ardamax | d74bdae572e151339afca984788e7dfc76b01ac735e499ffbe644e1d97ed4246

General

Target

fd620204c0ea7b28069a367a4c317333_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

fd620204c0ea7b28069a367a4c317333
SHA1

813e011ba831991f8b12ed30d407738d70fb7119
SHA256

d74bdae572e151339afca984788e7dfc76b01ac735e499ffbe644e1d97ed4246
SHA512

48ba9094fa0c6ab6da6c4a777bd43d459c7a316214769b09efded4513ccb3c4b70b3873ba1b5229466f8e20b5b02ab197dd43b56620f5bbbff576738ca4b3d50
SSDEEP

24576:TU4oTWa1SIi2ac8tNatGKdDd3ecib5nC9Z4KXE7Xf5/k3ggu:TULTWAvi2WELf3obM9ZETfREn

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/0x0007000000016d71-6.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2448	UFL.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1976	fd620204c0ea7b28069a367a4c317333_JaffaCakes118.exe
2448	UFL.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\UFL Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\JVGRUO\\UFL.exe"	UFL.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 opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JVGRUO\	UFL.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JVGRUO\UFL.004	fd620204c0ea7b28069a367a4c317333_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JVGRUO\UFL.001	fd620204c0ea7b28069a367a4c317333_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JVGRUO\UFL.002	fd620204c0ea7b28069a367a4c317333_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JVGRUO\AKV.exe	fd620204c0ea7b28069a367a4c317333_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JVGRUO\UFL.exe	fd620204c0ea7b28069a367a4c317333_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	fd620204c0ea7b28069a367a4c317333_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	UFL.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2448	UFL.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2448	UFL.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2448	UFL.exe
2448	UFL.exe
2448	UFL.exe
2448	UFL.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 2448	1976	fd620204c0ea7b28069a367a4c317333_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 2448	1976	fd620204c0ea7b28069a367a4c317333_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 2448	1976	fd620204c0ea7b28069a367a4c317333_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 2448	1976	fd620204c0ea7b28069a367a4c317333_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fd620204c0ea7b28069a367a4c317333_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fd620204c0ea7b28069a367a4c317333_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1976
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JVGRUO\UFL.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\JVGRUO\UFL.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:2448

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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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JVGRUO\AKV.exe

Filesize
456KB

MD5
48cfaed4d566c34716326302b49bdad2

SHA1
566e0989b6bc7ed205f9ae250ea98e3a4d7fba52

SHA256
54c2e10de3ed7135d20c239a7f656c6ff57d1158607fa4c6779e042681de87ea

SHA512
96c871ed9af039142aab5904021d3ef3f75a58c5cc1fdf4d59e40e3699fd03e7cff384b788f7359a1de519ebdcafdad55891fef4f67e2c216ea89ebc945996a0

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JVGRUO\UFL.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
daabecdfba287a3333b60ae82211acd7

SHA1
e67b4c7bf0dd71ad47263a58bb60be4bce504b84

SHA256
12981c35adf6f00c7dddbc3ab23c04c30133cc5be107015dab9fd7ba4e8b4173

SHA512
937f551f959bd823292fe5983bbfb1c3a6dd86426a5da228dc7ddba38138c898599bc713d707b9d3463b20825cee0783d92c1c19019cd0328986a8aef5c1222f

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\JVGRUO\UFL.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
676bc420dee7cd2e93a64483cd431721

SHA1
8058fdaee8b301a8f2e381b2f30dc3870abb18a9

SHA256
9f0204f91a8b31d698aacb48e72ea2691b478400d7e13e63e39896354c24bf55

SHA512
3ed8796f6a4e566ba6ba8c5d6ddedac5dcc2b2806bb92cebb4dc71e20a32bd159f306c1e8e22fec1865bc7af2735a149fb20c3e012661b18147f204f3c0f5e45

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\Windows\SysWOW64\JVGRUO\UFL.001

Filesize
60KB

MD5
a15c556f17d7db8287e023138942d5db

SHA1
880bf8ec944120830dc2e2e040e5996e4e0e6c83

SHA256
f3716810ab011a4cb7693d31b69cd540380ef2a067724e0d568070c8a558694e

SHA512
930339711e3d73e5af0778367a648c94411c20d23bf4c27ec5d72222e76b8902eb3fc0992d70cc4141600c19087159514246d42f1e762c98dad306f8e0bd99cd

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\Windows\SysWOW64\JVGRUO\UFL.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
f3819a6cab8ae058254c4abb3844d87e

SHA1
0f8b1a74af87f1823ec0d76e21a8d54d55a53a8b

SHA256
3d656d1364b4b2382020f64990a2c630b7b9422ca7b7fe2c30646fda3303e6c9

SHA512
dfe9d342f3ad543fec8bd278e21ac5059b1c36ed3f735734e9b92d639cb25609f9307862ab2b35ea3e88713f4a652abe5863871225f915462c79d493ac5e1f57

Download Submit
memory/2448-15-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2448-17-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C1000-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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