2a5059bf44cb0335cc4d0b0e6ef9952ac76a8e8e0b99eb8b9b1330d9aa3ca502

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
126s
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, 06:04

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General

Target
jaffacakes118_2a5059bf44cb0335cc4d0b0e6ef9952ac76a8e8e0b99eb8b9b1330d9aa3ca502.exe
Size 52KB
Sample260924-gslvcss14q
SHA256 2a5059bf44cb0335cc4d0b0e6ef9952ac76a8e8e0b99eb8b9b1330d9aa3ca502
MD5 972f669d1cb5dddfa2393e1748794130
SHA1 55ab4583bd917a0d3401b67f02bc993960a627f1
SHA512 536bfd794c3049ada00932f76156917c004699d380abb25c60de9e78a9d947c499cc75a252e7a2a8a319cf43705c14da15dfddf99b3cfa0356e464c8fe09ffe9
SSDEEP 384:neGOPa7K810vqFiYa2Pg6tRLM8kMV2ZXTlTUKFTYjKWH47kv:PVOOIqFBg6jMnU8XTlTUKFTYXHb
TLSH
T18433294B59145DB2CEAE06B87883AF1F677F1C31121450FBEB3B59D46C39B8A09A4D0B
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
2564	kandawfk.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\kandawf.dll	jaffacakes118_2a5059bf44cb0335cc4d0b0e6ef9952ac76a8e8e0b99eb8b9b1330d9aa3ca502.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\kandawfk.exe	jaffacakes118_2a5059bf44cb0335cc4d0b0e6ef9952ac76a8e8e0b99eb8b9b1330d9aa3ca502.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
1924	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_2a5059bf44cb0335cc4d0b0e6ef9952ac76a8e8e0b99eb8b9b1330d9aa3ca502.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	kandawfk.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4688 wrote to memory of 2564	4688	jaffacakes118_2a5059bf44cb0335cc4d0b0e6ef9952ac76a8e8e0b99eb8b9b1330d9aa3ca502.exe	89
PID 4688 wrote to memory of 1924	4688	jaffacakes118_2a5059bf44cb0335cc4d0b0e6ef9952ac76a8e8e0b99eb8b9b1330d9aa3ca502.exe	91

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_2a5059bf44cb0335cc4d0b0e6ef9952ac76a8e8e0b99eb8b9b1330d9aa3ca502.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_2a5059bf44cb0335cc4d0b0e6ef9952ac76a8e8e0b99eb8b9b1330d9aa3ca502.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4688
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\kandawfk.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\kandawfk.exe ˜‰
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2564
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_2a5059bf44cb0335cc4d0b0e6ef9952ac76a8e8e0b99eb8b9b1330d9aa3ca502.exe.bat
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1924

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_2a5059bf44cb0335cc4d0b0e6ef9952ac76a8e8e0b99eb8b9b1330d9aa3ca502.exe.bat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_2a5059bf44cb0335cc4d0b0e6ef9952ac76a8e8e0b99eb8b9b1330d9aa3ca502.exe.bat
Size 274B
SHA256 2a357ba15018ce5a82cfcfabe039f86d71a3aa146d7d53ca94f28e3e60652187
MD5 705e7151612122a405246a71d2adbc44
SHA1 cf550c706521b58d2fb41226f3f9df0d06322480
SHA512 1b4eeb44ea0ff2b0540bdd29b9580861299594bbada7a15f5bf1e44f30e45df787a69918353d0ecf865e7d84e1ddb3d1f7027b695633a24dbd815ff34c914efb
TLSH
T139D02B40B162474B1800EB2FC1643586C4E248C835897F8B5B30C2C2117C124728A30E
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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kandawfk.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\kandawfk.exe
Size 52KB
SHA256 2a5059bf44cb0335cc4d0b0e6ef9952ac76a8e8e0b99eb8b9b1330d9aa3ca502
MD5 972f669d1cb5dddfa2393e1748794130
SHA1 55ab4583bd917a0d3401b67f02bc993960a627f1
SHA512 536bfd794c3049ada00932f76156917c004699d380abb25c60de9e78a9d947c499cc75a252e7a2a8a319cf43705c14da15dfddf99b3cfa0356e464c8fe09ffe9
SSDEEP 384:neGOPa7K810vqFiYa2Pg6tRLM8kMV2ZXTlTUKFTYjKWH47kv:PVOOIqFBg6jMnU8XTlTUKFTYXHb
TLSH
T18433294B59145DB2CEAE06B87883AF1F677F1C31121450FBEB3B59D46C39B8A09A4D0B
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH