andromeda | 6e1992280603ede0a82e0716c91919e97af8ee8c476e30c800dcd27fd56bcdc9

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_86bc96fc811899e58f611f55a3832a91.exe
Size

148KB
MD5

86bc96fc811899e58f611f55a3832a91
SHA1

eb8822f9102b24bfb6a1b0e43667ee0cb93b2806
SHA256

6e1992280603ede0a82e0716c91919e97af8ee8c476e30c800dcd27fd56bcdc9
SHA512

7e4fdde986d0673874bff1c7668a8191aedc473086dde04ba8ae2fb728540095252638b0d4ee57623a2d2a3fdc5bda6e9205d76eb9f6ab0a37b11d7f1a70ee9d
SSDEEP

3072:uXs8ENlgRfVWLvj8ssqkzgjVnZguhurWC86al5L14nO:uzw7RjVnZgIuc1/aO

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/2052-26-0x0000000000BF0000-0x0000000000BF5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/2052-30-0x0000000000BF0000-0x0000000000BF5000-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\24986 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msqrapaim.pif"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2052	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_86bc96fc811899e58f611f55a3832a91.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	JaffaCakes118_86bc96fc811899e58f611f55a3832a91.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2756 set thread context of 4292	2756	JaffaCakes118_86bc96fc811899e58f611f55a3832a91.exe	86

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msqrapaim.pif	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_86bc96fc811899e58f611f55a3832a91.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_86bc96fc811899e58f611f55a3832a91.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4292	JaffaCakes118_86bc96fc811899e58f611f55a3832a91.exe
4292	JaffaCakes118_86bc96fc811899e58f611f55a3832a91.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4292	JaffaCakes118_86bc96fc811899e58f611f55a3832a91.exe
4292	JaffaCakes118_86bc96fc811899e58f611f55a3832a91.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2756	JaffaCakes118_86bc96fc811899e58f611f55a3832a91.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 4292	2756	JaffaCakes118_86bc96fc811899e58f611f55a3832a91.exe	86
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 4292	2756	JaffaCakes118_86bc96fc811899e58f611f55a3832a91.exe	86
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 4292	2756	JaffaCakes118_86bc96fc811899e58f611f55a3832a91.exe	86
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 4292	2756	JaffaCakes118_86bc96fc811899e58f611f55a3832a91.exe	86
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 4292	2756	JaffaCakes118_86bc96fc811899e58f611f55a3832a91.exe	86
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 4292	2756	JaffaCakes118_86bc96fc811899e58f611f55a3832a91.exe	86
PID 4292 wrote to memory of 2052	4292	JaffaCakes118_86bc96fc811899e58f611f55a3832a91.exe	87
PID 4292 wrote to memory of 2052	4292	JaffaCakes118_86bc96fc811899e58f611f55a3832a91.exe	87
PID 4292 wrote to memory of 2052	4292	JaffaCakes118_86bc96fc811899e58f611f55a3832a91.exe	87

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_86bc96fc811899e58f611f55a3832a91.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_86bc96fc811899e58f611f55a3832a91.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2756
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_86bc96fc811899e58f611f55a3832a91.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:4292
- - 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:2052

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/2052-22-0x0000000000120000-0x000000000012E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/2052-30-0x0000000000BF0000-0x0000000000BF5000-memory.dmp

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20KB

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memory/2052-26-0x0000000000BF0000-0x0000000000BF5000-memory.dmp

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20KB

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memory/2052-24-0x0000000000120000-0x000000000012E000-memory.dmp

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56KB

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memory/2756-9-0x0000000002210000-0x0000000002220000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2756-0-0x0000000000650000-0x0000000000660000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2756-13-0x00000000029A0000-0x00000000029B0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2756-12-0x0000000002240000-0x0000000002250000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2756-11-0x0000000002230000-0x0000000002240000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2756-4-0x00000000021C0000-0x00000000021D0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2756-1-0x0000000002190000-0x00000000021A0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2756-8-0x0000000002200000-0x0000000002210000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2756-7-0x00000000021F0000-0x0000000002200000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2756-6-0x00000000021E0000-0x00000000021F0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2756-5-0x00000000021D0000-0x00000000021E0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2756-3-0x00000000021B0000-0x00000000021C0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2756-2-0x00000000021A0000-0x00000000021B0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/2756-14-0x00000000029B0000-0x00000000029C0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2756-15-0x00000000029C0000-0x00000000029D0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2756-16-0x00000000029D0000-0x00000000029E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2756-10-0x0000000002220000-0x0000000002230000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4292-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-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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