Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    125s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-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 1 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
    explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
    1⤵
      PID:1868
      • 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:3128
    • 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:3316

    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/1868-1-0x0000000001520000-0x0000000001521000-memory.dmp

          memory/3128-2-0x0000000000402000-0x0000000000403000-memory.dmp

          memory/3128-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

          memory/3128-8-0x0000000000A10000-0x0000000000A11000-memory.dmp

          memory/3128-6-0x0000000000A00000-0x0000000000A01000-memory.dmp