05252e54f4989f6671c52230821f64a30a14fb87a60f8f822c1f7cb149b3e580

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, 05:54

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General

Target
jaffacakes118_05252e54f4989f6671c52230821f64a30a14fb87a60f8f822c1f7cb149b3e580.exe
Size 48KB
Sample260924-glwe8afc98
SHA256 05252e54f4989f6671c52230821f64a30a14fb87a60f8f822c1f7cb149b3e580
MD5 18eccfd12223a83af94400be5b45a4c0
SHA1 05169d20e8cc718e139676fb8a0f40ab1172fd3f
SHA512 9fb4ab819db456df899a53e95bb76e7131e55a1a343a7e4bbfb9e2033d66748d7f1b1618ce422bc0426882be98ab6592396a7734755f59a2d0b3fca6438906ff
SSDEEP 768:pR73PHvqFBaMcjgPhwVcToTHiJTzIrWSrG:pR7/HCKMcjr2Ir
TLSH
T10923394B57005DF2CACA02B939977B2B6BEF5D34133560EBD2E3988C5C3649B45A4D07
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
3180	squalnek.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\squalne.dll	jaffacakes118_05252e54f4989f6671c52230821f64a30a14fb87a60f8f822c1f7cb149b3e580.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\squalnek.exe	jaffacakes118_05252e54f4989f6671c52230821f64a30a14fb87a60f8f822c1f7cb149b3e580.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
3332	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_05252e54f4989f6671c52230821f64a30a14fb87a60f8f822c1f7cb149b3e580.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	squalnek.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 6048 wrote to memory of 3180	6048	jaffacakes118_05252e54f4989f6671c52230821f64a30a14fb87a60f8f822c1f7cb149b3e580.exe	88
PID 6048 wrote to memory of 3332	6048	jaffacakes118_05252e54f4989f6671c52230821f64a30a14fb87a60f8f822c1f7cb149b3e580.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_05252e54f4989f6671c52230821f64a30a14fb87a60f8f822c1f7cb149b3e580.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_05252e54f4989f6671c52230821f64a30a14fb87a60f8f822c1f7cb149b3e580.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:6048
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\squalnek.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\squalnek.exe ˜‰
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3180
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_05252e54f4989f6671c52230821f64a30a14fb87a60f8f822c1f7cb149b3e580.exe.bat
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3332

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_05252e54f4989f6671c52230821f64a30a14fb87a60f8f822c1f7cb149b3e580.exe.bat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_05252e54f4989f6671c52230821f64a30a14fb87a60f8f822c1f7cb149b3e580.exe.bat
Size 274B
SHA256 4af13bc21ea8803bafc9fd9b81b846de759968abe076b555b11938225303270a
MD5 5106d586d775a5cb4970c665b4779e39
SHA1 332090ea3765643f36cf2bc08fe0b1452eb3cff5
SHA512 35f722f9b175c81f258a7227f50bba07de23208886ec83b63501c045b7f3704686edbf88542f13875e3d525a599e0de896710b8fd4b3c081c519217212bf2729
TLSH
T18CD02B842216C6B90C05C42F092A490EC2A8CAB937CD1B311713C6EA8ED001CF3D2B50
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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squalnek.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\squalnek.exe
Size 48KB
SHA256 05252e54f4989f6671c52230821f64a30a14fb87a60f8f822c1f7cb149b3e580
MD5 18eccfd12223a83af94400be5b45a4c0
SHA1 05169d20e8cc718e139676fb8a0f40ab1172fd3f
SHA512 9fb4ab819db456df899a53e95bb76e7131e55a1a343a7e4bbfb9e2033d66748d7f1b1618ce422bc0426882be98ab6592396a7734755f59a2d0b3fca6438906ff
SSDEEP 768:pR73PHvqFBaMcjgPhwVcToTHiJTzIrWSrG:pR7/HCKMcjr2Ir
TLSH
T10923394B57005DF2CACA02B939977B2B6BEF5D34133560EBD2E3988C5C3649B45A4D07
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH