Malware Analysis Report

2025-01-02 14:25

Sample ID 241129-cpw4psyraz
Target ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118
SHA256 b5c295071d4c2b25b920beadd01f74c19e80c90b230fb8a53f9de11ae24c79b0
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: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

b5c295071d4c2b25b920beadd01f74c19e80c90b230fb8a53f9de11ae24c79b0

Threat Level: Known bad

The file ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118 was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

andromeda backdoor botnet discovery persistence

Detects Andromeda payload.

Andromeda, Gamarue

Andromeda family

Adds policy Run key to start application

Deletes itself

Maps connected drives based on registry

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Drops file in Program Files directory

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Unsigned PE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-11-29 02:15

Signatures

Unsigned PE

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

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-11-29 02:15

Reported

2024-11-29 02:18

Platform

win10v2004-20241007-en

Max time kernel

145s

Max time network

138s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe"

Signatures

Andromeda family

andromeda

Andromeda, Gamarue

botnet backdoor andromeda

Detects Andromeda payload.

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

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\svchost.exe N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\6781 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msszpxpla.pif" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe N/A

Deletes itself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe N/A

Maps connected drives based on registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\disk\enum C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0 C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Drops file in Program Files directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File created C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msszpxpla.pif C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.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\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 3376 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 3376 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 3376 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 3376 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 3376 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 3376 wrote to memory of 1036 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
PID 3376 wrote to memory of 1036 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
PID 3376 wrote to memory of 1036 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe"

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe

C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 217.106.137.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 67.209.201.84.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 140.32.126.40.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 axhost.biz udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 axhost.biz udp
US 8.8.4.4:53 sonic4us.ru udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 sonic4us.ru 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 aminserve.info udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 aminserve.info udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 2.192.105.184.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 104.219.191.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 53.210.109.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 15.164.165.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 172.210.232.199.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.4.4:53 axhost.biz udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 axhost.biz udp
US 8.8.4.4:53 sonic4us.ru udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 sonic4us.ru tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 aminserve.info udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 aminserve.info udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 31.243.111.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.4.4:53 axhost.biz udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 axhost.biz udp
US 8.8.4.4:53 sonic4us.ru udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 sonic4us.ru tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 aminserve.info udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 aminserve.info udp

Files

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-11-29 02:15

Reported

2024-11-29 02:18

Platform

win7-20241010-en

Max time kernel

148s

Max time network

155s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe"

Signatures

Andromeda family

andromeda

Andromeda, Gamarue

botnet backdoor andromeda

Detects Andromeda payload.

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

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\svchost.exe N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\35033 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\mszavl.cmd" C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe N/A

Deletes itself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe N/A

Maps connected drives based on registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\disk\enum C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0 C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Drops file in Program Files directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File created C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\mszavl.cmd C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.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\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe N/A

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2268 wrote to memory of 2548 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 2268 wrote to memory of 2548 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 2268 wrote to memory of 2548 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 2268 wrote to memory of 2548 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 2268 wrote to memory of 2548 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 2268 wrote to memory of 2548 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 2548 wrote to memory of 1988 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
PID 2548 wrote to memory of 1988 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
PID 2548 wrote to memory of 1988 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
PID 2548 wrote to memory of 1988 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe"

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ae455f6dbafbe31288273839594287c4_JaffaCakes118.exe"

C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe

C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
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 axhost.biz udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 axhost.biz udp
US 8.8.4.4:53 sonic4us.ru udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 sonic4us.ru tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 aminserve.info udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 aminserve.info udp
US 8.8.4.4:53 axhost.biz udp
US 8.8.4.4:53 sonic4us.ru udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 sonic4us.ru tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 aminserve.info udp
US 8.8.4.4:53 axhost.biz udp
US 8.8.4.4:53 sonic4us.ru udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 sonic4us.ru tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 aminserve.info udp

Files

memory/2268-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

memory/2548-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

memory/2268-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

memory/2548-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

memory/2548-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

memory/2548-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

memory/1988-11-0x0000000000A40000-0x0000000000A48000-memory.dmp

memory/1988-9-0x0000000000A40000-0x0000000000A48000-memory.dmp

memory/1988-13-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

memory/1988-17-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp