andromeda | 1adb58e9b7f0c1511a614ea0146e57cc123a5b1beffcb9ff4b6822e41b934983

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
150s
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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24/11/2024, 10:30

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General

Target

9417c725bfc9b6ac6d60f1c6c5869298_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

39KB
MD5

9417c725bfc9b6ac6d60f1c6c5869298
SHA1

b4e01f3c4945e44aa218f6ac1dcb0ed0c0192ae8
SHA256

1adb58e9b7f0c1511a614ea0146e57cc123a5b1beffcb9ff4b6822e41b934983
SHA512

855b2d30fc853f333adcf3eca03eed9a0298607e8eb44a21cda1cc1b0f19409c7b98f436276971740584a292726a5dbfc6ea4aeedcb504f14829710973e0817c
SSDEEP

384:eNA3O9wJDK9U+aUAZEYmRhPblQr2EReekRCcTtZ6cd1wcafq9npC4COuRa+Rdrp2:vUwJnhbmXblQr98Cu1q4LwYM4r

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/3400-11-0x0000000000FF0000-0x0000000000FF5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/3400-15-0x0000000000FF0000-0x0000000000FF5000-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\53018 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msxalwoq.scr"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3400	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	9417c725bfc9b6ac6d60f1c6c5869298_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	9417c725bfc9b6ac6d60f1c6c5869298_JaffaCakes118.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msxalwoq.scr	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	9417c725bfc9b6ac6d60f1c6c5869298_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2468	9417c725bfc9b6ac6d60f1c6c5869298_JaffaCakes118.exe
2468	9417c725bfc9b6ac6d60f1c6c5869298_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2468	9417c725bfc9b6ac6d60f1c6c5869298_JaffaCakes118.exe
2468	9417c725bfc9b6ac6d60f1c6c5869298_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2468 wrote to memory of 3400	2468	9417c725bfc9b6ac6d60f1c6c5869298_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 2468 wrote to memory of 3400	2468	9417c725bfc9b6ac6d60f1c6c5869298_JaffaCakes118.exe	83
PID 2468 wrote to memory of 3400	2468	9417c725bfc9b6ac6d60f1c6c5869298_JaffaCakes118.exe	83

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9417c725bfc9b6ac6d60f1c6c5869298_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9417c725bfc9b6ac6d60f1c6c5869298_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:2468
- 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:3400

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/2468-0-0x0000000000550000-0x0000000000555000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2468-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/2468-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/2468-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2468-6-0x0000000000550000-0x0000000000555000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2468-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/3400-7-0x0000000000DA0000-0x0000000000DAE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/3400-9-0x0000000000DA0000-0x0000000000DAE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/3400-11-0x0000000000FF0000-0x0000000000FF5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/3400-15-0x0000000000FF0000-0x0000000000FF5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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