ardamax | d7e187ac2194499f73663faa83b8dc283cd5ebc301539e384b96f0ab4000a7c2

General

Target

980403729267ddaf916b709bb6f72042_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

980403729267ddaf916b709bb6f72042
SHA1

edbd6076fbbace70ef9f89539f66b4f830666c54
SHA256

d7e187ac2194499f73663faa83b8dc283cd5ebc301539e384b96f0ab4000a7c2
SHA512

76d5c66f44319c7a26c8ec8cc8cf84ac90a35516fe8442764487f1ad267b58a562993739e27bac806f07b56dea74ce1c0ab6a59f3290c676c2efa9edf0ef852c
SSDEEP

24576:4k/ATRSr/OA7Ef1Lt8zPTH9VFTY16Qyz3MD/m71zyaLSSKbsHla:ZoTUr/j7Et6zPTH9LYMQyz8DOlLSSKbM

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
behavioral2/files/0x000700000002356f-8.dat	family_ardamax

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2170637797-568393320-3232933035-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	980403729267ddaf916b709bb6f72042_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3664	UCC.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3664	UCC.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\UCC Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\MDWDKD\\UCC.exe"	UCC.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\MDWDKD\UCC.001	980403729267ddaf916b709bb6f72042_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MDWDKD\UCC.002	980403729267ddaf916b709bb6f72042_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MDWDKD\AKV.exe	980403729267ddaf916b709bb6f72042_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MDWDKD\UCC.exe	980403729267ddaf916b709bb6f72042_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MDWDKD\	UCC.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MDWDKD\UCC.004	980403729267ddaf916b709bb6f72042_JaffaCakes118.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	980403729267ddaf916b709bb6f72042_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	UCC.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	3664	UCC.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3664	UCC.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
3664	UCC.exe
3664	UCC.exe
3664	UCC.exe
3664	UCC.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5032 wrote to memory of 3664	5032	980403729267ddaf916b709bb6f72042_JaffaCakes118.exe	92
PID 5032 wrote to memory of 3664	5032	980403729267ddaf916b709bb6f72042_JaffaCakes118.exe	92
PID 5032 wrote to memory of 3664	5032	980403729267ddaf916b709bb6f72042_JaffaCakes118.exe	92

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\980403729267ddaf916b709bb6f72042_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\980403729267ddaf916b709bb6f72042_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5032
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MDWDKD\UCC.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\MDWDKD\UCC.exe"
  2⤵
  - 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:3664

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=asset_store.mojom.AssetStoreService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=asset_store_service --field-trial-handle=4308,i,8548254608087149642,10333768245962368401,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4172 /prefetch:8
1⤵
PID:2524

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

2

T1012

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MDWDKD\AKV.exe

Filesize
466KB

MD5
4c5711d8a02899113661bdff195d80d5

SHA1
263592abea6d60887defb4b1bcb47dbb383edfb6

SHA256
661eee852ace18c0fe63548e3ca276866b40dd0dce722f67976b8c4bfdb92195

SHA512
4b16ee6c75a169ad02c6b30d08efcd969ba8840adf49f6eeec3abbe8b9f5f288e1b1cfb4431711a74510a6973663335e43d256ae0dcd1a68f55331152a4f64ae

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MDWDKD\UCC.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
7a5612cc859be918c5767487f8a6815a

SHA1
a855d3a3e6336ac0508a8099e8ace14680394c36

SHA256
643419bc7e3a46ecdd7196858b3489c806c5edc486b513ce58519a109544c9d1

SHA512
31c541870dbc695c34d132c4232accc2fe511f30188a4db33d5c41758cf5af00a4906b55b0a208b5848436313fd3d8ccf6be7f1af62ecedd3a5c4c301dc5e11d

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MDWDKD\UCC.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
b2bcd668abf17ee408d232cc636614b2

SHA1
c354f941121515536c4f0d9ae49ed1a9b28534b4

SHA256
563f5e99f0beb961ecf6a8284bf41fee3e85d6f63cdff1669438f5a2168bfd99

SHA512
ba1be164de5919ae45f4bedfebe7e7799626b457f07b42fc43b8912f2932955833617b45e147e2e4d406f57f57f50c1869aa611db18a569919395e42fa53a702

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MDWDKD\UCC.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
cb543585a9369948a17b1fffc15938f0

SHA1
048e0255be33a08aa65ed8606d3791de2f3b87f1

SHA256
355214ba691fde57e98cf3a6024b4678521b8f8e25b9951e2a9ec09d17b12831

SHA512
e821de3e2b80dd478114eb8b261b5e230bdcd16d574000193004c64b8a28c75ba9ad1312b0a98dc8b403204b20355229a707397cc87156da8c6247f863f95f40

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MDWDKD\UCC.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
a9ea3f61a57b36cde9953afd91f18d34

SHA1
e7e931b96b6e39b64a2a38d704bbe9561a234cbc

SHA256
accbdc6de9b6b671e6dc5bda9f1f983fbfcaa07467fbf6eabd25b9d5314d82ec

SHA512
0a6a42a772a3afd66233d9d3abb962b3a8cbf3d6e0e719352795b6441a148617dbe788991f0cead29d4b1540726504c9c56bebd9836ae6263b82a121fafd89fc

Download Submit
memory/3664-16-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000671000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/3664-18-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000671000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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