andromeda | fb3eb44093b525f5b1c0c4b71d67729c9f338455672fabfcc33f389975d0dd76

General

Target

5abee81069d33474c35bef0f151c58d5_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

13KB
MD5

5abee81069d33474c35bef0f151c58d5
SHA1

53b26d64719dbd01e1868f5e617f78bdd4fae9c7
SHA256

fb3eb44093b525f5b1c0c4b71d67729c9f338455672fabfcc33f389975d0dd76
SHA512

334673f2193f6397e52e477390faa8e0949719cd4689c4dc4ff17f138212210d9035449a7b26fdb89406989a152124dc81dfceee4a84d0df554830ba28b8e4b7
SSDEEP

192:3yEh4bJlnNdEIv1J/b9i7s4pwrARgZd1SrMksXgUdBOvAUPuDtwFWx3f/:C04Vfdj9JT9uxRgZGz0glhPuDWWx3f

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

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1792-4-0x00000000007F0000-0x00000000007F5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/1792-6-0x00000000007F0000-0x00000000007F5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/1792-10-0x00000000007F0000-0x00000000007F5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/1792-11-0x00000000007F0000-0x00000000007F5000-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\8854 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msfilaxgn.pif"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

pid	Process
1792	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:

5abee81069d33474c35bef0f151c58d5_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\disk\enum	5abee81069d33474c35bef0f151c58d5_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	5abee81069d33474c35bef0f151c58d5_JaffaCakes118.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msfilaxgn.pif	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

Processes:

5abee81069d33474c35bef0f151c58d5_JaffaCakes118.exesvchost.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	5abee81069d33474c35bef0f151c58d5_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

Processes:

5abee81069d33474c35bef0f151c58d5_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	Process
2880	5abee81069d33474c35bef0f151c58d5_JaffaCakes118.exe
2880	5abee81069d33474c35bef0f151c58d5_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs

Processes:

5abee81069d33474c35bef0f151c58d5_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	Process
2880	5abee81069d33474c35bef0f151c58d5_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes:

5abee81069d33474c35bef0f151c58d5_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2880 wrote to memory of 1792	2880	5abee81069d33474c35bef0f151c58d5_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 2880 wrote to memory of 1792	2880	5abee81069d33474c35bef0f151c58d5_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 2880 wrote to memory of 1792	2880	5abee81069d33474c35bef0f151c58d5_JaffaCakes118.exe	84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5abee81069d33474c35bef0f151c58d5_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5abee81069d33474c35bef0f151c58d5_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:2880
- 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:1792

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/1792-3-0x0000000000630000-0x000000000063D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
52KB

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memory/1792-4-0x00000000007F0000-0x00000000007F5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1792-6-0x00000000007F0000-0x00000000007F5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1792-10-0x00000000007F0000-0x00000000007F5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1792-11-0x00000000007F0000-0x00000000007F5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2880-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
52KB

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memory/2880-1-0x0000000000520000-0x0000000000522000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2880-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
52KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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