Malware Analysis Report

2025-01-02 14:46

Sample ID 240905-knxylsxfjb
Target 4857383e05fb23de053b3cc1994d0fa203b823a68d155f87aa9f01697192c8b3
SHA256 4857383e05fb23de053b3cc1994d0fa203b823a68d155f87aa9f01697192c8b3
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

4857383e05fb23de053b3cc1994d0fa203b823a68d155f87aa9f01697192c8b3

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 4857383e05fb23de053b3cc1994d0fa203b823a68d155f87aa9f01697192c8b3 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

Blocklisted process makes network request

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Drops file in Program Files directory

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Program crash

Unsigned PE

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-09-05 08:45

Signatures

Unsigned PE

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

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-09-05 08:45

Reported

2024-09-05 08:47

Platform

win7-20240903-en

Max time kernel

142s

Max time network

120s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe"

Signatures

Andromeda, Gamarue

botnet backdoor andromeda

Detects Andromeda payload.

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A
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Program crash

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe

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\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 1620 wrote to memory of 2320 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe
PID 1620 wrote to memory of 2320 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe
PID 1620 wrote to memory of 2320 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe
PID 1620 wrote to memory of 2320 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe
PID 1620 wrote to memory of 2320 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe
PID 1620 wrote to memory of 2320 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe
PID 1620 wrote to memory of 2320 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 3056 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 3056 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 3056 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 3056 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 3056 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 3056 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 3056 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe
PID 3056 wrote to memory of 1860 N/A C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
PID 3056 wrote to memory of 1860 N/A C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
PID 3056 wrote to memory of 1860 N/A C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
PID 3056 wrote to memory of 1860 N/A C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe"

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe"

C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe

C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3056 -s 268

Network

N/A

Files

memory/2320-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

memory/2320-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

memory/2320-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

memory/2320-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

memory/2320-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

memory/3056-11-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000A34000-memory.dmp

memory/3056-12-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000A34000-memory.dmp

memory/3056-14-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000A34000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-09-05 08:45

Reported

2024-09-05 08:47

Platform

win10v2004-20240802-en

Max time kernel

142s

Max time network

136s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe"

Signatures

Andromeda, Gamarue

botnet backdoor andromeda

Detects Andromeda payload.

Description Indicator Process Target
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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\msiexec.exe N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\52101 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\cclatijnc.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe N/A

Blocklisted process makes network request

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

Drops file in Program Files directory

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

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\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2676 wrote to memory of 3948 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe
PID 2676 wrote to memory of 3948 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe
PID 2676 wrote to memory of 3948 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe
PID 2676 wrote to memory of 3948 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe
PID 2676 wrote to memory of 3948 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe
PID 2676 wrote to memory of 3948 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe
PID 3948 wrote to memory of 4020 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
PID 3948 wrote to memory of 4020 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
PID 3948 wrote to memory of 4020 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe"

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\120c9389731ad3819715a1a268c3cb14db938483d99ee92e6dd16074b30a4d41.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe

C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 232.168.11.51.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 172.210.232.199.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 0.159.190.20.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 20.109.209.108:80 www.update.microsoft.com tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restlesz.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restlesz.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restlesz.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restlesz.su tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 108.209.109.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 4.4.8.8.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restlesz.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restlesz.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restlesz.su udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 2.192.105.184.in-addr.arpa udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restlesz.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restlesz.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restlesz.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 devicesta.ru udp
US 44.221.84.105:80 devicesta.ru tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 105.84.221.44.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 154.239.44.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 26.165.165.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 206.23.85.13.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 172.214.232.199.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 68.144.22.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restlesz.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restlesz.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restlesz.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restlesz.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restlesz.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restlesz.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restlesz.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restlesz.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restlesz.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restlesz.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 devicesta.ru udp
US 44.221.84.105:80 devicesta.ru tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 22.236.111.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restlesz.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restlesz.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restlesz.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restlesz.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restlesz.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restlesz.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restlesz.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restlesz.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restlesz.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restlesz.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 devicesta.ru udp
US 44.221.84.105:80 devicesta.ru tcp

Files

memory/3948-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

memory/3948-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

memory/4020-6-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000000622000-memory.dmp

memory/4020-8-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000000622000-memory.dmp

memory/4020-10-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000000622000-memory.dmp

memory/4020-11-0x0000000001220000-0x0000000001225000-memory.dmp

memory/4020-13-0x0000000001220000-0x0000000001225000-memory.dmp

memory/4020-17-0x0000000001220000-0x0000000001225000-memory.dmp