c57f3650a51adeb55c577a3677335dc26d62f9d5e74b5720d9e3163dd7d84c84

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
141s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
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24/09/2026, 08:27

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General

Target
jaffacakes118_c57f3650a51adeb55c577a3677335dc26d62f9d5e74b5720d9e3163dd7d84c84.exe
Size 103KB
Sample260924-kctrta1epb
SHA256 c57f3650a51adeb55c577a3677335dc26d62f9d5e74b5720d9e3163dd7d84c84
MD5 2a72526506634b3aae91a7a035a755f8
SHA1 e51f162adf633258931039a3fe5aca0375869865
SHA512 31dec20eec5e96a8ff2aa1dd19108ad216ff2a15610c695cdef3fb030c0a272ca4a302b5d9e15300aa5742cf206bb792369c10848235ab5877af49ec10d38e23
SSDEEP 1536:2zq3UEhUAYdI27uJGKDbxISGXxwJ+zbaylHxI:e8F27CGDxwIt
TLSH
T10BA329267588C8B6E422953CCCCDD984619278A86F146016BFE41FFDC8D6BA2D1BD3D3
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

7^/10

adware discovery execution spyware

Malware Config

Signatures

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	jaffacakes118_c57f3650a51adeb55c577a3677335dc26d62f9d5e74b5720d9e3163dd7d84c84.exe

Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript 1 TTPs
execution

JavaScript
T1059.007
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 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	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	jaffacakes118_c57f3650a51adeb55c577a3677335dc26d62f9d5e74b5720d9e3163dd7d84c84.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	wscript.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	ielowutil.exe

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 28 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MINIE\TabBandWidth = "677"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb010000007c7304824aa2b6428e255c2f0c9d765a00000000020000000000106600000001000020000000a57842c706674feb1135a3f1dae6bb844663ac7e867bc6c69bc87c19ed583342000000000e8000000002000020000000be3b8cbfcaaed93d1b36d3df2648cf7eb918bc3bd8d96afb8ff50c1bdf59b1e3200000008e4dd6edeee021cb999ca9dbb5cc89dc25661f3593b072aa98d64f65a90a9dba40000000108ca3e1e959538378aacff263d66234a705915301d556ac0323dddbeff09888a7edd8c1720be88f677429a6efac864bf0a2e6899e8947e4b4c5c4bcae3b42e3	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31280126"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 305d19ff064cdd01	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\oo.lv\NumberOfSubdomains = "1"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\oo.lv	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MINIE	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{D811238E-B7F1-11F1-B5F1-E629188E6DFA} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000000000001000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "2894444353"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2091445952-3649787497-104050984-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3920	iexplore.exe
3920	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 8 IoCs

pid	Process
3920	iexplore.exe
3920	iexplore.exe
6024	IEXPLORE.EXE
6024	IEXPLORE.EXE
3920	iexplore.exe
3920	iexplore.exe
1300	IEXPLORE.EXE
1300	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5692 wrote to memory of 5964	5692	jaffacakes118_c57f3650a51adeb55c577a3677335dc26d62f9d5e74b5720d9e3163dd7d84c84.exe	85
PID 3920 wrote to memory of 6024	3920	iexplore.exe	97
PID 3920 wrote to memory of 1300	3920	iexplore.exe	100

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_c57f3650a51adeb55c577a3677335dc26d62f9d5e74b5720d9e3163dd7d84c84.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_c57f3650a51adeb55c577a3677335dc26d62f9d5e74b5720d9e3163dd7d84c84.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5692
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wscript.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\wscript.exe" //B "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aQYwrwds.js" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_c57f3650a51adeb55c577a3677335dc26d62f9d5e74b5720d9e3163dd7d84c84.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:5964

C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe" -CLSID:{0002DF01-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} -Embedding
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:5624

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -Embedding
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3920
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:3920 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:6024
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:3920 CREDAT:82946 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:1300

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

JavaScript

T1059.007

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

favicon[1].htm

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\DV9ET3T5\favicon[1].htm
Size 291B
SHA256 014c471c07b2bc1b90cf5b46eb8eb60abe3ac278e43cd8fcc7c4e6c8950c592d
MD5 b73189024a094989653a1002fb6a790b
SHA1 0c44f096cd1fec253c1fe2fcfcd3c58fe05c402d
SHA512 1bca726835d33847812060c968e5306535f513429de5c90d66942155fd42ff75508dba97da8ca36c6d6e6a8df5a2602fe3be047bb5612ad4e367c6c00e1e50a3
TLSH
T1FDD02BF73C01071147F197D014C1A28A50B7159DDCD2DC9042A3E4AD0580FA9CA875B4
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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aQYwrwds.js

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aQYwrwds.js
Size 7KB
SHA256 2ff156455a8768536dabfaf33beee789e965a927bcab422644871cb99d58a0bc
MD5 377f445cdba7e7bef3cad33289d1645d
SHA1 25a817ebf0f11df2d7eda0d15301c4cdd9305dae
SHA512 700d07bb793caec318d689050c32fbaefb63fe818b520afc5c76cc7cfc63b547a85708613c930b4a2ada28b8719e99cf4d31d039d80eb3411d8e60db2295820e
SSDEEP 192:FEPGt3L6IeeZlA45oxuIVcIMMb1yKHvKaj74e+HJ0nLta/Fu6JMwBoQO:W+tuITbnIjMMb1yKHvK074e+HJ0nLta4
TLSH
T10CF1665FB903521ADD6B71E379CA017B1178ECA97F88308C43AB6194C53575ED0AB2CD
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH