andromeda | f0150288594af47b481b7b6fc2b663f18c9b21f6a3c93f0d5f0ee45214e82349

General

Target

3df7bc4330cbc1c3a20216780a632eb2_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

50KB
MD5

3df7bc4330cbc1c3a20216780a632eb2
SHA1

c17417cfa4cc64c394781f8d245f340273e9e61a
SHA256

f0150288594af47b481b7b6fc2b663f18c9b21f6a3c93f0d5f0ee45214e82349
SHA512

31fcbe4cea493ffe01cd7aaf6d0f900ef677ae442fc7977a84594cc9b6cadce27e5c3087cdc4dc1acaa7b8f16066aad2bdea8ea3311301e2c55e52d05e221c89
SSDEEP

1536:HgczqIfhbp1pG7oxrTt4ZWrGxjbD5rxR1sK8JnHqnXDWPN:vxnt4Z33DxEnH+0

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
behavioral2/memory/1244-11-0x0000000000FE0000-0x0000000000FE5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/1244-15-0x0000000000FE0000-0x0000000000FE5000-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\54574 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msaodb.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1244	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	3df7bc4330cbc1c3a20216780a632eb2_jaffacakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	3df7bc4330cbc1c3a20216780a632eb2_jaffacakes118.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4396 set thread context of 2036	4396	3df7bc4330cbc1c3a20216780a632eb2_JaffaCakes118.exe	83

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

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

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 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	3df7bc4330cbc1c3a20216780a632eb2_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	3df7bc4330cbc1c3a20216780a632eb2_jaffacakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2036	3df7bc4330cbc1c3a20216780a632eb2_jaffacakes118.exe
2036	3df7bc4330cbc1c3a20216780a632eb2_jaffacakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2036	3df7bc4330cbc1c3a20216780a632eb2_jaffacakes118.exe
2036	3df7bc4330cbc1c3a20216780a632eb2_jaffacakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4396 wrote to memory of 2036	4396	3df7bc4330cbc1c3a20216780a632eb2_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 4396 wrote to memory of 2036	4396	3df7bc4330cbc1c3a20216780a632eb2_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 4396 wrote to memory of 2036	4396	3df7bc4330cbc1c3a20216780a632eb2_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 4396 wrote to memory of 2036	4396	3df7bc4330cbc1c3a20216780a632eb2_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 4396 wrote to memory of 2036	4396	3df7bc4330cbc1c3a20216780a632eb2_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 4396 wrote to memory of 2036	4396	3df7bc4330cbc1c3a20216780a632eb2_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 2036 wrote to memory of 1244	2036	3df7bc4330cbc1c3a20216780a632eb2_jaffacakes118.exe	84
PID 2036 wrote to memory of 1244	2036	3df7bc4330cbc1c3a20216780a632eb2_jaffacakes118.exe	84
PID 2036 wrote to memory of 1244	2036	3df7bc4330cbc1c3a20216780a632eb2_jaffacakes118.exe	84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3df7bc4330cbc1c3a20216780a632eb2_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3df7bc4330cbc1c3a20216780a632eb2_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4396
- \??\c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\3df7bc4330cbc1c3a20216780a632eb2_jaffacakes118.exe
  "c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\3df7bc4330cbc1c3a20216780a632eb2_jaffacakes118.exe"
  2⤵
  - Maps connected drives based on registry
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2036
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
    3⤵
    - Adds policy Run key to start application
    - Deletes itself
    - Drops file in Program Files directory
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1244

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/1244-6-0x0000000000320000-0x000000000032E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/1244-9-0x0000000000320000-0x000000000032E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/1244-11-0x0000000000FE0000-0x0000000000FE5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1244-15-0x0000000000FE0000-0x0000000000FE5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2036-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2036-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/4396-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/4396-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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