ardamax | 7e1d084287a6b4b464650f8f82ea35ad552f192bbe7d90c3b9423237e2d3814b

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_84ad097cada27deef4530c36e66aae39.exe
Size

481KB
MD5

84ad097cada27deef4530c36e66aae39
SHA1

4a4bbe7fbd2a5808f84b8fdace509bf3e4029745
SHA256

7e1d084287a6b4b464650f8f82ea35ad552f192bbe7d90c3b9423237e2d3814b
SHA512

56813290bbb3206a4974e8491e7780e1422bb4e6aae0b4b4f231bfd4d2841249f4ede9e43adacffb04450b5cd7cfebc228c1e82fa732f94328c15e95ad0fd453
SSDEEP

12288:klN33T0G/5eEPOr9Oqjtz738T0VTZL+C4jlYOfj1t/jB:6TZ5eEPOr9OqZzgT0VTx+CU7vLB

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/0x0007000000018b71-9.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2880	WVXG.exe

Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2548	JaffaCakes118_84ad097cada27deef4530c36e66aae39.exe
2548	JaffaCakes118_84ad097cada27deef4530c36e66aae39.exe
2548	JaffaCakes118_84ad097cada27deef4530c36e66aae39.exe
2880	WVXG.exe
2880	WVXG.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\WVXG Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\WVXG.exe"	WVXG.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\28463\AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_84ad097cada27deef4530c36e66aae39.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	WVXG.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WVXG.001	JaffaCakes118_84ad097cada27deef4530c36e66aae39.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WVXG.006	JaffaCakes118_84ad097cada27deef4530c36e66aae39.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WVXG.007	JaffaCakes118_84ad097cada27deef4530c36e66aae39.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WVXG.exe	JaffaCakes118_84ad097cada27deef4530c36e66aae39.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	JaffaCakes118_84ad097cada27deef4530c36e66aae39.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	WVXG.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2880	WVXG.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2880	WVXG.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2880	WVXG.exe
2880	WVXG.exe
2880	WVXG.exe
2880	WVXG.exe
2880	WVXG.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2548 wrote to memory of 2880	2548	JaffaCakes118_84ad097cada27deef4530c36e66aae39.exe	30
PID 2548 wrote to memory of 2880	2548	JaffaCakes118_84ad097cada27deef4530c36e66aae39.exe	30
PID 2548 wrote to memory of 2880	2548	JaffaCakes118_84ad097cada27deef4530c36e66aae39.exe	30
PID 2548 wrote to memory of 2880	2548	JaffaCakes118_84ad097cada27deef4530c36e66aae39.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_84ad097cada27deef4530c36e66aae39.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_84ad097cada27deef4530c36e66aae39.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2548
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WVXG.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\WVXG.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:2880

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\28463\AKV.exe

Filesize
394KB

MD5
b87e2e56dbf34fb12705317f4d361c12

SHA1
3b4a6c2fddaab9f71747437c60dc7ad85661b4fa

SHA256
1ed5873542484a3f4c898de6684fc04bc0929e4fc795cd09b4b86f17e817d85a

SHA512
9d1bf05a200efda561f3141d3a4c70a347ba2a64fbfb5fb9b432956660b4aabc492f93fa50ba1928a3c408ec048c357a50cb79d12ba6200b28b1aeb98dbc39a0

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

Filesize
486B

MD5
de42e7989e22ddd6bdef28f44bf6f6bc

SHA1
aac04d966fad4745191c38b890f788b344f68a25

SHA256
5f1b652fcd27788dc23c44054b57e300832c9d0853b1fb3acf6fa4e9258922ed

SHA512
a0a1d305f33dcac112a8723c82cc4de8953f671dc8bd3e57eb3ef540297ad3c4d5c0923e5531dc351783397c42896c3573a06bb7c37b1c45ec357cbe9ffd9bff

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

Filesize
8KB

MD5
aae8ccee5d5eed5748d13f474123efea

SHA1
6da78da4de3b99a55fad00be2ec53a3ad3bd06ae

SHA256
10c464d1675774e0282171555d59fb8975ed6c0e6a781182490f48e66823a5b8

SHA512
d370e1ffeeb81b3f07b83a9cf1e3b44635fde7aa6ac999bccafece8091dbf96f0a78257bb0e03b3689dc47fb4e96ec7deac7848a43ddef62afc9b8cc665ee8bd

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

Filesize
5KB

MD5
40685d22d05d92462a2cfc1bba9a81b7

SHA1
f0e19012d0ed000148898b1e1264736bed438da8

SHA256
cdca1e5bc4c5129caa8eeddf637c820b6241c8790ce1a341e38e8324ae95afa0

SHA512
21961d2dd118b45bde4cf00b4570712791a22769d05afb5b6c54355b0aaee9b7f7de00b357845349ef957807452365134d51e11181d2d45f98ed0cc9402de90b

Download Submit
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@9849.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
27092ec75c1839f36bfe900a38acc484

SHA1
fe14b750a0ed653246c5f358891f8c1241913bb2

SHA256
e6e29699840ae26c452227f9a1c9fd0e3cda0c2413c4255df9fc066c47af0e07

SHA512
815477e8681e38dd3110171adbaf06738eb9d63839671a959a296ec1a1fb17d788682dde5e6a1f0bffa3b4deda4577292ffa37ce10b95ad14276ffcd0795ac0b

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

Filesize
473KB

MD5
339ae4ce820cda75bbb363b2ed1c06fd

SHA1
62399c6102cc98ed66cbcd88a63ff870cf7b2100

SHA256
1e4a463ac0d463cee1f52f9529474484157c85d671aea1ab5f4173df12de01b6

SHA512
5da8b333a839c4b169c6f4c9a1929918f166a895af7818c8223df7ed22279aac3b6ef88f89ee083a4f475f82ec6078f8e9800a9afc9547712245d090636a284a

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memory/2880-24-0x00000000003F0000-0x00000000003F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2880-27-0x00000000003F0000-0x00000000003F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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