andromeda | 15f9613984c3c2a17543f53716183fc14c1e57bf5c051ef433a193c70e35ebf4

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_9bedd93cdaf15fe80e8b2f692fee6037.exe
Size

111KB
MD5

9bedd93cdaf15fe80e8b2f692fee6037
SHA1

79415e8823ee506898fb7905e28edf4752590f04
SHA256

15f9613984c3c2a17543f53716183fc14c1e57bf5c051ef433a193c70e35ebf4
SHA512

fc9b6374eb6d97db0df6e731428b1a07eb97d32b74aa2ef92ff65ce674e0bc3d33a2bf7b8ff93158a01520c51121ebb8d2e25d1c421816331b15f52cf35eccd7
SSDEEP

3072:JpowCV2CzdK4eEAaV+Lc15PVVPIg6zgPaU85r1so/JXbEs8Y99X:JSR1ebaV+LclVP5p

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/4952-9-0x0000000001400000-0x0000000001405000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/4952-13-0x0000000001400000-0x0000000001405000-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\55922 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\mseaqvv.bat"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4952	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 value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	JaffaCakes118_9bedd93cdaf15fe80e8b2f692fee6037.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\disk\enum	JaffaCakes118_9bedd93cdaf15fe80e8b2f692fee6037.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2284 set thread context of 2028	2284	JaffaCakes118_9bedd93cdaf15fe80e8b2f692fee6037.exe	89

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\mseaqvv.bat	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_9bedd93cdaf15fe80e8b2f692fee6037.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_9bedd93cdaf15fe80e8b2f692fee6037.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2028	JaffaCakes118_9bedd93cdaf15fe80e8b2f692fee6037.exe
2028	JaffaCakes118_9bedd93cdaf15fe80e8b2f692fee6037.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2028	JaffaCakes118_9bedd93cdaf15fe80e8b2f692fee6037.exe
2028	JaffaCakes118_9bedd93cdaf15fe80e8b2f692fee6037.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 2028	2284	JaffaCakes118_9bedd93cdaf15fe80e8b2f692fee6037.exe	89
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 2028	2284	JaffaCakes118_9bedd93cdaf15fe80e8b2f692fee6037.exe	89
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 2028	2284	JaffaCakes118_9bedd93cdaf15fe80e8b2f692fee6037.exe	89
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 2028	2284	JaffaCakes118_9bedd93cdaf15fe80e8b2f692fee6037.exe	89
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 2028	2284	JaffaCakes118_9bedd93cdaf15fe80e8b2f692fee6037.exe	89
PID 2028 wrote to memory of 4952	2028	JaffaCakes118_9bedd93cdaf15fe80e8b2f692fee6037.exe	90
PID 2028 wrote to memory of 4952	2028	JaffaCakes118_9bedd93cdaf15fe80e8b2f692fee6037.exe	90
PID 2028 wrote to memory of 4952	2028	JaffaCakes118_9bedd93cdaf15fe80e8b2f692fee6037.exe	90

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_9bedd93cdaf15fe80e8b2f692fee6037.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_9bedd93cdaf15fe80e8b2f692fee6037.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2284
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_9bedd93cdaf15fe80e8b2f692fee6037.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_9bedd93cdaf15fe80e8b2f692fee6037.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:2028
- - 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:4952

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/2028-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2028-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2284-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/4952-5-0x0000000000620000-0x000000000062E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/4952-7-0x0000000000620000-0x000000000062E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/4952-9-0x0000000001400000-0x0000000001405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/4952-13-0x0000000001400000-0x0000000001405000-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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