andromeda | e0124eb4277281b979d7bea79071cb7839ddab32d2e07d271262086457dae5d6

Analysis

max time kernel
140s
max time network
131s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
26/02/2025, 01:43

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_236703a19ce7e03ea9216da5ed4cf8a9.exe
Size

36KB
MD5

236703a19ce7e03ea9216da5ed4cf8a9
SHA1

7c0d099167eb860e4c58fa46d1a0ffec4e1fef64
SHA256

e0124eb4277281b979d7bea79071cb7839ddab32d2e07d271262086457dae5d6
SHA512

e0111a4c73d535e0a256063f2db8b7ecc2d2226cc6f089c74b6956876671b28570f1746d59fd48d7e3c52b0fe4c8877add2e1f0772fd47c6329113560d0a0323
SSDEEP

768:n9N++RhsdR+TXl7SvIZhuxtUZn2BvsHLX6JwPIILI:9Y+KDCXNZhstUw1sHLewDc

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
behavioral1/memory/1980-5-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/1980-9-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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\8523 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\mszaor.cmd"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1980	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	JaffaCakes118_236703a19ce7e03ea9216da5ed4cf8a9.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\disk\enum	JaffaCakes118_236703a19ce7e03ea9216da5ed4cf8a9.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\mszaor.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_236703a19ce7e03ea9216da5ed4cf8a9.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1720	JaffaCakes118_236703a19ce7e03ea9216da5ed4cf8a9.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1720	JaffaCakes118_236703a19ce7e03ea9216da5ed4cf8a9.exe
1720	JaffaCakes118_236703a19ce7e03ea9216da5ed4cf8a9.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1720 wrote to memory of 1980	1720	JaffaCakes118_236703a19ce7e03ea9216da5ed4cf8a9.exe	30
PID 1720 wrote to memory of 1980	1720	JaffaCakes118_236703a19ce7e03ea9216da5ed4cf8a9.exe	30
PID 1720 wrote to memory of 1980	1720	JaffaCakes118_236703a19ce7e03ea9216da5ed4cf8a9.exe	30
PID 1720 wrote to memory of 1980	1720	JaffaCakes118_236703a19ce7e03ea9216da5ed4cf8a9.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_236703a19ce7e03ea9216da5ed4cf8a9.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_236703a19ce7e03ea9216da5ed4cf8a9.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:1720
- 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:1980

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/1720-0-0x0000000000240000-0x0000000000242000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1720-1-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
48KB

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memory/1980-2-0x00000000009E0000-0x00000000009E8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/1980-3-0x00000000009E0000-0x00000000009E8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/1980-5-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1980-9-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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