gh0strat | d2b2bfc25e47bef87d7539036f322b354656ee04ce87d08b0975414cb2b44419

Analysis

max time kernel
94s
max time network
125s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250129-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250129-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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28-01-2025 17:31

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_4d7f2466a937852a36bdd3d52ca9b43b.exe
Size

52KB
MD5

4d7f2466a937852a36bdd3d52ca9b43b
SHA1

6db22ef298ccb4db3bd495b66533ee5909adeddf
SHA256

d2b2bfc25e47bef87d7539036f322b354656ee04ce87d08b0975414cb2b44419
SHA512

9df16587cc1922714ad98b53903e411a29ece1e02a15b185b6bf84431b92626e159604a0c6d8a4e5fdafe91fb9be4dad927cb0432db1b244f95e755f9fea228a
SSDEEP

768:zoZLAxyuCRTBOosD5DGdWcv+PAPf64haRWauKipleHv6sXSh7kjJbEhBbGJ:zsLAxDD5xcN36tAKipGv3XkKoXaJ

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3220-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042C000-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

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_4d7f2466a937852a36bdd3d52ca9b43b.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	taskkill.exe

Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

pid	Process
3900	taskkill.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3900	taskkill.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3220 wrote to memory of 3900	3220	JaffaCakes118_4d7f2466a937852a36bdd3d52ca9b43b.exe	81
PID 3220 wrote to memory of 3900	3220	JaffaCakes118_4d7f2466a937852a36bdd3d52ca9b43b.exe	81
PID 3220 wrote to memory of 3900	3220	JaffaCakes118_4d7f2466a937852a36bdd3d52ca9b43b.exe	81

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4d7f2466a937852a36bdd3d52ca9b43b.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4d7f2466a937852a36bdd3d52ca9b43b.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3220
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
  taskkill /f /t /im RSTray.exe
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Kills process with taskkill
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:3900

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

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

memory/3220-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
176KB

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memory/3220-1-0x0000000000560000-0x0000000000561000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3220-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
176KB

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