gh0strat | 37b5a77a0eb4bdcfc1a6197068ebe0eaf525d74f767680586e43065b678bb27b

General

Target

b8c97032f1493e8896981e923a32e3f9_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

376KB
MD5

b8c97032f1493e8896981e923a32e3f9
SHA1

47de57cc83be296b35c0e764b1a897e838730421
SHA256

37b5a77a0eb4bdcfc1a6197068ebe0eaf525d74f767680586e43065b678bb27b
SHA512

16b945b02005630e07b15fd26638a9831a26255d988fb4eedaa858bfc055489eeb51b3b85f1f70c7b86ddec85e1b315f6a50d0108a8bb81c4d9675c2f57a3981
SSDEEP

6144:zIHYsZbS31zXqSNQgeiOKnDYVH0pwpMWEmpRBJ1NuUBY+f7zAF11whggaoHofphf:zIVZel6SOgeiOKEVH0ppWfBJ7XBczmRs

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 11 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2556-10-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2556-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2556-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2556-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2556-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2408-26-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2408-31-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2408-29-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2408-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2408-25-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2556-33-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-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
2408	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\\b8c97032f1493e8896981e923a32e3f9_JaffaCakes118.exe"	b8c97032f1493e8896981e923a32e3f9_JaffaCakes118.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	\??\c:\Windows\BJ.exe	b8c97032f1493e8896981e923a32e3f9_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Windows\BJ.exe	b8c97032f1493e8896981e923a32e3f9_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	\??\c:\Windows\svchest000.exe	b8c97032f1493e8896981e923a32e3f9_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Windows\svchest000.exe	b8c97032f1493e8896981e923a32e3f9_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	svchest000.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	b8c97032f1493e8896981e923a32e3f9_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2556 wrote to memory of 2408	2556	b8c97032f1493e8896981e923a32e3f9_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2556 wrote to memory of 2408	2556	b8c97032f1493e8896981e923a32e3f9_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2556 wrote to memory of 2408	2556	b8c97032f1493e8896981e923a32e3f9_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2556 wrote to memory of 2408	2556	b8c97032f1493e8896981e923a32e3f9_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b8c97032f1493e8896981e923a32e3f9_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b8c97032f1493e8896981e923a32e3f9_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:2556
- \??\c:\Windows\svchest000.exe
  c:\Windows\svchest000.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2408

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\svchest000.exe

Filesize
376KB

MD5
b8c97032f1493e8896981e923a32e3f9

SHA1
47de57cc83be296b35c0e764b1a897e838730421

SHA256
37b5a77a0eb4bdcfc1a6197068ebe0eaf525d74f767680586e43065b678bb27b

SHA512
16b945b02005630e07b15fd26638a9831a26255d988fb4eedaa858bfc055489eeb51b3b85f1f70c7b86ddec85e1b315f6a50d0108a8bb81c4d9675c2f57a3981

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memory/2408-32-0x00000000005D0000-0x00000000005D8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2408-29-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2408-25-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2408-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2408-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2408-27-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001FE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2408-31-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

Filesize
412KB

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memory/2408-26-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2408-21-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001FE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2408-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2408-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2556-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2556-8-0x0000000000280000-0x0000000000282000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2556-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2556-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2556-1-0x0000000000230000-0x000000000026E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2556-10-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

Filesize
412KB

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memory/2556-19-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002BAB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2556-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2556-9-0x0000000000290000-0x0000000000291000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2556-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2556-6-0x0000000000230000-0x000000000026E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2556-7-0x0000000000270000-0x0000000000271000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2556-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2556-33-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-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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