gh0strat | 79f2cdf80b08c0ff63ad881a8d7251888f9376df35ab8bd36aa7499527ac9744

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_3cc16d3ce25ace85ceb523539c688046.exe
Size

107KB
MD5

3cc16d3ce25ace85ceb523539c688046
SHA1

8bd737161735cd070b158dbb2df81beca43f80c8
SHA256

79f2cdf80b08c0ff63ad881a8d7251888f9376df35ab8bd36aa7499527ac9744
SHA512

32f77a3782a049614b6c9d1fda2402be3a02d7e1ad798831db46b494f1b27db404f05fb1b48fb2bd6a5f87351ff4dd586d16426748298429dc85003fdf54182f
SSDEEP

3072://eq6y3R2OU9cYUwOpHcr4WvWxrCCsYGaZkZn://eq6y30OUKpwOpHfJxGiG9

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2032-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2032-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-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

Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Terminal Services DLL

T1505.005

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\NetMan1\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\LocalService\\NetMan.log"	JaffaCakes118_3cc16d3ce25ace85ceb523539c688046.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2572	cmd.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 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	SVCHOST.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_3cc16d3ce25ace85ceb523539c688046.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	taskkill.exe

Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

pid	Process
624	taskkill.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2032	JaffaCakes118_3cc16d3ce25ace85ceb523539c688046.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2032	JaffaCakes118_3cc16d3ce25ace85ceb523539c688046.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	624	taskkill.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 624	2032	JaffaCakes118_3cc16d3ce25ace85ceb523539c688046.exe	28
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 624	2032	JaffaCakes118_3cc16d3ce25ace85ceb523539c688046.exe	28
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 624	2032	JaffaCakes118_3cc16d3ce25ace85ceb523539c688046.exe	28
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 624	2032	JaffaCakes118_3cc16d3ce25ace85ceb523539c688046.exe	28
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 624	2032	JaffaCakes118_3cc16d3ce25ace85ceb523539c688046.exe	28
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 624	2032	JaffaCakes118_3cc16d3ce25ace85ceb523539c688046.exe	28
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 624	2032	JaffaCakes118_3cc16d3ce25ace85ceb523539c688046.exe	28
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 2572	2032	JaffaCakes118_3cc16d3ce25ace85ceb523539c688046.exe	31
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 2572	2032	JaffaCakes118_3cc16d3ce25ace85ceb523539c688046.exe	31
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 2572	2032	JaffaCakes118_3cc16d3ce25ace85ceb523539c688046.exe	31
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 2572	2032	JaffaCakes118_3cc16d3ce25ace85ceb523539c688046.exe	31
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 2572	2032	JaffaCakes118_3cc16d3ce25ace85ceb523539c688046.exe	31
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 2572	2032	JaffaCakes118_3cc16d3ce25ace85ceb523539c688046.exe	31
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 2572	2032	JaffaCakes118_3cc16d3ce25ace85ceb523539c688046.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3cc16d3ce25ace85ceb523539c688046.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3cc16d3ce25ace85ceb523539c688046.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2032
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
  taskkill /f /t /im RSTray.exe
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Kills process with taskkill
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:624
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /C DEL C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JAFFAC~1.EXE > NUL
  2⤵
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2572

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SVCHOST.EXE
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SVCHOST.EXE -K NETSVCS
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2644

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Server Software Component

1

T1505

Terminal Services DLL

1

T1505.005

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

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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Downloads

memory/2032-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/2032-3-0x0000000000404000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2032-2-0x0000000000020000-0x000000000003D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/2032-1-0x0000000000020000-0x000000000003D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/2032-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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