gh0strat | e92a3fda7d80bdd8ae52cc4aebf13a1279fe413bd7c192658d37e4756ad20cbc

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
19s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20241010-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
31-10-2024 01:24

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General

Target

e92a3fda7d80bdd8ae52cc4aebf13a1279fe413bd7c192658d37e4756ad20cbc.exe
Size

2.6MB
MD5

e7ed42ef03cea6db95b5dcdeb959b7af
SHA1

61d2c0fed2ef771c981140176b7fde4dcd8ddef3
SHA256

e92a3fda7d80bdd8ae52cc4aebf13a1279fe413bd7c192658d37e4756ad20cbc
SHA512

62a7c2c5a5bbee3e5e12c0a797189cee325a2012eda20d0cb5bef94955ac1560e07ad616d5d258a6be236eb2ee5c2ec045457a4f9d91c4447916d2b973d31bc9
SSDEEP

49152:mCwsbCANnKXferL7Vwe/Gg0P+WhNFFFehlady6:Rws2ANnKXOaeOgmhNFFFehladR

Score

10^/10

gh0strat purplefox discovery persistence rat rootkit trojan upx

Malware Config

Signatures

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit 5 IoCs

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.

rootkit

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2988-21-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2988-20-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2808-38-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2808-42-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2808-43-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit

Gh0st RAT payload 6 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
\Windows\SysWOW64\259496961.txt	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2988-21-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2988-20-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2808-38-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2808-42-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2808-43-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-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
Gh0strat family
gh0strat
PurpleFox
PurpleFox is an exploit kit used to distribute other malware families and first seen in 2018.
rootkit trojan purplefox
Purplefox family
purplefox
Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs

Processes:

TXPlatfor.exe

description ioc process

File created C:\Windows\system32\drivers\QAssist.sys TXPlatfor.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\Windows\system32\drivers\QAssist.sys	TXPlatfor.exe

Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Terminal Services DLL

T1505.005

Processes:

R.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Remote Data\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\259496961.txt"	R.exe

Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

TXPlatfor.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\QAssist\ImagePath = "system32\\DRIVERS\\QAssist.sys"	TXPlatfor.exe

Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs

Processes:

R.exeN.exeTXPlatfor.exeTXPlatfor.exeRemote Data.exe

pid process

3048 R.exe
2988 N.exe
568 TXPlatfor.exe
2808 TXPlatfor.exe
836 Remote Data.exe

pid	process
3048	R.exe
2988	N.exe
568	TXPlatfor.exe
2808	TXPlatfor.exe
836	Remote Data.exe

Loads dropped DLL 7 IoCs

Processes:

e92a3fda7d80bdd8ae52cc4aebf13a1279fe413bd7c192658d37e4756ad20cbc.exeR.exesvchost.exeTXPlatfor.exeRemote Data.exe

pid	process
2548	e92a3fda7d80bdd8ae52cc4aebf13a1279fe413bd7c192658d37e4756ad20cbc.exe
3048	R.exe
2880	svchost.exe
2548	e92a3fda7d80bdd8ae52cc4aebf13a1279fe413bd7c192658d37e4756ad20cbc.exe
568	TXPlatfor.exe
2880	svchost.exe
836	Remote Data.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs

Processes:

R.exesvchost.exeN.exe

description	ioc	process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\259496961.txt	R.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ini.ini	R.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Remote Data.exe	svchost.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Remote Data.exe	svchost.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe	N.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe	N.exe

UPX packed file 6 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2988-18-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2988-21-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2988-20-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2808-38-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2808-42-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2808-43-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 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:

R.exesvchost.exeN.exeTXPlatfor.execmd.exePING.EXERemote Data.exee92a3fda7d80bdd8ae52cc4aebf13a1279fe413bd7c192658d37e4756ad20cbc.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	R.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	N.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	TXPlatfor.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	PING.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Remote Data.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	e92a3fda7d80bdd8ae52cc4aebf13a1279fe413bd7c192658d37e4756ad20cbc.exe

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
discovery

Internet Connection Discovery
T1016.001

Processes:

cmd.exePING.EXE

pid process

3064 cmd.exe
2192 PING.EXE
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery
T1018

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid process

2192 PING.EXE
Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs

Processes:

TXPlatfor.exe

pid process

2808 TXPlatfor.exe

pid	process
3064	cmd.exe
2192	PING.EXE

pid	process
2192	PING.EXE

pid	process
2808	TXPlatfor.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs

Processes:

N.exeTXPlatfor.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2988	N.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2808	TXPlatfor.exe
Token: 33	2808	TXPlatfor.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2808	TXPlatfor.exe
Token: 33	2808	TXPlatfor.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2808	TXPlatfor.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

Processes:

e92a3fda7d80bdd8ae52cc4aebf13a1279fe413bd7c192658d37e4756ad20cbc.exe

pid	process
2548	e92a3fda7d80bdd8ae52cc4aebf13a1279fe413bd7c192658d37e4756ad20cbc.exe
2548	e92a3fda7d80bdd8ae52cc4aebf13a1279fe413bd7c192658d37e4756ad20cbc.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

Processes:

e92a3fda7d80bdd8ae52cc4aebf13a1279fe413bd7c192658d37e4756ad20cbc.exeN.exeTXPlatfor.execmd.exesvchost.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2548 wrote to memory of 3048	2548	e92a3fda7d80bdd8ae52cc4aebf13a1279fe413bd7c192658d37e4756ad20cbc.exe	R.exe
PID 2548 wrote to memory of 3048	2548	e92a3fda7d80bdd8ae52cc4aebf13a1279fe413bd7c192658d37e4756ad20cbc.exe	R.exe
PID 2548 wrote to memory of 3048	2548	e92a3fda7d80bdd8ae52cc4aebf13a1279fe413bd7c192658d37e4756ad20cbc.exe	R.exe
PID 2548 wrote to memory of 3048	2548	e92a3fda7d80bdd8ae52cc4aebf13a1279fe413bd7c192658d37e4756ad20cbc.exe	R.exe
PID 2548 wrote to memory of 2988	2548	e92a3fda7d80bdd8ae52cc4aebf13a1279fe413bd7c192658d37e4756ad20cbc.exe	N.exe
PID 2548 wrote to memory of 2988	2548	e92a3fda7d80bdd8ae52cc4aebf13a1279fe413bd7c192658d37e4756ad20cbc.exe	N.exe
PID 2548 wrote to memory of 2988	2548	e92a3fda7d80bdd8ae52cc4aebf13a1279fe413bd7c192658d37e4756ad20cbc.exe	N.exe
PID 2548 wrote to memory of 2988	2548	e92a3fda7d80bdd8ae52cc4aebf13a1279fe413bd7c192658d37e4756ad20cbc.exe	N.exe
PID 2548 wrote to memory of 2988	2548	e92a3fda7d80bdd8ae52cc4aebf13a1279fe413bd7c192658d37e4756ad20cbc.exe	N.exe
PID 2548 wrote to memory of 2988	2548	e92a3fda7d80bdd8ae52cc4aebf13a1279fe413bd7c192658d37e4756ad20cbc.exe	N.exe
PID 2548 wrote to memory of 2988	2548	e92a3fda7d80bdd8ae52cc4aebf13a1279fe413bd7c192658d37e4756ad20cbc.exe	N.exe
PID 2988 wrote to memory of 3064	2988	N.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2988 wrote to memory of 3064	2988	N.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2988 wrote to memory of 3064	2988	N.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2988 wrote to memory of 3064	2988	N.exe	cmd.exe
PID 568 wrote to memory of 2808	568	TXPlatfor.exe	TXPlatfor.exe
PID 568 wrote to memory of 2808	568	TXPlatfor.exe	TXPlatfor.exe
PID 568 wrote to memory of 2808	568	TXPlatfor.exe	TXPlatfor.exe
PID 568 wrote to memory of 2808	568	TXPlatfor.exe	TXPlatfor.exe
PID 568 wrote to memory of 2808	568	TXPlatfor.exe	TXPlatfor.exe
PID 568 wrote to memory of 2808	568	TXPlatfor.exe	TXPlatfor.exe
PID 568 wrote to memory of 2808	568	TXPlatfor.exe	TXPlatfor.exe
PID 3064 wrote to memory of 2192	3064	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 3064 wrote to memory of 2192	3064	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 3064 wrote to memory of 2192	3064	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 3064 wrote to memory of 2192	3064	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 2880 wrote to memory of 836	2880	svchost.exe	Remote Data.exe
PID 2880 wrote to memory of 836	2880	svchost.exe	Remote Data.exe
PID 2880 wrote to memory of 836	2880	svchost.exe	Remote Data.exe
PID 2880 wrote to memory of 836	2880	svchost.exe	Remote Data.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e92a3fda7d80bdd8ae52cc4aebf13a1279fe413bd7c192658d37e4756ad20cbc.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e92a3fda7d80bdd8ae52cc4aebf13a1279fe413bd7c192658d37e4756ad20cbc.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2548

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\R.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\R.exe
2⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3048

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\N.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\N.exe
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2988

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ping -n 2 127.0.0.1 > nul && del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\N.exe > nul
3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3064

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping -n 2 127.0.0.1
4⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
- Runs ping.exe
PID:2192

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Remote Data"
1⤵
PID:2244

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Remote Data"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2880

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Remote Data.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\Remote Data.exe" "c:\windows\system32\259496961.txt",MainThread
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:836

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe -auto
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:568

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe -acsi
2⤵
- Drops file in Drivers directory
- Sets service image path in registry
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2808

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Server Software Component

T1505

Terminal Services DLL

T1505.005

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Remote System Discovery

T1018

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_X.dat

Filesize
2.6MB

MD5
e7ed42ef03cea6db95b5dcdeb959b7af

SHA1
61d2c0fed2ef771c981140176b7fde4dcd8ddef3

SHA256
e92a3fda7d80bdd8ae52cc4aebf13a1279fe413bd7c192658d37e4756ad20cbc

SHA512
62a7c2c5a5bbee3e5e12c0a797189cee325a2012eda20d0cb5bef94955ac1560e07ad616d5d258a6be236eb2ee5c2ec045457a4f9d91c4447916d2b973d31bc9

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\N.exe

Filesize
377KB

MD5
4a36a48e58829c22381572b2040b6fe0

SHA1
f09d30e44ff7e3f20a5de307720f3ad148c6143b

SHA256
3de6c02f52a661b8f934f59541d0cf297bb489eb2155e346b63c7338e09aeaf8

SHA512
5d0ea398792f6b9eb3f188813c50b7f43929183b5733d2b595b2fd1c78722764fd15f62db1086b5c7edfb157661a6dcd544ddd80907ee7699dddbca1ef4022d0

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\R.exe

Filesize
941KB

MD5
8dc3adf1c490211971c1e2325f1424d2

SHA1
4eec4a4e7cb97c5efa6c72e0731cd090c0c4adc5

SHA256
bc29f2022ab3b812e50c8681ff196f090c038b5ab51e37daffac4469a8c2eb2c

SHA512
ae92ea20b359849dcdba4808119b154e3af5ef3687ee09de1797610fe8c4d3eb9065b068074d35adddb4b225d17c619baff3944cb137ad196bcef7a6507f920d

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\Windows\SysWOW64\259496961.txt

Filesize
899KB

MD5
e05ee97ce135046f6245605e65238726

SHA1
9ad6656ab95821e99dea348634de0b43ef226eb1

SHA256
2d5aad508894ad85e9c9c9df301b9c35a653463b173282c0c5dd9a720468833c

SHA512
fe67cd791574102f3da1442689625eca9df2893e8a5c5d68c02aafd6384be5b78177a9ddc27343d352690d456965dad75d7c95eb9293640556e91b1d849722cd

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\Windows\SysWOW64\Remote Data.exe

Filesize
43KB

MD5
51138beea3e2c21ec44d0932c71762a8

SHA1
8939cf35447b22dd2c6e6f443446acc1bf986d58

SHA256
5ad3c37e6f2b9db3ee8b5aeedc474645de90c66e3d95f8620c48102f1eba4124

SHA512
794f30fe452117ff2a26dc9d7086aaf82b639c2632ac2e381a81f5239caaec7c96922ba5d2d90bfd8d74f0a6cd4f79fbda63e14c6b779e5cf6834c13e4e45e7d

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memory/2808-38-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2808-42-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2808-43-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2988-18-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2988-21-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2988-20-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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