andromeda | 8cab1f109a9479a53a66e93574f43faf6adb177057a996d95f35f4e14dc46dc3

Analysis

max time kernel
147s
max time network
149s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250217-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250217-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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25/02/2025, 05:25

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_221ac4820da2a641df7320694a45a0b2.exe
Size

62KB
MD5

221ac4820da2a641df7320694a45a0b2
SHA1

7285e22ac85a76d4f9a00d2e9792b5514bc33373
SHA256

8cab1f109a9479a53a66e93574f43faf6adb177057a996d95f35f4e14dc46dc3
SHA512

f0ffa696795d8fb6eeb360824f029cca8e5d7ae0467f6699b6c3a43b9a8b79a39d9a9f252a93eaad9784176a5ebc591d4941ea8fc4ac6df0789346eb781449e6
SSDEEP

1536:uDf4CJtC2+bVZc6wFmzm0GjGkHMRcD5sbZE2ojTEtxe2:of4CtZ6N6LGaMS5cdqTEtxe2

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/1052-10-0x0000000000DF0000-0x0000000000DF5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/1052-14-0x0000000000DF0000-0x0000000000DF5000-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\14040 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msmhda.cmd"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1052	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	JaffaCakes118_221ac4820da2a641df7320694a45a0b2.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	JaffaCakes118_221ac4820da2a641df7320694a45a0b2.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msmhda.cmd	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	JaffaCakes118_221ac4820da2a641df7320694a45a0b2.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
468	JaffaCakes118_221ac4820da2a641df7320694a45a0b2.exe
468	JaffaCakes118_221ac4820da2a641df7320694a45a0b2.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
468	JaffaCakes118_221ac4820da2a641df7320694a45a0b2.exe
468	JaffaCakes118_221ac4820da2a641df7320694a45a0b2.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 468 wrote to memory of 1052	468	JaffaCakes118_221ac4820da2a641df7320694a45a0b2.exe	88
PID 468 wrote to memory of 1052	468	JaffaCakes118_221ac4820da2a641df7320694a45a0b2.exe	88
PID 468 wrote to memory of 1052	468	JaffaCakes118_221ac4820da2a641df7320694a45a0b2.exe	88

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_221ac4820da2a641df7320694a45a0b2.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_221ac4820da2a641df7320694a45a0b2.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:468
- 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:1052

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

memory/468-0-0x0000000000409000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/468-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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memory/468-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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memory/468-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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memory/468-7-0x0000000000409000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1052-4-0x00000000007B0000-0x00000000007BE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/1052-8-0x00000000007B0000-0x00000000007BE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/1052-10-0x0000000000DF0000-0x0000000000DF5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1052-14-0x0000000000DF0000-0x0000000000DF5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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