Malware Analysis Report

2025-01-02 14:42

Sample ID 240824-v677ea1gjb
Target 1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe
SHA256 cf188b805dce1d9843af710197f760bce3caccf0aa832a4d45e110306b0c2286
Tags
andromeda backdoor botnet discovery persistence
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

cf188b805dce1d9843af710197f760bce3caccf0aa832a4d45e110306b0c2286

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

andromeda backdoor botnet discovery persistence

Detects Andromeda payload.

Andromeda, Gamarue

Adds policy Run key to start application

Deletes itself

Maps connected drives based on registry

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

AutoIT Executable

Drops file in Program Files directory

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Unsigned PE

Enumerates physical storage devices

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-08-24 17:37

Signatures

AutoIT Executable

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Unsigned PE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-08-24 17:37

Reported

2024-08-24 17:39

Platform

win7-20240729-en

Max time kernel

111s

Max time network

71s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe"

Signatures

Andromeda, Gamarue

botnet backdoor andromeda

Detects Andromeda payload.

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Adds policy Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\32290 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msiuiwvay.exe" C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe N/A

Deletes itself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe N/A

Maps connected drives based on registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\disk\enum C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0 C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe N/A

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2880 set thread context of 316 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File created C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msiuiwvay.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe N/A

Enumerates physical storage devices

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe N/A

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe N/A

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2880 wrote to memory of 316 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe
PID 2880 wrote to memory of 316 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe
PID 2880 wrote to memory of 316 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe
PID 2880 wrote to memory of 316 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe
PID 2880 wrote to memory of 316 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe
PID 2880 wrote to memory of 316 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe
PID 2880 wrote to memory of 316 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe
PID 316 wrote to memory of 2280 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
PID 316 wrote to memory of 2280 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
PID 316 wrote to memory of 2280 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
PID 316 wrote to memory of 2280 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe"

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe"

C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe

C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 www.update.microsoft.com udp
US 20.109.209.108:80 www.update.microsoft.com tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 dxg-0cool.com udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 dxg-0cool.com udp
US 8.8.4.4:53 dxg-0cool.com udp

Files

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ogrej.orh

MD5 811b4af319ee7c20e4a1473113f784c0
SHA1 5aabce06237a185a1eb595deff7c707c187bd617
SHA256 7481ba6975d8284faa33bf79656b2fbc2f6fe3bb728a7a6cdad2ad6d98d3d43b
SHA512 9e9867f08a703622aafba297a382ff6c08576dee8af1cdb10ced1570850bead2554bcc718eb92d94391bf12b2673e5a371d6abf4047df7ddcd15967bb88b18e4

memory/316-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

memory/316-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

memory/316-10-0x00000000FFFDE000-0x00000000FFFDF000-memory.dmp

memory/316-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

memory/2280-15-0x0000000000870000-0x0000000000878000-memory.dmp

memory/2280-17-0x0000000000870000-0x0000000000878000-memory.dmp

memory/2280-19-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

memory/2280-23-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-08-24 17:37

Reported

2024-08-24 17:39

Platform

win10v2004-20240802-en

Max time kernel

111s

Max time network

128s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe"

Signatures

Andromeda, Gamarue

botnet backdoor andromeda

Detects Andromeda payload.

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Adds policy Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\27417 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msamijar.scr" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe N/A

Deletes itself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe N/A

Maps connected drives based on registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\disk\enum C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0 C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe N/A

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 3888 set thread context of 2760 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File created C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msamijar.scr C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe N/A

Enumerates physical storage devices

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe N/A

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe N/A

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 3888 wrote to memory of 2760 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe
PID 3888 wrote to memory of 2760 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe
PID 3888 wrote to memory of 2760 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe
PID 3888 wrote to memory of 2760 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe
PID 3888 wrote to memory of 2760 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe
PID 3888 wrote to memory of 2760 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe
PID 2760 wrote to memory of 2808 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
PID 2760 wrote to memory of 2808 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
PID 2760 wrote to memory of 2808 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe"

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1004d58f6477c5e6f2dabff761594450N.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe

C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 g.bing.com udp
US 150.171.27.10:443 g.bing.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 58.55.71.13.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 240.143.123.92.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 75.159.190.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 www.update.microsoft.com udp
US 20.72.235.82:80 www.update.microsoft.com tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 dxg-0cool.com udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 dxg-0cool.com udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 4.4.8.8.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 82.235.72.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 217.106.137.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 86.23.85.13.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 18.31.95.13.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 147.142.123.92.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.4.4:53 dxg-0cool.com udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 dxg-0cool.com udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 tse1.mm.bing.net udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 43.58.199.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 150.171.28.10:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 150.171.28.10:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 150.171.28.10:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 150.171.28.10:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 150.171.28.10:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 10.28.171.150.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aut8482.tmp

MD5 811b4af319ee7c20e4a1473113f784c0
SHA1 5aabce06237a185a1eb595deff7c707c187bd617
SHA256 7481ba6975d8284faa33bf79656b2fbc2f6fe3bb728a7a6cdad2ad6d98d3d43b
SHA512 9e9867f08a703622aafba297a382ff6c08576dee8af1cdb10ced1570850bead2554bcc718eb92d94391bf12b2673e5a371d6abf4047df7ddcd15967bb88b18e4

memory/2760-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

memory/2808-10-0x0000000000F40000-0x0000000000F4E000-memory.dmp

memory/2808-12-0x0000000000F40000-0x0000000000F4E000-memory.dmp

memory/2808-14-0x00000000005D0000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp

memory/2808-18-0x00000000005D0000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp