andromeda | 8121387c8884eb7021064f4c0c21d568d77a6f5aed52894c20ff2c84ab359845

Analysis

max time kernel
140s
max time network
140s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240729-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240729-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
10/08/2024, 22:04

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General

Target

87d98c5525dcbf19461ac9c584a7d01f_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

13KB
MD5

87d98c5525dcbf19461ac9c584a7d01f
SHA1

0beeb8740369834a744826ff19e03604c82d0900
SHA256

8121387c8884eb7021064f4c0c21d568d77a6f5aed52894c20ff2c84ab359845
SHA512

ec236a473c20626aa8641a6ef7ef7337ff4a091ef7bf4a3494d449ff082feea3cf9e580a8d123c2e2568e821b38e5123ece7519d1fdb9ea826f9f1d8886d0747
SSDEEP

384:GLOTSoMaHAhzQYVu1TY7gKJEmizmzCaF1FY:DSagh0Qu1UkKE7AF

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. 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1956-5-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/1956-9-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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\63725 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msxuhlxr.com"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1956	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	87d98c5525dcbf19461ac9c584a7d01f_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	87d98c5525dcbf19461ac9c584a7d01f_JaffaCakes118.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msxuhlxr.com	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	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	87d98c5525dcbf19461ac9c584a7d01f_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2192	87d98c5525dcbf19461ac9c584a7d01f_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2192	87d98c5525dcbf19461ac9c584a7d01f_JaffaCakes118.exe
2192	87d98c5525dcbf19461ac9c584a7d01f_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2192 wrote to memory of 1956	2192	87d98c5525dcbf19461ac9c584a7d01f_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2192 wrote to memory of 1956	2192	87d98c5525dcbf19461ac9c584a7d01f_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2192 wrote to memory of 1956	2192	87d98c5525dcbf19461ac9c584a7d01f_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2192 wrote to memory of 1956	2192	87d98c5525dcbf19461ac9c584a7d01f_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\87d98c5525dcbf19461ac9c584a7d01f_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\87d98c5525dcbf19461ac9c584a7d01f_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:2192
- 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:1956

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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Downloads

memory/1956-2-0x0000000000280000-0x0000000000288000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/1956-3-0x0000000000280000-0x0000000000288000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/1956-5-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1956-9-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2192-1-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000022000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2192-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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