Malware Analysis Report

2025-01-22 14:26

Sample ID 240623-dtvl4sxhle
Target 050a89030ebcc24a16df1c8b1c74ee56_JaffaCakes118
SHA256 74a42c2a962fcb8e3cb59f7ef1db688005bbd910d12d6a85a4608c8a00a3437c
Tags
gh0strat persistence rat
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

74a42c2a962fcb8e3cb59f7ef1db688005bbd910d12d6a85a4608c8a00a3437c

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 050a89030ebcc24a16df1c8b1c74ee56_JaffaCakes118 was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

gh0strat persistence rat

Gh0st RAT payload

Gh0strat

Executes dropped EXE

Adds Run key to start application

Drops file in Windows directory

Unsigned PE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-06-23 03:18

Signatures

Unsigned PE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-06-23 03:18

Reported

2024-06-23 03:21

Platform

win10v2004-20240508-en

Max time kernel

150s

Max time network

149s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\050a89030ebcc24a16df1c8b1c74ee56_JaffaCakes118.exe"

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Gh0strat

rat gh0strat

Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A \??\c:\Windows\svchest425075242507520.exe N/A

Adds Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Kris = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\050a89030ebcc24a16df1c8b1c74ee56_JaffaCakes118.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\050a89030ebcc24a16df1c8b1c74ee56_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Drops file in Windows directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File created \??\c:\Windows\svchest425075242507520.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\050a89030ebcc24a16df1c8b1c74ee56_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
File opened for modification \??\c:\Windows\svchest425075242507520.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\050a89030ebcc24a16df1c8b1c74ee56_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
File created \??\c:\Windows\BJ.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\050a89030ebcc24a16df1c8b1c74ee56_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
File opened for modification \??\c:\Windows\BJ.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\050a89030ebcc24a16df1c8b1c74ee56_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\050a89030ebcc24a16df1c8b1c74ee56_JaffaCakes118.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\050a89030ebcc24a16df1c8b1c74ee56_JaffaCakes118.exe"

\??\c:\Windows\svchest425075242507520.exe

c:\Windows\svchest425075242507520.exe

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 aa0533.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 97.17.167.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 172.214.232.199.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 136.32.126.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 154.239.44.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 26.165.165.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 56.126.166.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 240.221.184.93.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 144.107.17.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 13.227.111.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 udp

Files

memory/1532-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/1532-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/1532-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/1532-9-0x0000000002310000-0x0000000002311000-memory.dmp

memory/1532-8-0x0000000000810000-0x0000000000812000-memory.dmp

memory/1532-7-0x0000000000800000-0x0000000000801000-memory.dmp

\??\c:\Windows\svchest425075242507520.exe

MD5 050a89030ebcc24a16df1c8b1c74ee56
SHA1 e0cd9793241df2e2bd4ef9382d0adb8439bf6689
SHA256 74a42c2a962fcb8e3cb59f7ef1db688005bbd910d12d6a85a4608c8a00a3437c
SHA512 72102b5a86d7c8963e26dc4c534e3ebb255ba081fe014a4417ff8be1a083785da40bcd881f36455ae48368fe0534f5f8e2e49aa7950372c1a88715058c66e89e

memory/2508-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/1532-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/1532-17-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

memory/1532-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/1532-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/1532-2-0x0000000000830000-0x000000000086E000-memory.dmp

memory/1532-1-0x0000000000830000-0x000000000086E000-memory.dmp

memory/2508-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/2508-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/2508-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/2508-26-0x0000000000780000-0x00000000007BE000-memory.dmp

memory/2508-30-0x0000000002130000-0x0000000002138000-memory.dmp

memory/2508-29-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

memory/2508-28-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/2508-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/2508-25-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/2508-21-0x0000000000780000-0x00000000007BE000-memory.dmp

memory/1532-31-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/1532-32-0x0000000000830000-0x000000000086E000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-06-23 03:18

Reported

2024-06-23 03:21

Platform

win7-20240221-en

Max time kernel

150s

Max time network

121s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\050a89030ebcc24a16df1c8b1c74ee56_JaffaCakes118.exe"

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Gh0strat

rat gh0strat

Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A \??\c:\Windows\svchest000.exe N/A

Adds Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Kris = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\050a89030ebcc24a16df1c8b1c74ee56_JaffaCakes118.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\050a89030ebcc24a16df1c8b1c74ee56_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Drops file in Windows directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification \??\c:\Windows\BJ.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\050a89030ebcc24a16df1c8b1c74ee56_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
File created \??\c:\Windows\svchest000.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\050a89030ebcc24a16df1c8b1c74ee56_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
File opened for modification \??\c:\Windows\svchest000.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\050a89030ebcc24a16df1c8b1c74ee56_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
File created \??\c:\Windows\BJ.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\050a89030ebcc24a16df1c8b1c74ee56_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\050a89030ebcc24a16df1c8b1c74ee56_JaffaCakes118.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\050a89030ebcc24a16df1c8b1c74ee56_JaffaCakes118.exe"

\??\c:\Windows\svchest000.exe

c:\Windows\svchest000.exe

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 aa0533.3322.org udp

Files

memory/1040-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/1040-1-0x0000000000230000-0x000000000026E000-memory.dmp

memory/1040-2-0x0000000000230000-0x000000000026E000-memory.dmp

memory/1040-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/1040-10-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

memory/1040-9-0x00000000002D0000-0x00000000002D1000-memory.dmp

memory/1040-8-0x00000000002C0000-0x00000000002C2000-memory.dmp

memory/1040-7-0x0000000000270000-0x0000000000271000-memory.dmp

memory/1040-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/1040-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/1040-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/1040-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

C:\Windows\svchest000.exe

MD5 050a89030ebcc24a16df1c8b1c74ee56
SHA1 e0cd9793241df2e2bd4ef9382d0adb8439bf6689
SHA256 74a42c2a962fcb8e3cb59f7ef1db688005bbd910d12d6a85a4608c8a00a3437c
SHA512 72102b5a86d7c8963e26dc4c534e3ebb255ba081fe014a4417ff8be1a083785da40bcd881f36455ae48368fe0534f5f8e2e49aa7950372c1a88715058c66e89e

memory/2508-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/2508-29-0x0000000000230000-0x000000000026E000-memory.dmp

memory/2508-33-0x00000000002E0000-0x00000000002E8000-memory.dmp

memory/2508-32-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

memory/2508-28-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/2508-27-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/2508-25-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/2508-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/2508-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/2508-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/2508-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/1040-19-0x0000000002530000-0x000000000267B000-memory.dmp

memory/2508-18-0x0000000000230000-0x000000000026E000-memory.dmp

memory/1040-34-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

memory/1040-35-0x0000000000230000-0x000000000026E000-memory.dmp

memory/2508-37-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp