andromeda | b5c295071d4c2b25b920beadd01f74c19e80c90b230fb8a53f9de11ae24c79b0

General

Target

ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

107KB
MD5

ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4
SHA1

8c6f7140fac14bd262e4befe5e4fe5dd73f05954
SHA256

b5c295071d4c2b25b920beadd01f74c19e80c90b230fb8a53f9de11ae24c79b0
SHA512

43dbeb3aa922c20c351757659609edf68b5a90cc6d99f96e9c85ecdb3cc7e2309cc368d79e0ebbd9384ce8246fe2a94225437a59dbdb853be417a2e4033e9dc0
SSDEEP

3072:Rw31FyVLEJKyGbn06udaNCDyoMnzD1xyrniNW/Te9i:Rs3X+n06uVDFJb9/

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/1036-9-0x0000000000FF0000-0x0000000000FF5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/1036-13-0x0000000000FF0000-0x0000000000FF5000-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\6781 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msszpxpla.pif"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1036	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	ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1496 set thread context of 3376	1496	ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe	89

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

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

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3376	ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe
3376	ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3376	ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe
3376	ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 3376	1496	ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 3376	1496	ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 3376	1496	ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 3376	1496	ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 3376	1496	ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 3376 wrote to memory of 1036	3376	ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe	90
PID 3376 wrote to memory of 1036	3376	ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe	90
PID 3376 wrote to memory of 1036	3376	ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe	90

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1496
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_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:3376
- - 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:1036

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/1036-7-0x0000000000A50000-0x0000000000A5E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/1036-5-0x0000000000A50000-0x0000000000A5E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/1036-9-0x0000000000FF0000-0x0000000000FF5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1036-13-0x0000000000FF0000-0x0000000000FF5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1496-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/3376-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/3376-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/3376-3-0x0000000000410000-0x00000000004D9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
804KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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