gh0strat | 8ada17481448d1efd0be40f157f0a685cfa872c9489de2c0881f77e3ea316807

General

Target

8ada17481448d1efd0be40f157f0a685cfa872c9489de2c0881f77e3ea316807.exe
Size

1.2MB
MD5

a823acd97938a8ed0b801abec1c77749
SHA1

d4a737c24550be92a246d5799d5ec5ec120f4834
SHA256

8ada17481448d1efd0be40f157f0a685cfa872c9489de2c0881f77e3ea316807
SHA512

d845930ce971e1b5c403e6d0c635b4284e659bdeece708d42fd0f3e548b2416f9b3e86eaebe9e047a2f247c2c8875d6b8e0adac6c0fea2136fa9416690c5fd0e
SSDEEP

24576:f09tv9/7JtDElDEExIko2H2HESq2eWJ6MQjySjy+YwpenQa:f09XJt4HIN2H2tFvduySxpep

Score

10^/10

gh0strat purplefox persistence rat rootkit trojan upx

Malware Config

Signatures

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit 8 IoCs

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.

rootkit

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2544-12-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2544-7-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2544-8-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2888-18-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2728-66-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2728-65-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2728-61-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2888-60-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit

Gh0st RAT payload 9 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2544-12-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2544-7-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2544-8-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2888-18-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2728-66-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2728-65-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2728-61-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2888-60-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2728-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-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
Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs

Processes:

TXPlatforn.exe

description ioc process

File created C:\Windows\system32\drivers\QAssist.sys TXPlatforn.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\Windows\system32\drivers\QAssist.sys	TXPlatforn.exe

Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

TXPlatforn.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\QAssist\ImagePath = "system32\\DRIVERS\\QAssist.sys"	TXPlatforn.exe

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

Processes:

RVN.exeTXPlatforn.exeTXPlatforn.exe

pid process

2544 RVN.exe
2888 TXPlatforn.exe
2728 TXPlatforn.exe
Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

Processes:

8ada17481448d1efd0be40f157f0a685cfa872c9489de2c0881f77e3ea316807.exeTXPlatforn.exe

pid process

1040 8ada17481448d1efd0be40f157f0a685cfa872c9489de2c0881f77e3ea316807.exe
2888 TXPlatforn.exe

pid	process
2544	RVN.exe
2888	TXPlatforn.exe
2728	TXPlatforn.exe

UPX packed file 10 IoCs

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

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2544-5-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2544-12-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2544-7-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2544-8-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2888-18-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2728-66-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2728-65-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2728-61-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2888-60-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2728-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

Processes:

RVN.exe

description ioc process

File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe RVN.exe
File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe RVN.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe	RVN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe	RVN.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 4 IoCs

Processes:

8ada17481448d1efd0be40f157f0a685cfa872c9489de2c0881f77e3ea316807.exe

description	ioc	process
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe	8ada17481448d1efd0be40f157f0a685cfa872c9489de2c0881f77e3ea316807.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe	8ada17481448d1efd0be40f157f0a685cfa872c9489de2c0881f77e3ea316807.exe
File created	C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe	8ada17481448d1efd0be40f157f0a685cfa872c9489de2c0881f77e3ea316807.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe	8ada17481448d1efd0be40f157f0a685cfa872c9489de2c0881f77e3ea316807.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery
T1018

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid process

2816 PING.EXE
Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs

Processes:

TXPlatforn.exe

pid process

2728 TXPlatforn.exe

pid	process
2816	PING.EXE

pid	process
2728	TXPlatforn.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs

Processes:

RVN.exeTXPlatforn.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2544	RVN.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2728	TXPlatforn.exe
Token: 33	2728	TXPlatforn.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2728	TXPlatforn.exe
Token: 33	2728	TXPlatforn.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2728	TXPlatforn.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

Processes:

8ada17481448d1efd0be40f157f0a685cfa872c9489de2c0881f77e3ea316807.exe

pid	process
1040	8ada17481448d1efd0be40f157f0a685cfa872c9489de2c0881f77e3ea316807.exe
1040	8ada17481448d1efd0be40f157f0a685cfa872c9489de2c0881f77e3ea316807.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 22 IoCs

Processes:

8ada17481448d1efd0be40f157f0a685cfa872c9489de2c0881f77e3ea316807.exeTXPlatforn.exeRVN.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1040 wrote to memory of 2544	1040	8ada17481448d1efd0be40f157f0a685cfa872c9489de2c0881f77e3ea316807.exe	RVN.exe
PID 1040 wrote to memory of 2544	1040	8ada17481448d1efd0be40f157f0a685cfa872c9489de2c0881f77e3ea316807.exe	RVN.exe
PID 1040 wrote to memory of 2544	1040	8ada17481448d1efd0be40f157f0a685cfa872c9489de2c0881f77e3ea316807.exe	RVN.exe
PID 1040 wrote to memory of 2544	1040	8ada17481448d1efd0be40f157f0a685cfa872c9489de2c0881f77e3ea316807.exe	RVN.exe
PID 1040 wrote to memory of 2544	1040	8ada17481448d1efd0be40f157f0a685cfa872c9489de2c0881f77e3ea316807.exe	RVN.exe
PID 1040 wrote to memory of 2544	1040	8ada17481448d1efd0be40f157f0a685cfa872c9489de2c0881f77e3ea316807.exe	RVN.exe
PID 1040 wrote to memory of 2544	1040	8ada17481448d1efd0be40f157f0a685cfa872c9489de2c0881f77e3ea316807.exe	RVN.exe
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 2728	2888	TXPlatforn.exe	TXPlatforn.exe
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 2728	2888	TXPlatforn.exe	TXPlatforn.exe
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 2728	2888	TXPlatforn.exe	TXPlatforn.exe
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 2728	2888	TXPlatforn.exe	TXPlatforn.exe
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 2728	2888	TXPlatforn.exe	TXPlatforn.exe
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 2728	2888	TXPlatforn.exe	TXPlatforn.exe
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 2728	2888	TXPlatforn.exe	TXPlatforn.exe
PID 2544 wrote to memory of 2612	2544	RVN.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2544 wrote to memory of 2612	2544	RVN.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2544 wrote to memory of 2612	2544	RVN.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2544 wrote to memory of 2612	2544	RVN.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 2816	2612	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 2816	2612	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 2816	2612	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 2816	2612	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8ada17481448d1efd0be40f157f0a685cfa872c9489de2c0881f77e3ea316807.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8ada17481448d1efd0be40f157f0a685cfa872c9489de2c0881f77e3ea316807.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1040

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RVN.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\RVN.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2544

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\RVN.exe > nul
3⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2612

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping -n 2 127.0.0.1
4⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:2816

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe -auto
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2888

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe -acsi
2⤵
- Drops file in Drivers directory
- Sets service image path in registry
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2728

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Remote System Discovery

1

T1018

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_X.dat
Filesize
1.2MB

MD5
a823acd97938a8ed0b801abec1c77749

SHA1
d4a737c24550be92a246d5799d5ec5ec120f4834

SHA256
8ada17481448d1efd0be40f157f0a685cfa872c9489de2c0881f77e3ea316807

SHA512
d845930ce971e1b5c403e6d0c635b4284e659bdeece708d42fd0f3e548b2416f9b3e86eaebe9e047a2f247c2c8875d6b8e0adac6c0fea2136fa9416690c5fd0e

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\X.ico
Filesize
71KB

MD5
fb44f7af2882d222b600539171f54c1d

SHA1
0c5a1a0b1620a55a0f194464227be25a2f0347e1

SHA256
f2a78e76259bc8fd4ab6af7b4e16dfb49a10643308aca3d14c09e61ac0ebd487

SHA512
21e906473f64303c4c8d55213ccb84f4a803c11fb5eef34ce3194adfb391ccbcc91e7c399556c7a4e4f3d33b9b19524d4499ec771ee8e1a10df26ea7cc2dcb67

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RVN.exe
Filesize
377KB

MD5
80ade1893dec9cab7f2e63538a464fcc

SHA1
c06614da33a65eddb506db00a124a3fc3f5be02e

SHA256
57a920389c044e3f5cf93dabff67070b4511e79779b6f874e08f92d8b0d7afbd

SHA512
fffd4f3fccb5301b3c7a5b3bd92747f31549fbd9d0803fe5d502d1bb0ef979140988718c2ee1406ed3e755790d275185e120a56cbcb5ed2eadf62b5cdbfc4cc4

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memory/2544-5-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2544-12-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2544-7-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2544-8-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2728-66-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2728-61-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2728-65-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2728-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2888-60-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2888-18-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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