gh0strat | c65a6378fc0598b7dbce7c5c7da02e168c7a7a68ca85085eb86b2bca076fa834

General

Target

c65a6378fc0598b7dbce7c5c7da02e168c7a7a68ca85085eb86b2bca076fa834.exe
Size

1.6MB
MD5

946fe5fe68faf24c5797c25e5bcb49e0
SHA1

c0dff732a3f1f132a72187d5fc2192737e813928
SHA256

c65a6378fc0598b7dbce7c5c7da02e168c7a7a68ca85085eb86b2bca076fa834
SHA512

99ab38b6379f2105b5b1f20e96613b20ded004f822a4c893cd4e2e17968ae5650a57898db01be4055226afaa03e54901c576f54eca85662e3b37c71b924dbb4c
SSDEEP

24576:IpDXgeS+hlgOFc+k5T+IBLXCgxIo1RtFLUUbYkMJ3IvNcaLLh++woOs6s2E+:mjgkhlgOK/lIonLhbpMRIvyaZO8+

Score

10^/10

gh0strat purplefox rat rootkit trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit 5 IoCs

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.

rootkit

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1976-56-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001019F000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/1976-62-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000089B000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/656-72-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000089B000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/1976-77-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000089B000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/656-78-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000089B000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit

Gh0st RAT payload 5 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1976-56-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001019F000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/1976-62-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000089B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/656-72-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000089B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/1976-77-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000089B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/656-78-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000089B000-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
PurpleFox
PurpleFox is an exploit kit used to distribute other malware families and first seen in 2018.
rootkit trojan purplefox
Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

Processes:

Ldefv.exeLdefv.exe

pid process

656 Ldefv.exe
888 Ldefv.exe
Deletes itself 1 IoCs

Processes:

cmd.exe

pid process

892 cmd.exe

pid	process
656	Ldefv.exe
888	Ldefv.exe

pid	process
892	cmd.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

Processes:

c65a6378fc0598b7dbce7c5c7da02e168c7a7a68ca85085eb86b2bca076fa834.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ldefv.exe	c65a6378fc0598b7dbce7c5c7da02e168c7a7a68ca85085eb86b2bca076fa834.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ldefv.exe	c65a6378fc0598b7dbce7c5c7da02e168c7a7a68ca85085eb86b2bca076fa834.exe

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 4 IoCs

Processes:

c65a6378fc0598b7dbce7c5c7da02e168c7a7a68ca85085eb86b2bca076fa834.exeLdefv.exe

pid	process
1976	c65a6378fc0598b7dbce7c5c7da02e168c7a7a68ca85085eb86b2bca076fa834.exe
1976	c65a6378fc0598b7dbce7c5c7da02e168c7a7a68ca85085eb86b2bca076fa834.exe
1976	c65a6378fc0598b7dbce7c5c7da02e168c7a7a68ca85085eb86b2bca076fa834.exe
656	Ldefv.exe

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery
T1018

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid process

1916 PING.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

c65a6378fc0598b7dbce7c5c7da02e168c7a7a68ca85085eb86b2bca076fa834.exe

description pid process

Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 1976 c65a6378fc0598b7dbce7c5c7da02e168c7a7a68ca85085eb86b2bca076fa834.exe
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

Processes:

c65a6378fc0598b7dbce7c5c7da02e168c7a7a68ca85085eb86b2bca076fa834.exeLdefv.exe

pid process

1976 c65a6378fc0598b7dbce7c5c7da02e168c7a7a68ca85085eb86b2bca076fa834.exe
656 Ldefv.exe

pid	process
1916	PING.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1976	c65a6378fc0598b7dbce7c5c7da02e168c7a7a68ca85085eb86b2bca076fa834.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

Processes:

Ldefv.exec65a6378fc0598b7dbce7c5c7da02e168c7a7a68ca85085eb86b2bca076fa834.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 656 wrote to memory of 888	656	Ldefv.exe	Ldefv.exe
PID 656 wrote to memory of 888	656	Ldefv.exe	Ldefv.exe
PID 656 wrote to memory of 888	656	Ldefv.exe	Ldefv.exe
PID 656 wrote to memory of 888	656	Ldefv.exe	Ldefv.exe
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 892	1976	c65a6378fc0598b7dbce7c5c7da02e168c7a7a68ca85085eb86b2bca076fa834.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 892	1976	c65a6378fc0598b7dbce7c5c7da02e168c7a7a68ca85085eb86b2bca076fa834.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 892	1976	c65a6378fc0598b7dbce7c5c7da02e168c7a7a68ca85085eb86b2bca076fa834.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1976 wrote to memory of 892	1976	c65a6378fc0598b7dbce7c5c7da02e168c7a7a68ca85085eb86b2bca076fa834.exe	cmd.exe
PID 892 wrote to memory of 1916	892	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 892 wrote to memory of 1916	892	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 892 wrote to memory of 1916	892	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 892 wrote to memory of 1916	892	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c65a6378fc0598b7dbce7c5c7da02e168c7a7a68ca85085eb86b2bca076fa834.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c65a6378fc0598b7dbce7c5c7da02e168c7a7a68ca85085eb86b2bca076fa834.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1976

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ping -n 2 127.0.0.1 > nul && del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\C65A63~1.EXE > nul
2⤵
- Deletes itself
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:892

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping -n 2 127.0.0.1
3⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:1916

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ldefv.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ldefv.exe -auto
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:656

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ldefv.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ldefv.exe -acsi
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:888

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Remote System Discovery

1

T1018

Lateral Movement

Collection

Exfiltration

Command and Control

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ldefv.exe
Filesize
1.6MB

MD5
946fe5fe68faf24c5797c25e5bcb49e0

SHA1
c0dff732a3f1f132a72187d5fc2192737e813928

SHA256
c65a6378fc0598b7dbce7c5c7da02e168c7a7a68ca85085eb86b2bca076fa834

SHA512
99ab38b6379f2105b5b1f20e96613b20ded004f822a4c893cd4e2e17968ae5650a57898db01be4055226afaa03e54901c576f54eca85662e3b37c71b924dbb4c

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ldefv.exe
Filesize
1.6MB

MD5
946fe5fe68faf24c5797c25e5bcb49e0

SHA1
c0dff732a3f1f132a72187d5fc2192737e813928

SHA256
c65a6378fc0598b7dbce7c5c7da02e168c7a7a68ca85085eb86b2bca076fa834

SHA512
99ab38b6379f2105b5b1f20e96613b20ded004f822a4c893cd4e2e17968ae5650a57898db01be4055226afaa03e54901c576f54eca85662e3b37c71b924dbb4c

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\??\c:\windows\syswow64\ldefv.exe
Filesize
1.6MB

MD5
946fe5fe68faf24c5797c25e5bcb49e0

SHA1
c0dff732a3f1f132a72187d5fc2192737e813928

SHA256
c65a6378fc0598b7dbce7c5c7da02e168c7a7a68ca85085eb86b2bca076fa834

SHA512
99ab38b6379f2105b5b1f20e96613b20ded004f822a4c893cd4e2e17968ae5650a57898db01be4055226afaa03e54901c576f54eca85662e3b37c71b924dbb4c

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memory/656-78-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000089B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4.6MB

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memory/656-72-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000089B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4.6MB

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memory/888-80-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000089B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4.6MB

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memory/888-73-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/892-74-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/1916-79-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/1976-77-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000089B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4.6MB

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memory/1976-54-0x00000000760D1000-0x00000000760D3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1976-62-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000089B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4.6MB

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memory/1976-56-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001019F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.6MB

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memory/1976-55-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000089B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4.6MB

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Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

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