997cac0348e3afa595bf28f95461f71b281dac8fef4ad0b0b008a8b6cabc8807

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
124s
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, 04:46

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General

Target
jaffacakes118_997cac0348e3afa595bf28f95461f71b281dac8fef4ad0b0b008a8b6cabc8807.exe
Size 44KB
Sample260924-fdzx1aeb77
SHA256 997cac0348e3afa595bf28f95461f71b281dac8fef4ad0b0b008a8b6cabc8807
MD5 efab9544b56c4afb6738eb89af75d55c
SHA1 a32c6e2b7e493d1861b3b86a7e453200dc8f5be2
SHA512 22321719fb9ab202a33c8b24685aad53503be62e03d93aa22393e20c6e4f420b675480f82851837bcf7260fe05c02e144824817ca2da7b0d25adbf223a417e37
SSDEEP 384:mKTInWJa+vNghlKjRzXKyl4SFy88OR5l7Fpct5bk:s5SNg3Klayl4ayNOR5FFat5bk
TLSH
T178134D0BE74194B1C9DE0134389B59279FB90D3436FB4ADBCE57AA886D30499EC39217
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
4220	catowerk.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\catower.dll	jaffacakes118_997cac0348e3afa595bf28f95461f71b281dac8fef4ad0b0b008a8b6cabc8807.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\catowerk.exe	jaffacakes118_997cac0348e3afa595bf28f95461f71b281dac8fef4ad0b0b008a8b6cabc8807.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
4600	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_997cac0348e3afa595bf28f95461f71b281dac8fef4ad0b0b008a8b6cabc8807.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 1260 wrote to memory of 4220	1260	jaffacakes118_997cac0348e3afa595bf28f95461f71b281dac8fef4ad0b0b008a8b6cabc8807.exe	89
PID 1260 wrote to memory of 4600	1260	jaffacakes118_997cac0348e3afa595bf28f95461f71b281dac8fef4ad0b0b008a8b6cabc8807.exe	91

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_997cac0348e3afa595bf28f95461f71b281dac8fef4ad0b0b008a8b6cabc8807.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_997cac0348e3afa595bf28f95461f71b281dac8fef4ad0b0b008a8b6cabc8807.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1260
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\catowerk.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\catowerk.exe ˜‰
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4220
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_997cac0348e3afa595bf28f95461f71b281dac8fef4ad0b0b008a8b6cabc8807.exe.bat
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4600

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_997cac0348e3afa595bf28f95461f71b281dac8fef4ad0b0b008a8b6cabc8807.exe.bat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_997cac0348e3afa595bf28f95461f71b281dac8fef4ad0b0b008a8b6cabc8807.exe.bat
Size 274B
SHA256 6f0d86db0fccb3c9a47d6d587a28f52cc12b5c87dea3d4f8f644629682be5f20
MD5 49a9c532961d421646b42fe6d49ec799
SHA1 a7a93dd90075d73836e2e2691a184544e3dde616
SHA512 6695f25b66c88e47e450a515f67e14b18cdf1f3db6a1cbfab2d77652133343ba361d3a06e25748ac8eb6dc00729ed6ad8f28456ba7610c34b3b06fe908e4bd1e
TLSH
T172D02B06C0BA4A404C60DA1F01351F89D07398842BCC7F214522C0C362F84687383346
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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catowerk.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\catowerk.exe
Size 44KB
SHA256 997cac0348e3afa595bf28f95461f71b281dac8fef4ad0b0b008a8b6cabc8807
MD5 efab9544b56c4afb6738eb89af75d55c
SHA1 a32c6e2b7e493d1861b3b86a7e453200dc8f5be2
SHA512 22321719fb9ab202a33c8b24685aad53503be62e03d93aa22393e20c6e4f420b675480f82851837bcf7260fe05c02e144824817ca2da7b0d25adbf223a417e37
SSDEEP 384:mKTInWJa+vNghlKjRzXKyl4SFy88OR5l7Fpct5bk:s5SNg3Klayl4ayNOR5FFat5bk
TLSH
T178134D0BE74194B1C9DE0134389B59279FB90D3436FB4ADBCE57AA886D30499EC39217
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH