gh0strat | 7e2a9631483e676811e9c3e2e0e6d8f5dcfce9b0dc2fde416c652c658d182d96

General

Target

de57e893f8c4b7b3dc4ec72c92486c64_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

139KB
MD5

de57e893f8c4b7b3dc4ec72c92486c64
SHA1

714384e3b6ecc40ee5756135423ab729696bb586
SHA256

7e2a9631483e676811e9c3e2e0e6d8f5dcfce9b0dc2fde416c652c658d182d96
SHA512

16fead502e04042eecc5d96f13dbc7a51129e7ab9ab70cb340322d54ae4b2d24cdad63c24b04fe276a6809c7081d14b8102993e512c8591d3d252300275e7f58
SSDEEP

3072:pfa5QzbQxuY9SPuFjpo8xZzXFR0NbUEmplfaE+zUV:pfa5QXQZEGbo8xNT0tS/yE

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 3 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2488-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/files/0x000a000000012234-2.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2488-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-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

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\$GMH\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\ServerGMH.dll"	de57e893f8c4b7b3dc4ec72c92486c64_JaffaCakes118.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2488	de57e893f8c4b7b3dc4ec72c92486c64_JaffaCakes118.exe
1628	svchost.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\5L9EOJ09.txt	svchost.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ServerGMH.ini	de57e893f8c4b7b3dc4ec72c92486c64_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ServerGMH.dll	de57e893f8c4b7b3dc4ec72c92486c64_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ServerGMH.dll	de57e893f8c4b7b3dc4ec72c92486c64_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\counters.dat	svchost.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\5L9EOJ09.txt	svchost.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	de57e893f8c4b7b3dc4ec72c92486c64_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 24 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\0e-20-9c-63-3d-01	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\0e-20-9c-63-3d-01\WpadDecisionReason = "1"	svchost.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History\CachePrefix = "Visited:"	svchost.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings	svchost.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections\SavedLegacySettings = 4600000002000000090000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\{F42A61C8-A496-4AF7-BCF6-D6BFB10B7EF4}\WpadDecisionReason = "1"	svchost.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\{F42A61C8-A496-4AF7-BCF6-D6BFB10B7EF4}\WpadDecisionTime = e014c4e2e005db01	svchost.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content\CachePrefix	svchost.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections	svchost.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings	svchost.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections\DefaultConnectionSettings = 4600000003000000090000000000000000000000000000000400000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001000000020000000a7f00c2000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\0e-20-9c-63-3d-01\WpadDecision = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\UNCAsIntranet = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies\CachePrefix = "Cookie:"	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\{F42A61C8-A496-4AF7-BCF6-D6BFB10B7EF4}\WpadDecision = "0"	svchost.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\{F42A61C8-A496-4AF7-BCF6-D6BFB10B7EF4}\WpadNetworkName = "Network 3"	svchost.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\0e-20-9c-63-3d-01\WpadDecisionTime = e014c4e2e005db01	svchost.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\	svchost.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\{F42A61C8-A496-4AF7-BCF6-D6BFB10B7EF4}	svchost.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad\{F42A61C8-A496-4AF7-BCF6-D6BFB10B7EF4}\0e-20-9c-63-3d-01	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\AutoDetect = "1"	svchost.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections\DefaultConnectionSettings = 4600000002000000090000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000	svchost.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ProxyEnable = "0"	svchost.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Wpad	svchost.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\de57e893f8c4b7b3dc4ec72c92486c64_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\de57e893f8c4b7b3dc4ec72c92486c64_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2488

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
PID:1628

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Server Software Component

1

T1505

Terminal Services DLL

1

T1505.005

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

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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Downloads

\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Server.dll

Filesize
128KB

MD5
ee35a56893f0cf4bd80b3a1b528fef8a

SHA1
bbe7fe33da4e5384b68591fa69742985a0db1b06

SHA256
2f20f9be85023a34f2bd0c10d81635322c0962fd2fe50efaf0a8531d3c2ae7aa

SHA512
4d68c909b2aa2b46f66084bb300155ada1ffa35e94f7c3aef144ec5e183af18a8d7058b9ed094cf0106e6be2ce100262fdbad0b6dc9b233fbb5afe79f86f99e3

Download Submit
memory/2488-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/2488-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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