gh0strat | 2af800e3d5ec67396314fabd72fb543f4773b08a0c7ef4e2ab9b0906e7607b1a

Analysis

max time kernel
143s
max time network
147s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
27-01-2025 07:57

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe
Size

270KB
MD5

3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3
SHA1

e242215ebc88a3f3dae6be6fb529a30cf35b2a90
SHA256

2af800e3d5ec67396314fabd72fb543f4773b08a0c7ef4e2ab9b0906e7607b1a
SHA512

2a1537a340e8ac1fc2735185d1ad3580702aacc8c2589aeb6d9b0112da83b0026a1a735d7c81585f82a53ae8b11e325d92224a3af5495444ca0ba28b27500a2b
SSDEEP

6144:EF3ge/Luz9FR1eTboMMjZstEGnUKvf8QLBBzAM+GuN8QpKPn:o3ge/LeL5FGnFlLbzL+jkn

Score

10^/10

gh0strat bootkit defense_evasion discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x000c0000000186c8-20.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2876-26-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2812-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2812-46-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2876-48-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-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

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2904	cmd.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2876	qiuqi0.exe
2608	qiuqi0.exe

Loads dropped DLL 11 IoCs

pid	Process
2812	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe
2876	qiuqi0.exe
2876	qiuqi0.exe
2876	qiuqi0.exe
2876	qiuqi0.exe
2876	qiuqi0.exe
2876	qiuqi0.exe
2812	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe
2608	qiuqi0.exe
2608	qiuqi0.exe
2608	qiuqi0.exe

Indicator Removal: File Deletion 1 TTPs
Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.
defense_evasion

File Deletion
T1070.004

Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

bootkit persistence

Bootkit

T1542.003

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	\??\PhysicalDrive0	qiuqi0.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\qiuqi0.dll	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\qiuqi0.exe	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Common Files\qiuqi0.exe	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\qiuqi0.bat	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\maoma0.dll	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 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_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	qiuqi0.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	qiuqi0.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	qiuqi0.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz	qiuqi0.exe

Modifies registry class 3 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{603D3801-BD81-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}	qiuqi0.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{603D3801-BD81-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}\InProcServer32	qiuqi0.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID	qiuqi0.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2876	qiuqi0.exe
2876	qiuqi0.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 28 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2876	2812	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe	30
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2876	2812	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe	30
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2876	2812	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe	30
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2876	2812	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe	30
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2876	2812	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe	30
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2876	2812	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe	30
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2876	2812	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe	30
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2608	2812	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe	31
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2608	2812	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe	31
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2608	2812	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe	31
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2608	2812	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe	31
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2608	2812	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe	31
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2608	2812	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe	31
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2608	2812	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe	31
PID 2608 wrote to memory of 1536	2608	qiuqi0.exe	32
PID 2608 wrote to memory of 1536	2608	qiuqi0.exe	32
PID 2608 wrote to memory of 1536	2608	qiuqi0.exe	32
PID 2608 wrote to memory of 1536	2608	qiuqi0.exe	32
PID 2608 wrote to memory of 1536	2608	qiuqi0.exe	32
PID 2608 wrote to memory of 1536	2608	qiuqi0.exe	32
PID 2608 wrote to memory of 1536	2608	qiuqi0.exe	32
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2904	2812	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe	33
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2904	2812	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe	33
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2904	2812	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe	33
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2904	2812	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe	33
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2904	2812	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe	33
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2904	2812	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe	33
PID 2812 wrote to memory of 2904	2812	JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe	33

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3d7dc68e9ded817b01629c60d5051dd3.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2812
- C:\Program Files\Common Files\qiuqi0.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Common Files\qiuqi0.exe" "C:\Program Files\Common Files\maoma0.dll" ServiceMain
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Checks processor information in registry
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  PID:2876
- C:\Documents and Settings\qiuqi0.exe
  "C:\Documents and Settings\qiuqi0.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Modifies registry class
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2608
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    cmd /c del C:\DOCUME~1\qiuqi0.exe
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1536
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  cmd /c del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JAFFAC~1.EXE
  2⤵
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2904

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Pre-OS Boot

T1542

Bootkit

T1542.003

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Indicator Removal

T1070

File Deletion

T1070.004

Pre-OS Boot

T1542

Bootkit

T1542.003

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Program Files\Common Files\maoma0.dll

Filesize
24.1MB

MD5
e3260113e1a61ce5b39746b2fb1dfbcb

SHA1
329120d117a1230e23a567cfbe74eee01d51d22a

SHA256
95e7d12a9f423636c743411340739a93aa581a890af87ef08fa934bd142bbe01

SHA512
377dfb03c1b60c91d3148f476a11625ba87d93b7de153d7d1413ceb9c02d2abf70d16082152b5c11beba17140434839e366425876249fef479e8585df08cf6fd

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\Program Files\Common Files\qiuqi0.exe

Filesize
43KB

MD5
51138beea3e2c21ec44d0932c71762a8

SHA1
8939cf35447b22dd2c6e6f443446acc1bf986d58

SHA256
5ad3c37e6f2b9db3ee8b5aeedc474645de90c66e3d95f8620c48102f1eba4124

SHA512
794f30fe452117ff2a26dc9d7086aaf82b639c2632ac2e381a81f5239caaec7c96922ba5d2d90bfd8d74f0a6cd4f79fbda63e14c6b779e5cf6834c13e4e45e7d

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\Users\qiuqi0.exe

Filesize
24.0MB

MD5
023f45e0b0e060d2e2c2c595831c032e

SHA1
5989bcc1112ba4dd7b09cc4ac314a795b62139eb

SHA256
73a2acb8234f372efd459c49ec0c77ed435aa9b6cfb87fc48d96894066debee4

SHA512
560fc4fd55a9cf855383b241d8c911599aad297e84f326492e7975ce6ab0a7b19fc6fef2164b6987f2989d88e9251870c5065aaa3645a5832476cad521baeb0a

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memory/2608-43-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000406000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/2608-41-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000026000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/2608-42-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000026000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/2608-36-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000406000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/2812-5-0x0000000000260000-0x0000000000261000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2812-3-0x0000000000280000-0x00000000002BE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2812-6-0x00000000002C0000-0x00000000002C2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2812-46-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

Filesize
480KB

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memory/2812-47-0x0000000000280000-0x00000000002BE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2812-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

Filesize
480KB

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memory/2812-28-0x0000000000280000-0x00000000002BE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2812-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

Filesize
480KB

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memory/2812-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

Filesize
480KB

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memory/2812-35-0x00000000002E0000-0x00000000002E6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/2812-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

Filesize
480KB

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memory/2812-2-0x0000000000280000-0x00000000002BE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2812-1-0x0000000000240000-0x00000000002B8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
480KB

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memory/2876-25-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/2876-26-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/2876-48-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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