gh0strat | e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac

General

Target

e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac.exe
Size

1.5MB
MD5

404b6b3f8772a4beb8fd71b9c2a8110b
SHA1

ea86527c03b136ef211b9238ce08819db44d8314
SHA256

e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac
SHA512

cdca8c8b20d9b6e6fa95dea006a7c1d5c392942520c468d3bee60f0f7375254f7025c66010ee8c9d4e6a6a03ab619fffd3c02e41dcc3ba6b7c256801adaf779c
SSDEEP

24576:wQZoidOTdVZinacCET9Ecl1erdg0MCiVWhFU7cVlwpezILUsWAs1:wQZAdVyVT9n/Gg0P+Whovpez4Fw

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/2120-7-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2120-8-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2120-12-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2164-19-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2164-32-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2684-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2684-38-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2684-78-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit

Gh0st RAT payload 9 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2120-7-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2120-8-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2120-12-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2164-19-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
\Windows\SysWOW64\259398758.txt	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2164-32-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2684-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2684-38-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2684-78-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-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 DLL path for service in the registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

svchos.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\259398758.txt"	svchos.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 5 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exeTXPlatforn.exesvchos.exeTXPlatforn.exeÖ÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe

pid process

2120 svchost.exe
2164 TXPlatforn.exe
2964 svchos.exe
2684 TXPlatforn.exe
2768 Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe

pid	process
2120	svchost.exe
2164	TXPlatforn.exe
2964	svchos.exe
2684	TXPlatforn.exe
2768	Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe

Loads dropped DLL 7 IoCs

Processes:

e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac.exeTXPlatforn.exesvchos.exesvchost.exeÖ÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe

pid	process
2136	e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac.exe
2136	e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac.exe
2164	TXPlatforn.exe
2964	svchos.exe
2732	svchost.exe
2732	svchost.exe
2768	Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe

UPX packed file 9 IoCs

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

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2120-5-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2120-7-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2120-8-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2120-12-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2164-19-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2164-32-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2684-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2684-38-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2684-78-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs

Processes:

svchos.exesvchost.exesvchost.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\259398758.txt	svchos.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ini.ini	svchos.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe	svchost.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe	svchost.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe	svchost.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe	svchost.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 4 IoCs

Processes:

e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac.exe

description	ioc	process
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe	e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe	e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe	e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac.exe
File created	C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe	e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac.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

2512 PING.EXE
Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs

Processes:

TXPlatforn.exe

pid process

2684 TXPlatforn.exe

pid	process
2512	PING.EXE

pid	process
2684	TXPlatforn.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exeTXPlatforn.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2120	svchost.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2684	TXPlatforn.exe
Token: 33	2684	TXPlatforn.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2684	TXPlatforn.exe
Token: 33	2684	TXPlatforn.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2684	TXPlatforn.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

Processes:

e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac.exe

pid	process
2136	e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac.exe
2136	e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

Processes:

e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac.exesvchost.exeTXPlatforn.execmd.exesvchost.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2136 wrote to memory of 2120	2136	e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2136 wrote to memory of 2120	2136	e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2136 wrote to memory of 2120	2136	e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2136 wrote to memory of 2120	2136	e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2136 wrote to memory of 2120	2136	e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2136 wrote to memory of 2120	2136	e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2136 wrote to memory of 2120	2136	e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2120 wrote to memory of 3016	2120	svchost.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2120 wrote to memory of 3016	2120	svchost.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2120 wrote to memory of 3016	2120	svchost.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2120 wrote to memory of 3016	2120	svchost.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2136 wrote to memory of 2964	2136	e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac.exe	svchos.exe
PID 2136 wrote to memory of 2964	2136	e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac.exe	svchos.exe
PID 2136 wrote to memory of 2964	2136	e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac.exe	svchos.exe
PID 2136 wrote to memory of 2964	2136	e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac.exe	svchos.exe
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2684	2164	TXPlatforn.exe	TXPlatforn.exe
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2684	2164	TXPlatforn.exe	TXPlatforn.exe
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2684	2164	TXPlatforn.exe	TXPlatforn.exe
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2684	2164	TXPlatforn.exe	TXPlatforn.exe
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2684	2164	TXPlatforn.exe	TXPlatforn.exe
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2684	2164	TXPlatforn.exe	TXPlatforn.exe
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2684	2164	TXPlatforn.exe	TXPlatforn.exe
PID 3016 wrote to memory of 2512	3016	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 3016 wrote to memory of 2512	3016	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 3016 wrote to memory of 2512	3016	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 3016 wrote to memory of 2512	3016	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 2732 wrote to memory of 2768	2732	svchost.exe	Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe
PID 2732 wrote to memory of 2768	2732	svchost.exe	Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe
PID 2732 wrote to memory of 2768	2732	svchost.exe	Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe
PID 2732 wrote to memory of 2768	2732	svchost.exe	Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2136
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2120
- - 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\svchost.exe > nul
    3⤵
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3016
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
      ping -n 2 127.0.0.1
      4⤵
      Runs ping.exe
      PID:2512
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchos.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\svchos.exe
  2⤵
  - Sets DLL path for service in the registry
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  PID:2964

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe -auto
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2164
- 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:2684

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é"
1⤵
PID:2332

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2732
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe "c:\windows\system32\259398758.txt",MainThread
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  PID:2768

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

2

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

2

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

2

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

2

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

2

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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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_X.dat

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
404b6b3f8772a4beb8fd71b9c2a8110b

SHA1
ea86527c03b136ef211b9238ce08819db44d8314

SHA256
e79e8ae53ed0584e889aa2d89520e6f16b92592c5149af26497f5314269895ac

SHA512
cdca8c8b20d9b6e6fa95dea006a7c1d5c392942520c468d3bee60f0f7375254f7025c66010ee8c9d4e6a6a03ab619fffd3c02e41dcc3ba6b7c256801adaf779c

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchos.exe

Filesize
93KB

MD5
3b377ad877a942ec9f60ea285f7119a2

SHA1
60b23987b20d913982f723ab375eef50fafa6c70

SHA256
62954fdf65e629b39a29f539619d20691332184c6b6be5a826128a8e759bfa84

SHA512
af3a71f867ad9d28772c48b521097f9bf8931eb89fd2974e8de10990241419a39ddc3c0b36dd38aac4fdf14e1f0c5e228692618e93adce958d5b5dab8940e46f

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe

Filesize
377KB

MD5
a4329177954d4104005bce3020e5ef59

SHA1
23c29e295e2dbb8454012d619ca3f81e4c16e85a

SHA256
6156d003d54dcf2ee92f21bd6e7a6a7f91730bd2804381260bcabe465abe6ddd

SHA512
81e9d456a4abfc7cd9e0943d4a0ce15523362c3179f3368381d1d7974f80a9f9113b5404b96e67e91684e0ea1895b7d0073e4c48d0bfc4fd0244b1af6acf0208

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\Windows\SysWOW64\259398758.txt

Filesize
50KB

MD5
d96bfdc05ca6943f9c0535515b3b338d

SHA1
2118b9bff840169509d0860cdacf2acd8b3ebfff

SHA256
d9adafa626b7f12830bc6ee145c9e2fff270b7fe03ec7487c12b6f5732db06d3

SHA512
29105a5d87bb5b588fed6ae5d43118a84ffcc333276ac9fef4d261dd423b3171de287172363a55c0d0042c61bdfa583fb6c39ac6634255a3fdd1f461b1d96828

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\Windows\SysWOW64\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe

Filesize
43KB

MD5
51138beea3e2c21ec44d0932c71762a8

SHA1
8939cf35447b22dd2c6e6f443446acc1bf986d58

SHA256
5ad3c37e6f2b9db3ee8b5aeedc474645de90c66e3d95f8620c48102f1eba4124

SHA512
794f30fe452117ff2a26dc9d7086aaf82b639c2632ac2e381a81f5239caaec7c96922ba5d2d90bfd8d74f0a6cd4f79fbda63e14c6b779e5cf6834c13e4e45e7d

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memory/2120-5-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2120-7-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2120-8-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2120-12-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2164-19-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2164-32-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2684-38-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2684-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2684-78-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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