andromeda | 1ca0b014bf39a6292906fe7e3d1a4ffb4176f4f45fcfdc9612b3fe5799079d93

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe
Size

92KB
MD5

237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd
SHA1

80093b35184c4b1e39ebfbe536ea149b6c53bd27
SHA256

1ca0b014bf39a6292906fe7e3d1a4ffb4176f4f45fcfdc9612b3fe5799079d93
SHA512

cf3675f8f3ef72211ea2acc267824737a0556944b68e3492c8053d9049adadabdc148bda33f374423919b53ff095ebd5a9d69c10e7d8bba77536764ae3f0a59a
SSDEEP

1536:nej0T00irLVRQSKtGeGE67zLnUbzCSNH+3eD6nrU0CZaEaxxNytby8LJ1kRmniVC:ehhnKA4H+DU0B3rEtBLJOXCcZA29rpol

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/2860-35-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2860-39-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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\3923 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\mschox.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2860	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_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3028 set thread context of 2892	3028	JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe	30

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\mschox.exe	svchost.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	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2892	JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2892	JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe
2892	JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3028	JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3028	JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3028	JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3028	JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3028 wrote to memory of 2892	3028	JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe	30
PID 3028 wrote to memory of 2892	3028	JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe	30
PID 3028 wrote to memory of 2892	3028	JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe	30
PID 3028 wrote to memory of 2892	3028	JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe	30
PID 3028 wrote to memory of 2892	3028	JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe	30
PID 3028 wrote to memory of 2892	3028	JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe	30
PID 3028 wrote to memory of 2892	3028	JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe	30
PID 2892 wrote to memory of 2860	2892	JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe	31
PID 2892 wrote to memory of 2860	2892	JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe	31
PID 2892 wrote to memory of 2860	2892	JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe	31
PID 2892 wrote to memory of 2860	2892	JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3028
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_237fcf4433db34d76442507f23a297dd.exe"
  2⤵
  - Maps connected drives based on registry
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2892
- - C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
    3⤵
    - Adds policy Run key to start application
    - Deletes itself
    - Drops file in Program Files directory
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2860

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

Peripheral Device Discovery

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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memory/2860-33-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2860-32-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2860-35-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2860-39-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2892-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2892-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2892-26-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2892-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2892-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/3028-16-0x00000000002A0000-0x00000000002A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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