gh0strat | 7a62e2edde38df85868ec21bdc724a6ab9847e5ad4503a4ea06cb71cd43b34af

General

Target

dafe563aef0bce4b9afeab960cd3e599_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

384KB
MD5

dafe563aef0bce4b9afeab960cd3e599
SHA1

40c94a31f373525ff845558f9eff4f95bcc132ff
SHA256

7a62e2edde38df85868ec21bdc724a6ab9847e5ad4503a4ea06cb71cd43b34af
SHA512

a65f333ef661072df21d7e78cb74cc018f06daed78c63d13dd401e265ca4bb862202854ca76763e39931648384cb34c744a378af975f9f471fad0459b787816d
SSDEEP

12288:KPdK4bgeK8VL5TKjb31wgxllhz7G60i2qvyOa:KPBjK8VlYb3P9Fu

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 11 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2176-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2176-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2176-10-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2176-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2176-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2176-29-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2840-25-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2840-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2840-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2840-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2176-31-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-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	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\\dafe563aef0bce4b9afeab960cd3e599_JaffaCakes118.exe"	dafe563aef0bce4b9afeab960cd3e599_JaffaCakes118.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Windows\BJ.exe	dafe563aef0bce4b9afeab960cd3e599_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	\??\c:\Windows\BJ.exe	dafe563aef0bce4b9afeab960cd3e599_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	\??\c:\Windows\svchest000.exe	dafe563aef0bce4b9afeab960cd3e599_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Windows\svchest000.exe	dafe563aef0bce4b9afeab960cd3e599_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	dafe563aef0bce4b9afeab960cd3e599_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchest000.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2176 wrote to memory of 2840	2176	dafe563aef0bce4b9afeab960cd3e599_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2176 wrote to memory of 2840	2176	dafe563aef0bce4b9afeab960cd3e599_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2176 wrote to memory of 2840	2176	dafe563aef0bce4b9afeab960cd3e599_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2176 wrote to memory of 2840	2176	dafe563aef0bce4b9afeab960cd3e599_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dafe563aef0bce4b9afeab960cd3e599_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dafe563aef0bce4b9afeab960cd3e599_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:2176
- \??\c:\Windows\svchest000.exe
  c:\Windows\svchest000.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\svchest000.exe

Filesize
384KB

MD5
dafe563aef0bce4b9afeab960cd3e599

SHA1
40c94a31f373525ff845558f9eff4f95bcc132ff

SHA256
7a62e2edde38df85868ec21bdc724a6ab9847e5ad4503a4ea06cb71cd43b34af

SHA512
a65f333ef661072df21d7e78cb74cc018f06daed78c63d13dd401e265ca4bb862202854ca76763e39931648384cb34c744a378af975f9f471fad0459b787816d

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memory/2176-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2176-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2176-2-0x0000000000230000-0x000000000026E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2176-6-0x0000000000320000-0x0000000000321000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2176-5-0x0000000000280000-0x0000000000282000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2176-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2176-10-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

Filesize
412KB

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memory/2176-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2176-4-0x0000000000270000-0x0000000000271000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2176-30-0x0000000000230000-0x000000000026E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2176-16-0x00000000028D0000-0x0000000002A1E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2176-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2176-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2176-29-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2176-1-0x0000000000230000-0x000000000026E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2176-32-0x00000000028D0000-0x0000000002A1E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2176-31-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2840-20-0x0000000000230000-0x000000000026E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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

Filesize
1.3MB

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

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2840-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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

Filesize
1.3MB

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

Filesize
1.3MB

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

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2840-26-0x0000000000230000-0x000000000026E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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