ardamax | 099f2218b8bfb328833051e0ac0030079fa9dc627c655f9e39f2de0b81df749f

General

Target

e083d0b45407aa0e406560cea0b34257_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

375KB
MD5

e083d0b45407aa0e406560cea0b34257
SHA1

12f455771fa47b801d0f15b22a706b52207a4c70
SHA256

099f2218b8bfb328833051e0ac0030079fa9dc627c655f9e39f2de0b81df749f
SHA512

2889201dce3930d0698368ab0012d7a4fe5f705a29e1266060a198a990192ae43d391ea1cd9d698f318e44bd333dfec61f9d217e6a16d1fd679a3737cd48e032
SSDEEP

6144:kBRt5X9Eb9dIvU2lF3Ief5XzarDxXDj9uk/0qaGC5fmXvKkTCVpn7UqqeoCmc2N5:kPtpAdIvHB7hXzafxXDjQUO1Nm/KF4aY

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger persistence 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
behavioral1/files/0x000800000001a075-33.dat	family_ardamax

Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosDate	e083d0b45407aa0e406560cea0b34257_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2464	Exporer32.exe
2924	XMQE.exe

Loads dropped DLL 7 IoCs

pid	Process
2308	e083d0b45407aa0e406560cea0b34257_JaffaCakes118.exe
2308	e083d0b45407aa0e406560cea0b34257_JaffaCakes118.exe
2464	Exporer32.exe
2464	Exporer32.exe
2464	Exporer32.exe
2924	XMQE.exe
2924	XMQE.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\XMQE Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\XMQE.exe"	XMQE.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

Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

Disk information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Disk\Enum	e083d0b45407aa0e406560cea0b34257_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	e083d0b45407aa0e406560cea0b34257_JaffaCakes118.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XMQE.001	Exporer32.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XMQE.006	Exporer32.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XMQE.007	Exporer32.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XMQE.exe	Exporer32.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	XMQE.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\PCGWIN32.LI4	e083d0b45407aa0e406560cea0b34257_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 3 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	Exporer32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	XMQE.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	e083d0b45407aa0e406560cea0b34257_JaffaCakes118.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	e083d0b45407aa0e406560cea0b34257_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\Identifier	e083d0b45407aa0e406560cea0b34257_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	e083d0b45407aa0e406560cea0b34257_JaffaCakes118.exe

Modifies registry class 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\{EB47B875-51D73266-39658D22-FBAB0658}	e083d0b45407aa0e406560cea0b34257_JaffaCakes118.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\{EB47B875-51D73266-39658D22-FBAB0658}\ = ff3be5f0af365a8da9fb008e599a5390965562dc3f948aafbe6575d3bc66f53d83f4ae0e84fbc049ed1c7b15cee085589fd39591506caf9993c6e58899fad8c856badc319504efc31a36e943b876cafd270b021e676bf2e13e207507409da928fb61b61cbc55f4533f66ca9da12b3b9eced4fade762b83a691c36f817ae0711eb81435a3b039b80ccf6545c07cf6c8b34501c07894cfdd052bec26b8a37319b6543261cfa445011c8829421cd7d79d5d68e87b403617f31201d1681761ad8c38d8319708ada4bbe1095f9cd594dc6caa99ffd73592409827513ddc3456bd2dcbc4863fb2ca8e871b5d96a85c5ae9eee785dda32899811037d542d379ae8c7a07896203216e0c25657080715ab46f731a0eae5bfbae4965bc404a2907a4b2d2f05745e29cfe94b56fc39af1d104e3e136f883b62932233f264abde037e342890923070e0225bfbcf5088cd95aafe9dabb5089eaa4995e97ab9d4114d7d162e7f992cf5065af8c05baa336be83b4a93e5fcbaaf9c08fe15a13d7a1dd5c942920b8e770ad7a1bf12ef35bc9aec39a4e287ba236b7cdbd1bf7aef23a38378e7265c7f0ddb76b4de684a2424939a4b410ccd559a3acdea4144123a456dde2abc77e7d8bc81e7e6b7559fc54089f2515bce0f4a27311c6e892faef89451fc3d5ba8fba24b604cad19c3cdfc21cf79cf073c6e40a94888cbf7c69ac78633d2405a54db00ce9e04427e5d7e925906e5803d949aa	e083d0b45407aa0e406560cea0b34257_JaffaCakes118.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\{EB47B875-51D73266-39658D22-FBAB0658}\ = 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	e083d0b45407aa0e406560cea0b34257_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\{E746B752-FCCF6D35-1B89DA67}	e083d0b45407aa0e406560cea0b34257_JaffaCakes118.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\{E746B752-FCCF6D35-1B89DA67}\ = "2389684321"	e083d0b45407aa0e406560cea0b34257_JaffaCakes118.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\{EB47B875-51D73266-39658D22-FBAB0658}\ = 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	e083d0b45407aa0e406560cea0b34257_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2924	XMQE.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2924	XMQE.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
2308	e083d0b45407aa0e406560cea0b34257_JaffaCakes118.exe
2924	XMQE.exe
2924	XMQE.exe
2924	XMQE.exe
2924	XMQE.exe
2924	XMQE.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 2464	2308	e083d0b45407aa0e406560cea0b34257_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 2464	2308	e083d0b45407aa0e406560cea0b34257_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 2464	2308	e083d0b45407aa0e406560cea0b34257_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 2464	2308	e083d0b45407aa0e406560cea0b34257_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2464 wrote to memory of 2924	2464	Exporer32.exe	31
PID 2464 wrote to memory of 2924	2464	Exporer32.exe	31
PID 2464 wrote to memory of 2924	2464	Exporer32.exe	31
PID 2464 wrote to memory of 2924	2464	Exporer32.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e083d0b45407aa0e406560cea0b34257_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e083d0b45407aa0e406560cea0b34257_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Loads dropped DLL
- Maps connected drives based on registry
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Checks processor information in registry
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2308
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Exporer32.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Exporer32.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2464
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\XMQE.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\28463\XMQE.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
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2924

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

Peripheral Device Discovery

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

4

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\PCGWIN32.LI4

Filesize
528B

MD5
7611ba65a0bde3ef929601c614fa18e6

SHA1
d8695f0ae5bd8d62dff386ed852e60fa39255165

SHA256
33892788f3be0188dc8d9bbef6e36dc3edfd3d0475226a343d083e541f6c5d9c

SHA512
1827db0f99d24480aeb77a1e00e7bcac2b0862e40d5f256923f00fc0d60a434fbdaab58350ff133f4773bee037a3698e574077dec4919ab2f4cc2694f8ae5f5a

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

Filesize
416B

MD5
6372c4732401ac075e0d8258a7a7f87a

SHA1
e1af727c3212e3f2d815b285e3938038e889dbb4

SHA256
55b7af36e6d06ccd06b2be2d0441361d1401eeb8139618d86ec9d3e9c6f7d09d

SHA512
9968bd683d08a35ef7bb12951b4ed5e3f8c7dc84ac7dc83dd4bad378889c8dc38d4213eb264c4188bff3611b99d5030d76de20934378679f8c3111916f9dfd61

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

Filesize
8KB

MD5
43f02e9974b1477c1e6388882f233db0

SHA1
f3e27b231193f8d5b2e1b09d05ae3a62795cf339

SHA256
3c9e56e51d5a7a1b9aefe853c12a98bf246039aa46db94227ea128f6331782ba

SHA512
e22d14735606fe75ee5e55204807c3f5531d3e0c4f63aa4a3b2d4bb6abda6128c7e2816753f2e64400ac6dae8f8ef1e013a7a464dff2a79ad9937c48821a067f

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

Filesize
5KB

MD5
b5a87d630436f958c6e1d82d15f98f96

SHA1
d3ff5e92198d4df0f98a918071aca53550bf1cff

SHA256
a895ad4d23e8b2c2dc552092f645ca309e62c36d4721ebfe7afd2eee7765d4b2

SHA512
fd7bae85a86bdaa12fec826d1d38728a90e2037cb3182ad7652d8a9f54c4b322734c587b62221e6f907fce24fcf2e0ae4cce1f5e3d8861661064b4da24bd87ce

Download Submit
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@AD21.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
c3679c3ff636d1a6b8c65323540da371

SHA1
d184758721a426467b687bec2a4acc80fe44c6f8

SHA256
d4eba51c616b439a8819218bddf9a6fa257d55c9f04cf81441cc99cc945ad3eb

SHA512
494a0a32eef4392ecb54df6e1da7d93183473c4e45f4ac4bd6ec3b0ed8c85c58303a0d36edec41420d05ff624195f08791b6b7e018419a3251b7e71ec9b730e7

Download Submit
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Exporer32.exe

Filesize
271KB

MD5
df66ed4d370256afa8b21dc427668f35

SHA1
bed981e7beb34b02eb4e19d73305d0b89d8c084c

SHA256
7ede9c3af535ea15967c9c224b107d00024dbcd1f4d513704124a57d53f7c48e

SHA512
ab396b31e89a7f42b24592ed7a61b3fdadad768598c98520623b63961665de10c41ea1d45badfde854ca719b9a9af481d7ca6c68d7aa9c342848a4ee6ac86ca7

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

Filesize
473KB

MD5
17535dddecf8cb1efdba1f1952126547

SHA1
a862a9a3eb6c201751be1038537522a5281ea6cb

SHA256
1a3d28ac6359e58aa656f4734f9f36b6c09badadcf9fb900b9b118d90c38a9dd

SHA512
b4f31b552ab3bb3dafa365aa7a31f58674ae7ee82ce1d23457f2e7047431430b00abb3b5498491725639daf583b526b278a737168cfdc4e9ec796dfbc14a53d8

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memory/2308-31-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000235000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

Download
memory/2308-30-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

Download
memory/2308-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

Download
memory/2308-9-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000235000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

Download
memory/2924-46-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2924-49-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-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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