andromeda | 5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947

General

Target

5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe
Size

168KB
MD5

4e4f72a1b2518ada1fa4fdadbc2b43fc
SHA1

0ccb968bc395e49af394dd9209bb9b138a0e0cb1
SHA256

5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947
SHA512

5a37a854bd9d2d1a112bb1016498fc762990cf334115d503a60a077c55acdb88c28aa704334853736bee9dd16430fb95e844535a1e2a85050cb62b4dd4e716d5
SSDEEP

1536:8haN2fh0+TTQInoWGJcJJleqt1+Wgx3lFnHmleHSWgLAyXnnLm+AnqO5Es:2++TFnoWTTYBB1hHgN1Anqe

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. 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4920-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/4920-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/3492-10-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D25000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/3492-12-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D25000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/3492-16-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D25000-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
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\47211 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\ccabpy.exe"	msiexec.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run	msiexec.exe

Blocklisted process makes network request 25 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
14	3492	msiexec.exe
15	3492	msiexec.exe
16	3492	msiexec.exe
21	3492	msiexec.exe
22	3492	msiexec.exe
24	3492	msiexec.exe
25	3492	msiexec.exe
28	3492	msiexec.exe
29	3492	msiexec.exe
31	3492	msiexec.exe
32	3492	msiexec.exe
33	3492	msiexec.exe
34	3492	msiexec.exe
58	3492	msiexec.exe
59	3492	msiexec.exe
60	3492	msiexec.exe
61	3492	msiexec.exe
62	3492	msiexec.exe
63	3492	msiexec.exe
64	3492	msiexec.exe
65	3492	msiexec.exe
66	3492	msiexec.exe
67	3492	msiexec.exe
68	3492	msiexec.exe
69	3492	msiexec.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1532 set thread context of 4920	1532	5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe	83

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\ccabpy.exe	msiexec.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	5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	msiexec.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4920	5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe
4920	5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1532 wrote to memory of 4920	1532	5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe	83
PID 1532 wrote to memory of 4920	1532	5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe	83
PID 1532 wrote to memory of 4920	1532	5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe	83
PID 1532 wrote to memory of 4920	1532	5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe	83
PID 1532 wrote to memory of 4920	1532	5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe	83
PID 1532 wrote to memory of 4920	1532	5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe	83
PID 4920 wrote to memory of 3492	4920	5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe	84
PID 4920 wrote to memory of 3492	4920	5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe	84
PID 4920 wrote to memory of 3492	4920	5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe	84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1532
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4920
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe
    3⤵
    - Adds policy Run key to start application
    - Blocklisted process makes network request
    - Drops file in Program Files directory
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:3492

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

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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memory/3492-5-0x00000000009D0000-0x00000000009E2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/3492-7-0x00000000009D0000-0x00000000009E2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/3492-9-0x00000000009D0000-0x00000000009E2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/3492-10-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D25000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/3492-12-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D25000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/3492-16-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D25000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/4920-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/4920-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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