Analysis

  • max time kernel
    146s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240508-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240508-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    28/06/2024, 03:49

General

  • Target
    18ace9212d0af0d550b6b8f7c9a1884a_JaffaCakes118.exe
  • Size 1.1MB
  • Sample240628-edfzfssdmm
  • SHA256 1e4477ca2d8f7cdf3e3c31dfe6aea10b3986141d33db29e74d61e51abf3e69fd
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Ardamax

    A keylogger first seen in 2013.

  • Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • 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 6 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 25 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 24 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\18ace9212d0af0d550b6b8f7c9a1884a_JaffaCakes118.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\18ace9212d0af0d550b6b8f7c9a1884a_JaffaCakes118.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:796
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PFNNNQ\XME.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\PFNNNQ\XME.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2596
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --single-argument http://idgunny.zing.vn/
      2⤵
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4668
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=crashpad-handler "--user-data-dir=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data" /prefetch:7 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Crashpad" "--metrics-dir=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data" --annotation=IsOfficialBuild=1 --annotation=channel= --annotation=chromium-version=92.0.4515.131 "--annotation=exe=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --annotation=plat=Win64 "--annotation=prod=Microsoft Edge" --annotation=ver=92.0.902.67 --initial-client-data=0xfc,0x100,0x104,0xd8,0x108,0x7ffb884446f8,0x7ffb88444708,0x7ffb88444718
        3⤵
          PID:4848
        • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
          "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=gpu-process --field-trial-handle=1948,10706267946826326755,3634615460745598670,131072 --gpu-preferences=UAAAAAAAAADgAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHgAAAAAAAAAeAAAAAAAAAAoAAAABAAAACAAAAAAAAAAKAAAAAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAADgAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADQAAABAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAA0AAAAQAAAAAAAAAAQAAAANAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAHAAAADQAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAA= --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2060 /prefetch:2
          3⤵
            PID:1836
          • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
            "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --field-trial-handle=1948,10706267946826326755,3634615460745598670,131072 --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2312 /prefetch:3
            3⤵
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            PID:1692
          • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
            "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --field-trial-handle=1948,10706267946826326755,3634615460745598670,131072 --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=utility --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2712 /prefetch:8
            3⤵
              PID:2072
            • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
              "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1948,10706267946826326755,3634615460745598670,131072 --lang=en-US --disable-client-side-phishing-detection --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=6 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3288 /prefetch:1
              3⤵
                PID:3264
              • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
                "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1948,10706267946826326755,3634615460745598670,131072 --lang=en-US --disable-client-side-phishing-detection --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=5 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3316 /prefetch:1
                3⤵
                  PID:3028
                • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\92.0.902.67\identity_helper.exe
                  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\92.0.902.67\identity_helper.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=winrt_app_id.mojom.WinrtAppIdService --field-trial-handle=1948,10706267946826326755,3634615460745598670,131072 --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4772 /prefetch:8
                  3⤵
                    PID:940
                  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\92.0.902.67\identity_helper.exe
                    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\92.0.902.67\identity_helper.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=winrt_app_id.mojom.WinrtAppIdService --field-trial-handle=1948,10706267946826326755,3634615460745598670,131072 --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4772 /prefetch:8
                    3⤵
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    PID:688
                  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
                    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1948,10706267946826326755,3634615460745598670,131072 --lang=en-US --disable-client-side-phishing-detection --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=8 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5028 /prefetch:1
                    3⤵
                      PID:412
                    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
                      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1948,10706267946826326755,3634615460745598670,131072 --lang=en-US --disable-client-side-phishing-detection --instant-process --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=9 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4984 /prefetch:1
                      3⤵
                        PID:3144
                      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
                        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1948,10706267946826326755,3634615460745598670,131072 --lang=en-US --disable-client-side-phishing-detection --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=10 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5264 /prefetch:1
                        3⤵
                          PID:4648
                        • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
                          "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1948,10706267946826326755,3634615460745598670,131072 --lang=en-US --disable-client-side-phishing-detection --instant-process --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=11 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5288 /prefetch:1
                          3⤵
                            PID:1972
                          • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
                            "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1948,10706267946826326755,3634615460745598670,131072 --lang=en-US --disable-client-side-phishing-detection --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=12 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5480 /prefetch:1
                            3⤵
                              PID:1128
                            • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
                              "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1948,10706267946826326755,3634615460745598670,131072 --lang=en-US --disable-client-side-phishing-detection --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=13 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5112 /prefetch:1
                              3⤵
                                PID:3912
                              • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
                                "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1948,10706267946826326755,3634615460745598670,131072 --lang=en-US --disable-client-side-phishing-detection --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=14 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4144 /prefetch:1
                                3⤵
                                  PID:3644
                                • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
                                  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1948,10706267946826326755,3634615460745598670,131072 --lang=en-US --disable-client-side-phishing-detection --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=15 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3152 /prefetch:1
                                  3⤵
                                    PID:4852
                                  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
                                    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=gpu-process --field-trial-handle=1948,10706267946826326755,3634615460745598670,131072 --disable-gpu-sandbox --use-gl=disabled --gpu-vendor-id=4318 --gpu-device-id=140 --gpu-sub-system-id=0 --gpu-revision=0 --gpu-driver-version=10.0.19041.546 --gpu-preferences=UAAAAAAAAADoAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAEAAAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHgAAAAAAAAAeAAAAAAAAAAoAAAABAAAACAAAAAAAAAAKAAAAAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAADgAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADQAAABAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAA0AAAAQAAAAAAAAAAQAAAANAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAHAAAADQAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAA= --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5408 /prefetch:2
                                    3⤵
                                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                                    PID:3676
                                  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
                                    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=1948,10706267946826326755,3634615460745598670,131072 --lang=en-US --disable-client-side-phishing-detection --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=17 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1372 /prefetch:1
                                    3⤵
                                      PID:2140
                                • C:\Windows\System32\CompPkgSrv.exe
                                  C:\Windows\System32\CompPkgSrv.exe -Embedding
                                  1⤵
                                    PID:1560
                                  • C:\Windows\System32\CompPkgSrv.exe
                                    C:\Windows\System32\CompPkgSrv.exe -Embedding
                                    1⤵
                                      PID:3696

                                    Network

                                          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                                          Downloads

                                          settings.dat

                                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Crashpad\settings.dat
                                          • Size 152B
                                          • SHA256 9d8e24c91cff338e56b518a533cb2e49a2803356bbf6e04892fb168a7ce2844a
                                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                          settings.dat

                                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Crashpad\settings.dat
                                          • Size 152B
                                          • SHA256 02d4984e590e947265474d592e64edde840fdca7eb881eebde3e220a1d883455
                                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                          Preferences

                                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Preferences
                                          • Size 6KB
                                          • SHA256 434e0e9f1d1ad53b996f43fe5f135146018ffec1118898e583d2f01ee76203f7
                                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                                          Preferences

                                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Preferences
                                          • Size 5KB
                                          • SHA256 973c222afc3c9c7bf282a4bc5eb97be6aa5cc31daa9bdb124fee1208ea09a9ed
                                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                                          CURRENT

                                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\CURRENT
                                          • Size 16B
                                          • SHA256 0861415cada612ea5834d56e2cf1055d3e63979b69eb71d32ae9ae394d8306cd
                                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                          Local State

                                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Local State
                                          • Size 8KB
                                          • SHA256 274ecee7ff9f7a8f1fa4761776b1fadab276f1ce41f69f9a28ff3cdba18f5607
                                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                                          AKV.exe

                                          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PFNNNQ\AKV.exe
                                          • Size 466KB
                                          • SHA256 661eee852ace18c0fe63548e3ca276866b40dd0dce722f67976b8c4bfdb92195
                                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                                          XME.001

                                          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PFNNNQ\XME.001
                                          • Size 61KB
                                          • SHA256 643419bc7e3a46ecdd7196858b3489c806c5edc486b513ce58519a109544c9d1
                                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                                          XME.002

                                          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PFNNNQ\XME.002
                                          • Size 43KB
                                          • SHA256 563f5e99f0beb961ecf6a8284bf41fee3e85d6f63cdff1669438f5a2168bfd99
                                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                                          XME.004

                                          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PFNNNQ\XME.004
                                          • Size 1KB
                                          • SHA256 bb0b9c4429e12787d6ca35adc70cc50d594550a0f2b22450c1ceae60a26b5856
                                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                          XME.exe

                                          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PFNNNQ\XME.exe
                                          • Size 1.5MB
                                          • SHA256 accbdc6de9b6b671e6dc5bda9f1f983fbfcaa07467fbf6eabd25b9d5314d82ec
                                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                                          memory/2596-18-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000006F1000-memory.dmp