gh0strat | f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581 | Triage

Analysis

max time kernel
60s
max time network
123s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20221111-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20221111-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
24-11-2022 01:26

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General

Target

f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
Size

107KB
MD5

0852e655acfacb658792174480ee42f0
SHA1

12236c070bd5b38f2271ac8ff7240e0e347783c1
SHA256

f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581
SHA512

f967a9d9128d1f2cc8a38b986d10ac5605690de3b01139446ff41badff4ee80dea94f59f6e234f2cbe578e55373e8439542608bd78eaf697df0c746404c7b941
SSDEEP

3072:IFz90hq+Yc7Hf4oa5r5sojsj+oMep6Gm1j:Inycc7/4D95sqBFm6GmN

Score

10^/10

gh0strat persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 2 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1724-57-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/1724-60-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat

Gh0strat
Gh0st RAT is a remote access tool (RAT) with its source code public and it has been used by multiple Chinese groups.
rat gh0strat

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

Modify Registry

Processes:

f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\75251F52 = "C:\\Windows\\75251F52\\svchsot.exe"	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 5 IoCs

Processes:

f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe

pid	process
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 22 IoCs

Processes:

f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe

pid	process
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe

Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs

Processes:

f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe

pid process

1724 f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

Processes:

f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 IoCs

Processes:

f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 368	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	wininit.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 368	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	wininit.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 368	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	wininit.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 368	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	wininit.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 368	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	wininit.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 368	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	wininit.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 368	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	wininit.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 380	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	csrss.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 380	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	csrss.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 380	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	csrss.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 380	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	csrss.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 380	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	csrss.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 380	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	csrss.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 380	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	csrss.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 416	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	winlogon.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 416	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	winlogon.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 416	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	winlogon.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 416	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	winlogon.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 416	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	winlogon.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 416	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	winlogon.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 416	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	winlogon.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 460	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	services.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 460	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	services.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 460	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	services.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 460	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	services.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 460	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	services.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 460	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	services.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 460	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	services.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 476	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	lsass.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 476	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	lsass.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 476	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	lsass.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 476	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	lsass.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 476	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	lsass.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 476	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	lsass.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 476	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	lsass.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 484	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	lsm.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 484	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	lsm.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 484	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	lsm.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 484	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	lsm.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 484	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	lsm.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 484	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	lsm.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 484	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	lsm.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 592	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	svchost.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 592	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	svchost.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 592	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	svchost.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 592	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	svchost.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 592	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	svchost.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 592	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	svchost.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 592	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	svchost.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 672	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	svchost.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 672	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	svchost.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 672	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	svchost.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 672	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	svchost.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 672	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	svchost.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 672	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	svchost.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 672	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	svchost.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 752	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	svchost.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 752	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	svchost.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 752	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	svchost.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 752	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	svchost.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 752	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	svchost.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 752	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	svchost.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 752	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	svchost.exe
PID 1724 wrote to memory of 808	1724	f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe	svchost.exe

C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe
C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe
1⤵
PID:476

C:\Windows\system32\services.exe
C:\Windows\system32\services.exe
1⤵
PID:460

C:\Windows\system32\taskhost.exe
"taskhost.exe"
2⤵
PID:1120

C:\Windows\system32\sppsvc.exe
C:\Windows\system32\sppsvc.exe
2⤵
PID:2024

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalServiceAndNoImpersonation
2⤵
PID:1412

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalServiceNoNetwork
2⤵
PID:1044

C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe
2⤵
PID:308

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService
2⤵
PID:108

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
2⤵
PID:872

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalService
2⤵
PID:848

C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted
2⤵
PID:808

C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k LocalServiceNetworkRestricted
2⤵
PID:752

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k RPCSS
2⤵
PID:672

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k DcomLaunch
2⤵
PID:592

C:\Windows\system32\winlogon.exe
winlogon.exe
1⤵
PID:416

C:\Windows\system32\csrss.exe
%SystemRoot%\system32\csrss.exe ObjectDirectory=\Windows SharedSection=1024,20480,768 Windows=On SubSystemType=Windows ServerDll=basesrv,1 ServerDll=winsrv:UserServerDllInitialization,3 ServerDll=winsrv:ConServerDllInitialization,2 ServerDll=sxssrv,4 ProfileControl=Off MaxRequestThreads=16
1⤵
PID:380

C:\Windows\system32\wininit.exe
wininit.exe
1⤵
PID:368

C:\Windows\system32\lsm.exe
C:\Windows\system32\lsm.exe
2⤵
PID:484

C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe
C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe
1⤵
PID:1868

\\?\C:\Windows\system32\wbem\WMIADAP.EXE
wmiadap.exe /F /T /R
1⤵
PID:1436

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
1⤵
PID:1284

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f38acdac6bca307674f1329c73c00704080fa444f331c73cbb775ea81e646581.exe"
2⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1724

C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe"
1⤵
PID:1176

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

Credential Access

Discovery

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

memory/1724-54-0x00000000763D1000-0x00000000763D3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1724-55-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/1724-57-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/1724-59-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/1724-60-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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