ardamax | 90c54934fc5887d22ac8fc84b3873acf00957a700ad83341af90536b31056975

General

Target

9f5923d425dac2dd7d0b17eea269b98c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

2.1MB
MD5

9f5923d425dac2dd7d0b17eea269b98c
SHA1

130a13a2f109b4888db93130cee2746c1cb10bd3
SHA256

90c54934fc5887d22ac8fc84b3873acf00957a700ad83341af90536b31056975
SHA512

91940d065d577d2aebb3a2fc7c2899f6741345353954616ea7d90bf08dbd7b017567655ba2a4f3f694e2578836ad3fd5a8e998bf9b3bab9747bda49ae9ac27f7
SSDEEP

49152:50pTFz4RZI0s+VGDtLQhx455NcBl9qebx0eufRVRyg:5Gz4RZjPViLQC3N85x0ZZPyg

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/0x0007000000023494-8.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-1-5-21-2718105630-359604950-2820636825-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	9f5923d425dac2dd7d0b17eea269b98c_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4668	LHV.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4668	LHV.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\LHV Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\BGKTVN\\LHV.exe"	LHV.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\BGKTVN\LHV.002	9f5923d425dac2dd7d0b17eea269b98c_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\BGKTVN\AKV.exe	9f5923d425dac2dd7d0b17eea269b98c_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\BGKTVN\LHV.exe	9f5923d425dac2dd7d0b17eea269b98c_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\BGKTVN\	LHV.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\BGKTVN\LHV.004	9f5923d425dac2dd7d0b17eea269b98c_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\BGKTVN\LHV.001	9f5923d425dac2dd7d0b17eea269b98c_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	9f5923d425dac2dd7d0b17eea269b98c_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	LHV.exe

Modifies registry class 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2718105630-359604950-2820636825-1000_Classes\Local Settings	9f5923d425dac2dd7d0b17eea269b98c_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4668	LHV.exe
4668	LHV.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	4668	LHV.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4668	LHV.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
4668	LHV.exe
4668	LHV.exe
4668	LHV.exe
4668	LHV.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 4668	2512	9f5923d425dac2dd7d0b17eea269b98c_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 4668	2512	9f5923d425dac2dd7d0b17eea269b98c_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 4668	2512	9f5923d425dac2dd7d0b17eea269b98c_JaffaCakes118.exe	85

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9f5923d425dac2dd7d0b17eea269b98c_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9f5923d425dac2dd7d0b17eea269b98c_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:2512
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\BGKTVN\LHV.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\BGKTVN\LHV.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 behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:4668

C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
1⤵
PID:3276

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\BGKTVN\AKV.exe

Filesize
484KB

MD5
4f60429f20ac507bb61cb45998a73847

SHA1
c094a508b75c7c9a83cb04cd1fa9a547ab87fded

SHA256
65478b0bded54534eb7e1241a8da267c57b55c3da90adce2880c04b861c6ddc9

SHA512
e5f879e4e21051d91f7bf88e77dbbf1c288d595988d55a13ef703e242094e8a762c3262200cf478d55ac91d12cefcdd176646cffaf88439313d8e44b12c5fa91

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\BGKTVN\LHV.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
0d52ec4abb6e5055a153d97eab5bc2da

SHA1
f01f83ac6741d9d53aa43501d456c5b003746fe9

SHA256
845e34cf0373b2e959d3d27cfe09d858283dd6a4b335014c3b82e4af1161b321

SHA512
5876e5a0401d9520678e733fc89147d6a6d7ef5bf6f8dbbb59276c79f8cf57301a49b3c20861a5696ee36337d6b151c32c3be2abcdb2990301bf0c616ff0be19

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\BGKTVN\LHV.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
fab6c7c9f60f3a391f22754e221ba23f

SHA1
b885a44fa6a8d6c0f08069f202527de1e93d460e

SHA256
11c28e015fb748bf664203c92288252a90aa7119079094d5fed17bc6ebfc803b

SHA512
86c368b8d542ec4dde120effcdac80a03118b8296188f3e09dde81883903b6a51a1bb6b981d394e05ff21bdc1cdcda125a427bfdb76aa209e706a58666e342bb

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\BGKTVN\LHV.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
4c24146644b7cfef39155e6136b2a625

SHA1
33d0faec8d30803f415af12d9c4929ea873da672

SHA256
1b4430bab2fdb45125b82357655a3b21cd33743efb304a5632f7e77232d8c0b8

SHA512
b9cd75fc2f810bb826422177ca610655498bf384169c94093cc4b826882f9f7042ed7c045adcdf0cd32f16654b3679505036e857cafe2935d4f3ecfe0fb2b8c9

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\BGKTVN\LHV.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
cfeee152a39c265c34b5163548f8c59b

SHA1
5807f521bf8c48e8fb0abb657b6df7d21a533dc4

SHA256
0f86eb289dc6b99c7560607e4e8e84b134515cee05becae947056026bfd21844

SHA512
b50eafbade678e6a29dcae61e6eb251bcbc26d25427adf313aa7eb654de710d48236f1749e59cd0b19e28967b26a37bde364e584853b9b7f007d89c999d08ecd

Download Submit
memory/4668-18-0x00000000006E0000-0x00000000006E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4668-20-0x00000000006E0000-0x00000000006E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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