gh0strat | 22fe9682ce359b2c033a88c6d6bd195d9ff5d26368d62cf7383aa3515db35f74

General

Target

22fe9682ce359b2c033a88c6d6bd195d9ff5d26368d62cf7383aa3515db35f74.exe
Size

1.8MB
MD5

62a98f051f1f1bf647f7acbc02ee8070
SHA1

364db565d41c7753a498f70f65863bdc6403a5c4
SHA256

22fe9682ce359b2c033a88c6d6bd195d9ff5d26368d62cf7383aa3515db35f74
SHA512

f3144058371765f2512b857a807859d285480d537efd99234c022c2e23265aa4fa44bc0b9e7cb90a5da725df1be09a978804b90fa84b75936c80c5e30dc8aba1
SSDEEP

24576:cQZoidOTdVZinacCET9Ecl1erdg0MCiVWhFU7cVbu7oR:cQZAdVyVT9n/Gg0P+WhoX0

Score

10^/10

gh0strat purplefox discovery persistence rat rootkit trojan upx

Malware Config

Signatures

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit 13 IoCs

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.

rootkit

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2120-7-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/2120-8-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/2120-6-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/1620-15-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/1620-17-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/1620-16-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/1620-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/3468-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/3468-31-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/3468-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/3468-33-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/3468-37-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/3468-38-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit

Gh0st RAT payload 14 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2120-7-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2120-8-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2120-6-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1620-15-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1620-17-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1620-16-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1620-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/3468-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/files/0x0007000000023ca2-29.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/3468-31-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/3468-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/3468-33-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/3468-37-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/3468-38-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-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:

TXPlatforn.exe

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\system32\drivers\QAssist.sys	TXPlatforn.exe

Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

TXPlatforn.exe

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\QAssist\ImagePath = "system32\\DRIVERS\\QAssist.sys"	TXPlatforn.exe

Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exeTXPlatforn.exeTXPlatforn.exesvchos.exe

pid	Process
2120	svchost.exe
1620	TXPlatforn.exe
3468	TXPlatforn.exe
3432	svchos.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchos.exe

pid	Process
3432	svchos.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exesvchos.exe

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe	svchost.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240623125.txt	svchos.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe	svchost.exe

UPX packed file 15 IoCs

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

upx

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2120-4-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2120-7-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2120-8-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2120-6-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1620-15-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1620-17-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1620-14-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1620-16-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1620-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3468-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3468-31-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3468-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3468-33-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3468-37-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3468-38-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in Program Files directory 5 IoCs

Processes:

22fe9682ce359b2c033a88c6d6bd195d9ff5d26368d62cf7383aa3515db35f74.exe

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe	22fe9682ce359b2c033a88c6d6bd195d9ff5d26368d62cf7383aa3515db35f74.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe	22fe9682ce359b2c033a88c6d6bd195d9ff5d26368d62cf7383aa3515db35f74.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe	22fe9682ce359b2c033a88c6d6bd195d9ff5d26368d62cf7383aa3515db35f74.exe
File created	C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe	22fe9682ce359b2c033a88c6d6bd195d9ff5d26368d62cf7383aa3515db35f74.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe	22fe9682ce359b2c033a88c6d6bd195d9ff5d26368d62cf7383aa3515db35f74.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Program crash 1 IoCs

Processes:

WerFault.exe

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
1540	3432	WerFault.exe	91

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 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:

PING.EXE22fe9682ce359b2c033a88c6d6bd195d9ff5d26368d62cf7383aa3515db35f74.exesvchost.exeTXPlatforn.exesvchos.execmd.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	PING.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	22fe9682ce359b2c033a88c6d6bd195d9ff5d26368d62cf7383aa3515db35f74.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	TXPlatforn.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchos.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.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
1704	cmd.exe
3668	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid	Process
3668	PING.EXE

Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs

Processes:

TXPlatforn.exe

pid	Process
3468	TXPlatforn.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exeTXPlatforn.exe

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2120	svchost.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	3468	TXPlatforn.exe
Token: 33	3468	TXPlatforn.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3468	TXPlatforn.exe
Token: 33	3468	TXPlatforn.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3468	TXPlatforn.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

Processes:

22fe9682ce359b2c033a88c6d6bd195d9ff5d26368d62cf7383aa3515db35f74.exe

pid	Process
2960	22fe9682ce359b2c033a88c6d6bd195d9ff5d26368d62cf7383aa3515db35f74.exe
2960	22fe9682ce359b2c033a88c6d6bd195d9ff5d26368d62cf7383aa3515db35f74.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs

Processes:

22fe9682ce359b2c033a88c6d6bd195d9ff5d26368d62cf7383aa3515db35f74.exesvchost.exeTXPlatforn.execmd.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2960 wrote to memory of 2120	2960	22fe9682ce359b2c033a88c6d6bd195d9ff5d26368d62cf7383aa3515db35f74.exe	84
PID 2960 wrote to memory of 2120	2960	22fe9682ce359b2c033a88c6d6bd195d9ff5d26368d62cf7383aa3515db35f74.exe	84
PID 2960 wrote to memory of 2120	2960	22fe9682ce359b2c033a88c6d6bd195d9ff5d26368d62cf7383aa3515db35f74.exe	84
PID 2120 wrote to memory of 1704	2120	svchost.exe	88
PID 2120 wrote to memory of 1704	2120	svchost.exe	88
PID 2120 wrote to memory of 1704	2120	svchost.exe	88
PID 1620 wrote to memory of 3468	1620	TXPlatforn.exe	89
PID 1620 wrote to memory of 3468	1620	TXPlatforn.exe	89
PID 1620 wrote to memory of 3468	1620	TXPlatforn.exe	89
PID 2960 wrote to memory of 3432	2960	22fe9682ce359b2c033a88c6d6bd195d9ff5d26368d62cf7383aa3515db35f74.exe	91
PID 2960 wrote to memory of 3432	2960	22fe9682ce359b2c033a88c6d6bd195d9ff5d26368d62cf7383aa3515db35f74.exe	91
PID 2960 wrote to memory of 3432	2960	22fe9682ce359b2c033a88c6d6bd195d9ff5d26368d62cf7383aa3515db35f74.exe	91
PID 1704 wrote to memory of 3668	1704	cmd.exe	92
PID 1704 wrote to memory of 3668	1704	cmd.exe	92
PID 1704 wrote to memory of 3668	1704	cmd.exe	92

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\22fe9682ce359b2c033a88c6d6bd195d9ff5d26368d62cf7383aa3515db35f74.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\22fe9682ce359b2c033a88c6d6bd195d9ff5d26368d62cf7383aa3515db35f74.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2960
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\svchost.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:2120
- - 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\svchost.exe > nul
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1704
  - - 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:3668
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchos.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\svchos.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3432
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3432 -s 460
    3⤵
    - Program crash
    PID:1540

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe -auto
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1620
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.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:3468

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 444 -p 3432 -ip 3432
1⤵
PID:4936

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

Remote System Discovery

1

T1018

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

System Network Configuration Discovery

1

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

1

T1016.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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

Filesize
1.8MB

MD5
62a98f051f1f1bf647f7acbc02ee8070

SHA1
364db565d41c7753a498f70f65863bdc6403a5c4

SHA256
22fe9682ce359b2c033a88c6d6bd195d9ff5d26368d62cf7383aa3515db35f74

SHA512
f3144058371765f2512b857a807859d285480d537efd99234c022c2e23265aa4fa44bc0b9e7cb90a5da725df1be09a978804b90fa84b75936c80c5e30dc8aba1

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

Filesize
93KB

MD5
3b377ad877a942ec9f60ea285f7119a2

SHA1
60b23987b20d913982f723ab375eef50fafa6c70

SHA256
62954fdf65e629b39a29f539619d20691332184c6b6be5a826128a8e759bfa84

SHA512
af3a71f867ad9d28772c48b521097f9bf8931eb89fd2974e8de10990241419a39ddc3c0b36dd38aac4fdf14e1f0c5e228692618e93adce958d5b5dab8940e46f

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

Filesize
377KB

MD5
a4329177954d4104005bce3020e5ef59

SHA1
23c29e295e2dbb8454012d619ca3f81e4c16e85a

SHA256
6156d003d54dcf2ee92f21bd6e7a6a7f91730bd2804381260bcabe465abe6ddd

SHA512
81e9d456a4abfc7cd9e0943d4a0ce15523362c3179f3368381d1d7974f80a9f9113b5404b96e67e91684e0ea1895b7d0073e4c48d0bfc4fd0244b1af6acf0208

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240623125.txt

Filesize
50KB

MD5
f126c1f5eafcb155714f47711d1b57b8

SHA1
76b7ea7bb3f47baeb0068e05c7a14707bd91d725

SHA256
b746c012e10272a7a6e1c67c92a774f008c1302aa43ed5c06210621054b776c9

SHA512
e6c96961d71be983c2accc181ee565f847d1e6b06a386f5448c77d6ba5cf291a053f1fd8e2d15742c073333bfa35a686425f155c6a81eca182667865d825df59

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memory/1620-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/1620-15-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/1620-17-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/1620-14-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/1620-16-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2120-6-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2120-8-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2120-7-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2120-4-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/3468-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/3468-31-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/3468-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/3468-33-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/3468-37-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/3468-38-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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