Analysis
- max time kernel
101s - max time network
103s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20240730-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240730-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system - submitted
01/08/2024, 00:59
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
7e9c4906fec6cc33dbc0b426a4da3d06_JaffaCakes118.exe
Resource
win7-20240708-en
14 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
7e9c4906fec6cc33dbc0b426a4da3d06_JaffaCakes118.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20240730-en
17 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 7e9c4906fec6cc33dbc0b426a4da3d06_JaffaCakes118.exe
- Size 480KB
- Sample240801-bcj3yasgnk
- SHA256 125c81c42472fa5cf4c67ea38f6bd9c8b5543fd0f07785bc971bf9d3fdf2b3b2
- MD5 7e9c4906fec6cc33dbc0b426a4da3d06
- SHA1 a670e9a01bf4a7b267ac38366dab4fdc42039682
- SHA512 fdb3f2f255a938fa6ac136c9f07aa0ea1ec0d537685d94a2e515c83a21e919e565b977eaf30a39515e6115ed9b831f6b9197258ee43de714dba612b939756a20
- SSDEEP 12288:ya5NNRPdbl8F/0145Anxjk7/sY49z6Bg:ya5PZ8R01NlY
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score
10/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x00070000000234d0-37.dat family_ardamax - Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2951562807-3718269429-4208157415-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 7e9c4906fec6cc33dbc0b426a4da3d06_JaffaCakes118.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2951562807-3718269429-4208157415-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation kernel32.exe - Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 1996 kernel32.exe 2464 PWFS.exe - Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs
pid Process 1996 kernel32.exe 2464 PWFS.exe 2464 PWFS.exe 2464 PWFS.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\PWFS Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\PWFS.exe" PWFS.exe - Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
- Drops file in System32 directory 7 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\PWFS.007 kernel32.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\PWFS.exe kernel32.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463 PWFS.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\kernel32.exe 7e9c4906fec6cc33dbc0b426a4da3d06_JaffaCakes118.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pagos_rafa.xls 7e9c4906fec6cc33dbc0b426a4da3d06_JaffaCakes118.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\PWFS.001 kernel32.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\PWFS.006 kernel32.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 7e9c4906fec6cc33dbc0b426a4da3d06_JaffaCakes118.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language kernel32.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language PWFS.exe - Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 EXCEL.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz EXCEL.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString EXCEL.EXE - Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS EXCEL.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemFamily EXCEL.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU EXCEL.EXE - Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2951562807-3718269429-4208157415-1000_Classes\Local Settings 7e9c4906fec6cc33dbc0b426a4da3d06_JaffaCakes118.exe - Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
pid Process 4828 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: 33 2464 PWFS.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2464 PWFS.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 11 IoCs
pid Process 4828 EXCEL.EXE 4828 EXCEL.EXE 2464 PWFS.exe 2464 PWFS.exe 2464 PWFS.exe 2464 PWFS.exe 2464 PWFS.exe 4828 EXCEL.EXE 4828 EXCEL.EXE 4828 EXCEL.EXE 4828 EXCEL.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4384 wrote to memory of 1996 4384 7e9c4906fec6cc33dbc0b426a4da3d06_JaffaCakes118.exe 85 PID 4384 wrote to memory of 1996 4384 7e9c4906fec6cc33dbc0b426a4da3d06_JaffaCakes118.exe 85 PID 4384 wrote to memory of 1996 4384 7e9c4906fec6cc33dbc0b426a4da3d06_JaffaCakes118.exe 85 PID 4384 wrote to memory of 4828 4384 7e9c4906fec6cc33dbc0b426a4da3d06_JaffaCakes118.exe 88 PID 4384 wrote to memory of 4828 4384 7e9c4906fec6cc33dbc0b426a4da3d06_JaffaCakes118.exe 88 PID 4384 wrote to memory of 4828 4384 7e9c4906fec6cc33dbc0b426a4da3d06_JaffaCakes118.exe 88 PID 1996 wrote to memory of 2464 1996 kernel32.exe 89 PID 1996 wrote to memory of 2464 1996 kernel32.exe 89 PID 1996 wrote to memory of 2464 1996 kernel32.exe 89
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7e9c4906fec6cc33dbc0b426a4da3d06_JaffaCakes118.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7e9c4906fec6cc33dbc0b426a4da3d06_JaffaCakes118.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4384 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\kernel32.exe"C:\Windows\system32\kernel32.exe"2⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1996 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\PWFS.exe"C:\Windows\system32\28463\PWFS.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:2464
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Windows\system32\pagos_rafa.xls"2⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:4828
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@B21A.tmp
- Size 4KB
- SHA256 3e6378164f9dc4148b86c9312b63c5a6b1fabcfebf9557f182d331e9cb32fc23
- MD5 908f7f4b0cf93759447afca95cd84aa6
- SHA1 d1903a49b211bcb4a460904019ee7441420aa961
- SHA512 958e0880565b008cdb045d6aba5103f0ba820ac037facf24b78924187a119258e3a8a97de4c3874694962114ef672d41a55feb71b92d5038e7d45bc3d91d6b0d
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\PWFS.001
- Size 492B
- SHA256 e0e219249faf300f4c518e1d973955938c4767de37e168f0c2403dcaaf821082
- MD5 6ba9c0c6793f9fb04939e576b015d269
- SHA1 3bd6273e5bb304d97da2ebeb2686d402d272d57c
- SHA512 f9f2bec71dbe1beb60dabbe4b074b57706a3af6a48e6bdd68ead2ae3dff515937f1840bd12729a87e893dd9fa55f24fc985423d38e1d336b7cab207510401584
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\PWFS.006
- Size 7KB
- SHA256 340ff9f7f784e299030abb9982c88547e67251a6cca07d30ca8073d01a2840c4
- MD5 e0fcfa7cad88d1a8a462cee6b06cf668
- SHA1 a7e49078517abc929a6da261df06556c8f5a8cf0
- SHA512 430fd640432769047de7bb4432f710193855a5121fe5944ef07f6b68749608312e7c22b29834967d429637fc9b285671cd10bbc9e1cfb43654695a206ba9cf82
- SSDEEP 96:6EJh3mtXDUMZQ/XyEPXXCYTJ+cwMswHO1yWCj0GMRZQfHY2mIXT6pDE02wPpx:/3mZQliEPXyY1chCCRZU4yD6pg0HBx
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\PWFS.007
- Size 5KB
- SHA256 e583532d6b4d8cfc1def5e550674e9e1a4eef2a107adacddf729fddac64f49c4
- MD5 ca72cd485d116033f1b776903ce7ee0a
- SHA1 85b0b73a75b0498f56200dd1a5cf0de5371e42a3
- SHA512 8dbf6920af64aac6a80c3da4a567473dc20c8d4e24078f7e66bb5aa1a08641e5081b0a1ee05f82fb1dd14218b62572c198ff39b1add5f19893008b3d8e54538f
- SSDEEP 48:6gklbp/EoW0EE/KD4tJ2z5N03Y2E/fIECi1cBaVM+kHT2k:6gS+Die034/AECiRQHT2k
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\PWFS.exe
- Size 472KB
- SHA256 31573445d6b71ae2c4a185ac3f49270706fc4ff7aa0b13e564e42d983931cdb6
- MD5 9dcf9d92a95f82d3959f93f862ee0231
- SHA1 d10b5a69594863cae4e5218e6ce80a203ac34028
- SHA512 c2c4149e62e0a83507510f0b9becc7bb24899333aa0f90666c84c1453d48fc5db670063c67dde839a0d607236d2f86166631cbc8dea4ced0b465f19630440443
- SSDEEP 6144:2KUPSpAj+eoCqNZ+EI2vGbABvu7sOFCKK8vPntd/2VqNGu9cyA:huj++EpvGyJOFCAO
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\kernel32.exe
- Size 270KB
- SHA256 1aa3b8c4d1c2c75455117cb1447bd684bde0f7b1c102d36aa6108a0433ea7201
- MD5 e221a3a41147edf08243658a60cf2091
- SHA1 0ea9548b40b90db8f81375fe252c4fcc1e77c4b9
- SHA512 d92fb1dc9496899efec2b4568d1170d829e5246450911ccda92e128c9934a523c0309a25797822f37c97e0f34e981c8d98291660b315f3f1e3558e8165dbc193
- SSDEEP 6144:192OoVBjNVqARseNPF5TJGYlNWQFcX7ZOSDY145AnMf41JwpZ7/skp:19OV5NNRPdbl8F/0145Anxjk7/ss
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pagos_rafa.xls
- Size 21KB
- SHA256 72db277057bffff1e664e90603d211c0818896074dd06741e2011bfc27be1b2b
- MD5 6da9049dbf7592feef1256034fad3df9
- SHA1 d270c1e92cc7a6a9ad7f683258df047832b3302e
- SHA512 7698d4559e9b22c4cbad25044ef9980f9c8a6277c0a7177184f3ff7805c3ffa2c74df2a07481c0c8b687bf2b10c2d6a3f32f6863a24c68253f41b53aafc753c9
- SSDEEP 192:orp9ZKAYi6L5S3LgMylMZFIDtvD3NJJlHt0oZxJ5Eud27HfOYo/Xnc8ZFxs2Gva:oNqAvo5S3LslMZFWNJFsn/OR/XDxW
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP