Malware Analysis Report

2025-03-15 06:33

Sample ID 240624-xzx4za1hlq
Target 0a5d535016d1745005730a5c4906f044_JaffaCakes118
SHA256 d51bdf230084acbbd2e264f5af20b435b6cbf48b5f2a65a0c187af51586c663d
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

d51bdf230084acbbd2e264f5af20b435b6cbf48b5f2a65a0c187af51586c663d

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 0a5d535016d1745005730a5c4906f044_JaffaCakes118 was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

gh0strat persistence rat

Gh0strat

Gh0strat family

Gh0st RAT payload

Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL

Deletes itself

Loads dropped DLL

Drops file in System32 directory

Unsigned PE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-06-24 19:18

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload

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

Gh0strat family

gh0strat

Unsigned PE

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

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-06-24 19:18

Reported

2024-06-24 19:20

Platform

win7-20240221-en

Max time kernel

150s

Max time network

121s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a5d535016d1745005730a5c4906f044_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\M020utiHack\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\mutihack.dll" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a5d535016d1745005730a5c4906f044_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Deletes itself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe N/A

Drops file in System32 directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mutihack.dll C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a5d535016d1745005730a5c4906f044_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

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

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 3068 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 3068 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 3068 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 3068 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 3068 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 3068 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2004 wrote to memory of 3068 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a5d535016d1745005730a5c4906f044_JaffaCakes118.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a5d535016d1745005730a5c4906f044_JaffaCakes118.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe

rundll32.exe c:\windows\system32\mutihack.dll, Startup M020utiHack

Network

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

Files

\??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\mutihack.dll

MD5 5210c3dd5b0204dc4cb34453f6a46fc8
SHA1 31f7f1d5ad2a18489ed0c75cbca43cdce0a0985a
SHA256 2a213026f1739276f948a9fdf6ada666a6d2d41a075cfbb109fe7b022f149f67
SHA512 f8e57137e3de6555812c63b296b210455427ff829db21d7a42ee49a2acce3727b874ad173c2f290af9800d337ba79bc3a868bec24f1245516b29186ca9187685

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-06-24 19:18

Reported

2024-06-24 19:20

Platform

win10v2004-20240508-en

Max time kernel

150s

Max time network

150s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a5d535016d1745005730a5c4906f044_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\M020utiHack\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\mutihack.dll" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a5d535016d1745005730a5c4906f044_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Deletes itself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.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\rundll32.exe N/A

Drops file in System32 directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mutihack.dll C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a5d535016d1745005730a5c4906f044_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

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

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 4628 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 4628 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 4628 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a5d535016d1745005730a5c4906f044_JaffaCakes118.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0a5d535016d1745005730a5c4906f044_JaffaCakes118.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe

rundll32.exe c:\windows\system32\mutihack.dll, Startup M020utiHack

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 241.150.49.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 98.58.20.217.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 72.32.126.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 154.239.44.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 50.23.12.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 56.126.166.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 172.210.232.199.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 14.227.111.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 lianyinghao.3322.org udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 9.179.89.13.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

\??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\mutihack.dll

MD5 5210c3dd5b0204dc4cb34453f6a46fc8
SHA1 31f7f1d5ad2a18489ed0c75cbca43cdce0a0985a
SHA256 2a213026f1739276f948a9fdf6ada666a6d2d41a075cfbb109fe7b022f149f67
SHA512 f8e57137e3de6555812c63b296b210455427ff829db21d7a42ee49a2acce3727b874ad173c2f290af9800d337ba79bc3a868bec24f1245516b29186ca9187685