9963c5ec4dbeed2a434079ccfd9c8e152f29232b018c27d2903f66308a7b21e2

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
140s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
submitted
24/09/2026, 04:39

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General

Target
jaffacakes118_9963c5ec4dbeed2a434079ccfd9c8e152f29232b018c27d2903f66308a7b21e2.exe
Size 44KB
Sample260924-e98pcaygjc
SHA256 9963c5ec4dbeed2a434079ccfd9c8e152f29232b018c27d2903f66308a7b21e2
MD5 2dd36ae61dea8a082a3546e0421819a9
SHA1 98794f2831b407c379fe4c0cfad7b9cd505917b8
SHA512 d1dc56730296f146f8a5ede1d7629ae6f6899e17b4084e8d4c90161b691629c27d1952efe8591b2cdb7da5a122a668654179fe90086fa75aa2eae67cb1dfcd01
SSDEEP 384:oq21oyM421MqvqF5B79oUB0v3TyCKC9/LDRuOZlipct5:LbbMuqFP79eTybC9/LDRuOZUat5
TLSH
T1C4136D0A690364B2C5DF0534358B96179BBE1C3476F60ADBCA67A9CC7D3086ADC39F06
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
4732	catowerk.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\catower.dll	jaffacakes118_9963c5ec4dbeed2a434079ccfd9c8e152f29232b018c27d2903f66308a7b21e2.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\catowerk.exe	jaffacakes118_9963c5ec4dbeed2a434079ccfd9c8e152f29232b018c27d2903f66308a7b21e2.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\catowerk.exe	jaffacakes118_9963c5ec4dbeed2a434079ccfd9c8e152f29232b018c27d2903f66308a7b21e2.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
5436	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_9963c5ec4dbeed2a434079ccfd9c8e152f29232b018c27d2903f66308a7b21e2.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 5432 wrote to memory of 4732	5432	jaffacakes118_9963c5ec4dbeed2a434079ccfd9c8e152f29232b018c27d2903f66308a7b21e2.exe	85
PID 5432 wrote to memory of 5436	5432	jaffacakes118_9963c5ec4dbeed2a434079ccfd9c8e152f29232b018c27d2903f66308a7b21e2.exe	106

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_9963c5ec4dbeed2a434079ccfd9c8e152f29232b018c27d2903f66308a7b21e2.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_9963c5ec4dbeed2a434079ccfd9c8e152f29232b018c27d2903f66308a7b21e2.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5432
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\catowerk.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\catowerk.exe ˜‰
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4732
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_9963c5ec4dbeed2a434079ccfd9c8e152f29232b018c27d2903f66308a7b21e2.exe.bat
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:5436

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_9963c5ec4dbeed2a434079ccfd9c8e152f29232b018c27d2903f66308a7b21e2.exe.bat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_9963c5ec4dbeed2a434079ccfd9c8e152f29232b018c27d2903f66308a7b21e2.exe.bat
Size 274B
SHA256 567bd823cf259eb5d770b57c5d1ed3d736e92db81226539fb265fbafc3cedad6
MD5 002355f0c2a337e73687ccc544e40193
SHA1 15eb7e45624e6fdda3bbcfb5992dbad8764e0661
SHA512 ebcba974c61ecd6e134c8ffe451d52ab8f3a450cdcec6ee87cfad25352e1de1765c70671b849d05fa8e97a97a65186699867447867981093cb9e9e5b813e6238
TLSH
T117D0C285F213CD3048C4B42B50B8260F89310A2C319D3F2089214A95217252DF6C2B0E
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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catowerk.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\catowerk.exe
Size 44KB
SHA256 9963c5ec4dbeed2a434079ccfd9c8e152f29232b018c27d2903f66308a7b21e2
MD5 2dd36ae61dea8a082a3546e0421819a9
SHA1 98794f2831b407c379fe4c0cfad7b9cd505917b8
SHA512 d1dc56730296f146f8a5ede1d7629ae6f6899e17b4084e8d4c90161b691629c27d1952efe8591b2cdb7da5a122a668654179fe90086fa75aa2eae67cb1dfcd01
SSDEEP 384:oq21oyM421MqvqF5B79oUB0v3TyCKC9/LDRuOZlipct5:LbbMuqFP79eTybC9/LDRuOZUat5
TLSH
T1C4136D0A690364B2C5DF0534358B96179BBE1C3476F60ADBCA67A9CC7D3086ADC39F06
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH