ardamax | 0ac1120ba055b1b8975efc2c9d5278eb27186949443a7b70853a8f165c5c76b8

Analysis

max time kernel
92s
max time network
93s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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04-01-2025 01:42

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General

Target

0ac1120ba055b1b8975efc2c9d5278eb27186949443a7b70853a8f165c5c76b8N.exe
Size

2.4MB
MD5

39884b16937e66a40aa7e5450df5e0f0
SHA1

eb40dbd88480e023268f28804694dc2293071fd0
SHA256

0ac1120ba055b1b8975efc2c9d5278eb27186949443a7b70853a8f165c5c76b8
SHA512

8d6c711e174ba6f804821eaa1fc88cfb9a1dfd8b3ac5e2754011c978ff5a78dbebaf640a63a828749b74d7dbc46c2f7099a14f18009f68afc40d33757bb1254a
SSDEEP

49152:mOxlgXeE50nHVed9ckiqXXR268xMUGMrQAe+TUYUHy85zHAw:mAlgd50G9GgBYQeTUxFA

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger persistence stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax
Ardamax 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-1-5-21-3442511616-637977696-3186306149-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	0ac1120ba055b1b8975efc2c9d5278eb27186949443a7b70853a8f165c5c76b8N.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2924	ENI.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\ENI Start = "C:\\ProgramData\\XIHIMB\\ENI.exe"	ENI.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	0ac1120ba055b1b8975efc2c9d5278eb27186949443a7b70853a8f165c5c76b8N.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	ENI.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2924	ENI.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	3380	AUDIODG.EXE
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3380	AUDIODG.EXE

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2924	ENI.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2312 wrote to memory of 2924	2312	0ac1120ba055b1b8975efc2c9d5278eb27186949443a7b70853a8f165c5c76b8N.exe	81
PID 2312 wrote to memory of 2924	2312	0ac1120ba055b1b8975efc2c9d5278eb27186949443a7b70853a8f165c5c76b8N.exe	81
PID 2312 wrote to memory of 2924	2312	0ac1120ba055b1b8975efc2c9d5278eb27186949443a7b70853a8f165c5c76b8N.exe	81

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0ac1120ba055b1b8975efc2c9d5278eb27186949443a7b70853a8f165c5c76b8N.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0ac1120ba055b1b8975efc2c9d5278eb27186949443a7b70853a8f165c5c76b8N.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2312
- C:\ProgramData\XIHIMB\ENI.exe
  "C:\ProgramData\XIHIMB\ENI.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2924

C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x448 0x150
1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3380

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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Downloads

C:\ProgramData\XIHIMB\ENI.00

Filesize
1KB

MD5
e795dd9fbb0e9d29a1adf0e51eb366e4

SHA1
bb743f3e6a1095ea9c67cb8e7b162b8d5de9f723

SHA256
2662acd22cdbbd0fca034b4d8490698f40d59cb25b3ab57d97c3e61804e55d65

SHA512
5417fe2cde1f61ce954c590a6352eedd7d44c006416b434d2f2d6dfec35e8308ebea922c421019a2e5af0e96446f16bf5e247cc1728cebdb49e1f58eeed7aa35

Download Submit
C:\ProgramData\XIHIMB\ENI.exe

Filesize
2.6MB

MD5
68fdba6c0321f239dd353f6dddecf148

SHA1
3b17c15cefd2b1b428da3028f67bdc86ea11c8ef

SHA256
ed0275dcc731b2e261ef8f056b1216fdb43256fa758fa8d1d13b824c2056e2ed

SHA512
eea16da400e891c0d597f20000ad2ffb198650a2bdc7284dd107f58ef55ffc82d22486d9e0edd347237356b90be4c49e6fdc5d9ab988860dded364104f49af06

Download Submit
memory/2924-13-0x0000000000990000-0x0000000000991000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2924-14-0x0000000000990000-0x0000000000991000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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