Analysis Overview
SHA256
25527da024d34cc3015815ddd8e0963705ba67a01ade3d18d0291520efa6b2f8
Threat Level: Known bad
The file 69fad7d6792450fb7bf97b72852b0b0f_JaffaCakes118 was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Ardamax main executable
Ardamax
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Checks computer location settings
Adds Run key to start application
Indicator Removal: File Deletion
Checks installed software on the system
Drops file in System32 directory
Unsigned PE
Enumerates physical storage devices
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2024-07-24 02:49
Signatures
Unsigned PE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-07-24 02:49
Reported
2024-07-24 02:53
Platform
win7-20240704-en
Max time kernel
120s
Max time network
122s
Command Line
Signatures
Ardamax
Ardamax main executable
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Executes dropped EXE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
Loads dropped DLL
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69fad7d6792450fb7bf97b72852b0b0f_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69fad7d6792450fb7bf97b72852b0b0f_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69fad7d6792450fb7bf97b72852b0b0f_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
Adds Run key to start application
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WUBF Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\WUBF.exe" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
Checks installed software on the system
Indicator Removal: File Deletion
Drops file in System32 directory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.006 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69fad7d6792450fb7bf97b72852b0b0f_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.007 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69fad7d6792450fb7bf97b72852b0b0f_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69fad7d6792450fb7bf97b72852b0b0f_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69fad7d6792450fb7bf97b72852b0b0f_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| File opened for modification | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463 | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.001 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69fad7d6792450fb7bf97b72852b0b0f_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69fad7d6792450fb7bf97b72852b0b0f_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: 33 | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69fad7d6792450fb7bf97b72852b0b0f_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69fad7d6792450fb7bf97b72852b0b0f_JaffaCakes118.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\28463\WUBF.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c del C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe > nul
Network
Files
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@79C2.tmp
| MD5 | 908f7f4b0cf93759447afca95cd84aa6 |
| SHA1 | d1903a49b211bcb4a460904019ee7441420aa961 |
| SHA256 | 3e6378164f9dc4148b86c9312b63c5a6b1fabcfebf9557f182d331e9cb32fc23 |
| SHA512 | 958e0880565b008cdb045d6aba5103f0ba820ac037facf24b78924187a119258e3a8a97de4c3874694962114ef672d41a55feb71b92d5038e7d45bc3d91d6b0d |
\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe
| MD5 | d7bd4739313a8e2fc9e080b7d0ba13b2 |
| SHA1 | 808fcbe663bc02780b1d9962873a1e3066d55f05 |
| SHA256 | c9b47519386b1b7cd6dfecd42e586883d301b7a99c0c3d67a4beabc3ae3dcd6b |
| SHA512 | d70e04444a2cc0f5b1fc5c81873b2c93582afa013f9aafe0e7c0eaaac36582b736b6ad8ef23a3d3aa4e3541fd478cbdcb8596dd4d233ada85f861c858c94b398 |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.006
| MD5 | e0fcfa7cad88d1a8a462cee6b06cf668 |
| SHA1 | a7e49078517abc929a6da261df06556c8f5a8cf0 |
| SHA256 | 340ff9f7f784e299030abb9982c88547e67251a6cca07d30ca8073d01a2840c4 |
| SHA512 | 430fd640432769047de7bb4432f710193855a5121fe5944ef07f6b68749608312e7c22b29834967d429637fc9b285671cd10bbc9e1cfb43654695a206ba9cf82 |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.007
| MD5 | ca72cd485d116033f1b776903ce7ee0a |
| SHA1 | 85b0b73a75b0498f56200dd1a5cf0de5371e42a3 |
| SHA256 | e583532d6b4d8cfc1def5e550674e9e1a4eef2a107adacddf729fddac64f49c4 |
| SHA512 | 8dbf6920af64aac6a80c3da4a567473dc20c8d4e24078f7e66bb5aa1a08641e5081b0a1ee05f82fb1dd14218b62572c198ff39b1add5f19893008b3d8e54538f |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.001
| MD5 | 50286c5ca86842ac5690b6fe4ed2ea2a |
| SHA1 | 13474fef03d3ef030b3f2c2c78f21557f7604f96 |
| SHA256 | 623518707b4f389a146cf8ac05514da251c0a4cb923f94d5533ff720e411df71 |
| SHA512 | cbd06f6f8b6be028ca44b8699108bca5f9d95642511cadc7bfcc5f8e7b0b707bde707513a59e16fc1e44c66927f5e4e4822a2bd3cdbe80c92a074ab241ed400c |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe
| MD5 | b0b09699ea39c0107af1c0833f07c054 |
| SHA1 | b730e2fb0bda9bf4a1b1f8768a00838e3ca9dcc1 |
| SHA256 | be63e3b5a6c3fbec11a737332d4e0040a23cc2d17182b4bc5e7d5dd41d930ee1 |
| SHA512 | 55430e53058964961808f37d738c31f1502c3ec4a14b0296bef7bad22e468734bcd119eedba14cc87894d4acc81c9266572aff9919b18bd584823c47fa149796 |
memory/2828-25-0x00000000001E0000-0x00000000001E1000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-07-24 02:49
Reported
2024-07-24 02:53
Platform
win10v2004-20240709-en
Max time kernel
149s
Max time network
151s
Command Line
Signatures
Ardamax
Ardamax main executable
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Checks computer location settings
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1750093773-264148664-1320403265-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69fad7d6792450fb7bf97b72852b0b0f_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1750093773-264148664-1320403265-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
Executes dropped EXE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
Loads dropped DLL
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69fad7d6792450fb7bf97b72852b0b0f_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe | N/A |
Adds Run key to start application
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WUBF Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\WUBF.exe" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
Checks installed software on the system
Indicator Removal: File Deletion
Drops file in System32 directory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69fad7d6792450fb7bf97b72852b0b0f_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69fad7d6792450fb7bf97b72852b0b0f_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| File opened for modification | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463 | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.001 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69fad7d6792450fb7bf97b72852b0b0f_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.006 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69fad7d6792450fb7bf97b72852b0b0f_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.007 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69fad7d6792450fb7bf97b72852b0b0f_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
Enumerates physical storage devices
Program crash
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe |
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69fad7d6792450fb7bf97b72852b0b0f_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: 33 | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 3592 wrote to memory of 2424 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69fad7d6792450fb7bf97b72852b0b0f_JaffaCakes118.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe |
| PID 3592 wrote to memory of 2424 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69fad7d6792450fb7bf97b72852b0b0f_JaffaCakes118.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe |
| PID 3592 wrote to memory of 2424 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69fad7d6792450fb7bf97b72852b0b0f_JaffaCakes118.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe |
| PID 2424 wrote to memory of 1472 | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe |
| PID 2424 wrote to memory of 1472 | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe |
| PID 2424 wrote to memory of 1472 | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe |
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69fad7d6792450fb7bf97b72852b0b0f_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69fad7d6792450fb7bf97b72852b0b0f_JaffaCakes118.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\28463\WUBF.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 428 -p 2424 -ip 2424
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2424 -s 1116
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c del C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe > nul
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | g.bing.com | udp |
| US | 13.107.21.237:443 | g.bing.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 136.32.126.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 237.21.107.13.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 97.17.167.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 81.144.22.2.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 57.169.31.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 26.165.165.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 198.187.3.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 172.214.232.199.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 205.47.74.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 11.227.111.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | tse1.mm.bing.net | udp |
| US | 150.171.27.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.27.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.27.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.27.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.27.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 10.27.171.150.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 20.189.173.5:443 | tcp |
Files
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@B621.tmp
| MD5 | 908f7f4b0cf93759447afca95cd84aa6 |
| SHA1 | d1903a49b211bcb4a460904019ee7441420aa961 |
| SHA256 | 3e6378164f9dc4148b86c9312b63c5a6b1fabcfebf9557f182d331e9cb32fc23 |
| SHA512 | 958e0880565b008cdb045d6aba5103f0ba820ac037facf24b78924187a119258e3a8a97de4c3874694962114ef672d41a55feb71b92d5038e7d45bc3d91d6b0d |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.exe
| MD5 | d7bd4739313a8e2fc9e080b7d0ba13b2 |
| SHA1 | 808fcbe663bc02780b1d9962873a1e3066d55f05 |
| SHA256 | c9b47519386b1b7cd6dfecd42e586883d301b7a99c0c3d67a4beabc3ae3dcd6b |
| SHA512 | d70e04444a2cc0f5b1fc5c81873b2c93582afa013f9aafe0e7c0eaaac36582b736b6ad8ef23a3d3aa4e3541fd478cbdcb8596dd4d233ada85f861c858c94b398 |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe
| MD5 | b0b09699ea39c0107af1c0833f07c054 |
| SHA1 | b730e2fb0bda9bf4a1b1f8768a00838e3ca9dcc1 |
| SHA256 | be63e3b5a6c3fbec11a737332d4e0040a23cc2d17182b4bc5e7d5dd41d930ee1 |
| SHA512 | 55430e53058964961808f37d738c31f1502c3ec4a14b0296bef7bad22e468734bcd119eedba14cc87894d4acc81c9266572aff9919b18bd584823c47fa149796 |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.007
| MD5 | ca72cd485d116033f1b776903ce7ee0a |
| SHA1 | 85b0b73a75b0498f56200dd1a5cf0de5371e42a3 |
| SHA256 | e583532d6b4d8cfc1def5e550674e9e1a4eef2a107adacddf729fddac64f49c4 |
| SHA512 | 8dbf6920af64aac6a80c3da4a567473dc20c8d4e24078f7e66bb5aa1a08641e5081b0a1ee05f82fb1dd14218b62572c198ff39b1add5f19893008b3d8e54538f |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.006
| MD5 | e0fcfa7cad88d1a8a462cee6b06cf668 |
| SHA1 | a7e49078517abc929a6da261df06556c8f5a8cf0 |
| SHA256 | 340ff9f7f784e299030abb9982c88547e67251a6cca07d30ca8073d01a2840c4 |
| SHA512 | 430fd640432769047de7bb4432f710193855a5121fe5944ef07f6b68749608312e7c22b29834967d429637fc9b285671cd10bbc9e1cfb43654695a206ba9cf82 |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WUBF.001
| MD5 | 50286c5ca86842ac5690b6fe4ed2ea2a |
| SHA1 | 13474fef03d3ef030b3f2c2c78f21557f7604f96 |
| SHA256 | 623518707b4f389a146cf8ac05514da251c0a4cb923f94d5533ff720e411df71 |
| SHA512 | cbd06f6f8b6be028ca44b8699108bca5f9d95642511cadc7bfcc5f8e7b0b707bde707513a59e16fc1e44c66927f5e4e4822a2bd3cdbe80c92a074ab241ed400c |
memory/2424-23-0x0000000000630000-0x0000000000631000-memory.dmp
memory/2424-27-0x0000000000630000-0x0000000000631000-memory.dmp