194fee62a73dd88efa77219962b101273d93418d37b8dc131eff053e6bca64c7

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
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24/09/2026, 04:34

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General

Target
jaffacakes118_194fee62a73dd88efa77219962b101273d93418d37b8dc131eff053e6bca64c7.exe
Size 44KB
Sample260924-e7ba3a1x6j
SHA256 194fee62a73dd88efa77219962b101273d93418d37b8dc131eff053e6bca64c7
MD5 bb42de7c4d44230bd4eba6db5bd6c3df
SHA1 c72d312cbb25feae8dc3a91ac55e3b91aa227737
SHA512 774e3d0f2bc2e5ff16ce2f1e54ceb8edd7c1901244e797db08910c96a14dba8ab05e51b638252bb008c8e918d341bf0ba023cd09f8ad0e76ddfc1f6d426d4689
SSDEEP 384:mKTInWJa+vNghlKjRzXKyl4SFy88OR5l7Fpct5b8:s5SNg3Klayl4ayNOR5FFat5b8
TLSH
T141134D0BE74194B1C9DE0134389B59279FB90D3436FB4ADBCE57AA886D30499EC39217
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
5844	catowerk.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\catower.dll	jaffacakes118_194fee62a73dd88efa77219962b101273d93418d37b8dc131eff053e6bca64c7.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\catowerk.exe	jaffacakes118_194fee62a73dd88efa77219962b101273d93418d37b8dc131eff053e6bca64c7.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
6124	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_194fee62a73dd88efa77219962b101273d93418d37b8dc131eff053e6bca64c7.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	catowerk.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2584 wrote to memory of 5844	2584	jaffacakes118_194fee62a73dd88efa77219962b101273d93418d37b8dc131eff053e6bca64c7.exe	89
PID 2584 wrote to memory of 6124	2584	jaffacakes118_194fee62a73dd88efa77219962b101273d93418d37b8dc131eff053e6bca64c7.exe	91

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_194fee62a73dd88efa77219962b101273d93418d37b8dc131eff053e6bca64c7.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_194fee62a73dd88efa77219962b101273d93418d37b8dc131eff053e6bca64c7.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2584
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\catowerk.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\catowerk.exe ˜‰
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:5844
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_194fee62a73dd88efa77219962b101273d93418d37b8dc131eff053e6bca64c7.exe.bat
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:6124

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_194fee62a73dd88efa77219962b101273d93418d37b8dc131eff053e6bca64c7.exe.bat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_194fee62a73dd88efa77219962b101273d93418d37b8dc131eff053e6bca64c7.exe.bat
Size 274B
SHA256 83cff62809aed2d03fed863bcdd9e7c126ef61f443da3d669ad9efad2445d3a3
MD5 eadd97a89167bf5fa87c60d5ea040bc8
SHA1 fe25b8b7d1a3302e22275083091b14ce724fb592
SHA512 de182e00dc4cc2878b15ddd711e2dd73a842a9377221cbc9f89f998146099a94db8329a97a78b1617ed98bb8abf1ef78fd26bfe4066c1bbedc68a7a4fb198bcc
TLSH
T14AD02B204319D59D0C20C13F0B38268ED15719953B8A3B17CA5745C410630ECBFD331F
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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catowerk.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\catowerk.exe
Size 44KB
SHA256 194fee62a73dd88efa77219962b101273d93418d37b8dc131eff053e6bca64c7
MD5 bb42de7c4d44230bd4eba6db5bd6c3df
SHA1 c72d312cbb25feae8dc3a91ac55e3b91aa227737
SHA512 774e3d0f2bc2e5ff16ce2f1e54ceb8edd7c1901244e797db08910c96a14dba8ab05e51b638252bb008c8e918d341bf0ba023cd09f8ad0e76ddfc1f6d426d4689
SSDEEP 384:mKTInWJa+vNghlKjRzXKyl4SFy88OR5l7Fpct5b8:s5SNg3Klayl4ayNOR5FFat5b8
TLSH
T141134D0BE74194B1C9DE0134389B59279FB90D3436FB4ADBCE57AA886D30499EC39217
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH