Analysis
- max time kernel
0s - max time network
84s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20231215-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20231215-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system - submitted
25/12/2023, 22:30
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
403f31d8163b3b0e935936c019ab4f58.exe
Resource
win7-20231215-en
12 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
403f31d8163b3b0e935936c019ab4f58.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20231215-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 403f31d8163b3b0e935936c019ab4f58.exe
- Size 1.2MB
- Sample231225-2er5facch3
- SHA256 615fe667e15480ad996d444a668c209e94ba0a5f7825c1af5e63f8e58446b62e
- MD5 403f31d8163b3b0e935936c019ab4f58
- SHA1 c4076223867b3876090cbd7b6381ca3282bd0bce
- SHA512 976cec18f3115ea3b0905a41ad4d743b54ce8754c13c6b0659da864a7e2f22615fa1016119c4f857c04d13280d3673f1cbf2e384d682bc755fbcbad464c70d58
- SSDEEP 24576:QU4oTvbnjTrvqujBSj21wIx4KeoDJgQPJtBDfs7Ov4vfSTDN4Jy/8dD5kU:QULTvbnXLqucj2zxsyJgQPJjDflvGiNi
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score
10/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Ardamax main executable 3 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000700000002321a-8.dat family_ardamax behavioral2/files/0x000700000002321a-11.dat family_ardamax behavioral2/files/0x000700000002321a-10.dat family_ardamax - Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1232405761-1209240240-3206092754-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 403f31d8163b3b0e935936c019ab4f58.exe - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 116 SXJ.exe - Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
pid Process 116 SXJ.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SXJ Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\CLKKTI\\SXJ.exe" SXJ.exe - Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
- Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CLKKTI\SXJ.004 403f31d8163b3b0e935936c019ab4f58.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CLKKTI\SXJ.001 403f31d8163b3b0e935936c019ab4f58.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CLKKTI\SXJ.002 403f31d8163b3b0e935936c019ab4f58.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CLKKTI\AKV.exe 403f31d8163b3b0e935936c019ab4f58.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CLKKTI\SXJ.exe 403f31d8163b3b0e935936c019ab4f58.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
pid Process 116 SXJ.exe 116 SXJ.exe 116 SXJ.exe 116 SXJ.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2408 wrote to memory of 116 2408 403f31d8163b3b0e935936c019ab4f58.exe 22 PID 2408 wrote to memory of 116 2408 403f31d8163b3b0e935936c019ab4f58.exe 22 PID 2408 wrote to memory of 116 2408 403f31d8163b3b0e935936c019ab4f58.exe 22
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\403f31d8163b3b0e935936c019ab4f58.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\403f31d8163b3b0e935936c019ab4f58.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2408 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CLKKTI\SXJ.exe"C:\Windows\system32\CLKKTI\SXJ.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:116
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
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Downloads
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CLKKTI\AKV.exe
- Size 64KB
- SHA256 0957963ec5a409e6b4eb0bd83df66ac4d251084c7fb9321f6673f35432dc0b16
- MD5 c7ee2cd5b15bbc278f98a62af26e6390
- SHA1 9f5531b8005812a92b784e3e9270f4f2aa3e54a9
- SHA512 80fde52dec577af7f0e6688b17368f09042b96b173afaaff17ee69e114b0e42593d204df042d42fe43478c231542432ded2e024eb95a59b643bb1017be6777cc
- SSDEEP 1536:M+63wwmVxjVXduT9AC3lJZpGNqCp02ai8TgoWh:M+6gw43ueCVJZpGNqC8goWh
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CLKKTI\Dec_29_2023__16_33_47.008
- Size 40KB
- SHA256 ed46c24ed1ae03fa6bd847f654c0dec20c84636d3f70e087b238b48cb99295a2
- MD5 0001c707425c04ac87761fcbba48cd6d
- SHA1 5295364a2a1fc280720f75dc59bb64f8810e5875
- SHA512 f88b3c8e397b88cf857de13486a10084bfe158ec1b5ff426b0ca7cfb030c1a675c3382b587d5037f2807e5bbba9bd55480a56dce2f0d31f67f0f855d58330798
- SSDEEP 768:fIjDV3OJKJc1eeste1gUnPC/sT/JaURj7HK/b0Yiu4hS:fIXV36eesw1gUa/s7J1pqnuS
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CLKKTI\SXJ.001
- Size 60KB
- SHA256 f3716810ab011a4cb7693d31b69cd540380ef2a067724e0d568070c8a558694e
- MD5 a15c556f17d7db8287e023138942d5db
- SHA1 880bf8ec944120830dc2e2e040e5996e4e0e6c83
- SHA512 930339711e3d73e5af0778367a648c94411c20d23bf4c27ec5d72222e76b8902eb3fc0992d70cc4141600c19087159514246d42f1e762c98dad306f8e0bd99cd
- SSDEEP 768:stRf7sWhnx3HFZeoFMBp+5ZMX2LEXhQ0v6PzDb8JvUFi6Ein857De6/:uzfnleOYomX24RB6PzDIh3F55+6
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CLKKTI\SXJ.001
- Size 50KB
- SHA256 f033c67a5e182ad55b182748aa174bc67602c685f5ca30c7adfbb41faccc69a2
- MD5 3b2ac01b4f00dbb952292937faffd378
- SHA1 10f6d925507579a483edbebb031428c115852954
- SHA512 9a695414b19160921f54945c914e7056d72bcef07aa29a4e2c557f9b5ff52fe93374ddb6800ec2cb02f57c1d86e246f503e2c97bdce1980e25caf5fc6af3993a
- SSDEEP 768:stRf7sWhnx3HFZeoFMBp+5ZMX2LEXhQ0v6PzDb8JvUFi6Ei3:uzfnleOYomX24RB6PzDIh3FK
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CLKKTI\SXJ.002
- Size 43KB
- SHA256 2822694f7cfd997cb56f60bac44e87c2cde217bdf73b488a9de41bf07ef45e1f
- MD5 63c2057d577057aaed0e543a4cd4939b
- SHA1 21c7dcf0a31ad40d1e7ed12ceac321908efab020
- SHA512 1095c0af15c16cb244b43093f430a80e7f514e6eb7df9330aa14f3f0f37d70d412e358b1ac804a4f2166f334d23c0f131968e8932cbec01cc98141c07afa72c7
- SSDEEP 768:3mcvqHy79yPyjmyiH41dn7yixFdFPIiaHO1k1ImzwMRmk6:3meqHyM0K4DJFdF5Y1IMRz
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CLKKTI\SXJ.004
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 c677972eee61deee016a3df5b35eee609d0e26632b0586ac2142c1696ae9f507
- MD5 5033adc54b017f7efbdbc70c7ac7780c
- SHA1 14de3e3bebf7f94e2e5f55333ac3f3beea17bacd
- SHA512 60d5893c2e27cfd84061d0943729aa173d0cbac7e087227f56e728f1416343dfceac7de25ff98888c98582b989eef11a4d8591589c5f05d0e0bf9a6853f17e6c
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CLKKTI\SXJ.exe
- Size 15KB
- SHA256 3e7aa502578c3d96b19d337f5d3a84014f9dae8cc1a054c9ac3aa32fb3fc749a
- MD5 f014dd437d3b052badd02d9ddc9040a9
- SHA1 b5b46c909298484e5e59ba3dc2a206ea8d0a1cb1
- SHA512 6f876f9f0039a8da22a5df6d357567a511de01a4c4f4f02a799f3e81abdfae7e3557de400c8e2619817bfed62eff21d2b56b0852b44acc06bf3cc26daaa24afc
- SSDEEP 384:HRHiGic2q/uvxkf2zh3Guf2eUEm6jaR64uXAKzWt3xmIG6:HRbipJZkf2zh3GuOeUEljaQXAeWt3lG6
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CLKKTI\SXJ.exe
- Size 57KB
- SHA256 c54dc2eed8cf993dfb3ee28d31deb014459f3544f43df347ec7671f019482298
- MD5 d13a320a26ef76bf402d554d8e29f125
- SHA1 17cf1308f3e86a42a14c831fb3324e4c4e616325
- SHA512 0b9052e947d23706c25a57ed69c1d5dad8fcbf9965891b491e251cee7eff7be6405effbbdba16f09bf94775d25056de39af6c08c9daef394ada634b46c5cdafa
- SSDEEP 768:HRbipJZkf2zh3GuOeUEljaQXAeWt3lG7xOqkI7JGrgG8TAJ8YO5s2Y/6T8PMGxoy:xbMRzDTW3CPOXqon2vO1Vk97ubmQN
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CLKKTI\SXJ.exe
- Size 66KB
- SHA256 4fa2bfe4b8efd922bd87dff074101ef13679c76a56d3f69fac2c10f38366d43e
- MD5 6e9507294a4fafc0e910a39111b76cd3
- SHA1 161dab34b1696cc80961aa36f099735bad0a9a63
- SHA512 733ef8306a9d6b995cfa3fa5a94ddd6a8a12818fb95a6a947446d8031a43b1255851ccfd0fc5089eab2d8b4df0e5f74649c2774a7878221b99e2f3243f93e188
- SSDEEP 1536:xbMRzDTW3CPOXqon2vO1Vk97ubmQQWXwL9:hMfPOXF22c7ubbQWAL9
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP