Analysis Overview
SHA256
78e726ddb24d16ad305dc68f98acb0e8c126aee5f609e69489e87220d9ba1de2
Threat Level: Known bad
The file 6ef9b0bb0b132bd677d8cabb3af3c2a1 was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Ardamax
Ardamax main executable
Loads dropped DLL
Executes dropped EXE
Checks computer location settings
Adds Run key to start application
Checks installed software on the system
Drops file in System32 directory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Unsigned PE
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2024-01-22 06:36
Signatures
Unsigned PE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-01-22 06:36
Reported
2024-01-22 06:38
Platform
win7-20231215-en
Max time kernel
120s
Max time network
117s
Command Line
Signatures
Ardamax
Ardamax main executable
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Executes dropped EXE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\creador adarve.exe | N/A |
Loads dropped DLL
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ef9b0bb0b132bd677d8cabb3af3c2a1.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ef9b0bb0b132bd677d8cabb3af3c2a1.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ef9b0bb0b132bd677d8cabb3af3c2a1.exe | N/A |
Adds Run key to start application
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\RVG Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\RDPNCY\\RVG.exe" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe | N/A |
Checks installed software on the system
Drops file in System32 directory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.001 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ef9b0bb0b132bd677d8cabb3af3c2a1.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.002 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ef9b0bb0b132bd677d8cabb3af3c2a1.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ef9b0bb0b132bd677d8cabb3af3c2a1.exe | N/A |
| File opened for modification | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\ | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.004 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ef9b0bb0b132bd677d8cabb3af3c2a1.exe | N/A |
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\dw20.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: 33 | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ef9b0bb0b132bd677d8cabb3af3c2a1.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ef9b0bb0b132bd677d8cabb3af3c2a1.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\RDPNCY\RVG.exe"
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\creador adarve.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\creador adarve.exe"
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\dw20.exe
dw20.exe -x -s 496
Network
Files
\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe
| MD5 | 51d04d2fd0eb43ae1776d566bd6c5fff |
| SHA1 | 52d98a6c77a4d521f48bf0d874deb6cb0c647447 |
| SHA256 | 6b6e193d419a02a8482c49f2a6fb5520e1a1e10c17a259b45069a02eb0e1fb47 |
| SHA512 | c26d5116274e7b0094586123816b5c3c75e583e424e7cba8aabd4867d7947073f0608948cf83cb44f3994d6eb3b2c21954a9a20e85d60f6787b41b8d3a8e870c |
\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.001
| MD5 | 31c866d8e4448c28ae63660a0521cd92 |
| SHA1 | 0e4dcb44e3c8589688b8eacdd8cc463a920baab9 |
| SHA256 | dc0eaf9d62f0e40b6522d28b2e06b39ff619f9086ea7aa45fd40396a8eb61aa1 |
| SHA512 | 1076da7f8137a90b5d3bbbbe2b24fd9774de6adbcdfd41fd55ae90c70b9eb4bbf441732689ad25e5b3048987bfb1d63ba59d5831a04c6d84cb05bbfd2d32f839 |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\creador adarve.exe
| MD5 | 3b0fa287b532c380c12a2292af7d08fc |
| SHA1 | 38e76805d9fc3beee43cbbac55c1b88043d9b505 |
| SHA256 | 46d5fe242d84aaf09222c3a2b1896cacbea538312fa0b5de3ab1860ba3d7155a |
| SHA512 | 880d14c510ba9d8adc2f1bd96aa471f4b0c89fd4ce621152b50a0d0cfad111059bd2a4c9f1c4769cf96b599e8d2d4c79998685a7b7b165c8901d93237e55a1d7 |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\creador adarve.exe
| MD5 | e913ba237c90f9d0b378e826fe93807b |
| SHA1 | 87094ae3fb5341ea3f0e900115f55958664227ab |
| SHA256 | 8d79af37763ff0f6a8f46dbcd5ce2666246c5d02a819d7b6366ea23d03960238 |
| SHA512 | d5a9a49e302f5332238ef039c846d1b46baa551400dd88188294dca61ffb16624cc69cfba97b25e1b3a41b9bd9dc97c1564c81aff90bf4ba218b6300f916cc4d |
memory/2520-14-0x0000000000240000-0x0000000000241000-memory.dmp
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe
| MD5 | 0aaffc12ef1b416b9276bdc3fdec9dff |
| SHA1 | 9f38d7cf6241d867da58f89db9ff26544314b938 |
| SHA256 | 42b33dd905c5668c2518a6a7d407fb10c303cfedeaefcd7b6e4c7cc1b891c73b |
| SHA512 | bbde0986b298c6172e7c8e3f938db9425f54cca097e280736e1ba289afd06a0b86f7cbc91f6d46458bc8e75069c12cda1cf808acf3b6c773b0661d081136ee7c |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.004
| MD5 | 5235b2a320917546d361fec9f4d00de4 |
| SHA1 | 3e1ec15b81dd2baba12bc19e7eac8319bfa5370d |
| SHA256 | 74c4591134f4bd771e2bbde7e31c48f780909fd7e76389949b4388127bd79535 |
| SHA512 | bfc91323bc9015121f9a5c73647288e84e68d0e97bd3f2ebf87a412ca277e3e7ff48f9602673db1ccd5481a7448f999c9b8c52a6a833a5f604a52e0f2304001d |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.002
| MD5 | 093e599a1281e943ce1592f61d9591af |
| SHA1 | 6896810fe9b7efe4f5ae68bf280fec637e97adf5 |
| SHA256 | 1ac0964d97b02204f4d4ae79cd5244342f1a1798f5846e9dd7f3448d4177a009 |
| SHA512 | 64cb58fbf6295d15d9ee6a8a7a325e7673af7ee02e4ece8da5a95257f666566a425b348b802b78ac82e7868ba7923f85255c2c31e548618afa9706c1f88d34dc |
memory/2708-22-0x000007FEF57A0000-0x000007FEF613D000-memory.dmp
memory/2708-23-0x0000000001DE0000-0x0000000001E60000-memory.dmp
memory/2708-24-0x000007FEF57A0000-0x000007FEF613D000-memory.dmp
memory/2708-25-0x0000000001DE0000-0x0000000001E60000-memory.dmp
memory/2708-26-0x0000000001DE0000-0x0000000001E60000-memory.dmp
memory/2988-27-0x0000000000260000-0x0000000000261000-memory.dmp
memory/2520-28-0x0000000000240000-0x0000000000241000-memory.dmp
memory/2708-29-0x000007FEF57A0000-0x000007FEF613D000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-01-22 06:36
Reported
2024-01-22 06:38
Platform
win10v2004-20231215-en
Max time kernel
135s
Max time network
142s
Command Line
Signatures
Ardamax
Ardamax main executable
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Checks computer location settings
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3073191680-435865314-2862784915-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ef9b0bb0b132bd677d8cabb3af3c2a1.exe | N/A |
Executes dropped EXE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\creador adarve.exe | N/A |
Loads dropped DLL
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe | N/A |
Adds Run key to start application
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\RVG Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\RDPNCY\\RVG.exe" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe | N/A |
Checks installed software on the system
Drops file in System32 directory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.004 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ef9b0bb0b132bd677d8cabb3af3c2a1.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.001 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ef9b0bb0b132bd677d8cabb3af3c2a1.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.002 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ef9b0bb0b132bd677d8cabb3af3c2a1.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ef9b0bb0b132bd677d8cabb3af3c2a1.exe | N/A |
| File opened for modification | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\ | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe | N/A |
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: 33 | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 2296 wrote to memory of 4428 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ef9b0bb0b132bd677d8cabb3af3c2a1.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe |
| PID 2296 wrote to memory of 4428 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ef9b0bb0b132bd677d8cabb3af3c2a1.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe |
| PID 2296 wrote to memory of 4428 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ef9b0bb0b132bd677d8cabb3af3c2a1.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe |
| PID 2296 wrote to memory of 3420 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ef9b0bb0b132bd677d8cabb3af3c2a1.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\creador adarve.exe |
| PID 2296 wrote to memory of 3420 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ef9b0bb0b132bd677d8cabb3af3c2a1.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\creador adarve.exe |
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ef9b0bb0b132bd677d8cabb3af3c2a1.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ef9b0bb0b132bd677d8cabb3af3c2a1.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\RDPNCY\RVG.exe"
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\creador adarve.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\creador adarve.exe"
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 104.219.191.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 194.178.17.96.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 4.159.190.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 232.168.11.51.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 13.86.106.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 50.23.12.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 171.39.242.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 114.110.16.96.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 178.223.142.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 22.236.111.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
Files
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.exe
| MD5 | 0aaffc12ef1b416b9276bdc3fdec9dff |
| SHA1 | 9f38d7cf6241d867da58f89db9ff26544314b938 |
| SHA256 | 42b33dd905c5668c2518a6a7d407fb10c303cfedeaefcd7b6e4c7cc1b891c73b |
| SHA512 | bbde0986b298c6172e7c8e3f938db9425f54cca097e280736e1ba289afd06a0b86f7cbc91f6d46458bc8e75069c12cda1cf808acf3b6c773b0661d081136ee7c |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\creador adarve.exe
| MD5 | e913ba237c90f9d0b378e826fe93807b |
| SHA1 | 87094ae3fb5341ea3f0e900115f55958664227ab |
| SHA256 | 8d79af37763ff0f6a8f46dbcd5ce2666246c5d02a819d7b6366ea23d03960238 |
| SHA512 | d5a9a49e302f5332238ef039c846d1b46baa551400dd88188294dca61ffb16624cc69cfba97b25e1b3a41b9bd9dc97c1564c81aff90bf4ba218b6300f916cc4d |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.001
| MD5 | 31c866d8e4448c28ae63660a0521cd92 |
| SHA1 | 0e4dcb44e3c8589688b8eacdd8cc463a920baab9 |
| SHA256 | dc0eaf9d62f0e40b6522d28b2e06b39ff619f9086ea7aa45fd40396a8eb61aa1 |
| SHA512 | 1076da7f8137a90b5d3bbbbe2b24fd9774de6adbcdfd41fd55ae90c70b9eb4bbf441732689ad25e5b3048987bfb1d63ba59d5831a04c6d84cb05bbfd2d32f839 |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.002
| MD5 | 093e599a1281e943ce1592f61d9591af |
| SHA1 | 6896810fe9b7efe4f5ae68bf280fec637e97adf5 |
| SHA256 | 1ac0964d97b02204f4d4ae79cd5244342f1a1798f5846e9dd7f3448d4177a009 |
| SHA512 | 64cb58fbf6295d15d9ee6a8a7a325e7673af7ee02e4ece8da5a95257f666566a425b348b802b78ac82e7868ba7923f85255c2c31e548618afa9706c1f88d34dc |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RDPNCY\RVG.004
| MD5 | 5235b2a320917546d361fec9f4d00de4 |
| SHA1 | 3e1ec15b81dd2baba12bc19e7eac8319bfa5370d |
| SHA256 | 74c4591134f4bd771e2bbde7e31c48f780909fd7e76389949b4388127bd79535 |
| SHA512 | bfc91323bc9015121f9a5c73647288e84e68d0e97bd3f2ebf87a412ca277e3e7ff48f9602673db1ccd5481a7448f999c9b8c52a6a833a5f604a52e0f2304001d |
memory/4428-25-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000741000-memory.dmp
memory/3420-27-0x00007FFAFD620000-0x00007FFAFDFC1000-memory.dmp
memory/3420-28-0x00000000015B0000-0x00000000015C0000-memory.dmp
memory/3420-29-0x000000001BEC0000-0x000000001BF66000-memory.dmp
memory/3420-30-0x00007FFAFD620000-0x00007FFAFDFC1000-memory.dmp
memory/3420-31-0x000000001C460000-0x000000001C92E000-memory.dmp
memory/3420-32-0x000000001CA30000-0x000000001CACC000-memory.dmp
memory/3420-33-0x00000000018E0000-0x00000000018E8000-memory.dmp
memory/3420-34-0x000000001CB90000-0x000000001CBDC000-memory.dmp
memory/3420-35-0x00000000015B0000-0x00000000015C0000-memory.dmp
memory/3420-36-0x00000000015B0000-0x00000000015C0000-memory.dmp
memory/4428-37-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000741000-memory.dmp
memory/3420-38-0x00007FFAFD620000-0x00007FFAFDFC1000-memory.dmp
memory/3420-39-0x00007FFAFD620000-0x00007FFAFDFC1000-memory.dmp
memory/3420-40-0x00000000015B0000-0x00000000015C0000-memory.dmp
memory/3420-41-0x00000000015B0000-0x00000000015C0000-memory.dmp