ardamax | c0313f40f3ff4479a70cb938870d003b324c8380c15ee5cf411f6819ce5490f5

General

Target

f5cce24bd37026eb0b79c9cb078f4ff2_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

f5cce24bd37026eb0b79c9cb078f4ff2
SHA1

009f30f40288083513764820e51cbf70d6274b44
SHA256

c0313f40f3ff4479a70cb938870d003b324c8380c15ee5cf411f6819ce5490f5
SHA512

643dc046eaae71c3528bfc451521b4cd1cb2ae4ac49ebe1969f09e04586b028973c876b9a7815fdc0a0f0aca8afc961aad2e68e6b3ea093a7a5b1ba650107205
SSDEEP

24576:5k/ATcUIGnEICvAuIAUNF8A78CHzwwYyTPJwgVSwUcRqkUuANOvsRUBL:moTcUI42R/U18CTNbJwgITcRqBzOs

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
behavioral2/files/0x000a000000023b94-8.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-1-5-21-3350944739-639801879-157714471-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	f5cce24bd37026eb0b79c9cb078f4ff2_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4320	AHX.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4320	AHX.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\AHX Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\VTBFPV\\AHX.exe"	AHX.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\VTBFPV\AKV.exe	f5cce24bd37026eb0b79c9cb078f4ff2_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VTBFPV\AHX.exe	f5cce24bd37026eb0b79c9cb078f4ff2_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VTBFPV\	AHX.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VTBFPV\AHX.004	f5cce24bd37026eb0b79c9cb078f4ff2_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VTBFPV\AHX.001	f5cce24bd37026eb0b79c9cb078f4ff2_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VTBFPV\AHX.002	f5cce24bd37026eb0b79c9cb078f4ff2_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	f5cce24bd37026eb0b79c9cb078f4ff2_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	AHX.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	4320	AHX.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4320	AHX.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
4320	AHX.exe
4320	AHX.exe
4320	AHX.exe
4320	AHX.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2808 wrote to memory of 4320	2808	f5cce24bd37026eb0b79c9cb078f4ff2_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 2808 wrote to memory of 4320	2808	f5cce24bd37026eb0b79c9cb078f4ff2_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 2808 wrote to memory of 4320	2808	f5cce24bd37026eb0b79c9cb078f4ff2_JaffaCakes118.exe	83

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f5cce24bd37026eb0b79c9cb078f4ff2_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f5cce24bd37026eb0b79c9cb078f4ff2_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2808
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VTBFPV\AHX.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\VTBFPV\AHX.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:4320

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\VTBFPV\AHX.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
425ff37c76030ca0eb60321eedd4afdd

SHA1
7dde5e9ce5c4057d3db149f323fa43ed29d90e09

SHA256
70b00b09ae76a7ecfd6680ab22df546b17826755087c069fc87d14895e1a4e24

SHA512
ef5ff97c0d682b6155eff8f92dace1789cf01ca8bca55af1c1d0f2243b5e18bc12a657bb2bb12601b51ef9e1b942f02feb8462644da291fd1b2239c34ef2b59b

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VTBFPV\AHX.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
12fb4f589942682a478b7c7881dfcba2

SHA1
a3d490c6cda965708a1ff6a0dc4e88037e0d6336

SHA256
4de0c277800ae36b85a11ed9765f732a73578d4dce053ff7179f96ab776fb60d

SHA512
dd1c6a4ea5bc9698701ec941c4e90fe8dfb0993dc321edc052d1a80cc49bc46be665a85ec678876e698de60cda5dbf1d6279742a16d648f9d18e642a3ea33ddd

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VTBFPV\AHX.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
1a372535bf12d58d4417f1a3c01ed6ee

SHA1
8ca958908f8fda595a1414f93b14cef99d3a7eac

SHA256
88680262280104a452b6194a08250b71d32a1b3f3948fb274d1ccd8cb7308283

SHA512
2761715439241422fdf5af4eae30c2105cb4cf45f5142e1afe1c7586c15f8b5994fa13ee8295e52a897eae7d93fd860d36034e559fb057c62d27a17e52b6b3ec

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VTBFPV\AHX.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
f8530f0dfe90c7c1e20239b0a7643041

SHA1
3e0208ab84b8444a69c8d62ad0b81c4186395802

SHA256
734439c4049ae1a832b4cc5c8d227112106406945d1a7cbb355e11a3f5e356c4

SHA512
5cb01517938789e006e00d69729ae7d73ad480f1ae17a80059bf81ee5d9cebb1263a35732c84f03d742684a650b116b13e6731ca80b0b9cdb3908e5588649399

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VTBFPV\AKV.exe

Filesize
463KB

MD5
eb916da4abe4ff314662089013c8f832

SHA1
1e7e611cc6922a2851bcf135806ab51cdb499efa

SHA256
96af80e7ba0f3997d59ebcb5ecef619f980d71ca29113e2cd2f2e8adcdea3061

SHA512
d0dbe1d1612982b9cd2a3ed3cbd3e3b5be49237f580f91d5e5d5b6d20ed4dc0babb69a666c19bf4e0f10776a43b9b1dcda91a4cd381ce3705b1795ef9d731c8b

Download Submit
memory/4320-16-0x0000000000880000-0x0000000000881000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/4320-18-0x0000000000880000-0x0000000000881000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/4320-19-0x00000000741D0000-0x0000000074209000-memory.dmp

Filesize
228KB

Download
memory/4320-20-0x00000000741D0000-0x0000000074209000-memory.dmp

Filesize
228KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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