gh0strat | 70a06cc876168315f8bc9352a52339b64f6579572c9d70c9cabdc202b7d99fab

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_389110b43320d7217d0bf0aafb7a4030.exe
Size

105KB
MD5

389110b43320d7217d0bf0aafb7a4030
SHA1

7c4a1b0842ea823e55b7f3773301150de6424f1a
SHA256

70a06cc876168315f8bc9352a52339b64f6579572c9d70c9cabdc202b7d99fab
SHA512

544bf88df8238fa2e37908fe74d5a9d37f73011f30ed0ab269a3d94a28f3824bf84c68511ca1669294404bd8430a81edb04fcc4d9733758a2e76eee4304ba616
SSDEEP

1536:CFz0LnC0atiq+9Cc73McaTBFb0bJ+oa/xrpnHTlyojsjxNe22JjIHMK08MR3lT:CFz90hq+Yc7Hf4oa5r5sojsj+oM1R3lT

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4872-4-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4872-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4872-5-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4872-2-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-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

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\A1189F79 = "C:\\Windows\\A1189F79\\svchsot.exe"	JaffaCakes118_389110b43320d7217d0bf0aafb7a4030.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Default	JaffaCakes118_389110b43320d7217d0bf0aafb7a4030.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\A1189F79\svchsot.exe	JaffaCakes118_389110b43320d7217d0bf0aafb7a4030.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\A1189F79\svchsot.exe	JaffaCakes118_389110b43320d7217d0bf0aafb7a4030.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	net.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	net1.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_389110b43320d7217d0bf0aafb7a4030.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
3024	net.exe
3504	net1.exe

Runs net.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs

pid	Process
4872	JaffaCakes118_389110b43320d7217d0bf0aafb7a4030.exe
4872	JaffaCakes118_389110b43320d7217d0bf0aafb7a4030.exe
4872	JaffaCakes118_389110b43320d7217d0bf0aafb7a4030.exe
4872	JaffaCakes118_389110b43320d7217d0bf0aafb7a4030.exe
4872	JaffaCakes118_389110b43320d7217d0bf0aafb7a4030.exe
4872	JaffaCakes118_389110b43320d7217d0bf0aafb7a4030.exe
4872	JaffaCakes118_389110b43320d7217d0bf0aafb7a4030.exe
4872	JaffaCakes118_389110b43320d7217d0bf0aafb7a4030.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4872	JaffaCakes118_389110b43320d7217d0bf0aafb7a4030.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4872	JaffaCakes118_389110b43320d7217d0bf0aafb7a4030.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4872 wrote to memory of 3024	4872	JaffaCakes118_389110b43320d7217d0bf0aafb7a4030.exe	85
PID 4872 wrote to memory of 3024	4872	JaffaCakes118_389110b43320d7217d0bf0aafb7a4030.exe	85
PID 4872 wrote to memory of 3024	4872	JaffaCakes118_389110b43320d7217d0bf0aafb7a4030.exe	85
PID 3024 wrote to memory of 3504	3024	net.exe	87
PID 3024 wrote to memory of 3504	3024	net.exe	87
PID 3024 wrote to memory of 3504	3024	net.exe	87

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_389110b43320d7217d0bf0aafb7a4030.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_389110b43320d7217d0bf0aafb7a4030.exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4872
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
  net start "Task Scheduler"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Service Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3024
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\net1 start "Task Scheduler"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - System Service Discovery
    PID:3504

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/4872-0-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/4872-4-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/4872-3-0x00000000005C0000-0x00000000005C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4872-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/4872-5-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/4872-2-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/4872-11-0x00000000005C0000-0x00000000005C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4872-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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