andromeda | 7384eeb77614edb477be24e3b91d93b30bcf092f3fe0a4b5b1a8096c8b6a54eb

General

Target

5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

58KB
MD5

5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b
SHA1

bfd201874003777d21b266aea0e2c0a58b95b136
SHA256

7384eeb77614edb477be24e3b91d93b30bcf092f3fe0a4b5b1a8096c8b6a54eb
SHA512

bb7f26a191d2d384e30d62a7ae38d835f662899066dd3970ea33f220be5e320ac977c3780a0597e0eef5340b0d5dd5460f1e4ae718c6a109a3f4f12c647a9b65
SSDEEP

1536:ouHT3E14wt7nouy804KAfWkZAPIhf0fjKwIt:ouz3ECOjout04KmWsAPIhMfuwIt

Score

10^/10

andromeda backdoor botnet discovery persistence upx

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
behavioral2/memory/3100-11-0x0000000001200000-0x0000000001205000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/3100-15-0x0000000001200000-0x0000000001205000-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\54451 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msiytdshn.pif"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

pid	Process
3100	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:

5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\disk\enum	5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

Processes:

5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3716 set thread context of 3964	3716	5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe	87

UPX packed file 2 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3716-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3716-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

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

5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exesvchost.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

Processes:

5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	Process
3964	5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe
3964	5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

Processes:

5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	Process
3964	5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe
3964	5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

Processes:

5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	Process
3716	5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3716 wrote to memory of 3964	3716	5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe	87
PID 3716 wrote to memory of 3964	3716	5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe	87
PID 3716 wrote to memory of 3964	3716	5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe	87
PID 3716 wrote to memory of 3964	3716	5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe	87
PID 3716 wrote to memory of 3964	3716	5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe	87
PID 3716 wrote to memory of 3964	3716	5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe	87
PID 3964 wrote to memory of 3100	3964	5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe	88
PID 3964 wrote to memory of 3100	3964	5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe	88
PID 3964 wrote to memory of 3100	3964	5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe	88

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3716
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_JaffaCakes118.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5f9c73fe96d37486d0e375c1fa90435b_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:3964
- - 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:3100

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/3100-7-0x00000000001F0000-0x00000000001FE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/3100-9-0x00000000001F0000-0x00000000001FE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/3100-11-0x0000000001200000-0x0000000001205000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/3100-15-0x0000000001200000-0x0000000001205000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/3716-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/3716-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/3964-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-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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