gh0strat | afa25d5b2f16e3e0b5b7c1afae2b27c2cea267d6b1f42e1188c5116bd5d60866

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
143s
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 10:53

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_3ed4ec7ffbbaa7cedf86e7da640ea246.exe
Size

107KB
MD5

3ed4ec7ffbbaa7cedf86e7da640ea246
SHA1

42d5cc980b54addcf4c14b348449d478c6403a5a
SHA256

afa25d5b2f16e3e0b5b7c1afae2b27c2cea267d6b1f42e1188c5116bd5d60866
SHA512

bbd0f973ec0a702149e79195b22576cacc88cbca75c08eb01e5a9e3933288cf5cb36e04c0643efdb0c10b47d0ba4fecfa0c9d5d22bddee5266ca8c7225e33c9b
SSDEEP

3072:iosj8C4iSyGPQYgO6gxr+I58PUcfJZsppERaTA4Tw++J+T:i9YiSyGoYgO6gxr+I5elf44RQXw+a8

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4796-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/files/0x000a000000023c05-4.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4796-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/540-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/540-8-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001B000-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\FastUserSwitchingCompatibility\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\FastUserSwitchingCompatibility360.dll"	JaffaCakes118_3ed4ec7ffbbaa7cedf86e7da640ea246.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
540	SVCHOST.EXE

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
540	SVCHOST.EXE

Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FastUserSwitchingCompatibility360.dll	JaffaCakes118_3ed4ec7ffbbaa7cedf86e7da640ea246.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_3ed4ec7ffbbaa7cedf86e7da640ea246.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	SVCHOST.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3ed4ec7ffbbaa7cedf86e7da640ea246.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3ed4ec7ffbbaa7cedf86e7da640ea246.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4796

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SVCHOST.EXE
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SVCHOST.EXE -K NETSVCS -s FastUserSwitchingCompatibility
1⤵
- Deletes itself
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:540

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:\windows\SysWOW64\fastuserswitchingcompatibility360.dll

Filesize
95KB

MD5
42e34ec16b2965498222b5e1bbf573b2

SHA1
5f0555ecfb61ea0fd1fd9e99224550050e38ddd8

SHA256
a2e66b276617a3724f6a4ec2dd51c5f1dfdbe403c0d90df9f8603d157d303489

SHA512
1e925e480a0cc50f5f47559ac581dd0c1b71e123ac6aff60bddb5fe0470a317dff6bda369cd3795e5a68ab8761e7648824332888649756cb48fff041263ed370

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memory/540-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/540-8-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/4796-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/4796-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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