andromeda | 2cf0a8e0b1a93dbf422485c1a85be6a7384a816972906b8ca61f9a43db415b62

Analysis

max time kernel
140s
max time network
140s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250410-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250410-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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11/04/2025, 19:03

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_af90fab2ac474786581372a360b746dd.exe
Size

36KB
MD5

af90fab2ac474786581372a360b746dd
SHA1

f1c0c233f471433d0499f20fad9f9f385a4cb923
SHA256

2cf0a8e0b1a93dbf422485c1a85be6a7384a816972906b8ca61f9a43db415b62
SHA512

ce13e5c0cc9f865e7b15f0fa007fa1453d4bd6705ce9cd2be13f3420ea2cc2ec93f46d674d715864290c9cb20ee05dec1246464f9ec00f3cdba25a390c4b2252
SSDEEP

768:GHQkCis89kYOolNumYFwiPJPCTKoNfAP3MChRSSbrJQ:gK5m4wiPw2o6T1Q

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/5484-10-0x0000000000620000-0x0000000000625000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral1/memory/5484-14-0x0000000000620000-0x0000000000625000-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\19440 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\msyyzcea.com"	svchost.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5484	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_af90fab2ac474786581372a360b746dd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\disk\enum	JaffaCakes118_af90fab2ac474786581372a360b746dd.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\msyyzcea.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	JaffaCakes118_af90fab2ac474786581372a360b746dd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1772	JaffaCakes118_af90fab2ac474786581372a360b746dd.exe
1772	JaffaCakes118_af90fab2ac474786581372a360b746dd.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1772	JaffaCakes118_af90fab2ac474786581372a360b746dd.exe
1772	JaffaCakes118_af90fab2ac474786581372a360b746dd.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1772 wrote to memory of 5484	1772	JaffaCakes118_af90fab2ac474786581372a360b746dd.exe	83
PID 1772 wrote to memory of 5484	1772	JaffaCakes118_af90fab2ac474786581372a360b746dd.exe	83
PID 1772 wrote to memory of 5484	1772	JaffaCakes118_af90fab2ac474786581372a360b746dd.exe	83

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_af90fab2ac474786581372a360b746dd.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_af90fab2ac474786581372a360b746dd.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:1772
- 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:5484

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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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Downloads

memory/1772-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1772-0-0x0000000002170000-0x0000000002175000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1772-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/1772-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/5484-6-0x0000000000640000-0x000000000064E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/5484-8-0x0000000000640000-0x000000000064E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/5484-10-0x0000000000620000-0x0000000000625000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/5484-14-0x0000000000620000-0x0000000000625000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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