Malware Analysis Report

2025-03-15 06:32

Sample ID 240624-xrwwya1ekj
Target 0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118
SHA256 2413573ab2f436ba99d9947ef49d540be4f2a682e2e1f2681cfa64b1b8377355
Tags
gh0strat persistence rat
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

2413573ab2f436ba99d9947ef49d540be4f2a682e2e1f2681cfa64b1b8377355

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118 was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

gh0strat persistence rat

Gh0st RAT payload

Gh0strat

Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL

Loads dropped DLL

Drops file in Program Files directory

Unsigned PE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-06-24 19:05

Signatures

Unsigned PE

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

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-06-24 19:05

Reported

2024-06-24 19:08

Platform

win7-20240220-en

Max time kernel

120s

Max time network

121s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe"

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload

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

Gh0strat

rat gh0strat

Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\4ihQML9j\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\StormII\\gXlFVe.pic" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Loads dropped DLL

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe N/A

Drops file in Program Files directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File created C:\Program Files (x86)\StormII\gXlFVe.pic C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeBackupPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Token: SeRestorePrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe N/A
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2144 wrote to memory of 2076 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2144 wrote to memory of 2076 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2144 wrote to memory of 2076 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2144 wrote to memory of 2076 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2144 wrote to memory of 2076 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2144 wrote to memory of 2076 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2144 wrote to memory of 2076 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2608 wrote to memory of 2748 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2608 wrote to memory of 2748 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2608 wrote to memory of 2748 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2608 wrote to memory of 2748 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2608 wrote to memory of 2748 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2608 wrote to memory of 2748 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2608 wrote to memory of 2748 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k 4ihQML9j

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe

rundll32.exe c:\program files (x86)\stormii\gxlfve.pic,main 4ihQML9j

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k 4ihQML9j

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe

rundll32.exe c:\program files (x86)\stormii\gxlfve.pic,main 4ihQML9j

Network

N/A

Files

\??\c:\program files (x86)\stormii\gxlfve.pic

MD5 45e3f4fa6a8029d51ca97883f9190d53
SHA1 56f01137386299da7ae7947ffa1c02ae56d63329
SHA256 c2229a35f8b941081487f122e6e7732f12748f6be9745da55201a89ca4c51936
SHA512 3dc8191b23e43a44ebbbfc749bd7ffc3523e140920db0a41fefb3ddc41f99c85768fad26e5abaa4641234c83838b47ba3150a01cbb30746f29168d0f4979f528

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-06-24 19:05

Reported

2024-06-24 19:08

Platform

win10v2004-20240508-en

Max time kernel

147s

Max time network

150s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe"

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload

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

Gh0strat

rat gh0strat

Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\4ihQML9j\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\StormII\\gXlFVe.pic" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Loads dropped DLL

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe N/A

Drops file in Program Files directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File created C:\Program Files (x86)\StormII\gXlFVe.pic C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeBackupPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Token: SeRestorePrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2388 wrote to memory of 2796 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2388 wrote to memory of 2796 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2388 wrote to memory of 2796 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a50923a446814ea145e7baccb4766ed_JaffaCakes118.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k 4ihQML9j

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe

rundll32.exe c:\program files (x86)\stormii\gxlfve.pic,main 4ihQML9j

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 23.53.113.159:80 tcp

Files

\??\c:\program files (x86)\stormii\gxlfve.pic

MD5 45e3f4fa6a8029d51ca97883f9190d53
SHA1 56f01137386299da7ae7947ffa1c02ae56d63329
SHA256 c2229a35f8b941081487f122e6e7732f12748f6be9745da55201a89ca4c51936
SHA512 3dc8191b23e43a44ebbbfc749bd7ffc3523e140920db0a41fefb3ddc41f99c85768fad26e5abaa4641234c83838b47ba3150a01cbb30746f29168d0f4979f528