ardamax | ca337b131437beaa4a076b55300b5539d3099346c91c01641f8154db09fc046c

Analysis

max time kernel
67s
max time network
19s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20241010-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
20-02-2025 00:55

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_08b39db6c2a5199ae0efa34f5c731640.exe
Size

800KB
MD5

08b39db6c2a5199ae0efa34f5c731640
SHA1

5530b023c441b87830fdb26ac62f5c6967595888
SHA256

ca337b131437beaa4a076b55300b5539d3099346c91c01641f8154db09fc046c
SHA512

56005fc6c86e5c0bf9870e59bf4988e7cf41684d2bf949fd1983aaf79da3169887a014cbfcc401d1fb027049351719b9018056e06a1210126c743df4f468933c
SSDEEP

24576:WOXjVYkHUom27yO7MzIrfekb3fgMC4yTm9S:WiVjgrkbfQSo

Score

10^/10

ardamax defense_evasion 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/0x0009000000018b71-9.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
780	WMAT.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2660	JaffaCakes118_08b39db6c2a5199ae0efa34f5c731640.exe
2660	JaffaCakes118_08b39db6c2a5199ae0efa34f5c731640.exe
780	WMAT.exe
780	WMAT.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\WMAT Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\WMAT.exe"	WMAT.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
Indicator Removal: File Deletion 1 TTPs
Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.
defense_evasion

File Deletion
T1070.004

Drops file in System32 directory 9 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WMAT.001	JaffaCakes118_08b39db6c2a5199ae0efa34f5c731640.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WMAT.007	JaffaCakes118_08b39db6c2a5199ae0efa34f5c731640.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\key.bin	JaffaCakes118_08b39db6c2a5199ae0efa34f5c731640.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_08b39db6c2a5199ae0efa34f5c731640.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WMAT.009	WMAT.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WMAT.006	JaffaCakes118_08b39db6c2a5199ae0efa34f5c731640.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WMAT.exe	JaffaCakes118_08b39db6c2a5199ae0efa34f5c731640.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	WMAT.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WMAT.009	WMAT.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 3 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_08b39db6c2a5199ae0efa34f5c731640.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	WMAT.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Modifies registry class 33 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{16F17241-DC61-42E6-47BD-DFB06E8A9C83}\TypeLib	WMAT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{16F17241-DC61-42E6-47BD-DFB06E8A9C83}\ = "Melohnez Iheboz Awohosa Object"	WMAT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{35C67284-27EC-98B6-361C-13079FFD8CA3}\	WMAT.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{35C67284-27EC-98B6-361C-13079FFD8CA3}\1.0	WMAT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{35C67284-27EC-98B6-361C-13079FFD8CA3}\1.0\0\	WMAT.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{35C67284-27EC-98B6-361C-13079FFD8CA3}\1.0\FLAGS	WMAT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{16F17241-DC61-42E6-47BD-DFB06E8A9C83}\VersionIndependentProgID\	WMAT.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{35C67284-27EC-98B6-361C-13079FFD8CA3}	WMAT.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{35C67284-27EC-98B6-361C-13079FFD8CA3}\1.0\0\win32	WMAT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{35C67284-27EC-98B6-361C-13079FFD8CA3}\1.0\0\win32\ = "C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\GROOVE.EXE\\41"	WMAT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{35C67284-27EC-98B6-361C-13079FFD8CA3}\1.0\FLAGS\	WMAT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{16F17241-DC61-42E6-47BD-DFB06E8A9C83}\TypeLib\	WMAT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{16F17241-DC61-42E6-47BD-DFB06E8A9C83}\Version\	WMAT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{16F17241-DC61-42E6-47BD-DFB06E8A9C83}\InprocServer32\	WMAT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{16F17241-DC61-42E6-47BD-DFB06E8A9C83}\ProgID\ = "Office14.Authz.1"	WMAT.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{16F17241-DC61-42E6-47BD-DFB06E8A9C83}\Version	WMAT.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{16F17241-DC61-42E6-47BD-DFB06E8A9C83}	WMAT.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{16F17241-DC61-42E6-47BD-DFB06E8A9C83}\InprocServer32	WMAT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{16F17241-DC61-42E6-47BD-DFB06E8A9C83}\TypeLib\ = "{35C67284-27EC-98B6-361C-13079FFD8CA3}"	WMAT.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{16F17241-DC61-42E6-47BD-DFB06E8A9C83}\VersionIndependentProgID	WMAT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{16F17241-DC61-42E6-47BD-DFB06E8A9C83}\ProgID\	WMAT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{35C67284-27EC-98B6-361C-13079FFD8CA3}\1.0\	WMAT.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{16F17241-DC61-42E6-47BD-DFB06E8A9C83}\ProgID	WMAT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{16F17241-DC61-42E6-47BD-DFB06E8A9C83}\VersionIndependentProgID\ = "Office14.Authz"	WMAT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{35C67284-27EC-98B6-361C-13079FFD8CA3}\1.0\ = "GrooveProjectDashboardPendingItemDataDelegate"	WMAT.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{35C67284-27EC-98B6-361C-13079FFD8CA3}\1.0\0	WMAT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{16F17241-DC61-42E6-47BD-DFB06E8A9C83}\InprocServer32\ = "C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\AUTHZAX.DLL"	WMAT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{35C67284-27EC-98B6-361C-13079FFD8CA3}\1.0\0\win32\	WMAT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{35C67284-27EC-98B6-361C-13079FFD8CA3}\1.0\HELPDIR\	WMAT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{35C67284-27EC-98B6-361C-13079FFD8CA3}\1.0\HELPDIR\ = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\"	WMAT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{16F17241-DC61-42E6-47BD-DFB06E8A9C83}\Version\ = "1.0"	WMAT.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{35C67284-27EC-98B6-361C-13079FFD8CA3}\1.0\FLAGS\ = "4"	WMAT.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{35C67284-27EC-98B6-361C-13079FFD8CA3}\1.0\HELPDIR	WMAT.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	780	WMAT.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	780	WMAT.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	780	WMAT.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
780	WMAT.exe
780	WMAT.exe
780	WMAT.exe
780	WMAT.exe
780	WMAT.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2660 wrote to memory of 780	2660	JaffaCakes118_08b39db6c2a5199ae0efa34f5c731640.exe	29
PID 2660 wrote to memory of 780	2660	JaffaCakes118_08b39db6c2a5199ae0efa34f5c731640.exe	29
PID 2660 wrote to memory of 780	2660	JaffaCakes118_08b39db6c2a5199ae0efa34f5c731640.exe	29
PID 2660 wrote to memory of 780	2660	JaffaCakes118_08b39db6c2a5199ae0efa34f5c731640.exe	29
PID 780 wrote to memory of 1020	780	WMAT.exe	30
PID 780 wrote to memory of 1020	780	WMAT.exe	30
PID 780 wrote to memory of 1020	780	WMAT.exe	30
PID 780 wrote to memory of 1020	780	WMAT.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_08b39db6c2a5199ae0efa34f5c731640.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_08b39db6c2a5199ae0efa34f5c731640.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2660
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WMAT.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\28463\WMAT.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
  - Modifies registry class
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:780
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c del C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\WMAT.exe > nul
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1020

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

Indicator Removal

T1070

File Deletion

T1070.004

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:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\AKV.exe

Filesize
457KB

MD5
d2366486acd1a1e7512b0024ea3c7bdb

SHA1
c9a4948a2902c899fbc8f51755a745b220f26265

SHA256
7142651f09fa4a93574850904e21ac8c99dd4e4aff728e2ba68188a459f53461

SHA512
50c77906a2175ab488198e2d240d6d8178a189369fc93ff5099e59e1114f8ac1b5496e639d128a60626403b2303a60c51d6f8abae886d90ec2eef03617eeabd5

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

Filesize
436B

MD5
f213c2ef2616795e5ffb22aa1fd67377

SHA1
5e789f0fb782285214655bc88d9de3a8cfff7c29

SHA256
b05f971e971d01fb5e0c6e21dbfb86f729477a51b136deab54a8ba23cfa449d0

SHA512
f5bf1822700e61408c9420802b313279dfaf395c251bedc02cccf7e155bb2a26f3270618b56d724fe5e021f627cf2de3736be8df037442f4dc89ab12cfd02827

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

Filesize
8KB

MD5
31854a50b294dd312eb7fa9eb1c99537

SHA1
e0b1682a001e15d0e0e1c1ca732cafb5c80b3160

SHA256
2fe2d55aae2deef38a37c9679d74ecf05699d6919760794f69583b43b7fe308c

SHA512
0482a4981ba242d4e931bd8b9eb5d606492cffb7609fb69fb349ed19c7a9e36a7e240e5ebe759505d253c5e72fb771612a76419c36fb035987a166569a5111c2

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

Filesize
5KB

MD5
603451f504bedb28c3a7bae4c89abf24

SHA1
cbfe12186b54663f60663c349739c7a49950c44e

SHA256
e4d6577ea390274308877284b6d0cd6672aeb0e76c9c9847ac59c0964f050d13

SHA512
136e28e288b3ce26b37c82b078a3440e3232c0f874d7d33e8e6fb6eadfd0024b9009448500c716523b81f142fa3bebf7d11f1dd3e8e6143867b06335eb5f9612

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\key.bin

Filesize
106B

MD5
639d75ab6799987dff4f0cf79fa70c76

SHA1
be2678476d07f78bb81e8813c9ee2bfff7cc7efb

SHA256
fc42ab050ffdfed8c8c7aac6d7e4a7cad4696218433f7ca327bcfdf9f318ac98

SHA512
4b511d0330d7204af948ce7b15615d745e8d4ea0a73bbece4e00fb23ba2635dd99e4fa54a76236d6f74bdbcdba57d32fd4c36b608d52628e72d11d5ed6f8cde2

Download Submit
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@3514.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
f1cf9fcbddeadabb738de497ffefdced

SHA1
7385a7c87e245da89cc5ef8f9295678c1566f25d

SHA256
086083bc73b14286f9c3c29df8b8dc6f014d8b084267fbaeee0af56344d1f779

SHA512
3a3b9d279b4c131ef3f358e0163f60ec9e60160a2cc45488adb915fea6642f3df5d35da2ccb6983d790401d237fbc808829f42c42ef958e7a0eac98fc33bb3f6

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

Filesize
648KB

MD5
ce568bcaf7285124f764aff92f5079d4

SHA1
886f698e2239cf615f12b503853a5fa28c53aefc

SHA256
59d7d6de8a9e2d5535703d22c36888889530fd011d7f71cf034e93e36e7527af

SHA512
9f6e3496930cb5dd9c9403acc865bc94f63f64af49a27ffeedbc9d9082d50bff4a7a772bb98d4a2719f0ecae144393de9cc273ba83ae00abe347b0be0d7c9866

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memory/780-27-0x00000000030B0000-0x00000000030B3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
12KB

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memory/780-30-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/780-25-0x0000000000800000-0x0000000000801000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/780-24-0x0000000001F70000-0x0000000001F71000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/780-23-0x0000000001FB0000-0x0000000001FB1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/780-22-0x0000000001F90000-0x0000000001F91000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/780-21-0x0000000001FA0000-0x0000000001FA1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/780-20-0x0000000000820000-0x0000000000821000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/780-33-0x0000000003110000-0x0000000003111000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/780-32-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/780-31-0x00000000030D0000-0x00000000030D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/780-26-0x00000000030C0000-0x00000000030C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/780-28-0x0000000003100000-0x0000000003101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/780-29-0x0000000003120000-0x0000000003121000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/780-18-0x0000000000390000-0x00000000003EA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
360KB

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memory/780-17-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/780-41-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/780-42-0x0000000000390000-0x00000000003EA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
360KB

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memory/780-43-0x0000000003100000-0x0000000003101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/780-47-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/780-53-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
892KB

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memory/780-54-0x0000000000390000-0x00000000003EA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
360KB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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