ardamax | 359d216744d8bb228a2e134cbebdb225ad506b3697474ba1d757ffb89a7d6278

General

Target
jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
Size 1.1MB
Sample261013-3yd8csvzdw
SHA256 359d216744d8bb228a2e134cbebdb225ad506b3697474ba1d757ffb89a7d6278
MD5 1eada6fe71a2bcb037a3cd884cf69f8a
SHA1 f9eb3745544fdd0566bde174a01b53edaa6d3c14
SHA512 6847efcf41137ccb627bcfd1a40bd7b187b7c64f912fb90b266880bcb2c43ea2a4ff72c8355b8d5a0ddc098b11ec57c7b301f546174295436bddae4f475b79c4
SSDEEP 24576:D64MVT7lDs5+efey8yO3uIIyhmD+qU+w3TKxLDCzUhybcYONtB0ZD:D64MT7lg5lewOnv+eTKxLmzKt2
TLSH
T15345236524CD9331C6288A7F10A7EB796568B7551B9110C73B2E96EE2E843C098373FF
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

discovery ardamax keylogger persistence stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Family: Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax

Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c4ce-7.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
5944	XFL.exe
5564	XFL.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
5944	XFL.exe
5564	XFL.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\XFL Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\DPRNFG\\XFL.exe"	XFL.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\DPRNFG\XFL.exe	jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DPRNFG\	XFL.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DPRNFG\XFL.004	jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DPRNFG\XFL.001	jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DPRNFG\XFL.002	jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DPRNFG\AKV.exe	jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.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	XFL.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	XFL.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	5944	XFL.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5944	XFL.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
5944	XFL.exe
5944	XFL.exe
5944	XFL.exe
5944	XFL.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4840 wrote to memory of 5944	4840	jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4840
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DPRNFG\XFL.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\DPRNFG\XFL.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:5944

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DPRNFG\XFL.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DPRNFG\XFL.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:5564

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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AKV.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DPRNFG\AKV.exe
Size 456KB
SHA256 71b3aecefd36e4855a369019ac5871c544d39f8889d23cd455466a24cdecce6b
MD5 51507d91d43683b9c4b8fafeb4d888f8
SHA1 ead2f68338da7af4720378cd46133589fc9405ba
SHA512 a5a7ff3f8ffb72719b7e2c9dc2719c99ea32bd68994918ea027c0d7d54cfe0c80bfd34486dd8d3cdd390376bc4c8d1f7d97de4b98b7d39a3e10c3e2682c07d1c
SSDEEP 6144:y7EZisRMjmdiQL5nA8TtWRR4aF2ypEu/IVgMxHHOwA1MZTLzaSzmCw:y7qRRVdiQVnAi0Wq2ySlp1w
TLSH
T1A3A48D27FE40F073C862C5309E3656B446ED63E907506B833B975E189A6E3DE593B322
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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XFL.001

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DPRNFG\XFL.001
Size 61KB
SHA256 7e87f6817b17a75106d34ce9884c40ddfb381bf8f2013930916498d1df0a6422
MD5 383d5f5d4240d590e7dec3f7312a4ac7
SHA1 f6bcade8d37afb80cf52a89b3e84683f4643fbce
SHA512 e652c41ec95d653940b869426bc2cbd8e5b3159110ffaab7d623e23eebe1f34ca65be6a9a9cdcd5f41aec7567469d6b4d6362d24ae92267cddb8940e1265806a
SSDEEP 768:oadkrNBhKs6gmch9lbKR1jX+SrhbRgQ2LE9+Qf5P/a9ZPmbWaMIjRFi3in85oQA:ENBhDUcfV2jJOQ24kQfkZPmbWllJ5Q
TLSH
T149535B11B540D472C49665302519C3A27EBE74322AEE9443BF9727AD5F207E0FBBA34B
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XFL.002

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DPRNFG\XFL.002
Size 43KB
SHA256 e55b6eabf0f99b90bd4cf3777c25813bded7b6fc5c9955188c8aa5224d299c3e
MD5 93df156c4bd9d7341f4c4a4847616a69
SHA1 c7663b32c3c8e247bc16b51aff87b45484652dc1
SHA512 ed2e98c5fd1f0d49e5bac8baa515d489c89f8d42772ae05e4b7a32da8f06d511adad27867034ca0865beae9f78223e95c7d0f826154fc663f2fab9bd61e36e35
SSDEEP 768:JwdFarW7WyPyjWCiX41NHbCi2rFNF/IbXzm01WmzwMRNhm7:Jw3arWzUa4T+rFNF+LWMRNU
TLSH
T1E0136C50B440C173C11AA5399059DB624B6E6A311BFA6143BFBB5BBF4F312D0A73A31B
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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XFL.004

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DPRNFG\XFL.004
Size 1KB
SHA256 1dd63a9d758b10d50f7fe8ac773ee5e2c8afa8e8e0273fdd8ebf4353b3d76454
MD5 4c79e523d1a8d461e1b71f0634af6c52
SHA1 0f5038043bb9e1d3825898d37df5aaf223373304
SHA512 3995d079742c533693a2f454a7415513f3dec807024046215e4a8b650afdb75e21a9470e707d04f67df2e4137047a30cf56456a82a26105c7ca134a321f717ed
TLSH
T172211505EF1CCE3B5CA98CF5AD5BB692338C09580ABC58849F89848F53601F840CA6E2
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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XFL.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DPRNFG\XFL.exe
Size 1.7MB
SHA256 5a37cd66508fa3fc85ae547de3498e709bd45167cb57f5e9b271dc3a1cb71a32
MD5 3cd29c0df98a7aeb69a9692843ca3edb
SHA1 7c86aea093f1979d18901bd1b89a2b02a60ac3e2
SHA512 e78f3206b1878e8db1766d4038a375bbebcbcdb8d1b0a0cb9b0dc72c54881392b9c27e2864ad9118702da58f203f13e0ad5d230980ad1ef2370391a2c4acffc9
SSDEEP 49152:xFX9r4Bel8Wvu7Eol3Y9TUpnkZYYxAHq/HU17ztvhd22vqBP4O2WSK:xJ9rlKWvXol3RuxAHq/b1
TLSH
T1E085AD59F5D2C471C06EA6B0EABB536E5D76FE21533AC6C363C1082D5A32AD0A1373B1
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/5944-17-0x0000000000810000-0x0000000000811000-memory.dmp

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memory/5944-21-0x0000000000810000-0x0000000000811000-memory.dmp

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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