aa693be6c9b7361b2d7badcaa484378def4151736218f63f49ebbafcec25607a

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
125s
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, 04:32

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General

Target
jaffacakes118_aa693be6c9b7361b2d7badcaa484378def4151736218f63f49ebbafcec25607a.exe
Size 44KB
Sample260924-e514ps1x2q
SHA256 aa693be6c9b7361b2d7badcaa484378def4151736218f63f49ebbafcec25607a
MD5 e63f4e245646bc3f0c52db7dc47c456a
SHA1 21c6f0ff47cbd7febbcb2fb8626ad20e7d10bddd
SHA512 a64e26146c42a5c3dcbd4a943c9c27d03e96a2f1b7aa035743894419fd6ff08660efea7cc858f51bdf5d5e418c21e4271145fe027ea8f8f56ff3941ba6b2cc11
SSDEEP 384:dkvtGXTvNgw3LYRZwPmqCjY0gIbTzUH1BX2VoXUZDFgpct5Z4TC3:GvtSrNge3uqIpgWm1rXUZJgat5B3
TLSH
T19D134C0BEB4950F2D5CB06B1348A99271F766E3427B38D9BC6AF1EC834715198D3A227
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
3848	candaylk.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\candayl.dll	jaffacakes118_aa693be6c9b7361b2d7badcaa484378def4151736218f63f49ebbafcec25607a.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\candaylk.exe	jaffacakes118_aa693be6c9b7361b2d7badcaa484378def4151736218f63f49ebbafcec25607a.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
2432	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_aa693be6c9b7361b2d7badcaa484378def4151736218f63f49ebbafcec25607a.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	candaylk.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4464 wrote to memory of 3848	4464	jaffacakes118_aa693be6c9b7361b2d7badcaa484378def4151736218f63f49ebbafcec25607a.exe	89
PID 4464 wrote to memory of 2432	4464	jaffacakes118_aa693be6c9b7361b2d7badcaa484378def4151736218f63f49ebbafcec25607a.exe	91

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_aa693be6c9b7361b2d7badcaa484378def4151736218f63f49ebbafcec25607a.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_aa693be6c9b7361b2d7badcaa484378def4151736218f63f49ebbafcec25607a.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4464
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\candaylk.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\candaylk.exe ˜‰
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3848
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_aa693be6c9b7361b2d7badcaa484378def4151736218f63f49ebbafcec25607a.exe.bat
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2432

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_aa693be6c9b7361b2d7badcaa484378def4151736218f63f49ebbafcec25607a.exe.bat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_aa693be6c9b7361b2d7badcaa484378def4151736218f63f49ebbafcec25607a.exe.bat
Size 274B
SHA256 da8e7f242bfcb82f3a7944a7067322813b928ed549df90772ff2a66d6a1c0b67
MD5 a023ff3931b8baed5b45e518dfce10e1
SHA1 6780a5ceb72063fcd533a41e69071f291c3a6029
SHA512 f3cc740a88868275a5340a98b07d2ef445fbccbcba3a232ef54be5420e7e1f2e3b3ad0561cb8d70534b5c1974997b8b135e62706859933b4ad2cc464c2ab48c9
TLSH
T195D02B8092B3CC511C9FC23F4527554A813B8D713B452F1107F083C623410A4BAA970C
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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candaylk.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\candaylk.exe
Size 44KB
SHA256 aa693be6c9b7361b2d7badcaa484378def4151736218f63f49ebbafcec25607a
MD5 e63f4e245646bc3f0c52db7dc47c456a
SHA1 21c6f0ff47cbd7febbcb2fb8626ad20e7d10bddd
SHA512 a64e26146c42a5c3dcbd4a943c9c27d03e96a2f1b7aa035743894419fd6ff08660efea7cc858f51bdf5d5e418c21e4271145fe027ea8f8f56ff3941ba6b2cc11
SSDEEP 384:dkvtGXTvNgw3LYRZwPmqCjY0gIbTzUH1BX2VoXUZDFgpct5Z4TC3:GvtSrNge3uqIpgWm1rXUZJgat5B3
TLSH
T19D134C0BEB4950F2D5CB06B1348A99271F766E3427B38D9BC6AF1EC834715198D3A227
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH