gh0strat | 69b0603129d4e615347ff62a503e4a0fff920c19ca6547f46e444b33df466320

General

Target

69b0603129d4e615347ff62a503e4a0fff920c19ca6547f46e444b33df466320.exe
Size

1.3MB
MD5

76fbeb2aa2efeead94f2e69cb5012b5c
SHA1

830063fe2529c63a84f5b85f7fbcd8c0a304cde4
SHA256

69b0603129d4e615347ff62a503e4a0fff920c19ca6547f46e444b33df466320
SHA512

d556d024aa1a035f9865ba36926a80b0c6573708a4c9589aebc44f94aa2bee2bad34633de493d497e1164876117c36723ad8bae43bd1c537315e34390a58e134
SSDEEP

24576:xQZoidOTdVZinacCET9Ecl1erdg0MCiVWhFU7cVUJXX7f:xQZAdVyVT9n/Gg0P+WhozXX7f

Score

10^/10

gh0strat purplefox persistence rat rootkit trojan upx

Malware Config

Signatures

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit 8 IoCs

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.

rootkit

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2792-7-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2792-12-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2792-8-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2860-18-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2860-31-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2652-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2652-39-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2652-75-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit

Gh0st RAT payload 9 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2792-7-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2792-12-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2792-8-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2860-18-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2860-31-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/files/0x0007000000015d27-33.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2652-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2652-39-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2652-75-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-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

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\system32\drivers\QAssist.sys	TXPlatforn.exe

Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\QAssist\ImagePath = "system32\\DRIVERS\\QAssist.sys"	TXPlatforn.exe

Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2792	svchost.exe
2860	TXPlatforn.exe
2572	svchos.exe
2652	TXPlatforn.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2936	69b0603129d4e615347ff62a503e4a0fff920c19ca6547f46e444b33df466320.exe
2936	69b0603129d4e615347ff62a503e4a0fff920c19ca6547f46e444b33df466320.exe
2860	TXPlatforn.exe
2572	svchos.exe

UPX packed file 9 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2792-5-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2792-7-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2792-12-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2792-8-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2860-18-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2860-31-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2652-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2652-39-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2652-75-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe	svchost.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe	svchost.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\259398166.txt	svchos.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 4 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe	69b0603129d4e615347ff62a503e4a0fff920c19ca6547f46e444b33df466320.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe	69b0603129d4e615347ff62a503e4a0fff920c19ca6547f46e444b33df466320.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe	69b0603129d4e615347ff62a503e4a0fff920c19ca6547f46e444b33df466320.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe	69b0603129d4e615347ff62a503e4a0fff920c19ca6547f46e444b33df466320.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2460	PING.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2936	69b0603129d4e615347ff62a503e4a0fff920c19ca6547f46e444b33df466320.exe

Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2652	TXPlatforn.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2792	svchost.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2652	TXPlatforn.exe
Token: 33	2652	TXPlatforn.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2652	TXPlatforn.exe
Token: 33	2652	TXPlatforn.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2652	TXPlatforn.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2936	69b0603129d4e615347ff62a503e4a0fff920c19ca6547f46e444b33df466320.exe
2936	69b0603129d4e615347ff62a503e4a0fff920c19ca6547f46e444b33df466320.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 26 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2936 wrote to memory of 2792	2936	69b0603129d4e615347ff62a503e4a0fff920c19ca6547f46e444b33df466320.exe	28
PID 2936 wrote to memory of 2792	2936	69b0603129d4e615347ff62a503e4a0fff920c19ca6547f46e444b33df466320.exe	28
PID 2936 wrote to memory of 2792	2936	69b0603129d4e615347ff62a503e4a0fff920c19ca6547f46e444b33df466320.exe	28
PID 2936 wrote to memory of 2792	2936	69b0603129d4e615347ff62a503e4a0fff920c19ca6547f46e444b33df466320.exe	28
PID 2936 wrote to memory of 2792	2936	69b0603129d4e615347ff62a503e4a0fff920c19ca6547f46e444b33df466320.exe	28
PID 2936 wrote to memory of 2792	2936	69b0603129d4e615347ff62a503e4a0fff920c19ca6547f46e444b33df466320.exe	28
PID 2936 wrote to memory of 2792	2936	69b0603129d4e615347ff62a503e4a0fff920c19ca6547f46e444b33df466320.exe	28
PID 2792 wrote to memory of 2796	2792	svchost.exe	30
PID 2792 wrote to memory of 2796	2792	svchost.exe	30
PID 2792 wrote to memory of 2796	2792	svchost.exe	30
PID 2792 wrote to memory of 2796	2792	svchost.exe	30
PID 2936 wrote to memory of 2572	2936	69b0603129d4e615347ff62a503e4a0fff920c19ca6547f46e444b33df466320.exe	32
PID 2936 wrote to memory of 2572	2936	69b0603129d4e615347ff62a503e4a0fff920c19ca6547f46e444b33df466320.exe	32
PID 2936 wrote to memory of 2572	2936	69b0603129d4e615347ff62a503e4a0fff920c19ca6547f46e444b33df466320.exe	32
PID 2936 wrote to memory of 2572	2936	69b0603129d4e615347ff62a503e4a0fff920c19ca6547f46e444b33df466320.exe	32
PID 2860 wrote to memory of 2652	2860	TXPlatforn.exe	33
PID 2860 wrote to memory of 2652	2860	TXPlatforn.exe	33
PID 2860 wrote to memory of 2652	2860	TXPlatforn.exe	33
PID 2860 wrote to memory of 2652	2860	TXPlatforn.exe	33
PID 2860 wrote to memory of 2652	2860	TXPlatforn.exe	33
PID 2860 wrote to memory of 2652	2860	TXPlatforn.exe	33
PID 2860 wrote to memory of 2652	2860	TXPlatforn.exe	33
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 2460	2796	cmd.exe	34
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 2460	2796	cmd.exe	34
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 2460	2796	cmd.exe	34
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 2460	2796	cmd.exe	34

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69b0603129d4e615347ff62a503e4a0fff920c19ca6547f46e444b33df466320.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69b0603129d4e615347ff62a503e4a0fff920c19ca6547f46e444b33df466320.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2936
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2792
- - 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\svchost.exe > nul
    3⤵
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2796
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
      ping -n 2 127.0.0.1
      4⤵
      Runs ping.exe
      PID:2460
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchos.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\svchos.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  PID:2572

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe -auto
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2860
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.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:2652

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_X.dat

Filesize
1.2MB

MD5
a32ea95cf1c12967fc37daeaf190ed9d

SHA1
463d74e677bbd0c45150f5f6a838c4b8cf7e121b

SHA256
fcb487fca426aa5d8df94bff0b0dd14ff17a4fd3711b6d8b9af323021c941b70

SHA512
61ccc6e29d082a7ed08f6313938352197f19dbd760736dd793512ebe4cf613408c63601d8fbaa6e611027e602983374a01c1873900901d1a1d116d95e35cf423

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchos.exe

Filesize
93KB

MD5
3b377ad877a942ec9f60ea285f7119a2

SHA1
60b23987b20d913982f723ab375eef50fafa6c70

SHA256
62954fdf65e629b39a29f539619d20691332184c6b6be5a826128a8e759bfa84

SHA512
af3a71f867ad9d28772c48b521097f9bf8931eb89fd2974e8de10990241419a39ddc3c0b36dd38aac4fdf14e1f0c5e228692618e93adce958d5b5dab8940e46f

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe

Filesize
377KB

MD5
a4329177954d4104005bce3020e5ef59

SHA1
23c29e295e2dbb8454012d619ca3f81e4c16e85a

SHA256
6156d003d54dcf2ee92f21bd6e7a6a7f91730bd2804381260bcabe465abe6ddd

SHA512
81e9d456a4abfc7cd9e0943d4a0ce15523362c3179f3368381d1d7974f80a9f9113b5404b96e67e91684e0ea1895b7d0073e4c48d0bfc4fd0244b1af6acf0208

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\Windows\SysWOW64\259398166.txt

Filesize
50KB

MD5
73f0471123060d0aa9440446dd04cede

SHA1
96044b2c0d58cbcba92654e982e4e40605d0213a

SHA256
0435d4ecadc6f84031633d441461416db823026ac9deeb3fa98213664a9c0018

SHA512
66c72f3509c617660eb6e13f1a015f21df8383b09245d289f42a798441cac3ed0aff1e59815c0653b5a7dfb5da6cd98b581decbe5e499b2dc28841a306258c64

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memory/2652-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2652-39-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2652-75-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2792-8-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2792-12-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2792-7-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2792-5-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2860-18-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2860-31-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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