General

  • Target

    2086b8409ea31624c1d25581d4729ad48f3cde3a3b4969f2c9b79ca6ae6c354a

  • Size

    24KB

  • Sample

    221115-dherhsef83

  • MD5

    046fb6d83046827da18086aa6ac523aa

  • SHA1

    945ceb168b4b5f207aa9e516584c32de29bb650c

  • SHA256

    2086b8409ea31624c1d25581d4729ad48f3cde3a3b4969f2c9b79ca6ae6c354a

  • SHA512

    3c9477c45f95b7815729d7e7ced5427e176d929d8f31f163de5b502e9189ddd5d07a88d6b3b9323a99898672587ba7b071dd8f3691690191f7a4907f26b170b3

  • SSDEEP

    192:8FES6pYk/gvPNJv+mv+kAUoynYlLvJpNNwD1iT9fF73At4EaQ9r:8v73NvViTkaQl

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      2086b8409ea31624c1d25581d4729ad48f3cde3a3b4969f2c9b79ca6ae6c354a

    • Size

      24KB

    • MD5

      046fb6d83046827da18086aa6ac523aa

    • SHA1

      945ceb168b4b5f207aa9e516584c32de29bb650c

    • SHA256

      2086b8409ea31624c1d25581d4729ad48f3cde3a3b4969f2c9b79ca6ae6c354a

    • SHA512

      3c9477c45f95b7815729d7e7ced5427e176d929d8f31f163de5b502e9189ddd5d07a88d6b3b9323a99898672587ba7b071dd8f3691690191f7a4907f26b170b3

    • SSDEEP

      192:8FES6pYk/gvPNJv+mv+kAUoynYlLvJpNNwD1iT9fF73At4EaQ9r:8v73NvViTkaQl

    • Detect PurpleFox Rootkit

      Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.

    • Gh0st RAT payload

    • Gh0strat

      Gh0st RAT is a remote access tool (RAT) with its source code public and it has been used by multiple Chinese groups.

    • PurpleFox

      PurpleFox is an exploit kit used to distribute other malware families and first seen in 2018.

    • UAC bypass

    • Downloads MZ/PE file

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • UPX packed file

      Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

    • Checks computer location settings

      Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

    • Drops startup file

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Checks whether UAC is enabled

    • Enumerates connected drives

      Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Privilege Escalation

Bypass User Account Control

1
T1088

Defense Evasion

Bypass User Account Control

1
T1088

Disabling Security Tools

1
T1089

Modify Registry

2
T1112

Discovery

Query Registry

4
T1012

System Information Discovery

6
T1082

Peripheral Device Discovery

2
T1120

Tasks