ardamax | 222ff59600f5106e09923bd869b7c6d8dafd0d8a29e6099a49b118fa0af37cb6

Analysis

max time kernel
143s
max time network
125s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20240709-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240709-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
10/07/2024, 04:50

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General

Target

335aeaf56dd7dcb04ff0f5cc6cc9c714_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

2.5MB
MD5

335aeaf56dd7dcb04ff0f5cc6cc9c714
SHA1

68169ff4372fed2dd496c58f1863fc317852a2a3
SHA256

222ff59600f5106e09923bd869b7c6d8dafd0d8a29e6099a49b118fa0af37cb6
SHA512

4d36a6fefb85ac73617f7647cee149ffc6bce16b67f99f1ad590850e6b9b5d7587fca703b0cc392e7fc08f8858a15554ad0261769d42e07745eb83c7b153b5f4
SSDEEP

49152:zbU3HV9KFImyLnZUbk73wY0nQFCNkOl0cI9pteoZKTvFC+b:zeKFIrrZUbksY0n8CKOl0t9pteoZKTvl

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery evasion keylogger persistence stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax

Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x0007000000023486-39.dat	family_ardamax

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-384068567-2943195810-3631207890-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	335aeaf56dd7dcb04ff0f5cc6cc9c714_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-384068567-2943195810-3631207890-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	Install.exe

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
1372	Install.exe
4064	ResHacker.exe
2120	XWGL.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-1-5-21-384068567-2943195810-3631207890-1000\Software\Wine	335aeaf56dd7dcb04ff0f5cc6cc9c714_JaffaCakes118.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
1372	Install.exe
2120	XWGL.exe
2120	XWGL.exe
2120	XWGL.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\XWGL Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\XWGL.exe"	XWGL.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 7 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	XWGL.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XWGL.001	Install.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XWGL.006	Install.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XWGL.007	Install.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XWGL.exe	Install.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\key.bin	Install.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	Install.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Modifies registry class 30 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{62B954C5-ACD9-48BB-3194-7CF7D5BCBDA6}\TypeLib	XWGL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{62B954C5-ACD9-48BB-3194-7CF7D5BCBDA6}\ProgID\	XWGL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{1DF50CB0-86C7-7676-199C-DA4823DD47FF}\1.0\0\win64\ = "%SystemRoot%\\SysWow64\\activeds.tlb"	XWGL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{1DF50CB0-86C7-7676-199C-DA4823DD47FF}\1.0\	XWGL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{62B954C5-ACD9-48BB-3194-7CF7D5BCBDA6}\TypeLib\ = "{1DF50CB0-86C7-7676-199C-DA4823DD47FF}"	XWGL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{62B954C5-ACD9-48BB-3194-7CF7D5BCBDA6}\VersionIndependentProgID\	XWGL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{62B954C5-ACD9-48BB-3194-7CF7D5BCBDA6}\ = "Execeji.Faqim.Obima"	XWGL.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{1DF50CB0-86C7-7676-199C-DA4823DD47FF}	XWGL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{1DF50CB0-86C7-7676-199C-DA4823DD47FF}\1.0\FLAGS\ = "0"	XWGL.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{62B954C5-ACD9-48BB-3194-7CF7D5BCBDA6}\InprocServer32	XWGL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{62B954C5-ACD9-48BB-3194-7CF7D5BCBDA6}\InprocServer32\ = "%SystemRoot%\\SysWow64\\Speech_OneCore\\Common\\sapi_onecore.dll"	XWGL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{62B954C5-ACD9-48BB-3194-7CF7D5BCBDA6}\TypeLib\	XWGL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{62B954C5-ACD9-48BB-3194-7CF7D5BCBDA6}\Version\ = "5.4"	XWGL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{62B954C5-ACD9-48BB-3194-7CF7D5BCBDA6}\InprocServer32\	XWGL.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{1DF50CB0-86C7-7676-199C-DA4823DD47FF}\1.0\0\win64	XWGL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{1DF50CB0-86C7-7676-199C-DA4823DD47FF}\1.0\0\win64\	XWGL.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{62B954C5-ACD9-48BB-3194-7CF7D5BCBDA6}\Version	XWGL.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{1DF50CB0-86C7-7676-199C-DA4823DD47FF}\1.0	XWGL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{1DF50CB0-86C7-7676-199C-DA4823DD47FF}\1.0\ = "Active DS Type Library"	XWGL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{1DF50CB0-86C7-7676-199C-DA4823DD47FF}\	XWGL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{1DF50CB0-86C7-7676-199C-DA4823DD47FF}\1.0\0\	XWGL.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{1DF50CB0-86C7-7676-199C-DA4823DD47FF}\1.0\FLAGS	XWGL.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{62B954C5-ACD9-48BB-3194-7CF7D5BCBDA6}	XWGL.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{62B954C5-ACD9-48BB-3194-7CF7D5BCBDA6}\ProgID	XWGL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{62B954C5-ACD9-48BB-3194-7CF7D5BCBDA6}\Version\	XWGL.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{62B954C5-ACD9-48BB-3194-7CF7D5BCBDA6}\VersionIndependentProgID	XWGL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{62B954C5-ACD9-48BB-3194-7CF7D5BCBDA6}\VersionIndependentProgID\ = "SAPI.SpPhoneConverter"	XWGL.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{1DF50CB0-86C7-7676-199C-DA4823DD47FF}\1.0\0	XWGL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{1DF50CB0-86C7-7676-199C-DA4823DD47FF}\1.0\FLAGS\	XWGL.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{62B954C5-ACD9-48BB-3194-7CF7D5BCBDA6}\ProgID\ = "SAPI.SpPhoneConverter.1"	XWGL.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2120	XWGL.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2120	XWGL.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2376	335aeaf56dd7dcb04ff0f5cc6cc9c714_JaffaCakes118.exe
2120	XWGL.exe
2120	XWGL.exe
2120	XWGL.exe
2120	XWGL.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2376 wrote to memory of 1372	2376	335aeaf56dd7dcb04ff0f5cc6cc9c714_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 2376 wrote to memory of 1372	2376	335aeaf56dd7dcb04ff0f5cc6cc9c714_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 2376 wrote to memory of 1372	2376	335aeaf56dd7dcb04ff0f5cc6cc9c714_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 2376 wrote to memory of 4064	2376	335aeaf56dd7dcb04ff0f5cc6cc9c714_JaffaCakes118.exe	87
PID 2376 wrote to memory of 4064	2376	335aeaf56dd7dcb04ff0f5cc6cc9c714_JaffaCakes118.exe	87
PID 2376 wrote to memory of 4064	2376	335aeaf56dd7dcb04ff0f5cc6cc9c714_JaffaCakes118.exe	87
PID 1372 wrote to memory of 2120	1372	Install.exe	89
PID 1372 wrote to memory of 2120	1372	Install.exe	89
PID 1372 wrote to memory of 2120	1372	Install.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\335aeaf56dd7dcb04ff0f5cc6cc9c714_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\335aeaf56dd7dcb04ff0f5cc6cc9c714_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Identifies Wine through registry keys
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2376
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Install.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Install.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1372
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XWGL.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\28463\XWGL.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Loads dropped DLL
    - Adds Run key to start application
    - Drops file in System32 directory
    - Modifies registry class
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2120
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ResHacker.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ResHacker.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  PID:4064

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\@9839.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
36400e746829504282eb26b364826aa9

SHA1
d39ea9da98be0c331fd71002645f4f40664288a2

SHA256
c7ab756437211f6e0e3dcd7482bc67cb910e504345902049eb8abe34a656deb0

SHA512
5fe8fae2f5fcbd42c72cc8f6dd70aeec0afd94af5cfd905441630755790dc6ed346823ee009c21537b9cdb3b7b7a39eeed933606726ffd891dae47b60465f640

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Install.exe

Filesize
918KB

MD5
8d54f6e2eead9c15dac9740d38446b15

SHA1
c23743f509c75cfc32a0191a602363d1ca3a263a

SHA256
292b55d61a34b054ae78d2475058e7197b8f00b93a91bcf4134afd0d3af00d1d

SHA512
773b0a1585159c93444283b3535461b5baade1f9b0d681295ed64a3e8c9962ff730e2cc82b25d78652e318626081b67874b2cf78e4ff66cfce34bbe56967f446

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ResHacker.exe

Filesize
997KB

MD5
c57314cffea4d9d4052534f2ef702385

SHA1
7bdd48c1cb1018abd08715fa6aaac0ee06d99c94

SHA256
bd6e8ee95fd0d5aa5130aeafa12ee67d653b9e0b623e8c6963d3f50cc75fbe51

SHA512
b22f7bf0ab54babf8f3cb02192ef0158ac41ab48e34e00f7477b7bb02415f65513eef5cee63bf5bde71f941f87564d6baeb64b98e327f75a9f3210cba0ab5699

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

Filesize
457KB

MD5
f34b87951e1a931e01df1bc9f1b98207

SHA1
f3cc94e72bf7e9bf2afa7d8dbfef0ca2087358a1

SHA256
e6cf7cdc5895da8a65f8c4a1a1d0d0583218a1c28f66d25dc56fa67f9c34ed5b

SHA512
c2438d88489b9ed7c6c875ecde07411a488eac9115358c73f72d7029874f75803ebead03a41692a900648fb2b2be63b7c8b4e3a71984261185b6d5d6d7201641

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

Filesize
518B

MD5
8f749df4b0d742268c1756fb4ec82bf9

SHA1
773b3dfa6de0725ac409d0f39adfa347e5b2501b

SHA256
f26bcfd04de751b6e69063f76afcf2b033ba6a99df6ab906b71fb990dd537fcf

SHA512
a4f95ef69695e5e54ff854fe9d7f733415e4c6a09d5d0e09812354ab244e34c3b5c06cedff27cca937a3b030f424f3a7d95004a8bf604b0a72a541b48ba28c8f

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

Filesize
8KB

MD5
98d22fb2035a26a6b9b7decc0c0ff2fa

SHA1
43a75cf59fc2f8b59b1d962b4e685249eef816d5

SHA256
fd5c03fd9ea47c1e820d19bd307ad7c4e53f4b65d288cb675b05cbe76c9b5c25

SHA512
3cb7f765d6f4d1dc08a0087086f3fe243bd8ff9e699607cf1e4177892576665c0c799307751cba16fd3f1482e5abb884090024431be2ce86d4080f1d1134d91f

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

Filesize
5KB

MD5
15eb312db4b3e208b67082653acb8a02

SHA1
b0926b1e1733baa3d7f18d3806916f92704fccff

SHA256
72347b6d619bc7204a155486e4d09a62a4a494c35a8121349bfe2fecd5af99a8

SHA512
7e8d451bc9d1e83615db15d6cdf68230cdd333fa38362979f0408dc80bf680859a2bc3fc09c494805731317b0f136c3227226092f1bcc31c2c80cb73071aa443

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

Filesize
651KB

MD5
b181beaba4204ac3ce7bc8e6f0b74312

SHA1
4ab13763d2ecdf0968f15a39302aab2b1f0ab462

SHA256
f36bad234fd1599dd1398d20bc57499314fe96d5de20074536067b2d3c2b4f2d

SHA512
d1aaa2fd25e53986c8ea8213a8a02515927c9e9aa3e4d8077a138a29ba32c807ec81473b672a22ffb6ba26126ccd7e1d310e057ef964d3b21b1672a67af5fd7b

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\key.bin

Filesize
105B

MD5
27c90d4d9b049f4cd00f32ed1d2e5baf

SHA1
338a3ea8f1e929d8916ece9b6e91e697eb562550

SHA256
172d6f21165fb3ca925e5b000451fd8946920206f7438018c28b158b90cf5ffb

SHA512
d73dadb3cf74c647ce5bad5b87d3fb42a212defcba8afb8cf962020b61a0369c0a2b1005797583daf1f1ae88b29b7288bc544a53d643f3519cf604aa0ffd6dae

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memory/2120-48-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2120-58-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2120-64-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
896KB

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memory/2376-33-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
676KB

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memory/2376-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
676KB

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memory/2376-34-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000407000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/2376-1-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000407000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/4064-35-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000502000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.0MB

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memory/4064-57-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000502000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.0MB

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Signatures

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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