ardamax | bd22b354156fb6f18bdfe09f994d932232caee1f852e7457fa3c59f1cfafd1d7

Analysis

max time kernel
118s
max time network
119s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
14-02-2025 03:41

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_f3277af3d904f0b135345145226af74d.exe
Size

481KB
MD5

f3277af3d904f0b135345145226af74d
SHA1

d4ffa8dfe9b54d58c6e175e37787814ac256305d
SHA256

bd22b354156fb6f18bdfe09f994d932232caee1f852e7457fa3c59f1cfafd1d7
SHA512

8e721efbd6fd9696a4e7087559ea85e817b9175906ae81d35787e4cfd7920e161f02a0565b976cc0413d4c0f0fffe25e7873e3093b6695eafdd0bc35bbb67f05
SSDEEP

12288:vX7eZvNplR7+BTzMxKKgdBhX2J9txN08BqzrqnG:6zgVzMxydH2pxuO2qnG

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/0x000600000001945c-16.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2944	system32EWRL.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
764	JaffaCakes118_f3277af3d904f0b135345145226af74d.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\system32EWRL Agent = "C:\\Windows\\system32EWRL.exe"	system32EWRL.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\system32EWRL.007	JaffaCakes118_f3277af3d904f0b135345145226af74d.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32EWRL.exe	JaffaCakes118_f3277af3d904f0b135345145226af74d.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_f3277af3d904f0b135345145226af74d.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32EWRL.001	JaffaCakes118_f3277af3d904f0b135345145226af74d.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32EWRL.006	JaffaCakes118_f3277af3d904f0b135345145226af74d.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_f3277af3d904f0b135345145226af74d.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	system32EWRL.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 764 wrote to memory of 2944	764	JaffaCakes118_f3277af3d904f0b135345145226af74d.exe	31
PID 764 wrote to memory of 2944	764	JaffaCakes118_f3277af3d904f0b135345145226af74d.exe	31
PID 764 wrote to memory of 2944	764	JaffaCakes118_f3277af3d904f0b135345145226af74d.exe	31
PID 764 wrote to memory of 2944	764	JaffaCakes118_f3277af3d904f0b135345145226af74d.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_f3277af3d904f0b135345145226af74d.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_f3277af3d904f0b135345145226af74d.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:764
- C:\Windows\system32EWRL.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32EWRL.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2944

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

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:\Windows\system32EWRL.001

Filesize
500B

MD5
d844a39311d593fd1bf038e347b43c45

SHA1
fb157594f3f6a70c574aad4fa4b4510cf33697be

SHA256
2597707dd45df7aac4f10d7df3db3d73a880c55f0c484746a54a9c0ca35dbc6f

SHA512
225eeeeac1d8d17545fc013a90d7f9c6148327b1b8fce2a876f8d6ae6d3830d6129170ff084ad602c8648d63d6f2be95785f7ba081660bb4717459112f089c07

Download Submit
C:\Windows\system32EWRL.exe

Filesize
471KB

MD5
9db739b6cc6f87cc09aa60428f94551a

SHA1
f8dad673918a9f342a90d8c0221423c90ae35fd7

SHA256
050dbbfa127d4db9f3fdf7efc1961dc2530a5affd1921818c053d7aaa07f1eda

SHA512
0f410d81d92dbeec6bbc17a3f6e296bc8e96544b45e7ca2209d832bcdce1b3993c43c1f1298d77bb03eff94bb0c27a7cb950d599a6572a2e4c929400edde5a2d

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@E7B0.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
d1e6a3b3fec7d6f1d0db1bc02da26d93

SHA1
d7da87bdc09c38836cecd0844bfd587172c076f4

SHA256
bca04b3b3b4b8b416597ecd653056ec98f88e16a57ef64f2143b09ab892a3730

SHA512
327def77c38f293c4e8b4f20a3380bc7c5ba5b72f2431b20f67cbaeb2a4d11c2dd9493e477d36de88d75cf185b8fc2936fd6eee3cfa9bcd5620e0fc054f232f8

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memory/2944-18-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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