andromeda | f6c3a261e5d4e0f00dd126c8fbcde5b05807ae1ae5ab498ab0d55855c769119e

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
151s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20240802-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240802-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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09/08/2024, 22:52

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General

Target
83dee67c712ed357d864dc8a0866b81b_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size 42KB
Sample240809-2trgfsxekh
SHA256 f6c3a261e5d4e0f00dd126c8fbcde5b05807ae1ae5ab498ab0d55855c769119e
MD5 83dee67c712ed357d864dc8a0866b81b
SHA1 5ffb20f182fa175af4e0522a25387ddd729b504e
SHA512 f9403e8fbd70d2154838dd3cf8e024c0039072746eb07839f81fb0c8f03410c65bb348971e3ce06d5f2bd0a9134dc34ee4efd8b9881a6a25efc9bcbf62e0a3e0
SSDEEP 384:V04Vfdj9JT9uxRgZGz0glhPuDWWx3f4Heu5VpBjbOjBMCqx9GhZnPWEF7Y9TSXzv:9dfTIvoudkMNmeTSjpGpr
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Score

10^/10

andromeda backdoor botnet discovery persistence

Malware Config

Signatures

Andromeda, Gamarue
Andromeda, also known as Gamarue, is a modular botnet malware primarily used for distributing other types of malware and it's written in C++.
botnet backdoor andromeda

Detects Andromeda payload. 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2632-4-0x00000000009F0000-0x00000000009F5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/2632-6-0x00000000009F0000-0x00000000009F5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/2632-10-0x00000000009F0000-0x00000000009F5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/2632-11-0x00000000009F0000-0x00000000009F5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda

Adds policy Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run	svchost.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\11134 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\mskaepuib.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2632	svchost.exe

Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

Disk information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\disk\enum	83dee67c712ed357d864dc8a0866b81b_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	83dee67c712ed357d864dc8a0866b81b_JaffaCakes118.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\mskaepuib.exe	svchost.exe

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	83dee67c712ed357d864dc8a0866b81b_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3076	83dee67c712ed357d864dc8a0866b81b_JaffaCakes118.exe
3076	83dee67c712ed357d864dc8a0866b81b_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3076	83dee67c712ed357d864dc8a0866b81b_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3076 wrote to memory of 2632	3076	83dee67c712ed357d864dc8a0866b81b_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 3076 wrote to memory of 2632	3076	83dee67c712ed357d864dc8a0866b81b_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 3076 wrote to memory of 2632	3076	83dee67c712ed357d864dc8a0866b81b_JaffaCakes118.exe	84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\83dee67c712ed357d864dc8a0866b81b_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\83dee67c712ed357d864dc8a0866b81b_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Maps connected drives based on registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3076
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
  C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Adds policy Run key to start application
  - Deletes itself
  - Drops file in Program Files directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2632

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

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

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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memory/2632-3-0x00000000008B0000-0x00000000008B5000-memory.dmp

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memory/2632-4-0x00000000009F0000-0x00000000009F5000-memory.dmp

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memory/2632-6-0x00000000009F0000-0x00000000009F5000-memory.dmp

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memory/2632-10-0x00000000009F0000-0x00000000009F5000-memory.dmp

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memory/2632-11-0x00000000009F0000-0x00000000009F5000-memory.dmp

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memory/3076-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

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memory/3076-1-0x0000000000630000-0x0000000000632000-memory.dmp

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memory/3076-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

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