andromeda | c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543

General

Target

c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543.exe
Size

106KB
MD5

5454a7749b19b7c6ced0d22360c738b1
SHA1

75e1dd056895c0e9cda7b2f4615997d11c2b38f9
SHA256

c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543
SHA512

77d924f407610b9db8f8a9cc86e34d497b124bb2c08bcbb58d77be97ed3e499c84a89e4a46946d43f6d5b957efe4c94cc7e2f15ecdd39e5d2c914df90866ec95
SSDEEP

1536:7SG9RdzoS5W0tu7mHY0J6V3wdyLpiJGVEP9ywlXR:eaVoS5jTY9AdyLQL

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
behavioral1/memory/2516-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2516-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2516-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/1488-17-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/1488-21-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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\15806 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\ccslhf.exe"	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2516	c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2388	c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2388 set thread context of 2516	2388	c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543.exe	30

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\ccslhf.exe	svchost.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	c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2516	c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543.exe
2516	c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2388 wrote to memory of 2516	2388	c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543.exe	30
PID 2388 wrote to memory of 2516	2388	c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543.exe	30
PID 2388 wrote to memory of 2516	2388	c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543.exe	30
PID 2388 wrote to memory of 2516	2388	c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543.exe	30
PID 2388 wrote to memory of 2516	2388	c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543.exe	30
PID 2388 wrote to memory of 2516	2388	c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543.exe	30
PID 2388 wrote to memory of 2516	2388	c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543.exe	30
PID 2516 wrote to memory of 1488	2516	c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543.exe	31
PID 2516 wrote to memory of 1488	2516	c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543.exe	31
PID 2516 wrote to memory of 1488	2516	c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543.exe	31
PID 2516 wrote to memory of 1488	2516	c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2388
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2516
- - C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
    3⤵
    - Adds policy Run key to start application
    - Drops file in Program Files directory
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1488

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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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543.exe

Filesize
106KB

MD5
5454a7749b19b7c6ced0d22360c738b1

SHA1
75e1dd056895c0e9cda7b2f4615997d11c2b38f9

SHA256
c45a0df2d99a94ae0ac76231a35d58bc0df8f6c95918557c057a1351a9bf4543

SHA512
77d924f407610b9db8f8a9cc86e34d497b124bb2c08bcbb58d77be97ed3e499c84a89e4a46946d43f6d5b957efe4c94cc7e2f15ecdd39e5d2c914df90866ec95

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memory/1488-14-0x0000000000E90000-0x0000000000E98000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/1488-15-0x0000000000E90000-0x0000000000E98000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/1488-17-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1488-21-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2516-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/2516-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/2516-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/2516-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/2516-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-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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