gh0strat | 176e1919d26835b5477b3be9c53633debe0158a73fc7e05dbd74c81feb4ebaca

General

Target

176e1919d26835b5477b3be9c53633debe0158a73fc7e05dbd74c81feb4ebacaN.exe
Size

7.1MB
MD5

2dcf9184a6873daf1b18b996b0ccd8a0
SHA1

9f53b9789feb11ef17629bc27bef805be1078fb8
SHA256

176e1919d26835b5477b3be9c53633debe0158a73fc7e05dbd74c81feb4ebaca
SHA512

9b0762234a3bb69535ff78a33b831283a5caec3ed184d5df56276677ecffa8514bcf4fbe426fbdf4dcfaf0455906650063156fa3d771c448df4effbb91b13438
SSDEEP

3072:gm06THCyt5mbCx6b41trGYTBfdpfZiJfLqye9aq:gm06TAb06gtrGYTBlpfcdqye9aq

Score

10^/10

gh0strat latentbot discovery rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

latentbot

C2

jinyuan2013.zapto.org

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 5 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Help\iexplore.exe	family_gh0strat
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IEBKBKARDT.TMP	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4504-22-0x0000000002250000-0x0000000002264000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4504-24-0x0000000002250000-0x0000000002264000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4504-28-0x0000000002250000-0x0000000002264000-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
LatentBot
Modular trojan written in Delphi which has been in-the-wild since 2013.
trojan latentbot

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

176e1919d26835b5477b3be9c53633debe0158a73fc7e05dbd74c81feb4ebacaN.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4050598569-1597076380-177084960-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	176e1919d26835b5477b3be9c53633debe0158a73fc7e05dbd74c81feb4ebacaN.exe

Drops startup file 1 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exe

description ioc process

File created C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\iexplore.lnk iexplore.exe
Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exe

pid process

4504 iexplore.exe
Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exe

pid process

4504 iexplore.exe
4504 iexplore.exe
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\iexplore.lnk	iexplore.exe

pid	process
4504	iexplore.exe

pid	process
4504	iexplore.exe
4504	iexplore.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

Processes:

176e1919d26835b5477b3be9c53633debe0158a73fc7e05dbd74c81feb4ebacaN.exeiexplore.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	176e1919d26835b5477b3be9c53633debe0158a73fc7e05dbd74c81feb4ebacaN.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

Processes:

176e1919d26835b5477b3be9c53633debe0158a73fc7e05dbd74c81feb4ebacaN.exeiexplore.exe

pid	process
2780	176e1919d26835b5477b3be9c53633debe0158a73fc7e05dbd74c81feb4ebacaN.exe
2780	176e1919d26835b5477b3be9c53633debe0158a73fc7e05dbd74c81feb4ebacaN.exe
4504	iexplore.exe
4504	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes:

176e1919d26835b5477b3be9c53633debe0158a73fc7e05dbd74c81feb4ebacaN.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 4504	2780	176e1919d26835b5477b3be9c53633debe0158a73fc7e05dbd74c81feb4ebacaN.exe	iexplore.exe
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 4504	2780	176e1919d26835b5477b3be9c53633debe0158a73fc7e05dbd74c81feb4ebacaN.exe	iexplore.exe
PID 2780 wrote to memory of 4504	2780	176e1919d26835b5477b3be9c53633debe0158a73fc7e05dbd74c81feb4ebacaN.exe	iexplore.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\176e1919d26835b5477b3be9c53633debe0158a73fc7e05dbd74c81feb4ebacaN.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\176e1919d26835b5477b3be9c53633debe0158a73fc7e05dbd74c81feb4ebacaN.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2780
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Help\iexplore.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Help\iexplore.exe"
  2⤵
  - Drops startup file
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:4504

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IEBKBKARDT.TMP

Filesize
10.1MB

MD5
dfeb6c2564bde3cb075264122b327927

SHA1
9fc526bfa484545ce17c1150fe87a283c9d5db6d

SHA256
6c76b792453007f577df967054d8955f17325e1c24a66a92cecb1f764f4abd92

SHA512
411a87887558a07135ca49cce06bf4fba85b5d999a40244a08d6d1c7b052180dcdf688e3984ea608244e32ff1fd5bbdaf73cd124e3778b02a48bd0d176ee15d0

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\win.ini

Filesize
116B

MD5
11086285b2c00388dff46b25485e69e5

SHA1
65c3148ab14b555c9a75e12857651230d9ecb71a

SHA256
5c91371b9324429e06562d9109ab2f425bbf54e542c269c205628662ecf74449

SHA512
682ce1d678fa24212d554be0a4da03fbd82b6326a6ca9821abea1b891b18b119a334aa11b9ade7b9728379a40833505a3163e621796c818abb14081065486f91

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Help\iexplore.exe

Filesize
37.1MB

MD5
4ae9fa3f00f6b84b2ed9bff1bfcf837a

SHA1
3a8afac653f4e92c5b503140e1ef6f51678f0a38

SHA256
0f3dda8a38c161b51e6b5d31f1d41cbda8b453a60d30d33d9119afaf0b83e5d4

SHA512
fa03420befd407ff5b3f373f0934cd78cd779fd2ad73a63d0aee4c8da643b66b946fab5d65eae064753bab651c88f3fe73df6689f16bfda3316a6c8daa19c1b3

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memory/4504-22-0x0000000002250000-0x0000000002264000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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memory/4504-24-0x0000000002250000-0x0000000002264000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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memory/4504-19-0x0000000002250000-0x0000000002264000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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memory/4504-28-0x0000000002250000-0x0000000002264000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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