andromeda | 7006d52bcfe6c923f5bbc11b4770df626de460397015e6c48097d56176a366df

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_7a5c8d189ba3dd68bea0b26a1d72a9c4.exe
Size

108KB
MD5

7a5c8d189ba3dd68bea0b26a1d72a9c4
SHA1

2c8b10147818659446028cc4b66f5f8265179768
SHA256

7006d52bcfe6c923f5bbc11b4770df626de460397015e6c48097d56176a366df
SHA512

adc08cf5193ed11df7b6f0efe57d228ca602045bcb5a39c282449c39b71a8011d3848e48ccba5eed47fe5d3d2e80dca3d16a59e63824fe1c9c5c84238dafdb95
SSDEEP

1536:/RiTN7c3iJ2zqra0ePSQOlv7RiTN7c3iJ2zqra0kFy:ZiTi3iUzH059iTi3iUzH0kFy

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/1304-258-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/1304-262-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\55080 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\mscacc.exe"	svchost.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1304	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_7a5c8d189ba3dd68bea0b26a1d72a9c4.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	JaffaCakes118_7a5c8d189ba3dd68bea0b26a1d72a9c4.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2000 set thread context of 2976	2000	JaffaCakes118_7a5c8d189ba3dd68bea0b26a1d72a9c4.exe	31

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\mscacc.exe	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_7a5c8d189ba3dd68bea0b26a1d72a9c4.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_7a5c8d189ba3dd68bea0b26a1d72a9c4.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2976	JaffaCakes118_7a5c8d189ba3dd68bea0b26a1d72a9c4.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2976	JaffaCakes118_7a5c8d189ba3dd68bea0b26a1d72a9c4.exe
2976	JaffaCakes118_7a5c8d189ba3dd68bea0b26a1d72a9c4.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2000	JaffaCakes118_7a5c8d189ba3dd68bea0b26a1d72a9c4.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2000 wrote to memory of 2976	2000	JaffaCakes118_7a5c8d189ba3dd68bea0b26a1d72a9c4.exe	31
PID 2000 wrote to memory of 2976	2000	JaffaCakes118_7a5c8d189ba3dd68bea0b26a1d72a9c4.exe	31
PID 2000 wrote to memory of 2976	2000	JaffaCakes118_7a5c8d189ba3dd68bea0b26a1d72a9c4.exe	31
PID 2000 wrote to memory of 2976	2000	JaffaCakes118_7a5c8d189ba3dd68bea0b26a1d72a9c4.exe	31
PID 2000 wrote to memory of 2976	2000	JaffaCakes118_7a5c8d189ba3dd68bea0b26a1d72a9c4.exe	31
PID 2000 wrote to memory of 2976	2000	JaffaCakes118_7a5c8d189ba3dd68bea0b26a1d72a9c4.exe	31
PID 2000 wrote to memory of 2976	2000	JaffaCakes118_7a5c8d189ba3dd68bea0b26a1d72a9c4.exe	31
PID 2976 wrote to memory of 1304	2976	JaffaCakes118_7a5c8d189ba3dd68bea0b26a1d72a9c4.exe	32
PID 2976 wrote to memory of 1304	2976	JaffaCakes118_7a5c8d189ba3dd68bea0b26a1d72a9c4.exe	32
PID 2976 wrote to memory of 1304	2976	JaffaCakes118_7a5c8d189ba3dd68bea0b26a1d72a9c4.exe	32
PID 2976 wrote to memory of 1304	2976	JaffaCakes118_7a5c8d189ba3dd68bea0b26a1d72a9c4.exe	32

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_7a5c8d189ba3dd68bea0b26a1d72a9c4.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_7a5c8d189ba3dd68bea0b26a1d72a9c4.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2000
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_7a5c8d189ba3dd68bea0b26a1d72a9c4.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_7a5c8d189ba3dd68bea0b26a1d72a9c4.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:2976
- - 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:1304

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/1304-256-0x0000000000040000-0x0000000000048000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/1304-258-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1304-262-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2000-239-0x0000000000300000-0x0000000000301000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2000-241-0x0000000000310000-0x0000000000312000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2000-237-0x0000000000260000-0x0000000000267000-memory.dmp

Filesize
28KB

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memory/2976-247-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2976-251-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2976-249-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2976-252-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2976-253-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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Resubmissions

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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