Malware Analysis Report

2025-08-05 23:54

Sample ID 241230-s44ebsymbq
Target 23fb8b093a3f5f73383792cc881b7c0ec2d2fce88227c9074086a603e664c4ec
SHA256 23fb8b093a3f5f73383792cc881b7c0ec2d2fce88227c9074086a603e664c4ec
Tags
gh0strat discovery rat
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

23fb8b093a3f5f73383792cc881b7c0ec2d2fce88227c9074086a603e664c4ec

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 23fb8b093a3f5f73383792cc881b7c0ec2d2fce88227c9074086a603e664c4ec was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

gh0strat discovery rat

Gh0strat

Gh0strat family

Gh0st RAT payload

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Unsigned PE

Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-12-30 15:41

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: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-12-30 15:41

Reported

2024-12-30 15:44

Platform

win10v2004-20241007-en

Max time kernel

141s

Max time network

141s

Command Line

rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\23fb8b093a3f5f73383792cc881b7c0ec2d2fce88227c9074086a603e664c4ec.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 1732 wrote to memory of 1000 N/A C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 1732 wrote to memory of 1000 N/A C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 1732 wrote to memory of 1000 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\23fb8b093a3f5f73383792cc881b7c0ec2d2fce88227c9074086a603e664c4ec.dll,#1

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe

rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\23fb8b093a3f5f73383792cc881b7c0ec2d2fce88227c9074086a603e664c4ec.dll,#1

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 97.17.167.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 68.32.126.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 104.219.191.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 53.210.109.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 241.42.69.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 107.12.20.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 43.229.111.52.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

memory/1000-0-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010011000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-12-30 15:41

Reported

2024-12-30 15:44

Platform

win7-20240903-en

Max time kernel

140s

Max time network

118s

Command Line

rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\23fb8b093a3f5f73383792cc881b7c0ec2d2fce88227c9074086a603e664c4ec.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 2800 wrote to memory of 2312 N/A C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2800 wrote to memory of 2312 N/A C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2800 wrote to memory of 2312 N/A C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2800 wrote to memory of 2312 N/A C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2800 wrote to memory of 2312 N/A C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2800 wrote to memory of 2312 N/A C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2800 wrote to memory of 2312 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\23fb8b093a3f5f73383792cc881b7c0ec2d2fce88227c9074086a603e664c4ec.dll,#1

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe

rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\23fb8b093a3f5f73383792cc881b7c0ec2d2fce88227c9074086a603e664c4ec.dll,#1

Network

N/A

Files

memory/2312-0-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010011000-memory.dmp