andromeda | 952a40dfa4450d1375c66f67f477066b39cb8ce355e3714e83eba2b03726942f

General

Target

952a40dfa4450d1375c66f67f477066b39cb8ce355e3714e83eba2b03726942f.exe
Size

380KB
MD5

b10fd5012915f720be688ca56a146373
SHA1

8a48715503b9396bbdcfc89373135bbcfb62c884
SHA256

952a40dfa4450d1375c66f67f477066b39cb8ce355e3714e83eba2b03726942f
SHA512

2c3407739187d17ef42fec434e70bcec6cad20b5a2a1e295d8cccd5f725b3c71ce37ee60c9b817c4577b225f0f975c0032db4d9b4c77cbcb259c0c29a01ec43f
SSDEEP

6144:Y5GBJTHM/Sht2gjFjJ0S9nYtluxpMfbgJM1MVh9Za5fk3loiS:WuTHM/Shtn1SluxM2VHEuoiS

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
behavioral2/memory/3640-9-0x0000000000BD0000-0x0000000000BD5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/3640-13-0x0000000000BD0000-0x0000000000BD5000-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\30142 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\mscahla.com"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3640	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 value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	952a40dfa4450d1375c66f67f477066b39cb8ce355e3714e83eba2b03726942f.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\disk\enum	952a40dfa4450d1375c66f67f477066b39cb8ce355e3714e83eba2b03726942f.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4812 set thread context of 1720	4812	952a40dfa4450d1375c66f67f477066b39cb8ce355e3714e83eba2b03726942f.exe	83

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\mscahla.com	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	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	952a40dfa4450d1375c66f67f477066b39cb8ce355e3714e83eba2b03726942f.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	952a40dfa4450d1375c66f67f477066b39cb8ce355e3714e83eba2b03726942f.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1720	952a40dfa4450d1375c66f67f477066b39cb8ce355e3714e83eba2b03726942f.exe
1720	952a40dfa4450d1375c66f67f477066b39cb8ce355e3714e83eba2b03726942f.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1720	952a40dfa4450d1375c66f67f477066b39cb8ce355e3714e83eba2b03726942f.exe
1720	952a40dfa4450d1375c66f67f477066b39cb8ce355e3714e83eba2b03726942f.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4812 wrote to memory of 1720	4812	952a40dfa4450d1375c66f67f477066b39cb8ce355e3714e83eba2b03726942f.exe	83
PID 4812 wrote to memory of 1720	4812	952a40dfa4450d1375c66f67f477066b39cb8ce355e3714e83eba2b03726942f.exe	83
PID 4812 wrote to memory of 1720	4812	952a40dfa4450d1375c66f67f477066b39cb8ce355e3714e83eba2b03726942f.exe	83
PID 4812 wrote to memory of 1720	4812	952a40dfa4450d1375c66f67f477066b39cb8ce355e3714e83eba2b03726942f.exe	83
PID 4812 wrote to memory of 1720	4812	952a40dfa4450d1375c66f67f477066b39cb8ce355e3714e83eba2b03726942f.exe	83
PID 4812 wrote to memory of 1720	4812	952a40dfa4450d1375c66f67f477066b39cb8ce355e3714e83eba2b03726942f.exe	83
PID 1720 wrote to memory of 3640	1720	952a40dfa4450d1375c66f67f477066b39cb8ce355e3714e83eba2b03726942f.exe	84
PID 1720 wrote to memory of 3640	1720	952a40dfa4450d1375c66f67f477066b39cb8ce355e3714e83eba2b03726942f.exe	84
PID 1720 wrote to memory of 3640	1720	952a40dfa4450d1375c66f67f477066b39cb8ce355e3714e83eba2b03726942f.exe	84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\952a40dfa4450d1375c66f67f477066b39cb8ce355e3714e83eba2b03726942f.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\952a40dfa4450d1375c66f67f477066b39cb8ce355e3714e83eba2b03726942f.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4812
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\952a40dfa4450d1375c66f67f477066b39cb8ce355e3714e83eba2b03726942f.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\952a40dfa4450d1375c66f67f477066b39cb8ce355e3714e83eba2b03726942f.exe
  2⤵
  - Maps connected drives based on registry
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1720
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
    3⤵
    - Adds policy Run key to start application
    - Deletes itself
    - Drops file in Program Files directory
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:3640

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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memory/1720-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1720-3-0x0000000000510000-0x0000000000512000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/3640-5-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000CE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/3640-7-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000CE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/3640-9-0x0000000000BD0000-0x0000000000BD5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/3640-13-0x0000000000BD0000-0x0000000000BD5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/4812-0-0x00000000022A0000-0x00000000022A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4812-4-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010072000-memory.dmp

Filesize
456KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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