Analysis

  • max time kernel
    87s
  • max time network
    133s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/09/2026, 20:32

General

  • Target
    jaffacakes118__24fda93a1383f7e0a180dd35fbf28fa8.exe
  • Size 1.0MB
  • Sample260920-zbq2vssta1
  • SHA256 2f3f299dec284fe0782449749572484eb95838cbbb37e3e1d566ba4c62b9767b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 6 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 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 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118__24fda93a1383f7e0a180dd35fbf28fa8.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118__24fda93a1383f7e0a180dd35fbf28fa8.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1052
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c "C:\ProgramData\smes\u.bat"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4128
      • C:\ProgramData\smes\smes.exe
        smes.exe -install
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1792
      • C:\ProgramData\smes\smes.exe
        smes.exe -start
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:5988
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\temg_tmp.bat"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:932
  • C:\ProgramData\smes\smes.exe
    C:\ProgramData\smes\smes.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1608
    • C:\ProgramData\smes\smes.exe
      C:\ProgramData\smes\smes.exe -run
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:3000

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        kws.ini

        • Path C:\ProgramData\kingsoft\kws\kws.ini
        • Size 718B
        • SHA256 58ea7e766662ed6cd9274313db7824261e16246b2b0d232b973d8e76a1291e43
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        KWSSVC.log

        • Path C:\ProgramData\smes\KWSSVC.log
        • Size 202B
        • SHA256 1c60293fa64053f6e55c947c092a7b9eb21f0eab77d88641e89733046f7b5b24
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        KWSSVC.log

        • Path C:\ProgramData\smes\KWSSVC.log
        • Size 356B
        • SHA256 910f89be30c2ace0b2594f342bdfcb22f660a1f1082af141ee388d12e3ea0518
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        KWSSVC.log

        • Path C:\ProgramData\smes\KWSSVC.log
        • Size 546B
        • SHA256 8ca5e1c8f8f30e7d21a5f4585e3956bf1deef4e4773ef9d12790ccf7aa31a9d3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        kswebshield.dll

        • Path C:\ProgramData\smes\kswebshield.dll
        • Size 441KB
        • SHA256 c3bc7ec8428f0bb210a0597c9a0cad1be412b7fa46ea006819a3df9ac23118b4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kwssp.dll

        • Path C:\ProgramData\smes\kwssp.dll
        • Size 425KB
        • SHA256 f9506cf9a87aa6bfbf07f2124f2785a711b27a70839ebb95bdd4b2cf747fb060
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kwsui.dll

        • Path C:\ProgramData\smes\kwsui.dll
        • Size 433KB
        • SHA256 a22006861cac6a849346282e2f7729deeb8f68bf29f13c15ae33d20311f77391
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        smes.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\smes\smes.exe
        • Size 209KB
        • SHA256 b21526716068d2a8550780038e2b5ddb843d77890a07ec82ed9ce9dd0be52c64
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        u.bat

        • Path C:\ProgramData\smes\u.bat
        • Size 44B
        • SHA256 80b08d35bd27636e0774ce35ab57306f76edc6a0f7058cb1f93733cdf88bf94c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        AccessControl.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsy4A4F.tmp\AccessControl.dll
        • Size 10KB
        • SHA256 4209588362785b690d08d15cd982b8d1c62c348767ca19114234b21d5df74ddc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        FindProcDLL.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsy4A4F.tmp\FindProcDLL.dll
        • Size 3KB
        • SHA256 0fa04f06a6de18d316832086891e9c23ae606d7784d5d5676385839b21ca2758
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        temg_tmp.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\temg_tmp.bat
        • Size 136B
        • SHA256 eb1f3631b21b2a9496656176bd1873898ff772dba96b3f9405cea7d78eead184
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/1052-5-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010003000-memory.dmp

        memory/3000-46-0x0000000002240000-0x00000000022B1000-memory.dmp