andromeda | 000179205d442b89812015caed9a03c8607252ae5c8bceb4cb40e68e52379fd3

Analysis

max time kernel
140s
max time network
130s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
01/03/2025, 00:35

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General

Target

DHL report.exe
Size

48KB
MD5

1b290a481650c19ae56a4c247fd6d421
SHA1

d7de13eff1c16d4771c1dce902644448e45a541d
SHA256

2c383dd4d6b713394e7983af6b541c95dbe5f3a7bcefd4d043f1bc71ef79c2ca
SHA512

4aebcbaa643b72310da722c1b29b6f41cb125346ccc357799797fc84b69ff528ae3cb9e7ee9476db0dc2998ee7eff4deabe58e255626044c865997b209223899
SSDEEP

768:WfrCsUQPEE9TjcLF9vihb1+cDcF69GXF+2YrviNYW4xTM:WzNUgEE9TQLkccDc3XF+2Jv41

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/2152-9-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2152-13-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\52206 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msshvo.exe"	svchost.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2152	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	DHL report.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	DHL report.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

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

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2428	DHL report.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2428	DHL report.exe
2428	DHL report.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2428 wrote to memory of 2152	2428	DHL report.exe	30
PID 2428 wrote to memory of 2152	2428	DHL report.exe	30
PID 2428 wrote to memory of 2152	2428	DHL report.exe	30
PID 2428 wrote to memory of 2152	2428	DHL report.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DHL report.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DHL report.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:2428
- 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:2152

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/2152-6-0x0000000000790000-0x0000000000798000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2152-7-0x0000000000790000-0x0000000000798000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2152-9-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2152-13-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2428-0-0x0000000000403000-0x0000000000407000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16KB

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memory/2428-1-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/2428-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/2428-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/2428-5-0x0000000000403000-0x0000000000407000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16KB

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