gh0strat | 728b76d5ae70840edd246b5fbb72322794e9f9eed46e75963ed8404d858513a3

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
137s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240708-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240708-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
23/07/2024, 22:06

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General

Target

69212baf0fc835a22ba0eef258c48d79_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

44KB
MD5

69212baf0fc835a22ba0eef258c48d79
SHA1

3e27902b0deb1784cd551456b1de1be5bb811602
SHA256

728b76d5ae70840edd246b5fbb72322794e9f9eed46e75963ed8404d858513a3
SHA512

571a292d81302b414682bd8fb0e9c6d73b80ef95eda9566bc125be61f98a929d8eafd55ee6c472d29a1f636fc94d08c8a0a18cb81137f0b08689d1d5adf45082
SSDEEP

768:iyJ6QD92jBmD8p8TLyD4G4r779cTyWHbGXMeCgjO7Ys47J9Pbls6n:nD9YBmDVTL39H79jWHbGMgjM4PPb

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x000c00000001227f-1.dat	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

Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Terminal Services DLL

T1505.005

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Manager\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\Manager.dll"	69212baf0fc835a22ba0eef258c48d79_JaffaCakes118.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2764	svchost.exe

Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2764	svchost.exe
2776	rundll32.exe
2776	rundll32.exe
2776	rundll32.exe
2776	rundll32.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Manager.dll	69212baf0fc835a22ba0eef258c48d79_JaffaCakes118.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	69212baf0fc835a22ba0eef258c48d79_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	rundll32.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2764	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2764	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2776	2764	svchost.exe	31
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2776	2764	svchost.exe	31
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2776	2764	svchost.exe	31
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2776	2764	svchost.exe	31
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2776	2764	svchost.exe	31
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2776	2764	svchost.exe	31
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2776	2764	svchost.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69212baf0fc835a22ba0eef258c48d79_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69212baf0fc835a22ba0eef258c48d79_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1940

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
1⤵
- Deletes itself
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2764
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
  rundll32 "c:\windows\system32\manager.dll",run Manager
  2⤵
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2776

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Server Software Component

T1505

Terminal Services DLL

T1505.005

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

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

Filesize
18.1MB

MD5
b348c7fe8debcf7b382344a060c0e2d3

SHA1
e887184c5bc7f1220a5a97faed2752a127a1e497

SHA256
683cd706e2a78bc2352622779aace8b172fa96ecb29216a3af2884886fe5eff1

SHA512
fed28fe11ce7f58b416f46c7b7e42d6fb50e03d70adfc214e0edcfc1f8d74a0621b318a87ea3e80dbdaa005d0420100ca26208ca98318a3cf3a5d7ed0afe003a

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