ardamax | 8c73353119ddfb9646d17793c50ccacc6807b0998b4460e4f54ec998e7973fe2

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_bb61da21cc6688cbfd61b0ada315e3ad.exe
Size

2.0MB
MD5

bb61da21cc6688cbfd61b0ada315e3ad
SHA1

1ce8c1da9b4b5119ca4144abe318adb669a29930
SHA256

8c73353119ddfb9646d17793c50ccacc6807b0998b4460e4f54ec998e7973fe2
SHA512

2b603e182888eb64f2ed090a62cb373469a705ac6505523840acf760c52e527188e2151e22450e3383e554c3e78313e54a4effd88fbeba8718c095a37acad3e1
SSDEEP

49152:IRRwNH7FtWu17qeIrMUp2y3AtTQfdGqUxbJagWxKXP:LbjWu1cVn3AOGVnXeC

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger persistence stealer upx

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/0x001900000002b1e9-12.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
3864	msnmsgr.exe
5400	AccountManage.exe
1996	msnmsgr.exe

Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs

pid	Process
248	JaffaCakes118_bb61da21cc6688cbfd61b0ada315e3ad.exe
3864	msnmsgr.exe
3864	msnmsgr.exe
3864	msnmsgr.exe
1996	msnmsgr.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\msnmsgr = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\Sys\\msnmsgr.exe"	msnmsgr.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 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\msnmsgr.001	JaffaCakes118_bb61da21cc6688cbfd61b0ada315e3ad.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\msnmsgr.006	JaffaCakes118_bb61da21cc6688cbfd61b0ada315e3ad.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\msnmsgr.007	JaffaCakes118_bb61da21cc6688cbfd61b0ada315e3ad.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\msnmsgr.exe	JaffaCakes118_bb61da21cc6688cbfd61b0ada315e3ad.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys	msnmsgr.exe

UPX packed file 1 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x001900000002b1eb-23.dat	upx

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\	msnmsgr.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 4 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	AccountManage.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	msnmsgr.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_bb61da21cc6688cbfd61b0ada315e3ad.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	msnmsgr.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	3864	msnmsgr.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3864	msnmsgr.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
3864	msnmsgr.exe
3864	msnmsgr.exe
3864	msnmsgr.exe
3864	msnmsgr.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 248 wrote to memory of 3864	248	JaffaCakes118_bb61da21cc6688cbfd61b0ada315e3ad.exe	78
PID 248 wrote to memory of 3864	248	JaffaCakes118_bb61da21cc6688cbfd61b0ada315e3ad.exe	78
PID 248 wrote to memory of 3864	248	JaffaCakes118_bb61da21cc6688cbfd61b0ada315e3ad.exe	78
PID 248 wrote to memory of 5400	248	JaffaCakes118_bb61da21cc6688cbfd61b0ada315e3ad.exe	79
PID 248 wrote to memory of 5400	248	JaffaCakes118_bb61da21cc6688cbfd61b0ada315e3ad.exe	79
PID 248 wrote to memory of 5400	248	JaffaCakes118_bb61da21cc6688cbfd61b0ada315e3ad.exe	79
PID 2360 wrote to memory of 1996	2360	cmd.exe	82
PID 2360 wrote to memory of 1996	2360	cmd.exe	82
PID 2360 wrote to memory of 1996	2360	cmd.exe	82

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_bb61da21cc6688cbfd61b0ada315e3ad.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_bb61da21cc6688cbfd61b0ada315e3ad.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:248
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\msnmsgr.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\Sys\msnmsgr.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:3864
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AccountManage.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AccountManage.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:5400

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\msnmsgr.exe
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2360
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\msnmsgr.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\msnmsgr.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1996

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\@BD06.tmp

Filesize
4KB

MD5
3f7d2f5330a268d87032e7485cf5863f

SHA1
b2b5270be96137acfd5be89785e11349fbe3c9b9

SHA256
64fdf2bb9073999fa36a3f7c4aeb42ef0cfbb989aaa18069a1a69d8075409138

SHA512
3a0a065c8f79d24f1fbb46e952a696a98a8d05ce06685dc67a8e81cd0c14990c0a9b8ef82870b3e4e38ad5abdc3669434d1844cca837de410d4c0abe982315a0

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AccountManage.exe

Filesize
1.9MB

MD5
aa3ed3ae6a26e126a5fe63f88ac4e31f

SHA1
989c22e3b6f0ca8b7a89085d93cfa289d2d8d194

SHA256
3c124b64878ddc15c20dbb4847d14fbed1fb61d6c3624c8c8267652b4e67f78b

SHA512
dd7d0b667b9dee96ada88ade14a51b20e91105731412f9d74bce11aa7d690fa489ea7f05d65cecf118f5e7f486fd225b42dc31372b231cfae59e1543d4cdfbb4

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\msnmsgr.001

Filesize
3KB

MD5
ba6ee5ed1faf98cdb2ed0de82a15f645

SHA1
ae8c75bcc63a212d9503e148ed66097ac89a291e

SHA256
f6045cf06734de681cbc5651aafbfb76f3fe9c7609d09985aa5c07be2c6f93ff

SHA512
e380fd44e5747211642dc2e341a724f2a8ee9dbbd3e5a91c120ffdf0f1eaa71d18d776dbe6e464269b6083d342b64378cd1edef047f2f7a72fbfb2ca4fc9b3bb

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\msnmsgr.006

Filesize
5KB

MD5
5030abad48124a2602b6c92f16b5af0e

SHA1
0bdb4bc9341d00ed035c3814d9872d254af160b8

SHA256
399b2f9759183393df584af3bc75739224e7e05c77e9f5830782fccb01974d48

SHA512
ed087615100900e6886b3f204e17f723b631f09caa4aa645247bd268606857d81799a82306e242ac3977523b6d9d4a0cb0d1cbd94279e6647cc258a976606148

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\msnmsgr.007

Filesize
4KB

MD5
de928b5da2aa61f79788fb52f9fc764d

SHA1
eafe870c5208335fa3a6480d70aa3ab2373d324c

SHA256
c6edef1f4ce1b891443798a522a64d30b2843f9e74a5f97664b4e467c8f19273

SHA512
b2eee3e5c74dfeef522c0823922f7f6ad837646bf7954d7de68a6976ac55bee1af921687d7af2f657f248c88b54603c465277b34258ec510c85bf8b51c1fe8d7

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Sys\msnmsgr.exe

Filesize
460KB

MD5
5d6ab450b17f4b783f11958ea941008e

SHA1
cdbd0a69fa73d9e0ad5704517dab1c96f018f729

SHA256
e3bf498b7353baa701363d216ca1b8766f82ff6e851d0585958476e36bf1143d

SHA512
b34ad4d6182923d75b3e42e08b40bea18ae8c9b05c70bd4bae490cb9a44335b57d206a2b620d74d033b38eca5cb16123fca1015585c00944f7f2500bc02224e5

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memory/3864-27-0x0000000000B50000-0x0000000000B51000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3864-40-0x0000000000B50000-0x0000000000B51000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/5400-35-0x0000000002640000-0x0000000002763000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.1MB

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memory/5400-34-0x0000000000A40000-0x0000000000A41000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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