gh0strat | 5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
150s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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28-12-2024 22:44

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General

Target

5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939.exe
Size

2.6MB
MD5

8ca091997e102f8e7771ff031e58d2ff
SHA1

7ff687b71ffd14119414d9c2bceb05b78a4a650a
SHA256

5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939
SHA512

f16a27fde5e888164a102c58c8611c0ec584e559610cc177ae9ea0ee59a9b85b83e83602e0cb2a99b36ca09bac0ab07e083d837726549c16db9b34d9f352fbb3
SSDEEP

49152:OCwsbCANnKXferL7Vwe/Gg0P+WhIsABTu/p:pws2ANnKXOaeOgmhI1BTu/p

Score

10^/10

gh0strat purplefox discovery persistence rat rootkit trojan upx

Malware Config

Signatures

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit 8 IoCs

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.

rootkit

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4844-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/4844-19-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/4844-20-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/2288-29-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/2072-42-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/2072-47-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/2288-28-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/2072-48-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit

Gh0st RAT payload 9 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000a000000023b5a-5.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4844-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4844-19-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4844-20-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2288-29-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2072-42-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2072-47-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2288-28-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2072-48-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-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

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

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Remote Data\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\240609828.txt"	R.exe

Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

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

Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs

pid	Process
4912	R.exe
4844	N.exe
2288	TXPlatfor.exe
2072	TXPlatfor.exe
1696	HD_5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939.exe
3240	Remote Data.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
4912	R.exe
1552	svchost.exe
3240	Remote Data.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240609828.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 10 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4844-17-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4844-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4844-19-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4844-20-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2288-29-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2072-42-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2072-47-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2288-28-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2072-48-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2288-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 9 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	5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939.exe
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	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	N.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	HD_5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Remote Data.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

pid	Process
224	cmd.exe
1096	PING.EXE

Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 4 IoCs

SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_WDC&Prod_WDS100T2B0A\4&215468a5&0&000000\Driver	HD_5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CDROM&VEN_QEMU&PROD_QEMU_DVD-ROM\4&215468A5&0&010000	HD_5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CdRom&Ven_QEMU&Prod_QEMU_DVD-ROM\4&215468a5&0&010000\Driver	HD_5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\DISK&VEN_WDC&PROD_WDS100T2B0A\4&215468A5&0&000000	HD_5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939.exe

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
1096	PING.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3736	5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939.exe
3736	5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939.exe

Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2072	TXPlatfor.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4844	N.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2072	TXPlatfor.exe
Token: 33	2072	TXPlatfor.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2072	TXPlatfor.exe
Token: 33	2072	TXPlatfor.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2072	TXPlatfor.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3736	5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939.exe
3736	5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3736 wrote to memory of 4912	3736	5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939.exe	83
PID 3736 wrote to memory of 4912	3736	5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939.exe	83
PID 3736 wrote to memory of 4912	3736	5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939.exe	83
PID 3736 wrote to memory of 4844	3736	5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939.exe	86
PID 3736 wrote to memory of 4844	3736	5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939.exe	86
PID 3736 wrote to memory of 4844	3736	5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939.exe	86
PID 4844 wrote to memory of 224	4844	N.exe	88
PID 4844 wrote to memory of 224	4844	N.exe	88
PID 4844 wrote to memory of 224	4844	N.exe	88
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2072	2288	TXPlatfor.exe	89
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2072	2288	TXPlatfor.exe	89
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2072	2288	TXPlatfor.exe	89
PID 3736 wrote to memory of 1696	3736	5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939.exe	90
PID 3736 wrote to memory of 1696	3736	5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939.exe	90
PID 3736 wrote to memory of 1696	3736	5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939.exe	90
PID 224 wrote to memory of 1096	224	cmd.exe	93
PID 224 wrote to memory of 1096	224	cmd.exe	93
PID 224 wrote to memory of 1096	224	cmd.exe	93
PID 1552 wrote to memory of 3240	1552	svchost.exe	96
PID 1552 wrote to memory of 3240	1552	svchost.exe	96
PID 1552 wrote to memory of 3240	1552	svchost.exe	96

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3736
- 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:4912
- 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:4844
- - 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:224
  - - 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:1096
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Checks SCSI registry key(s)
  PID:1696

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Remote Data"
1⤵
PID:4020

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:1552
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Remote Data.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\Remote Data.exe" "c:\windows\system32\240609828.txt",MainThread
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3240

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe -auto
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2288
- 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:2072

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

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

Query Registry

T1012

Remote System Discovery

T1018

System Information Discovery

T1082

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_5ced374ca380a174fb449ca963f90cfd93e6c50fad7839766e5c18065b4bb939.exe

Filesize
36KB

MD5
aadc8eee78ef3db5b7e53075b3fc94d3

SHA1
b50a681c447ab41dd307b90c9dd801d524602927

SHA256
97c41cc304c4a04c38ff7b40d0e7313e659a7107c05314c29c88526ca1a33e1a

SHA512
34860d5564321a02da1812be69732487f8f2fa48eccfa5e49d0768881d8c967ec9b1be35b8d3a0b1d61c41c523c0b6c138788e5301f306b106d2a9f1d39d15c8

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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

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\SetBackup.exe

Filesize
2.8MB

MD5
fc598e779604d39ac4f252f1823e19af

SHA1
22a5714a155e19f7d2d21e8fa4c2e3d9c3c34e3e

SHA256
aa46d9817203cb5ffbac3ab11ce96db68aae640eb1bfb8512cf8550f258bc700

SHA512
3f6b3ddc7f432aa1243cc8895c8f4d9fe9012ddf03063cfd79307ce970be18aad40b74f6d3b9102fc13841d5e28a4f0702c6c0b47e4d24e896c64c47bbd15f40

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240609828.txt

Filesize
899KB

MD5
e59b36511af31a31797a1c0847735d6c

SHA1
5a8c1c3b12ab079505a39472d17056b6bdf5123f

SHA256
e53267abc5fec5bea8a6d8befd60f13bbd3b5f77008a45acace83c2f9948f219

SHA512
d2fc5af0a1a2fbb8c45ab930c8fd4e355b1c3cc102d72c661a76df4dbf698cc7454d1a03e7570a0224d5b361f2f54b9721f19281be86262d7f969ae239cf87eb

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Remote Data.exe

Filesize
60KB

MD5
889b99c52a60dd49227c5e485a016679

SHA1
8fa889e456aa646a4d0a4349977430ce5fa5e2d7

SHA256
6cbe0e1f046b13b29bfa26f8b368281d2dda7eb9b718651d5856f22cc3e02910

SHA512
08933106eaf338dd119c45cbf1f83e723aff77cc0f8d3fc84e36253b1eb31557a54211d1d5d1cb58958188e32064d451f6c66a24b3963cccd3de07299ab90641

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memory/2072-48-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2072-42-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2072-47-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2288-29-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2288-28-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2288-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/4844-20-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/4844-19-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/4844-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/4844-17-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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