Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    127s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    24/09/2026, 01:49

General

  • Target
    jaffacakes118_8a85b6430b19c2bcea735e1a7469c850d20fb3ebbb91017eb094ab5ffaf375d0.exe
  • Size 951KB
  • Sample260924-b8tl9abe72
  • SHA256 8a85b6430b19c2bcea735e1a7469c850d20fb3ebbb91017eb094ab5ffaf375d0
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops desktop.ini file(s) 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 29 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 64 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 64 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_8a85b6430b19c2bcea735e1a7469c850d20fb3ebbb91017eb094ab5ffaf375d0.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_8a85b6430b19c2bcea735e1a7469c850d20fb3ebbb91017eb094ab5ffaf375d0.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:5988
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_8a85b6430b19c2bcea735e1a7469c850d20fb3ebbb91017eb094ab5ffaf375d0.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_8a85b6430b19c2bcea735e1a7469c850d20fb3ebbb91017eb094ab5ffaf375d0.exe
    1⤵
    • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:5936
  • C:\Windows\system32\fontdrvhost.exe
    "fontdrvhost.exe"
    1⤵
      PID:4072
    • C:\Windows\System32\ShellHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\ShellHost.exe"
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:5496
    • C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe
      "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe" /service
      1⤵
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:264
    • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
      sihost.exe
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2692
      • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
        explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
        2⤵
        • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
        • Enumerates connected drives
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        PID:3648
    • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
      sihost.exe
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4288
      • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
        explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
        2⤵
        • Modifies registry class
        PID:4536
      • C:\Windows\System32\ShellHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\ShellHost.exe"
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:4168
    • C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe
      "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe" /service
      1⤵
      • Checks processor information in registry
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4512
    • C:\Windows\system32\userinit.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\userinit.exe
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3572
      • C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
        C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
        2⤵
        • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
        • Drops desktop.ini file(s)
        • Enumerates connected drives
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:2740
    • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9BA05972-F6A8-11CF-A442-00A0C90A8F39} -Embedding
      1⤵
        PID:5944
      • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
        1⤵
          PID:3184
        • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
          1⤵
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          PID:4480
        • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
          sihost.exe
          1⤵
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:992
          • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
            explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
            2⤵
            • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
            • Enumerates connected drives
            • Modifies registry class
            • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
            • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
            PID:5436
        • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
          sihost.exe
          1⤵
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          PID:5164
        • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
          sihost.exe
          1⤵
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          PID:4048
        • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
          sihost.exe
          1⤵
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          PID:5768
        • C:\Windows\system32\userinit.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\userinit.exe
          1⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2196
          • C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
            C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
            2⤵
            • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
            • Enumerates connected drives
            • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
            • Modifies registry class
            • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
            • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
            PID:2216

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              IconCache.db

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\IconCache.db
              • Size 14KB
              • SHA256 64dbf078f1a4014de6b6512481cb4d88e74b73406448322f192f4a63bc22b398
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              {7478317b-fa84-4d7b-9b7f-8822e5091539}.png

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{7478317b-fa84-4d7b-9b7f-8822e5091539}.png
              • Size 52KB
              • SHA256 1960318ccfd372be917d0d13ac915997152f8d4208f44263c350c838e97a71cd
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              memory/2740-24-0x0000000004350000-0x0000000004351000-memory.dmp

              memory/5936-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

              memory/5936-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

              memory/5936-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

              memory/5936-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

              memory/5988-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

              memory/5988-30-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

              memory/5988-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

              memory/5988-13-0x00000000009EB000-0x00000000009EC000-memory.dmp

              memory/5988-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

              memory/5988-15-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

              memory/5988-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

              memory/5988-3-0x00000000009EB000-0x00000000009EC000-memory.dmp

              memory/5988-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

              memory/5988-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

              memory/5988-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

              memory/5988-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

              memory/5988-31-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

              memory/5988-32-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

              memory/5988-33-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

              memory/5988-35-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

              memory/5988-36-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

              memory/5988-37-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

              memory/5988-38-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

              memory/5988-39-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

              memory/5988-40-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

              memory/5988-1-0x0000000001030000-0x0000000001040000-memory.dmp

              memory/5988-46-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp