andromeda | 9386f1746f6416337d5c6a6075b7fc8ab67f8da939977522eb6320967b8e7fda

General

Target

86469a637de13f45c2658ff08f039120_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

13KB
MD5

86469a637de13f45c2658ff08f039120
SHA1

4230104bd8bd0d0639766a56ed9b3cd9d3b8d47d
SHA256

9386f1746f6416337d5c6a6075b7fc8ab67f8da939977522eb6320967b8e7fda
SHA512

52cced80983c39b15a4f8fe72ea8f212a37dcc937c41090b8dd069b2bd7308fa669cb9c4115297e9d5b9a179dc23cbb954716477623486ab0c70048740150dc8
SSDEEP

192:XyEh4bJlnNdEIv1J/b9i7s4pwrARgZd1SrMksXgUdBOvAUPuDtwFWx3f/:i04Vfdj9JT9uxRgZGz0glhPuDWWx3f

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
behavioral1/memory/2196-4-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2196-6-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2196-10-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2196-11-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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\17261 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msuhva.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2196	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	86469a637de13f45c2658ff08f039120_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	86469a637de13f45c2658ff08f039120_JaffaCakes118.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msuhva.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	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	86469a637de13f45c2658ff08f039120_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2432	86469a637de13f45c2658ff08f039120_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2432	86469a637de13f45c2658ff08f039120_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2432 wrote to memory of 2196	2432	86469a637de13f45c2658ff08f039120_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2432 wrote to memory of 2196	2432	86469a637de13f45c2658ff08f039120_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2432 wrote to memory of 2196	2432	86469a637de13f45c2658ff08f039120_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2432 wrote to memory of 2196	2432	86469a637de13f45c2658ff08f039120_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\86469a637de13f45c2658ff08f039120_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\86469a637de13f45c2658ff08f039120_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:2432
- 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:2196

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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

Peripheral Device Discovery

Query Registry

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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memory/2196-3-0x0000000000080000-0x000000000008C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
48KB

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memory/2196-4-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2196-6-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2196-10-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2196-11-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2432-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
48KB

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memory/2432-1-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000022000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2432-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
48KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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