Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    09-01-2025 19:22

General

  • Target

    6c8f9153282bfe92481bf077b3116c85472cd3c95fbfe86cd0fbc0f7f1716c29.exe

  • Size

    1.2MB

  • MD5

    dcdd9568ce0fe302a913fcd1944e814f

  • SHA1

    46ad4ac25f456c360a90516ddfe768bf537daa2f

  • SHA256

    6c8f9153282bfe92481bf077b3116c85472cd3c95fbfe86cd0fbc0f7f1716c29

  • SHA512

    365d20523184082151361114d6f7b9b766aa49fbc713498c2a1661b5fd271364db6e91f7f3f008a80318784badff7d93595b8213b02ab7bce52d97ee9f829225

  • SSDEEP

    24576:HovxCwgMBqHO5ZdYXOp0nQrXctTfK+d+MrTXowFlw57XYBwJtiK:WIwgMEuy+inDfp3/XoCw57XYBwKK

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detect PurpleFox Rootkit 9 IoCs

    Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.

  • Gh0st RAT payload 10 IoCs
  • Gh0strat

    Gh0st RAT is a remote access tool (RAT) with its source code public and it has been used by multiple Chinese groups.

  • Gh0strat family
  • PurpleFox

    PurpleFox is an exploit kit used to distribute other malware families and first seen in 2018.

  • Purplefox family
  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Drops startup file 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • VMProtect packed file 10 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with VMProtect commercial packer.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 12 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Program crash 2 IoCs
  • 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.

  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6c8f9153282bfe92481bf077b3116c85472cd3c95fbfe86cd0fbc0f7f1716c29.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6c8f9153282bfe92481bf077b3116c85472cd3c95fbfe86cd0fbc0f7f1716c29.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:2268
    • 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:4224
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4224 -s 456
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:2736
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\AK47.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:212
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 212 -s 424
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:2180
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK74.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\AK74.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:1992
      • 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\AK74.exe > nul
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4300
        • 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:2432
    • 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:528
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 460 -p 212 -ip 212
    1⤵
      PID:320
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 4224 -ip 4224
      1⤵
        PID:4120
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe -auto
        1⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:676
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.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:3092

      Network

      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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      Downloads

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exe

        Filesize

        91KB

        MD5

        423eb994ed553294f8a6813619b8da87

        SHA1

        eca6a16ccd13adcfc27bc1041ddef97ec8081255

        SHA256

        050b4f2d5ae8eaecd414318dc8e222a56f169626da6ca8feb7edd78e8b1f0218

        SHA512

        fab0a9af8031c242c486de373df7277c8b0e39f7a0c9c2ac2e385dbd3ea67be16e91b128287634f76131e5264149ab1b452cd21df4c4895e8c4efc8d8cf99095

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK74.exe

        Filesize

        400KB

        MD5

        b0998aa7d5071d33daa5b60b9c3c9735

        SHA1

        9365a1ff0c6de244d6f36c8d84072cc916665d3c

        SHA256

        3080b6bb456564899b0d99d4131bd6a0b284d31f7d80ef773e4872d94048d49a

        SHA512

        308c13cda9fea39b980ae686f44afd9090e9cb8970fffc4436320e0d09a31aee5e656914e0121fe888098a14c52749716fa04980396fd6ac70a88c11cbb6b850

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Config.ini

        Filesize

        92B

        MD5

        29ce53e2a4a446614ccc8d64d346bde4

        SHA1

        39a7aa5cc1124842aa0c25abb16ea94452125cbe

        SHA256

        56225be6838bc6e93ea215891eacf28844ae27a9f8b2b29bf19d3a8c2b1f58df

        SHA512

        b2c5a2708c427171a5715801f8ea733ffe88d73aaaaf59c5c752ea32cbe7aae8526cc26eabe84ad5043174c0c69b1d6b15a9fb125c15accfac3462d5d08a0faa

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VBS3.vbs

        Filesize

        753B

        MD5

        c96a6cfc1b6f1b86aa2cc4c636289810

        SHA1

        c597b136906a7fe6b16d93bbbb198798bfde5ad3

        SHA256

        28b74c41ddfcd1774d82cd587fdb239c9a3a2562f02569547b1436db67b29139

        SHA512

        9889da45cde9580e55ce338ff4b92ffb25e87b6e9dafdb68798a448711e85edfe667e9173fbc37e9120653de08ca4fdd47233d1a1ebd589467941173c45473a9

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\svchcst.exe

        Filesize

        1.2MB

        MD5

        23e5a63f355c6ef0df004d533e76be67

        SHA1

        e50a0c079507f722c4dc80f6880e6bce8451831d

        SHA256

        fd7061798bad7725daed1f08cb65a4df5c7daede5261874b7cfedb7b5c614556

        SHA512

        1979e9b783071f2a07abeff06c7517bec57ba6eb638e98d363a62f7b67aacccac456a55389340e28960179e9ccae84870d79d2b7e8a2cfb1269d6cc4d2549cb3

      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240627640.txt

        Filesize

        49KB

        MD5

        cafa19fa199f264e9e28b3e58659a41e

        SHA1

        db23ef9ca6be75640a4f83693603d28a8c7c539e

        SHA256

        c95fd9551c1dc889f8d0ec8fe156dffd4c5fb1fbd34aa0260503c043c478d9c2

        SHA512

        37067f3bc65ce24ac394b21b16accc11a56633b439b09812bcf35bdc81eb3e638912b0452823ee2e067f01682b04f742d72d4eeb9d51ca50b3e2c9a345cbef4b

      • memory/676-32-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.7MB

      • memory/676-34-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.7MB

      • memory/676-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.7MB

      • memory/1992-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.7MB

      • memory/1992-24-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.7MB

      • memory/1992-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.7MB

      • memory/2268-76-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        3.4MB

      • memory/2268-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        3.4MB

      • memory/2268-79-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        3.4MB

      • memory/2268-66-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        3.4MB

      • memory/2268-73-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        3.4MB

      • memory/2268-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        3.4MB

      • memory/2268-70-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        3.4MB

      • memory/2268-60-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        3.4MB

      • memory/2268-63-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        3.4MB

      • memory/3092-50-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.7MB

      • memory/3092-58-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.7MB

      • memory/3092-57-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.7MB

      • memory/3092-53-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.7MB

      • memory/3092-49-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.7MB

      • memory/3092-44-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.7MB