General

  • Target

    16d849eebd1ab9f01b6a9809f0f63d3cd8307478d2e2bb350ae3cfd1259701a6.exe

  • Size

    1.2MB

  • Sample

    230405-m61tbsea85

  • MD5

    8efabcef23ecebcd8265629a65c9679f

  • SHA1

    0d20e6e5379d1281e2a51b41f587053f26780e99

  • SHA256

    16d849eebd1ab9f01b6a9809f0f63d3cd8307478d2e2bb350ae3cfd1259701a6

  • SHA512

    04028547fe0f1ca37c4fce55428a32da627f3335028d800eae761051552152501c126a1daf9c111ffe2bb17022ffed0e87824634f816e6fcf91475afaa55340f

  • SSDEEP

    24576:HovxCwgMBqHO5ZdYXOp0nQrXctTfK+d+MrTXowFlw57XYBwJtih:WIwgMEuy+inDfp3/XoCw57XYBwKh

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      16d849eebd1ab9f01b6a9809f0f63d3cd8307478d2e2bb350ae3cfd1259701a6.exe

    • Size

      1.2MB

    • MD5

      8efabcef23ecebcd8265629a65c9679f

    • SHA1

      0d20e6e5379d1281e2a51b41f587053f26780e99

    • SHA256

      16d849eebd1ab9f01b6a9809f0f63d3cd8307478d2e2bb350ae3cfd1259701a6

    • SHA512

      04028547fe0f1ca37c4fce55428a32da627f3335028d800eae761051552152501c126a1daf9c111ffe2bb17022ffed0e87824634f816e6fcf91475afaa55340f

    • SSDEEP

      24576:HovxCwgMBqHO5ZdYXOp0nQrXctTfK+d+MrTXowFlw57XYBwJtih:WIwgMEuy+inDfp3/XoCw57XYBwKh

    • 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