938cea8e33ab4962d877ab57b9a42204217df41a59389987b48a84c708e87f16

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, 11:18

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General

Target
jaffacakes118_938cea8e33ab4962d877ab57b9a42204217df41a59389987b48a84c708e87f16.exe
Size 48KB
Sample260924-nd9ffacc73
SHA256 938cea8e33ab4962d877ab57b9a42204217df41a59389987b48a84c708e87f16
MD5 3fff5ae995daa2a910b491c6ef5164cc
SHA1 d7016e8352e2e72012aed38c646adf9ef70022b4
SHA512 4ebda7feb9b38d735290d8ea1b04aa63398593123c0c78f620ba98f3704766b362d205831e8ed3d442bf5e6eb621000c80add6f6b69c38c18015c354a7630eca
SSDEEP 768:PQj+WFsU8o7SqQgtQS5v/g5uq930IeWXONuvP8uI9CB:PSvizo7cgtQS5v/g5uqZkWeUvMQ
TLSH
T12823395B77208CF2C39901B834E62A2A8FBA5D301769D5D3EBB381D9AD319834D31A07
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
3080	qxfelk.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\qxfel.dll	jaffacakes118_938cea8e33ab4962d877ab57b9a42204217df41a59389987b48a84c708e87f16.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\qxfelk.exe	jaffacakes118_938cea8e33ab4962d877ab57b9a42204217df41a59389987b48a84c708e87f16.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
2568	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	qxfelk.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	jaffacakes118_938cea8e33ab4962d877ab57b9a42204217df41a59389987b48a84c708e87f16.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4536 wrote to memory of 3080	4536	jaffacakes118_938cea8e33ab4962d877ab57b9a42204217df41a59389987b48a84c708e87f16.exe	90
PID 4536 wrote to memory of 2568	4536	jaffacakes118_938cea8e33ab4962d877ab57b9a42204217df41a59389987b48a84c708e87f16.exe	91

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_938cea8e33ab4962d877ab57b9a42204217df41a59389987b48a84c708e87f16.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_938cea8e33ab4962d877ab57b9a42204217df41a59389987b48a84c708e87f16.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4536
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\qxfelk.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\qxfelk.exe ˜‰
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3080
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_938cea8e33ab4962d877ab57b9a42204217df41a59389987b48a84c708e87f16.exe.bat
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2568

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_938cea8e33ab4962d877ab57b9a42204217df41a59389987b48a84c708e87f16.exe.bat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_938cea8e33ab4962d877ab57b9a42204217df41a59389987b48a84c708e87f16.exe.bat
Size 274B
SHA256 2f13bcc5ec821bd94f91bccd2fa70c0b5e67b01efd06c7a355e774e68d98aeb0
MD5 5dfc7525f2d00d1bead14e31432c1dc1
SHA1 1876d233f7d180c5bd8cf677f5907a7522a7480a
SHA512 378347dbcfb43bebc1d77254c4eb80a7b99588f7c3f31531494b2b92452e308bf80865c7333c8c7321e1b7a4285f5c75abe3dd2949328f41b9f3d9c908d967b2
TLSH
T171D02B24A0DD41CD0414FC2B24A2234890612FB8378F3F06113281CD137000CB29A304
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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qxfelk.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\qxfelk.exe
Size 48KB
SHA256 938cea8e33ab4962d877ab57b9a42204217df41a59389987b48a84c708e87f16
MD5 3fff5ae995daa2a910b491c6ef5164cc
SHA1 d7016e8352e2e72012aed38c646adf9ef70022b4
SHA512 4ebda7feb9b38d735290d8ea1b04aa63398593123c0c78f620ba98f3704766b362d205831e8ed3d442bf5e6eb621000c80add6f6b69c38c18015c354a7630eca
SSDEEP 768:PQj+WFsU8o7SqQgtQS5v/g5uq930IeWXONuvP8uI9CB:PSvizo7cgtQS5v/g5uqZkWeUvMQ
TLSH
T12823395B77208CF2C39901B834E62A2A8FBA5D301769D5D3EBB381D9AD319834D31A07
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH