gh0strat | 70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9

General

Target

70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe
Size

10.2MB
MD5

b211ca218fb845dc857617cbe588dd35
SHA1

a0bda1133887d67d5850a012095c08a94428a215
SHA256

70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9
SHA512

48f30834f352bd36f641a8166330f44784281f0ebf3d8dc824aac316c17601b36945003603cbe1f8fb6f6fed4f4b780f8c47165750a39cccf9b13b725480cdbf
SSDEEP

196608:YKXbeO7WNmn2ANiMqoUyBm19H4Q0DWxNu1ia2O2CL:h7ce7hUxD0DeE1T2U

Score

10^/10

gh0strat purplefox persistence rat rootkit trojan upx

Malware Config

Signatures

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit 10 IoCs

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.

rootkit

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/820-14-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/820-15-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/820-18-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/3316-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/3316-24-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/3316-33-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/2300-39-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/2300-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/2300-42-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/3316-25-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit

Gh0st RAT payload 11 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240603468.txt	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/820-14-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/820-15-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/820-18-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/3316-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/3316-24-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/3316-33-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2300-39-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2300-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2300-42-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/3316-25-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-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:

TXPlatfor.exe

description ioc process

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

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

Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

TXPlatfor.exe

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

Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs

Processes:

R.exeN.exeTXPlatfor.exeTXPlatfor.exeHD_70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe

pid process

4852 R.exe
820 N.exe
3316 TXPlatfor.exe
2300 TXPlatfor.exe
3180 HD_70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe
Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

Processes:

R.exe

pid process

4852 R.exe

pid	process
4852	R.exe
820	N.exe
3316	TXPlatfor.exe
2300	TXPlatfor.exe
3180	HD_70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe

pid	process
4852	R.exe

UPX packed file 12 IoCs

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

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/820-14-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/820-15-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/820-18-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/820-12-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3316-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3316-24-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3316-33-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2300-39-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2300-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2300-42-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3316-25-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3316-21-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs

Processes:

R.exeN.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240603468.txt	R.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe	N.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe	N.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

Processes:

70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe

description	ioc	process
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe	70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082
Program crash 1 IoCs

Processes:

WerFault.exe

pid pid_target process target process

4204 4852 WerFault.exe R.exe
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery
T1018

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid process

3172 PING.EXE

pid	pid_target	process	target process
4204	4852	WerFault.exe	R.exe

pid	process
3172	PING.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

Processes:

70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe

pid	process
1980	70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe
1980	70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe

Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs

Processes:

TXPlatfor.exe

pid process

2300 TXPlatfor.exe

pid	process
2300	TXPlatfor.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs

Processes:

N.exeTXPlatfor.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	820	N.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2300	TXPlatfor.exe
Token: 33	2300	TXPlatfor.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2300	TXPlatfor.exe
Token: 33	2300	TXPlatfor.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2300	TXPlatfor.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

Processes:

70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe

pid	process
1980	70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe
1980	70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs

Processes:

70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exeN.exeTXPlatfor.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 4852	1980	70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe	R.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 4852	1980	70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe	R.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 4852	1980	70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe	R.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 820	1980	70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe	N.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 820	1980	70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe	N.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 820	1980	70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe	N.exe
PID 820 wrote to memory of 4668	820	N.exe	cmd.exe
PID 820 wrote to memory of 4668	820	N.exe	cmd.exe
PID 820 wrote to memory of 4668	820	N.exe	cmd.exe
PID 3316 wrote to memory of 2300	3316	TXPlatfor.exe	TXPlatfor.exe
PID 3316 wrote to memory of 2300	3316	TXPlatfor.exe	TXPlatfor.exe
PID 3316 wrote to memory of 2300	3316	TXPlatfor.exe	TXPlatfor.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 3180	1980	70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe	HD_70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe
PID 1980 wrote to memory of 3180	1980	70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe	HD_70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe
PID 4668 wrote to memory of 3172	4668	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4668 wrote to memory of 3172	4668	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4668 wrote to memory of 3172	4668	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1980

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\R.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\R.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
PID:4852

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4852 -s 464
3⤵
- Program crash
PID:4204

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\N.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\N.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:820

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\N.exe > nul
3⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4668

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping -n 2 127.0.0.1
4⤵
- Runs ping.exe
PID:3172

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:3180

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 424 -p 4852 -ip 4852
1⤵
PID:4332

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe -auto
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3316

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.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:2300

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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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_70cfe00567ae1d5c53fe8bd521474e1245ab4771b8173913f07b4a680a12dce9.exe

Filesize
7.4MB

MD5
50368fc28ac34ce49c71c880b4271510

SHA1
e3cf7666d45d45a99ce3dd1b08223777d4b9b6b4

SHA256
05b3dd57d9986a08e5d66dbe41a8b21818b242a8c6c2e503256de36cfc81443a

SHA512
8a03928085dfa9db6f04e7ca25f4d425270db4f038bf0d6ae23f3066a2fcee519057a2cbf79a47fce10547d84f3e0641b6fb2e366442ae7c4bd418152994c0b6

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

Filesize
2.8MB

MD5
0a5c594bbcaf0df958f55de71180cb5f

SHA1
74468978cc35e0f1252c54672bd7123abe1b7909

SHA256
a675d657204b22d3a345dbb835b41e74a185c148cdff5d695b1fb6e3eb8830d4

SHA512
bdfba7eec3e36b46b3f757a5c4b552b90e6df3a381cbcdfd58aa23302da85aab41bb201b54aa5b51bb645223a581e7fd87e1bc869ee40d64be73bc889959aabc

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

Filesize
377KB

MD5
4a36a48e58829c22381572b2040b6fe0

SHA1
f09d30e44ff7e3f20a5de307720f3ad148c6143b

SHA256
3de6c02f52a661b8f934f59541d0cf297bb489eb2155e346b63c7338e09aeaf8

SHA512
5d0ea398792f6b9eb3f188813c50b7f43929183b5733d2b595b2fd1c78722764fd15f62db1086b5c7edfb157661a6dcd544ddd80907ee7699dddbca1ef4022d0

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

Filesize
941KB

MD5
8dc3adf1c490211971c1e2325f1424d2

SHA1
4eec4a4e7cb97c5efa6c72e0731cd090c0c4adc5

SHA256
bc29f2022ab3b812e50c8681ff196f090c038b5ab51e37daffac4469a8c2eb2c

SHA512
ae92ea20b359849dcdba4808119b154e3af5ef3687ee09de1797610fe8c4d3eb9065b068074d35adddb4b225d17c619baff3944cb137ad196bcef7a6507f920d

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240603468.txt

Filesize
899KB

MD5
5742e26336f53023bec97ab0a3fb6e1d

SHA1
2e4f44376e6fcb12a693247907801dfc59b4f797

SHA256
296a3861e2d3f05843488d4bca6a42fc2a8431b809a30dbc6a42a0a9a362179f

SHA512
0559a86eee62b9edcf7f8b4bb0987e9f02167c0b7f15514d5babe300cb5def7ecc9b38f27b349b0bd87263d5e5255edf1fb51025cf9b3c1994f4f7fd1d9cbcba

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memory/820-14-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/820-15-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/820-18-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/820-12-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2300-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2300-39-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2300-42-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/3316-33-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/3316-24-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/3316-25-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/3316-21-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/3316-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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