gh0strat | 5e90f35240e338671325da8a1c91061daef1dff12b07d6c1d778ac52ae0ff510

General

Target

2024-10-14_7c26033e3697a3d4d4165b588a9386b9_icedid_nymaim.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

7c26033e3697a3d4d4165b588a9386b9
SHA1

e139ce553f65be96896091c82b06dcd1a4a4e819
SHA256

5e90f35240e338671325da8a1c91061daef1dff12b07d6c1d778ac52ae0ff510
SHA512

046f17f8d5cb285393420af2f9406601b8b6461c6fc3c1dc1b4e678d1782786e61c7dba14e9ef6adc42de856be434be835c08fda62b6e3bbac1c914831ed0429
SSDEEP

24576:5bGl7H7tm3oZTQKtbhoqpOd//sEnDEBonVFpy5AnoS:16mITdhoYZonjpy5aoS

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat vmprotect

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2832-27-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010121000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2832-30-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010121000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2832-24-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010121000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2832-45-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010121000-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 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2856	ìÅÒ«]V097ÕýÊ½°æ.exe
2832	svchost.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2868	2024-10-14_7c26033e3697a3d4d4165b588a9386b9_icedid_nymaim.exe
2868	2024-10-14_7c26033e3697a3d4d4165b588a9386b9_icedid_nymaim.exe
2868	2024-10-14_7c26033e3697a3d4d4165b588a9386b9_icedid_nymaim.exe
2868	2024-10-14_7c26033e3697a3d4d4165b588a9386b9_icedid_nymaim.exe

VMProtect packed file 8 IoCs

Detects executables packed with VMProtect commercial packer.

vmprotect

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x000d0000000133b8-8.dat	vmprotect
behavioral1/memory/2856-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000057D000-memory.dmp	vmprotect
behavioral1/memory/2856-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000057D000-memory.dmp	vmprotect
behavioral1/memory/2856-43-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000057D000-memory.dmp	vmprotect
behavioral1/memory/2856-44-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000057D000-memory.dmp	vmprotect
behavioral1/memory/2856-46-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000057D000-memory.dmp	vmprotect
behavioral1/memory/2856-49-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000057D000-memory.dmp	vmprotect
behavioral1/memory/2856-52-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000057D000-memory.dmp	vmprotect

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\XXXXXX9DDF6F22 = "C:\\Windows\\XXXXXX9DDF6F22\\svchsot.exe"	svchost.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 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	2024-10-14_7c26033e3697a3d4d4165b588a9386b9_icedid_nymaim.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	ìÅÒ«]V097ÕýÊ½°æ.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2832	svchost.exe
2832	svchost.exe
2832	svchost.exe
2856	ìÅÒ«]V097ÕýÊ½°æ.exe
2856	ìÅÒ«]V097ÕýÊ½°æ.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2856	ìÅÒ«]V097ÕýÊ½°æ.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2856	ìÅÒ«]V097ÕýÊ½°æ.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2868	2024-10-14_7c26033e3697a3d4d4165b588a9386b9_icedid_nymaim.exe
2856	ìÅÒ«]V097ÕýÊ½°æ.exe
2856	ìÅÒ«]V097ÕýÊ½°æ.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2868 wrote to memory of 2856	2868	2024-10-14_7c26033e3697a3d4d4165b588a9386b9_icedid_nymaim.exe	30
PID 2868 wrote to memory of 2856	2868	2024-10-14_7c26033e3697a3d4d4165b588a9386b9_icedid_nymaim.exe	30
PID 2868 wrote to memory of 2856	2868	2024-10-14_7c26033e3697a3d4d4165b588a9386b9_icedid_nymaim.exe	30
PID 2868 wrote to memory of 2856	2868	2024-10-14_7c26033e3697a3d4d4165b588a9386b9_icedid_nymaim.exe	30
PID 2868 wrote to memory of 2832	2868	2024-10-14_7c26033e3697a3d4d4165b588a9386b9_icedid_nymaim.exe	31
PID 2868 wrote to memory of 2832	2868	2024-10-14_7c26033e3697a3d4d4165b588a9386b9_icedid_nymaim.exe	31
PID 2868 wrote to memory of 2832	2868	2024-10-14_7c26033e3697a3d4d4165b588a9386b9_icedid_nymaim.exe	31
PID 2868 wrote to memory of 2832	2868	2024-10-14_7c26033e3697a3d4d4165b588a9386b9_icedid_nymaim.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2024-10-14_7c26033e3697a3d4d4165b588a9386b9_icedid_nymaim.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2024-10-14_7c26033e3697a3d4d4165b588a9386b9_icedid_nymaim.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2868
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ìÅÒ«]V097ÕýÊ½°æ.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ìÅÒ«]V097ÕýÊ½°æ.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2856
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  PID:2832

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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe

Filesize
572KB

MD5
0aa18bedf568f51ce14937585edb13d7

SHA1
c4da60e0b2ddbfd3f340e572709939805917234a

SHA256
76cb3e16397dd81edba0887c28dc8e844c5e4d9157714a1e576bda86d3c8654e

SHA512
beac97d36d0c584a0b7466e58de6f66b93ff9468f715fb919ce93f027e1eda7a93e05ea302e7a6f7d036e234d6afd2e166de9eaeb57347f0dac10c046f1d3771

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ìÅÒ«]V097ÕýÊ½°æ.exe

Filesize
424KB

MD5
bf0fc1b558bebb2793d23974d92c8238

SHA1
dad05d84cdbb9fe5ae09f8a1a3736509e703f168

SHA256
29297b1a2f4c1802d3711a6ca0011d226e46cd9d4e035936950b784662427a7a

SHA512
b5fb9c368d77b9f020ce55042c3836717a8d3c4b6ce153a1ddd61e417fbb9aae49f30f525c8a50f8243a9c2228a35b553888d26cb035340025047473fd840507

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memory/2832-24-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010121000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.1MB

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memory/2832-45-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010121000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.1MB

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memory/2832-48-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000490000-memory.dmp

Filesize
576KB

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memory/2832-47-0x0000000000630000-0x0000000000670000-memory.dmp

Filesize
256KB

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memory/2832-22-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010121000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.1MB

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memory/2832-27-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010121000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.1MB

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memory/2832-34-0x0000000000630000-0x0000000000670000-memory.dmp

Filesize
256KB

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memory/2832-30-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010121000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.1MB

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memory/2856-43-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000057D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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memory/2856-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000057D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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memory/2856-44-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000057D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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memory/2856-42-0x000000000040F000-0x0000000000410000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2856-46-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000057D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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memory/2856-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000057D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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memory/2856-49-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000057D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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memory/2856-52-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000057D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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memory/2868-16-0x0000000002160000-0x00000000022DD000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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memory/2868-17-0x0000000002160000-0x00000000022DD000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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