Analysis

  • max time kernel
    100s
  • max time network
    104s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240704-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240704-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    08/07/2024, 02:00

General

  • Target
    2a98aa48cb2a707c1c8b276c39be77a3_JaffaCakes118.exe
  • Size 720KB
  • Sample240708-ce7sfszarg
  • SHA256 ce01dfd3f455df79927fd15ce174511f9144fb292fed1f12331ac4c8fd4664bf
  • 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 3 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 4 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).

  • Program crash 1 IoCs
  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2a98aa48cb2a707c1c8b276c39be77a3_JaffaCakes118.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2a98aa48cb2a707c1c8b276c39be77a3_JaffaCakes118.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1100
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\BMC Killer.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\BMC Killer.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5024
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Exporer32.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Exporer32.exe"
        3⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4524
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\ICQV.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\28463\ICQV.exe"
          4⤵
          • 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:1832
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5024 -s 1440
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:3104
    • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE
      "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\BMC FILES IS BEEN DELETED.doc" /o ""
      2⤵
      • Checks processor information in registry
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:3668
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 404 -p 5024 -ip 5024
    1⤵
      PID:4164

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          @D198.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@D198.tmp
          • Size 4KB
          • SHA256 3fb6b438ad1530abdd068bffb303fb8a4de51430e0e18ddb6b1a0469ffab8325
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          BMC FILES IS BEEN DELETED.doc

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\BMC FILES IS BEEN DELETED.doc
          • Size 185B
          • SHA256 6c22fc85eacdff707103c06eec6d64b30f426adfec4b7aeb795849aab113ac53
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          BMC Killer.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\BMC Killer.exe
          • Size 527KB
          • SHA256 2defd256a5409dfd9cc44b64801bd814b5ce329688b1ec47847ef37cb9b5ec75
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          Exporer32.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Exporer32.exe
          • Size 503KB
          • SHA256 199ce83c1df59c827f382f42f90d4a0c002b212b5317dbb266a7eab11ab7182a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          sist02.xsl

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TCD38B.tmp\sist02.xsl
          • Size 245KB
          • SHA256 ef4835db41a485b56c2ef0ff7094bc2350460573a686182bc45fd6613480e353
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          fb3b0dbfee58fac8.customDestinations-ms

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\fb3b0dbfee58fac8.customDestinations-ms
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 aaea0ff42900092b8c752b4bfa91b182ab8961dec6e0322959ccecd75bf71a42
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          AKV.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe
          • Size 395KB
          • SHA256 29b3646a556879a4a48e4f2f81e09179c34ac2051ed3e4f4c28e293092470d3d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          ICQV.001

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\ICQV.001
          • Size 404B
          • SHA256 6291f683a6926b840eb4730a24bf334b661aca095efba350768033616285b452
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          ICQV.006

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\ICQV.006
          • Size 8KB
          • SHA256 e6e8b4a29dccb3531f58c75b754caf7f26afe3e7043239305fd0ae7ab2f7571d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          ICQV.007

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\ICQV.007
          • Size 5KB
          • SHA256 cc440cfc4ce1a1ff503cc9e8937c59aae64bfce4daa3e7dc757220a25cadc2e4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          ICQV.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\ICQV.exe
          • Size 473KB
          • SHA256 661df22a66b2062b233eb0bd9665de924cfe0ac9c6ba29e20ffef24f817f9331
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          memory/1100-27-0x0000000074D30000-0x00000000754E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1100-0-0x0000000074D3E000-0x0000000074D3F000-memory.dmp

          memory/1100-1-0x00000000008D0000-0x00000000008DC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1100-2-0x00000000052A0000-0x000000000533C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1100-3-0x00000000058F0000-0x0000000005E94000-memory.dmp

          memory/1100-4-0x0000000005340000-0x00000000053D2000-memory.dmp

          memory/1100-5-0x0000000005270000-0x000000000527A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1100-6-0x0000000005550000-0x00000000055A6000-memory.dmp

          memory/1100-7-0x0000000074D30000-0x00000000754E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-38-0x00007FFE43A50000-0x00007FFE43C45000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-34-0x00007FFE43A50000-0x00007FFE43C45000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-40-0x00007FFE43A50000-0x00007FFE43C45000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-39-0x00007FFE43A50000-0x00007FFE43C45000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-43-0x00007FFE43A50000-0x00007FFE43C45000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-44-0x00007FFE43A50000-0x00007FFE43C45000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-42-0x00007FFE43A50000-0x00007FFE43C45000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-41-0x00007FFE01590000-0x00007FFE015A0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-31-0x00007FFE03AD0000-0x00007FFE03AE0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-35-0x00007FFE01590000-0x00007FFE015A0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-235-0x00007FFE43A50000-0x00007FFE43C45000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-36-0x00007FFE43A50000-0x00007FFE43C45000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-33-0x00007FFE43AED000-0x00007FFE43AEE000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-37-0x00007FFE43A50000-0x00007FFE43C45000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-32-0x00007FFE03AD0000-0x00007FFE03AE0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-28-0x00007FFE03AD0000-0x00007FFE03AE0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-234-0x00007FFE03AD0000-0x00007FFE03AE0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-29-0x00007FFE03AD0000-0x00007FFE03AE0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-30-0x00007FFE03AD0000-0x00007FFE03AE0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-211-0x00007FFE43A50000-0x00007FFE43C45000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-233-0x00007FFE03AD0000-0x00007FFE03AE0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-232-0x00007FFE03AD0000-0x00007FFE03AE0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3668-231-0x00007FFE03AD0000-0x00007FFE03AE0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-88-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000407000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000407000-memory.dmp