4ec76a87fd94171ffd5c56f5468f76e1be2b6fba782711030c01fd6ede37c652

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
134s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
submitted
02/10/2026, 06:30

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General

Target
jaffacakes118_4ec76a87fd94171ffd5c56f5468f76e1be2b6fba782711030c01fd6ede37c652.exe
Size 48KB
Sample261002-g9vtlasz2n
SHA256 4ec76a87fd94171ffd5c56f5468f76e1be2b6fba782711030c01fd6ede37c652
MD5 ec178fa0c502c495b7c8d70e64dda347
SHA1 a94628a8e14c92a55d9f6ce4a8cef30686ea2d7b
SHA512 60002f496568f26506c897f889d330f5c8f42a3a98ab60354fb2becefef7fe141837a057c1089708fce78aa5c08ff5f491426c860a4ec222d17a97a076624fa3
SSDEEP 384:Og7CddfvNgpT9wBcl5NcO6oejCjOVPNa9tpybpct5C0HUK:OYeXNgTwWR/OTavpcat5Cw
TLSH
T1AA233A877E645CB2C3E9063031E736225FEA1D34471AB9E3DBF315E94D249939A30A1B
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
5220	wdhotemk.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wdhotem.dll	jaffacakes118_4ec76a87fd94171ffd5c56f5468f76e1be2b6fba782711030c01fd6ede37c652.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wdhotemk.exe	jaffacakes118_4ec76a87fd94171ffd5c56f5468f76e1be2b6fba782711030c01fd6ede37c652.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wdhotemk.exe	jaffacakes118_4ec76a87fd94171ffd5c56f5468f76e1be2b6fba782711030c01fd6ede37c652.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
1532	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_4ec76a87fd94171ffd5c56f5468f76e1be2b6fba782711030c01fd6ede37c652.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	wdhotemk.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5900 wrote to memory of 5220	5900	jaffacakes118_4ec76a87fd94171ffd5c56f5468f76e1be2b6fba782711030c01fd6ede37c652.exe	85
PID 5900 wrote to memory of 1532	5900	jaffacakes118_4ec76a87fd94171ffd5c56f5468f76e1be2b6fba782711030c01fd6ede37c652.exe	108

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_4ec76a87fd94171ffd5c56f5468f76e1be2b6fba782711030c01fd6ede37c652.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_4ec76a87fd94171ffd5c56f5468f76e1be2b6fba782711030c01fd6ede37c652.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5900
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wdhotemk.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\wdhotemk.exe ˜‰
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:5220
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_4ec76a87fd94171ffd5c56f5468f76e1be2b6fba782711030c01fd6ede37c652.exe.bat
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1532

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_4ec76a87fd94171ffd5c56f5468f76e1be2b6fba782711030c01fd6ede37c652.exe.bat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_4ec76a87fd94171ffd5c56f5468f76e1be2b6fba782711030c01fd6ede37c652.exe.bat
Size 274B
SHA256 717b5626eee19c338fa43baef50603de660eb2c7c34626b93300f012e89edb5b
MD5 b22c259d82b89f36489f6b6425d39797
SHA1 6a63f998a55922abdc72deec63a9d02c3dc0278a
SHA512 af0b2c24f3f4f14b45834fc51ae7ca5d503879307b6f29049890cc9435a1db849091582c808ed3b284dc7ee5ba6c3ec759ddce151abdc974cd1a747b36e3f093
TLSH
T1B3D02B20DEE38B09C944DC3F66282645E512CB4013443F250E3149C53212044F3C3304
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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wdhotemk.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wdhotemk.exe
Size 48KB
SHA256 4ec76a87fd94171ffd5c56f5468f76e1be2b6fba782711030c01fd6ede37c652
MD5 ec178fa0c502c495b7c8d70e64dda347
SHA1 a94628a8e14c92a55d9f6ce4a8cef30686ea2d7b
SHA512 60002f496568f26506c897f889d330f5c8f42a3a98ab60354fb2becefef7fe141837a057c1089708fce78aa5c08ff5f491426c860a4ec222d17a97a076624fa3
SSDEEP 384:Og7CddfvNgpT9wBcl5NcO6oejCjOVPNa9tpybpct5C0HUK:OYeXNgTwWR/OTavpcat5Cw
TLSH
T1AA233A877E645CB2C3E9063031E736225FEA1D34471AB9E3DBF315E94D249939A30A1B
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH