andromeda | e84c580099c7de369d00c394e40db9694c1fbd7ffad20ff785c790318ab0ffe2

General

Target

5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

140KB
MD5

5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987
SHA1

4f49e99b07a1a7baf7c6c65b21e5084f8d5cce19
SHA256

e84c580099c7de369d00c394e40db9694c1fbd7ffad20ff785c790318ab0ffe2
SHA512

b81b84d902a096291513ff5be70850d7f07bd3b4cc3d91ea57f2f505b4de5f5d843b9f6db99734e0f87d947a814dd5000f2466858e681212beb85f534920bbc2
SSDEEP

1536:jUovI7HddwTLyPkhsgg+sPiOGocU4W6cj4/IUY/cAkZnoSS2z6PLq4inG1H:Xx5iAAU/Xhz4LhMI

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

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2680-14-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2680-18-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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

Processes:

svchost.exe

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\19342 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msxabkwa.com"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

pid process

2680 svchost.exe

pid	process
2680	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

Processes:

5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\disk\enum	5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

Processes:

5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1960 set thread context of 2160	1960	5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe	5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

description ioc process

File created C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msxabkwa.com svchost.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msxabkwa.com	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

Processes:

5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exesvchost.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

Processes:

5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid process

2160 5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

Processes:

5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid process

2160 5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe
2160 5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

Processes:

5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid process

1960 5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	process
2160	5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	process
2160	5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe
2160	5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	process
1960	5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs

Processes:

5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 2160	1960	5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe	5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 2160	1960	5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe	5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 2160	1960	5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe	5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 2160	1960	5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe	5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 2160	1960	5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe	5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 2160	1960	5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe	5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 2160 wrote to memory of 2680	2160	5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2160 wrote to memory of 2680	2160	5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2160 wrote to memory of 2680	2160	5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2160 wrote to memory of 2680	2160	5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe	svchost.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1960

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5ed4776d2d16a5c75d8e556574670987_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:2160

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:2680

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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Downloads

memory/2160-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2160-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2160-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2160-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2680-10-0x0000000000730000-0x0000000000738000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2680-12-0x0000000000730000-0x0000000000738000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2680-14-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2680-18-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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