andromeda | 2aafaff9ceb013dc68b5f22333c5f0bb2935dd49da8dae6b7a71c3fcf1de6d28

General

Target

2aafaff9ceb013dc68b5f22333c5f0bb2935dd49da8dae6b7a71c3fcf1de6d28.exe
Size

62KB
MD5

1b1ff5aa0d57cd76901edc24c218f254
SHA1

5e40715bbe59cda3124d89862eba0696f3f435c4
SHA256

2aafaff9ceb013dc68b5f22333c5f0bb2935dd49da8dae6b7a71c3fcf1de6d28
SHA512

de8f1ab3cd051705cd461c2b3ff479ae3dbfd340916675292e1b180ed6891d01c64887fa655b8fc680957c7fadf77af10c7da4ee56cb3563587f8df520f78e89
SSDEEP

768:8ZYOGJ8z39m6odrD2ydQtaCGvRDvqguFjI3LOLisuIPcH9e3FEx8EFK4AVSi0WCT:83t2dGanvsh2ki4PQeVEKE38TCNMBMpr

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
behavioral1/memory/2804-9-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2804-13-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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\15900 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msiaavziy.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2804	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	2aafaff9ceb013dc68b5f22333c5f0bb2935dd49da8dae6b7a71c3fcf1de6d28.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	2aafaff9ceb013dc68b5f22333c5f0bb2935dd49da8dae6b7a71c3fcf1de6d28.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

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

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 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	2aafaff9ceb013dc68b5f22333c5f0bb2935dd49da8dae6b7a71c3fcf1de6d28.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2692	2aafaff9ceb013dc68b5f22333c5f0bb2935dd49da8dae6b7a71c3fcf1de6d28.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2692	2aafaff9ceb013dc68b5f22333c5f0bb2935dd49da8dae6b7a71c3fcf1de6d28.exe
2692	2aafaff9ceb013dc68b5f22333c5f0bb2935dd49da8dae6b7a71c3fcf1de6d28.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2692 wrote to memory of 2804	2692	2aafaff9ceb013dc68b5f22333c5f0bb2935dd49da8dae6b7a71c3fcf1de6d28.exe	31
PID 2692 wrote to memory of 2804	2692	2aafaff9ceb013dc68b5f22333c5f0bb2935dd49da8dae6b7a71c3fcf1de6d28.exe	31
PID 2692 wrote to memory of 2804	2692	2aafaff9ceb013dc68b5f22333c5f0bb2935dd49da8dae6b7a71c3fcf1de6d28.exe	31
PID 2692 wrote to memory of 2804	2692	2aafaff9ceb013dc68b5f22333c5f0bb2935dd49da8dae6b7a71c3fcf1de6d28.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2aafaff9ceb013dc68b5f22333c5f0bb2935dd49da8dae6b7a71c3fcf1de6d28.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2aafaff9ceb013dc68b5f22333c5f0bb2935dd49da8dae6b7a71c3fcf1de6d28.exe"
1⤵
- Maps connected drives based on registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2692
- C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
  C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Adds policy Run key to start application
  - Deletes itself
  - Drops file in Program Files directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2804

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/2692-0-0x0000000000408000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2692-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000416000-memory.dmp

Filesize
88KB

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memory/2692-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000416000-memory.dmp

Filesize
88KB

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memory/2692-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000416000-memory.dmp

Filesize
88KB

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memory/2692-5-0x0000000000408000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2804-7-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000005B8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2804-6-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000005B8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2804-9-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2804-13-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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