5a53454226c9c092c3d5d9e877e91b34f28d4acaef2dea41ffe343ecdd152ab6

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
126s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
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24/09/2026, 04:30

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General

Target
jaffacakes118_5a53454226c9c092c3d5d9e877e91b34f28d4acaef2dea41ffe343ecdd152ab6.exe
Size 56KB
Sample260924-e4se6s1w8m
SHA256 5a53454226c9c092c3d5d9e877e91b34f28d4acaef2dea41ffe343ecdd152ab6
MD5 bf45b5d732b5f48eff3a0902a20e8220
SHA1 e353848e3fd29135e6fc61526fe4c04620e0c702
SHA512 3e3121fc638d7af7546a46b34519cfa8b0166740274917fded0995f34188e86b8854498203476cf0bf049a9b348e53ab8a8c2067a8fa750cfa948cd7601dc411
SSDEEP 384:kmA6nnGXkvNgk30Pba3YiN7CuXn46k7IDobeO3Ls/VhkHCYmjagpcLZf9999koDh:snYNgk5YiQ+P0beOOVh9RagaLZUod
TLSH
T10243F7577270C4B2D14E46B4AFE2D1E31A933EBA2946F0927E17374C0CF55924A2AF0B
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
964	mssetdk.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mssetd.dll	jaffacakes118_5a53454226c9c092c3d5d9e877e91b34f28d4acaef2dea41ffe343ecdd152ab6.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mssetdk.exe	jaffacakes118_5a53454226c9c092c3d5d9e877e91b34f28d4acaef2dea41ffe343ecdd152ab6.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
5088	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_5a53454226c9c092c3d5d9e877e91b34f28d4acaef2dea41ffe343ecdd152ab6.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	mssetdk.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3764 wrote to memory of 964	3764	jaffacakes118_5a53454226c9c092c3d5d9e877e91b34f28d4acaef2dea41ffe343ecdd152ab6.exe	88
PID 3764 wrote to memory of 5088	3764	jaffacakes118_5a53454226c9c092c3d5d9e877e91b34f28d4acaef2dea41ffe343ecdd152ab6.exe	90

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_5a53454226c9c092c3d5d9e877e91b34f28d4acaef2dea41ffe343ecdd152ab6.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_5a53454226c9c092c3d5d9e877e91b34f28d4acaef2dea41ffe343ecdd152ab6.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3764
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mssetdk.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\mssetdk.exe ˜‰
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:964
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_5a53454226c9c092c3d5d9e877e91b34f28d4acaef2dea41ffe343ecdd152ab6.exe.bat
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:5088

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_5a53454226c9c092c3d5d9e877e91b34f28d4acaef2dea41ffe343ecdd152ab6.exe.bat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_5a53454226c9c092c3d5d9e877e91b34f28d4acaef2dea41ffe343ecdd152ab6.exe.bat
Size 274B
SHA256 2bca2db7b3172813ffedbcb84ba98acafe5037f519dae6484c97cee7ee6b5c25
MD5 ba36fb2f8444dbc04d41da30222fa9ad
SHA1 edd0c4d2d4b024a45a8a7ebf622418ab4dc5e337
SHA512 3ad1fe020e3a8d362ef71e51165e3d3133bcd9b8efdd2373ab8a61ab05a6ee2066139cb127f0344d279616dc2bb68d0811673840fd722a9cd638ae5622d7db1e
TLSH
T182D02B13C2E28A0D0819ED2F04A12EACA2824F521285AF205723C3E8108322CF7C9A00
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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mssetdk.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mssetdk.exe
Size 56KB
SHA256 5a53454226c9c092c3d5d9e877e91b34f28d4acaef2dea41ffe343ecdd152ab6
MD5 bf45b5d732b5f48eff3a0902a20e8220
SHA1 e353848e3fd29135e6fc61526fe4c04620e0c702
SHA512 3e3121fc638d7af7546a46b34519cfa8b0166740274917fded0995f34188e86b8854498203476cf0bf049a9b348e53ab8a8c2067a8fa750cfa948cd7601dc411
SSDEEP 384:kmA6nnGXkvNgk30Pba3YiN7CuXn46k7IDobeO3Ls/VhkHCYmjagpcLZf9999koDh:snYNgk5YiQ+P0beOOVh9RagaLZUod
TLSH
T10243F7577270C4B2D14E46B4AFE2D1E31A933EBA2946F0927E17374C0CF55924A2AF0B
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH