d26a1d695d16cf344cf66a0979515dba7b655ee7981d61f469cead0bfc5c456d

Analysis

max time kernel
84s
max time network
125s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
submitted
12/10/2026, 19:41

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General

Target
jaffacakes118_Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent.emlq.exe
Size 1.0MB
Sample261012-yd5glaet8s
SHA256 d26a1d695d16cf344cf66a0979515dba7b655ee7981d61f469cead0bfc5c456d
MD5 46871bd2747c15edaf8dd387b790a7b9
SHA1 39d9661e14c42c738a2ed30933bb6641a16afa35
SHA512 7fc2be59d67968c1cb192d02b4429467c84a3f7b70dd843ce67c173c7bc8e11c9e93efe9ad08ec2a7cfbb75cf4ba2c4a91e96e5d386408649820aa935f6664a0
SSDEEP 24576:B8uFhCwUuqDluBMfEhJX3z5mKhwbLeoMRD:vhxqDosEL3F/w+V
TLSH
T1F535336338D2EA57D26711B66232E7F2FBB4538C4471EA15432D8DF4E91F0AAC306E52
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

7^/10

discovery execution

Malware Config

Signatures

Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs

pid	Process
5072	smes.exe
1144	smes.exe
4972	smes.exe
4588	smes.exe

Loads dropped DLL 6 IoCs

pid	Process
2584	jaffacakes118_Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent.emlq.exe
2584	jaffacakes118_Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent.emlq.exe
4972	smes.exe
4588	smes.exe
4588	smes.exe
4588	smes.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 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
3312	cmd.exe
1908	cmd.exe

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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	smes.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	smes.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	jaffacakes118_Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent.emlq.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	smes.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	smes.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2584	jaffacakes118_Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent.emlq.exe
2584	jaffacakes118_Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent.emlq.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5072	smes.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1144	smes.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4972	smes.exe
Token: 33	4972	smes.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4972	smes.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4588	smes.exe
4588	smes.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2584 wrote to memory of 3312	2584	jaffacakes118_Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent.emlq.exe	88
PID 2584 wrote to memory of 1908	2584	jaffacakes118_Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent.emlq.exe	90
PID 3312 wrote to memory of 5072	3312	cmd.exe	92
PID 3312 wrote to memory of 1144	3312	cmd.exe	93
PID 4972 wrote to memory of 4588	4972	smes.exe	95

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent.emlq.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent.emlq.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2584
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c "C:\ProgramData\smes\u.bat"
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3312
- - C:\ProgramData\smes\smes.exe
    smes.exe -install
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:5072
- - C:\ProgramData\smes\smes.exe
    smes.exe -start
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1144
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\temg_tmp.bat"
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1908

C:\ProgramData\smes\smes.exe
C:\ProgramData\smes\smes.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4972
- C:\ProgramData\smes\smes.exe
  C:\ProgramData\smes\smes.exe -run
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:4588

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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kws.ini

Path C:\ProgramData\kingsoft\kws\kws.ini
Size 720B
SHA256 f39e009b78bbca138cf7ca72023390afe0e9ab1980eb0e326e637186a1249872
MD5 ffc3088dc68b14616fc334ce25f7c4ec
SHA1 83ea5e504ba582fd0db81371888b2d2d36012af8
SHA512 b3c29e4513ba21d9588661eeffe029bdc5a2317cb3345cbe945f50df9688732d478e614e67a64f87d9cdf2c284eaeb9c497feef69ee71a621f4fc009bf1c09b4
TLSH
T17B011556444D815F10716179ADFE23E0F5F34236820AC161676BEC4E1D8C703C90C71B
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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KWSSVC.log

Path C:\ProgramData\smes\KWSSVC.log
Size 202B
SHA256 9d9ca605b62caec164497b94a6c62076669d929b4f6353e5f5c7a21d2027e29a
MD5 7e766be7c8e4f9bc8aca8a42953a0c8e
SHA1 fe295a274f4f92d027c29d2132fd2815cebf3aca
SHA512 6202e3f9c0096f6e0f10f62e0ada1acc8c8d48a9c2a5da77ccef4825447f84a1d835db80bff9f9e23994200f72a648807d46822b5573732f0422c329a31a0846
TLSH
T1D3D01287CAE4D0F5B0851770A74DCE45B731253F253C24F62FE09B3A009AF1467200B9
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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KWSSVC.log

Path C:\ProgramData\smes\KWSSVC.log
Size 356B
SHA256 139273caf27c3864034596ca74a21b08bcaa7decacd657f5e700bcafbca07ca7
MD5 d2bb9ffce70a2826b2346c7caa2dccf9
SHA1 e437d97c5b405d3a1a6a2b8b77a925ba2d82bc8f
SHA512 e10b7d7299c241e672ff5f6c348b693252c6e671f57d3e31d6ad19a41b800633ff5a13b60d633a2a17e23a940ad41e3d418894c0c3ce21377a948d370adf2948
TLSH
T11FE01283C9E4D0F5A0851674A74DCE45B732653E243C20E62BA09F3A009AF18A7240B4
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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KWSSVC.log

Path C:\ProgramData\smes\KWSSVC.log
Size 546B
SHA256 a483f5a9cc4851ba864eaf25e8c37c61b9686981415e0a1f56ec24e75a1627e0
MD5 b0789f05e67ef30277effed7d67b79ba
SHA1 aa88b07cd3095770fc4a33ffe665a663410674fc
SHA512 85fc0d3124d8603f38691bb700f3ab4853e9e64c13f1d01bd1e871696a37071a90ee147adadc6c39fc49511d792e2492e04e837d16d8a0e2fa6ae3240c9bc926
TLSH
T16DF012878AE4D0F6A1851B74AB4DDE45B732653E253C60E62BE09F3A00DBF18A7240B5
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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kswebshield.dll

Path C:\ProgramData\smes\kswebshield.dll
Size 441KB
SHA256 c3bc7ec8428f0bb210a0597c9a0cad1be412b7fa46ea006819a3df9ac23118b4
MD5 7851449473178f9782263d51bc5e3bbc
SHA1 ad5148ee1bed2348b320c62c025d52fbcbb28799
SHA512 b01fc37ac84b81df8d7657000295aed7eb50aaf7f13ab2b2be9030c9f83ed1559318c83c78b4a29926d7d30e9eea9538d123ef4a649179be5a5b54ee71ed9b49
SSDEEP 12288:WeVWZNSP508Ki03lyD66V/gVdOiMrZpbnOlLi6UrBH0ISYc2f6laYFF7g4:DOwTH62AaYFZg4
TLSH
T14EA4BE403BE7C1B2D98F0571007A975E267BE79167294EC3F3D42E4F6E612C26E3920A
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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kwssp.dll

Path C:\ProgramData\smes\kwssp.dll
Size 425KB
SHA256 f9506cf9a87aa6bfbf07f2124f2785a711b27a70839ebb95bdd4b2cf747fb060
MD5 bf5dcfd9da0514334d41cbd80d2a9138
SHA1 802f9e0b82edca56be08a33b2ba874b34c31f1e3
SHA512 246796f2e201cde30043eaa2c0ffb4d2b3bea2bae97261a022824c31a42d2b08998b1bdcd436e8392bdd153dd6fadf9ba69361c7316a6bfda5d475678b7aa5cc
SSDEEP 6144:0LoaYLaJwl7m5F2KJ//p1M2hm2RVqaIBvzq043jsv4hjk3K57PEDv:0oaYLqq7m5F2C/p17h1qt4ov4hjxBsv
TLSH
T1A094AE50F7C2C072E92F0175542A9B1A3B7AB5C65B6C5AD3E7D81E4F8F242C19E33286
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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kwsui.dll

Path C:\ProgramData\smes\kwsui.dll
Size 433KB
SHA256 a22006861cac6a849346282e2f7729deeb8f68bf29f13c15ae33d20311f77391
MD5 45199dab51eeece95728abfe25e18f35
SHA1 59ab0fe25aa2adc253adbecba6862e7432df1c39
SHA512 825c6ae1f88cec3d6c469e6a15cad0430845ecc8d436777092f4c5fe8ecd02abbfeb3e2a17b2f4896b9d6e4b2d229a8b83bfdda75a3e025fc32f86610c6eef12
SSDEEP 6144:c6QkXqt2D/M/9QN0ErJXIKf2iRVu7s6bVhhHcDUQC19:S2Dk/9QNHrJXR2ooNbnVcfY9
TLSH
T1EF94AE40BBC7C07ED94F01744C26FB1A667AB68667285AD3EBD80E4F4F242D1AE35346
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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smes.exe

Path C:\ProgramData\smes\smes.exe
Size 209KB
SHA256 b21526716068d2a8550780038e2b5ddb843d77890a07ec82ed9ce9dd0be52c64
MD5 1fa47f5b173cee5ef9c3ee1bda0c321e
SHA1 60ee40236f960affb01d569a32e1b05888bb081a
SHA512 01f39376269a75510347fcf66ff2585b25d5e6e10e26b7feefa3af66e712a5f50c62bff6d40abee733e1ce965d17a2e443664838268eb7c7a2e36fc1c024224d
SSDEEP 3072:1nOgbwa//zAzLZ/hQvDRboZghqx3eRAlsHLJvDuA0OnGdyX3Ht0wGiWiKC:RjbwWrANOvFbUgAORAlsHLNsIXyc+C
TLSH
T16224AE2A32D2C073E427017089E6C774977BBCA25F75EA4B7BC42B4E5E356E19A32311
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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u.bat

Path C:\ProgramData\smes\u.bat
Size 44B
SHA256 80b08d35bd27636e0774ce35ab57306f76edc6a0f7058cb1f93733cdf88bf94c
MD5 704efba1aee1454561da552dda430498
SHA1 d20fb96683f769eb9cef1b0a068bcba70aeab9c2
SHA512 7e0c9ede686238703af4893af8842c05c48ab1681ae273b32d8085cf1a17aae946c0c823a0a418787522a551d684367259ff8203ebca6e4ec69b6ded95231bd0
MD5 SHA1 SHA512

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AccessControl.dll

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsjD8A4.tmp\AccessControl.dll
Size 10KB
SHA256 4209588362785b690d08d15cd982b8d1c62c348767ca19114234b21d5df74ddc
MD5 055f4f9260e07fc83f71877cbb7f4fad
SHA1 a245131af1a182de99bd74af9ff1fab17977a72f
SHA512 a8e82dc4435ed938f090f43df953ddad9b0075f16218c09890c996299420162d64b1dbfbf613af37769ae796717eec78204dc786b757e8b1d13d423d4ee82e26
SSDEEP 192:8SEWBGgiJM4LN+xq56XdNcNz/NWdlJmlyOcROQ:8SEPgii9KTzyt
TLSH
T171221A569F3493F9F083953B595269178BBAD24180C09C072EA7FF8D464074AEEBD317
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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FindProcDLL.dll

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsjD8A4.tmp\FindProcDLL.dll
Size 3KB
SHA256 0fa04f06a6de18d316832086891e9c23ae606d7784d5d5676385839b21ca2758
MD5 8614c450637267afacad1645e23ba24a
SHA1 e7b7b09b5bbc13e910aa36316d9cc5fc5d4dcdc2
SHA512 af46cd679097584ff9a1d894a729b6397f4b3af17dff3e6f07bef257bc7e48ffa341d82daf298616cd5df1450fc5ab7435cacb70f27302b6db193f01a9f8391b
TLSH
T1AE717387378506B7D08006303089BCAA3B9E9A350F5B59BFD6DBA99F7C641F4E134706
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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temg_tmp.bat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\temg_tmp.bat
Size 134B
SHA256 7f9dafafd435ff9ee90d58efd71cc48e29ea2afa389af976ff55c98bb2f770a0
MD5 2831377f257ff3a3a4f28bdd7cd6118e
SHA1 248baea6b3abdd0722ce7d6c1560d99c15c083a7
SHA512 d6b65e92fdf9c263e2ad8fc41069211df5fefda58cf0a1c2b9cf788432dc70ed3d487ae4ae2861567c135cace175009abcbac3d2e9015b87ce62a59d4ebcc068
TLSH
T17AC02B4C0052D60A0804EE37043409CF70958625198D3F2033308084417245AB1C230C
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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memory/2584-5-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010003000-memory.dmp

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memory/4588-46-0x0000000002210000-0x0000000002281000-memory.dmp

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