andromeda | dc6195393a8cc9fc6920e7d94f0369af6a4317afe9f03532f3c2378096bbd4b3

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
150s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240729-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240729-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
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28/02/2025, 19:38

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_3412ee84c9f07faacbba2163afac4447.exe
Size

42KB
MD5

3412ee84c9f07faacbba2163afac4447
SHA1

19f4840861f661cac97aa3526bd1082eed34f0ee
SHA256

dc6195393a8cc9fc6920e7d94f0369af6a4317afe9f03532f3c2378096bbd4b3
SHA512

311fa287d8ccec86df0ca92416246211c31479a3e93a7cad854f3e72ce1d983d5c2e87ab84c0d596d27f27e15102f9f00c99a7de92d3f8f98c49995acad66219
SSDEEP

384:J0mZSxymG6FAYTNdQrWM2N5vjy2uM4O4s:vSEmTFANWM2NZUE

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/468-5-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/468-9-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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\40689 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msuvww.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
468	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_3412ee84c9f07faacbba2163afac4447.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	JaffaCakes118_3412ee84c9f07faacbba2163afac4447.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msuvww.exe	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_3412ee84c9f07faacbba2163afac4447.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2216	JaffaCakes118_3412ee84c9f07faacbba2163afac4447.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2216	JaffaCakes118_3412ee84c9f07faacbba2163afac4447.exe
2216	JaffaCakes118_3412ee84c9f07faacbba2163afac4447.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 468	2216	JaffaCakes118_3412ee84c9f07faacbba2163afac4447.exe	30
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 468	2216	JaffaCakes118_3412ee84c9f07faacbba2163afac4447.exe	30
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 468	2216	JaffaCakes118_3412ee84c9f07faacbba2163afac4447.exe	30
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 468	2216	JaffaCakes118_3412ee84c9f07faacbba2163afac4447.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3412ee84c9f07faacbba2163afac4447.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3412ee84c9f07faacbba2163afac4447.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:2216
- 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:468

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/468-2-0x00000000009A0000-0x00000000009A8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/468-3-0x00000000009A0000-0x00000000009A8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/468-5-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/468-9-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2216-1-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000022000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2216-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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