andromeda | 07876ee8136321f7bd937755e0e3ea86c85f4050227ab89319b59dfaf67e239d

General

Target

aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

75KB
MD5

aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5
SHA1

813e7f3ba22505df83f4b0b3d78c57d7ffe318c0
SHA256

07876ee8136321f7bd937755e0e3ea86c85f4050227ab89319b59dfaf67e239d
SHA512

fc7860c5e4e28419cf8589fada06b02ac84c6a319dcc624b451751f75722b43b5418ae5ca69a0f08e2ee0bf0dd30a0647c7b4d0d7a712fe72e2b101d8136b413
SSDEEP

1536:8l9/mTYXwRpVF/na8lOFMyOi2DwCR0ObvG6RcAj2:w9OTYgLVF/a8lOFMZDNR0+O6RcAj

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

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3904-6-0x00000000001F0000-0x00000000001F5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/3904-10-0x00000000001F0000-0x00000000001F5000-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

Processes:

svchost.exe

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\63998 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msxlhumxl.pif"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

pid	Process
3904	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

Processes:

aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\disk\enum	aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

Processes:

aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4864 set thread context of 2636	4864	aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe	87

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

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

Processes:

aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exeaa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exesvchost.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

Processes:

aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	Process
2636	aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe
2636	aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

Processes:

aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe

pid	Process
2636	aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe
2636	aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exeaa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4864 wrote to memory of 2636	4864	aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe	87
PID 4864 wrote to memory of 2636	4864	aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe	87
PID 4864 wrote to memory of 2636	4864	aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe	87
PID 4864 wrote to memory of 2636	4864	aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe	87
PID 4864 wrote to memory of 2636	4864	aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe	87
PID 4864 wrote to memory of 2636	4864	aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe	87
PID 2636 wrote to memory of 3904	2636	aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe	88
PID 2636 wrote to memory of 3904	2636	aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe	88
PID 2636 wrote to memory of 3904	2636	aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe	88

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4864
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aa4015faa30238e6fa8969414e5c95f5_JaffaCakes118.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:2636
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
    3⤵
    - Adds policy Run key to start application
    - Deletes itself
    - Drops file in Program Files directory
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:3904

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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Downloads

memory/2636-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/3904-2-0x0000000000960000-0x000000000096E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/3904-4-0x0000000000960000-0x000000000096E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/3904-6-0x00000000001F0000-0x00000000001F5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/3904-10-0x00000000001F0000-0x00000000001F5000-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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