andromeda | 5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
151s
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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01-12-2024 15:24

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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/980-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/980-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/2836-10-0x00000000005D0000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/2836-12-0x00000000005D0000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/2836-16-0x00000000005D0000-0x00000000005D5000-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	msiexec.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\47493 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\ccxnmpnr.com"	msiexec.exe

Blocklisted process makes network request 37 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
15	2836	msiexec.exe
16	2836	msiexec.exe
17	2836	msiexec.exe
18	2836	msiexec.exe
19	2836	msiexec.exe
20	2836	msiexec.exe
21	2836	msiexec.exe
22	2836	msiexec.exe
26	2836	msiexec.exe
27	2836	msiexec.exe
28	2836	msiexec.exe
29	2836	msiexec.exe
30	2836	msiexec.exe
58	2836	msiexec.exe
59	2836	msiexec.exe
60	2836	msiexec.exe
61	2836	msiexec.exe
62	2836	msiexec.exe
63	2836	msiexec.exe
64	2836	msiexec.exe
65	2836	msiexec.exe
66	2836	msiexec.exe
67	2836	msiexec.exe
68	2836	msiexec.exe
69	2836	msiexec.exe
75	2836	msiexec.exe
76	2836	msiexec.exe
77	2836	msiexec.exe
79	2836	msiexec.exe
80	2836	msiexec.exe
81	2836	msiexec.exe
82	2836	msiexec.exe
83	2836	msiexec.exe
84	2836	msiexec.exe
85	2836	msiexec.exe
86	2836	msiexec.exe
87	2836	msiexec.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2172 set thread context of 980	2172	5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe	82

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\ccxnmpnr.com	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
980	5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe
980	5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2172 wrote to memory of 980	2172	5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe	82
PID 2172 wrote to memory of 980	2172	5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe	82
PID 2172 wrote to memory of 980	2172	5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe	82
PID 2172 wrote to memory of 980	2172	5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe	82
PID 2172 wrote to memory of 980	2172	5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe	82
PID 2172 wrote to memory of 980	2172	5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe	82
PID 980 wrote to memory of 2836	980	5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe	83
PID 980 wrote to memory of 2836	980	5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe	83
PID 980 wrote to memory of 2836	980	5a6d5298011fdd17ba360c916502b18318de3f839c0db9c83c6fc05945fe5947.exe	83

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:2172
- 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:980
- - 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:2836

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

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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memory/980-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/980-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/2836-5-0x0000000000630000-0x0000000000642000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/2836-7-0x0000000000630000-0x0000000000642000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/2836-9-0x0000000000630000-0x0000000000642000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/2836-10-0x00000000005D0000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2836-12-0x00000000005D0000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2836-16-0x00000000005D0000-0x00000000005D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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