gh0strat | 2c50113339f3ac9674fd668246d00b66ed619309166780fa6a650d2b2a62fea9

Analysis

max time kernel
120s
max time network
119s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
01/01/2025, 18:57

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General

Target

2c50113339f3ac9674fd668246d00b66ed619309166780fa6a650d2b2a62fea9.exe
Size

2.6MB
MD5

b91660cbd6f2f7d85b0a7664d28070a7
SHA1

8a0a76a70aba34d90f4a1e05741770ba531259f2
SHA256

2c50113339f3ac9674fd668246d00b66ed619309166780fa6a650d2b2a62fea9
SHA512

8d1b84fc63c01eec18b0619dc4844a2b0c1aff7716a501159564381577a8d639d014b5486bb4ead364f61aa77fdde501f9f06c05eaf6d05656b8f0cb14918827
SSDEEP

49152:OCwsbCANnKXferL7Vwe/Gg0P+WhIsABTueR:pws2ANnKXOaeOgmhI1BTueR

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/1060-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/1060-19-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/1060-20-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/4536-29-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/4536-28-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/456-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/456-39-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral2/memory/456-45-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit

Gh0st RAT payload 9 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000a000000023b4e-5.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1060-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1060-19-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1060-20-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4536-29-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4536-28-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/456-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/456-39-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/456-45-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-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\\240615828.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
2720	R.exe
1060	N.exe
4536	TXPlatfor.exe
456	TXPlatfor.exe
4448	HD_2c50113339f3ac9674fd668246d00b66ed619309166780fa6a650d2b2a62fea9.exe
3984	Remote Data.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2720	R.exe
3904	svchost.exe
3984	Remote Data.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
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
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240615828.txt	R.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ini.ini	R.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Remote Data.exe	svchost.exe

UPX packed file 10 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1060-17-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1060-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1060-19-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1060-20-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4536-29-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4536-28-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/4536-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/456-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/456-39-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/456-45-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-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	2c50113339f3ac9674fd668246d00b66ed619309166780fa6a650d2b2a62fea9.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	N.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	HD_2c50113339f3ac9674fd668246d00b66ed619309166780fa6a650d2b2a62fea9.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	PING.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
4188	PING.EXE
3868	cmd.exe

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
4188	PING.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2104	2c50113339f3ac9674fd668246d00b66ed619309166780fa6a650d2b2a62fea9.exe
2104	2c50113339f3ac9674fd668246d00b66ed619309166780fa6a650d2b2a62fea9.exe

Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs

pid	Process
456	TXPlatfor.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1060	N.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	456	TXPlatfor.exe
Token: 33	456	TXPlatfor.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	456	TXPlatfor.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2104	2c50113339f3ac9674fd668246d00b66ed619309166780fa6a650d2b2a62fea9.exe
2104	2c50113339f3ac9674fd668246d00b66ed619309166780fa6a650d2b2a62fea9.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2720	2104	2c50113339f3ac9674fd668246d00b66ed619309166780fa6a650d2b2a62fea9.exe	82
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2720	2104	2c50113339f3ac9674fd668246d00b66ed619309166780fa6a650d2b2a62fea9.exe	82
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2720	2104	2c50113339f3ac9674fd668246d00b66ed619309166780fa6a650d2b2a62fea9.exe	82
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 1060	2104	2c50113339f3ac9674fd668246d00b66ed619309166780fa6a650d2b2a62fea9.exe	85
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 1060	2104	2c50113339f3ac9674fd668246d00b66ed619309166780fa6a650d2b2a62fea9.exe	85
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 1060	2104	2c50113339f3ac9674fd668246d00b66ed619309166780fa6a650d2b2a62fea9.exe	85
PID 4536 wrote to memory of 456	4536	TXPlatfor.exe	87
PID 4536 wrote to memory of 456	4536	TXPlatfor.exe	87
PID 4536 wrote to memory of 456	4536	TXPlatfor.exe	87
PID 1060 wrote to memory of 3868	1060	N.exe	88
PID 1060 wrote to memory of 3868	1060	N.exe	88
PID 1060 wrote to memory of 3868	1060	N.exe	88
PID 3868 wrote to memory of 4188	3868	cmd.exe	90
PID 3868 wrote to memory of 4188	3868	cmd.exe	90
PID 3868 wrote to memory of 4188	3868	cmd.exe	90
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 4448	2104	2c50113339f3ac9674fd668246d00b66ed619309166780fa6a650d2b2a62fea9.exe	91
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 4448	2104	2c50113339f3ac9674fd668246d00b66ed619309166780fa6a650d2b2a62fea9.exe	91
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 4448	2104	2c50113339f3ac9674fd668246d00b66ed619309166780fa6a650d2b2a62fea9.exe	91
PID 3904 wrote to memory of 3984	3904	svchost.exe	93
PID 3904 wrote to memory of 3984	3904	svchost.exe	93
PID 3904 wrote to memory of 3984	3904	svchost.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2c50113339f3ac9674fd668246d00b66ed619309166780fa6a650d2b2a62fea9.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2c50113339f3ac9674fd668246d00b66ed619309166780fa6a650d2b2a62fea9.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2104
- 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:2720
- 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:1060
- - 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:3868
  - - 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:4188
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_2c50113339f3ac9674fd668246d00b66ed619309166780fa6a650d2b2a62fea9.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_2c50113339f3ac9674fd668246d00b66ed619309166780fa6a650d2b2a62fea9.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4448

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Remote Data"
1⤵
PID:1172

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:3904
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Remote Data.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\Remote Data.exe" "c:\windows\system32\240615828.txt",MainThread
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3984

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:4536
- 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:456

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

Remote System Discovery

T1018

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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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_2c50113339f3ac9674fd668246d00b66ed619309166780fa6a650d2b2a62fea9.exe

Filesize
10KB

MD5
030e0c16a7124a4a981b57c530cd3f6a

SHA1
11c0a0235fbd04f47f9da163119f6328380d60d4

SHA256
2ea96c56b4c7e2c7f42bebfd7e5759b93925ba5b57e7b7d628001151718de7fa

SHA512
cfc61217a77669ae925512ec91d7eb9c4bea4f6e07def74273d0bbd1420e715f1181d06f34aa7f4703e772111863993fd0808a474bc4e6566b1b1e535e9167f0

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_X.dat

Filesize
2.6MB

MD5
97958c76750221e2953392782e393c54

SHA1
125961f3d7ba5404792478b929e331a3188c0e42

SHA256
93bba883b08d311455ffdcd4c2a8f70a5e5eb4294a158c840ef6757b10259f6b

SHA512
2d5cfb8751911c4d3980cf2059e87c37ef3d9cf02736d8494f8983a05677abbcc750613b2d609540e0c317b94359b74b8347491a9417b36a3ad5b2d03d6363e2

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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

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240615828.txt

Filesize
899KB

MD5
eae70abc98cbd8f2efa00751c7a8900d

SHA1
5c8042e2446016d6f8c5137661378c6d6af399a4

SHA256
38d8c7928985316c3966398e00d468182e38ac0a06ba984c2a6cfd169b6e7563

SHA512
2fef3ee4dc61e4d4c0fd75bc48ca874cd2784bd3da7e899f92351ffb1d812b93c7b68d453c3948e4b4a7864dbe17d226a9410e5d3ec3c2be5e5d8d2303fceb63

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

Filesize
60KB

MD5
889b99c52a60dd49227c5e485a016679

SHA1
8fa889e456aa646a4d0a4349977430ce5fa5e2d7

SHA256
6cbe0e1f046b13b29bfa26f8b368281d2dda7eb9b718651d5856f22cc3e02910

SHA512
08933106eaf338dd119c45cbf1f83e723aff77cc0f8d3fc84e36253b1eb31557a54211d1d5d1cb58958188e32064d451f6c66a24b3963cccd3de07299ab90641

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memory/456-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/456-45-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/456-39-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/1060-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/1060-20-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/1060-19-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/1060-17-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/4536-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/4536-28-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/4536-29-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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