andromeda | 73aeeb75463bac480c6c72af23c09e4847646a9657104b98f221bf4eeebd004e

General

Target

73aeeb75463bac480c6c72af23c09e4847646a9657104b98f221bf4eeebd004e.exe
Size

145KB
MD5

cfbcae3e16b7d12df56c80c0d5337c2e
SHA1

75e5f6c4e6fdbdf5386cdde507e3a0a6abc4a496
SHA256

73aeeb75463bac480c6c72af23c09e4847646a9657104b98f221bf4eeebd004e
SHA512

2d0bb0061cbf6db6740bc2646adf9fe7052cf5bbc864303c86c90f635a7da5f3bb08362ff7cdb7e18a968c8988bd9ea2e2028f995bf455b32b74cac403ccf95c
SSDEEP

1536:8haN2fh0+TTQInoWGJcJJleqt1+Wgx3lFnHmleHSWgLAyXnnLm+AnqXw/hCxuehn:2++TFnoWTTYBB1hHgN1AnqdJ5

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
behavioral2/memory/4456-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/4456-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/4724-10-0x0000000000E20000-0x0000000000E25000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/4724-12-0x0000000000E20000-0x0000000000E25000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/4724-16-0x0000000000E20000-0x0000000000E25000-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	msiexec.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\534 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\cccotiq.com"	msiexec.exe

Blocklisted process makes network request 15 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
30	4724	msiexec.exe
31	4724	msiexec.exe
33	4724	msiexec.exe
34	4724	msiexec.exe
37	4724	msiexec.exe
38	4724	msiexec.exe
39	4724	msiexec.exe
40	4724	msiexec.exe
76	4724	msiexec.exe
78	4724	msiexec.exe
79	4724	msiexec.exe
80	4724	msiexec.exe
81	4724	msiexec.exe
82	4724	msiexec.exe
83	4724	msiexec.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3288 set thread context of 4456	3288	73aeeb75463bac480c6c72af23c09e4847646a9657104b98f221bf4eeebd004e.exe	88

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

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

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	73aeeb75463bac480c6c72af23c09e4847646a9657104b98f221bf4eeebd004e.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	73aeeb75463bac480c6c72af23c09e4847646a9657104b98f221bf4eeebd004e.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	msiexec.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4456	73aeeb75463bac480c6c72af23c09e4847646a9657104b98f221bf4eeebd004e.exe
4456	73aeeb75463bac480c6c72af23c09e4847646a9657104b98f221bf4eeebd004e.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3288 wrote to memory of 4456	3288	73aeeb75463bac480c6c72af23c09e4847646a9657104b98f221bf4eeebd004e.exe	88
PID 3288 wrote to memory of 4456	3288	73aeeb75463bac480c6c72af23c09e4847646a9657104b98f221bf4eeebd004e.exe	88
PID 3288 wrote to memory of 4456	3288	73aeeb75463bac480c6c72af23c09e4847646a9657104b98f221bf4eeebd004e.exe	88
PID 3288 wrote to memory of 4456	3288	73aeeb75463bac480c6c72af23c09e4847646a9657104b98f221bf4eeebd004e.exe	88
PID 3288 wrote to memory of 4456	3288	73aeeb75463bac480c6c72af23c09e4847646a9657104b98f221bf4eeebd004e.exe	88
PID 3288 wrote to memory of 4456	3288	73aeeb75463bac480c6c72af23c09e4847646a9657104b98f221bf4eeebd004e.exe	88
PID 4456 wrote to memory of 4724	4456	73aeeb75463bac480c6c72af23c09e4847646a9657104b98f221bf4eeebd004e.exe	89
PID 4456 wrote to memory of 4724	4456	73aeeb75463bac480c6c72af23c09e4847646a9657104b98f221bf4eeebd004e.exe	89
PID 4456 wrote to memory of 4724	4456	73aeeb75463bac480c6c72af23c09e4847646a9657104b98f221bf4eeebd004e.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\73aeeb75463bac480c6c72af23c09e4847646a9657104b98f221bf4eeebd004e.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\73aeeb75463bac480c6c72af23c09e4847646a9657104b98f221bf4eeebd004e.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3288
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\73aeeb75463bac480c6c72af23c09e4847646a9657104b98f221bf4eeebd004e.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\73aeeb75463bac480c6c72af23c09e4847646a9657104b98f221bf4eeebd004e.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4456
- - 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:4724

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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memory/4456-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/4456-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36KB

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memory/4724-5-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000E2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/4724-7-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000E2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/4724-9-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000E2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/4724-10-0x0000000000E20000-0x0000000000E25000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/4724-12-0x0000000000E20000-0x0000000000E25000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/4724-16-0x0000000000E20000-0x0000000000E25000-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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