Malware Analysis Report

2025-01-02 14:24

Sample ID 241202-ve2wbaymgp
Target f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe
SHA256 f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292
Tags
andromeda backdoor botnet discovery persistence
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292

Threat Level: Known bad

The file f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

andromeda backdoor botnet discovery persistence

Andromeda family

Detects Andromeda payload.

Andromeda, Gamarue

Adds policy Run key to start application

Executes dropped EXE

Blocklisted process makes network request

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Drops file in Program Files directory

Unsigned PE

Program crash

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-12-02 16:54

Signatures

Unsigned PE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-12-02 16:54

Reported

2024-12-02 16:57

Platform

win7-20241010-en

Max time kernel

16s

Max time network

17s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe"

Signatures

Andromeda family

andromeda

Andromeda, Gamarue

botnet backdoor andromeda

Detects Andromeda payload.

Description Indicator Process Target
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Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe N/A

Program crash

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 1940 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 1940 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 1940 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 1940 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 1940 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 1940 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 1940 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe
PID 1940 wrote to memory of 2328 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe
PID 1940 wrote to memory of 2328 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe
PID 1940 wrote to memory of 2328 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe
PID 1940 wrote to memory of 2328 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe
PID 1940 wrote to memory of 2328 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe
PID 1940 wrote to memory of 2328 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe
PID 1940 wrote to memory of 2328 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe
PID 2328 wrote to memory of 2356 N/A C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
PID 2328 wrote to memory of 2356 N/A C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
PID 2328 wrote to memory of 2356 N/A C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
PID 2328 wrote to memory of 2356 N/A C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe"

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe"

C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe

C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2328 -s 268

Network

N/A

Files

memory/1940-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

memory/1940-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe

MD5 471bddb0d9298833db377340d5ae743b
SHA1 3772593ed810eb5acc1c1e7e1d4b9fc6ca2eed99
SHA256 f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292
SHA512 32ab7991589a8d3ad9d5aceafeee589f62e2387472e6df6b380b2adf3eb7f618c70fd544694b9602b38c082355903c25989e1c2ab2628bddaf25496e09a577c5

memory/1940-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

memory/1940-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

memory/1940-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-13-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000244000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-14-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000244000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-16-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000244000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-12-02 16:54

Reported

2024-12-02 16:57

Platform

win10v2004-20241007-en

Max time kernel

112s

Max time network

94s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe"

Signatures

Andromeda family

andromeda

Andromeda, Gamarue

botnet backdoor andromeda

Detects Andromeda payload.

Description Indicator Process Target
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Adds policy Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\5614 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\ccmiat.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe N/A

Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe N/A

Drops file in Program Files directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File created C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\ccmiat.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe N/A

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 4424 wrote to memory of 1484 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe
PID 4424 wrote to memory of 1484 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe
PID 4424 wrote to memory of 1484 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe
PID 4424 wrote to memory of 1484 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe
PID 4424 wrote to memory of 1484 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe
PID 4424 wrote to memory of 1484 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe
PID 1484 wrote to memory of 2328 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
PID 1484 wrote to memory of 2328 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
PID 1484 wrote to memory of 2328 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe"

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe

C:\Windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 149.220.183.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 68.159.190.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 79.190.18.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 www.update.microsoft.com udp
US 20.72.235.82:80 www.update.microsoft.com tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restless.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restless.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restless.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restless.su tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 4.4.8.8.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 82.235.72.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restless.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restless.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restless.su udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 2.192.105.184.in-addr.arpa udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restless.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restless.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restless.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 pacifista.ru udp
US 44.221.84.105:80 pacifista.ru tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 105.84.221.44.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 209.205.72.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 228.249.119.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 200.163.202.172.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 15.164.165.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 0.204.248.87.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 77.190.18.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restless.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restless.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restless.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restless.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restless.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restless.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restless.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restless.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 restless.su udp
US 184.105.192.2:80 restless.su tcp
US 8.8.4.4:53 pacifista.ru udp
US 44.221.84.105:80 pacifista.ru tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 69.190.18.2.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

memory/1484-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292.exe

MD5 471bddb0d9298833db377340d5ae743b
SHA1 3772593ed810eb5acc1c1e7e1d4b9fc6ca2eed99
SHA256 f254a28733492fdd057ba80624b0c63b78e2bba0743a9a4e07fd29481cd48292
SHA512 32ab7991589a8d3ad9d5aceafeee589f62e2387472e6df6b380b2adf3eb7f618c70fd544694b9602b38c082355903c25989e1c2ab2628bddaf25496e09a577c5

memory/1484-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-6-0x0000000000660000-0x0000000000672000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-8-0x0000000000660000-0x0000000000672000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-10-0x0000000000660000-0x0000000000672000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-11-0x0000000001130000-0x0000000001135000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-13-0x0000000001130000-0x0000000001135000-memory.dmp

memory/2328-17-0x0000000001130000-0x0000000001135000-memory.dmp