andromeda | ea71c4637ebc8f144f2e41570d233b65f8549ec7c36fd9b49b1c816057a71745

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe
Size

148KB
MD5

64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad
SHA1

13f0e3b910559ffa9c7d246b9c4b5af439132ddc
SHA256

ea71c4637ebc8f144f2e41570d233b65f8549ec7c36fd9b49b1c816057a71745
SHA512

df8cf5e60ae53f9b46bfee1fc8b448935cac690717dfd9aa3cdbf8d4f9d09e584d8f0bd6deba4283b2bedc3b26125006f88554fbf603029d63e77d254e93356e
SSDEEP

3072:rXU8ENlgB7VWLhs8ss8SzUj+aajCKoCdCRhUzML14IO:rbUOZj+aajboYzMaB

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/2816-53-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2816-57-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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\12834 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msgyxa.cmd"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2816	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_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1632 set thread context of 2372	1632	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe	30

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msgyxa.cmd	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_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2372	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2372	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe
2372	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1632	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1632 wrote to memory of 2372	1632	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe	30
PID 1632 wrote to memory of 2372	1632	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe	30
PID 1632 wrote to memory of 2372	1632	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe	30
PID 1632 wrote to memory of 2372	1632	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe	30
PID 1632 wrote to memory of 2372	1632	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe	30
PID 1632 wrote to memory of 2372	1632	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe	30
PID 1632 wrote to memory of 2372	1632	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe	30
PID 2372 wrote to memory of 2816	2372	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe	31
PID 2372 wrote to memory of 2816	2372	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe	31
PID 2372 wrote to memory of 2816	2372	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe	31
PID 2372 wrote to memory of 2816	2372	JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1632
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_64259b590d940c31567369dc4038efad.exe
  0
  2⤵
  - Maps connected drives based on registry
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2372
- - 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:2816

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/1632-14-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003E0000-memory.dmp

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memory/1632-13-0x00000000003C0000-0x00000000003D0000-memory.dmp

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memory/1632-12-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000003C0000-memory.dmp

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memory/1632-10-0x0000000000390000-0x00000000003A0000-memory.dmp

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memory/1632-9-0x0000000000380000-0x0000000000390000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/1632-8-0x0000000000370000-0x0000000000380000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/1632-7-0x0000000000360000-0x0000000000370000-memory.dmp

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memory/1632-6-0x0000000000350000-0x0000000000360000-memory.dmp

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memory/1632-5-0x0000000000340000-0x0000000000350000-memory.dmp

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memory/1632-4-0x0000000000320000-0x0000000000330000-memory.dmp

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memory/1632-3-0x0000000000310000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp

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memory/1632-2-0x0000000000240000-0x0000000000250000-memory.dmp

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memory/1632-1-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000240000-memory.dmp

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memory/1632-0-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000230000-memory.dmp

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memory/1632-11-0x00000000003A0000-0x00000000003B0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/1632-15-0x00000000003E0000-0x00000000003F0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/1632-16-0x00000000003F0000-0x0000000000400000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2372-47-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

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20KB

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memory/2372-43-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

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4KB

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memory/2372-41-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

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20KB

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memory/2372-31-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

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20KB

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memory/2816-50-0x0000000000AD0000-0x0000000000AD8000-memory.dmp

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32KB

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memory/2816-51-0x0000000000AD0000-0x0000000000AD8000-memory.dmp

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32KB

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memory/2816-53-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

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20KB

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memory/2816-57-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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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