Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    137s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    09/10/2026, 17:28

General

  • Target
    jaffacakes118_Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent.za.exe
  • Size 172KB
  • Sample261009-v1237shx6k
  • SHA256 f889bbab47a92f9ca39d0153ac0d71b915cb7af3cd7ed7c435aac2f3df5974ad
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 46 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Program crash 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 20 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 57 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent.za.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent.za.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5640
    • C:\Windows\etb\pokapoka78.exe
      C:\Windows\etb\pokapoka78.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2320
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2320 -s 1272
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:4184
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c c:\temp.bat
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4256
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe" -CLSID:{0002DF01-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} -Embedding
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:5408
  • C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
    "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2488
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2488 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4608
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2488 CREDAT:82948 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2692
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2488 CREDAT:17414 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:712
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2488 CREDAT:82952 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1616
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2488 CREDAT:17420 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4344
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2488 CREDAT:82960 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4668
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2488 CREDAT:17428 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1292
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2488 CREDAT:82968 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:8
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2488 CREDAT:17436 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:896
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2488 CREDAT:82976 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      PID:2508
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2488 CREDAT:17446 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      PID:1580
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2488 CREDAT:82988 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:52
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2488 CREDAT:17458 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      PID:3280
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2488 CREDAT:83000 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5584
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2488 CREDAT:17470 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      PID:1500
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2488 CREDAT:83014 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      PID:2368
    • C:\Windows\system32\wermgr.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\wermgr.exe" "-outproc" "0" "2488" "9108" "9100" "9132" "0" "0" "9144" "9116" "0" "0" "0" "0"
      2⤵
        PID:3204
      • C:\Windows\system32\wermgr.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\wermgr.exe" "-outproc" "0" "2488" "9136" "8996" "9128" "0" "0" "9144" "9080" "0" "0" "0" "0"
        2⤵
          PID:4652
        • C:\Windows\system32\wermgr.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\wermgr.exe" "-outproc" "0" "2488" "9128" "9060" "9144" "0" "0" "8996" "9080" "0" "0" "0" "0"
          2⤵
            PID:2928
        • C:\Windows\etb\pokapoka78.exe
          C:\Windows\etb\pokapoka78.exe
          1⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          PID:1372
        • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
          1⤵
            PID:5488
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
            C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 576 -p 2320 -ip 2320
            1⤵
              PID:4044

            Network

                  MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                  Downloads

                  WER.ba92004c-a851-4830-95e6-d919096403d4.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml

                  • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER.ba92004c-a851-4830-95e6-d919096403d4.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
                  • Size 9KB
                  • SHA256 7c3bd065ee43fa3a848f38acf6795e6f412bef628bb7f63171d73148bc59ad92
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_430EA0912164D1B129D6E1DC07C63959

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_430EA0912164D1B129D6E1DC07C63959
                  • Size 471B
                  • SHA256 0358c3bf535535f06d1fab34399bcba2f546d271fc13634c3ec363a27e6b56af
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157
                  • Size 342B
                  • SHA256 7cbae59401792d3ed1fa7f38390cd681e7e522321b31421a2011e98b7e1a80d1
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_430EA0912164D1B129D6E1DC07C63959

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_430EA0912164D1B129D6E1DC07C63959
                  • Size 416B
                  • SHA256 bfc78ae2392ce9203ce1351ad9ad71bbd4c5e1a8c40934c4ae4c13b8cb629a40
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  search_{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}.ico

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Services\search_{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}.ico
                  • Size 4KB
                  • SHA256 5b2c34b3c4e8dd898b664dba6c3786e2ff9869eff55d673aa48361f11325ed07
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  known_providers_download_v1[1].xml

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\MW9UJA6Z\known_providers_download_v1[1].xml
                  • Size 88KB
                  • SHA256 1e2e25bf730ff20c89d57aa38f7f34be7690820e8279b20127d0014dd27b743f
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  suggestions[1].en-US

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\WLCSD876\suggestions[1].en-US
                  • Size 17KB
                  • SHA256 c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  328300_2320_2320_4472_78.41.tmp

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\328300_2320_2320_4472_78.41.tmp
                  • Size 87KB
                  • SHA256 0d03cf283d032dd0b7c7528000efaef89a7cc86ce5652f8399b629086b7e9645
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  721126_2488_2320_4140_78.41.tmp1

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\721126_2488_2320_4140_78.41.tmp1
                  • Size 5KB
                  • SHA256 57c712f1b1ad948f4bb2a13ae25e2be9d772f37d8ef9cc1513ddd4435f6efb19
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  k_78A1.tmp

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\k_78A1.tmp
                  • Size 20KB
                  • SHA256 b7b7c081c5af7b4e82fddb225dd0e72140c93acbe0d071f682b088cca8bbfd21
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  PK-48273ud832_V71

                  • Path C:\Windows\PK-48273ud832_V71
                  • Size 1B
                  • SHA256 2d711642b726b04401627ca9fbac32f5c8530fb1903cc4db02258717921a4881
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                  etb.ini

                  • Path C:\Windows\etb\etb.ini
                  • Size 55B
                  • SHA256 36d771afcdd8cbb5461ef6d7d4bc0ab7fbadf9573ce827d877527e1565560a52
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  etb.ini

                  • Path C:\Windows\etb\etb.ini
                  • Size 33B
                  • SHA256 e622964605389eb09291258312636a6588b0bf80a4e1b4e5706f40d91b8b651b
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                  etb.ini

                  • Path C:\Windows\etb\etb.ini
                  • Size 38B
                  • SHA256 319e631240cc9bd366de7ca64caece5da41409a3af7a74735d5eb6ea2c82c54f
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                  nt_hide78.dll

                  • Path C:\Windows\etb\nt_hide78.dll
                  • Size 48KB
                  • SHA256 be945b1d2d77051e6703777baa77f0bc77079c30c16132cbe909ed0f505062bd
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  pokapoka78.exe

                  • Path C:\Windows\etb\pokapoka78.exe
                  • Size 136KB
                  • SHA256 9c3903562c6754059fdde9d3efe30b0862ee7eb1828a58263cfcc09932ad78ea
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  temp.bat

                  • Path \??\c:\temp.bat
                  • Size 223B
                  • SHA256 2bea2e96d128e82e957cb8fe56c0134fc4f49c86e9d621d56ce5ce8b15f6af10
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  memory/1372-87-0x0000000000A00000-0x0000000000A01000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1372-88-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043B000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2320-95-0x0000000000B40000-0x0000000000B41000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2320-117-0x0000000003910000-0x0000000003A46000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2320-113-0x0000000003910000-0x0000000003A46000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2320-105-0x0000000000C15000-0x0000000000C16000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2320-104-0x0000000000C10000-0x0000000000C17000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2320-172-0x0000000000C10000-0x0000000000C17000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2320-124-0x0000000000BF0000-0x0000000000BF1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2320-191-0x0000000000C10000-0x0000000000C17000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2320-94-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010007000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2320-115-0x0000000000C10000-0x0000000000C17000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2320-284-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043B000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2320-311-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010007000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2320-314-0x0000000000C10000-0x0000000000C17000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2320-32-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043B000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2320-34-0x0000000000B40000-0x0000000000B41000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2320-372-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043B000-memory.dmp