Analysis Overview
SHA256
5bb539712bbb9e5913cb1bc30dd8245b497a09c6e7fc8ad72b3ae2fffdcf7c0d
Threat Level: Known bad
The file 7465c78800e4d75be3585180177bdf56_JaffaCakes118 was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Ardamax main executable
Ardamax
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Adds Run key to start application
Checks installed software on the system
Indicator Removal: File Deletion
Drops file in System32 directory
Program crash
Enumerates physical storage devices
Unsigned PE
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2024-07-26 14:13
Signatures
Unsigned PE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-07-26 14:13
Reported
2024-07-26 16:06
Platform
win7-20240704-en
Max time kernel
117s
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\VXPY.exe | N/A |
Loads dropped DLL
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7465c78800e4d75be3585180177bdf56_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7465c78800e4d75be3585180177bdf56_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7465c78800e4d75be3585180177bdf56_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | N/A |
Adds Run key to start application
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\VXPY Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\VXPY.exe" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.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\VXPY.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7465c78800e4d75be3585180177bdf56_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| File opened for modification | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463 | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.001 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7465c78800e4d75be3585180177bdf56_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.006 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7465c78800e4d75be3585180177bdf56_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.007 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7465c78800e4d75be3585180177bdf56_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:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7465c78800e4d75be3585180177bdf56_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: 33 | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7465c78800e4d75be3585180177bdf56_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7465c78800e4d75be3585180177bdf56_JaffaCakes118.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\28463\VXPY.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c del C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe > nul
Network
Files
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@8047.tmp
| MD5 | fc0fea286539e5d84ccf49020ca3823b |
| SHA1 | d43711c776edf9a07abed6bb95ed4a0e45e14d52 |
| SHA256 | 2520256a587481813a5557e54a65f2fca97baee5df333102adfff2dbdabb4828 |
| SHA512 | 70e1a5ec247d5e3057fe19f7f34b31ee7a79ab16dca73794829d9d81e3ed891881df424f7aa44b9424550574ab61c95d376163b16080aa7cfd61e986e6988ea2 |
\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe
| MD5 | 1800b0b263035d94f7bb5e9e70270032 |
| SHA1 | c8ba77fa2e414ad11e39a6493e15c078c99d80e6 |
| SHA256 | 0b15e820894e38d036e75abd442e1cebbfb734c4a50fd0f3adcd3b77211caa5e |
| SHA512 | 1431bedcba045f110354c7ec8a34ad5677447aa647581ebc86c25ee38397d2eff4b02d438227144b934ce65b26a2be65c44b761bd4b46518ff44ba6aaf06f29f |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.001
| MD5 | 349e1d919c761c128553b46c74bfb5b0 |
| SHA1 | 4b1342ff5bac7836096f3d370bf75807b9f017da |
| SHA256 | 4ef82429e8bd8910a93920aa57c0a24e112672f84c8d92ee726645b1429d3652 |
| SHA512 | e2aeeb553a3a1396a8b72e5611795e4fc9ea2808b05c525f13d3b59d3f0e0c9daaac4138febc976d6d491478e5b358114e18c379af12fd5d963e971fc435618f |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.006
| MD5 | 75f215af21ded98ab7a1a2a0ea1f1a30 |
| SHA1 | e85649693a178064da1aa4cc7c8e34c92472ba0d |
| SHA256 | af46dca2a4f77f0c977fec74312a41e20bd064bd2ca17bec0f09afd67d7e1e3d |
| SHA512 | 1582847dae80134e5272fc1b125d6af13746263601ebc8b540ea5fd3e4fc0a05f6e783c59a6052b971efd15d26d9d55b86345292160e9c79041b7c57f9a74f54 |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.007
| MD5 | 528f383007234b421e3f1072fae5af11 |
| SHA1 | b19c49e17263d940ffa4d46c60a7cf2d03525f09 |
| SHA256 | 531958a2b1de11d2da2eb8a5409f57c1f31253f79f790473d0efc0ae5567b61f |
| SHA512 | d1813fc77b21ebcdada0cc9c410e533a39a436a038d91cb131bf03c987dab6e7e5b4c99f1a135adde84b4afcbd0a9f0f13931bae3c45c5782d7557fa620b4830 |
memory/2648-22-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp
memory/2648-25-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-07-26 14:13
Reported
2024-07-26 16:05
Platform
win10v2004-20240709-en
Max time kernel
149s
Max time network
153s
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-1-5-21-701583114-2636601053-947405450-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7465c78800e4d75be3585180177bdf56_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-701583114-2636601053-947405450-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | N/A |
Executes dropped EXE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | N/A |
Loads dropped DLL
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7465c78800e4d75be3585180177bdf56_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.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\VXPY Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\VXPY.exe" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.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\VXPY.001 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7465c78800e4d75be3585180177bdf56_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.006 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7465c78800e4d75be3585180177bdf56_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.007 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7465c78800e4d75be3585180177bdf56_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7465c78800e4d75be3585180177bdf56_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| File opened for modification | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463 | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.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\VXPY.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\7465c78800e4d75be3585180177bdf56_JaffaCakes118.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.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\VXPY.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 3852 wrote to memory of 2532 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7465c78800e4d75be3585180177bdf56_JaffaCakes118.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe |
| PID 3852 wrote to memory of 2532 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7465c78800e4d75be3585180177bdf56_JaffaCakes118.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe |
| PID 3852 wrote to memory of 2532 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7465c78800e4d75be3585180177bdf56_JaffaCakes118.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe |
| PID 2532 wrote to memory of 1372 | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe |
| PID 2532 wrote to memory of 1372 | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe |
| PID 2532 wrote to memory of 1372 | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe |
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7465c78800e4d75be3585180177bdf56_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7465c78800e4d75be3585180177bdf56_JaffaCakes118.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\28463\VXPY.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 2532 -ip 2532
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2532 -s 1068
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c del C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe > nul
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 | 240.143.123.92.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 196.249.167.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 57.169.31.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 97.17.167.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 50.23.12.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 56.126.166.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 99.58.20.217.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 29.243.111.52.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 | 138.201.86.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 10.27.171.150.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 174.117.168.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
Files
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@8B67.tmp
| MD5 | fc0fea286539e5d84ccf49020ca3823b |
| SHA1 | d43711c776edf9a07abed6bb95ed4a0e45e14d52 |
| SHA256 | 2520256a587481813a5557e54a65f2fca97baee5df333102adfff2dbdabb4828 |
| SHA512 | 70e1a5ec247d5e3057fe19f7f34b31ee7a79ab16dca73794829d9d81e3ed891881df424f7aa44b9424550574ab61c95d376163b16080aa7cfd61e986e6988ea2 |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.exe
| MD5 | 1800b0b263035d94f7bb5e9e70270032 |
| SHA1 | c8ba77fa2e414ad11e39a6493e15c078c99d80e6 |
| SHA256 | 0b15e820894e38d036e75abd442e1cebbfb734c4a50fd0f3adcd3b77211caa5e |
| SHA512 | 1431bedcba045f110354c7ec8a34ad5677447aa647581ebc86c25ee38397d2eff4b02d438227144b934ce65b26a2be65c44b761bd4b46518ff44ba6aaf06f29f |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.006
| MD5 | 75f215af21ded98ab7a1a2a0ea1f1a30 |
| SHA1 | e85649693a178064da1aa4cc7c8e34c92472ba0d |
| SHA256 | af46dca2a4f77f0c977fec74312a41e20bd064bd2ca17bec0f09afd67d7e1e3d |
| SHA512 | 1582847dae80134e5272fc1b125d6af13746263601ebc8b540ea5fd3e4fc0a05f6e783c59a6052b971efd15d26d9d55b86345292160e9c79041b7c57f9a74f54 |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.001
| MD5 | 349e1d919c761c128553b46c74bfb5b0 |
| SHA1 | 4b1342ff5bac7836096f3d370bf75807b9f017da |
| SHA256 | 4ef82429e8bd8910a93920aa57c0a24e112672f84c8d92ee726645b1429d3652 |
| SHA512 | e2aeeb553a3a1396a8b72e5611795e4fc9ea2808b05c525f13d3b59d3f0e0c9daaac4138febc976d6d491478e5b358114e18c379af12fd5d963e971fc435618f |
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\VXPY.007
| MD5 | 528f383007234b421e3f1072fae5af11 |
| SHA1 | b19c49e17263d940ffa4d46c60a7cf2d03525f09 |
| SHA256 | 531958a2b1de11d2da2eb8a5409f57c1f31253f79f790473d0efc0ae5567b61f |
| SHA512 | d1813fc77b21ebcdada0cc9c410e533a39a436a038d91cb131bf03c987dab6e7e5b4c99f1a135adde84b4afcbd0a9f0f13931bae3c45c5782d7557fa620b4830 |
memory/2532-21-0x0000000000A80000-0x0000000000A81000-memory.dmp
memory/2532-25-0x0000000000A80000-0x0000000000A81000-memory.dmp