Malware Analysis Report

2025-01-02 14:25

Sample ID 241128-rxhnlszqfs
Target dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe
SHA256 dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242f
Tags
andromeda backdoor botnet discovery persistence
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242f

Threat Level: Known bad

The file dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

andromeda backdoor botnet discovery persistence

Andromeda, Gamarue

Detects Andromeda payload.

Andromeda family

Adds policy Run key to start application

Executes dropped EXE

Blocklisted process makes network request

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Drops file in Program Files directory

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Unsigned PE

Program crash

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-11-28 14:34

Signatures

Unsigned PE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-11-28 14:34

Reported

2024-11-28 14:36

Platform

win7-20240903-en

Max time kernel

92s

Max time network

16s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe"

Signatures

Andromeda family

andromeda

Andromeda, Gamarue

botnet backdoor andromeda

Detects Andromeda payload.

Description Indicator Process Target
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Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe N/A

Program crash

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 1868 wrote to memory of 1996 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe
PID 1868 wrote to memory of 1996 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe
PID 1868 wrote to memory of 1996 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe
PID 1868 wrote to memory of 1996 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe
PID 1868 wrote to memory of 1996 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe
PID 1868 wrote to memory of 1996 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe
PID 1868 wrote to memory of 1996 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe
PID 1996 wrote to memory of 1920 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe
PID 1996 wrote to memory of 1920 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe
PID 1996 wrote to memory of 1920 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe
PID 1996 wrote to memory of 1920 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe
PID 1996 wrote to memory of 1920 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe
PID 1996 wrote to memory of 1920 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe
PID 1996 wrote to memory of 1920 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe
PID 1920 wrote to memory of 3048 N/A C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
PID 1920 wrote to memory of 3048 N/A C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
PID 1920 wrote to memory of 3048 N/A C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
PID 1920 wrote to memory of 3048 N/A C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe"

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe"

C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe

C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1920 -s 268

Network

N/A

Files

memory/1996-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

memory/1996-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

memory/1996-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe

MD5 559f24e1fa902e1f9ba079283d6f9570
SHA1 2bf197bb3fe0c1ae7aec5d607841df581a921ea4
SHA256 dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242f
SHA512 1a55a7350eea43506c6660b982397071021fb962262ecc37fe6d8e63303fa7e6b99420ea642a53b1401abd24edf1184208b8630c0d72c3e4ace9f8d734ee62de

memory/1996-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

memory/1996-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

memory/1920-13-0x00000000003F0000-0x0000000000404000-memory.dmp

memory/1920-14-0x00000000003F0000-0x0000000000404000-memory.dmp

memory/1920-16-0x00000000003F0000-0x0000000000404000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-11-28 14:34

Reported

2024-11-28 14:36

Platform

win10v2004-20241007-en

Max time kernel

112s

Max time network

95s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe"

Signatures

Andromeda family

andromeda

Andromeda, Gamarue

botnet backdoor andromeda

Detects Andromeda payload.

Description Indicator Process Target
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Adds policy Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\22501 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\ccaegcaa.scr" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe N/A

Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe N/A

Drops file in Program Files directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File created C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\ccaegcaa.scr C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe N/A

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 3076 wrote to memory of 4824 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe
PID 3076 wrote to memory of 4824 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe
PID 3076 wrote to memory of 4824 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe
PID 3076 wrote to memory of 4824 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe
PID 3076 wrote to memory of 4824 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe
PID 3076 wrote to memory of 4824 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe
PID 4824 wrote to memory of 1176 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
PID 4824 wrote to memory of 1176 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
PID 4824 wrote to memory of 1176 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe"

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe

C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 28.118.140.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 83.210.23.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 68.32.126.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 www.update.microsoft.com udp
US 20.109.209.108:80 www.update.microsoft.com tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restless.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restless.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restless.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restless.su tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 108.209.109.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 4.4.8.8.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restless.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restless.su tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 2.192.105.184.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restless.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restless.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restless.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restless.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 pacifista.ru udp
US 44.221.84.105:80 pacifista.ru tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 105.84.221.44.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 196.249.167.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 197.87.175.4.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 198.187.3.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 172.210.232.199.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restless.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restless.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restless.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restless.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restless.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restless.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restless.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restless.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restless.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restless.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 pacifista.ru udp
US 44.221.84.105:80 pacifista.ru tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 23.236.111.52.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

memory/4824-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242fN.exe

MD5 559f24e1fa902e1f9ba079283d6f9570
SHA1 2bf197bb3fe0c1ae7aec5d607841df581a921ea4
SHA256 dae854600603046efce5bc8e4d536a64cc80a8ee9ffa029d6d1b8a505e0c242f
SHA512 1a55a7350eea43506c6660b982397071021fb962262ecc37fe6d8e63303fa7e6b99420ea642a53b1401abd24edf1184208b8630c0d72c3e4ace9f8d734ee62de

memory/4824-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

memory/1176-5-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000262000-memory.dmp

memory/1176-8-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000262000-memory.dmp

memory/1176-10-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000262000-memory.dmp

memory/1176-11-0x00000000006E0000-0x00000000006E5000-memory.dmp

memory/1176-13-0x00000000006E0000-0x00000000006E5000-memory.dmp

memory/1176-17-0x00000000006E0000-0x00000000006E5000-memory.dmp