Analysis

  • max time kernel
    120s
  • max time network
    125s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20241010-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    02/03/2025, 05:22

General

  • Target

    JaffaCakes118_3e1fc8d995b66ae088ca02e3a3739c51.exe

  • Size

    150KB

  • MD5

    3e1fc8d995b66ae088ca02e3a3739c51

  • SHA1

    c08f95f560b77aae229cea84abd01eb6486680ba

  • SHA256

    a8b07ceb5ea8eec1f1a43d02bc04bcaa42b14a930326b317ac37bf6420264378

  • SHA512

    a81ece2a090fee61d0a83bad246dbb87c77629229b54dfac437f0e4d2f97c962909c047f03458e7792f22f8f6d855980d0b15cebac9a229a2b5bc56eadb84bc7

  • SSDEEP

    3072:6ldlXTPtEgUJmh+aDY+puszTjGkZHKZApg0P77mag417WHFRlyAtd6AN:6RTPtEgTh+aDyszTKkZH1pg0P7rb7WlB

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Gh0st RAT payload 1 IoCs
  • Gh0strat

    Gh0st RAT is a remote access tool (RAT) with its source code public and it has been used by multiple Chinese groups.

  • Gh0strat family
  • Deletes itself 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Indicator Removal: File Deletion 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 10 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 10 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 45 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3e1fc8d995b66ae088ca02e3a3739c51.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3e1fc8d995b66ae088ca02e3a3739c51.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2860
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\9186.tmp
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\9186.tmp
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2892
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INSBC9~1.INI /quiet
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2804
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\run_dws_file.bat" "
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2840
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\inlC0E1.tmp
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\inlC0E1.tmp cdf1912.tmp
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2416
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\inlC0E1.tmp > nul
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2336
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp_ext_favurl_cab.bat" "
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:628
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\expand.exe
        expand.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\favorites_url.cab" -F:*.* "C:\Users\Admin\Favorites"
        3⤵
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:928
    • 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:2516
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2792
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 8927D9A052038EBAE951AAB2125EC018
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2580

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Config.Msi\f77c382.rbs

    Filesize

    7KB

    MD5

    6b5a0af37eb0327248d596b0e16d1597

    SHA1

    99a58841bb0328a09fbdc13e321fecf2a377fb47

    SHA256

    4bb604a3f451f40235f2610e83d441f9146daea6dffc19181f02a66ba12d538a

    SHA512

    d40358ba56853e35919340e65f161a1a4030a8cb2560c0fce6ded1453cb16833b7fbfda8bcb52e53480c94dfde0dcfacd507aca5bb16bd283df59bdb09d53e90

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INSBC9~1.INI

    Filesize

    66KB

    MD5

    6ed382aede34b616d9ecaa25441adcd2

    SHA1

    7b3c23bd52ae98827c2cb94f44dd7b74727383db

    SHA256

    b3e152477c9c57eaa4a5cc83833cf146b2ac2aaf4ce601fe602fa80676264d91

    SHA512

    60f79036ce236e9d6db64fbddc8cbbdaeecac74d1668717facb7b68582adb7c3c9b7c5f9cf5652ce6ec66da42ea5e05974c2876609670f41fa5a48869b6f5f9c

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cdf1912.tmp

    Filesize

    768B

    MD5

    d20d9eda31a2d0300e4589df7f352370

    SHA1

    79b46d2dbb489914cfedafdbc90e62951471b48e

    SHA256

    d7a1d6a8cf5c3fbb85cd06147a599f5274630b86b1c89721f10a60c1bbe994d8

    SHA512

    d28c5b69325a9833776ea362445b77b231a0ec9b9b8b4a2ad37a434ee8b2b0c1903d6ade1e372f73ac8ada951e0a24076cf23d9307d27fed5927f4bf8b0d0a5e

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\run_dws_file.bat

    Filesize

    57B

    MD5

    e693e47282417e7795c048c75828b839

    SHA1

    726163c2ddf75c0791c35a15298b41f5cd57b2e0

    SHA256

    36c803455f6e36cb4bbd9baaed45e8575aaa8a083228b4b50ec74448f5f07fad

    SHA512

    0d557127fde3fbd848fe888815837bdd05526333b8acb6724ae6a225355cf7eb761899f8ab631a1efb75132010e48dcc340e7f02cc29e31942dbd2748c38ac76

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp_ext_favurl_cab.bat

    Filesize

    98B

    MD5

    8663de6fce9208b795dc913d1a6a3f5b

    SHA1

    882193f208cf012eaf22eeaa4fef3b67e7c67c15

    SHA256

    2909ea8555f2fc19097c1070a1da8fcfd6dc6886aa1d99d7e0c05e53feeb5b61

    SHA512

    9381063e0f85e874be54ae22675393b82c6ab54b223090148e4acbeff6f22393c96c90b83d6538461b695528af01d1f1231cf5dc719f07d6168386974b490688

  • \??\c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\favorites_url.cab

    Filesize

    425B

    MD5

    da68bc3b7c3525670a04366bc55629f5

    SHA1

    15fda47ecfead7db8f7aee6ca7570138ba7f1b71

    SHA256

    73f3605192b676c92649034768378909a19d13883a7ea6f8ba1b096c78ffadb5

    SHA512

    6fee416affcb6a74621479697bca6f14f5429b00de3aa595abe3c60c6b2e094877b59f8783bbe7bdd567fa565d0630bb02def5603f8f0ea92fe8f2c3ac5383c0

  • memory/2416-95-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000408000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/2860-21-0x0000000004800000-0x0000000004810000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2860-1-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000023000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    12KB

  • memory/2860-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    248KB

  • memory/2860-17-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000023000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    12KB

  • memory/2860-48-0x0000000004800000-0x0000000004810000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2860-47-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    248KB

  • memory/2860-8-0x0000000000440000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    192KB

  • memory/2860-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    248KB

  • memory/2892-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    192KB

  • memory/2892-13-0x00000000001E0000-0x00000000001E2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/2892-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    192KB