gh0strat | 4fa211e5dc283525e8d7a5ce4270757e1b97c5082907e3fde6bfa5a953ce61f1

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_3207307f414c1fd67779f7dafa3df123.exe
Size

127KB
MD5

3207307f414c1fd67779f7dafa3df123
SHA1

9cccfacdc13c63c80e35afc5f16d89f961d70924
SHA256

4fa211e5dc283525e8d7a5ce4270757e1b97c5082907e3fde6bfa5a953ce61f1
SHA512

941e9accca0201566e84c771e0f5e5ccf1a82dd696c159f19521b9ffa38b658203413e3b122358a8583d4fbef56afb32aadf11428eb4aa6b3d6b6539f80438de
SSDEEP

3072:aHzA8MjvlR6+N0lBuqC4CO2W11aicazjdjLyXfQ3GRyzj5vi:aHcQq0DFAOFvafazjd6Xo3b5q

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat vmprotect

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/956-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/956-8-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-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

VMProtect packed file 2 IoCs

Detects executables packed with VMProtect commercial packer.

vmprotect

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/956-0-0x0000000000420000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp	vmprotect
behavioral1/memory/956-13-0x0000000000420000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp	vmprotect

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\21970B79 = "C:\\Windows\\21970B79\\svchsot.exe"	JaffaCakes118_3207307f414c1fd67779f7dafa3df123.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\21970B79\svchsot.exe	JaffaCakes118_3207307f414c1fd67779f7dafa3df123.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\21970B79\svchsot.exe	JaffaCakes118_3207307f414c1fd67779f7dafa3df123.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	JaffaCakes118_3207307f414c1fd67779f7dafa3df123.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
2276	net.exe
580	net1.exe

Runs net.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs

pid	Process
956	JaffaCakes118_3207307f414c1fd67779f7dafa3df123.exe
956	JaffaCakes118_3207307f414c1fd67779f7dafa3df123.exe
956	JaffaCakes118_3207307f414c1fd67779f7dafa3df123.exe
956	JaffaCakes118_3207307f414c1fd67779f7dafa3df123.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	956	JaffaCakes118_3207307f414c1fd67779f7dafa3df123.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	956	JaffaCakes118_3207307f414c1fd67779f7dafa3df123.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 956 wrote to memory of 2276	956	JaffaCakes118_3207307f414c1fd67779f7dafa3df123.exe	31
PID 956 wrote to memory of 2276	956	JaffaCakes118_3207307f414c1fd67779f7dafa3df123.exe	31
PID 956 wrote to memory of 2276	956	JaffaCakes118_3207307f414c1fd67779f7dafa3df123.exe	31
PID 956 wrote to memory of 2276	956	JaffaCakes118_3207307f414c1fd67779f7dafa3df123.exe	31
PID 2276 wrote to memory of 580	2276	net.exe	33
PID 2276 wrote to memory of 580	2276	net.exe	33
PID 2276 wrote to memory of 580	2276	net.exe	33
PID 2276 wrote to memory of 580	2276	net.exe	33

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3207307f414c1fd67779f7dafa3df123.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3207307f414c1fd67779f7dafa3df123.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:956
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
  net start "Task Scheduler"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Service Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2276
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\net1 start "Task Scheduler"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - System Service Discovery
    PID:580

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/956-0-0x0000000000420000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
240KB

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memory/956-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000418000-memory.dmp

Filesize
96KB

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memory/956-2-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/956-5-0x00000000002A0000-0x00000000002A1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/956-4-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/956-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/956-8-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/956-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000418000-memory.dmp

Filesize
96KB

Download
memory/956-13-0x0000000000420000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
240KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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