andromeda | 60934a917f9172865d9a506f3560649f60080a4d9c8ec93b0ac4572a5d188a19

Analysis

max time kernel
140s
max time network
131s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
05/03/2025, 05:40

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_50bfc970f45b54738e96482b53f9c1ea.exe
Size

37KB
MD5

50bfc970f45b54738e96482b53f9c1ea
SHA1

f161201ad0993a023784043e02e7b7e0495dccbe
SHA256

60934a917f9172865d9a506f3560649f60080a4d9c8ec93b0ac4572a5d188a19
SHA512

e33cf74336c546312d7b65f0c282d4d917e222a83f8d5bbe29a73d885024f2b09396df653c0e0168f95b04432eea6281f9f424057669d57d543d46559db6340f
SSDEEP

768:OCM8PZagvgrApjA/vQsRj+N//pUESf9t84FIILs:rjBbjA3QUiN3pUE49tPlw

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/2776-5-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2776-9-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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\362 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msvpbwwqy.pif"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2776	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_50bfc970f45b54738e96482b53f9c1ea.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	JaffaCakes118_50bfc970f45b54738e96482b53f9c1ea.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msvpbwwqy.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_50bfc970f45b54738e96482b53f9c1ea.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2896	JaffaCakes118_50bfc970f45b54738e96482b53f9c1ea.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2896	JaffaCakes118_50bfc970f45b54738e96482b53f9c1ea.exe
2896	JaffaCakes118_50bfc970f45b54738e96482b53f9c1ea.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2896 wrote to memory of 2776	2896	JaffaCakes118_50bfc970f45b54738e96482b53f9c1ea.exe	30
PID 2896 wrote to memory of 2776	2896	JaffaCakes118_50bfc970f45b54738e96482b53f9c1ea.exe	30
PID 2896 wrote to memory of 2776	2896	JaffaCakes118_50bfc970f45b54738e96482b53f9c1ea.exe	30
PID 2896 wrote to memory of 2776	2896	JaffaCakes118_50bfc970f45b54738e96482b53f9c1ea.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_50bfc970f45b54738e96482b53f9c1ea.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_50bfc970f45b54738e96482b53f9c1ea.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:2896
- 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:2776

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/2776-2-0x0000000000EB0000-0x0000000000EB8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2776-3-0x0000000000EB0000-0x0000000000EB8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2776-5-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2776-9-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2896-0-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000252000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2896-1-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
52KB

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