ardamax | ea90d7eb7c94bcc2ded7b76a451fa70df84e678ec7a44e00b4153a3a1ff842c6

General

Target

e197565fc2a70fac1551429794107952_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

938KB
MD5

e197565fc2a70fac1551429794107952
SHA1

85c928cc0c75a7d7441ae2526d61a7137cacdb19
SHA256

ea90d7eb7c94bcc2ded7b76a451fa70df84e678ec7a44e00b4153a3a1ff842c6
SHA512

a0ad8c0e98c6bb77a7e95aa9cc2287a70d06dc8ac332f91e145e88904a6d9710dab1a27fd36494afd0916d16373f37757ba479467effac8a70b5a862c5120b3a
SSDEEP

24576:VAaUTamPhbHqQbdwzcpJo4+7zy2pzOZQCsDUn:VArTbPhDRbHpJo4+1MdOW

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
behavioral1/files/0x000500000001866b-5.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2388	GXB.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2252	e197565fc2a70fac1551429794107952_JaffaCakes118.exe
2388	GXB.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\GXB Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\VCXNIM\\GXB.exe"	GXB.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 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VCXNIM\GXB.004	e197565fc2a70fac1551429794107952_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VCXNIM\GXB.001	e197565fc2a70fac1551429794107952_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VCXNIM\GXB.002	e197565fc2a70fac1551429794107952_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VCXNIM\GXB.exe	e197565fc2a70fac1551429794107952_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VCXNIM\	GXB.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	e197565fc2a70fac1551429794107952_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	GXB.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2388	GXB.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2388	GXB.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2388	GXB.exe
2388	GXB.exe
2388	GXB.exe
2388	GXB.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2252 wrote to memory of 2388	2252	e197565fc2a70fac1551429794107952_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 2252 wrote to memory of 2388	2252	e197565fc2a70fac1551429794107952_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 2252 wrote to memory of 2388	2252	e197565fc2a70fac1551429794107952_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 2252 wrote to memory of 2388	2252	e197565fc2a70fac1551429794107952_JaffaCakes118.exe	29

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e197565fc2a70fac1551429794107952_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e197565fc2a70fac1551429794107952_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2252
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VCXNIM\GXB.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\VCXNIM\GXB.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:2388

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

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

1

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\VCXNIM\GXB.001

Filesize
60KB

MD5
62552c56e9c05aa1112bcf92efa946a2

SHA1
b5e08769e234723787587e1b3e781ee62e19b579

SHA256
5157138cdbf25cdcf3f085412c8be127199c253e425205a57386434a22ead3c6

SHA512
18a399b95baf162b0e34f7fa9b41a0d760958b5adf9d92a4b388794a70efd9a497255ef2cf3c25e794596898e4c7fea47088792d641fad0e65dceb1d6dab974f

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VCXNIM\GXB.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
3a7c6b1d26ec2d9d7791acb049d59be9

SHA1
4b53f01e2ba102a26f17ff4e537ee6a83562618c

SHA256
784a603f8ee0550d5d694d8c384d6b70b6b4997c0840259f3483f295778627ea

SHA512
f42b42a66822e9e5975252fb7e65634a646e0397aef4e535b7e9d5d7cef9a8dcd651ebced08afd4b26cce58e4f810c18f6fc0c19530c7d0dcb2f57d07cec6ce6

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VCXNIM\GXB.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
d83e340256ae9122b4d6934175f92e0a

SHA1
df3710db910114bb4aab23ad75b7459652438d32

SHA256
1afc77ae3bb5056cd2d8eb4e70a50597402ce94a8c3e964f9af0f208e84c4b7c

SHA512
bd1570b93fdfe89e0191cbc997cad2a2d6c7671b6f9c23aa979927d8ec5ba11c3498b320b3db691e71e4fead3f6b101e0e7aff066c03401f65cea05bbf5f6928

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\VCXNIM\GXB.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
c6245ca8664ba4c0884e9c5dfb5a5ba9

SHA1
b10ec86db035936f2a610acd3594c2cfe414d44e

SHA256
be34a2223a8294779aa9dbf8fcbf1434c246756711ee259cfd99378d4f5c1049

SHA512
177b2935e6918fdd14ec8e59201e269955de6d65d18f36640356bc8942aae54ffaeffa222358edefcbf1e1a1f47798f50c0fb4217919c3b817bfd82bd0d98c14

Download Submit
memory/2388-13-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2388-15-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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