gh0strat | e307f6f950e155231f33ffa01d7ebc880a731cb114415034ae15d2065881e936

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
150s
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, 13:04

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_40670ed67073cbe92e0a840f952c7027.exe
Size

148KB
MD5

40670ed67073cbe92e0a840f952c7027
SHA1

973f098997e3d2c57495c4f979599f5bdb8e311b
SHA256

e307f6f950e155231f33ffa01d7ebc880a731cb114415034ae15d2065881e936
SHA512

8a052222e17049c610cdbc036f80fd27b9bf82794fbaf92f65c260121f201ef971789012e8c8994526e9dd71d35be741fd51d1794f5b91a367bac3079c965c1e
SSDEEP

3072:ynPq548uC50gePA/UHMd70OUIa+fB5dnUPSYVsqek9N7hB3Z8:yPq5vaPY8vOUpG5xASasqpphFZ8

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x0009000000023d5c-1.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/3660-10-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010020000-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\adobe reader\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\GUl.dll"	rundll32.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
3660	JaffaCakes118_40670ed67073cbe92e0a840f952c7027.exe
436	rundll32.exe
4440	svchost.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\GUl.ini	JaffaCakes118_40670ed67073cbe92e0a840f952c7027.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	JaffaCakes118_40670ed67073cbe92e0a840f952c7027.exe
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	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3660	JaffaCakes118_40670ed67073cbe92e0a840f952c7027.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3660 wrote to memory of 436	3660	JaffaCakes118_40670ed67073cbe92e0a840f952c7027.exe	85
PID 3660 wrote to memory of 436	3660	JaffaCakes118_40670ed67073cbe92e0a840f952c7027.exe	85
PID 3660 wrote to memory of 436	3660	JaffaCakes118_40670ed67073cbe92e0a840f952c7027.exe	85
PID 3660 wrote to memory of 1460	3660	JaffaCakes118_40670ed67073cbe92e0a840f952c7027.exe	94
PID 3660 wrote to memory of 1460	3660	JaffaCakes118_40670ed67073cbe92e0a840f952c7027.exe	94
PID 3660 wrote to memory of 1460	3660	JaffaCakes118_40670ed67073cbe92e0a840f952c7027.exe	94

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_40670ed67073cbe92e0a840f952c7027.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_40670ed67073cbe92e0a840f952c7027.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3660
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
  rundll32.exe C:\Windows\system32\GUl.dll setup
  2⤵
  - Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:436
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JAFFAC~1.EXE > nul
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1460

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4440

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

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Server.tmp

Filesize
124KB

MD5
a333a34e0fe07abb28a75914ca5683f2

SHA1
325d9766bd5d7a8acc974abb472961fb2ee06947

SHA256
ca1c2c4e50cb7590f53da46ac45c753855c0e6a471a7911454065cb5d85c2653

SHA512
756275342fa43f6a43c819f40bc146f596379187363808596cfc0ca7bb2f084e647432f3f9b72ca423cd79b458156941a03a3d47e69b6a532157ec3e950c5bbe

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memory/3660-10-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010020000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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