gh0strat

General

Target

abc6549b39ea1c21d44b1ca196a7bc5b85207f9b2be75ea78f233ea6f34afa62
Size

8.3MB
Sample

240526-sppydsbf88
MD5

f910ac3676bd3f17135199768e7dbea6
SHA1

4d694c5310ac75d436cf8ca6c15624106a3da808
SHA256

abc6549b39ea1c21d44b1ca196a7bc5b85207f9b2be75ea78f233ea6f34afa62
SHA512

61b9ac1ca4cc392e48bd4b2797907a4024bc2f198f4330f4309ae0ccbff1fb7bb022d1187610382cc158dcd5b85365720eef1a4e61a31c7778f64c0ee386de7c
SSDEEP

196608:mWT9nO7XXonLJRCsU3lHOYhE0dutEcKEmmI1nzH59a3K2ZXVVoVeB:G7H43xatvE05EW1zH5V2ZFVoVeB

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Targets

- Target
  
  abc6549b39ea1c21d44b1ca196a7bc5b85207f9b2be75ea78f233ea6f34afa62
- Size
  
  8.3MB
- MD5
  
  f910ac3676bd3f17135199768e7dbea6
- SHA1
  
  4d694c5310ac75d436cf8ca6c15624106a3da808
- SHA256
  
  abc6549b39ea1c21d44b1ca196a7bc5b85207f9b2be75ea78f233ea6f34afa62
- SHA512
  
  61b9ac1ca4cc392e48bd4b2797907a4024bc2f198f4330f4309ae0ccbff1fb7bb022d1187610382cc158dcd5b85365720eef1a4e61a31c7778f64c0ee386de7c
- SSDEEP
  
  196608:mWT9nO7XXonLJRCsU3lHOYhE0dutEcKEmmI1nzH59a3K2ZXVVoVeB:G7H43xatvE05EW1zH5V2ZFVoVeB
Score

10^/10

gh0strat purplefox bootkit evasion persistence rat rootkit trojan upx
- Detect PurpleFox Rootkit
  Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.
  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.
  rat gh0strat
- PurpleFox
  PurpleFox is an exploit kit used to distribute other malware families and first seen in 2018.
  rootkit trojan purplefox
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
  evasion
- Drops file in Drivers directory
- Sets DLL path for service in the registry
  persistence
- Sets service image path in registry
  persistence
- Checks BIOS information in registry
  BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- UPX packed file
  Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.
  upx
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
  evasion trojan
- Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
  Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.
  bootkit persistence
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
behavioral1 behavioral2