1f074f60f14c109ccae6444aba87e8bbb50ad4f8e720d02a96834a7c1400b733

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
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, 04:38

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General

Target
jaffacakes118_1f074f60f14c109ccae6444aba87e8bbb50ad4f8e720d02a96834a7c1400b733.exe
Size 44KB
Sample260924-e9c8faygja
SHA256 1f074f60f14c109ccae6444aba87e8bbb50ad4f8e720d02a96834a7c1400b733
MD5 f2a2bbb786385fa0fbac16ddbb0e9a4a
SHA1 823f7d2f152af5409dd2d1c37f2bed2bf1935389
SHA512 9723e4760ce30fbe837e9b4b7367d9e545fbeea3f1193ae6583d412daaac2b4f4f5b8b8dfd574de717921815df9ccb7dc02e217c5fc24ce9e282148e04a62084
SSDEEP 384:mKTInWJa+vNghlKjRzXKyl4SFy88OR5l7Fpct5bh:s5SNg3Klayl4ayNOR5FFat5bh
TLSH
T15E134C0BE74194B1C9DE0134389B99279FB90D3436FB4ADBCE57AAC86D30499EC39217
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
3452	catowerk.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\catower.dll	jaffacakes118_1f074f60f14c109ccae6444aba87e8bbb50ad4f8e720d02a96834a7c1400b733.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\catowerk.exe	jaffacakes118_1f074f60f14c109ccae6444aba87e8bbb50ad4f8e720d02a96834a7c1400b733.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
2480	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_1f074f60f14c109ccae6444aba87e8bbb50ad4f8e720d02a96834a7c1400b733.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 3932 wrote to memory of 3452	3932	jaffacakes118_1f074f60f14c109ccae6444aba87e8bbb50ad4f8e720d02a96834a7c1400b733.exe	89
PID 3932 wrote to memory of 2480	3932	jaffacakes118_1f074f60f14c109ccae6444aba87e8bbb50ad4f8e720d02a96834a7c1400b733.exe	90

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_1f074f60f14c109ccae6444aba87e8bbb50ad4f8e720d02a96834a7c1400b733.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_1f074f60f14c109ccae6444aba87e8bbb50ad4f8e720d02a96834a7c1400b733.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3932
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\catowerk.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\catowerk.exe ˜‰
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3452
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_1f074f60f14c109ccae6444aba87e8bbb50ad4f8e720d02a96834a7c1400b733.exe.bat
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2480

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_1f074f60f14c109ccae6444aba87e8bbb50ad4f8e720d02a96834a7c1400b733.exe.bat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_1f074f60f14c109ccae6444aba87e8bbb50ad4f8e720d02a96834a7c1400b733.exe.bat
Size 274B
SHA256 12d974a7e7263dd9c81f54c0b4664861d296dcd7cdbafe64df165eb2dbe673af
MD5 fc9f0e8c0a86b62967e49ccbeffc1c12
SHA1 66812c4c5b90eff727ccc2b351d97fb5da675429
SHA512 129466cf16b6e7e5da2217687794d5a9b50c37f00e615abc78dce624837b213e35a4f7e5222e1c731c433374ae5f3b67669f9a953d10bf41195cc717c116297d
TLSH
T14DD02B53A1A68D484D34D62F043D4B89F47F3B5C67CD3B0E46308598002719CB2C3B07
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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catowerk.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\catowerk.exe
Size 44KB
SHA256 1f074f60f14c109ccae6444aba87e8bbb50ad4f8e720d02a96834a7c1400b733
MD5 f2a2bbb786385fa0fbac16ddbb0e9a4a
SHA1 823f7d2f152af5409dd2d1c37f2bed2bf1935389
SHA512 9723e4760ce30fbe837e9b4b7367d9e545fbeea3f1193ae6583d412daaac2b4f4f5b8b8dfd574de717921815df9ccb7dc02e217c5fc24ce9e282148e04a62084
SSDEEP 384:mKTInWJa+vNghlKjRzXKyl4SFy88OR5l7Fpct5bh:s5SNg3Klayl4ayNOR5FFat5bh
TLSH
T15E134C0BE74194B1C9DE0134389B99279FB90D3436FB4ADBCE57AAC86D30499EC39217
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH