gh0strat | b3f4143381141c86942012898ad26ee8b495d8567471bf8322259d9612c6b240

General

Target

a28fea64630c9be2bd9c0e4ecc8abe91_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

384KB
MD5

a28fea64630c9be2bd9c0e4ecc8abe91
SHA1

777e5ffd98706cbdd9aa1d40f5ad34dc8df8e8dc
SHA256

b3f4143381141c86942012898ad26ee8b495d8567471bf8322259d9612c6b240
SHA512

9ce00dce9940876f92cefc20135c21ff0f948d5e605006c1b8754ddd3198fa710638fd32196434a9c1da79b2f5d9751249d839e2f32257920392ac5323273d99
SSDEEP

12288:KPdK4bgeK8VL5TKjb31wgxllhz7G60i2qvyOt:KPBjK8VlYb3P9FZ

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 11 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4608-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4608-10-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4608-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4608-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4608-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1964-25-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1964-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1964-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1964-27-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4608-29-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4608-31-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-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
1964	svchest425075242507520.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\\a28fea64630c9be2bd9c0e4ecc8abe91_JaffaCakes118.exe"	a28fea64630c9be2bd9c0e4ecc8abe91_JaffaCakes118.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	\??\c:\Windows\BJ.exe	a28fea64630c9be2bd9c0e4ecc8abe91_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Windows\BJ.exe	a28fea64630c9be2bd9c0e4ecc8abe91_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	\??\c:\Windows\svchest425075242507520.exe	a28fea64630c9be2bd9c0e4ecc8abe91_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Windows\svchest425075242507520.exe	a28fea64630c9be2bd9c0e4ecc8abe91_JaffaCakes118.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 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	a28fea64630c9be2bd9c0e4ecc8abe91_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchest425075242507520.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4608 wrote to memory of 1964	4608	a28fea64630c9be2bd9c0e4ecc8abe91_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 4608 wrote to memory of 1964	4608	a28fea64630c9be2bd9c0e4ecc8abe91_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 4608 wrote to memory of 1964	4608	a28fea64630c9be2bd9c0e4ecc8abe91_JaffaCakes118.exe	84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a28fea64630c9be2bd9c0e4ecc8abe91_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a28fea64630c9be2bd9c0e4ecc8abe91_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4608
- \??\c:\Windows\svchest425075242507520.exe
  c:\Windows\svchest425075242507520.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1964

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

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Windows\svchest425075242507520.exe

Filesize
384KB

MD5
a28fea64630c9be2bd9c0e4ecc8abe91

SHA1
777e5ffd98706cbdd9aa1d40f5ad34dc8df8e8dc

SHA256
b3f4143381141c86942012898ad26ee8b495d8567471bf8322259d9612c6b240

SHA512
9ce00dce9940876f92cefc20135c21ff0f948d5e605006c1b8754ddd3198fa710638fd32196434a9c1da79b2f5d9751249d839e2f32257920392ac5323273d99

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memory/1964-27-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/1964-25-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/1964-21-0x0000000002050000-0x000000000208E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/1964-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/1964-26-0x0000000002050000-0x000000000208E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/1964-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/1964-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/1964-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/1964-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/4608-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/4608-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/4608-29-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/4608-6-0x00000000022B0000-0x00000000022EE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/4608-7-0x00000000022F0000-0x00000000022F2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/4608-1-0x00000000022B0000-0x00000000022EE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/4608-9-0x00000000005A0000-0x00000000005A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4608-31-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/4608-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/4608-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/4608-8-0x0000000002300000-0x0000000002301000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4608-10-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

Filesize
412KB

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memory/4608-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/4608-30-0x00000000022B0000-0x00000000022EE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/4608-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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