Analysis
- max time kernel
72s - max time network
135s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20231222-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20231222-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system - submitted
30/12/2023, 14:11
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
1b0ea96a3061f08fa2906ee21ed63ad2.exe
Resource
win7-20231215-en
8 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
1b0ea96a3061f08fa2906ee21ed63ad2.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20231222-en
9 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 1b0ea96a3061f08fa2906ee21ed63ad2.exe
- Size 880KB
- Sample231230-rhapfsfadq
- SHA256 38ea7205df8aa6dbf85665879b3aea119ac16f23615faf38150132eb38321943
- MD5 1b0ea96a3061f08fa2906ee21ed63ad2
- SHA1 65bf76573caa3da173d90321b7dba2ae513c1951
- SHA512 a22acde0a28295dc380bbe50f34ec1245e7c01bf2ce2c6a98772d777d7f77e1cc474f27d3f53eba52238422a5e9890a354ea84bd2915c298059829498203c474
- SSDEEP 12288:U+Pv7kz84Xc7Qx9AjnF2gt9w6Ts2MgGyRYHe1ldUm48:Bn7q2OAjF2g3w6fFfYHkV48
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score
10/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Ardamax main executable 2 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x0006000000023207-18.dat family_ardamax behavioral2/files/0x0006000000023207-14.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-1-5-21-3803511929-1339359695-2191195476-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 1b0ea96a3061f08fa2906ee21ed63ad2.exe - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 3300 PHXU.exe - Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
pid Process 2884 1b0ea96a3061f08fa2906ee21ed63ad2.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\PHXU Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\PHXU.exe" PHXU.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\PHXU.001 1b0ea96a3061f08fa2906ee21ed63ad2.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\PHXU.006 1b0ea96a3061f08fa2906ee21ed63ad2.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\PHXU.007 1b0ea96a3061f08fa2906ee21ed63ad2.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\PHXU.exe 1b0ea96a3061f08fa2906ee21ed63ad2.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe 1b0ea96a3061f08fa2906ee21ed63ad2.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2884 wrote to memory of 3300 2884 1b0ea96a3061f08fa2906ee21ed63ad2.exe 24 PID 2884 wrote to memory of 3300 2884 1b0ea96a3061f08fa2906ee21ed63ad2.exe 24 PID 2884 wrote to memory of 3300 2884 1b0ea96a3061f08fa2906ee21ed63ad2.exe 24
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1b0ea96a3061f08fa2906ee21ed63ad2.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1b0ea96a3061f08fa2906ee21ed63ad2.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2884 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\PHXU.exe"C:\Windows\system32\28463\PHXU.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
PID:3300
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@566D.tmp
- Size 4KB
- SHA256 d4eba51c616b439a8819218bddf9a6fa257d55c9f04cf81441cc99cc945ad3eb
- MD5 c3679c3ff636d1a6b8c65323540da371
- SHA1 d184758721a426467b687bec2a4acc80fe44c6f8
- SHA512 494a0a32eef4392ecb54df6e1da7d93183473c4e45f4ac4bd6ec3b0ed8c85c58303a0d36edec41420d05ff624195f08791b6b7e018419a3251b7e71ec9b730e7
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe
- Size 395KB
- SHA256 14116fa79ccc105fabd312b4dff74933f8684c6b27db37e5e3a79d159092d29a
- MD5 b8fa30233794772b8b76b4b1d91c7321
- SHA1 0cf9561be2528944285e536f41d502be24c3aa87
- SHA512 10ce8b18e7afb8c7e30bb90b0a1f199ef0b77873fa7a9efc596606e151be6b516c0ec6222a9032bdcc527e80964f53d20a28fa1881a08b4df303b2e28204549d
- SSDEEP 6144:qXXNW/g8zSQbXumJZwsP2IUPNF/GVx8MFC:+XbySQjuG/P2bd
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\PHXU.001
- Size 396B
- SHA256 f8b96cf8b62bf11754bf73ebde2ca3eccc0915a367b5a2dadb918650d2a32362
- MD5 669e8bf83631e89c5b10e53a717bffc5
- SHA1 93a6a70a4a47168d8b1e014f2e28a8b701a55ae4
- SHA512 ef92a1d5896e8ea176c72e56d1012d9785b4c0e820766f74873e746c5c68c719fcd5fd9b7d3f9d310a56b4e4190ae3e3ed850557b53fa7379364116e8e1b75b9
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\PHXU.006
- Size 8KB
- SHA256 3c9e56e51d5a7a1b9aefe853c12a98bf246039aa46db94227ea128f6331782ba
- MD5 43f02e9974b1477c1e6388882f233db0
- SHA1 f3e27b231193f8d5b2e1b09d05ae3a62795cf339
- SHA512 e22d14735606fe75ee5e55204807c3f5531d3e0c4f63aa4a3b2d4bb6abda6128c7e2816753f2e64400ac6dae8f8ef1e013a7a464dff2a79ad9937c48821a067f
- SSDEEP 96:6ynh3GtCJk7eZjXOoP/YYfR+cwXofW1oEIYoWkQrWyHe1e2mIXT6pDw9:H3Ggk0+oP/YY50tI1WkQRoeyD6pU9
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\PHXU.exe
- Size 473KB
- SHA256 1a3d28ac6359e58aa656f4734f9f36b6c09badadcf9fb900b9b118d90c38a9dd
- MD5 17535dddecf8cb1efdba1f1952126547
- SHA1 a862a9a3eb6c201751be1038537522a5281ea6cb
- SHA512 b4f31b552ab3bb3dafa365aa7a31f58674ae7ee82ce1d23457f2e7047431430b00abb3b5498491725639daf583b526b278a737168cfdc4e9ec796dfbc14a53d8
- SSDEEP 6144:gP/HgQr8z0psVGBJbsvUIvpBSkULIMxEIvs/IV2JN4Xd8Ab:0gQNIGBJ/igkUYItFb
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\PHXU.exe
- Size 382KB
- SHA256 acf0a73ae7ec6d2abdd63c58e4c4b6c9203bdbb3504e7067142776391caaabfa
- MD5 94ff76610baf7462fa1b2567dc4e0dbe
- SHA1 04c0c0a6a1a20c550dbf7dab4533f9f218ff5fb1
- SHA512 1d7a8e3cf48ae7ce07f81aafc4658cdfe59b193783be6ad26f26831a2280398b1b63fb07a8bfd8ef648f20f97797388572c24b863c3b26331f9fab2a467192ae
- SSDEEP 6144:gP/HgQr8z0psVGBJbsvUIvpBSkULIMxEIvs/IV2JNA:0gQNIGBJ/igkUYIp
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP