andromeda | f832e50177a1c5aeeb4fb525b2d7ac5670bc9c50b18892784fb3114440cb42e4

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_adb3f9381eae6df08accce19e1aab3c3.exe
Size

60KB
MD5

adb3f9381eae6df08accce19e1aab3c3
SHA1

070fbb69875d443cf1f6cab64bacaa298f3498f7
SHA256

f832e50177a1c5aeeb4fb525b2d7ac5670bc9c50b18892784fb3114440cb42e4
SHA512

106c7779c6027b1688b606298d1a43fa4460a155091336a301cfa7025496ef41d5ef29848d4485ee587e206e4cede54ab235fddf15c10de3e0b8cd3b69ea5f25
SSDEEP

768:XWjQfXPv9dRdhjEw9wFu9ED3AnrD0NpQUjmQ48sxbcthlgBA6ncscKBGD7LBC5:XWjQfn9Dx26sYQ4/ZcxL6pD4D7LU5

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/2044-11-0x00000000013D0000-0x00000000013D5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/2044-15-0x00000000013D0000-0x00000000013D5000-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\36008 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msijpedt.scr"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2044	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_adb3f9381eae6df08accce19e1aab3c3.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	JaffaCakes118_adb3f9381eae6df08accce19e1aab3c3.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

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

Program crash 1 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
1924	4604	WerFault.exe	81

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	JaffaCakes118_adb3f9381eae6df08accce19e1aab3c3.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4604	JaffaCakes118_adb3f9381eae6df08accce19e1aab3c3.exe
4604	JaffaCakes118_adb3f9381eae6df08accce19e1aab3c3.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4604	JaffaCakes118_adb3f9381eae6df08accce19e1aab3c3.exe
4604	JaffaCakes118_adb3f9381eae6df08accce19e1aab3c3.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4604 wrote to memory of 2044	4604	JaffaCakes118_adb3f9381eae6df08accce19e1aab3c3.exe	83
PID 4604 wrote to memory of 2044	4604	JaffaCakes118_adb3f9381eae6df08accce19e1aab3c3.exe	83
PID 4604 wrote to memory of 2044	4604	JaffaCakes118_adb3f9381eae6df08accce19e1aab3c3.exe	83

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_adb3f9381eae6df08accce19e1aab3c3.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_adb3f9381eae6df08accce19e1aab3c3.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:4604
- 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:2044
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4604 -s 488
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:1924

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 420 -p 4604 -ip 4604
1⤵
PID:948

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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/2044-6-0x00000000000A0000-0x00000000000AE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/2044-8-0x00000000000A0000-0x00000000000AE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/2044-11-0x00000000013D0000-0x00000000013D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/2044-15-0x00000000013D0000-0x00000000013D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/4604-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/4604-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/4604-3-0x00000000025A0000-0x00000000025C8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
160KB

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memory/4604-4-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000412000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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