ardamax | 5e5751ab12a05b80925a7159c8e95ce78106fd9d87a1fdbe1c54203acf52f3f6

General

Target

439ddf6bd306f2c9b9b059cefae5191a_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

439ddf6bd306f2c9b9b059cefae5191a
SHA1

d2acd93b0da5ca2539a30eb294b789d195cf54b3
SHA256

5e5751ab12a05b80925a7159c8e95ce78106fd9d87a1fdbe1c54203acf52f3f6
SHA512

02f7ea2ee6d19173745706634b14e628970818d3fdc71d94c8162645e23a83c88a6509e09cdd8162b396e02e4348e731e05fb08b12fea905860cf4e3f05b4114
SSDEEP

24576:wHvZTgeTSLuCulRS6aJ0Kk8ITXMiKc2quYfT4DkTNOK03RKgtrlML5QfOebfqgb:4BTdGqvU/eKk84car4kMbpmYbfq

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/0x00070000000164cf-6.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2336	VMD.exe
1648	JDownloadeer.exe

Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2356	439ddf6bd306f2c9b9b059cefae5191a_JaffaCakes118.exe
2336	VMD.exe
2356	439ddf6bd306f2c9b9b059cefae5191a_JaffaCakes118.exe
2356	439ddf6bd306f2c9b9b059cefae5191a_JaffaCakes118.exe
2356	439ddf6bd306f2c9b9b059cefae5191a_JaffaCakes118.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\VMD Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\VWBTEM\\VMD.exe"	VMD.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\VWBTEM\VMD.001	439ddf6bd306f2c9b9b059cefae5191a_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VWBTEM\VMD.002	439ddf6bd306f2c9b9b059cefae5191a_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VWBTEM\AKV.exe	439ddf6bd306f2c9b9b059cefae5191a_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VWBTEM\VMD.exe	439ddf6bd306f2c9b9b059cefae5191a_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VWBTEM\	VMD.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VWBTEM\VMD.004	439ddf6bd306f2c9b9b059cefae5191a_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 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2336	VMD.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2336	VMD.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2336	VMD.exe
2336	VMD.exe
2336	VMD.exe
2336	VMD.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2356 wrote to memory of 2336	2356	439ddf6bd306f2c9b9b059cefae5191a_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2356 wrote to memory of 2336	2356	439ddf6bd306f2c9b9b059cefae5191a_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2356 wrote to memory of 2336	2356	439ddf6bd306f2c9b9b059cefae5191a_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2356 wrote to memory of 2336	2356	439ddf6bd306f2c9b9b059cefae5191a_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2356 wrote to memory of 1648	2356	439ddf6bd306f2c9b9b059cefae5191a_JaffaCakes118.exe	32
PID 2356 wrote to memory of 1648	2356	439ddf6bd306f2c9b9b059cefae5191a_JaffaCakes118.exe	32
PID 2356 wrote to memory of 1648	2356	439ddf6bd306f2c9b9b059cefae5191a_JaffaCakes118.exe	32
PID 2356 wrote to memory of 1648	2356	439ddf6bd306f2c9b9b059cefae5191a_JaffaCakes118.exe	32
PID 1648 wrote to memory of 2828	1648	JDownloadeer.exe	33
PID 1648 wrote to memory of 2828	1648	JDownloadeer.exe	33
PID 1648 wrote to memory of 2828	1648	JDownloadeer.exe	33
PID 1648 wrote to memory of 2828	1648	JDownloadeer.exe	33

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\439ddf6bd306f2c9b9b059cefae5191a_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\439ddf6bd306f2c9b9b059cefae5191a_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2356
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VWBTEM\VMD.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\VWBTEM\VMD.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:2336
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JDownloadeer.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JDownloadeer.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1648
- - C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe
    "C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe" -Xmx512m -jar "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\App\JDownloader\JDownloader.jar"
    3⤵
    PID:2828

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\VWBTEM\AKV.exe

Filesize
461KB

MD5
7e335c1258740a5798c2b3eea5a97229

SHA1
6ce1e98ddc05a4b9e772901c9bc6caae4103267f

SHA256
667ab5d791b89216a46f7dd3a1bcb9b7e5f235415a74a9678ca41cec051c462f

SHA512
8c190dd139f5459a91c81871f53fc080a81c6397c68cb5b0ee195571012cc8af923b10cd77301da1816f935d36a0587d1c75126f5553005a0f50eb22d3441cb4

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VWBTEM\VMD.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
9fca42b7fa3132ded471b886c4bf8a51

SHA1
86109ac13f8b63bd3467bbf05e39c5cf9bd11d26

SHA256
c519bcfc50245700b30cb417478b46810443b03a6447387dd1d0a13966ff00dd

SHA512
bbdd590e1bd2971fbc6a462f6501341c0808d658ba3407b051f9d299d9babf0632af092d64c6ad290d4ae5d9db8c367898a064bbea916c516c0a54066ad698ab

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VWBTEM\VMD.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
4c30b3e90b3da5619bc0d5f53c025135

SHA1
829f487b7c26f6cb8b7f211b2331abbc5229aa61

SHA256
b632cedab7ce3d19eebc0d31864dc8c38cd249dcbde299cda818f7026ec294cf

SHA512
fd0b36fb43c6b62f6d47455b392276d4e3710b204ef11c70cefed417740a4b5d9357ba37f612f3f87d539175af312ead05bc7a4360fe3e26fd43c56e856e6313

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VWBTEM\VMD.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
4df40848ecc79487389e115c32e8dc3f

SHA1
4f848790402ef7c43d7e091a767e207d1e7c7d3f

SHA256
8f0ae843a98181bb460474207d1bcaf14ecee858112a21dd595db8f8699d8e67

SHA512
d85dd5dbf49b05454d738f5ded1659b4ab924d6d3d861aa3196dc8393374f0f3074172cbff63e7d5686298d8ac24d9a9177b3ea9eb24b64cbb8eb1b54edee99a

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JDownloadeer.exe

Filesize
41KB

MD5
2720fd3043177a9cd731a27daa45bb97

SHA1
302557b7819961ce05cb2d187139d16b85a4da5e

SHA256
7c659324ff0792be97b09888e4003ea57150da7850803bf1eb2918230758198f

SHA512
185efd6eaaf8913346b4c9fa33cfd7ee6b0a736edbce7f39e99dab6eb295c0b234836cf1fb7cab32803aac12946eb8104621d9b02b04bb7f3c51920e6ec95841

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\VWBTEM\VMD.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
9c28244f2dbe3a4758b532838b0040c9

SHA1
4b58bb4033d43ae64af6c18db48d5d25e23f6121

SHA256
cb770745d547a27a4b99fdbe27a672135f812b29d94fd2b843d06bb5aa1748aa

SHA512
24ed3d4c6aae307a0f1bb1f063b211152644b06d7425a5fe24b09f5f747dd63011451cef3f47cc4985b3316cf1213c056d38768ccb7f44cb2fab28cf4e30e969

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memory/1648-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000416000-memory.dmp

Filesize
88KB

Download
memory/2336-16-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2336-28-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C1000-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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