gh0strat | 6e01f2b48cf4cb48038a053bbb4640c81197652f923ead3b0ae56257b07a777e

General

Target

6e01f2b48cf4cb48038a053bbb4640c81197652f923ead3b0ae56257b07a777e.dll
Size

430KB
MD5

ca9a5392b0660815f6fa7a76a3f41292
SHA1

fe64b8d27abbab65190010444b8d6f7c2edc3d32
SHA256

6e01f2b48cf4cb48038a053bbb4640c81197652f923ead3b0ae56257b07a777e
SHA512

08e68c77e8d793b39bec0e1d62ba414d24e7cac8a348be21053cdb632b4aea5b0d662f7337231350318ea049723f8e39dd8c8b9fe44912d3c194a3b695f5fee5
SSDEEP

12288:q9j8pWxJdNxnSJwu416c9y0wiL7s1T37AVu68VnogfN7oSa:q9I+dGwu13UVb+n3fNU

Score

10^/10

gh0strat purplefox discovery rat rootkit trojan upx

Malware Config

Signatures

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit 3 IoCs

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.

rootkit

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/972-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/972-17-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101A0000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/972-13-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101A0000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit

Gh0st RAT payload 3 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/972-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/972-17-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101A0000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/972-13-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101A0000-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

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2516	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4824 set thread context of 972	4824	rundll32.exe	84

UPX packed file 10 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4824-0-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000100FE000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/972-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/972-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/972-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/972-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/972-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/972-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/972-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/972-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/972-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Program Files (x86)\NetMeeting\svchost.exe	svchost.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\NetMeeting\svchost.exe	svchost.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 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	rundll32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	PING.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
2908	cmd.exe
692	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
692	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	972	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 412 wrote to memory of 4824	412	rundll32.exe	83
PID 412 wrote to memory of 4824	412	rundll32.exe	83
PID 412 wrote to memory of 4824	412	rundll32.exe	83
PID 4824 wrote to memory of 972	4824	rundll32.exe	84
PID 4824 wrote to memory of 972	4824	rundll32.exe	84
PID 4824 wrote to memory of 972	4824	rundll32.exe	84
PID 4824 wrote to memory of 972	4824	rundll32.exe	84
PID 4824 wrote to memory of 972	4824	rundll32.exe	84
PID 4824 wrote to memory of 972	4824	rundll32.exe	84
PID 4824 wrote to memory of 972	4824	rundll32.exe	84
PID 4824 wrote to memory of 972	4824	rundll32.exe	84
PID 972 wrote to memory of 2908	972	svchost.exe	86
PID 972 wrote to memory of 2908	972	svchost.exe	86
PID 972 wrote to memory of 2908	972	svchost.exe	86
PID 2908 wrote to memory of 692	2908	cmd.exe	88
PID 2908 wrote to memory of 692	2908	cmd.exe	88
PID 2908 wrote to memory of 692	2908	cmd.exe	88

C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6e01f2b48cf4cb48038a053bbb4640c81197652f923ead3b0ae56257b07a777e.dll,#1
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:412
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
  rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6e01f2b48cf4cb48038a053bbb4640c81197652f923ead3b0ae56257b07a777e.dll,#1
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4824
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
    svchost.exe fagahawhawhgawccc
    3⤵
    - Drops file in Program Files directory
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:972
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ping -n 2 127.0.0.1 > nul && del C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe > nul
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2908
    - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
        
        ping -n 2 127.0.0.1
        5⤵
        System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
        Runs ping.exe
        
        PID:692

C:\Program Files (x86)\NetMeeting\svchost.exe
"C:\Program Files (x86)\NetMeeting\svchost.exe" -auto
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:2516

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Remote System Discovery

1

T1018

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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Downloads

C:\Program Files (x86)\NetMeeting\svchost.exe

Filesize
45KB

MD5
b7c999040d80e5bf87886d70d992c51e

SHA1
a8ed9a51cc14ccf99b670e60ebbc110756504929

SHA256
5c3257b277f160109071e7e716040e67657341d8c42aa68d9afafe1630fcc53e

SHA512
71ba2fbd705e51b488afe3bb33a67212cf297e97e8b1b20ada33e16956f7ec8f89a79e04a4b256fd61a442fada690aff0c807c2bdcc9165a9c7be3de725de309

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memory/972-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/972-11-0x0000000077413000-0x0000000077414000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/972-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/972-12-0x00000000773F0000-0x00000000774E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
960KB

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memory/972-15-0x00000000773F0000-0x00000000774E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
960KB

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memory/972-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/972-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/972-16-0x00000000773F0000-0x00000000774E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
960KB

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memory/972-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/972-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/972-25-0x00000000773F0000-0x00000000774E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
960KB

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memory/972-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/972-17-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.6MB

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memory/972-13-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.6MB

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memory/972-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/972-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/4824-0-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000100FE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1016KB

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