gh0strat | 5c8138fc7fc8019b66b433d81a7ee318fa1bc298d4648b96d37dde2441274fd8

General

Target

5c8138fc7fc8019b66b433d81a7ee318fa1bc298d4648b96d37dde2441274fd8.exe
Size

1.2MB
MD5

f8e9190901c40ecfe087af926d3746c0
SHA1

c4a8b33763c50c20e3cecae7031ad92253030c5b
SHA256

5c8138fc7fc8019b66b433d81a7ee318fa1bc298d4648b96d37dde2441274fd8
SHA512

5981f7841c2ea7a15b0182b3cbaa038931a9d91d9324cf1b9029e30a58e735dcae3979f890f2485fe5b7074a7232eeeef1da5e3185985dc6e5804d6e0fee4100
SSDEEP

24576:5QZoidOTdVZinacCET9Ecl1erdg0MCiVWhFU7cVm:5QZAdVyVT9n/Gg0P+WhoJ

Score

10^/10

gh0strat purplefox discovery persistence rat rootkit trojan upx

Malware Config

Signatures

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit 11 IoCs

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.

rootkit

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2796-6-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/2796-10-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/2796-7-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/756-15-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/756-17-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/756-16-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/2716-31-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/2716-37-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/2716-40-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/756-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/2716-43-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit

Gh0st RAT payload 12 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2796-6-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2796-10-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2796-7-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/756-15-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/756-17-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/756-16-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2716-31-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/files/0x0007000000023428-36.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2716-37-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2716-40-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/756-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2716-43-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-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	TXPlatforn.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\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\240610453.txt"	svchos.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"	TXPlatforn.exe

Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2796	svchost.exe
756	TXPlatforn.exe
2716	TXPlatforn.exe
2668	svchos.exe
2396	Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2668	svchos.exe
5040	svchost.exe
2396	Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe

UPX packed file 13 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2796-6-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2796-4-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2796-10-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2796-7-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/756-15-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/756-13-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/756-17-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/756-16-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2716-31-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2716-37-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2716-40-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/756-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2716-43-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe	svchost.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe	svchost.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240610453.txt	svchos.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ini.ini	svchos.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe	svchost.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe	svchost.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe	5c8138fc7fc8019b66b433d81a7ee318fa1bc298d4648b96d37dde2441274fd8.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe	5c8138fc7fc8019b66b433d81a7ee318fa1bc298d4648b96d37dde2441274fd8.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe	5c8138fc7fc8019b66b433d81a7ee318fa1bc298d4648b96d37dde2441274fd8.exe
File created	C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe	5c8138fc7fc8019b66b433d81a7ee318fa1bc298d4648b96d37dde2441274fd8.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe	5c8138fc7fc8019b66b433d81a7ee318fa1bc298d4648b96d37dde2441274fd8.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	TXPlatforn.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchos.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	PING.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	5c8138fc7fc8019b66b433d81a7ee318fa1bc298d4648b96d37dde2441274fd8.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.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
2504	cmd.exe
3728	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
3728	PING.EXE

Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2716	TXPlatforn.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2796	svchost.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2716	TXPlatforn.exe
Token: 33	2716	TXPlatforn.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2716	TXPlatforn.exe
Token: 33	2716	TXPlatforn.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2716	TXPlatforn.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2672	5c8138fc7fc8019b66b433d81a7ee318fa1bc298d4648b96d37dde2441274fd8.exe
2672	5c8138fc7fc8019b66b433d81a7ee318fa1bc298d4648b96d37dde2441274fd8.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 18 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2672 wrote to memory of 2796	2672	5c8138fc7fc8019b66b433d81a7ee318fa1bc298d4648b96d37dde2441274fd8.exe	84
PID 2672 wrote to memory of 2796	2672	5c8138fc7fc8019b66b433d81a7ee318fa1bc298d4648b96d37dde2441274fd8.exe	84
PID 2672 wrote to memory of 2796	2672	5c8138fc7fc8019b66b433d81a7ee318fa1bc298d4648b96d37dde2441274fd8.exe	84
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 2504	2796	svchost.exe	86
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 2504	2796	svchost.exe	86
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 2504	2796	svchost.exe	86
PID 756 wrote to memory of 2716	756	TXPlatforn.exe	88
PID 756 wrote to memory of 2716	756	TXPlatforn.exe	88
PID 756 wrote to memory of 2716	756	TXPlatforn.exe	88
PID 2672 wrote to memory of 2668	2672	5c8138fc7fc8019b66b433d81a7ee318fa1bc298d4648b96d37dde2441274fd8.exe	89
PID 2672 wrote to memory of 2668	2672	5c8138fc7fc8019b66b433d81a7ee318fa1bc298d4648b96d37dde2441274fd8.exe	89
PID 2672 wrote to memory of 2668	2672	5c8138fc7fc8019b66b433d81a7ee318fa1bc298d4648b96d37dde2441274fd8.exe	89
PID 2504 wrote to memory of 3728	2504	cmd.exe	92
PID 2504 wrote to memory of 3728	2504	cmd.exe	92
PID 2504 wrote to memory of 3728	2504	cmd.exe	92
PID 5040 wrote to memory of 2396	5040	svchost.exe	100
PID 5040 wrote to memory of 2396	5040	svchost.exe	100
PID 5040 wrote to memory of 2396	5040	svchost.exe	100

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5c8138fc7fc8019b66b433d81a7ee318fa1bc298d4648b96d37dde2441274fd8.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5c8138fc7fc8019b66b433d81a7ee318fa1bc298d4648b96d37dde2441274fd8.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2672
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\svchost.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:2796
- - 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\svchost.exe > nul
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2504
  - - 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:3728
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchos.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\svchos.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:2668

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe -auto
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:756
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.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:2716

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é"
1⤵
PID:2788

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5040
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe "c:\windows\system32\240610453.txt",MainThread
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2396

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
1.2MB

MD5
f8e9190901c40ecfe087af926d3746c0

SHA1
c4a8b33763c50c20e3cecae7031ad92253030c5b

SHA256
5c8138fc7fc8019b66b433d81a7ee318fa1bc298d4648b96d37dde2441274fd8

SHA512
5981f7841c2ea7a15b0182b3cbaa038931a9d91d9324cf1b9029e30a58e735dcae3979f890f2485fe5b7074a7232eeeef1da5e3185985dc6e5804d6e0fee4100

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

Filesize
93KB

MD5
3b377ad877a942ec9f60ea285f7119a2

SHA1
60b23987b20d913982f723ab375eef50fafa6c70

SHA256
62954fdf65e629b39a29f539619d20691332184c6b6be5a826128a8e759bfa84

SHA512
af3a71f867ad9d28772c48b521097f9bf8931eb89fd2974e8de10990241419a39ddc3c0b36dd38aac4fdf14e1f0c5e228692618e93adce958d5b5dab8940e46f

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

Filesize
377KB

MD5
a4329177954d4104005bce3020e5ef59

SHA1
23c29e295e2dbb8454012d619ca3f81e4c16e85a

SHA256
6156d003d54dcf2ee92f21bd6e7a6a7f91730bd2804381260bcabe465abe6ddd

SHA512
81e9d456a4abfc7cd9e0943d4a0ce15523362c3179f3368381d1d7974f80a9f9113b5404b96e67e91684e0ea1895b7d0073e4c48d0bfc4fd0244b1af6acf0208

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240610453.txt

Filesize
50KB

MD5
80ad721fc1da5558926eccb07ba5b690

SHA1
fc39a88701a503eb0d5be0a984ec82c9d9e47162

SHA256
02401b73fbde41f338fd5e8ce25fb4ec9d81d087285d1d90d56972683c73e092

SHA512
d83b169084d1bd579f786f430d55fdeaa63cec34b9c3eb2a0c5c16fad957926b55fcfbaa83d68d5d9289c605917a1750c9a08372a894e1a27fae304670fb2499

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe

Filesize
60KB

MD5
889b99c52a60dd49227c5e485a016679

SHA1
8fa889e456aa646a4d0a4349977430ce5fa5e2d7

SHA256
6cbe0e1f046b13b29bfa26f8b368281d2dda7eb9b718651d5856f22cc3e02910

SHA512
08933106eaf338dd119c45cbf1f83e723aff77cc0f8d3fc84e36253b1eb31557a54211d1d5d1cb58958188e32064d451f6c66a24b3963cccd3de07299ab90641

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memory/756-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/756-15-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/756-13-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/756-17-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/756-16-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2716-37-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2716-31-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2716-40-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2716-43-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2796-7-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2796-10-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2796-4-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2796-6-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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