Analysis Overview
SHA256
8aaf95b2fa5edffdc1ec7a6888075550acd3c3e3c37ac3de4b57b6d1fc3bef65
Threat Level: Known bad
The file 6ad44acdfe967238e46616075abb3328_JaffaCakes118 was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Ardamax
Ardamax main executable
Loads dropped DLL
Executes dropped EXE
Checks computer location settings
Adds Run key to start application
Checks installed software on the system
Drops file in System32 directory
Unsigned PE
Enumerates physical storage devices
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 07:57
Signatures
Unsigned PE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-07-24 07:56
Reported
2024-07-24 07:59
Platform
win7-20240704-en
Max time kernel
120s
Max time network
120s
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\TGMNNW\PDA.exe | N/A |
Loads dropped DLL
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ad44acdfe967238e46616075abb3328_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe | N/A |
Adds Run key to start application
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\PDA Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\TGMNNW\\PDA.exe" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe | N/A |
Checks installed software on the system
Drops file in System32 directory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.002 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ad44acdfe967238e46616075abb3328_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\AKV.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ad44acdfe967238e46616075abb3328_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ad44acdfe967238e46616075abb3328_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| File opened for modification | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\ | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.004 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ad44acdfe967238e46616075abb3328_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.001 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ad44acdfe967238e46616075abb3328_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\6ad44acdfe967238e46616075abb3328_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: 33 | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 2720 wrote to memory of 2768 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ad44acdfe967238e46616075abb3328_JaffaCakes118.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe |
| PID 2720 wrote to memory of 2768 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ad44acdfe967238e46616075abb3328_JaffaCakes118.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe |
| PID 2720 wrote to memory of 2768 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ad44acdfe967238e46616075abb3328_JaffaCakes118.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe |
| PID 2720 wrote to memory of 2768 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ad44acdfe967238e46616075abb3328_JaffaCakes118.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe |
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ad44acdfe967238e46616075abb3328_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ad44acdfe967238e46616075abb3328_JaffaCakes118.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\TGMNNW\PDA.exe"
Network
Files
\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe
| MD5 | 0aaffc12ef1b416b9276bdc3fdec9dff |
| SHA1 | 9f38d7cf6241d867da58f89db9ff26544314b938 |
| SHA256 | 42b33dd905c5668c2518a6a7d407fb10c303cfedeaefcd7b6e4c7cc1b891c73b |
| SHA512 | bbde0986b298c6172e7c8e3f938db9425f54cca097e280736e1ba289afd06a0b86f7cbc91f6d46458bc8e75069c12cda1cf808acf3b6c773b0661d081136ee7c |
memory/2768-15-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp
\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.001
| MD5 | 31c866d8e4448c28ae63660a0521cd92 |
| SHA1 | 0e4dcb44e3c8589688b8eacdd8cc463a920baab9 |
| SHA256 | dc0eaf9d62f0e40b6522d28b2e06b39ff619f9086ea7aa45fd40396a8eb61aa1 |
| SHA512 | 1076da7f8137a90b5d3bbbbe2b24fd9774de6adbcdfd41fd55ae90c70b9eb4bbf441732689ad25e5b3048987bfb1d63ba59d5831a04c6d84cb05bbfd2d32f839 |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.004
| MD5 | fded91a1220006189df3d31f87188aaa |
| SHA1 | c2326936846f2c31cf5d62836f4307c52296b8a5 |
| SHA256 | a3ac242fb5769f35c31ff2770447825e70357e00e69b5e00170e64876e218f9b |
| SHA512 | b173fc0ac4683eb72ca14f503af265afa1c82a1301b2a736b659c748e70a252b209b6b567a1761a160e6db8032b0ee74bc1e4d5bfafc06204f9cbc357460af50 |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\AKV.exe
| MD5 | 1f29b1075a91b3da0ccc0b9c49eece56 |
| SHA1 | 048e675f087181035aedece9e7b11d065c6355cc |
| SHA256 | 4f6825548b32329c3360ed9abb7c0a6809a2c2291cf0bcaac511a9fa32a6336e |
| SHA512 | 7e152caf055f57f599ecc1e3a404b540b721b3315d2ba16bff6eb21f03edeb3a06ae185621e3139293612d94210f500f098bd281489ca7f336efd8b5284ee060 |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.002
| MD5 | 093e599a1281e943ce1592f61d9591af |
| SHA1 | 6896810fe9b7efe4f5ae68bf280fec637e97adf5 |
| SHA256 | 1ac0964d97b02204f4d4ae79cd5244342f1a1798f5846e9dd7f3448d4177a009 |
| SHA512 | 64cb58fbf6295d15d9ee6a8a7a325e7673af7ee02e4ece8da5a95257f666566a425b348b802b78ac82e7868ba7923f85255c2c31e548618afa9706c1f88d34dc |
memory/2768-17-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-07-24 07:56
Reported
2024-07-24 07:59
Platform
win10v2004-20240709-en
Max time kernel
149s
Max time network
150s
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\6ad44acdfe967238e46616075abb3328_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
Executes dropped EXE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe | N/A |
Loads dropped DLL
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe | N/A |
Adds Run key to start application
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\PDA Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\TGMNNW\\PDA.exe" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe | N/A |
Checks installed software on the system
Drops file in System32 directory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.004 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ad44acdfe967238e46616075abb3328_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.001 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ad44acdfe967238e46616075abb3328_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.002 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ad44acdfe967238e46616075abb3328_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\AKV.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ad44acdfe967238e46616075abb3328_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ad44acdfe967238e46616075abb3328_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| File opened for modification | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\ | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.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\6ad44acdfe967238e46616075abb3328_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: 33 | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 3484 wrote to memory of 2436 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ad44acdfe967238e46616075abb3328_JaffaCakes118.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe |
| PID 3484 wrote to memory of 2436 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ad44acdfe967238e46616075abb3328_JaffaCakes118.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe |
| PID 3484 wrote to memory of 2436 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ad44acdfe967238e46616075abb3328_JaffaCakes118.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe |
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ad44acdfe967238e46616075abb3328_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ad44acdfe967238e46616075abb3328_JaffaCakes118.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\TGMNNW\PDA.exe"
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 13.86.106.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | g.bing.com | udp |
| US | 204.79.197.237:443 | g.bing.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 73.144.22.2.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 23.159.190.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 237.197.79.204.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 55.36.223.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 86.23.85.13.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 15.164.165.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 172.210.232.199.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 81.144.22.2.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 13.227.111.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | tse1.mm.bing.net | udp |
| US | 150.171.28.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.28.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.28.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.28.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.28.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | udp |
Files
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.exe
| MD5 | 0aaffc12ef1b416b9276bdc3fdec9dff |
| SHA1 | 9f38d7cf6241d867da58f89db9ff26544314b938 |
| SHA256 | 42b33dd905c5668c2518a6a7d407fb10c303cfedeaefcd7b6e4c7cc1b891c73b |
| SHA512 | bbde0986b298c6172e7c8e3f938db9425f54cca097e280736e1ba289afd06a0b86f7cbc91f6d46458bc8e75069c12cda1cf808acf3b6c773b0661d081136ee7c |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\AKV.exe
| MD5 | 1f29b1075a91b3da0ccc0b9c49eece56 |
| SHA1 | 048e675f087181035aedece9e7b11d065c6355cc |
| SHA256 | 4f6825548b32329c3360ed9abb7c0a6809a2c2291cf0bcaac511a9fa32a6336e |
| SHA512 | 7e152caf055f57f599ecc1e3a404b540b721b3315d2ba16bff6eb21f03edeb3a06ae185621e3139293612d94210f500f098bd281489ca7f336efd8b5284ee060 |
memory/2436-16-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000671000-memory.dmp
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.001
| MD5 | 31c866d8e4448c28ae63660a0521cd92 |
| SHA1 | 0e4dcb44e3c8589688b8eacdd8cc463a920baab9 |
| SHA256 | dc0eaf9d62f0e40b6522d28b2e06b39ff619f9086ea7aa45fd40396a8eb61aa1 |
| SHA512 | 1076da7f8137a90b5d3bbbbe2b24fd9774de6adbcdfd41fd55ae90c70b9eb4bbf441732689ad25e5b3048987bfb1d63ba59d5831a04c6d84cb05bbfd2d32f839 |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.004
| MD5 | fded91a1220006189df3d31f87188aaa |
| SHA1 | c2326936846f2c31cf5d62836f4307c52296b8a5 |
| SHA256 | a3ac242fb5769f35c31ff2770447825e70357e00e69b5e00170e64876e218f9b |
| SHA512 | b173fc0ac4683eb72ca14f503af265afa1c82a1301b2a736b659c748e70a252b209b6b567a1761a160e6db8032b0ee74bc1e4d5bfafc06204f9cbc357460af50 |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TGMNNW\PDA.002
| MD5 | 093e599a1281e943ce1592f61d9591af |
| SHA1 | 6896810fe9b7efe4f5ae68bf280fec637e97adf5 |
| SHA256 | 1ac0964d97b02204f4d4ae79cd5244342f1a1798f5846e9dd7f3448d4177a009 |
| SHA512 | 64cb58fbf6295d15d9ee6a8a7a325e7673af7ee02e4ece8da5a95257f666566a425b348b802b78ac82e7868ba7923f85255c2c31e548618afa9706c1f88d34dc |
memory/2436-18-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000671000-memory.dmp