Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
windows10-2004_x64 -
resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system -
submitted
16-12-2024 18:31
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe
Resource
win7-20240903-en
General
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Target
ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe
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Size
1.2MB
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MD5
040db055c36d8e0a9433d954a9912ca4
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SHA1
b63d1249dc1ad9fe8f867d0df718715e622777a9
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SHA256
ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336
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SHA512
6f1d003407a514f6426f8f48e3d7c073cad57f20006ceb1e5223c9543a1c3de42158e460898ba325e8833df42476b4d239f85b053cf9aa1b053be5d444cfb116
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SSDEEP
24576:HovxCwgMBqHO5ZdYXOp0nQrXctTfK+d+MrTXowFlw57XYBwJtik:WIwgMEuy+inDfp3/XoCw57XYBwKk
Malware Config
Signatures
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resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/1092-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/1092-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/4336-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/4336-34-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/1796-45-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/1796-48-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/1796-50-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit -
Gh0st RAT payload 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000e000000023b96-17.dat family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/1092-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/1092-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/4336-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/4336-34-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/1796-45-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/1796-48-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/1796-50-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat -
Gh0strat family
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Purplefox family
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Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\system32\drivers\QAssist.sys Ghiya.exe -
Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\QAssist\ImagePath = "system32\\DRIVERS\\QAssist.sys" Ghiya.exe -
Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2878641211-696417878-3864914810-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe -
Drops startup file 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\win.lnk ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe -
Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
pid Process 3744 AK47.exe 4120 AK47.exe 1092 AK74.exe 4336 Ghiya.exe 1796 Ghiya.exe -
Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
pid Process 3744 AK47.exe -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/892-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/892-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/files/0x0009000000023be2-55.dat vmprotect behavioral2/memory/892-60-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/892-63-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/892-66-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/892-70-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/892-73-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/892-76-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/892-79-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect -
Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\360safo = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\svchcst.exe" ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe -
Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240623000.txt AK47.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240623000.txt AK47.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe AK74.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe AK74.exe -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/1092-24-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/1092-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/1092-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4336-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4336-34-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/1796-45-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4336-32-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/1796-48-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/1796-50-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
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Program crash 2 IoCs
pid pid_target Process procid_target 1848 3744 WerFault.exe 85 1320 4120 WerFault.exe 86 -
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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Ghiya.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language WScript.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 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AK47.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AK47.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AK74.exe -
System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
pid Process 724 cmd.exe 536 PING.EXE -
Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2878641211-696417878-3864914810-1000_Classes\Local Settings ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe -
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 536 PING.EXE -
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 16 IoCs
pid Process 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe -
Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
pid Process 1796 Ghiya.exe -
Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
pid Process 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 1092 AK74.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 1796 Ghiya.exe Token: 33 1796 Ghiya.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 1796 Ghiya.exe Token: 33 1796 Ghiya.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 1796 Ghiya.exe -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 892 wrote to memory of 3744 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 85 PID 892 wrote to memory of 3744 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 85 PID 892 wrote to memory of 3744 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 85 PID 892 wrote to memory of 4120 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 86 PID 892 wrote to memory of 4120 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 86 PID 892 wrote to memory of 4120 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 86 PID 892 wrote to memory of 1092 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 92 PID 892 wrote to memory of 1092 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 92 PID 892 wrote to memory of 1092 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 92 PID 1092 wrote to memory of 724 1092 AK74.exe 94 PID 1092 wrote to memory of 724 1092 AK74.exe 94 PID 1092 wrote to memory of 724 1092 AK74.exe 94 PID 4336 wrote to memory of 1796 4336 Ghiya.exe 95 PID 4336 wrote to memory of 1796 4336 Ghiya.exe 95 PID 4336 wrote to memory of 1796 4336 Ghiya.exe 95 PID 892 wrote to memory of 4616 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 96 PID 892 wrote to memory of 4616 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 96 PID 892 wrote to memory of 4616 892 ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe 96 PID 724 wrote to memory of 536 724 cmd.exe 98 PID 724 wrote to memory of 536 724 cmd.exe 98 PID 724 wrote to memory of 536 724 cmd.exe 98
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ac37566c40ffe8d4e0cb7a27898639c18339db3b6eb90368eb4a37d6865c1336.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops startup file
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:892 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3744 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3744 -s 4523⤵
- Program crash
PID:1848
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\AK47.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4120 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4120 -s 3523⤵
- Program crash
PID:1320
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK74.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\AK74.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1092 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ping -n 2 127.0.0.1 > nul && del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK74.exe > nul3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:724 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXEping -n 2 127.0.0.14⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
- Runs ping.exe
PID:536
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VBS3.vbs"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4616
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 472 -p 3744 -ip 37441⤵PID:1432
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 416 -p 4120 -ip 41201⤵PID:3308
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe -auto1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4336 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe -acsi2⤵
- Drops file in Drivers directory
- Sets service image path in registry
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1796
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
2Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
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Downloads
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Filesize
91KB
MD5423eb994ed553294f8a6813619b8da87
SHA1eca6a16ccd13adcfc27bc1041ddef97ec8081255
SHA256050b4f2d5ae8eaecd414318dc8e222a56f169626da6ca8feb7edd78e8b1f0218
SHA512fab0a9af8031c242c486de373df7277c8b0e39f7a0c9c2ac2e385dbd3ea67be16e91b128287634f76131e5264149ab1b452cd21df4c4895e8c4efc8d8cf99095
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Filesize
400KB
MD5b0998aa7d5071d33daa5b60b9c3c9735
SHA19365a1ff0c6de244d6f36c8d84072cc916665d3c
SHA2563080b6bb456564899b0d99d4131bd6a0b284d31f7d80ef773e4872d94048d49a
SHA512308c13cda9fea39b980ae686f44afd9090e9cb8970fffc4436320e0d09a31aee5e656914e0121fe888098a14c52749716fa04980396fd6ac70a88c11cbb6b850
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Filesize
92B
MD529ce53e2a4a446614ccc8d64d346bde4
SHA139a7aa5cc1124842aa0c25abb16ea94452125cbe
SHA25656225be6838bc6e93ea215891eacf28844ae27a9f8b2b29bf19d3a8c2b1f58df
SHA512b2c5a2708c427171a5715801f8ea733ffe88d73aaaaf59c5c752ea32cbe7aae8526cc26eabe84ad5043174c0c69b1d6b15a9fb125c15accfac3462d5d08a0faa
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Filesize
753B
MD5c4c129ba09da47002739f7686cc88d96
SHA10e3db7658fca639795cff8f8d769cd494be4fcec
SHA256b7036c374ee4069a3566089d0f810b899b6636fe198a86b03732b1b699f4886d
SHA5126331863e90941839ba63104e016826aa6bf785713c7e21c7855875368317fc9317628a84fc6c623160424df83c81a2d20c48f4678ae259d8e6c556ca517f4cd5
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Filesize
1.2MB
MD51f2b24eee7814f36a73fa317e371a392
SHA103607d7b1834f4f13aa6fad30872e0d53f03d41f
SHA256194c3b52b80dadccfadddf8bae2936635928d19ab20e71e95eb7422d71ffedf5
SHA5123fbaa295531b6297d7bd91b0198a2d70760a87d956bb0508463f6da830b4eaf04222dc36e6a992f6d22ad46535d0846980b6c98360520ea833b0b8763b5f6b92
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Filesize
49KB
MD54704468dd26b2d8d8c805a5a6ed1d8a6
SHA102202ff51563f1a2b92b32cf2515aefcf72bdd00
SHA2563fde9dbbf2c6e035cf4dc12bd5e36cb07bfd1f2f9aa8ce9ba7ac6d680a34cab5
SHA51230f25570a9083e6ebd4aafbf0f57970137b18f1e0c4c9b1f3aec28778322bbfb0e5d187c9a3f8fd8c85f03281d1e8c26736eb160ef7706e4319c266383ec8504