gh0strat

General

Target

bdc1246dde3caddfe5e193b1a649f5f0N.exe
Size

8.2MB
Sample

240816-jvhxlaxfpp
MD5

bdc1246dde3caddfe5e193b1a649f5f0
SHA1

8d79d61cc24872b121b22d87cbf708df321680e8
SHA256

f7c0bb76949619b9aeecab860f7cc5dc9cf013419e10aaca1daef8aafae1fea0
SHA512

86d2247c34c8da4e91d9ca558ad018cb2c10f3e752dcf70c682c2eaf1fa813a629de48671933bf9ac81ea9f7a396cb227cbff3a9c0b1f7f5f9828e9186602dca
SSDEEP

196608:cphvilM0yV46scL0prmkBE7yqXhkUtf+woXFmtFULPW+iA7zc7HIw:2hvilMzdH2yNhkkfAX0FUa+N7zc7HIw

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Targets

- Target
  
  bdc1246dde3caddfe5e193b1a649f5f0N.exe
- Size
  
  8.2MB
- MD5
  
  bdc1246dde3caddfe5e193b1a649f5f0
- SHA1
  
  8d79d61cc24872b121b22d87cbf708df321680e8
- SHA256
  
  f7c0bb76949619b9aeecab860f7cc5dc9cf013419e10aaca1daef8aafae1fea0
- SHA512
  
  86d2247c34c8da4e91d9ca558ad018cb2c10f3e752dcf70c682c2eaf1fa813a629de48671933bf9ac81ea9f7a396cb227cbff3a9c0b1f7f5f9828e9186602dca
- SSDEEP
  
  196608:cphvilM0yV46scL0prmkBE7yqXhkUtf+woXFmtFULPW+iA7zc7HIw:2hvilMzdH2yNhkkfAX0FUa+N7zc7HIw
Score

10^/10

gh0strat purplefox bootkit discovery macro persistence rat rootkit trojan upx
- Detect PurpleFox Rootkit
  Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.
  rootkit
- Gh0st RAT payload
- 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
- Sets service image path in registry
  persistence
- Suspicious Office macro
  Office document equipped with macros.
  macro
- Checks computer location settings
  Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- UPX packed file
  Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.
  upx
- Adds Run key to start application
  persistence
- Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
  Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.
  bootkit persistence
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
behavioral1 behavioral2