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
15-01-2025 01:49
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe
Resource
win7-20240903-en
General
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Target
185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe
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Size
1.2MB
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MD5
f2c289910a89d63bdaf158b50b58a5b4
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SHA1
4efa12db1f2b3316b63b955a6ad9b20893998755
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SHA256
185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9
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SHA512
d24d7af96a509f60b6fbae862245da2ad4422dbc84c835dd9484eb3b436d70dc4f33d35a820b8618a66ce2f956062ecd304b4e9c286792f30a3cfa479052d840
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SSDEEP
24576:HovxCwgMBqHO5ZdYXOp0nQrXctTfK+d+MrTXowFlw57XYBwJtia:WIwgMEuy+inDfp3/XoCw57XYBwKa
Malware Config
Signatures
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resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/3700-25-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/3700-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/664-34-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/664-33-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/5056-44-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/5056-46-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit behavioral2/memory/5056-49-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp purplefox_rootkit -
Gh0st RAT payload 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x0007000000023c71-17.dat family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/3700-25-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/3700-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/664-34-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/664-33-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/5056-44-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/5056-46-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp family_gh0strat behavioral2/memory/5056-49-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-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 -
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-1-5-21-4089630652-1596403869-279772308-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe -
Drops startup file 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\win.lnk 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe -
Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
pid Process 4292 AK47.exe 2504 AK47.exe 3700 AK74.exe 664 Ghiya.exe 5056 Ghiya.exe -
Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
pid Process 2504 AK47.exe -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/5100-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/5100-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/files/0x0008000000023c6e-54.dat vmprotect behavioral2/memory/5100-59-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/5100-62-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/5100-65-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/5100-69-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/5100-72-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/5100-75-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp vmprotect behavioral2/memory/5100-78-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-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" 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe -
Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240616812.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 behavioral2/memory/3700-25-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3700-24-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3700-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/664-34-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/664-33-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/664-31-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5056-44-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5056-46-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5056-49-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp upx -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
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Program crash 1 IoCs
pid pid_target Process procid_target 400 2504 WerFault.exe 85 -
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 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 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.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 Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Ghiya.exe -
System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
pid Process 1832 cmd.exe 4720 PING.EXE -
Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4089630652-1596403869-279772308-1000_Classes\Local Settings 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe -
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 4720 PING.EXE -
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 16 IoCs
pid Process 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe -
Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
pid Process 5056 Ghiya.exe -
Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
pid Process 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3700 AK74.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 5056 Ghiya.exe Token: 33 5056 Ghiya.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 5056 Ghiya.exe Token: 33 5056 Ghiya.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 5056 Ghiya.exe -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 5100 wrote to memory of 4292 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 84 PID 5100 wrote to memory of 4292 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 84 PID 5100 wrote to memory of 4292 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 84 PID 5100 wrote to memory of 2504 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 85 PID 5100 wrote to memory of 2504 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 85 PID 5100 wrote to memory of 2504 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 85 PID 5100 wrote to memory of 3700 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 89 PID 5100 wrote to memory of 3700 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 89 PID 5100 wrote to memory of 3700 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 89 PID 3700 wrote to memory of 1832 3700 AK74.exe 91 PID 3700 wrote to memory of 1832 3700 AK74.exe 91 PID 3700 wrote to memory of 1832 3700 AK74.exe 91 PID 664 wrote to memory of 5056 664 Ghiya.exe 92 PID 664 wrote to memory of 5056 664 Ghiya.exe 92 PID 664 wrote to memory of 5056 664 Ghiya.exe 92 PID 5100 wrote to memory of 3340 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 94 PID 5100 wrote to memory of 3340 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 94 PID 5100 wrote to memory of 3340 5100 185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe 94 PID 1832 wrote to memory of 4720 1832 cmd.exe 95 PID 1832 wrote to memory of 4720 1832 cmd.exe 95 PID 1832 wrote to memory of 4720 1832 cmd.exe 95
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\185529549bd0d8f9ff5523d9e4422fdd6d84fa614d1e8b3f6b8b254cbe0ba4b9.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:5100 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4292
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\AK47.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2504 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2504 -s 4283⤵
- Program crash
PID:400
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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:3700 -
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:1832 -
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:4720
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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:3340
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 360 -p 2504 -ip 25041⤵PID:4012
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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:664 -
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:5056
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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
MD583fa3f9aca7eec6c63040b8bb0ab3ff8
SHA1f64eab414ad746c26b4bf9b0a1d157a1d90b4f13
SHA2561315e95805f552e75d5a4885c5593e4c521e4e64496ea2f9a3090a7d87ab5238
SHA51247061b31a14571fad2334f7aa0084c89cea6f2a0b0df95f230e42dc3e93e6259088adc93fd096c020a7e6884216946b0c23e7e9ea2ce202e2c983ed70c4bed80
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Filesize
1.2MB
MD5c7acdcf83d117827a638e5665a4d354b
SHA1aaf5e4b2925ccbeb49800f79e6fdeddd8064202a
SHA25637b5ce0b957c529f78fa8a65b1893ca8e1019ede8c99cbf20363b96eabdbb751
SHA5124124194fe376bd280affbc722d41dce66ca85c571ad3872afbe45c3ca9a72560e05d37bda3156c8468eabd9f01dae282b9be8b88e45c14d672e0be75f5ba8896
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Filesize
49KB
MD5ba2513fa02a7997e6f818b7b451fb94a
SHA14fff3275a25fd50c3ec83d48e93b76d05d4ced09
SHA256c2426b2121175ed5da31ad4834c18181d7b2834cce1a7695d2fee3f3221f79db
SHA5126dbd72bd2b61a54acfbc379828fbbef70762adcc6c841516156a31ef95817b2015ef736893c530b6089d93d0380ba6762dde01d8d1a591dc4535fe11aae08b86