andromeda | c8034ac04bc07d3e60845b2757554271788067e7620aa4fcb6f907a6f689d596

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
152s
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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04/11/2024, 06:32

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General

Target

8fa97847dd7b2dcae68285f944095564_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

42KB
MD5

8fa97847dd7b2dcae68285f944095564
SHA1

9127bea8b5787aa86d39a82b216955fe4afa9294
SHA256

c8034ac04bc07d3e60845b2757554271788067e7620aa4fcb6f907a6f689d596
SHA512

f36ee535b6073fee16fbc78b967eaff4adcef72c6726d3fa5555dc93288a7d0cfdac68b7178e5b437c748e918013d12027b42d47cf59c177c94b74b1c1acc4e9
SSDEEP

768:9dfTIvMANG3ZZ/ZhT7wj/CRRVLEJhgqPoLYsD7:9pIvMkG3/T7k/CTVLEXyL

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. 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4384-4-0x0000000000540000-0x0000000000545000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/4384-6-0x0000000000540000-0x0000000000545000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/4384-10-0x0000000000540000-0x0000000000545000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/4384-11-0x0000000000540000-0x0000000000545000-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\16708 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msuixmowu.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	8fa97847dd7b2dcae68285f944095564_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	8fa97847dd7b2dcae68285f944095564_JaffaCakes118.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msuixmowu.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	8fa97847dd7b2dcae68285f944095564_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
5052	8fa97847dd7b2dcae68285f944095564_JaffaCakes118.exe
5052	8fa97847dd7b2dcae68285f944095564_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5052	8fa97847dd7b2dcae68285f944095564_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5052 wrote to memory of 4384	5052	8fa97847dd7b2dcae68285f944095564_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 5052 wrote to memory of 4384	5052	8fa97847dd7b2dcae68285f944095564_JaffaCakes118.exe	85
PID 5052 wrote to memory of 4384	5052	8fa97847dd7b2dcae68285f944095564_JaffaCakes118.exe	85

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8fa97847dd7b2dcae68285f944095564_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8fa97847dd7b2dcae68285f944095564_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:5052
- 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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memory/4384-3-0x0000000000510000-0x0000000000515000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/4384-4-0x0000000000540000-0x0000000000545000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/4384-6-0x0000000000540000-0x0000000000545000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/4384-10-0x0000000000540000-0x0000000000545000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/4384-11-0x0000000000540000-0x0000000000545000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/5052-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/5052-1-0x00000000001D0000-0x00000000001D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/5052-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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