General

  • Target

    e8b47dc9b7ef12f900b0bd04b47af64527a12fda9e08dfa67ae6c39b55d9f02d

  • Size

    2.3MB

  • Sample

    240425-qkxfkaba9v

  • MD5

    5bd70186899c032e2f05fe9894c02698

  • SHA1

    5a3a792a406f7a75c58e1b72fe24acffb8b088bd

  • SHA256

    e8b47dc9b7ef12f900b0bd04b47af64527a12fda9e08dfa67ae6c39b55d9f02d

  • SHA512

    1049c54a7c2ccd36bef6cee5853da8e931889fbe045b0a189e6d13090df8b443ed228f3abe9ba4dc8338eee3a97fd6b6e2a5267e35f9a90a8b35cf109c0ea790

  • SSDEEP

    49152:x1vKR2L2PzCOXeiBFuKqFt9yW3Dv5lju+AVJ366N5zr9pgNrZgX8IwQk0:v8TeEFuKqFtcWTRljuZj9pigX8If

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      e8b47dc9b7ef12f900b0bd04b47af64527a12fda9e08dfa67ae6c39b55d9f02d

    • Size

      2.3MB

    • MD5

      5bd70186899c032e2f05fe9894c02698

    • SHA1

      5a3a792a406f7a75c58e1b72fe24acffb8b088bd

    • SHA256

      e8b47dc9b7ef12f900b0bd04b47af64527a12fda9e08dfa67ae6c39b55d9f02d

    • SHA512

      1049c54a7c2ccd36bef6cee5853da8e931889fbe045b0a189e6d13090df8b443ed228f3abe9ba4dc8338eee3a97fd6b6e2a5267e35f9a90a8b35cf109c0ea790

    • SSDEEP

      49152:x1vKR2L2PzCOXeiBFuKqFt9yW3Dv5lju+AVJ366N5zr9pgNrZgX8IwQk0:v8TeEFuKqFtcWTRljuZj9pigX8If

    • 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.

    • UAC bypass

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • UPX packed file

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

    • Checks whether UAC is enabled

    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

Privilege Escalation

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

1
T1548

Bypass User Account Control

1
T1548.002

Defense Evasion

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

1
T1548

Bypass User Account Control

1
T1548.002

Impair Defenses

1
T1562

Disable or Modify Tools

1
T1562.001

Modify Registry

3
T1112

Subvert Trust Controls

1
T1553

Install Root Certificate

1
T1553.004

Discovery

Query Registry

2
T1012

System Information Discovery

4
T1082

Tasks