andromeda | e055346bbcea8acc879fc9ab7cc231658971d42f463c1a4a139a139fbbb95ac7

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
149s
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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30-11-2024 04:52

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General

Target

b4dd126a8a85297f6695d1e89f8a827b_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

88KB
MD5

b4dd126a8a85297f6695d1e89f8a827b
SHA1

888390b12724c4f7de484029b081cc5cd78d239d
SHA256

e055346bbcea8acc879fc9ab7cc231658971d42f463c1a4a139a139fbbb95ac7
SHA512

0c0c5899ff61b487469dad1a4348ef2ec7f8e04c6a21509c4165dd7f8864ead17360b9198c79c602123c5e3d31dfb7cc14bafa4245421be0c171aaf6d4791572
SSDEEP

1536:t5piVnDXkTbhCtaB6GVA/bVQPxfgiqfoOonoKg+yOH5y/yEP:6D0ctAVA/bmxIMnoKjyR/NP

Score

10^/10

andromeda backdoor botnet discovery persistence upx

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/1408-62-0x0000000001100000-0x0000000001105000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/1408-66-0x0000000001100000-0x0000000001105000-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\52278 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msejahd.bat"	svchost.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2437139445-1151884604-3026847218-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	b4dd126a8a85297f6695d1e89f8a827b_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
556	winlogonr.exe
1616	winlogonr.exe
4228	winlogonr.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2437139445-1151884604-3026847218-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\winlogon = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\winlogonr\\winlogonr.exe"	reg.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	winlogonr.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	winlogonr.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4516 set thread context of 2328	4516	b4dd126a8a85297f6695d1e89f8a827b_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 556 set thread context of 1616	556	winlogonr.exe	105
PID 556 set thread context of 4228	556	winlogonr.exe	106

UPX packed file 6 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2328-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2328-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2328-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2328-38-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2328-54-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1616-68-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msejahd.bat	svchost.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 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	winlogonr.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	winlogonr.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	winlogonr.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	b4dd126a8a85297f6695d1e89f8a827b_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	b4dd126a8a85297f6695d1e89f8a827b_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	reg.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4228	winlogonr.exe
4228	winlogonr.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4228	winlogonr.exe
4228	winlogonr.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1616	winlogonr.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
4516	b4dd126a8a85297f6695d1e89f8a827b_JaffaCakes118.exe
2328	b4dd126a8a85297f6695d1e89f8a827b_JaffaCakes118.exe
556	winlogonr.exe
1616	winlogonr.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 34 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4516 wrote to memory of 2328	4516	b4dd126a8a85297f6695d1e89f8a827b_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 4516 wrote to memory of 2328	4516	b4dd126a8a85297f6695d1e89f8a827b_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 4516 wrote to memory of 2328	4516	b4dd126a8a85297f6695d1e89f8a827b_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 4516 wrote to memory of 2328	4516	b4dd126a8a85297f6695d1e89f8a827b_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 4516 wrote to memory of 2328	4516	b4dd126a8a85297f6695d1e89f8a827b_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 4516 wrote to memory of 2328	4516	b4dd126a8a85297f6695d1e89f8a827b_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 4516 wrote to memory of 2328	4516	b4dd126a8a85297f6695d1e89f8a827b_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 4516 wrote to memory of 2328	4516	b4dd126a8a85297f6695d1e89f8a827b_JaffaCakes118.exe	89
PID 2328 wrote to memory of 2208	2328	b4dd126a8a85297f6695d1e89f8a827b_JaffaCakes118.exe	92
PID 2328 wrote to memory of 2208	2328	b4dd126a8a85297f6695d1e89f8a827b_JaffaCakes118.exe	92
PID 2328 wrote to memory of 2208	2328	b4dd126a8a85297f6695d1e89f8a827b_JaffaCakes118.exe	92
PID 2208 wrote to memory of 1696	2208	cmd.exe	96
PID 2208 wrote to memory of 1696	2208	cmd.exe	96
PID 2208 wrote to memory of 1696	2208	cmd.exe	96
PID 2328 wrote to memory of 556	2328	b4dd126a8a85297f6695d1e89f8a827b_JaffaCakes118.exe	97
PID 2328 wrote to memory of 556	2328	b4dd126a8a85297f6695d1e89f8a827b_JaffaCakes118.exe	97
PID 2328 wrote to memory of 556	2328	b4dd126a8a85297f6695d1e89f8a827b_JaffaCakes118.exe	97
PID 556 wrote to memory of 1616	556	winlogonr.exe	105
PID 556 wrote to memory of 1616	556	winlogonr.exe	105
PID 556 wrote to memory of 1616	556	winlogonr.exe	105
PID 556 wrote to memory of 1616	556	winlogonr.exe	105
PID 556 wrote to memory of 1616	556	winlogonr.exe	105
PID 556 wrote to memory of 1616	556	winlogonr.exe	105
PID 556 wrote to memory of 1616	556	winlogonr.exe	105
PID 556 wrote to memory of 1616	556	winlogonr.exe	105
PID 556 wrote to memory of 4228	556	winlogonr.exe	106
PID 556 wrote to memory of 4228	556	winlogonr.exe	106
PID 556 wrote to memory of 4228	556	winlogonr.exe	106
PID 556 wrote to memory of 4228	556	winlogonr.exe	106
PID 556 wrote to memory of 4228	556	winlogonr.exe	106
PID 556 wrote to memory of 4228	556	winlogonr.exe	106
PID 4228 wrote to memory of 1408	4228	winlogonr.exe	107
PID 4228 wrote to memory of 1408	4228	winlogonr.exe	107
PID 4228 wrote to memory of 1408	4228	winlogonr.exe	107

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b4dd126a8a85297f6695d1e89f8a827b_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b4dd126a8a85297f6695d1e89f8a827b_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4516
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b4dd126a8a85297f6695d1e89f8a827b_JaffaCakes118.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b4dd126a8a85297f6695d1e89f8a827b_JaffaCakes118.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2328
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AWVMC.bat" "
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2208
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
      REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "winlogon" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\winlogonr\winlogonr.exe" /f
      4⤵
      Adds Run key to start application
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1696
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\winlogonr\winlogonr.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\winlogonr\winlogonr.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:556
  - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\winlogonr\winlogonr.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\winlogonr\winlogonr.exe"
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1616
  - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\winlogonr\winlogonr.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\winlogonr\winlogonr.exe"
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Maps connected drives based on registry
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4228
    - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
        
        C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
        5⤵
        Adds policy Run key to start application
        Drops file in Program Files directory
        System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        
        PID:1408

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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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AWVMC.txt

Filesize
149B

MD5
6831b89d0b8dc3e07588d733e75c122b

SHA1
8c70088c3224bbaf535ed19ec0f6bd5231c543be

SHA256
9fe102f2c6dff35f03787b85f725d12347cf491c897730a7f2e818f65177ffc2

SHA512
699fb44a25032ee4ad0ace1f941c826b333baddb65049c22e80b272909e85f4c8a00fef73fe2d97fa8998a0b6969b13461237bfc1e8f9bf711849d17d0cda6da

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\winlogonr\winlogonr.exe

Filesize
88KB

MD5
a1ea25b35c8c55610517cca4fc6efbd9

SHA1
055661cdeb49be18323e78f6968c11b596ab70f4

SHA256
f8beacc2d3c56f141c8c8a7fcaf2c5ccdffa8756a7cf11b463a0f1555fc6e673

SHA512
18a316ac9995edd05fe6095f9895fc2869f8b81ae9c614d860fecec50f40dd24e080c1581d00dea931a4de15900c64536de1aaee46c29f90fd9c2014dc39e0d0

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memory/556-40-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000416000-memory.dmp

Filesize
88KB

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memory/556-51-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000416000-memory.dmp

Filesize
88KB

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memory/556-42-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000416000-memory.dmp

Filesize
88KB

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memory/556-41-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000416000-memory.dmp

Filesize
88KB

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memory/1408-66-0x0000000001100000-0x0000000001105000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1408-62-0x0000000001100000-0x0000000001105000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1408-60-0x00000000008C0000-0x00000000008CE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/1408-58-0x00000000008C0000-0x00000000008CE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/1616-68-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/2328-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/2328-38-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/2328-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/2328-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/2328-54-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/4228-45-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/4228-50-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/4516-2-0x0000000002A00000-0x0000000002A02000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/4516-7-0x0000000002A80000-0x0000000002A82000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/4516-6-0x0000000002A70000-0x0000000002A72000-memory.dmp

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8KB

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memory/4516-5-0x0000000002A50000-0x0000000002A52000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/4516-3-0x0000000002A10000-0x0000000002A12000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/4516-4-0x0000000002A30000-0x0000000002A32000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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