General

  • Target

    059386b0be7a262d5a27655ac0b48d9f44ce1a3d894407886032ff2254933859.exe

  • Size

    1.2MB

  • Sample

    230405-m468bsfe2w

  • MD5

    1d95cacc1b68dbe100e5d50856486d59

  • SHA1

    352e53eb65ce65c5a4c52a1520d97018079415b3

  • SHA256

    059386b0be7a262d5a27655ac0b48d9f44ce1a3d894407886032ff2254933859

  • SHA512

    2eadc6cd3e2ffb0936f5f2d79986e1306b45879ed037c7c42748616a96818ec2f89ae27af503af920052aed9305e9082c5a3c1101a1c7edaf4f75b79dee6d2bf

  • SSDEEP

    24576:HovxCwgMBqHO5ZdYXOp0nQrXctTfK+d+MrTXowFlw57XYBwJtiE:WIwgMEuy+inDfp3/XoCw57XYBwKE

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      059386b0be7a262d5a27655ac0b48d9f44ce1a3d894407886032ff2254933859.exe

    • Size

      1.2MB

    • MD5

      1d95cacc1b68dbe100e5d50856486d59

    • SHA1

      352e53eb65ce65c5a4c52a1520d97018079415b3

    • SHA256

      059386b0be7a262d5a27655ac0b48d9f44ce1a3d894407886032ff2254933859

    • SHA512

      2eadc6cd3e2ffb0936f5f2d79986e1306b45879ed037c7c42748616a96818ec2f89ae27af503af920052aed9305e9082c5a3c1101a1c7edaf4f75b79dee6d2bf

    • SSDEEP

      24576:HovxCwgMBqHO5ZdYXOp0nQrXctTfK+d+MrTXowFlw57XYBwJtiE:WIwgMEuy+inDfp3/XoCw57XYBwKE

    • 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.

    • Drops file in Drivers directory

    • Sets DLL path for service in the registry

    • Sets service image path in registry

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Drops startup file

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • UPX packed file

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

    • VMProtect packed file

      Detects executables packed with VMProtect commercial packer.

    • Adds Run key to start application

    • Drops file in System32 directory

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

3
T1060

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

3
T1112

Discovery

Query Registry

1
T1012

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

Remote System Discovery

1
T1018

Tasks