andromeda | dafb80e91fb6453bbf1c8fdd168ea3e5df0d7eb85a4dfb5487792604068a5afe

General

Target

7885004dc0250598a7b5cff30105746d_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

71KB
MD5

7885004dc0250598a7b5cff30105746d
SHA1

05f209c8a38a0c43603636a80e3d45a80f682a49
SHA256

dafb80e91fb6453bbf1c8fdd168ea3e5df0d7eb85a4dfb5487792604068a5afe
SHA512

988d1b1c0821cea0bc72c091780997f6bbfafa28bdca795633113bb88dc0a4495a50f432d7a425648a9a718f9059aa46821cec6e9dee66004b9d400ac0695845
SSDEEP

384:wgKfIR4dasonIKIt+cx0o3nmpD6u+z4JJn0wB/2ZBYJsnS+pTqiZmK6hiZDy6P:wgDu5wM0k0WAVB/2nYQS+pxZs0y

Score

10^/10

andromeda backdoor botnet discovery persistence

Malware Config

Signatures

Andromeda family
andromeda
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
behavioral1/memory/2124-8-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2124-12-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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

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\9789 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msvyoiicb.pif"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2124	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	7885004dc0250598a7b5cff30105746d_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	7885004dc0250598a7b5cff30105746d_JaffaCakes118.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

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

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	7885004dc0250598a7b5cff30105746d_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1800	7885004dc0250598a7b5cff30105746d_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1800	7885004dc0250598a7b5cff30105746d_JaffaCakes118.exe
1800	7885004dc0250598a7b5cff30105746d_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of UnmapMainImage 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1800	7885004dc0250598a7b5cff30105746d_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1800 wrote to memory of 2124	1800	7885004dc0250598a7b5cff30105746d_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 1800 wrote to memory of 2124	1800	7885004dc0250598a7b5cff30105746d_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 1800 wrote to memory of 2124	1800	7885004dc0250598a7b5cff30105746d_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 1800 wrote to memory of 2124	1800	7885004dc0250598a7b5cff30105746d_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7885004dc0250598a7b5cff30105746d_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7885004dc0250598a7b5cff30105746d_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Maps connected drives based on registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious use of UnmapMainImage
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1800
- 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:2124

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/1800-3-0x0000000000280000-0x0000000000282000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1800-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1800-1-0x0000000000250000-0x000000000026E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/1800-0-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000236000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/2124-5-0x0000000000B10000-0x0000000000B18000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2124-6-0x0000000000B10000-0x0000000000B18000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2124-8-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2124-12-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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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