gh0strat | 53e716d3f67a90d7ece77f90d7a13d4a93dbcc66f6b847e4d48aa54e0f54c8c6

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
141s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250217-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250217-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
02/03/2025, 01:03

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_3cd9723c4732e64ac6b242f9635f65b0.dll
Size

117KB
MD5

3cd9723c4732e64ac6b242f9635f65b0
SHA1

844cb3c2e8880dc295b9d8e3ff97352990cd044c
SHA256

53e716d3f67a90d7ece77f90d7a13d4a93dbcc66f6b847e4d48aa54e0f54c8c6
SHA512

b3e8ccbba3db864e03398e248334ccb337cf5f21b7650886354c4e24fbcbc1aa7c00114b53ba5bf3adbc8679dbb0d9dc959a54aff3f819820530808e6ab70497
SSDEEP

1536:xtY14iZoAb++Eb8B9+WO9DceTyfDvqqGQz/E2giVf/CcbyYu:s14iZZCZ8B9NO9DJTEDvqU/Ez4f/Xbu

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 3 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4240-0-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/3408-1-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1164-2-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-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\FastUserSwitchingCompatibility\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\JaffaCakes118_3cd9723c4732e64ac6b242f9635f65b0.dll"	rundll32.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	rundll32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	rundll32.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3408	svchost.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1164	rundll32.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1164	rundll32.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1552 wrote to memory of 4240	1552	rundll32.exe	87
PID 1552 wrote to memory of 4240	1552	rundll32.exe	87
PID 1552 wrote to memory of 4240	1552	rundll32.exe	87
PID 3408 wrote to memory of 1164	3408	svchost.exe	89
PID 3408 wrote to memory of 1164	3408	svchost.exe	89
PID 3408 wrote to memory of 1164	3408	svchost.exe	89

C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3cd9723c4732e64ac6b242f9635f65b0.dll,#1
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1552
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
  rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3cd9723c4732e64ac6b242f9635f65b0.dll,#1
  2⤵
  - Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4240

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs -s FastUserSwitchingCompatibility
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3408
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
  rundll32.exe c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\jaffacakes118_3cd9723c4732e64ac6b242f9635f65b0.dll wintest
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:1164

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Server Software Component

T1505

Terminal Services DLL

T1505.005

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

memory/1164-2-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/3408-1-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/4240-0-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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