Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    138s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    25/09/2026, 18:10

General

  • Target
    jaffacakes118_a5e57dd04431e7c3c9bc840aad48e010c9fd626c0219e6b73093901032d1a2c6.exe
  • Size 34KB
  • Sample260925-wse45sty4k
  • SHA256 a5e57dd04431e7c3c9bc840aad48e010c9fd626c0219e6b73093901032d1a2c6
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    1⤵
      PID:3252
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_a5e57dd04431e7c3c9bc840aad48e010c9fd626c0219e6b73093901032d1a2c6.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_a5e57dd04431e7c3c9bc840aad48e010c9fd626c0219e6b73093901032d1a2c6.exe"
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2544
    • C:\Windows\ptshell.exe
      C:\Windows\ptshell.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4864

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          ptshell.dll

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ptshell.dll
          • Size 28KB
          • SHA256 a64737cb53c20475b52706d95fd48b7d9f43acb27ed2beeb47f4b180f73fd414
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ptshell.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\ptshell.exe
          • Size 34KB
          • SHA256 a5e57dd04431e7c3c9bc840aad48e010c9fd626c0219e6b73093901032d1a2c6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2544-3-0x0000000000402000-0x0000000000403000-memory.dmp

          memory/2544-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

          memory/2544-7-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000671000-memory.dmp

          memory/2544-9-0x0000000000680000-0x0000000000681000-memory.dmp

          memory/3252-2-0x0000000002F00000-0x0000000002F01000-memory.dmp