Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
145s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
11/10/2026, 21:08
General
- Target jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
- Size 734KB
- Sample261011-zza1js1v2j
- SHA256 12b9a01af70300bb72f9b700bab8f18c5ebc5aa3e9b6d1e86c5af2dd7b62b179
Malware Config
Signatures
- Family: ModiLoader, DBatLoader
ModiLoader is a Delphi loader that misuses cloud services to download other malicious families.
- ModiLoader Second Stage 21 IoCs
- UAC bypass 3 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
- Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
- UPX packed file 24 IoCs
Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.
- Drops file in Windows directory 5 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Program crash 1 IoCs
- 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 use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs
- System policy modification 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe"1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe2⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\mstwain32.exe"C:\Windows\mstwain32.exe" \melt "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\mstwain32.exe4⤵
- UAC bypass
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Adds Run key to start application
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- System policy modification
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C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exeC:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\mstwain32.exeC:\Windows\mstwain32.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4772 -s 4282⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Program crash
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 4772 -ip 47721⤵
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Privilege Escalation
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
1Bypass User Account Control
1Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Defense Evasion
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
1Bypass User Account Control
1Impair Defenses
1Disable or Modify Tools
1Modify Registry
3Replay Monitor
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Downloads
cmsetac.dll
mstwain32.exe
ntdtcstp.dll
9F037547
memory/2176-55-0x0000000000860000-0x0000000000868000-memory.dmp
memory/2176-53-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp
memory/2176-93-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp
memory/2176-90-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp
memory/2176-87-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp
memory/2176-32-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp
memory/2176-34-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp
memory/2176-54-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp
memory/2176-35-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp
memory/2176-84-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp
memory/2176-81-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp
memory/2176-47-0x0000000002180000-0x000000000218E000-memory.dmp
memory/2176-78-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp
memory/2176-75-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp
memory/2176-72-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp
memory/2176-69-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp
memory/2176-57-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp
memory/2176-56-0x0000000002180000-0x000000000218E000-memory.dmp
memory/2176-33-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp
memory/2176-60-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp
memory/2176-63-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp
memory/2176-66-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp
memory/3104-43-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007AF000-memory.dmp
memory/4100-10-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007AF000-memory.dmp
memory/4100-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007AF000-memory.dmp
memory/4772-50-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000007AF000-memory.dmp
memory/5008-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp
memory/5008-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp
memory/5008-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp
memory/5008-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp
memory/5008-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp