gh0strat | e35221782e3ff5e34e3ec45d7e8080b03e7ddbcf2a4df4f3998a7f37b876a25d

General

Target

efc09f1ce935207aacc213fbf8102830_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

384KB
MD5

efc09f1ce935207aacc213fbf8102830
SHA1

3facddd0cb336d4746c8a3586ef3190fc60bd18f
SHA256

e35221782e3ff5e34e3ec45d7e8080b03e7ddbcf2a4df4f3998a7f37b876a25d
SHA512

4bb1c224e6887879262d072bdcfb1471af9b79c13d62300398d72bc38a4b12d940113c916c8fdd0828de49bbf1af181ce2da00353e775814c4e9692b7cd6c0d6
SSDEEP

12288:KPdK4bgeK8VL5TKjb31wgxllhz7G60i2qvyOY:KPBjK8VlYb3P9Fk

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 13 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2260-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2260-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2260-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2260-10-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2260-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2496-29-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2496-28-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2496-27-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2496-26-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2496-25-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2496-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2260-33-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2260-34-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-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
2496	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\\efc09f1ce935207aacc213fbf8102830_JaffaCakes118.exe"	efc09f1ce935207aacc213fbf8102830_JaffaCakes118.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	\??\c:\Windows\BJ.exe	efc09f1ce935207aacc213fbf8102830_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Windows\BJ.exe	efc09f1ce935207aacc213fbf8102830_JaffaCakes118.exe
File created	\??\c:\Windows\svchest000.exe	efc09f1ce935207aacc213fbf8102830_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Windows\svchest000.exe	efc09f1ce935207aacc213fbf8102830_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	efc09f1ce935207aacc213fbf8102830_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 2260 wrote to memory of 2496	2260	efc09f1ce935207aacc213fbf8102830_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2260 wrote to memory of 2496	2260	efc09f1ce935207aacc213fbf8102830_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2260 wrote to memory of 2496	2260	efc09f1ce935207aacc213fbf8102830_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2260 wrote to memory of 2496	2260	efc09f1ce935207aacc213fbf8102830_JaffaCakes118.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\efc09f1ce935207aacc213fbf8102830_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\efc09f1ce935207aacc213fbf8102830_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:2260
- \??\c:\Windows\svchest000.exe
  c:\Windows\svchest000.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2496

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
efc09f1ce935207aacc213fbf8102830

SHA1
3facddd0cb336d4746c8a3586ef3190fc60bd18f

SHA256
e35221782e3ff5e34e3ec45d7e8080b03e7ddbcf2a4df4f3998a7f37b876a25d

SHA512
4bb1c224e6887879262d072bdcfb1471af9b79c13d62300398d72bc38a4b12d940113c916c8fdd0828de49bbf1af181ce2da00353e775814c4e9692b7cd6c0d6

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memory/2260-9-0x0000000000290000-0x0000000000291000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2260-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2260-34-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2260-33-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2260-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2260-1-0x0000000000230000-0x000000000026E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2260-10-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

Filesize
412KB

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memory/2260-8-0x0000000000280000-0x0000000000282000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2260-7-0x0000000000270000-0x0000000000271000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2260-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2260-6-0x0000000000230000-0x000000000026E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2260-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2260-35-0x00000000029B0000-0x0000000002AFE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2260-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2260-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2260-18-0x00000000029B0000-0x0000000002AFE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2496-26-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2496-25-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2496-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2496-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2496-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2496-20-0x0000000000230000-0x000000000026E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2496-27-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2496-28-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2496-29-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2496-30-0x0000000000230000-0x000000000026E000-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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