gh0strat

General

Target

wpsupdate.msi.vir
Size

28.2MB
Sample

241119-fkz7ca1enq
MD5

ef294458016f546c5eebd07d2dd98bad
SHA1

66bb14f670055272e12899d401b8668cad15fac9
SHA256

c17c018f5df7a413dc053a325b6c291c9cd84f1b9e2415ffe205e02a7e5d6b4a
SHA512

97ee150f49bb587147f30d2215174f5376420abd5d659a2c68d58bc67f823715030cc328eab7e11623f4ee8504f1f080ceb44ac2d6fca7c636ea8d7c936f0333
SSDEEP

786432:r3pUIX4j1lP1FYKJGIC6rO9HN47EbHxjprMfy6s0A:zpUIIj1l9FxJGIzcteEt2e0A

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Targets

- Target
  
  wpsupdate.msi.vir
- Size
  
  28.2MB
- MD5
  
  ef294458016f546c5eebd07d2dd98bad
- SHA1
  
  66bb14f670055272e12899d401b8668cad15fac9
- SHA256
  
  c17c018f5df7a413dc053a325b6c291c9cd84f1b9e2415ffe205e02a7e5d6b4a
- SHA512
  
  97ee150f49bb587147f30d2215174f5376420abd5d659a2c68d58bc67f823715030cc328eab7e11623f4ee8504f1f080ceb44ac2d6fca7c636ea8d7c936f0333
- SSDEEP
  
  786432:r3pUIX4j1lP1FYKJGIC6rO9HN47EbHxjprMfy6s0A:zpUIIj1l9FxJGIzcteEt2e0A
Score

10^/10

bootkit discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation gh0strat purplefox rat rootkit trojan
- Detect PurpleFox Rootkit
  Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.
  rootkit
- Gh0st RAT payload
- 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
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.
  execution
- Enumerates connected drives
  Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
- Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
  Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.
  bootkit persistence
- Drops file in System32 directory
behavioral1 behavioral2