Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    14/10/2026, 03:18

General

  • Target
    jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
  • Size 95KB
  • Sample261014-dtsshsez2x
  • SHA256 8a701f005b543456bb8a67bbb2d0031d8cffb147b4c74ed7023e1fe07528ca17
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Executes a file named after a Windows system binary 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    The file runs from a user directory while carrying the name of an executable that normally only exists in System32.

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 6 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 7 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 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs

Processes

  • 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 AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4860
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
      jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
      2⤵
        PID:4576
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
        jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
        2⤵
        • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3596
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
          netsh firewall add allowedprogram "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\spoolsv.exe" CityScape Enable
          3⤵
          • Modifies Windows Firewall
          • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4288
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\spoolsv.exe
          /d C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
          3⤵
          • Executes a file named after a Windows system binary
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3972
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\spoolsv.exe
            spoolsv.exe
            4⤵
              PID:5024
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\spoolsv.exe
              spoolsv.exe
              4⤵
              • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Adds Run key to start application
              • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
              PID:944
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\spoolsv.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\spoolsv.exe"
        1⤵
        • Executes a file named after a Windows system binary
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2628
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\spoolsv.exe
          spoolsv.exe
          2⤵
            PID:948
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\spoolsv.exe
            spoolsv.exe
            2⤵
            • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Adds Run key to start application
            • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
            PID:3880

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              spoolsv.exe.log

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v2.0_32\UsageLogs\spoolsv.exe.log
              • Size 224B
              • SHA256 42f723d18283fda6a0904046cc29ee8d10e562d20c7615259a46ae9c0e4c9708
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              spoolsv.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\spoolsv.exe
              • Size 95KB
              • SHA256 85155e94fbc203f4b241df38b266c55412148e464bf11aaaf1a2983d02cc8c39
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              memory/3596-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000422000-memory.dmp

              memory/3596-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000422000-memory.dmp

              memory/3972-28-0x0000000073782000-0x0000000073784000-memory.dmp

              memory/3972-27-0x0000000001300000-0x0000000001310000-memory.dmp

              memory/4860-0-0x0000000000AE0000-0x0000000000AF0000-memory.dmp

              memory/4860-1-0x0000000074FC2000-0x0000000074FC4000-memory.dmp