andromeda | 5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f

General

Target

5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f.exe
Size

168KB
MD5

25aec122773f3a73c32ed71402fef96f
SHA1

c3773e2413975f4c4c98d91df9a690ef7390a1b2
SHA256

5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f
SHA512

aaa06b4cad26ef1dd7e496559a61ec6420eaefa2afacd8e59bc65468f1eee1229e38f967d07800bcd589b23423539fb29758e84c938daaa0bd2e2e0cadf5a0e4
SSDEEP

1536:8haN2fh0+TTQInoWGJcJJleqt1+Wgx3lFnHmleHSWgLAyXnnLm+AnqO5EU:2++TFnoWTTYBB1hHgN1Anq6

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

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2780-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/2780-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/4960-11-0x0000000001150000-0x0000000001155000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/4960-13-0x0000000001150000-0x0000000001155000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/4960-17-0x0000000001150000-0x0000000001155000-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

Processes:

msiexec.exe

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\52036 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\ccriuqobk.exe"	msiexec.exe

Blocklisted process makes network request 25 IoCs

Processes:

msiexec.exe

flow	pid	Process
14	4960	msiexec.exe
15	4960	msiexec.exe
16	4960	msiexec.exe
19	4960	msiexec.exe
20	4960	msiexec.exe
21	4960	msiexec.exe
26	4960	msiexec.exe
27	4960	msiexec.exe
28	4960	msiexec.exe
29	4960	msiexec.exe
30	4960	msiexec.exe
31	4960	msiexec.exe
32	4960	msiexec.exe
54	4960	msiexec.exe
55	4960	msiexec.exe
56	4960	msiexec.exe
57	4960	msiexec.exe
58	4960	msiexec.exe
59	4960	msiexec.exe
60	4960	msiexec.exe
61	4960	msiexec.exe
62	4960	msiexec.exe
63	4960	msiexec.exe
64	4960	msiexec.exe
66	4960	msiexec.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

Processes:

5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5032 set thread context of 2780	5032	5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f.exe	83

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

Processes:

msiexec.exe

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\ccriuqobk.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

Processes:

msiexec.exe5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f.exe5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	msiexec.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

Processes:

5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f.exe

pid	Process
2780	5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f.exe
2780	5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes:

5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f.exe5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5032 wrote to memory of 2780	5032	5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f.exe	83
PID 5032 wrote to memory of 2780	5032	5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f.exe	83
PID 5032 wrote to memory of 2780	5032	5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f.exe	83
PID 5032 wrote to memory of 2780	5032	5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f.exe	83
PID 5032 wrote to memory of 2780	5032	5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f.exe	83
PID 5032 wrote to memory of 2780	5032	5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f.exe	83
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 4960	2780	5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f.exe	84
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 4960	2780	5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f.exe	84
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 4960	2780	5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f.exe	84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5032
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5d8d767674e0c750a7079db17d3fb54859b6c8095935d7176af8a7c11a77b84f.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2780
- - 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:4960

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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Downloads

memory/2780-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/2780-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/4960-6-0x00000000006C0000-0x00000000006D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/4960-8-0x00000000006C0000-0x00000000006D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/4960-10-0x00000000006C0000-0x00000000006D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/4960-11-0x0000000001150000-0x0000000001155000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/4960-13-0x0000000001150000-0x0000000001155000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/4960-17-0x0000000001150000-0x0000000001155000-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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