Circumstances of the Andariel Group Exploiting an Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability (CVE-2023-46604)
2023-11-27 • Ahnlab •
ASEC reports that Andariel is suspected of exploiting Apache ActiveMQ CVE-2023-46604 to install malware on targeted systems. The activity delivered NukeSped and TigerRat backdoors, with follow-on commands observed for downloading additional payloads and executing malicious scripts. The report places the activity in Andariel's broader targeting of South Korean organizations and its history of using vulnerability exploitation alongside spear phishing, watering-hole, supply-chain, Log4Shell, TeamCity, and MS-SQL server attacks.
Indicators of Compromise
| Type | Value | First Seen | Last Seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| HASH | c2f8c9bb7df688d0a7030a96314bb493 | 2023-11-10 | 2024-07-25 |
| HASH | 7699ba4eab5837a4ad9d5d6bbedffc18 | 2023-11-17 | 2023-11-27 |
| HASH | 11ec319e9984a71d80df1302fe77332d | 2023-11-17 | 2023-11-27 |
| HASH | c55eb07ef4c07e5ba63f7f0797dfd536 | 2023-11-17 | 2023-11-27 |
| HASH | 31cbc75319ea60f45eb114c2faad21f9 | 2023-11-17 | 2023-11-27 |
| HASH | 478dcb54e0a610a160a079656b9582de | 2023-11-17 | 2023-11-27 |
| HASH | dc9d60ce5b3d071942be126ed733bfb8 | 2023-11-17 | 2023-11-27 |
| HASH | beb219abe2ba5e9fd7d51a178ac2caca | 2023-11-17 | 2023-11-27 |
| HASH | 26ff72b0b85e764400724e442c164046 | 2023-11-17 | 2023-11-27 |
| HASH | 4eead95202e6a0e4936f681fd5579582 | 2023-11-17 | 2023-11-27 |
| HASH | 160f7d2307bbc0e8a1b6ac03b8715e4f | 2023-11-17 | 2023-11-27 |
| IPv4 | 206.166.251.186 | 2023-11-17 | 2023-11-27 |
| IPv4 | 137.175.17.172 | 2023-11-17 | 2023-11-27 |
| IPv4 | 27.102.114.215 | 2023-11-17 | 2023-11-27 |
| IPv4 | 137.175.17.221 | 2023-11-17 | 2023-11-27 |
| IPv4 | 168.100.9.154 | 2023-11-17 | 2023-11-27 |
| IPv4 | 176.105.255.60 | 2023-11-17 | 2023-11-27 |
| IPv4 | 27.102.128.152 | 2023-11-10 | 2023-11-27 |
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