ardamax | cf486d42d09743d634094e6fae43524324e14e21f6f7a08beba498e1c357ac2c

General

Target

26dcfae12f388eb7d9a42fd202d6569d_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

26dcfae12f388eb7d9a42fd202d6569d
SHA1

2cf3b08b378b5f6d84cb34c8e0a4ed7f0ef7e86c
SHA256

cf486d42d09743d634094e6fae43524324e14e21f6f7a08beba498e1c357ac2c
SHA512

95c8afd48b5b02a47060117a5f7632f4eb038bef6d4187363c2d3d47d69dab8fda85f4f650a37cef2c56c1314d59d9b924040e5974e67173491e7f99b1ba6558
SSDEEP

24576:wHvZTA0s6BlRSmrQZJcfezavPMqYD/tQHCMfAjG61cYHs:4BTbs6TomrQD8e2vE3ii6+GIc

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger persistence stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax

Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x0007000000016d3a-6.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2596	ORD.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2812	26dcfae12f388eb7d9a42fd202d6569d_JaffaCakes118.exe
2596	ORD.exe

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\ORD Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\KXXNQF\\ORD.exe"	ORD.exe

Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
discovery

Query Registry
T1012

Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KXXNQF\ORD.exe	26dcfae12f388eb7d9a42fd202d6569d_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KXXNQF\	ORD.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KXXNQF\ORD.004	26dcfae12f388eb7d9a42fd202d6569d_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KXXNQF\ORD.001	26dcfae12f388eb7d9a42fd202d6569d_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KXXNQF\ORD.002	26dcfae12f388eb7d9a42fd202d6569d_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KXXNQF\AKV.exe	26dcfae12f388eb7d9a42fd202d6569d_JaffaCakes118.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2596	ORD.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2596	ORD.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2596	ORD.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2596	ORD.exe
2596	ORD.exe
2596	ORD.exe
2596	ORD.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2596	2812	26dcfae12f388eb7d9a42fd202d6569d_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2596	2812	26dcfae12f388eb7d9a42fd202d6569d_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2596	2812	26dcfae12f388eb7d9a42fd202d6569d_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2596	2812	26dcfae12f388eb7d9a42fd202d6569d_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2596 wrote to memory of 1984	2596	ORD.exe	32
PID 2596 wrote to memory of 1984	2596	ORD.exe	32
PID 2596 wrote to memory of 1984	2596	ORD.exe	32
PID 2596 wrote to memory of 1984	2596	ORD.exe	32

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\26dcfae12f388eb7d9a42fd202d6569d_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\26dcfae12f388eb7d9a42fd202d6569d_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2812
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KXXNQF\ORD.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\KXXNQF\ORD.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
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2596
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c del C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KXXNQF\ORD.exe > nul
    3⤵
    PID:1984

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KXXNQF\AKV.exe

Filesize
461KB

MD5
7e335c1258740a5798c2b3eea5a97229

SHA1
6ce1e98ddc05a4b9e772901c9bc6caae4103267f

SHA256
667ab5d791b89216a46f7dd3a1bcb9b7e5f235415a74a9678ca41cec051c462f

SHA512
8c190dd139f5459a91c81871f53fc080a81c6397c68cb5b0ee195571012cc8af923b10cd77301da1816f935d36a0587d1c75126f5553005a0f50eb22d3441cb4

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KXXNQF\ORD.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
9fca42b7fa3132ded471b886c4bf8a51

SHA1
86109ac13f8b63bd3467bbf05e39c5cf9bd11d26

SHA256
c519bcfc50245700b30cb417478b46810443b03a6447387dd1d0a13966ff00dd

SHA512
bbdd590e1bd2971fbc6a462f6501341c0808d658ba3407b051f9d299d9babf0632af092d64c6ad290d4ae5d9db8c367898a064bbea916c516c0a54066ad698ab

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KXXNQF\ORD.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
4c30b3e90b3da5619bc0d5f53c025135

SHA1
829f487b7c26f6cb8b7f211b2331abbc5229aa61

SHA256
b632cedab7ce3d19eebc0d31864dc8c38cd249dcbde299cda818f7026ec294cf

SHA512
fd0b36fb43c6b62f6d47455b392276d4e3710b204ef11c70cefed417740a4b5d9357ba37f612f3f87d539175af312ead05bc7a4360fe3e26fd43c56e856e6313

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KXXNQF\ORD.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
2e0e7c1046a1d07fc7dcac15825d0f8e

SHA1
4233d7bcac84da73411b0664223c84c980afb420

SHA256
e668dfcfa02af57b2ba04afe584ff6dd873dfb18c6a3348ac1356fde097ca743

SHA512
72538782c1182850500d98fc921750c472883c3f372fbbadd0dec897432b8b329eb562edb231fb01d9f85b9090efa44bb10b6e978bbcb8132ad75ff304a5f2ae

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\KXXNQF\ORD.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
9c28244f2dbe3a4758b532838b0040c9

SHA1
4b58bb4033d43ae64af6c18db48d5d25e23f6121

SHA256
cb770745d547a27a4b99fdbe27a672135f812b29d94fd2b843d06bb5aa1748aa

SHA512
24ed3d4c6aae307a0f1bb1f063b211152644b06d7425a5fe24b09f5f747dd63011451cef3f47cc4985b3316cf1213c056d38768ccb7f44cb2fab28cf4e30e969

Download Submit
memory/2596-15-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2596-17-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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