gh0strat | bd287e1c525b965941aa21441690017d7a39d53f6931cb01bef4fdbe3fa1df36

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_50a99bf8df5923ae5bbf70652a7bca5d.exe
Size

10.2MB
MD5

50a99bf8df5923ae5bbf70652a7bca5d
SHA1

28de7d338e1e44de8f5341289025d3dfaf19319f
SHA256

bd287e1c525b965941aa21441690017d7a39d53f6931cb01bef4fdbe3fa1df36
SHA512

0757ff7d491d4fb8ca8403ae318ef880b22e9f9f7e51c289a24ae5dd5517494514ad1993ad0f860a1531ebf72d99f1efc81b499070f3a27fc12a892cb90dcb91
SSDEEP

3072:EIXD6t2GloVFwz8BD0cjRTyVwdUE3AZnC69NJ09sTpwl:E3lQwz8BDpWwOUA1C6rTul

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x000d00000001225f-2.dat	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
2728	cmd.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2820	RUNDLL32.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 3 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	\??\c:\Program Files\WINDOWSS.INI	JaffaCakes118_50a99bf8df5923ae5bbf70652a7bca5d.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\temp0\QQ.exe	JaffaCakes118_50a99bf8df5923ae5bbf70652a7bca5d.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\temp0\QQ.exe	JaffaCakes118_50a99bf8df5923ae5bbf70652a7bca5d.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 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_50a99bf8df5923ae5bbf70652a7bca5d.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	RUNDLL32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	taskkill.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

pid	Process
2760	taskkill.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2704	JaffaCakes118_50a99bf8df5923ae5bbf70652a7bca5d.exe
2704	JaffaCakes118_50a99bf8df5923ae5bbf70652a7bca5d.exe
2704	JaffaCakes118_50a99bf8df5923ae5bbf70652a7bca5d.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2760	taskkill.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2704 wrote to memory of 2760	2704	JaffaCakes118_50a99bf8df5923ae5bbf70652a7bca5d.exe	30
PID 2704 wrote to memory of 2760	2704	JaffaCakes118_50a99bf8df5923ae5bbf70652a7bca5d.exe	30
PID 2704 wrote to memory of 2760	2704	JaffaCakes118_50a99bf8df5923ae5bbf70652a7bca5d.exe	30
PID 2704 wrote to memory of 2760	2704	JaffaCakes118_50a99bf8df5923ae5bbf70652a7bca5d.exe	30
PID 2704 wrote to memory of 2820	2704	JaffaCakes118_50a99bf8df5923ae5bbf70652a7bca5d.exe	32
PID 2704 wrote to memory of 2820	2704	JaffaCakes118_50a99bf8df5923ae5bbf70652a7bca5d.exe	32
PID 2704 wrote to memory of 2820	2704	JaffaCakes118_50a99bf8df5923ae5bbf70652a7bca5d.exe	32
PID 2704 wrote to memory of 2820	2704	JaffaCakes118_50a99bf8df5923ae5bbf70652a7bca5d.exe	32
PID 2704 wrote to memory of 2820	2704	JaffaCakes118_50a99bf8df5923ae5bbf70652a7bca5d.exe	32
PID 2704 wrote to memory of 2820	2704	JaffaCakes118_50a99bf8df5923ae5bbf70652a7bca5d.exe	32
PID 2704 wrote to memory of 2820	2704	JaffaCakes118_50a99bf8df5923ae5bbf70652a7bca5d.exe	32
PID 2704 wrote to memory of 2728	2704	JaffaCakes118_50a99bf8df5923ae5bbf70652a7bca5d.exe	34
PID 2704 wrote to memory of 2728	2704	JaffaCakes118_50a99bf8df5923ae5bbf70652a7bca5d.exe	34
PID 2704 wrote to memory of 2728	2704	JaffaCakes118_50a99bf8df5923ae5bbf70652a7bca5d.exe	34
PID 2704 wrote to memory of 2728	2704	JaffaCakes118_50a99bf8df5923ae5bbf70652a7bca5d.exe	34

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_50a99bf8df5923ae5bbf70652a7bca5d.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_50a99bf8df5923ae5bbf70652a7bca5d.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2704
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
  taskkill /f /t /im KSafeTray.exe
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Kills process with taskkill
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2760
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\RUNDLL32.exe
  RUNDLL32 "c:\Program Files\WINDOWSS.INI" main
  2⤵
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2820
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  cmd /c afc9fe2f418b00a0.bat
  2⤵
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2728

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\afc9fe2f418b00a0.bat

Filesize
2KB

MD5
f0959da713e87d0866cee8951f5ab172

SHA1
0facc56a3af31ef6350ae7f9c30b6e0555c51b96

SHA256
7bd2b712d7e868e7fa78f2b9a1be76c06dd8bc0c6cecbf54e3134610370a2620

SHA512
b1d5872ebcaf3616d99df4c2bd733c78632e4ae0777eb2840198b725cc1aeb6bf12891f7b376fd869a9223e926f0e2eef4dbfa0a4056ff871235e7ea6aeef919

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\??\c:\Program Files\WINDOWSS.INI

Filesize
10.3MB

MD5
efb401cc8b296a08917dddfbe9d717d0

SHA1
c5b738b78126d6da118ca0c60851ef54993c9dc9

SHA256
bfdce4be5d467aac7260cc256756c63faee629a32fffd59e49da730c38cd2f87

SHA512
3dccb821f1d201c8b8fc301e6e2c0f4f7a2d21263f11a0c62a00e8d4448e62d50faae2e555fd0bfdc6fccd03028fb44fa1eab1a75f387933d19241b39a0af4b0

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