ea41a3cacdf68fc7e0884de7982fe8cf38178e1dc68b6929ceea47fc404943bb

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
143s
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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25/09/2026, 22:26

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General

Target
jaffacakes118_ea41a3cacdf68fc7e0884de7982fe8cf38178e1dc68b6929ceea47fc404943bb.exe
Size 48KB
Sample260925-2cl6ea1tdx
SHA256 ea41a3cacdf68fc7e0884de7982fe8cf38178e1dc68b6929ceea47fc404943bb
MD5 81af0c92731814901a94b28cf99b4c60
SHA1 bbf297ecbbffd5055bb109c817ded9905a86a346
SHA512 3f48cd8d5d9f0dfcaa3698f7c7960f557ba078b15a77e50e8fb8b0dd452606fb6ffbbb7a09d69a524727bdc4193d05cabf727df8559c5b9336340b3179907e52
SSDEEP 384:JcY4EpuTCvqF76QWXgAecrnjVYpGNk2scMbmC5lSnpct5Yl:6W6WqFh2gYipGNk2scMCC5Ynat5
TLSH
T1E4233B466A0558F2C9EE0934309BA5275FFD5E3436FB50EBCAEBA9DC6E30047E014E16
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
1780	catowerk.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\catower.dll	jaffacakes118_ea41a3cacdf68fc7e0884de7982fe8cf38178e1dc68b6929ceea47fc404943bb.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\catowerk.exe	jaffacakes118_ea41a3cacdf68fc7e0884de7982fe8cf38178e1dc68b6929ceea47fc404943bb.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
6084	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_ea41a3cacdf68fc7e0884de7982fe8cf38178e1dc68b6929ceea47fc404943bb.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 4188 wrote to memory of 1780	4188	jaffacakes118_ea41a3cacdf68fc7e0884de7982fe8cf38178e1dc68b6929ceea47fc404943bb.exe	89
PID 4188 wrote to memory of 6084	4188	jaffacakes118_ea41a3cacdf68fc7e0884de7982fe8cf38178e1dc68b6929ceea47fc404943bb.exe	91

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_ea41a3cacdf68fc7e0884de7982fe8cf38178e1dc68b6929ceea47fc404943bb.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_ea41a3cacdf68fc7e0884de7982fe8cf38178e1dc68b6929ceea47fc404943bb.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4188
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\catowerk.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\catowerk.exe ˜‰
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1780
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_ea41a3cacdf68fc7e0884de7982fe8cf38178e1dc68b6929ceea47fc404943bb.exe.bat
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:6084

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_ea41a3cacdf68fc7e0884de7982fe8cf38178e1dc68b6929ceea47fc404943bb.exe.bat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_ea41a3cacdf68fc7e0884de7982fe8cf38178e1dc68b6929ceea47fc404943bb.exe.bat
Size 274B
SHA256 4e64033915e551de60fa5075bd1ada3a59837c76e1002c0b064d0afe2a6fe29b
MD5 acc47bbdf479d04cdac29ac8beeadb52
SHA1 4701c14ff9010f6f2e0abd5bf415a80960ac32f7
SHA512 5df7dcdb15fc89afc24397c4c134e4aacacce24508feec2cf915ffb2f624021663e70da39f5ebb31184ce815ab2cb67f8af3dc82ccd3df8e404929775fea1788
TLSH
T14BD0C289E116DEA65C10C62FC4F4955DC1590D4026842B23C232828801A7C6EEEC265C
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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catowerk.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\catowerk.exe
Size 48KB
SHA256 ea41a3cacdf68fc7e0884de7982fe8cf38178e1dc68b6929ceea47fc404943bb
MD5 81af0c92731814901a94b28cf99b4c60
SHA1 bbf297ecbbffd5055bb109c817ded9905a86a346
SHA512 3f48cd8d5d9f0dfcaa3698f7c7960f557ba078b15a77e50e8fb8b0dd452606fb6ffbbb7a09d69a524727bdc4193d05cabf727df8559c5b9336340b3179907e52
SSDEEP 384:JcY4EpuTCvqF76QWXgAecrnjVYpGNk2scMbmC5lSnpct5Yl:6W6WqFh2gYipGNk2scMCC5Ynat5
TLSH
T1E4233B466A0558F2C9EE0934309BA5275FFD5E3436FB50EBCAEBA9DC6E30047E014E16
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH