ac87d1e7b1d989dbc153860e0f9e66d506bb87dc9dff1169bb9781a3972030ab

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
139s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
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24/09/2026, 04:25

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General

Target
jaffacakes118_ac87d1e7b1d989dbc153860e0f9e66d506bb87dc9dff1169bb9781a3972030ab.exe
Size 48KB
Sample260924-e11blsdh99
SHA256 ac87d1e7b1d989dbc153860e0f9e66d506bb87dc9dff1169bb9781a3972030ab
MD5 9f453c91376d34fca55c62981214d684
SHA1 f2e28975e71b34fb8d72e445c46f436b9654b458
SHA512 7bccae98fb106108add33df19994d3757124a0c00786ebcb1e1e67b0ccb397f7dd3cebd70da68f0694b2ec0837fb83e4a8beef77cc90950263129b971f904a0b
SSDEEP 768:IBkN0lrtKscVTSi1ZKX47qJ1Xap0sCQ2t5:CkiR0scfuX1fPss
TLSH
T102237D4B7500A8F1EADD013431FBAB0247B98E30D77DD5A3DBF72A992D31196882590B
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

8^/10

discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation

Malware Config

Signatures

Event Triggered Execution: AppInit DLLs 1 TTPs
Adversaries may establish persistence and/or elevate privileges by executing malicious content triggered by AppInit DLLs loaded into processes.
persistence privilege_escalation

AppInit DLLs
T1546.010

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2384	thermaltinck.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\thermaltinc.dll	jaffacakes118_ac87d1e7b1d989dbc153860e0f9e66d506bb87dc9dff1169bb9781a3972030ab.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\thermaltinck.exe	jaffacakes118_ac87d1e7b1d989dbc153860e0f9e66d506bb87dc9dff1169bb9781a3972030ab.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\thermaltinck.exe	jaffacakes118_ac87d1e7b1d989dbc153860e0f9e66d506bb87dc9dff1169bb9781a3972030ab.exe

Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

execution

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

pid	Process
2192	cmd.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	jaffacakes118_ac87d1e7b1d989dbc153860e0f9e66d506bb87dc9dff1169bb9781a3972030ab.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	thermaltinck.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4740	jaffacakes118_ac87d1e7b1d989dbc153860e0f9e66d506bb87dc9dff1169bb9781a3972030ab.exe
4740	jaffacakes118_ac87d1e7b1d989dbc153860e0f9e66d506bb87dc9dff1169bb9781a3972030ab.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4740 wrote to memory of 2384	4740	jaffacakes118_ac87d1e7b1d989dbc153860e0f9e66d506bb87dc9dff1169bb9781a3972030ab.exe	93
PID 4740 wrote to memory of 2192	4740	jaffacakes118_ac87d1e7b1d989dbc153860e0f9e66d506bb87dc9dff1169bb9781a3972030ab.exe	95

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_ac87d1e7b1d989dbc153860e0f9e66d506bb87dc9dff1169bb9781a3972030ab.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_ac87d1e7b1d989dbc153860e0f9e66d506bb87dc9dff1169bb9781a3972030ab.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4740
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\thermaltinck.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\thermaltinck.exe ˜‰
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2384
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_ac87d1e7b1d989dbc153860e0f9e66d506bb87dc9dff1169bb9781a3972030ab.exe.bat
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2192

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

Persistence

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

AppInit DLLs

T1546.010

Privilege Escalation

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

AppInit DLLs

T1546.010

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

jaffacakes118_ac87d1e7b1d989dbc153860e0f9e66d506bb87dc9dff1169bb9781a3972030ab.exe.bat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_ac87d1e7b1d989dbc153860e0f9e66d506bb87dc9dff1169bb9781a3972030ab.exe.bat
Size 274B
SHA256 a0d5df15763f5c56b6b04ccaa2c12a31ef4cec8e07d19f8e66bf43232987efdc
MD5 6ef55bd5319ac68a5c5c33646b843f30
SHA1 9f94d3daba709f8eca7668e3bf1b613bdb637cd0
SHA512 fbda1b01196e56c00129ae75e70bb78bc7417954965f3bf327c92d55ef5d5724dcd3a4fcf993f27957a85002bca1cc7270dd32ba15b97637c2bbd0f0e03d3fe3
TLSH
T1B7D0C2A31363BC964A48F05F0D34268FC4320A563EC6AF6143308E8803024246687B3C
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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thermaltinck.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\thermaltinck.exe
Size 48KB
SHA256 ac87d1e7b1d989dbc153860e0f9e66d506bb87dc9dff1169bb9781a3972030ab
MD5 9f453c91376d34fca55c62981214d684
SHA1 f2e28975e71b34fb8d72e445c46f436b9654b458
SHA512 7bccae98fb106108add33df19994d3757124a0c00786ebcb1e1e67b0ccb397f7dd3cebd70da68f0694b2ec0837fb83e4a8beef77cc90950263129b971f904a0b
SSDEEP 768:IBkN0lrtKscVTSi1ZKX47qJ1Xap0sCQ2t5:CkiR0scfuX1fPss
TLSH
T102237D4B7500A8F1EADD013431FBAB0247B98E30D77DD5A3DBF72A992D31196882590B
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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