gh0strat | 5bd12ae6aefff2850b08ea320c93548aca3dfa1c918abfeb3fe47845690a3876

General

Target

15c92e1534a7246e2207f355ff694174_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

376KB
MD5

15c92e1534a7246e2207f355ff694174
SHA1

058f681bde47682745b148e0cd4236edc0ccc77b
SHA256

5bd12ae6aefff2850b08ea320c93548aca3dfa1c918abfeb3fe47845690a3876
SHA512

8dc4dd91d8e20654488e9e02a884d80d06b1ec9166f48d5efde90674faaa0ec7d03fe2cad8a4c6afb485e1305c25eec8783fa1d4c64515d10c4874666c846c70
SSDEEP

6144:zIHYsZbS31zXqSNQgeiOKnDYVH0pwpMWEmpRBJ1NuUBY+f7zAF11whggaoHofphg:zIVZel6SOgeiOKEVH0ppWfBJ7XBczmRR

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 10 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2844-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2844-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2844-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2844-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2844-10-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2688-25-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2688-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2688-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2688-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2844-29-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-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

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2688	svchest000.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Kris = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\15c92e1534a7246e2207f355ff694174_JaffaCakes118.exe"	15c92e1534a7246e2207f355ff694174_JaffaCakes118.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Windows\BJ.exe	15c92e1534a7246e2207f355ff694174_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	\??\c:\Windows\BJ.exe	15c92e1534a7246e2207f355ff694174_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	\??\c:\Windows\svchest000.exe	15c92e1534a7246e2207f355ff694174_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Windows\svchest000.exe	15c92e1534a7246e2207f355ff694174_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2844 wrote to memory of 2688	2844	15c92e1534a7246e2207f355ff694174_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2844 wrote to memory of 2688	2844	15c92e1534a7246e2207f355ff694174_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2844 wrote to memory of 2688	2844	15c92e1534a7246e2207f355ff694174_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2844 wrote to memory of 2688	2844	15c92e1534a7246e2207f355ff694174_JaffaCakes118.exe	28

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15c92e1534a7246e2207f355ff694174_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15c92e1534a7246e2207f355ff694174_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2844
- \??\c:\Windows\svchest000.exe
  c:\Windows\svchest000.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  PID:2688

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

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Windows\svchest000.exe

Filesize
376KB

MD5
15c92e1534a7246e2207f355ff694174

SHA1
058f681bde47682745b148e0cd4236edc0ccc77b

SHA256
5bd12ae6aefff2850b08ea320c93548aca3dfa1c918abfeb3fe47845690a3876

SHA512
8dc4dd91d8e20654488e9e02a884d80d06b1ec9166f48d5efde90674faaa0ec7d03fe2cad8a4c6afb485e1305c25eec8783fa1d4c64515d10c4874666c846c70

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memory/2688-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2688-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2688-20-0x0000000000230000-0x000000000026E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2688-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2688-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2688-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2688-26-0x0000000000230000-0x000000000026E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2688-25-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2844-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2844-10-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

Filesize
412KB

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memory/2844-2-0x0000000000270000-0x00000000002AE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2844-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2844-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2844-1-0x0000000000270000-0x00000000002AE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2844-18-0x0000000002990000-0x0000000002ADB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2844-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2844-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2844-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2844-4-0x00000000002C0000-0x00000000002C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2844-5-0x00000000002D0000-0x00000000002D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2844-6-0x00000000002F0000-0x00000000002F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2844-29-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2844-30-0x0000000000270000-0x00000000002AE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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