmp
memory/5064-52-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042D000-memory.dmp
memory/5064-13-0x00000000023D0000-0x0000000003403000-memory.dmp
memory/5064-12-0x00000000023D0000-0x0000000003403000-memory.dmp
memory/5064-1-0x00000000023D0000-0x0000000003403000-memory.dmp
memory/5064-40-0x00000000045A0000-0x00000000045A2000-memory.dmp
memory/5064-22-0x00000000045A0000-0x00000000045A2000-memory.dmp