gh0strat | 40e52420280967b772a5e82c24683668f350dbfe03d96864ae369aeac1c21897

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
130s
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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29-01-2025 05:04

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_530169e04db97e5214f31416fb57181c.dll
Size

52KB
MD5

530169e04db97e5214f31416fb57181c
SHA1

a104a2177260bd3ae2969491c67f083e894cc8d2
SHA256

40e52420280967b772a5e82c24683668f350dbfe03d96864ae369aeac1c21897
SHA512

bce6eccba1cd963a70535a16ecc27cc8c8878738ad3902215aad8ac6f8e2169cfb942a448ffa2c222d75409c3c5955d410bb7261a27d86041b891c35516e707d
SSDEEP

768:K3igH/0jAUqNzUlkGvFvM8ZsVf81R7ErbW9h/wr1eQAJxd6+Y3Ch9tabBc:K3igsUUqNzUVVMtR8fE0xwqJ/6L3cclc

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4504-4-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010026000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2512-5-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010026000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4504-9-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010026000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2512-10-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010026000-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:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\JaffaCakes118_530169e04db97e5214f31416fb57181c.dll"	rundll32.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	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	rundll32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	rundll32.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4504	svchost.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2512	rundll32.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2512	rundll32.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1220 wrote to memory of 1268	1220	rundll32.exe	81
PID 1220 wrote to memory of 1268	1220	rundll32.exe	81
PID 1220 wrote to memory of 1268	1220	rundll32.exe	81
PID 4504 wrote to memory of 2512	4504	svchost.exe	85
PID 4504 wrote to memory of 2512	4504	svchost.exe	85
PID 4504 wrote to memory of 2512	4504	svchost.exe	85

C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_530169e04db97e5214f31416fb57181c.dll,#1
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1220
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
  rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_530169e04db97e5214f31416fb57181c.dll,#1
  2⤵
  - Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1268

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs -s FastUserSwitchingCompatibility
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4504
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
  rundll32.exe c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\jaffacakes118_530169e04db97e5214f31416fb57181c.dll wintest
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2512

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

memory/1268-0-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010026000-memory.dmp

Filesize
152KB

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memory/1268-1-0x00000000007F0000-0x00000000007F3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
12KB

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memory/2512-3-0x0000000002970000-0x00000000029A2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
200KB

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memory/2512-6-0x0000000002970000-0x00000000029A2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
200KB

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memory/2512-5-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010026000-memory.dmp

Filesize
152KB

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memory/2512-10-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010026000-memory.dmp

Filesize
152KB

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memory/4504-2-0x0000000001BC0000-0x0000000001BC3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
12KB

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memory/4504-4-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010026000-memory.dmp

Filesize
152KB

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memory/4504-9-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010026000-memory.dmp

Filesize
152KB

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