andromeda | c7a79d4299d4d340f61ae69d5e5b89ae21868dd84aeef244ca290f7af34b5e6e

General

Target

873598722e35e3b190cbe77432bb7081_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

375KB
MD5

873598722e35e3b190cbe77432bb7081
SHA1

e8b3d480e8c75e508974efbfaee852a79a0f2e7b
SHA256

c7a79d4299d4d340f61ae69d5e5b89ae21868dd84aeef244ca290f7af34b5e6e
SHA512

67857b564d72fce7f6413e3e316d9e683f353e96a5672177a33094bd09d7f06aab6ddbddade2074c8ea4f88c2318ecf66cdd1fcccbf6f5a42ecd2c79c7afcaa9
SSDEEP

6144:6h3F6GxC/nDT9YHifHFr3nw5wn6FSxsYk62Ss9MnkTwfy:6hV6GxaVzH5601k9MnkTwf

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/924-11-0x0000000001750000-0x0000000001755000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/924-15-0x0000000001750000-0x0000000001755000-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
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\36622 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\mshlpabir.pif"	svchost.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run	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	AppLaunch.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	AppLaunch.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 412 set thread context of 184	412	873598722e35e3b190cbe77432bb7081_JaffaCakes118.exe	87

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

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

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\AppLaunch.exe	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

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	873598722e35e3b190cbe77432bb7081_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	AppLaunch.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
184	AppLaunch.exe
184	AppLaunch.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
184	AppLaunch.exe
184	AppLaunch.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	412	873598722e35e3b190cbe77432bb7081_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 412 wrote to memory of 184	412	873598722e35e3b190cbe77432bb7081_JaffaCakes118.exe	87
PID 412 wrote to memory of 184	412	873598722e35e3b190cbe77432bb7081_JaffaCakes118.exe	87
PID 412 wrote to memory of 184	412	873598722e35e3b190cbe77432bb7081_JaffaCakes118.exe	87
PID 412 wrote to memory of 184	412	873598722e35e3b190cbe77432bb7081_JaffaCakes118.exe	87
PID 412 wrote to memory of 184	412	873598722e35e3b190cbe77432bb7081_JaffaCakes118.exe	87
PID 412 wrote to memory of 184	412	873598722e35e3b190cbe77432bb7081_JaffaCakes118.exe	87
PID 184 wrote to memory of 924	184	AppLaunch.exe	88
PID 184 wrote to memory of 924	184	AppLaunch.exe	88
PID 184 wrote to memory of 924	184	AppLaunch.exe	88

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\873598722e35e3b190cbe77432bb7081_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\873598722e35e3b190cbe77432bb7081_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:412
- C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\AppLaunch.exe
  "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\\AppLaunch.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:184
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
    3⤵
    - Adds policy Run key to start application
    - Drops file in Program Files directory
    - Drops file in Windows directory
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:924

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/184-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/184-4-0x00000000001D0000-0x00000000001D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/412-0-0x0000000074932000-0x0000000074933000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/412-1-0x0000000074930000-0x0000000074EE1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/412-2-0x0000000074930000-0x0000000074EE1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/412-6-0x0000000074930000-0x0000000074EE1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/924-9-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000C6E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/924-7-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000C6E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/924-11-0x0000000001750000-0x0000000001755000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/924-15-0x0000000001750000-0x0000000001755000-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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