Malware Analysis Report

2025-08-11 05:04

Sample ID 241230-b4d11atndj
Target aec5447d8a08023897391c87521e6053ba9e25c531a999f44dbf0fb6632e7ce5
SHA256 aec5447d8a08023897391c87521e6053ba9e25c531a999f44dbf0fb6632e7ce5
Tags
gh0strat discovery rat
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

aec5447d8a08023897391c87521e6053ba9e25c531a999f44dbf0fb6632e7ce5

Threat Level: Known bad

The file aec5447d8a08023897391c87521e6053ba9e25c531a999f44dbf0fb6632e7ce5 was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

gh0strat discovery rat

Gh0strat

Gh0st RAT payload

Gh0strat family

Unsigned PE

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-12-30 01:41

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Gh0strat family

gh0strat

Unsigned PE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-12-30 01:41

Reported

2024-12-30 01:44

Platform

win7-20240903-en

Max time kernel

140s

Max time network

123s

Command Line

rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aec5447d8a08023897391c87521e6053ba9e25c531a999f44dbf0fb6632e7ce5.dll,#1

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Gh0strat

rat gh0strat

Gh0strat family

gh0strat

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe N/A

Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe

rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aec5447d8a08023897391c87521e6053ba9e25c531a999f44dbf0fb6632e7ce5.dll,#1

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe

rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aec5447d8a08023897391c87521e6053ba9e25c531a999f44dbf0fb6632e7ce5.dll,#1

Network

N/A

Files

memory/2128-0-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001014F000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-12-30 01:41

Reported

2024-12-30 01:44

Platform

win10v2004-20241007-en

Max time kernel

140s

Max time network

149s

Command Line

rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aec5447d8a08023897391c87521e6053ba9e25c531a999f44dbf0fb6632e7ce5.dll,#1

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Gh0strat

rat gh0strat

Gh0strat family

gh0strat

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe N/A

Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 4408 wrote to memory of 1820 N/A C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 4408 wrote to memory of 1820 N/A C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 4408 wrote to memory of 1820 N/A C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe

Processes

C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe

rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aec5447d8a08023897391c87521e6053ba9e25c531a999f44dbf0fb6632e7ce5.dll,#1

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe

rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aec5447d8a08023897391c87521e6053ba9e25c531a999f44dbf0fb6632e7ce5.dll,#1

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 228.249.119.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 74.32.126.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 172.210.232.199.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 217.106.137.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 50.23.12.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 15.164.165.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 181.129.81.91.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 172.214.232.199.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 48.229.111.52.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

memory/1820-0-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001014F000-memory.dmp