97b082ad876d248ccd63f51f2746bda61523c3928db3866df800e741a2d856e4

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
127s
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, 10:46

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General

Target
jaffacakes118_97b082ad876d248ccd63f51f2746bda61523c3928db3866df800e741a2d856e4.exe
Size 52KB
Sample260924-mva4jay17l
SHA256 97b082ad876d248ccd63f51f2746bda61523c3928db3866df800e741a2d856e4
MD5 8cff334c14ad40aa3beb7eb9b9464f24
SHA1 e4e702ee688999ace60d9f5693ed93f358180e45
SHA512 b488f5fcffbda87aa9432102cb64b1e918d2b1706ad1993a943467f61926b3132ac3cc5f45e632799a0efbc71c038c2413a530a14f81b8dca8fdfe973ba2ba4b
SSDEEP 768:160HXRiqFz09SkeQPRqMrQVuifC9EnOn:16sRLiA1w43
TLSH
T1AD334A4FD600F8B3D2AA82743E546E27697F3C36211408EBD7279BD06C64A5D88A0F5F
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
3328	zongximk.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\zongxim.dll	jaffacakes118_97b082ad876d248ccd63f51f2746bda61523c3928db3866df800e741a2d856e4.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\zongximk.exe	jaffacakes118_97b082ad876d248ccd63f51f2746bda61523c3928db3866df800e741a2d856e4.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
1216	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_97b082ad876d248ccd63f51f2746bda61523c3928db3866df800e741a2d856e4.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	zongximk.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5816 wrote to memory of 3328	5816	jaffacakes118_97b082ad876d248ccd63f51f2746bda61523c3928db3866df800e741a2d856e4.exe	89
PID 5816 wrote to memory of 1216	5816	jaffacakes118_97b082ad876d248ccd63f51f2746bda61523c3928db3866df800e741a2d856e4.exe	91

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_97b082ad876d248ccd63f51f2746bda61523c3928db3866df800e741a2d856e4.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_97b082ad876d248ccd63f51f2746bda61523c3928db3866df800e741a2d856e4.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5816
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\zongximk.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\zongximk.exe ˜‰
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3328
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_97b082ad876d248ccd63f51f2746bda61523c3928db3866df800e741a2d856e4.exe.bat
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1216

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_97b082ad876d248ccd63f51f2746bda61523c3928db3866df800e741a2d856e4.exe.bat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_97b082ad876d248ccd63f51f2746bda61523c3928db3866df800e741a2d856e4.exe.bat
Size 274B
SHA256 67bd9b7468f5342155a80609840e45d8f9e5d682abd231e5d5ed89047c1b43da
MD5 d8addc1bed8eed08e67f501570933cc7
SHA1 449e68e4ae844cfbc5051f1f9c79d82e3a0bddbc
SHA512 b914dde2e20c745322aa6d3d2df5d8ab58f81e7a58c592659eef8c26bf3ffa53cf8caefdcbf21e1cf202deeb6661ef94e3f537cf9080d770500f584347f64e2b
TLSH
T1ABD02B8673BB856C0C84F8DF4020638BC1349E5333CD7F15015384D52263904BDD1758
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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zongximk.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\zongximk.exe
Size 52KB
SHA256 97b082ad876d248ccd63f51f2746bda61523c3928db3866df800e741a2d856e4
MD5 8cff334c14ad40aa3beb7eb9b9464f24
SHA1 e4e702ee688999ace60d9f5693ed93f358180e45
SHA512 b488f5fcffbda87aa9432102cb64b1e918d2b1706ad1993a943467f61926b3132ac3cc5f45e632799a0efbc71c038c2413a530a14f81b8dca8fdfe973ba2ba4b
SSDEEP 768:160HXRiqFz09SkeQPRqMrQVuifC9EnOn:16sRLiA1w43
TLSH
T1AD334A4FD600F8B3D2AA82743E546E27697F3C36211408EBD7279BD06C64A5D88A0F5F
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH