Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    138s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    30/09/2026, 11:34

General

  • Target
    jaffacakes118_2d297297dc999e8d12b7ffc0dfac5939db050b190fc5e3da3cefb75be04883fd.exe
  • Size 1.3MB
  • Sample260930-npp6yaec43
  • SHA256 2d297297dc999e8d12b7ffc0dfac5939db050b190fc5e3da3cefb75be04883fd
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 2 IoCs
  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Unexpected DNS network traffic destination 6 IoCs

    Network traffic to other servers than the configured DNS servers was detected on the DNS port.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 8 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

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

  • System Network Connections Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Attempt to get a listing of network connections.

  • Gathers network information 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Uses commandline utility to view network configuration.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_2d297297dc999e8d12b7ffc0dfac5939db050b190fc5e3da3cefb75be04883fd.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_2d297297dc999e8d12b7ffc0dfac5939db050b190fc5e3da3cefb75be04883fd.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:5620
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_2d297297dc999e8d12b7ffc0dfac5939db050b190fc5e3da3cefb75be04883fd.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_2d297297dc999e8d12b7ffc0dfac5939db050b190fc5e3da3cefb75be04883fd.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:4280
  • C:\Windows\update.2\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\update.2\svchost.exe srv
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:3308
  • C:\Windows\update.2\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\update.2\svchost.exe srv
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4592
    • C:\Windows\update.2\svchost.exe
      "C:\Windows\update.2\svchost.exe" stand
      2⤵
      • Drops file in Drivers directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2640
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\netsh.exe" firewall set opmode mode=disable
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4160
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netstat.exe
        netstat -ano
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • System Network Connections Discovery
        • Gathers network information
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3484
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:2404

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          svchost.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\update.2\svchost.exe
          • Size 1.3MB
          • SHA256 2d297297dc999e8d12b7ffc0dfac5939db050b190fc5e3da3cefb75be04883fd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2640-33-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000B66000-memory.dmp

          memory/2640-36-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000B66000-memory.dmp

          memory/2640-31-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000B66000-memory.dmp

          memory/2640-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000B66000-memory.dmp

          memory/2640-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000B66000-memory.dmp

          memory/2640-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000B66000-memory.dmp

          memory/2640-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000B66000-memory.dmp

          memory/3308-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000B66000-memory.dmp

          memory/3308-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000B66000-memory.dmp

          memory/4280-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000B66000-memory.dmp

          memory/4280-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000B66000-memory.dmp

          memory/4280-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000B66000-memory.dmp

          memory/4592-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000B66000-memory.dmp

          memory/4592-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000B66000-memory.dmp

          memory/4592-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000B66000-memory.dmp

          memory/5620-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000B66000-memory.dmp

          memory/5620-1-0x0000000000B3F000-0x0000000000B40000-memory.dmp

          memory/5620-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000B66000-memory.dmp

          memory/5620-6-0x0000000000E90000-0x0000000000E91000-memory.dmp

          memory/5620-0-0x0000000000E90000-0x0000000000E91000-memory.dmp