gh0strat | 9fe52a7e8447d83e8b1ca124f0b09ca60cede7f265176554b002eb33e6070686

Analysis

max time kernel
91s
max time network
144s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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27-01-2025 03:11

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_3b7dce4cbbb0a774a697423cc7d69d36.exe
Size

128KB
MD5

3b7dce4cbbb0a774a697423cc7d69d36
SHA1

586bb0d5ffe1660465bf8966784c63ca7e5fbc37
SHA256

9fe52a7e8447d83e8b1ca124f0b09ca60cede7f265176554b002eb33e6070686
SHA512

38425b1bf8e51e7b5ef7756463693098104e60a3080bee88de91471906662756637f6a9acc0ecb64852bf0694eda1a7e8faf7566730cad92ab50217b858bb246
SSDEEP

3072:780YwOK9TSCqq6cJwXvYzyhPXXjcniFUJvIHTqHQ:7ZYwO0TSCCcJCtPjujJvu

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/844-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/files/0x0008000000023cb8-2.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1768-4-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001D000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/844-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-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

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\360svc\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Local User\\localuser.dll"	JaffaCakes118_3b7dce4cbbb0a774a697423cc7d69d36.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
1768	svchost.exe
1768	svchost.exe
1768	svchost.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 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	JaffaCakes118_3b7dce4cbbb0a774a697423cc7d69d36.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
844	JaffaCakes118_3b7dce4cbbb0a774a697423cc7d69d36.exe
844	JaffaCakes118_3b7dce4cbbb0a774a697423cc7d69d36.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3b7dce4cbbb0a774a697423cc7d69d36.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3b7dce4cbbb0a774a697423cc7d69d36.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:844

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1768

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Server Software Component

T1505

Terminal Services DLL

T1505.005

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

\??\c:\documents and settings\local user\localuser.dll

Filesize
106KB

MD5
28fa169ceb0afecd18b3961dcea90b01

SHA1
e442b22f252f742cca24479d1dcda78ff957fc9c

SHA256
216763e52c3f23c1f5670155fc79f4b8ebf78a02706dd416c08bc005d29f396b

SHA512
01d4ed7b45953eea9a8afe9c7b9a63bbdfa58c9abc03897df0633983224a04a907d86af8fa1eee9fe20ed568cbf93a840b5df085aa0eb74282049cd7f16a6787

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memory/844-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/844-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/1768-4-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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