ardamax | 9bacf2080d71c340c34b0865b33795925da1d52f96786160cd56e64e5503ab6c

Analysis

max time kernel
141s
max time network
126s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
09-10-2024 04:22

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General

Target

2abbe2435b80358655c93cb5a388b790_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

652KB
MD5

2abbe2435b80358655c93cb5a388b790
SHA1

5002eca05b476d2e38f75a6ae19e88e4cc11c7d8
SHA256

9bacf2080d71c340c34b0865b33795925da1d52f96786160cd56e64e5503ab6c
SHA512

f7aadb2aa71eaf7a63501131a54db264ab8f7d87cfd98a6e04ecd21a26cb7189f134b297a9b02da27f8cff9fa205c1d7d774f6317f7df7cb8947404c31340d4e
SSDEEP

12288:cyKlsEr9jVYSBPcZFwcomlgz4cJdiXG5akRXYcFTI5vjCXK4COYO93W:cfjVYSheomqz/5PRIcFTyvtfO8

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/0x0006000000017472-31.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2288	Install.exe
2788	HSSA.exe

Loads dropped DLL 9 IoCs

pid	Process
2288	Install.exe
2288	Install.exe
2288	Install.exe
2288	Install.exe
2288	Install.exe
2788	HSSA.exe
2788	HSSA.exe
2788	HSSA.exe
2788	HSSA.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\HSSA Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\HSSA.exe"	HSSA.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\28463\HSSA.001	Install.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HSSA.006	Install.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HSSA.007	Install.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HSSA.exe	Install.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\key.bin	Install.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	HSSA.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	Install.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	HSSA.exe

Modifies registry class 36 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{175B4AD7-8989-4BD3-FB9B-87BB41734CB7}\TypeLib\	HSSA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{175B4AD7-8989-4BD3-FB9B-87BB41734CB7}\VersionIndependentProgID	HSSA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8FE1FCAC-3A08-C639-AF3D-9D9DCC8381D3}\1.0	HSSA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8FE1FCAC-3A08-C639-AF3D-9D9DCC8381D3}\1.0\HELPDIR\	HSSA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{175B4AD7-8989-4BD3-FB9B-87BB41734CB7}\Version\	HSSA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{175B4AD7-8989-4BD3-FB9B-87BB41734CB7}\VersionIndependentProgID\	HSSA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{175B4AD7-8989-4BD3-FB9B-87BB41734CB7}\VersionIndependentProgID\ = "PLA.LegacyDataCollectorSetCollection"	HSSA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8FE1FCAC-3A08-C639-AF3D-9D9DCC8381D3}\1.0\0	HSSA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{175B4AD7-8989-4BD3-FB9B-87BB41734CB7}\TypeLib	HSSA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{175B4AD7-8989-4BD3-FB9B-87BB41734CB7}\ProgID\	HSSA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8FE1FCAC-3A08-C639-AF3D-9D9DCC8381D3}\1.0\0\win32\	HSSA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8FE1FCAC-3A08-C639-AF3D-9D9DCC8381D3}\1.0\HELPDIR\ = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\"	HSSA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{175B4AD7-8989-4BD3-FB9B-87BB41734CB7}\TypeLib\ = "{8FE1FCAC-3A08-C639-AF3D-9D9DCC8381D3}"	HSSA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{175B4AD7-8989-4BD3-FB9B-87BB41734CB7}\InprocServer32\	HSSA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{175B4AD7-8989-4BD3-FB9B-87BB41734CB7}\LocalServer32	HSSA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{175B4AD7-8989-4BD3-FB9B-87BB41734CB7}\ProgID	HSSA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8FE1FCAC-3A08-C639-AF3D-9D9DCC8381D3}\	HSSA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8FE1FCAC-3A08-C639-AF3D-9D9DCC8381D3}\1.0\ = "GrooveMiscServicesAlpha"	HSSA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8FE1FCAC-3A08-C639-AF3D-9D9DCC8381D3}\1.0\FLAGS\	HSSA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8FE1FCAC-3A08-C639-AF3D-9D9DCC8381D3}\1.0\FLAGS\ = "4"	HSSA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{175B4AD7-8989-4BD3-FB9B-87BB41734CB7}\InprocServer32	HSSA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{175B4AD7-8989-4BD3-FB9B-87BB41734CB7}\InprocServer32\ = "%SystemRoot%\\SysWow64\\pla.dll"	HSSA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{175B4AD7-8989-4BD3-FB9B-87BB41734CB7}\Version\ = "1.0"	HSSA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{175B4AD7-8989-4BD3-FB9B-87BB41734CB7}\ = "Acaxa Ozizapo Venizfaw class"	HSSA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8FE1FCAC-3A08-C639-AF3D-9D9DCC8381D3}\1.0\0\	HSSA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8FE1FCAC-3A08-C639-AF3D-9D9DCC8381D3}\1.0\	HSSA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8FE1FCAC-3A08-C639-AF3D-9D9DCC8381D3}\1.0\0\win32	HSSA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8FE1FCAC-3A08-C639-AF3D-9D9DCC8381D3}\1.0\HELPDIR	HSSA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{175B4AD7-8989-4BD3-FB9B-87BB41734CB7}\Version	HSSA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{175B4AD7-8989-4BD3-FB9B-87BB41734CB7}	HSSA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{175B4AD7-8989-4BD3-FB9B-87BB41734CB7}\LocalServer32\ = "%SystemRoot%\\SysWow64\\plasrv.exe"	HSSA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8FE1FCAC-3A08-C639-AF3D-9D9DCC8381D3}	HSSA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8FE1FCAC-3A08-C639-AF3D-9D9DCC8381D3}\1.0\0\win32\ = "C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\GROOVE.EXE\\55"	HSSA.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{8FE1FCAC-3A08-C639-AF3D-9D9DCC8381D3}\1.0\FLAGS	HSSA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{175B4AD7-8989-4BD3-FB9B-87BB41734CB7}\LocalServer32\	HSSA.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{175B4AD7-8989-4BD3-FB9B-87BB41734CB7}\ProgID\ = "PLA.LegacyDataCollectorSetCollection.1"	HSSA.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2788	HSSA.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2788	HSSA.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2788	HSSA.exe
2788	HSSA.exe
2788	HSSA.exe
2788	HSSA.exe
2788	HSSA.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2916 wrote to memory of 2288	2916	2abbe2435b80358655c93cb5a388b790_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2916 wrote to memory of 2288	2916	2abbe2435b80358655c93cb5a388b790_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2916 wrote to memory of 2288	2916	2abbe2435b80358655c93cb5a388b790_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2916 wrote to memory of 2288	2916	2abbe2435b80358655c93cb5a388b790_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2916 wrote to memory of 2288	2916	2abbe2435b80358655c93cb5a388b790_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2916 wrote to memory of 2288	2916	2abbe2435b80358655c93cb5a388b790_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2916 wrote to memory of 2288	2916	2abbe2435b80358655c93cb5a388b790_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2916 wrote to memory of 540	2916	2abbe2435b80358655c93cb5a388b790_JaffaCakes118.exe	32
PID 2916 wrote to memory of 540	2916	2abbe2435b80358655c93cb5a388b790_JaffaCakes118.exe	32
PID 2916 wrote to memory of 540	2916	2abbe2435b80358655c93cb5a388b790_JaffaCakes118.exe	32
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2788	2288	Install.exe	33
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2788	2288	Install.exe	33
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2788	2288	Install.exe	33
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2788	2288	Install.exe	33
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2788	2288	Install.exe	33
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2788	2288	Install.exe	33
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2788	2288	Install.exe	33

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2abbe2435b80358655c93cb5a388b790_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2abbe2435b80358655c93cb5a388b790_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2916
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Install.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Install.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2288
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HSSA.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\28463\HSSA.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
    - Modifies registry class
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2788
- C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\dw20.exe
  dw20.exe -x -s 820
  2⤵
  PID:540

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Install.exe

Filesize
566KB

MD5
b997c994107d7baf8a7d8fbb3f1ef7dd

SHA1
45142ece4bd25e6ac168b887e93a1db24806e38c

SHA256
f4668858f4903a233df2cb99b2a0361ffb8af050c5f123f7416e2fb385c7fdfe

SHA512
34f3a36a1a8cc6b4753847f1cd27dcc400ace0a5c886c3f8bf172c21fc09e6972a143b6132eb85ce1a15cbbe4e049657c7386a70d6e9c3a3a532558dafdfaf57

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HSSA.001

Filesize
392B

MD5
49b382a62195b68b25479db35af024ef

SHA1
0bec0529ae83d1588937d63ec26e36353eb89955

SHA256
935a6a6d394347e7dfba4a19547fe94398a502af964ef741510f5dbedb01b625

SHA512
70952ad186f4624569fc6d5e4e779ab085602e43463bef4b98128f9e651e7deb41888b1daa4de0d86e24880d4bd01512996d682ee471eb0efd387bdf4482225a

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HSSA.006

Filesize
8KB

MD5
31854a50b294dd312eb7fa9eb1c99537

SHA1
e0b1682a001e15d0e0e1c1ca732cafb5c80b3160

SHA256
2fe2d55aae2deef38a37c9679d74ecf05699d6919760794f69583b43b7fe308c

SHA512
0482a4981ba242d4e931bd8b9eb5d606492cffb7609fb69fb349ed19c7a9e36a7e240e5ebe759505d253c5e72fb771612a76419c36fb035987a166569a5111c2

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HSSA.007

Filesize
5KB

MD5
603451f504bedb28c3a7bae4c89abf24

SHA1
cbfe12186b54663f60663c349739c7a49950c44e

SHA256
e4d6577ea390274308877284b6d0cd6672aeb0e76c9c9847ac59c0964f050d13

SHA512
136e28e288b3ce26b37c82b078a3440e3232c0f874d7d33e8e6fb6eadfd0024b9009448500c716523b81f142fa3bebf7d11f1dd3e8e6143867b06335eb5f9612

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\key.bin

Filesize
105B

MD5
27c90d4d9b049f4cd00f32ed1d2e5baf

SHA1
338a3ea8f1e929d8916ece9b6e91e697eb562550

SHA256
172d6f21165fb3ca925e5b000451fd8946920206f7438018c28b158b90cf5ffb

SHA512
d73dadb3cf74c647ce5bad5b87d3fb42a212defcba8afb8cf962020b61a0369c0a2b1005797583daf1f1ae88b29b7288bc544a53d643f3519cf604aa0ffd6dae

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@BE02.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
f1cf9fcbddeadabb738de497ffefdced

SHA1
7385a7c87e245da89cc5ef8f9295678c1566f25d

SHA256
086083bc73b14286f9c3c29df8b8dc6f014d8b084267fbaeee0af56344d1f779

SHA512
3a3b9d279b4c131ef3f358e0163f60ec9e60160a2cc45488adb915fea6642f3df5d35da2ccb6983d790401d237fbc808829f42c42ef958e7a0eac98fc33bb3f6

Download Submit
\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\HSSA.exe

Filesize
648KB

MD5
ce568bcaf7285124f764aff92f5079d4

SHA1
886f698e2239cf615f12b503853a5fa28c53aefc

SHA256
59d7d6de8a9e2d5535703d22c36888889530fd011d7f71cf034e93e36e7527af

SHA512
9f6e3496930cb5dd9c9403acc865bc94f63f64af49a27ffeedbc9d9082d50bff4a7a772bb98d4a2719f0ecae144393de9cc273ba83ae00abe347b0be0d7c9866

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memory/2788-43-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/2788-34-0x0000000000950000-0x0000000000A2F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/2788-33-0x0000000000950000-0x0000000000A2F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/2788-32-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/2788-45-0x0000000000950000-0x0000000000A2F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/2788-49-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/2916-0-0x000007FEF5FDE000-0x000007FEF5FDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2916-3-0x0000000000760000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2916-2-0x000007FEF5D20000-0x000007FEF66BD000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

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memory/2916-41-0x000007FEF5D20000-0x000007FEF66BD000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

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memory/2916-42-0x000007FEF5FDE000-0x000007FEF5FDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2916-46-0x000007FEF5D20000-0x000007FEF66BD000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

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Analysis

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Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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