gh0strat | 69be3936c99cd7dfa9c47beeb10310f82f1ae5f102600dbdf970aaa60f06e623

General

Target

69be3936c99cd7dfa9c47beeb10310f82f1ae5f102600dbdf970aaa60f06e623.exe
Size

2.7MB
MD5

c2ec82934acc41915c63eb3e8f75ea8e
SHA1

e7c1eb48b4dd1d16b14544b77422bd314d2ac164
SHA256

69be3936c99cd7dfa9c47beeb10310f82f1ae5f102600dbdf970aaa60f06e623
SHA512

73167aa8841fe4590d621a6633b81d3279d0371ff36e83ea4f5a68a365df230e72cae7acc2e2a831b1a10a4630118d4721fc6efb1c916ec26ed29e05aab3ccaf
SSDEEP

24576:MjwsbKgbQ5NANIvGTYwMHXA+wT1kfTw4SIuvB74fgt7ibhRM5QhKehFdMtRj7nHr:MjwsbCANnKXferL7Vwe/Gg0P+WhOCY9

Score

10^/10

gh0strat purplefox discovery persistence rat rootkit trojan upx

Malware Config

Signatures

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit 8 IoCs

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.

rootkit

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3992-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/3992-19-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/3992-20-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/2036-29-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/2036-28-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/2408-51-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/2408-40-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/2408-56-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit

Gh0st RAT payload 9 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x00090000000233ea-5.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/3992-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/3992-19-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/3992-20-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2036-29-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2036-28-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2408-51-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2408-40-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2408-56-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-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
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 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\system32\drivers\QAssist.sys	TXPlatfor.exe

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\Remote Data\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\240612578.txt"	R.exe

Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\QAssist\ImagePath = "system32\\DRIVERS\\QAssist.sys"	TXPlatfor.exe

Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs

pid	Process
3752	R.exe
3992	N.exe
2036	TXPlatfor.exe
2408	TXPlatfor.exe
4500	Remote Data.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
3752	R.exe
620	svchost.exe
4500	Remote Data.exe

UPX packed file 10 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3992-17-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3992-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3992-19-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3992-20-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2036-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2036-29-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2036-28-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2408-51-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2408-40-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2408-56-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240612578.txt	R.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ini.ini	R.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Remote Data.exe	svchost.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Remote Data.exe	svchost.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe	N.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe	N.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe	69be3936c99cd7dfa9c47beeb10310f82f1ae5f102600dbdf970aaa60f06e623.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 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	Remote Data.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	69be3936c99cd7dfa9c47beeb10310f82f1ae5f102600dbdf970aaa60f06e623.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	R.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	N.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	TXPlatfor.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	PING.EXE

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

discovery

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

pid	Process
1476	cmd.exe
2728	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2728	PING.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4688	69be3936c99cd7dfa9c47beeb10310f82f1ae5f102600dbdf970aaa60f06e623.exe
4688	69be3936c99cd7dfa9c47beeb10310f82f1ae5f102600dbdf970aaa60f06e623.exe

Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2408	TXPlatfor.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3992	N.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2408	TXPlatfor.exe
Token: 33	2408	TXPlatfor.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2408	TXPlatfor.exe
Token: 33	2408	TXPlatfor.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2408	TXPlatfor.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4688	69be3936c99cd7dfa9c47beeb10310f82f1ae5f102600dbdf970aaa60f06e623.exe
4688	69be3936c99cd7dfa9c47beeb10310f82f1ae5f102600dbdf970aaa60f06e623.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 18 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4688 wrote to memory of 3752	4688	69be3936c99cd7dfa9c47beeb10310f82f1ae5f102600dbdf970aaa60f06e623.exe	84
PID 4688 wrote to memory of 3752	4688	69be3936c99cd7dfa9c47beeb10310f82f1ae5f102600dbdf970aaa60f06e623.exe	84
PID 4688 wrote to memory of 3752	4688	69be3936c99cd7dfa9c47beeb10310f82f1ae5f102600dbdf970aaa60f06e623.exe	84
PID 4688 wrote to memory of 3992	4688	69be3936c99cd7dfa9c47beeb10310f82f1ae5f102600dbdf970aaa60f06e623.exe	87
PID 4688 wrote to memory of 3992	4688	69be3936c99cd7dfa9c47beeb10310f82f1ae5f102600dbdf970aaa60f06e623.exe	87
PID 4688 wrote to memory of 3992	4688	69be3936c99cd7dfa9c47beeb10310f82f1ae5f102600dbdf970aaa60f06e623.exe	87
PID 3992 wrote to memory of 1476	3992	N.exe	92
PID 3992 wrote to memory of 1476	3992	N.exe	92
PID 3992 wrote to memory of 1476	3992	N.exe	92
PID 2036 wrote to memory of 2408	2036	TXPlatfor.exe	93
PID 2036 wrote to memory of 2408	2036	TXPlatfor.exe	93
PID 2036 wrote to memory of 2408	2036	TXPlatfor.exe	93
PID 1476 wrote to memory of 2728	1476	cmd.exe	95
PID 1476 wrote to memory of 2728	1476	cmd.exe	95
PID 1476 wrote to memory of 2728	1476	cmd.exe	95
PID 620 wrote to memory of 4500	620	svchost.exe	100
PID 620 wrote to memory of 4500	620	svchost.exe	100
PID 620 wrote to memory of 4500	620	svchost.exe	100

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69be3936c99cd7dfa9c47beeb10310f82f1ae5f102600dbdf970aaa60f06e623.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\69be3936c99cd7dfa9c47beeb10310f82f1ae5f102600dbdf970aaa60f06e623.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4688
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\R.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\R.exe
  2⤵
  - Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3752
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\N.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\N.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3992
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ping -n 2 127.0.0.1 > nul && del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\N.exe > nul
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1476
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
      ping -n 2 127.0.0.1
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
      Runs ping.exe
      PID:2728

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Remote Data"
1⤵
PID:3776

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Remote Data"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:620
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Remote Data.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\Remote Data.exe" "c:\windows\system32\240612578.txt",MainThread
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4500

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe -auto
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2036
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe -acsi
  2⤵
  - Drops file in Drivers directory
  - Sets service image path in registry
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  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

Server Software Component

1

T1505

Terminal Services DLL

1

T1505.005

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

Remote System Discovery

1

T1018

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

System Network Configuration Discovery

1

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

1

T1016.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_X.dat

Filesize
2.4MB

MD5
c56114b5ee9ee37f7ca831d3e3e3b3cf

SHA1
f1d435a3806da3a6eee9c540143cbe4f25638a52

SHA256
4f5eeb7664ef17e7bb7e278ea66f5144a2cc787689cc313722cb946d52eb523d

SHA512
a0fe1f91f22a99e73fe1f819c4c63fb6f3989b182b7772ae8963f6767e6f474cd2441f8440867d7335ebacad8aca2d04cca4f492d7fba903dff052eb7d07e0e4

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\N.exe

Filesize
377KB

MD5
4a36a48e58829c22381572b2040b6fe0

SHA1
f09d30e44ff7e3f20a5de307720f3ad148c6143b

SHA256
3de6c02f52a661b8f934f59541d0cf297bb489eb2155e346b63c7338e09aeaf8

SHA512
5d0ea398792f6b9eb3f188813c50b7f43929183b5733d2b595b2fd1c78722764fd15f62db1086b5c7edfb157661a6dcd544ddd80907ee7699dddbca1ef4022d0

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\R.exe

Filesize
941KB

MD5
8dc3adf1c490211971c1e2325f1424d2

SHA1
4eec4a4e7cb97c5efa6c72e0731cd090c0c4adc5

SHA256
bc29f2022ab3b812e50c8681ff196f090c038b5ab51e37daffac4469a8c2eb2c

SHA512
ae92ea20b359849dcdba4808119b154e3af5ef3687ee09de1797610fe8c4d3eb9065b068074d35adddb4b225d17c619baff3944cb137ad196bcef7a6507f920d

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240612578.txt

Filesize
899KB

MD5
f8be4c0762f448cc06bb5ccd8d72d390

SHA1
74b1fbc257709d63f198bf652a12ac3cae76363d

SHA256
b57f4a7b99fdb765e8a310d0b2626c034f68ee4e7432880cd1b19c4f07580d6f

SHA512
cc8555f4d26e6456d8fd30689ff313539b4019e3ab12cba360dd9a487deaf9aaf258a693841205b29fb0c834cc2aaf8198c9d1a14108781d801926a36f2cd152

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Remote Data.exe

Filesize
60KB

MD5
889b99c52a60dd49227c5e485a016679

SHA1
8fa889e456aa646a4d0a4349977430ce5fa5e2d7

SHA256
6cbe0e1f046b13b29bfa26f8b368281d2dda7eb9b718651d5856f22cc3e02910

SHA512
08933106eaf338dd119c45cbf1f83e723aff77cc0f8d3fc84e36253b1eb31557a54211d1d5d1cb58958188e32064d451f6c66a24b3963cccd3de07299ab90641

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memory/2036-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2036-29-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2036-28-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2408-51-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2408-56-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2408-40-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/3992-17-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/3992-20-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/3992-19-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/3992-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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