andromeda | d78866867278edafd1aa34bc7ce716463962553739e84b13a9fd012f69e7e837

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
153s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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02-11-2024 21:43

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General

Target

87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

29KB
MD5

87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db
SHA1

58da785c1590ffccc93c19a9413f32608aa06f8e
SHA256

d78866867278edafd1aa34bc7ce716463962553739e84b13a9fd012f69e7e837
SHA512

cdeb8d3dcc07c30830e1b7743d83203884ee25b6b169a80358c420ae7d2745996feb7ce3b9ba7415e33e33a7785be18493d624b24b26ab20e0b30bf91df67b7a
SSDEEP

768:nTs4HygUoZyE2TtDKXDSgmgI8Rk/93iu0iV:igUSuREJjIH/Jiu0iV

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
behavioral2/memory/4384-8-0x00000000013D0000-0x00000000013D5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/4384-12-0x00000000013D0000-0x00000000013D5000-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\4084 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msuucd.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4384	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	87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msuucd.exe	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	87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3120	87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe
3120	87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3120	87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe
3120	87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3120 wrote to memory of 4384	3120	87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 3120 wrote to memory of 4384	3120	87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 3120 wrote to memory of 4384	3120	87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe	86

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\87ec4d16645b2a9f8bbfea8c0656f7db_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:3120
- 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:4384

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

memory/3120-0-0x0000000000406000-0x0000000000408000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/3120-1-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/3120-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/4384-3-0x0000000000970000-0x000000000097E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/4384-5-0x0000000000970000-0x000000000097E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/4384-8-0x00000000013D0000-0x00000000013D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/4384-12-0x00000000013D0000-0x00000000013D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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