gh0strat | 22ea8eb8bfa97f26b11f9e6d471b0fe20b3e57933ef15e54b961dddf10fac902

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_49db7c377eccbc222fd879f28286063e.exe
Size

80KB
MD5

49db7c377eccbc222fd879f28286063e
SHA1

d3a19d14acf029a60d4a1663f7ee09b2d2981645
SHA256

22ea8eb8bfa97f26b11f9e6d471b0fe20b3e57933ef15e54b961dddf10fac902
SHA512

c935f6d1927499a753249549645892f0074012fb3383dffa5386c66e347ce7ac494aa364a55afba8d8b69f651d7b6941cfdcc3ac0592a1050f38ce2dc3360f44
SSDEEP

1536:sFz0LnC0atiq+9Cc73McaTBFb0bJ+oa/xrpnHTlyojsjxNe22JjIHM:sFz90hq+Yc7Hf4oa5r5sojsj+oM

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 3 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/228-4-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/228-3-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/228-5-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-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

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\C6D64BC4 = "C:\\Windows\\C6D64BC4\\svchsot.exe"	JaffaCakes118_49db7c377eccbc222fd879f28286063e.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Default	JaffaCakes118_49db7c377eccbc222fd879f28286063e.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\C6D64BC4\svchsot.exe	JaffaCakes118_49db7c377eccbc222fd879f28286063e.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\C6D64BC4\svchsot.exe	JaffaCakes118_49db7c377eccbc222fd879f28286063e.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 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_49db7c377eccbc222fd879f28286063e.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	net.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	net1.exe

System Service Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Adversaries may try to gather information about registered local system services.

discovery

System Service Discovery

T1007

pid	Process
4824	net.exe
3344	net1.exe

Runs net.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs

pid	Process
228	JaffaCakes118_49db7c377eccbc222fd879f28286063e.exe
228	JaffaCakes118_49db7c377eccbc222fd879f28286063e.exe
228	JaffaCakes118_49db7c377eccbc222fd879f28286063e.exe
228	JaffaCakes118_49db7c377eccbc222fd879f28286063e.exe
228	JaffaCakes118_49db7c377eccbc222fd879f28286063e.exe
228	JaffaCakes118_49db7c377eccbc222fd879f28286063e.exe
228	JaffaCakes118_49db7c377eccbc222fd879f28286063e.exe
228	JaffaCakes118_49db7c377eccbc222fd879f28286063e.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	228	JaffaCakes118_49db7c377eccbc222fd879f28286063e.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	228	JaffaCakes118_49db7c377eccbc222fd879f28286063e.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 228 wrote to memory of 4824	228	JaffaCakes118_49db7c377eccbc222fd879f28286063e.exe	82
PID 228 wrote to memory of 4824	228	JaffaCakes118_49db7c377eccbc222fd879f28286063e.exe	82
PID 228 wrote to memory of 4824	228	JaffaCakes118_49db7c377eccbc222fd879f28286063e.exe	82
PID 4824 wrote to memory of 3344	4824	net.exe	84
PID 4824 wrote to memory of 3344	4824	net.exe	84
PID 4824 wrote to memory of 3344	4824	net.exe	84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_49db7c377eccbc222fd879f28286063e.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_49db7c377eccbc222fd879f28286063e.exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:228
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
  net start "Task Scheduler"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Service Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4824
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\net1 start "Task Scheduler"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - System Service Discovery
    PID:3344

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

System Service Discovery

1

T1007

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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memory/228-0-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/228-4-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/228-7-0x00000000008E0000-0x00000000008E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/228-3-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/228-5-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/228-11-0x00000000008E0000-0x00000000008E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/228-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000418000-memory.dmp

Filesize
96KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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