andromeda | 240c1c2bd904303aaa436231aa43b84da3ba5d21a854c7bc5ebc32359ae14941

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_415c1886234cc417960c2eee3a3c7800.exe
Size

80KB
MD5

415c1886234cc417960c2eee3a3c7800
SHA1

5d4d6f9633f74d952b5a3adcba58de35e232f197
SHA256

240c1c2bd904303aaa436231aa43b84da3ba5d21a854c7bc5ebc32359ae14941
SHA512

caffc27abf4e4cb32cf4db6240c2164dd91838c3f31738faeb72bfbb4fc477d9b9cdacacfef062637f25cb5d41d3169f4d95dd09c4c4494d4b12b31e2fa5e12d
SSDEEP

1536:y6qgh1+UcqDfR6ezz3k0RX8p8eJXcEhxUNi3I+ZIwNJ:y6q8+XyztX8phJXcEINbw3

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/1972-14-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/1972-18-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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\3551 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msuvui.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1972	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_415c1886234cc417960c2eee3a3c7800.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	JaffaCakes118_415c1886234cc417960c2eee3a3c7800.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1908 set thread context of 2380	1908	JaffaCakes118_415c1886234cc417960c2eee3a3c7800.exe	30

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msuvui.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	JaffaCakes118_415c1886234cc417960c2eee3a3c7800.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_415c1886234cc417960c2eee3a3c7800.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2380	JaffaCakes118_415c1886234cc417960c2eee3a3c7800.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2380	JaffaCakes118_415c1886234cc417960c2eee3a3c7800.exe
2380	JaffaCakes118_415c1886234cc417960c2eee3a3c7800.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1908 wrote to memory of 2380	1908	JaffaCakes118_415c1886234cc417960c2eee3a3c7800.exe	30
PID 1908 wrote to memory of 2380	1908	JaffaCakes118_415c1886234cc417960c2eee3a3c7800.exe	30
PID 1908 wrote to memory of 2380	1908	JaffaCakes118_415c1886234cc417960c2eee3a3c7800.exe	30
PID 1908 wrote to memory of 2380	1908	JaffaCakes118_415c1886234cc417960c2eee3a3c7800.exe	30
PID 1908 wrote to memory of 2380	1908	JaffaCakes118_415c1886234cc417960c2eee3a3c7800.exe	30
PID 1908 wrote to memory of 2380	1908	JaffaCakes118_415c1886234cc417960c2eee3a3c7800.exe	30
PID 1908 wrote to memory of 2380	1908	JaffaCakes118_415c1886234cc417960c2eee3a3c7800.exe	30
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 1972	2380	JaffaCakes118_415c1886234cc417960c2eee3a3c7800.exe	31
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 1972	2380	JaffaCakes118_415c1886234cc417960c2eee3a3c7800.exe	31
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 1972	2380	JaffaCakes118_415c1886234cc417960c2eee3a3c7800.exe	31
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 1972	2380	JaffaCakes118_415c1886234cc417960c2eee3a3c7800.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_415c1886234cc417960c2eee3a3c7800.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_415c1886234cc417960c2eee3a3c7800.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1908
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_415c1886234cc417960c2eee3a3c7800.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_415c1886234cc417960c2eee3a3c7800.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:2380
- - 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:1972

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/1972-10-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FB8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/1972-12-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FB8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/1972-14-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1972-18-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2380-4-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2380-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2380-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2380-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2380-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-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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