d184deb0008344904dcb10f1191a519b3814590760849c94e5af4827d465ea80

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
128s
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, 11:17

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General

Target
jaffacakes118_d184deb0008344904dcb10f1191a519b3814590760849c94e5af4827d465ea80.exe
Size 44KB
Sample260924-nd2etscc65
SHA256 d184deb0008344904dcb10f1191a519b3814590760849c94e5af4827d465ea80
MD5 5ef31baf1ac13753cb09d473b076fe02
SHA1 048d262f88974f26210f6fb839026c633b123020
SHA512 6a33b142c4924dab067caf9c094422c16175a695f14c90b761cbfee4289187a5e5314fa529415111323636a758dae31ca6b3860475f5db0424a0731da62f4a1b
SSDEEP 384:NlTHMLTd9vNgo6qne7/SV7WEkj6VlKpct5x0S3Qp:fjc1NgH0Szj6Vcat5xtA
TLSH
T14A133B8BA70444F2C2EE0D75286691365BBFAC344B179AD3CF3396C59D306A86D3531B
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
4852	catowerk.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\catowerk.exe	jaffacakes118_d184deb0008344904dcb10f1191a519b3814590760849c94e5af4827d465ea80.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\catower.dll	jaffacakes118_d184deb0008344904dcb10f1191a519b3814590760849c94e5af4827d465ea80.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
1192	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_d184deb0008344904dcb10f1191a519b3814590760849c94e5af4827d465ea80.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 5636 wrote to memory of 4852	5636	jaffacakes118_d184deb0008344904dcb10f1191a519b3814590760849c94e5af4827d465ea80.exe	91
PID 5636 wrote to memory of 1192	5636	jaffacakes118_d184deb0008344904dcb10f1191a519b3814590760849c94e5af4827d465ea80.exe	92

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_d184deb0008344904dcb10f1191a519b3814590760849c94e5af4827d465ea80.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_d184deb0008344904dcb10f1191a519b3814590760849c94e5af4827d465ea80.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5636
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\catowerk.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\catowerk.exe ˜‰
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4852
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_d184deb0008344904dcb10f1191a519b3814590760849c94e5af4827d465ea80.exe.bat
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1192

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
1⤵
PID:932

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_d184deb0008344904dcb10f1191a519b3814590760849c94e5af4827d465ea80.exe.bat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_d184deb0008344904dcb10f1191a519b3814590760849c94e5af4827d465ea80.exe.bat
Size 274B
SHA256 99e222e0daca51d39913e7a6bf78cbb89d6e80e0400c60858b9d43f58c047dff
MD5 079bcc86ffe476ba6530228fb1c5c0e8
SHA1 69e34d4a81a08088bf5607b8195381b1c284461c
SHA512 5553e7b9aa37cf3d6bc3f6ec7ae8acb5b8bdbccee1e2f54e68e2b6d71758563f6b759f19b672cc63e84d19264654c7adfa04a6615e9b9e58a3c97f13378c032d
TLSH
T132D02BA14071C69C04D0E24F053E1F0FC3533A19368C1F120116D3A0054A71CB2C73C5
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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catowerk.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\catowerk.exe
Size 44KB
SHA256 d184deb0008344904dcb10f1191a519b3814590760849c94e5af4827d465ea80
MD5 5ef31baf1ac13753cb09d473b076fe02
SHA1 048d262f88974f26210f6fb839026c633b123020
SHA512 6a33b142c4924dab067caf9c094422c16175a695f14c90b761cbfee4289187a5e5314fa529415111323636a758dae31ca6b3860475f5db0424a0731da62f4a1b
SSDEEP 384:NlTHMLTd9vNgo6qne7/SV7WEkj6VlKpct5x0S3Qp:fjc1NgH0Szj6Vcat5xtA
TLSH
T14A133B8BA70444F2C2EE0D75286691365BBFAC344B179AD3CF3396C59D306A86D3531B
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH