andromeda | f2aee5f92daf790caf68d6652d19f4cc22508220063c3b802de4262b2003512e

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe
Size

50KB
MD5

51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2
SHA1

0ebd9f23bf99670cd1506337ba367e39953eaae8
SHA256

f2aee5f92daf790caf68d6652d19f4cc22508220063c3b802de4262b2003512e
SHA512

0d13743b9566ed02849b49f96d5d4cafb0d921cddd97536494d323eac5eb72a618b835aa2a5471bb49c006343e3c68e7d31ea5bdbeab40fdfebe190a5d0f462a
SSDEEP

768:V1QM9CFilbA7Oc5fpVZRYMMDHjvEX2nT+ipe8tDWU/LR2NBZpmjEJ+lC:xWi5AzfXYMMHY2nT+ipeYv2ND4xC

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/720-10-0x00000000013D0000-0x00000000013D5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/720-14-0x00000000013D0000-0x00000000013D5000-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\57662 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msferr.cmd"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
720	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1700	JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.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_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1356 set thread context of 1700	1356	JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe	95

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

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

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

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_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1700	JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe
1700	JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1700	JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe
1700	JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1356 wrote to memory of 3284	1356	JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe	87
PID 1356 wrote to memory of 3284	1356	JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe	87
PID 1356 wrote to memory of 3284	1356	JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe	87
PID 1356 wrote to memory of 1700	1356	JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe	95
PID 1356 wrote to memory of 1700	1356	JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe	95
PID 1356 wrote to memory of 1700	1356	JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe	95
PID 1356 wrote to memory of 1700	1356	JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe	95
PID 1356 wrote to memory of 1700	1356	JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe	95
PID 1700 wrote to memory of 720	1700	JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe	96
PID 1700 wrote to memory of 720	1700	JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe	96
PID 1700 wrote to memory of 720	1700	JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe	96

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1356
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:3284
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Maps connected drives based on registry
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1700
- - 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:720

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

2

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2.exe

Filesize
50KB

MD5
51cfa17bd34278941d3ddac3222d3ee2

SHA1
0ebd9f23bf99670cd1506337ba367e39953eaae8

SHA256
f2aee5f92daf790caf68d6652d19f4cc22508220063c3b802de4262b2003512e

SHA512
0d13743b9566ed02849b49f96d5d4cafb0d921cddd97536494d323eac5eb72a618b835aa2a5471bb49c006343e3c68e7d31ea5bdbeab40fdfebe190a5d0f462a

Download Submit
memory/720-5-0x0000000000F50000-0x0000000000F5E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/720-7-0x0000000000F50000-0x0000000000F5E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/720-10-0x00000000013D0000-0x00000000013D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/720-14-0x00000000013D0000-0x00000000013D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

Download
memory/1700-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1700-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-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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