gh0strat | 6846c67ec37de7ebc3b6ce623ba891a130f4e9c0b9225568d9f65447d8662b66

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
122s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
02/03/2025, 14:28

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_40ceacb13b97975b9f047f522c4224ac.exe
Size

112KB
MD5

40ceacb13b97975b9f047f522c4224ac
SHA1

bd65987bc4de756cf95664ab25377415b567d4f8
SHA256

6846c67ec37de7ebc3b6ce623ba891a130f4e9c0b9225568d9f65447d8662b66
SHA512

1975d99655ffb33bccea88784be43005b1b7e4ec08e91f5cade517321742464e7507d657a45f7a9c66508bbdcf1da35a463e9daf6c84bb08b52fa02e107f2728
SSDEEP

3072:yssaC9kw/lelEOv79GkcOBuMMbGEKUJnCHZHQ:yJaskw/clEOz9GkxMK2JnD

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/3068-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/files/0x0036000000015f81-2.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/1772-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/3068-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/1772-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001B000-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\360svc\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Local User\\ntuser.dll"	JaffaCakes118_40ceacb13b97975b9f047f522c4224ac.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1772	svchost.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1772	svchost.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_40ceacb13b97975b9f047f522c4224ac.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_40ceacb13b97975b9f047f522c4224ac.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_40ceacb13b97975b9f047f522c4224ac.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3068

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
1⤵
- Deletes itself
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1772

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:\documents and settings\local user\ntuser.dll

Filesize
98KB

MD5
90b077b4faf7b22c0ca632c9c20009ee

SHA1
72d0e9d035c1d252480b127200868dd83be64a10

SHA256
697f7b7be2259d75939f60084accb4c367e150ef1d2169b57d4f401c69762d0d

SHA512
29cb8659bfa02005b466b65d6df9420a1bcf22aaa71e4e70ac1ef40a2b83ab5214bd18ec43c92dfc7840ae857fa3ecd35c11946da3eb382adbb2e1d8ddd12195

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memory/1772-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/1772-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/3068-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/3068-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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