Analysis

  • max time kernel
    146s
  • max time network
    154s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250207-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250207-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    08-02-2025 18:49

General

  • Target

    8046ef0493c330ad0f6bfcabae25b2ea946395c43567b293ca3efd3a4aa10b61.exe

  • Size

    1.2MB

  • MD5

    1a7728157dd0c85f15a6bbf64c220831

  • SHA1

    0539eed55dbdaf0c9840095623391ef4d65633cc

  • SHA256

    8046ef0493c330ad0f6bfcabae25b2ea946395c43567b293ca3efd3a4aa10b61

  • SHA512

    a6670bf654b47ab21b04ea2e4780b1e577ffb2220f89f3322ecc3f9ab1049eb4db0a8582fdbbbaf86290d239ef3e4d4f26a4b56232367789bb0da00855b659b0

  • SSDEEP

    24576:HovxCwgMBqHO5ZdYXOp0nQrXctTfK+d+MrTXowFlw57XYBwJtiP:WIwgMEuy+inDfp3/XoCw57XYBwKP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detect PurpleFox Rootkit 7 IoCs

    Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.

  • Gh0st RAT payload 8 IoCs
  • Gh0strat

    Gh0st RAT is a remote access tool (RAT) with its source code public and it has been used by multiple Chinese groups.

  • Gh0strat family
  • PurpleFox

    PurpleFox is an exploit kit used to distribute other malware families and first seen in 2018.

  • Purplefox family
  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Drops startup file 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs
  • VMProtect packed file 10 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with VMProtect commercial packer.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 8 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 9 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 11 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 24 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8046ef0493c330ad0f6bfcabae25b2ea946395c43567b293ca3efd3a4aa10b61.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8046ef0493c330ad0f6bfcabae25b2ea946395c43567b293ca3efd3a4aa10b61.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Drops startup file
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3776
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exe"
      2⤵
      • Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4428
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\AK47.exe
      2⤵
      • Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2220
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK74.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\AK74.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2064
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ping -n 2 127.0.0.1 > nul && del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK74.exe > nul
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2888
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
          ping -n 2 127.0.0.1
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
          • Runs ping.exe
          PID:1304
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VBS3.vbs"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:636
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2356
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe "c:\windows\system32\240636500.txt",MainThread
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:452
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe -auto
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4992
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe -acsi
      2⤵
      • Drops file in Drivers directory
      • Sets service image path in registry
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3016
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" /ping 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-PGFwcCBhcHBpZD0iezhBNjlEMzQ1LUQ1NjQtNDYzYy1BRkYxLUE2OUQ5RTUzMEY5Nn0iIHZlcnNpb249IjEyMy4wLjYzMTIuMTIzIiBuZXh0dmVyc2lvbj0iIiBsYW5nPSJlbiIgYnJhbmQ9IkdHTFMiIGNsaWVudD0iIiBpbnN0YWxsYWdlPSIxIiBpbnN0YWxsZGF0ZXRpbWU9IjE3Mzg5NDY4ODkiIG9vYmVfaW5zdGFsbF90aW1lPSIxMzM4MzQxOTM2NTgwOTAwMDAiPjxldmVudCBldmVudHR5cGU9IjMxIiBldmVudHJlc3VsdD0iMSIgZXJyb3Jjb2RlPSIwIiBleHRyYWNvZGUxPSIyMTc5ODYyIiBzeXN0ZW1fdXB0aW1lX3RpY2tzPSI1MDA1MjY2MjQzIi8-PC9hcHA-PC9yZXF1ZXN0Pg
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
    PID:2772

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exe

    Filesize

    91KB

    MD5

    423eb994ed553294f8a6813619b8da87

    SHA1

    eca6a16ccd13adcfc27bc1041ddef97ec8081255

    SHA256

    050b4f2d5ae8eaecd414318dc8e222a56f169626da6ca8feb7edd78e8b1f0218

    SHA512

    fab0a9af8031c242c486de373df7277c8b0e39f7a0c9c2ac2e385dbd3ea67be16e91b128287634f76131e5264149ab1b452cd21df4c4895e8c4efc8d8cf99095

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK74.exe

    Filesize

    400KB

    MD5

    b0998aa7d5071d33daa5b60b9c3c9735

    SHA1

    9365a1ff0c6de244d6f36c8d84072cc916665d3c

    SHA256

    3080b6bb456564899b0d99d4131bd6a0b284d31f7d80ef773e4872d94048d49a

    SHA512

    308c13cda9fea39b980ae686f44afd9090e9cb8970fffc4436320e0d09a31aee5e656914e0121fe888098a14c52749716fa04980396fd6ac70a88c11cbb6b850

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Config.ini

    Filesize

    92B

    MD5

    29ce53e2a4a446614ccc8d64d346bde4

    SHA1

    39a7aa5cc1124842aa0c25abb16ea94452125cbe

    SHA256

    56225be6838bc6e93ea215891eacf28844ae27a9f8b2b29bf19d3a8c2b1f58df

    SHA512

    b2c5a2708c427171a5715801f8ea733ffe88d73aaaaf59c5c752ea32cbe7aae8526cc26eabe84ad5043174c0c69b1d6b15a9fb125c15accfac3462d5d08a0faa

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VBS3.vbs

    Filesize

    753B

    MD5

    3f2d0962cd81bcb317ee2cc43a825c87

    SHA1

    29e6905d6bac239cab389e62101e215f1048d0e1

    SHA256

    8c293e347d94d3a5aecaa496bf606d9568e599b05465f85644433a97d2272575

    SHA512

    83d06c266e73745186f9448b7046ee211206b354062ab11fe87469ded602580cc52f3688fc226c46374b48109c448af3f932ada6f2a859c60258bf3089aa4d9d

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\svchcst.exe

    Filesize

    1.2MB

    MD5

    73a1f9b3c4fae5d776d9c4f3af5a8d30

    SHA1

    708ace742456107dac04d02ab1bb5ac7eb64b143

    SHA256

    2738342d0743e04cbd813fce3191181e6e6d23d334a4ab4914820eca0332ada5

    SHA512

    fdf130c70de1169563e5df619d711b64674e529f5dcc0177956c8f23b5587a28b0642b48c1632fce3630f09934e75d0f1bdbe19a19a41e4e329138e8839c428f

  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240636500.txt

    Filesize

    49KB

    MD5

    87d6d04b5313f69f361856ad655022d7

    SHA1

    aba9f841d508995f4228d46e180b08da12e57b8d

    SHA256

    3e065962ee25d49a6f7847978e8e050657fbac257a1a64c8aff108425ba04516

    SHA512

    5e19490cc8b681eed95add640fe875a58b97f0b75e54075f0f5e2d89ffdb706212e210e878566907fca90a91e1730e54daec949bca4d8d1ef3d421cc43539db5

  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ini.ini

    Filesize

    45B

    MD5

    0e96f48daa5046b07e259e4355fbbe8c

    SHA1

    a1a2d9d27e8a70884e41087039c3130e07f5744f

    SHA256

    83570353c285cb756f97c03510172251eb0c66f1042849b2a767fccaebce9f19

    SHA512

    7360fe97fa0216c05b5db7d8f9773e40376798d693ad422b0f82cc26776ef80962b215f79c8694d2efb22781765861db7681a31ca4fdc8000db24bd6e4fb1a1e

  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe

    Filesize

    60KB

    MD5

    889b99c52a60dd49227c5e485a016679

    SHA1

    8fa889e456aa646a4d0a4349977430ce5fa5e2d7

    SHA256

    6cbe0e1f046b13b29bfa26f8b368281d2dda7eb9b718651d5856f22cc3e02910

    SHA512

    08933106eaf338dd119c45cbf1f83e723aff77cc0f8d3fc84e36253b1eb31557a54211d1d5d1cb58958188e32064d451f6c66a24b3963cccd3de07299ab90641

  • memory/2064-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.7MB

  • memory/2064-38-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.7MB

  • memory/2064-37-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.7MB

  • memory/3016-56-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.7MB

  • memory/3016-61-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.7MB

  • memory/3016-59-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.7MB

  • memory/3776-87-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    3.4MB

  • memory/3776-76-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    3.4MB

  • memory/3776-80-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    3.4MB

  • memory/3776-83-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    3.4MB

  • memory/3776-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    3.4MB

  • memory/3776-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    3.4MB

  • memory/3776-90-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    3.4MB

  • memory/3776-93-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    3.4MB

  • memory/3776-96-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    3.4MB

  • memory/4992-45-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.7MB

  • memory/4992-46-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.7MB

  • memory/4992-43-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.7MB