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
01-01-2025 17:51
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe
Resource
win7-20241010-en
General
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Target
118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe
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Size
1.2MB
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MD5
fba4eebe57f9e0d7e1d47a11192bace4
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SHA1
fadeef1236055f077519f6aa67e12a08f6ad5dd1
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SHA256
118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed
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SHA512
a42dace30bddeab4cff8d3a74ae9790bf55d4669986eee80865e855b2b9d3d05adce1fb4dc09f01bcccb777dd3f08299acc544f553fd72c6391a70365242f91a
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SSDEEP
24576:HovxCwgMBqHO5ZdYXOp0nQrXctTfK+d+MrTXowFlw57XYBwJtiB:WIwgMEuy+inDfp3/XoCw57XYBwKB
Malware Config
Signatures
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resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/3028-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/3028-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/4780-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/4780-34-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/3204-45-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/3204-49-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/3204-50-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit -
Gh0st RAT payload 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000a000000023b71-17.dat family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/3028-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/3028-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/4780-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/4780-34-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/3204-45-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/3204-49-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/3204-50-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-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-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe -
Drops startup file 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\win.lnk 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe -
Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
pid Process 628 AK47.exe 1416 AK47.exe 3028 AK74.exe 4780 Ghiya.exe 3204 Ghiya.exe -
Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
pid Process 628 AK47.exe -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/3184-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/3184-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/files/0x000c000000023b7c-55.dat vmprotect behavioral2/memory/3184-60-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/3184-63-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/3184-66-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/3184-70-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/3184-73-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/3184-76-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/3184-79-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-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" 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe -
Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240619906.txt AK47.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe AK74.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe AK74.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240619906.txt AK47.exe -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/3028-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3028-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3028-24-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4780-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4780-34-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4780-33-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3204-45-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3204-49-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3204-50-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-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 3280 1416 WerFault.exe 84 4000 628 WerFault.exe 83 -
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 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.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 1768 cmd.exe 3564 PING.EXE -
Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\Local Settings 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe -
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 3564 PING.EXE -
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 16 IoCs
pid Process 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe -
Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
pid Process 3204 Ghiya.exe -
Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
pid Process 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3028 AK74.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 3204 Ghiya.exe Token: 33 3204 Ghiya.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3204 Ghiya.exe Token: 33 3204 Ghiya.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3204 Ghiya.exe -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3184 wrote to memory of 628 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 83 PID 3184 wrote to memory of 628 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 83 PID 3184 wrote to memory of 628 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 83 PID 3184 wrote to memory of 1416 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 84 PID 3184 wrote to memory of 1416 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 84 PID 3184 wrote to memory of 1416 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 84 PID 3184 wrote to memory of 3028 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 90 PID 3184 wrote to memory of 3028 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 90 PID 3184 wrote to memory of 3028 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 90 PID 3028 wrote to memory of 1768 3028 AK74.exe 92 PID 3028 wrote to memory of 1768 3028 AK74.exe 92 PID 3028 wrote to memory of 1768 3028 AK74.exe 92 PID 4780 wrote to memory of 3204 4780 Ghiya.exe 93 PID 4780 wrote to memory of 3204 4780 Ghiya.exe 93 PID 4780 wrote to memory of 3204 4780 Ghiya.exe 93 PID 3184 wrote to memory of 3224 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 94 PID 3184 wrote to memory of 3224 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 94 PID 3184 wrote to memory of 3224 3184 118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe 94 PID 1768 wrote to memory of 3564 1768 cmd.exe 97 PID 1768 wrote to memory of 3564 1768 cmd.exe 97 PID 1768 wrote to memory of 3564 1768 cmd.exe 97
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\118351340f19c8e0a1d0db4ccdcdf4d2463217e9bf80743e889fb64dc1e168ed.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:3184 -
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:628 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 628 -s 4483⤵
- Program crash
PID:4000
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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:1416 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1416 -s 4203⤵
- Program crash
PID:3280
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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:3028 -
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:1768 -
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:3564
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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:3224
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 468 -p 1416 -ip 14161⤵PID:2764
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 424 -p 628 -ip 6281⤵PID:1088
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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:4780 -
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:3204
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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
MD5f0c64ed00051961ca2b55da3406c2994
SHA14144ac8c62c06f002d0e17827a1da03206af768d
SHA256ac691d6f28817e1c0e1a5ca5da9cb3649878bb260e29a2a662a09cee470cef21
SHA5122ed184c164a318e9bf01ffdf3bed81feb5697037bea01704d315da628c2f18b1b43977f0abd5164751b482d027136c2073048358e7e3a5c497086b636a514763
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Filesize
1.2MB
MD5cb1496f566803b18f7dc4a35372ca8f1
SHA1db95dec49904a941dcfc67c4f2b207a19141eaf6
SHA256a822a6bc9603145f041d52bf0a7c4627ab2a08c93fe329d37b5b8d9ee9e4ce9a
SHA512e5daee77e6bcbe4b6e3799d725042b96b7df07ae36956e4e87b3ce8474aa2e7ed9c5ea397a6422d44e7cbc951c4e495af53b82b8538d630dbf3bf5a7cc3ff14d
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Filesize
49KB
MD589c490e1323c3d96d6615aada3ce1ff7
SHA1c987f8e517cd03e264f10e8aacb789099654a7cb
SHA25695de0b28d4cc2b2ce3f6ca4addbb822b6eee82cc318b3ef0709e03b7ca2dfa96
SHA512ffaf753c1e8b3151db1794ab55bcdf709cfb992e7cd7d848d1791389e683d2a7cfadfe1149a6aebc60f2cf0a2f55466ed6c0decffc8ef6fab1ac31e84a633bc6