gh0strat | 92c905a6d10e236b3ae0a117dfbee3a043dcdfab92d3fe21a4dae1ec4e513c35

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_5601bffe86ef6047bc2aa7ab7a772c19.exe
Size

114KB
MD5

5601bffe86ef6047bc2aa7ab7a772c19
SHA1

f7035206dcd98cd03fce6307a8e528198b42fd0f
SHA256

92c905a6d10e236b3ae0a117dfbee3a043dcdfab92d3fe21a4dae1ec4e513c35
SHA512

9eec71aefb60863c75c7cedf89dce90c47e8e993bf1fb8fcf4a96c11b49dee29cf4155dc94ee6909e0a0d6118d6b7d27653bee52d051c22ed6b37a76c3615f17
SSDEEP

3072:Jl2QhEOLfuDg0PtOqzKONqsEykRLSeP5/KcAe:SOFStZzKqqsE6ehv

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/5040-3-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/5040-4-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/5040-2-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/5040-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-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\79502F58 = "C:\\Windows\\79502F58\\svchsot.exe"	JaffaCakes118_5601bffe86ef6047bc2aa7ab7a772c19.exe

UPX packed file 5 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/5040-0-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/5040-3-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/5040-4-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/5040-2-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/5040-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\79502F58\svchsot.exe	JaffaCakes118_5601bffe86ef6047bc2aa7ab7a772c19.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\79502F58\svchsot.exe	JaffaCakes118_5601bffe86ef6047bc2aa7ab7a772c19.exe

Program crash 2 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
2108	5040	WerFault.exe	80
4888	5040	WerFault.exe	80

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_5601bffe86ef6047bc2aa7ab7a772c19.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
2180	net.exe
536	net1.exe

Runs net.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs

pid	Process
5040	JaffaCakes118_5601bffe86ef6047bc2aa7ab7a772c19.exe
5040	JaffaCakes118_5601bffe86ef6047bc2aa7ab7a772c19.exe
5040	JaffaCakes118_5601bffe86ef6047bc2aa7ab7a772c19.exe
5040	JaffaCakes118_5601bffe86ef6047bc2aa7ab7a772c19.exe
5040	JaffaCakes118_5601bffe86ef6047bc2aa7ab7a772c19.exe
5040	JaffaCakes118_5601bffe86ef6047bc2aa7ab7a772c19.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5040	JaffaCakes118_5601bffe86ef6047bc2aa7ab7a772c19.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5040	JaffaCakes118_5601bffe86ef6047bc2aa7ab7a772c19.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5040 wrote to memory of 2180	5040	JaffaCakes118_5601bffe86ef6047bc2aa7ab7a772c19.exe	85
PID 5040 wrote to memory of 2180	5040	JaffaCakes118_5601bffe86ef6047bc2aa7ab7a772c19.exe	85
PID 5040 wrote to memory of 2180	5040	JaffaCakes118_5601bffe86ef6047bc2aa7ab7a772c19.exe	85
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 536	2180	net.exe	87
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 536	2180	net.exe	87
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 536	2180	net.exe	87

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5601bffe86ef6047bc2aa7ab7a772c19.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5601bffe86ef6047bc2aa7ab7a772c19.exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5040
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
  net start "Task Scheduler"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Service Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2180
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\net1 start "Task Scheduler"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - System Service Discovery
    PID:536
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5040 -s 604
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:2108
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5040 -s 612
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:4888

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 428 -p 5040 -ip 5040
1⤵
PID:2728

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 528 -p 5040 -ip 5040
1⤵
PID:2960

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/5040-0-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
236KB

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memory/5040-3-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
236KB

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memory/5040-4-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
236KB

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memory/5040-2-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
236KB

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memory/5040-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
236KB

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memory/5040-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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