ardamax | cae67ca7d7c72ece8aabda614c41ec65d438d1493c4be5af59ed9809f24bcbf4

General

Target

ab2098fa7f377c56f2db78b767e563e7_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

ab2098fa7f377c56f2db78b767e563e7
SHA1

5891e326f5a46780f18a1ea741986ead85019fee
SHA256

cae67ca7d7c72ece8aabda614c41ec65d438d1493c4be5af59ed9809f24bcbf4
SHA512

f1b5da46fb678044f03e40cceab63297294aa8d02d9f4262b7c240cc247088f7098b3442a1f30c436b75053ed3f8bdda5b28da89a4c8d9783bddf0df883dad0f
SSDEEP

24576:tH0KuT4FNolMKUvPavTiHVgHSHDnfMBPI18O4UOckJsz/9lkxi0:tH0RTvgiL3W0BMPh/

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/0x00070000000234be-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-1-5-21-1194130065-3471212556-1656947724-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	ab2098fa7f377c56f2db78b767e563e7_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1408	LNR.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1408	LNR.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\LNR Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\UWFPFV\\LNR.exe"	LNR.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\UWFPFV\LNR.001	ab2098fa7f377c56f2db78b767e563e7_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UWFPFV\LNR.002	ab2098fa7f377c56f2db78b767e563e7_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UWFPFV\AKV.exe	ab2098fa7f377c56f2db78b767e563e7_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UWFPFV\LNR.exe	ab2098fa7f377c56f2db78b767e563e7_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UWFPFV\	LNR.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UWFPFV\LNR.004	ab2098fa7f377c56f2db78b767e563e7_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	ab2098fa7f377c56f2db78b767e563e7_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	LNR.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	1408	LNR.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1408	LNR.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
1408	LNR.exe
1408	LNR.exe
1408	LNR.exe
1408	LNR.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 208 wrote to memory of 1408	208	ab2098fa7f377c56f2db78b767e563e7_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 208 wrote to memory of 1408	208	ab2098fa7f377c56f2db78b767e563e7_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 208 wrote to memory of 1408	208	ab2098fa7f377c56f2db78b767e563e7_JaffaCakes118.exe	85

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ab2098fa7f377c56f2db78b767e563e7_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ab2098fa7f377c56f2db78b767e563e7_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:208
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UWFPFV\LNR.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\UWFPFV\LNR.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:1408

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\UWFPFV\AKV.exe

Filesize
459KB

MD5
3a96acb4dc45307f05fc177cf07742aa

SHA1
f8d198305383ac8c1ef2c359a898d1d4f431576b

SHA256
14a550138c38cb91d2b9967dfd607bc4a46c6fa6d267a6f5e1c0131162d1527d

SHA512
3cba04fc5e3b85c4a7a33bda3ef96091e9763b1db6a76c2ad50a809ebc2232752c331807074b6ab1490182f97d052d24b6e550a74991f65c0b4cea557db87a0f

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UWFPFV\LNR.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
661dbca8402ba82c0700f0adfa8a3ce5

SHA1
f90fb758a2b76335be66497cd173fb0ef059516f

SHA256
d8924592792dbc41ada0741375bf5960417676491a2696c9c1bffc5eea9c9d22

SHA512
774c35ec0938e1658f30c523babf5c393a1d4d3733f4b974ae734824b3afd690621c5a8be4541bd769c7181bd1468f86fe31a30a60445cc4897033f60459a4ca

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UWFPFV\LNR.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
76a1d9ae4d761069b795d6e891855aa5

SHA1
1540e9abb812497007aee9885d1ea35e810defff

SHA256
02a1f41970ded0a4fb834db6ced2f54b432a29048831de7793bc0aa459970567

SHA512
4dc3af04fa7494ea67ef4f44bdb3c681d01ef8cd2ad37c98e5a1b41d7ef10efff1bf55c167f7faac9b0298773a5864d06fb860fee5724463f8eef2c1a978bbfa

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UWFPFV\LNR.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
406441cc4e28205321cf4d2a4969c457

SHA1
53aea6c95e981b8d6a598aaa98b4d298a1589956

SHA256
712b6c856c92a5cfaeb7779964229708d76bba87fd4663eb89e4325814d9a0f6

SHA512
64767bc9836e53697aad4afaae3431ecde83ac77fab8f98fb4d218770eb38d746d3320cc3adc2086acc46f31dd630ee9c5a7a7d4785953d523c8e4eaa0620ef9

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UWFPFV\LNR.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
9be3091aa81569ce6ae396c39a4bdd9e

SHA1
805d6fa574027836c13bdd1fae956fd55c0002e9

SHA256
74d1f43449380ab7960d9655d897d413010a2171e201ea7c8039a3c9a671fd46

SHA512
e1627ecb79a5e4a5fafa1f31fe4c22c5f899eb4f0ea2887da9090b42d3ecba1a0540829b42064aad2779346dad493e25ad428703b932448c1d5973d46b6ba4e0

Download Submit
memory/1408-16-0x0000000000730000-0x0000000000731000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/1408-18-0x0000000000730000-0x0000000000731000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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