andromeda | f54dfdb4bc70b28055e814f2ed52dd4bf88749ae613f284fdfc8f82c8050de28

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
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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25-11-2024 05:27

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General

Target

997d5dff0f6dc8eef9fe73e8c9b304a4_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

43KB
MD5

997d5dff0f6dc8eef9fe73e8c9b304a4
SHA1

a3ae667ba401fb24e094ce24c1c07a2daab263b9
SHA256

f54dfdb4bc70b28055e814f2ed52dd4bf88749ae613f284fdfc8f82c8050de28
SHA512

c1666011ee8a9b476fcd03236e6faecf0d597f6000ac4deb00347c3b8d659a5d9a49a4f273efb4eaaea1dd0c84348ccad158ae6ebe13d73631d58126dee8eaa5
SSDEEP

768:Iu/ShQRNKEhSRiiISoPi1ICplUGyzAKfF1KJ/Dqz9Dq6DqkZDqd+LdD2:6iKEhSZIhWldgt1oDqRDq6Dq4DqdC52

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/312-10-0x00000000005C0000-0x00000000005C5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/312-14-0x00000000005C0000-0x00000000005C5000-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\44506 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msaecno.com"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
312	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	997d5dff0f6dc8eef9fe73e8c9b304a4_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	997d5dff0f6dc8eef9fe73e8c9b304a4_JaffaCakes118.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msaecno.com	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	997d5dff0f6dc8eef9fe73e8c9b304a4_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
876	997d5dff0f6dc8eef9fe73e8c9b304a4_JaffaCakes118.exe
876	997d5dff0f6dc8eef9fe73e8c9b304a4_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
876	997d5dff0f6dc8eef9fe73e8c9b304a4_JaffaCakes118.exe
876	997d5dff0f6dc8eef9fe73e8c9b304a4_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 876 wrote to memory of 312	876	997d5dff0f6dc8eef9fe73e8c9b304a4_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 876 wrote to memory of 312	876	997d5dff0f6dc8eef9fe73e8c9b304a4_JaffaCakes118.exe	82
PID 876 wrote to memory of 312	876	997d5dff0f6dc8eef9fe73e8c9b304a4_JaffaCakes118.exe	82

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\997d5dff0f6dc8eef9fe73e8c9b304a4_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\997d5dff0f6dc8eef9fe73e8c9b304a4_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:876
- 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:312

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/312-3-0x0000000000AF0000-0x0000000000AFE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/312-5-0x0000000000AF0000-0x0000000000AFE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/312-10-0x00000000005C0000-0x00000000005C5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/312-14-0x00000000005C0000-0x00000000005C5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/876-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/876-0-0x00000000009D0000-0x00000000009D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/876-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/876-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/876-8-0x00000000009D0000-0x00000000009D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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