gh0strat | 35698b33aaace76b4baa7b7f29b39840662ed69b6c40789a17a0f77474f4092f

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_3b461ee93d58fbf239c9b2e41fbb0efa.exe
Size

376KB
MD5

3b461ee93d58fbf239c9b2e41fbb0efa
SHA1

c183bc8beceba9a189453afd90138c17ca4d4387
SHA256

35698b33aaace76b4baa7b7f29b39840662ed69b6c40789a17a0f77474f4092f
SHA512

377a17c16ba19f735a13059d41ded32cd45757eae3a74a85672294c498a9f25c7b33fc5aefb3669be156ba76e0c88691769b3b949e1bc17255403e6218ff0c68
SSDEEP

6144:zIHYsZbS31zXqSNQgeiOKnDYVH0pwpMWEmpRBJ1NuUBY+f7zAF11whggaoHofphC:zIVZel6SOgeiOKEVH0ppWfBJ7XBczmR/

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 11 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2424-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2424-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2424-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2424-10-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2424-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2748-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2748-25-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2748-26-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2748-30-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2424-31-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2424-33-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-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

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2748	svchest000.exe

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\Kris = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\JaffaCakes118_3b461ee93d58fbf239c9b2e41fbb0efa.exe"	JaffaCakes118_3b461ee93d58fbf239c9b2e41fbb0efa.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Windows\svchest000.exe	JaffaCakes118_3b461ee93d58fbf239c9b2e41fbb0efa.exe
File created	\??\c:\Windows\BJ.exe	JaffaCakes118_3b461ee93d58fbf239c9b2e41fbb0efa.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Windows\BJ.exe	JaffaCakes118_3b461ee93d58fbf239c9b2e41fbb0efa.exe
File created	\??\c:\Windows\svchest000.exe	JaffaCakes118_3b461ee93d58fbf239c9b2e41fbb0efa.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 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_3b461ee93d58fbf239c9b2e41fbb0efa.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchest000.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2424 wrote to memory of 2748	2424	JaffaCakes118_3b461ee93d58fbf239c9b2e41fbb0efa.exe	30
PID 2424 wrote to memory of 2748	2424	JaffaCakes118_3b461ee93d58fbf239c9b2e41fbb0efa.exe	30
PID 2424 wrote to memory of 2748	2424	JaffaCakes118_3b461ee93d58fbf239c9b2e41fbb0efa.exe	30
PID 2424 wrote to memory of 2748	2424	JaffaCakes118_3b461ee93d58fbf239c9b2e41fbb0efa.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3b461ee93d58fbf239c9b2e41fbb0efa.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3b461ee93d58fbf239c9b2e41fbb0efa.exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2424
- \??\c:\Windows\svchest000.exe
  c:\Windows\svchest000.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2748

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

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Windows\svchest000.exe

Filesize
376KB

MD5
3b461ee93d58fbf239c9b2e41fbb0efa

SHA1
c183bc8beceba9a189453afd90138c17ca4d4387

SHA256
35698b33aaace76b4baa7b7f29b39840662ed69b6c40789a17a0f77474f4092f

SHA512
377a17c16ba19f735a13059d41ded32cd45757eae3a74a85672294c498a9f25c7b33fc5aefb3669be156ba76e0c88691769b3b949e1bc17255403e6218ff0c68

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memory/2424-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2424-32-0x0000000002740000-0x000000000288B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2424-10-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

Filesize
412KB

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memory/2424-9-0x0000000000310000-0x0000000000311000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2424-8-0x0000000000280000-0x0000000000282000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2424-7-0x0000000000270000-0x0000000000271000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2424-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2424-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2424-6-0x0000000000230000-0x000000000026E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2424-33-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2424-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2424-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2424-31-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2424-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2424-1-0x0000000000230000-0x000000000026E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2748-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2748-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2748-25-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2748-26-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2748-27-0x0000000000230000-0x000000000026E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2748-30-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2748-19-0x0000000000230000-0x000000000026E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2748-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2748-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000054B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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