ardamax | 050a010ec6fdddca24e7488004318d0229abb69b61ee27ef9deac0d47bb840a1

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_06d5431176502493e67d918d0c2a62e6.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

06d5431176502493e67d918d0c2a62e6
SHA1

feb6842c36b7df6efa1c9511305fd0b042b84637
SHA256

050a010ec6fdddca24e7488004318d0229abb69b61ee27ef9deac0d47bb840a1
SHA512

e491d85e66307bb147350cef0476ededc048997fd93b081991b4e0633efbdbef0c1388dd1a7b3c08fc69f990aae3a85359ac35e03ab651d13d7ebbaf6d2eb08e
SSDEEP

24576:7ZxTM1+BTWnXVD28sJqNbdWj+dorDXLnewb9WRp0Zh7KOomll:7XTDBT0FD2tJUBWjfTeCh7Kjml

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/0x000c000000023c18-8.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-1-5-21-925314154-1797147466-1467878628-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_06d5431176502493e67d918d0c2a62e6.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1684	GQJ.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1684	GQJ.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\GQJ Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\MVRRPW\\GQJ.exe"	GQJ.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\MVRRPW\GQJ.004	JaffaCakes118_06d5431176502493e67d918d0c2a62e6.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MVRRPW\GQJ.001	JaffaCakes118_06d5431176502493e67d918d0c2a62e6.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MVRRPW\GQJ.002	JaffaCakes118_06d5431176502493e67d918d0c2a62e6.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MVRRPW\AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_06d5431176502493e67d918d0c2a62e6.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MVRRPW\GQJ.exe	JaffaCakes118_06d5431176502493e67d918d0c2a62e6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MVRRPW\	GQJ.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_06d5431176502493e67d918d0c2a62e6.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	GQJ.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	1684	GQJ.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1684	GQJ.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
1684	GQJ.exe
1684	GQJ.exe
1684	GQJ.exe
1684	GQJ.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4520 wrote to memory of 1684	4520	JaffaCakes118_06d5431176502493e67d918d0c2a62e6.exe	86
PID 4520 wrote to memory of 1684	4520	JaffaCakes118_06d5431176502493e67d918d0c2a62e6.exe	86
PID 4520 wrote to memory of 1684	4520	JaffaCakes118_06d5431176502493e67d918d0c2a62e6.exe	86

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_06d5431176502493e67d918d0c2a62e6.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_06d5431176502493e67d918d0c2a62e6.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4520
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MVRRPW\GQJ.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\MVRRPW\GQJ.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:1684

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\MVRRPW\AKV.exe

Filesize
456KB

MD5
1f29b1075a91b3da0ccc0b9c49eece56

SHA1
048e675f087181035aedece9e7b11d065c6355cc

SHA256
4f6825548b32329c3360ed9abb7c0a6809a2c2291cf0bcaac511a9fa32a6336e

SHA512
7e152caf055f57f599ecc1e3a404b540b721b3315d2ba16bff6eb21f03edeb3a06ae185621e3139293612d94210f500f098bd281489ca7f336efd8b5284ee060

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MVRRPW\GQJ.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
31c866d8e4448c28ae63660a0521cd92

SHA1
0e4dcb44e3c8589688b8eacdd8cc463a920baab9

SHA256
dc0eaf9d62f0e40b6522d28b2e06b39ff619f9086ea7aa45fd40396a8eb61aa1

SHA512
1076da7f8137a90b5d3bbbbe2b24fd9774de6adbcdfd41fd55ae90c70b9eb4bbf441732689ad25e5b3048987bfb1d63ba59d5831a04c6d84cb05bbfd2d32f839

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MVRRPW\GQJ.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
093e599a1281e943ce1592f61d9591af

SHA1
6896810fe9b7efe4f5ae68bf280fec637e97adf5

SHA256
1ac0964d97b02204f4d4ae79cd5244342f1a1798f5846e9dd7f3448d4177a009

SHA512
64cb58fbf6295d15d9ee6a8a7a325e7673af7ee02e4ece8da5a95257f666566a425b348b802b78ac82e7868ba7923f85255c2c31e548618afa9706c1f88d34dc

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MVRRPW\GQJ.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
1c08f1116aaa97f0e4931c03a1a53fcb

SHA1
aa3f699311b3d52ff981360b75ee84cb3a26b64c

SHA256
490c43fccd1bdeaea76b3d1b494ea61086990097bc588e5c3ba00d6c747367d4

SHA512
abdc1761e4f7043e594bbd9cc9cb675a4e4217ea5dd7e70b6d344cfc3999b883cf900accf3c3d166f0b23738fa98c089258f6f0cebc06caa6962235d8476c7e9

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MVRRPW\GQJ.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
0aaffc12ef1b416b9276bdc3fdec9dff

SHA1
9f38d7cf6241d867da58f89db9ff26544314b938

SHA256
42b33dd905c5668c2518a6a7d407fb10c303cfedeaefcd7b6e4c7cc1b891c73b

SHA512
bbde0986b298c6172e7c8e3f938db9425f54cca097e280736e1ba289afd06a0b86f7cbc91f6d46458bc8e75069c12cda1cf808acf3b6c773b0661d081136ee7c

Download Submit
memory/1684-16-0x00000000006A0000-0x00000000006A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/1684-18-0x00000000006A0000-0x00000000006A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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