andromeda | 0e9af4fe71c2548f38bee94d660a4844859c36a112715c788b0c1cd6be446eb1

General

Target
JaffaCakes118_3b55ff08fc96b1ccc8204d352bb69b90.exe
Size 98KB
Sample251218-3drb7aa13f
SHA256 0e9af4fe71c2548f38bee94d660a4844859c36a112715c788b0c1cd6be446eb1
MD5 3b55ff08fc96b1ccc8204d352bb69b90
SHA1 6e99681d58707e8afc4c42aba73749f70eedf5cd
SHA512 be0563c7f3a4904c5dc0be6855e0a1a34be75ea181935ab1fa18509901874006758a7c2123d8f7d97dfabd1c94de24b3010607c64ef6feeb637a5f8cd660b7c2
SSDEEP 1536:l6u6YB56XJ6owvzbNfURp4VntUhtH7Vi4Bh7:l6uB28owvlrVnihVVi4H7
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Score

10^/10

backdoor botnet discovery andromeda 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. 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4356-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/4356-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/1060-11-0x00000000011D0000-0x00000000011D5000-memory.dmp	family_andromeda
behavioral2/memory/1060-15-0x00000000011D0000-0x00000000011D5000-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\19161 = "C:\\PROGRA~3\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\ccecfr.cmd"	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4356	JaffaCakes118_3b55ff08fc96b1ccc8204d352bb69b90.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4772 set thread context of 4356	4772	JaffaCakes118_3b55ff08fc96b1ccc8204d352bb69b90.exe	77

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\PROGRA~3\LOCALS~1\Temp\ccecfr.cmd	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_3b55ff08fc96b1ccc8204d352bb69b90.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_3b55ff08fc96b1ccc8204d352bb69b90.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4356	JaffaCakes118_3b55ff08fc96b1ccc8204d352bb69b90.exe
4356	JaffaCakes118_3b55ff08fc96b1ccc8204d352bb69b90.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4772 wrote to memory of 4356	4772	JaffaCakes118_3b55ff08fc96b1ccc8204d352bb69b90.exe	77
PID 4772 wrote to memory of 4356	4772	JaffaCakes118_3b55ff08fc96b1ccc8204d352bb69b90.exe	77
PID 4772 wrote to memory of 4356	4772	JaffaCakes118_3b55ff08fc96b1ccc8204d352bb69b90.exe	77
PID 4772 wrote to memory of 4356	4772	JaffaCakes118_3b55ff08fc96b1ccc8204d352bb69b90.exe	77
PID 4356 wrote to memory of 1060	4356	JaffaCakes118_3b55ff08fc96b1ccc8204d352bb69b90.exe	78

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3b55ff08fc96b1ccc8204d352bb69b90.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3b55ff08fc96b1ccc8204d352bb69b90.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4772
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3b55ff08fc96b1ccc8204d352bb69b90.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3b55ff08fc96b1ccc8204d352bb69b90.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4356
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\syswow64\svchost.exe
    3⤵
    - Adds policy Run key to start application
    - Drops file in Program Files directory
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1060

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

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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JaffaCakes118_3b55ff08fc96b1ccc8204d352bb69b90.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3b55ff08fc96b1ccc8204d352bb69b90.exe
Size 98KB
SHA256 0e9af4fe71c2548f38bee94d660a4844859c36a112715c788b0c1cd6be446eb1
MD5 3b55ff08fc96b1ccc8204d352bb69b90
SHA1 6e99681d58707e8afc4c42aba73749f70eedf5cd
SHA512 be0563c7f3a4904c5dc0be6855e0a1a34be75ea181935ab1fa18509901874006758a7c2123d8f7d97dfabd1c94de24b3010607c64ef6feeb637a5f8cd660b7c2
SSDEEP 1536:l6u6YB56XJ6owvzbNfURp4VntUhtH7Vi4Bh7:l6uB28owvlrVnihVVi4H7
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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memory/1060-6-0x0000000000CB0000-0x0000000000CBE000-memory.dmp

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memory/1060-9-0x0000000000CB0000-0x0000000000CBE000-memory.dmp

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memory/1060-11-0x00000000011D0000-0x00000000011D5000-memory.dmp

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memory/1060-15-0x00000000011D0000-0x00000000011D5000-memory.dmp

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memory/4356-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

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memory/4356-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000409000-memory.dmp

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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