ardamax | 83dee15391870fd65b0454a117b689fd98e7473d533d5ed1ee3c9f8311bee08e

Analysis

max time kernel
1s
max time network
3s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240221-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240221-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
16/04/2024, 01:56

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General

Target

f26c85384315a7a414eb76756b2b5956_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

3.3MB
MD5

f26c85384315a7a414eb76756b2b5956
SHA1

68b32723aa3e18dd069ec490ff6d6342bdd21f7e
SHA256

83dee15391870fd65b0454a117b689fd98e7473d533d5ed1ee3c9f8311bee08e
SHA512

08afa305c3749926607368e5280d678ba8539e4debd81330c599a8d2a4b3f54e8b4ac49359486df02a4aed62b3808f2c53b6e44a985f9c1f7b169f6887570d1e
SSDEEP

98304:iyuFxS4FU/MDQ5krC6Vdt03YkV0sUp1oEuBhdh:wM4F+ErnTt03YE09uBx

Score

10^/10

ardamax evasion keylogger persistence stealer themida

Malware Config

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax

Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x00050000000186b6-43.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2552	pj.exe
2868	kill.exe

Identifies Wine through registry keys 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications, which can be used as sandboxing environment.

evasion

Query Registry

T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3787592910-3720486031-2929222812-1000\Software\Wine	f26c85384315a7a414eb76756b2b5956_JaffaCakes118.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2552	pj.exe

Themida packer 3 IoCs

Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

themida

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2220-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008CE000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/2220-5-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008CE000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/2220-35-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008CE000-memory.dmp	themida

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\1 = "C:\\Windows\\pjupd.exe"	kill.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\IFKM.001	pj.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\IFKM.006	pj.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\IFKM.007	pj.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\IFKM.exe	pj.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\pj.exe	f26c85384315a7a414eb76756b2b5956_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\kill.exe	f26c85384315a7a414eb76756b2b5956_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\pj.exe	kill.exe
File created	C:\Windows\pjupd.exe	kill.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2220	f26c85384315a7a414eb76756b2b5956_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2220 wrote to memory of 2552	2220	f26c85384315a7a414eb76756b2b5956_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2220 wrote to memory of 2552	2220	f26c85384315a7a414eb76756b2b5956_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2220 wrote to memory of 2552	2220	f26c85384315a7a414eb76756b2b5956_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2220 wrote to memory of 2552	2220	f26c85384315a7a414eb76756b2b5956_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2220 wrote to memory of 2868	2220	f26c85384315a7a414eb76756b2b5956_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 2220 wrote to memory of 2868	2220	f26c85384315a7a414eb76756b2b5956_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 2220 wrote to memory of 2868	2220	f26c85384315a7a414eb76756b2b5956_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 2220 wrote to memory of 2868	2220	f26c85384315a7a414eb76756b2b5956_JaffaCakes118.exe	29

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f26c85384315a7a414eb76756b2b5956_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f26c85384315a7a414eb76756b2b5956_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Identifies Wine through registry keys
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2220
- C:\Windows\pj.exe
  "C:\Windows\pj.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  PID:2552
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\IFKM.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\28463\IFKM.exe"
    3⤵
    PID:2848
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PJ_autoplay(Final).exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PJ_autoplay(Final).exe"
    3⤵
    PID:776
- C:\Windows\kill.exe
  "C:\Windows\kill.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  PID:2868
- - C:\Windows\pjupd.exe
    "C:\Windows\pjupd.exe"
    3⤵
    PID:2584
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\IFKM.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\28463\IFKM.exe"
      4⤵
      PID:2980
  - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PJ_autoplay(Final).exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PJ_autoplay(Final).exe"
      4⤵
      PID:1496

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PJ_autoplay(Final).exe

Filesize
382KB

MD5
d8adc4776d3d962df0b9c19066d2eb1e

SHA1
89a7f95552271f66327a583580489c6e19864d63

SHA256
4d44459510a0e38fd7ac7798d345f83dad8a840525c3930a3c2c3bd70f224d09

SHA512
90e24cf3229614b64c64b988baf2e07fb61cb9563d9eac13c1694d19d39c1d5b8cddefc14214cad1ee55c0928554e4cde7dba3d43a3d48a7451bc08033801097

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe

Filesize
395KB

MD5
b8fa30233794772b8b76b4b1d91c7321

SHA1
0cf9561be2528944285e536f41d502be24c3aa87

SHA256
14116fa79ccc105fabd312b4dff74933f8684c6b27db37e5e3a79d159092d29a

SHA512
10ce8b18e7afb8c7e30bb90b0a1f199ef0b77873fa7a9efc596606e151be6b516c0ec6222a9032bdcc527e80964f53d20a28fa1881a08b4df303b2e28204549d

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\IFKM.001

Filesize
472B

MD5
551f1cc789c206b8ea4b4ea7f3f5f554

SHA1
c948a4d7dce9f0e46ec55a7df875985fc8ed09ff

SHA256
4792ca460c2ba23d506b41989b2e38083f1f4287c6bf849f47f0de650d09762f

SHA512
4b118f688d0ccf88e476ade8f0b8393cf1d10d67eb8216ffd8dda40a61008471f7dab8418359ac1c9bbef7cb275b4815a1490d294092dcfda243e7e19a900a25

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\IFKM.006

Filesize
8KB

MD5
43f02e9974b1477c1e6388882f233db0

SHA1
f3e27b231193f8d5b2e1b09d05ae3a62795cf339

SHA256
3c9e56e51d5a7a1b9aefe853c12a98bf246039aa46db94227ea128f6331782ba

SHA512
e22d14735606fe75ee5e55204807c3f5531d3e0c4f63aa4a3b2d4bb6abda6128c7e2816753f2e64400ac6dae8f8ef1e013a7a464dff2a79ad9937c48821a067f

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\IFKM.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
b5a87d630436f958c6e1d82d15f98f96

SHA1
d3ff5e92198d4df0f98a918071aca53550bf1cff

SHA256
a895ad4d23e8b2c2dc552092f645ca309e62c36d4721ebfe7afd2eee7765d4b2

SHA512
fd7bae85a86bdaa12fec826d1d38728a90e2037cb3182ad7652d8a9f54c4b322734c587b62221e6f907fce24fcf2e0ae4cce1f5e3d8861661064b4da24bd87ce

Download Submit
C:\Windows\kill.exe

Filesize
1.1MB

MD5
43dce6ecc549c36ec6830aa268916e91

SHA1
1224b08d827acfc5e1b02c7f18d769cd0f6822aa

SHA256
a62266f65cf5054796db6c786dad08208ab5d1eef5806540ab626340f7e9e577

SHA512
8ce1ea48779fe0c5984b22c99f8df733350378b4642420269da05074249a721e6ab5b62513f8e45378e43439ac6fee29ab89544e956c56eda7ff8d37be955f48

Download Submit
C:\Windows\pj.exe

Filesize
1.0MB

MD5
d0c3f385e5c386697a5e1bc3f451226d

SHA1
ab1214ebaafb5effa79a5cbbff8bea8f9662eac6

SHA256
f988f8d9ef1b72359b4faa744c86b2c24c1c510461d0186c26e1193ca1a1310f

SHA512
52f69189a842287f742a4d6ebead73a7bf4d93c827e976a15cd7664aa5ad0e65f3c565a4e6b42a2cecd074e1efd30c0cf52cb92455f2738278d18c8179d8bd6b

Download Submit
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@4D46.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
c3679c3ff636d1a6b8c65323540da371

SHA1
d184758721a426467b687bec2a4acc80fe44c6f8

SHA256
d4eba51c616b439a8819218bddf9a6fa257d55c9f04cf81441cc99cc945ad3eb

SHA512
494a0a32eef4392ecb54df6e1da7d93183473c4e45f4ac4bd6ec3b0ed8c85c58303a0d36edec41420d05ff624195f08791b6b7e018419a3251b7e71ec9b730e7

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\IFKM.exe

Filesize
473KB

MD5
17535dddecf8cb1efdba1f1952126547

SHA1
a862a9a3eb6c201751be1038537522a5281ea6cb

SHA256
1a3d28ac6359e58aa656f4734f9f36b6c09badadcf9fb900b9b118d90c38a9dd

SHA512
b4f31b552ab3bb3dafa365aa7a31f58674ae7ee82ce1d23457f2e7047431430b00abb3b5498491725639daf583b526b278a737168cfdc4e9ec796dfbc14a53d8

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memory/1496-97-0x00000000776DF000-0x00000000776E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2220-11-0x0000000004720000-0x0000000004721000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2220-10-0x0000000004740000-0x0000000004741000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2220-8-0x00000000046E0000-0x00000000046E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2220-13-0x0000000004890000-0x00000000048A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2220-9-0x0000000004750000-0x0000000004751000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2220-35-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008CE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4.8MB

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memory/2220-37-0x0000000004890000-0x000000000489D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
52KB

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memory/2220-6-0x0000000004710000-0x0000000004711000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2220-1-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000BC0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/2220-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008CE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4.8MB

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memory/2220-12-0x0000000004760000-0x0000000004761000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2220-7-0x0000000004730000-0x0000000004731000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2220-5-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008CE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4.8MB

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memory/2220-2-0x0000000000260000-0x0000000000261000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2848-79-0x0000000000340000-0x0000000000341000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2868-54-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000518000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.1MB

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