andromeda | 445d8ca0bead358145dbc7cd75016f591a81ffd551059c8606db3b7223901f89

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_464a61e057e5c8f920c54c02a87c1a1a.exe
Size

52KB
MD5

464a61e057e5c8f920c54c02a87c1a1a
SHA1

7fff9611f24c8570372ca5a14eed48434ccf2f49
SHA256

445d8ca0bead358145dbc7cd75016f591a81ffd551059c8606db3b7223901f89
SHA512

b4b1bc88f87e8d490ca8b9cccc1d23b87a5244379fc121c54af5da1b839aa516683117176c7fcc61a69f5deeaee08623db94d88f85d6d92e52cd4a1d6ab0e982
SSDEEP

768:UTzILwfNhYeVL7ZQ1V5pmfdufoIUhigHcbG8oqRDC7epbZ9R1P6UuIKI:IvFX7yV5pOo5QUtoZepbZ9P63IKI

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/2368-9-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2368-13-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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
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\9319 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msvyoiicb.pif"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2368	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_464a61e057e5c8f920c54c02a87c1a1a.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	JaffaCakes118_464a61e057e5c8f920c54c02a87c1a1a.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msvyoiicb.pif	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_464a61e057e5c8f920c54c02a87c1a1a.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3012	JaffaCakes118_464a61e057e5c8f920c54c02a87c1a1a.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3012	JaffaCakes118_464a61e057e5c8f920c54c02a87c1a1a.exe
3012	JaffaCakes118_464a61e057e5c8f920c54c02a87c1a1a.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 2368	3012	JaffaCakes118_464a61e057e5c8f920c54c02a87c1a1a.exe	30
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 2368	3012	JaffaCakes118_464a61e057e5c8f920c54c02a87c1a1a.exe	30
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 2368	3012	JaffaCakes118_464a61e057e5c8f920c54c02a87c1a1a.exe	30
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 2368	3012	JaffaCakes118_464a61e057e5c8f920c54c02a87c1a1a.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_464a61e057e5c8f920c54c02a87c1a1a.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_464a61e057e5c8f920c54c02a87c1a1a.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:3012
- 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:2368

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/2368-6-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003D8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2368-7-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003D8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2368-9-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2368-13-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/3012-0-0x0000000000403000-0x0000000000408000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/3012-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000410000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3012-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000410000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3012-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000410000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3012-5-0x0000000000403000-0x0000000000408000-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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