Analysis

  • max time kernel
    145s
  • max time network
    147s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    16-01-2025 11:58

General

  • Target

    089b799868894af391e646638cce665835ce1f8045d28d83b7c83c60e6148229.exe

  • Size

    1.2MB

  • MD5

    be61eb7b64279beb2152f59b36118145

  • SHA1

    2bd072a27b055c22c057a82b998e506642f1d02d

  • SHA256

    089b799868894af391e646638cce665835ce1f8045d28d83b7c83c60e6148229

  • SHA512

    76368dd472266b4f78e5337771248326adef12357f302f150c71c5ab5e25833ab81006866e4597cf297b7188620ca6a1a85ec939a2318d6e37f47bcc3eef61f1

  • SSDEEP

    24576:HovxCwgMBqHO5ZdYXOp0nQrXctTfK+d+MrTXowFlw57XYBwJtiQ:WIwgMEuy+inDfp3/XoCw57XYBwKQ

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detect PurpleFox Rootkit 7 IoCs

    Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.

  • Gh0st RAT payload 8 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 9 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 3 IoCs
  • 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.

  • 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 16 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 24 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\089b799868894af391e646638cce665835ce1f8045d28d83b7c83c60e6148229.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\089b799868894af391e646638cce665835ce1f8045d28d83b7c83c60e6148229.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:3396
    • 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:4160
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4160 -s 376
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:2140
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4160 -s 448
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:4768
    • 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:4348
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4348 -s 488
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:3844
    • 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:1252
      • 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:2296
        • 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:5028
    • 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:4104
    • 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:1432
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 456 -p 4348 -ip 4348
    1⤵
      PID:3204
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 4160 -ip 4160
      1⤵
        PID:2120
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 592 -p 4160 -ip 4160
        1⤵
          PID:368
        • 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:2156
          • 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:1808

        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

          0dc830f9e70fd019dfb17b5cc36f5178

          SHA1

          004ed7550c5af32a70347ffcf405299d0af6245e

          SHA256

          e37f51754979409b4f87d77fe13fd71df0dbcb3204257c5dbb194e4f5c8f8b82

          SHA512

          289c3dcbf10d8782d282db586085394d94fdede1c64a4819567e8ac533fa3f4cb75a6d9896afd7220deead85deaa2f8e06e5018df29093a0810adda92a8568a9

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

          Filesize

          1.2MB

          MD5

          ef88dd2b3d763cb74de8856b522fa86b

          SHA1

          2b695d0ed1825a094aa7bfefa1d454cb7f3ed03e

          SHA256

          32f4c0580e3d03cdd19082b8c1529d37d1730817ae44a98b542eb1cdc62b264e

          SHA512

          1135b2876d54f19dc36bfeef0208fb339fd5b0cb2b64721d84eb3196791f73a695f1c372e78d02041c12515ad6c87e7dee94eee1518319d4af07c054da35a8ac

        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240626937.txt

          Filesize

          49KB

          MD5

          89fa94bf72c13b4c50216cfaa06980bb

          SHA1

          af4e4d419e084f7daf6aedb602fdbbe2a0c587c5

          SHA256

          ab0888d5212704f481a27c9494c7217c93272c48fb18aa6bdb40f1698991abca

          SHA512

          c2b9957eb0e6a2cff8d69a19df8299e6b325b4a2381a305c668e238d24e6c7d784f0eb3ff901792d528479b613f426e76612189f67fe325c869f9003164345aa

        • memory/1252-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/1252-25-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/1252-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/1808-48-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/1808-44-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/1808-49-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/2156-33-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/2156-34-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/2156-31-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/3396-62-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          3.4MB

        • memory/3396-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          3.4MB

        • memory/3396-65-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          3.4MB

        • memory/3396-68-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          3.4MB

        • memory/3396-72-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          3.4MB

        • memory/3396-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          3.4MB

        • memory/3396-75-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          3.4MB

        • memory/3396-78-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          3.4MB

        • memory/3396-82-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          3.4MB