Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
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resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system -
submitted
06-01-2025 23:34
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe
Resource
win7-20240903-en
General
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Target
16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe
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Size
1.2MB
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MD5
f8f20174a3cb28be7af090212e9abb86
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SHA1
c0a32a43a1cd8f680740a8ebfb4ad66f5f1b93ec
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SHA256
16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1
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SHA512
a1ca3e6d295fe5e1726a060072ed21395900aa93afa36fa22ead3ac1dc3bd13a237275d6fc2d5a34c2466aba7455d548ee6ab053193d6d0c84417f1b16b7678e
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SSDEEP
24576:HovxCwgMBqHO5ZdYXOp0nQrXctTfK+d+MrTXowFlw57XYBwJtiD:WIwgMEuy+inDfp3/XoCw57XYBwKD
Malware Config
Signatures
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resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/2736-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral1/memory/2736-24-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral1/memory/2800-44-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral1/memory/2800-48-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral1/memory/2800-49-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit -
Gh0st RAT payload 6 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x0008000000015f81-14.dat family_gh0strat behavioral1/memory/2736-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral1/memory/2736-24-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral1/memory/2800-44-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral1/memory/2800-48-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral1/memory/2800-49-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-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 -
Drops startup file 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\win.lnk 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe -
Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
pid Process 2684 AK47.exe 2792 AK47.exe 2736 AK74.exe 2824 Ghiya.exe 2800 Ghiya.exe -
Loads dropped DLL 7 IoCs
pid Process 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 2792 AK47.exe 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 2824 Ghiya.exe 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/2260-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral1/memory/2260-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral1/files/0x00070000000164c8-56.dat vmprotect behavioral1/memory/2260-63-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral1/memory/2260-69-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral1/memory/2260-72-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral1/memory/2260-76-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral1/memory/2260-79-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral1/memory/2260-82-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral1/memory/2260-85-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-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" 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe -
Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\259463343.txt AK47.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\259463343.txt AK47.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe AK74.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe AK74.exe -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/2736-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/2736-24-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/2736-21-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/2800-44-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/2800-48-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/2800-49-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
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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 AK74.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Ghiya.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 WScript.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AK47.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AK47.exe -
System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
pid Process 2696 cmd.exe 2384 PING.EXE -
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 2384 PING.EXE -
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
pid Process 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe -
Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
pid Process 2800 Ghiya.exe -
Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
pid Process 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2736 AK74.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 2800 Ghiya.exe Token: 33 2800 Ghiya.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2800 Ghiya.exe Token: 33 2800 Ghiya.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2800 Ghiya.exe -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 34 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2260 wrote to memory of 2792 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 30 PID 2260 wrote to memory of 2792 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 30 PID 2260 wrote to memory of 2792 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 30 PID 2260 wrote to memory of 2792 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 30 PID 2260 wrote to memory of 2684 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 31 PID 2260 wrote to memory of 2684 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 31 PID 2260 wrote to memory of 2684 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 31 PID 2260 wrote to memory of 2684 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 31 PID 2260 wrote to memory of 2736 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 32 PID 2260 wrote to memory of 2736 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 32 PID 2260 wrote to memory of 2736 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 32 PID 2260 wrote to memory of 2736 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 32 PID 2260 wrote to memory of 2736 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 32 PID 2260 wrote to memory of 2736 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 32 PID 2260 wrote to memory of 2736 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 32 PID 2736 wrote to memory of 2696 2736 AK74.exe 34 PID 2736 wrote to memory of 2696 2736 AK74.exe 34 PID 2736 wrote to memory of 2696 2736 AK74.exe 34 PID 2736 wrote to memory of 2696 2736 AK74.exe 34 PID 2824 wrote to memory of 2800 2824 Ghiya.exe 35 PID 2824 wrote to memory of 2800 2824 Ghiya.exe 35 PID 2824 wrote to memory of 2800 2824 Ghiya.exe 35 PID 2824 wrote to memory of 2800 2824 Ghiya.exe 35 PID 2824 wrote to memory of 2800 2824 Ghiya.exe 35 PID 2824 wrote to memory of 2800 2824 Ghiya.exe 35 PID 2824 wrote to memory of 2800 2824 Ghiya.exe 35 PID 2696 wrote to memory of 2384 2696 cmd.exe 37 PID 2696 wrote to memory of 2384 2696 cmd.exe 37 PID 2696 wrote to memory of 2384 2696 cmd.exe 37 PID 2696 wrote to memory of 2384 2696 cmd.exe 37 PID 2260 wrote to memory of 2120 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 38 PID 2260 wrote to memory of 2120 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 38 PID 2260 wrote to memory of 2120 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 38 PID 2260 wrote to memory of 2120 2260 16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe 38
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\16d231facd6378884c2605afca0c0485b3a56af9ff6e056e2fadd48c562900a1.exe"1⤵
- Drops startup file
- Loads dropped DLL
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2260 -
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:2792
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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:2684
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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:2736 -
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:2696 -
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:2384
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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:2120
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe -auto1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2824 -
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:2800
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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
400KB
MD5b0998aa7d5071d33daa5b60b9c3c9735
SHA19365a1ff0c6de244d6f36c8d84072cc916665d3c
SHA2563080b6bb456564899b0d99d4131bd6a0b284d31f7d80ef773e4872d94048d49a
SHA512308c13cda9fea39b980ae686f44afd9090e9cb8970fffc4436320e0d09a31aee5e656914e0121fe888098a14c52749716fa04980396fd6ac70a88c11cbb6b850
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Filesize
92B
MD529ce53e2a4a446614ccc8d64d346bde4
SHA139a7aa5cc1124842aa0c25abb16ea94452125cbe
SHA25656225be6838bc6e93ea215891eacf28844ae27a9f8b2b29bf19d3a8c2b1f58df
SHA512b2c5a2708c427171a5715801f8ea733ffe88d73aaaaf59c5c752ea32cbe7aae8526cc26eabe84ad5043174c0c69b1d6b15a9fb125c15accfac3462d5d08a0faa
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Filesize
753B
MD5f1baed699ef2f752fa308b0e5f2b7565
SHA130bc408e01f8bc296189c4796c55d97cbd0e6976
SHA256ae2b67014879ceeb754ce1c66d28e5a549f879d0fc28663e904ba6381cff8780
SHA512d4b8ba7a263cc4be709da61644cc2f83afd3c732b3fc9d7f7b368be32e7f68d319e99068b0d527e1f9f5540d7a73b51d41c271dfa459ef881193e7097149df9c
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Filesize
91KB
MD5423eb994ed553294f8a6813619b8da87
SHA1eca6a16ccd13adcfc27bc1041ddef97ec8081255
SHA256050b4f2d5ae8eaecd414318dc8e222a56f169626da6ca8feb7edd78e8b1f0218
SHA512fab0a9af8031c242c486de373df7277c8b0e39f7a0c9c2ac2e385dbd3ea67be16e91b128287634f76131e5264149ab1b452cd21df4c4895e8c4efc8d8cf99095
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Filesize
1.2MB
MD5379597553335baac56bd61bd06af0d21
SHA18c21a5386ee5abe1fd34607898474b79a943fe43
SHA25679fb9d1c1fcee86b477e42940aa7b2620b6b61fb634718c5fbe384147535443e
SHA5125262fc20e21d16cd43e4c29823bd45c5a01de940ca29ea992fa73a5005dd53d3118dcc57abd98bf0d1b827bbe720962bf3519f6288b3fdb762d89fb67057e4bd
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Filesize
49KB
MD58fc17754ab4a106388253fee497963b3
SHA18fe315bbade256bfa22e35600296d53d4bebf90c
SHA2567f149f71c78099cd0b3f8f898a1cd04b5adaa6c33f057d8706670ffb43a7b26a
SHA512a91215448afae19786b74d08829109cc99e193ece4b8ba4f32f9957cd2575b50e3f6c3412a1a822c38ef038e95390825586065e5c9de8806e58941c71c4ac49a