db52820c455d6c0c900cb816ced58ee4a5679c58322e9870be2158a2cb652b15

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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25/09/2026, 22:27

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General

Target
jaffacakes118_db52820c455d6c0c900cb816ced58ee4a5679c58322e9870be2158a2cb652b15.exe
Size 52KB
Sample260925-2dcncsyala
SHA256 db52820c455d6c0c900cb816ced58ee4a5679c58322e9870be2158a2cb652b15
MD5 b8ee34c0cfe54e20dddf4e8687071acd
SHA1 c7e270a777e94445a6a220e2e347d3c16fcac260
SHA512 29566aa6234ec429342b7d53623303c6c00a4de0de7b46557a434c0ae15f6171198e4931c308a6b5c1e2999239b1de759b3c7e3e554ea92b712647a80b75050d
SSDEEP 384:bH0y5fy12vqFfigIyHS/VLnKd2dWlFcr+68yv4lNvQRMr7qI/t:bTVcaqFaNhKMN+68yv4zvbr/
TLSH
T120333A4BE810F873C7BA43793A946E6B297F3C36251544E7C76357E42C64B5889A0E0F
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
4172	zongximk.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\zongxim.dll	jaffacakes118_db52820c455d6c0c900cb816ced58ee4a5679c58322e9870be2158a2cb652b15.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\zongximk.exe	jaffacakes118_db52820c455d6c0c900cb816ced58ee4a5679c58322e9870be2158a2cb652b15.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
4848	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_db52820c455d6c0c900cb816ced58ee4a5679c58322e9870be2158a2cb652b15.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 3696 wrote to memory of 4172	3696	jaffacakes118_db52820c455d6c0c900cb816ced58ee4a5679c58322e9870be2158a2cb652b15.exe	89
PID 3696 wrote to memory of 4848	3696	jaffacakes118_db52820c455d6c0c900cb816ced58ee4a5679c58322e9870be2158a2cb652b15.exe	90

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_db52820c455d6c0c900cb816ced58ee4a5679c58322e9870be2158a2cb652b15.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_db52820c455d6c0c900cb816ced58ee4a5679c58322e9870be2158a2cb652b15.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3696
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\zongximk.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\zongximk.exe ˜‰
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4172
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_db52820c455d6c0c900cb816ced58ee4a5679c58322e9870be2158a2cb652b15.exe.bat
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4848

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_db52820c455d6c0c900cb816ced58ee4a5679c58322e9870be2158a2cb652b15.exe.bat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_db52820c455d6c0c900cb816ced58ee4a5679c58322e9870be2158a2cb652b15.exe.bat
Size 274B
SHA256 4691b55cc15b03451696426f581b2f79ae82d4576ccbc8f9359bf0e553776e6e
MD5 28127f52a05b3a39ab0a8d97ebcb8e0f
SHA1 cc73e08b142bd7447ae86a31c11c452043dfb8bc
SHA512 29712e9622117599f112e9b4cffdc0507425e4b811eaea6ab8b6f531926e1e3e46f577e9dfc61342fcb10e2d2227e1beef731772dc1b114878120fc323951be9
TLSH
T1FED02B51C24680B9C801E54F8538334DC2018A1516CC2E070FB1DDC73280028BDF3208
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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zongximk.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\zongximk.exe
Size 52KB
SHA256 db52820c455d6c0c900cb816ced58ee4a5679c58322e9870be2158a2cb652b15
MD5 b8ee34c0cfe54e20dddf4e8687071acd
SHA1 c7e270a777e94445a6a220e2e347d3c16fcac260
SHA512 29566aa6234ec429342b7d53623303c6c00a4de0de7b46557a434c0ae15f6171198e4931c308a6b5c1e2999239b1de759b3c7e3e554ea92b712647a80b75050d
SSDEEP 384:bH0y5fy12vqFfigIyHS/VLnKd2dWlFcr+68yv4lNvQRMr7qI/t:bTVcaqFaNhKMN+68yv4zvbr/
TLSH
T120333A4BE810F873C7BA43793A946E6B297F3C36251544E7C76357E42C64B5889A0E0F
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH