ardamax | a24f2481ff62eeb9226fef4ea4178e891ba7044805e01fa539edf31dc0616c73

General

Target

PT2.exe
Size

2.0MB
MD5

3b5d02a465997d981ea5c9684cda7def
SHA1

ef02b7170c64531618291491109d838762455625
SHA256

99b771a89d4b9c820ce279e2a56ce9572848a42dd3076e66e1cc2494531688a5
SHA512

5c6ee43049034101c6d6fe3ff9f21b5a54bddc80fe100f4dea97d26b06ee4bbb0c0cce0fe104f9e1de3d0ceef36d21fe7f0c4436ee4996c00d4c78d4d75e72cc
SSDEEP

49152:CoJ9Nyhdl0L7VKYvKpATtnweNjk+fJgHFJlIcqpd:gl27jvKpATtwe7Bsick

Score

10^/10

ardamax keylogger persistence stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax
Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

UJV.exe

pid process

344 UJV.exe

pid	process
344	UJV.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

PT2.exeUJV.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	PT2.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2295526160-1155304984-640977766-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	UJV.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

Processes:

UJV.exe

pid process

344 UJV.exe
344 UJV.exe

pid	process
344	UJV.exe
344	UJV.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

UJV.exe

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run	UJV.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\UJV Start = "C:\\ProgramData\\VOFIOJ\\UJV.exe"	UJV.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

Processes:

UJV.exe

pid process

344 UJV.exe
344 UJV.exe
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

Processes:

UJV.exe

pid process

344 UJV.exe
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

UJV.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 344 UJV.exe
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

Processes:

UJV.exe

pid process

344 UJV.exe
344 UJV.exe
344 UJV.exe
344 UJV.exe
344 UJV.exe

pid	process
344	UJV.exe
344	UJV.exe

pid	process
344	UJV.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	344	UJV.exe

pid	process
344	UJV.exe
344	UJV.exe
344	UJV.exe
344	UJV.exe
344	UJV.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes:

PT2.exeUJV.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1380 wrote to memory of 344	1380	PT2.exe	UJV.exe
PID 1380 wrote to memory of 344	1380	PT2.exe	UJV.exe
PID 1380 wrote to memory of 344	1380	PT2.exe	UJV.exe
PID 344 wrote to memory of 1872	344	UJV.exe	cmd.exe
PID 344 wrote to memory of 1872	344	UJV.exe	cmd.exe
PID 344 wrote to memory of 1872	344	UJV.exe	cmd.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PT2.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PT2.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1380

C:\ProgramData\VOFIOJ\UJV.exe
"C:\ProgramData\VOFIOJ\UJV.exe"
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Checks computer location settings
- Loads dropped DLL
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:344

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c del C:\PROGRA~3\VOFIOJ\UJV.exe > nul
3⤵
PID:1872

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1060

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Exfiltration

Command and Control

Impact

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Downloads

C:\ProgramData\VOFIOJ\UJV.00
Filesize
2KB

MD5
e613bd44480e9951d2267e72d12d0d63

SHA1
9ea9d6f7992593fc95caa2d55c8f4ef4e0cf53b8

SHA256
9f0fcbb98a7709f9398152f894dc6c07272383b3d1becd0e1b85cb0d397b8427

SHA512
6980e464418e012f4b0ec2938e758c684df97b9237e7fcf971e6333742a5cf18f5198a2d5b7c99cfe4a068c5c0f3b35f46c78b24bb491e2af636dcec0f663bb0

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C:\ProgramData\VOFIOJ\UJV.01
Filesize
79KB

MD5
87b3b2ba61b2aed49ff80bbec78fc58c

SHA1
5316ae2e8751a256f1d51fe0cc42cdb9a9356863

SHA256
1950d033b108bec6bdcca39d2b61dfef4f0dc605ac2a39abea5792bff6720fe1

SHA512
ac575540183d6c6d16a4e04586a64cb7fe27797b120dc24a7cd856f990ce0c0b89f54eaa21efd4ca318133547a4399590c0ec5f6360d353edda9d6eeb374bdd4

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C:\ProgramData\VOFIOJ\UJV.01
Filesize
79KB

MD5
87b3b2ba61b2aed49ff80bbec78fc58c

SHA1
5316ae2e8751a256f1d51fe0cc42cdb9a9356863

SHA256
1950d033b108bec6bdcca39d2b61dfef4f0dc605ac2a39abea5792bff6720fe1

SHA512
ac575540183d6c6d16a4e04586a64cb7fe27797b120dc24a7cd856f990ce0c0b89f54eaa21efd4ca318133547a4399590c0ec5f6360d353edda9d6eeb374bdd4

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C:\ProgramData\VOFIOJ\UJV.01
Filesize
79KB

MD5
87b3b2ba61b2aed49ff80bbec78fc58c

SHA1
5316ae2e8751a256f1d51fe0cc42cdb9a9356863

SHA256
1950d033b108bec6bdcca39d2b61dfef4f0dc605ac2a39abea5792bff6720fe1

SHA512
ac575540183d6c6d16a4e04586a64cb7fe27797b120dc24a7cd856f990ce0c0b89f54eaa21efd4ca318133547a4399590c0ec5f6360d353edda9d6eeb374bdd4

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C:\ProgramData\VOFIOJ\UJV.02
Filesize
54KB

MD5
6dcc15c5e6cc541c96c2277f3ef1f7f0

SHA1
d4b8de412f6fca7114d4f07a5a61ee8588deaab7

SHA256
d9454df000e02f2bf8334c2c9db631d1a9a84a07d7a9aa9f760d0a79328188d1

SHA512
7451633007d8ddbbbebca7a6aa9635a6201e8144404693e9ff47294081355872a223e1c6aa769359b8d8a928d5de72a655fd4aac0c786a260b4d44acb1c36f9b

Download Submit
C:\ProgramData\VOFIOJ\UJV.exe
Filesize
2.4MB

MD5
4b53869b34fc792d373f564223f62ccb

SHA1
10e578a46eeaae0998950c9b0a3613de1f4ee49d

SHA256
1835db40ad9d8329dd38fbe1c04b427ce36c13cb3ad8e6a36f45c614c64c49be

SHA512
68c080a40f53f7ac5795f30b760645fbeaae04b67621f86df83deeb267d8ba3dfc5d2ba993e1b27236ee6a6e6af02231a2e7d3ca10695680462289c340005172

Download Submit
C:\ProgramData\VOFIOJ\UJV.exe
Filesize
2.4MB

MD5
4b53869b34fc792d373f564223f62ccb

SHA1
10e578a46eeaae0998950c9b0a3613de1f4ee49d

SHA256
1835db40ad9d8329dd38fbe1c04b427ce36c13cb3ad8e6a36f45c614c64c49be

SHA512
68c080a40f53f7ac5795f30b760645fbeaae04b67621f86df83deeb267d8ba3dfc5d2ba993e1b27236ee6a6e6af02231a2e7d3ca10695680462289c340005172

Download Submit
memory/344-132-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

Download
memory/344-139-0x0000000002650000-0x0000000002669000-memory.dmp

Filesize
100KB

Download
memory/1872-141-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

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