gh0strat | 9cb46807b2148200647355a3669ea26e04fc0468716ab5b8016619f302f9a273

General

Target

9cb46807b2148200647355a3669ea26e04fc0468716ab5b8016619f302f9a273.exe
Size

2.4MB
MD5

ea20b2a8c878b26060ee8c603085c55d
SHA1

2dcce7fb8f2de9dcc3b4f67ed4dd8e17c268423d
SHA256

9cb46807b2148200647355a3669ea26e04fc0468716ab5b8016619f302f9a273
SHA512

25382dffbcc4e5339e840e448c74f211e9f3bcb7604757f23728357ec07957029771cba7067384141ff4b5663559ad8d8b52dc20454ba849de95cb4e96ca69c7
SSDEEP

24576:zCwsbKgbQ5NANIvGTYwMHXA+wT1kfTw4SIuvB74fgt7ibhRM5QhKehFdMtRj7nHA:zCwsbCANnKXferL7Vwe/Gg0P+Whyqn5

Score

10^/10

gh0strat purplefox discovery persistence rat rootkit trojan upx

Malware Config

Signatures

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit 9 IoCs

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.

rootkit

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4372-19-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/4372-20-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/5112-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/5112-28-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/1340-43-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/1340-44-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/1340-46-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/1340-50-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/1340-51-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit

Gh0st RAT payload 10 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x00080000000234f8-5.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4372-19-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4372-20-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/5112-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/5112-28-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1340-43-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1340-44-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1340-46-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1340-50-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1340-51-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-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\\240622656.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
772	R.exe
4372	N.exe
5112	TXPlatfor.exe
1340	TXPlatfor.exe
1536	Remote Data.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
772	R.exe
4192	svchost.exe
1536	Remote Data.exe

UPX packed file 12 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4372-19-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4372-17-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4372-20-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/5112-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/5112-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/5112-28-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1340-36-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1340-43-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1340-44-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1340-46-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1340-50-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1340-51-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240622656.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	9cb46807b2148200647355a3669ea26e04fc0468716ab5b8016619f302f9a273.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	9cb46807b2148200647355a3669ea26e04fc0468716ab5b8016619f302f9a273.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
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Remote Data.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
528	cmd.exe
2780	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2780	PING.EXE

Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1340	TXPlatfor.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4372	N.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	1340	TXPlatfor.exe
Token: 33	1340	TXPlatfor.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1340	TXPlatfor.exe
Token: 33	1340	TXPlatfor.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1340	TXPlatfor.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2876	9cb46807b2148200647355a3669ea26e04fc0468716ab5b8016619f302f9a273.exe
2876	9cb46807b2148200647355a3669ea26e04fc0468716ab5b8016619f302f9a273.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 18 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 772	2876	9cb46807b2148200647355a3669ea26e04fc0468716ab5b8016619f302f9a273.exe	83
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 772	2876	9cb46807b2148200647355a3669ea26e04fc0468716ab5b8016619f302f9a273.exe	83
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 772	2876	9cb46807b2148200647355a3669ea26e04fc0468716ab5b8016619f302f9a273.exe	83
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 4372	2876	9cb46807b2148200647355a3669ea26e04fc0468716ab5b8016619f302f9a273.exe	86
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 4372	2876	9cb46807b2148200647355a3669ea26e04fc0468716ab5b8016619f302f9a273.exe	86
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 4372	2876	9cb46807b2148200647355a3669ea26e04fc0468716ab5b8016619f302f9a273.exe	86
PID 4372 wrote to memory of 528	4372	N.exe	89
PID 4372 wrote to memory of 528	4372	N.exe	89
PID 4372 wrote to memory of 528	4372	N.exe	89
PID 5112 wrote to memory of 1340	5112	TXPlatfor.exe	90
PID 5112 wrote to memory of 1340	5112	TXPlatfor.exe	90
PID 5112 wrote to memory of 1340	5112	TXPlatfor.exe	90
PID 528 wrote to memory of 2780	528	cmd.exe	92
PID 528 wrote to memory of 2780	528	cmd.exe	92
PID 528 wrote to memory of 2780	528	cmd.exe	92
PID 4192 wrote to memory of 1536	4192	svchost.exe	102
PID 4192 wrote to memory of 1536	4192	svchost.exe	102
PID 4192 wrote to memory of 1536	4192	svchost.exe	102

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9cb46807b2148200647355a3669ea26e04fc0468716ab5b8016619f302f9a273.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9cb46807b2148200647355a3669ea26e04fc0468716ab5b8016619f302f9a273.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2876
- 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:772
- 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:4372
- - 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:528
  - - 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:2780

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Remote Data"
1⤵
PID:4084

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:4192
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Remote Data.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\Remote Data.exe" "c:\windows\system32\240622656.txt",MainThread
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1536

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:5112
- 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:1340

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
ea20b2a8c878b26060ee8c603085c55d

SHA1
2dcce7fb8f2de9dcc3b4f67ed4dd8e17c268423d

SHA256
9cb46807b2148200647355a3669ea26e04fc0468716ab5b8016619f302f9a273

SHA512
25382dffbcc4e5339e840e448c74f211e9f3bcb7604757f23728357ec07957029771cba7067384141ff4b5663559ad8d8b52dc20454ba849de95cb4e96ca69c7

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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\240622656.txt

Filesize
899KB

MD5
e3ed9d6272b3f9f502e247f7f37db2dc

SHA1
bb155d365dd65eff27728f7afe3977205b3ce530

SHA256
2cad2660d454f756e213236ce90a18fc636f7508585471610634b1f86495cb3e

SHA512
97f824b3849da7362167e2c125e50ab1c05d327ce543c043aa65c797d80df018fe6844d7658ae145762efa1a975e22b76718e7b850a10d6cae0bcb3600ce43e2

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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/1340-51-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/1340-50-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/1340-46-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/1340-44-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/1340-36-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/1340-43-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/4372-17-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/4372-20-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/4372-19-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/5112-28-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/5112-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/5112-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-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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