ardamax | 1dd412645d2ead7d7fb9381d935e01026814ecd3e8c26824382b0fc471d34e68

General

Target

d0f84600b606d34970d071f962d5b991_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

268KB
MD5

d0f84600b606d34970d071f962d5b991
SHA1

c30092a62bdd4b8bcff5ece8a24c8bd61a3290fb
SHA256

1dd412645d2ead7d7fb9381d935e01026814ecd3e8c26824382b0fc471d34e68
SHA512

7ebf7fe53fb04d49a669fa146c07f45c225e08553b85272308356afb4f2bfa09a61d13037dd98d3c20494461a054cad419657cfb7dff73d09e9fa5f5d09f45db
SSDEEP

6144:S7mpyGlm1hiXzWkvz8VfDuz2f2CeV3E1lTBMuYHJMxvpcJml4wSZs8O+qdT8od:S7Um18D7vYNDFaValT7Miqo8Z3Cmod

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax
Ardamax family
ardamax

Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x0007000000023cb8-12.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-1-5-21-2437139445-1151884604-3026847218-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	d0f84600b606d34970d071f962d5b991_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1884	AOVQ.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2004	d0f84600b606d34970d071f962d5b991_JaffaCakes118.exe
1884	AOVQ.exe
1884	AOVQ.exe
1884	AOVQ.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\Sys\AOVQ.001	d0f84600b606d34970d071f962d5b991_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\AOVQ.006	d0f84600b606d34970d071f962d5b991_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\AOVQ.007	d0f84600b606d34970d071f962d5b991_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\AOVQ.exe	d0f84600b606d34970d071f962d5b991_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys	AOVQ.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	d0f84600b606d34970d071f962d5b991_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	AOVQ.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	1884	AOVQ.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1884	AOVQ.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
1884	AOVQ.exe
1884	AOVQ.exe
1884	AOVQ.exe
1884	AOVQ.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 1884	2004	d0f84600b606d34970d071f962d5b991_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 1884	2004	d0f84600b606d34970d071f962d5b991_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 1884	2004	d0f84600b606d34970d071f962d5b991_JaffaCakes118.exe	83

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d0f84600b606d34970d071f962d5b991_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d0f84600b606d34970d071f962d5b991_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2004
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\AOVQ.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\Sys\AOVQ.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:1884

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@AE32.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
b429300c8148810d2e6a8d40009fc124

SHA1
93ec9660cc0d68cadc6c7f44b35ea0a0ef684ae8

SHA256
98445d51b61014815fc43e44933e5dc126c4fe763545141e78ee1358e487b4b7

SHA512
47a1cfdba6c1e04a322116538a62b22d61cf6b31966e53cfe4e54eb75a58530a7636e3deffcfb7e96ff2bdae2b99c7bcb312685d1ceac2f79c118f6347bf2407

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\AOVQ.001

Filesize
3KB

MD5
9f9270c1c238695ba9f13b055549351e

SHA1
16760520f901272ed36d49674ee068f2bb9a2594

SHA256
994d9f3d26004a2aec84726738823173ec73b0b95772d6e9fd3008bd0ad1fef0

SHA512
a54e056552704db49ba9ca4a05ce48c9ce7c87f2b1a27ec364a5b5bba12a500190eed6c87a55622252a319d837b812a2b247afe4fcc55ca297f0f8502dad368d

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\AOVQ.006

Filesize
5KB

MD5
3a2ef41ad6d9415229e0b76ec6df1baf

SHA1
e72f2c0d664a4d2323872bd1f586ec60bb0a6342

SHA256
b7e321cf9dacead275e600c2b531e96a62c671e0a2d641e141acbefb509adf2b

SHA512
b8d5f62e7da21d4114f8764afb16bc409921935d3440f8e712740a50dd7a01f850cfda31f0a4b41e4f514d6bb64e407a83e8e034e5be65cddde27817c728caeb

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\AOVQ.007

Filesize
4KB

MD5
cb576a1e67ddeb42dc0e23a541cefdb8

SHA1
9684e67a013de4f0f5066856f553674db0f2749c

SHA256
8a9a4e62b646f072f6c1b5415b8461af96db307f59c4d32c9e4f455477ffc221

SHA512
e173475fbf9541daa6790133ceef4b8af414491c0a198e356ba1b1c2fcbdcf7044e8b8ae22d72f39b2b7b888e254fd742b9b09ae3c4e63fa64b5171508247942

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\AOVQ.exe

Filesize
468KB

MD5
4b64ea8b01e25e1af067d11698778ce4

SHA1
20c4d03590cc3ef10e0b3ddbfcdf6fbb41149847

SHA256
08b9f18c1098036ae8830caae054c451c66478490dcd4c653a01abaa937ee7c5

SHA512
5bea198540fa4dd9234017ec3e7a0cf79da4d3bc53cb715a3a6335567c08ff0871b886d6f4dd80e9f4e9df4cac8be392fc7d0e3456c14624583c6cf337ce65d0

Download Submit
memory/1884-21-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000005B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/1884-25-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000005B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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