andromeda | e316c5481e6bcfa535ab3689b8877a6293066377ea153979c7fcb8c83b27f074

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_72b581dd27b6015a1b95bc648530ac32.exe
Size

90KB
MD5

72b581dd27b6015a1b95bc648530ac32
SHA1

9a177bd7f70c35e96cc38623ede601c612555ab6
SHA256

e316c5481e6bcfa535ab3689b8877a6293066377ea153979c7fcb8c83b27f074
SHA512

bdfeea29a3be1528c0c48d80b267be02beb9635fcb68b4ef9ca4592049ff7a669d6a5d8e7dae053e027bfc95e985f9e5d3adbd1274252999e6a772202b3c29b4
SSDEEP

1536:k6ywaTDQErOy2gLNLkLo1QTEiV0QTqmu+Fyl0e7ckabvnLEVbHHvR061udxjzitQ:kPTKy2gLWc4tT9hwcdbvn0L21jOQ

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/264-16-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000BE5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/264-20-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000BE5000-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\41446 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msnrmgql.com"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
264	svchost.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3975168204-1612096350-4002976354-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\svchost.exe = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\system32\\svchost.exe"	JaffaCakes118_72b581dd27b6015a1b95bc648530ac32.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_72b581dd27b6015a1b95bc648530ac32.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	JaffaCakes118_72b581dd27b6015a1b95bc648530ac32.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1680 set thread context of 2064	1680	JaffaCakes118_72b581dd27b6015a1b95bc648530ac32.exe	86

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msnrmgql.com	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	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_72b581dd27b6015a1b95bc648530ac32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_72b581dd27b6015a1b95bc648530ac32.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2064	JaffaCakes118_72b581dd27b6015a1b95bc648530ac32.exe
2064	JaffaCakes118_72b581dd27b6015a1b95bc648530ac32.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2064	JaffaCakes118_72b581dd27b6015a1b95bc648530ac32.exe
2064	JaffaCakes118_72b581dd27b6015a1b95bc648530ac32.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1680	JaffaCakes118_72b581dd27b6015a1b95bc648530ac32.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1680 wrote to memory of 2064	1680	JaffaCakes118_72b581dd27b6015a1b95bc648530ac32.exe	86
PID 1680 wrote to memory of 2064	1680	JaffaCakes118_72b581dd27b6015a1b95bc648530ac32.exe	86
PID 1680 wrote to memory of 2064	1680	JaffaCakes118_72b581dd27b6015a1b95bc648530ac32.exe	86
PID 1680 wrote to memory of 2064	1680	JaffaCakes118_72b581dd27b6015a1b95bc648530ac32.exe	86
PID 1680 wrote to memory of 2064	1680	JaffaCakes118_72b581dd27b6015a1b95bc648530ac32.exe	86
PID 1680 wrote to memory of 2064	1680	JaffaCakes118_72b581dd27b6015a1b95bc648530ac32.exe	86
PID 2064 wrote to memory of 264	2064	JaffaCakes118_72b581dd27b6015a1b95bc648530ac32.exe	87
PID 2064 wrote to memory of 264	2064	JaffaCakes118_72b581dd27b6015a1b95bc648530ac32.exe	87
PID 2064 wrote to memory of 264	2064	JaffaCakes118_72b581dd27b6015a1b95bc648530ac32.exe	87

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_72b581dd27b6015a1b95bc648530ac32.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_72b581dd27b6015a1b95bc648530ac32.exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1680
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_72b581dd27b6015a1b95bc648530ac32.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_72b581dd27b6015a1b95bc648530ac32.exe
  2⤵
  - Maps connected drives based on registry
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2064
- - 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:264

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

2

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

2

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

2

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

2

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

2

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/264-12-0x0000000000E60000-0x0000000000E6E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/264-20-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000BE5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/264-16-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000BE5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/264-14-0x0000000000E60000-0x0000000000E6E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/1680-4-0x0000000074F60000-0x0000000075511000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/1680-5-0x0000000074F60000-0x0000000075511000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/1680-11-0x0000000074F60000-0x0000000075511000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/1680-3-0x0000000074F62000-0x0000000074F63000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1680-0-0x0000000074F62000-0x0000000074F63000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1680-2-0x0000000074F60000-0x0000000075511000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/1680-1-0x0000000074F60000-0x0000000075511000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2064-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2064-9-0x0000000000DF0000-0x0000000000DF2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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