andromeda | 9ffaae7cfb1b1d4efc62fbaeeb2bd03023007c51a39b6316b4a01c21e4027ab7

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
150s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
27/03/2025, 03:52

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General

Target

Hotel-Booking_Confirmation.exe
Size

53KB
MD5

9a01293b87b058619d55b8d4d12f2a8e
SHA1

79a2efa68564c2d8ebc87c80746e2d2ec955b726
SHA256

7f472d30ba32d6df227b13160ab7e9da6fe4cc91f34425172e77fc8474b7b082
SHA512

1f5e308c661741bc504cb1cdce957f8d52f9bcbbd9bac35f077133a0c7d127237e2d714a8d963d5fec46e1da66b6391eff418d4d0a001c0a996c334441f688eb
SSDEEP

768:cQ8BIP2feSDYQTtarK36u7Qb/MuSiCTesykqRx0x2tcKZGF81G6p9cyVOAa4yEDL:mIPuePS8lrJ/trZG+t7cyVP1yPq

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/1564-7-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/1564-11-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-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\53572 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msrvcqaq.com"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1564	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	Hotel-Booking_Confirmation.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	Hotel-Booking_Confirmation.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

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

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 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	Hotel-Booking_Confirmation.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1840	Hotel-Booking_Confirmation.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1840	Hotel-Booking_Confirmation.exe
1840	Hotel-Booking_Confirmation.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1840 wrote to memory of 1564	1840	Hotel-Booking_Confirmation.exe	31
PID 1840 wrote to memory of 1564	1840	Hotel-Booking_Confirmation.exe	31
PID 1840 wrote to memory of 1564	1840	Hotel-Booking_Confirmation.exe	31
PID 1840 wrote to memory of 1564	1840	Hotel-Booking_Confirmation.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotel-Booking_Confirmation.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Hotel-Booking_Confirmation.exe"
1⤵
- Maps connected drives based on registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1840
- C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
  C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Adds policy Run key to start application
  - Deletes itself
  - Drops file in Program Files directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1564

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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memory/1564-4-0x0000000000E20000-0x0000000000E28000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/1564-5-0x0000000000E20000-0x0000000000E28000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/1564-7-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1564-11-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1840-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000412000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/1840-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1840-0-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000230000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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