gh0strat | 8a36ff11648220c798c28391b52cfda3834716696b4030a9262d018c9e4b9e96

General

Target

bc0af905eed914bcea2b1b7261e997a8_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

384KB
MD5

bc0af905eed914bcea2b1b7261e997a8
SHA1

dd56f55bc2c7446de5d2219ccd6222a8b6a850b4
SHA256

8a36ff11648220c798c28391b52cfda3834716696b4030a9262d018c9e4b9e96
SHA512

109513cc1d9c480df055597a5b76fc58cd9dbb3e1528658f7896a4ffef092e66d8297a8c2f22b88bd6eaa581f8173c950cbe43b5cd840d1bf7be8d4298b1d2f0
SSDEEP

12288:KPdK4bgeK8VL5TKjb31wgxllhz7G60i2qvyOX:KPBjK8VlYb3P9FL

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 13 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4348-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4348-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4348-10-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4348-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4348-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2840-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2840-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2840-29-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2840-25-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2840-26-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2840-27-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4348-31-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4348-33-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-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
2840	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\\bc0af905eed914bcea2b1b7261e997a8_JaffaCakes118.exe"	bc0af905eed914bcea2b1b7261e997a8_JaffaCakes118.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	\??\c:\Windows\svchest425075242507520.exe	bc0af905eed914bcea2b1b7261e997a8_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Windows\svchest425075242507520.exe	bc0af905eed914bcea2b1b7261e997a8_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	\??\c:\Windows\BJ.exe	bc0af905eed914bcea2b1b7261e997a8_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Windows\BJ.exe	bc0af905eed914bcea2b1b7261e997a8_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	bc0af905eed914bcea2b1b7261e997a8_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 4348 wrote to memory of 2840	4348	bc0af905eed914bcea2b1b7261e997a8_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 4348 wrote to memory of 2840	4348	bc0af905eed914bcea2b1b7261e997a8_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 4348 wrote to memory of 2840	4348	bc0af905eed914bcea2b1b7261e997a8_JaffaCakes118.exe	84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bc0af905eed914bcea2b1b7261e997a8_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bc0af905eed914bcea2b1b7261e997a8_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:4348
- \??\c:\Windows\svchest425075242507520.exe
  c:\Windows\svchest425075242507520.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2840

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
bc0af905eed914bcea2b1b7261e997a8

SHA1
dd56f55bc2c7446de5d2219ccd6222a8b6a850b4

SHA256
8a36ff11648220c798c28391b52cfda3834716696b4030a9262d018c9e4b9e96

SHA512
109513cc1d9c480df055597a5b76fc58cd9dbb3e1528658f7896a4ffef092e66d8297a8c2f22b88bd6eaa581f8173c950cbe43b5cd840d1bf7be8d4298b1d2f0

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memory/2840-28-0x00000000006D0000-0x000000000070E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2840-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2840-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2840-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2840-27-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2840-21-0x00000000006D0000-0x000000000070E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2840-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2840-26-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2840-25-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2840-29-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2840-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/4348-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/4348-1-0x0000000000710000-0x000000000074E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/4348-10-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

Filesize
412KB

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memory/4348-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/4348-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/4348-6-0x0000000000750000-0x0000000000752000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/4348-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/4348-33-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/4348-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/4348-4-0x0000000000710000-0x000000000074E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/4348-7-0x0000000002300000-0x0000000002301000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4348-8-0x00000000005E0000-0x00000000005E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4348-31-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/4348-32-0x0000000000710000-0x000000000074E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/4348-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-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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