andromeda | 3dba41998cf233cf1b7b1d85f2f88891e99c9e7febbcc382d79d2180ef09afbb

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe
Size

253KB
MD5

5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542
SHA1

77194b3a3f4c8363a5d0cb117872ac8db63266d0
SHA256

3dba41998cf233cf1b7b1d85f2f88891e99c9e7febbcc382d79d2180ef09afbb
SHA512

e5f65bb293b40783eb7eb7b67fc3eca41a825ed1b0ffd1dd04b7429646bc1dc5c9bb624a1a00516ffc839831b6d5b875dec818f7570da2bcdac9b2642382d1df
SSDEEP

3072:zz1ho0Y2LGNcwLeUeZeJuiznvaHOj26VSXMWVufEGe:To01LyZeZsu66EvMufre

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
behavioral2/memory/1580-14-0x0000000000FD0000-0x0000000000FD5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/1580-18-0x0000000000FD0000-0x0000000000FD5000-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\43823 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\mszcqu.cmd"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1580	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_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3920 set thread context of 2748	3920	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe	85
PID 2748 set thread context of 4448	2748	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe	86

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\mszcqu.cmd	svchost.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 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_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4448	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe
4448	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4448	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe
4448	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3920 wrote to memory of 2748	3920	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe	85
PID 3920 wrote to memory of 2748	3920	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe	85
PID 3920 wrote to memory of 2748	3920	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe	85
PID 3920 wrote to memory of 2748	3920	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe	85
PID 3920 wrote to memory of 2748	3920	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe	85
PID 3920 wrote to memory of 2748	3920	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe	85
PID 3920 wrote to memory of 2748	3920	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe	85
PID 3920 wrote to memory of 2748	3920	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe	85
PID 3920 wrote to memory of 2748	3920	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe	85
PID 3920 wrote to memory of 2748	3920	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe	85
PID 3920 wrote to memory of 2748	3920	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe	85
PID 2748 wrote to memory of 4448	2748	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe	86
PID 2748 wrote to memory of 4448	2748	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe	86
PID 2748 wrote to memory of 4448	2748	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe	86
PID 2748 wrote to memory of 4448	2748	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe	86
PID 2748 wrote to memory of 4448	2748	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe	86
PID 2748 wrote to memory of 4448	2748	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe	86
PID 4448 wrote to memory of 1580	4448	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe	87
PID 4448 wrote to memory of 1580	4448	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe	87
PID 4448 wrote to memory of 1580	4448	JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe	87

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3920
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2748
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5414e0ed7d488e04d8b9a10fd0a4b542.exe"
    3⤵
    - Maps connected drives based on registry
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4448
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
      4⤵
      Adds policy Run key to start application
      Deletes itself
      Drops file in Program Files directory
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1580

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/1580-10-0x0000000000CA0000-0x0000000000CAE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/1580-12-0x0000000000CA0000-0x0000000000CAE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/1580-14-0x0000000000FD0000-0x0000000000FD5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1580-18-0x0000000000FD0000-0x0000000000FD5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2748-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/2748-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/2748-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/4448-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-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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