Analysis

  • max time kernel
    120s
  • max time network
    120s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    27-01-2025 04:45

General

  • Target

    JaffaCakes118_3c167a7c59626593b133881dd2998d3e.exe

  • Size

    150KB

  • MD5

    3c167a7c59626593b133881dd2998d3e

  • SHA1

    6964a04368af1cceae5c78029128cadbc6dea538

  • SHA256

    5c3ed14be5546228e67b3a6e06c3a19c1eeef3e7671367ebe0ac2ba75a5f7a2e

  • SHA512

    38f65fef1e186f0d415153b25980849da9605b5952468c2468592efa23fec7df9d95c1312f9a1096ed009b2c01ec0ec14e7fbaa5600b102f8fba1a105b9ba952

  • SSDEEP

    3072:tlxAxiiAYXRJ1cbuR3m8KoNVzbqQ+yaKf4baDJws3wDJ:tePXD1zQuNV1+yiJ

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Gh0st RAT payload 1 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
  • Deletes itself 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Indicator Removal: File Deletion 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 10 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 10 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 45 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3c167a7c59626593b133881dd2998d3e.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3c167a7c59626593b133881dd2998d3e.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2504
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\B51C.tmp
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\B51C.tmp
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1076
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INSD0F~1.INI /quiet
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1520
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\run_dws_file.bat" "
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2708
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\inlD3C5.tmp
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\inlD3C5.tmp cdf1912.tmp
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2584
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\inlD3C5.tmp > nul
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1072
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp_ext_favurl_cab.bat" "
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2876
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\expand.exe
        expand.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\favorites_url.cab" -F:*.* "C:\Users\Admin\Favorites"
        3⤵
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2692
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JAFFAC~1.EXE > nul
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2888
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2164
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding E9D7A781C0B620DA57BB8C815C9E71D4
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1684

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Config.Msi\f76d473.rbs

    Filesize

    7KB

    MD5

    a6e81519d1006950f087cde616f4ed3e

    SHA1

    13155255708e9b52b1b05ad99b51a248b921677a

    SHA256

    303ba200f41d3353c9f14ba1cc90204675287013931b066a79c3c44c08f811c9

    SHA512

    79f0c8356c8ecd443da6f0a7fbc98f29487e237248b330a440874ec0c80472db6fc8b232eb9050f23ba23950a6876acfe0bb3c334e2ba89037731030f24e6a89

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INSD0F~1.INI

    Filesize

    66KB

    MD5

    1a5431ea2612ba66743f5e196ff9d95e

    SHA1

    812517ad2cf8d109e38de2c9ce663d7b64b471a7

    SHA256

    d0ca65eeb366710d754c51e5a77a6f96babcb0541574d255be8fb6dfda0ab805

    SHA512

    764a0474dfa0b24baf24ce5afb20137a48a5c83ef420fc0ccd5a5beadb0d441ea55184ed82f68404c67335392e33d1a85c17048ad2bace22b0c655b823d548bf

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cdf1912.tmp

    Filesize

    768B

    MD5

    d20d9eda31a2d0300e4589df7f352370

    SHA1

    79b46d2dbb489914cfedafdbc90e62951471b48e

    SHA256

    d7a1d6a8cf5c3fbb85cd06147a599f5274630b86b1c89721f10a60c1bbe994d8

    SHA512

    d28c5b69325a9833776ea362445b77b231a0ec9b9b8b4a2ad37a434ee8b2b0c1903d6ade1e372f73ac8ada951e0a24076cf23d9307d27fed5927f4bf8b0d0a5e

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\run_dws_file.bat

    Filesize

    57B

    MD5

    931a60e4148c3ecdd475aaa9e94057e2

    SHA1

    8a87bcf868788f7e3fb5ccfa8aa3e9df8d04bfd2

    SHA256

    2ce4ae7d5e3ed30ebe832e6977181bc3baf0004b0610154c2182c59431bfcd23

    SHA512

    be9ae486bfaf3ac0741bfedfc06ff938ee8032704d9e81953dc6f67ce9f402f1ed92d8ab39a77f3a54bcb8a1131c2a0e14ff96092a13b900db7633e8fab0f54f

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp_ext_favurl_cab.bat

    Filesize

    98B

    MD5

    8663de6fce9208b795dc913d1a6a3f5b

    SHA1

    882193f208cf012eaf22eeaa4fef3b67e7c67c15

    SHA256

    2909ea8555f2fc19097c1070a1da8fcfd6dc6886aa1d99d7e0c05e53feeb5b61

    SHA512

    9381063e0f85e874be54ae22675393b82c6ab54b223090148e4acbeff6f22393c96c90b83d6538461b695528af01d1f1231cf5dc719f07d6168386974b490688

  • \??\c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\favorites_url.cab

    Filesize

    425B

    MD5

    da68bc3b7c3525670a04366bc55629f5

    SHA1

    15fda47ecfead7db8f7aee6ca7570138ba7f1b71

    SHA256

    73f3605192b676c92649034768378909a19d13883a7ea6f8ba1b096c78ffadb5

    SHA512

    6fee416affcb6a74621479697bca6f14f5429b00de3aa595abe3c60c6b2e094877b59f8783bbe7bdd567fa565d0630bb02def5603f8f0ea92fe8f2c3ac5383c0

  • memory/1076-12-0x0000000000280000-0x0000000000282000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1076-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    192KB

  • memory/2504-19-0x0000000004990000-0x00000000049A0000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2504-17-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000023000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    12KB

  • memory/2504-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    248KB

  • memory/2504-45-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    248KB

  • memory/2504-8-0x0000000000380000-0x00000000003B0000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    192KB

  • memory/2504-1-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000023000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    12KB

  • memory/2584-92-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000408000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB