gh0strat | 68ce04e15f2de825c1d2e7c72090c7bbe0d76fd00242af10382f56509ed1a62a

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
123s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
03/03/2025, 23:59

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_49e5d3474dc002c6a13b570c9c9ce963.exe
Size

123KB
MD5

49e5d3474dc002c6a13b570c9c9ce963
SHA1

c97d712353f66b8dbb40d77577a0cf616c929ae2
SHA256

68ce04e15f2de825c1d2e7c72090c7bbe0d76fd00242af10382f56509ed1a62a
SHA512

1e61adcb844a602d8eafc35730f4a7ead3e4740741efce996fa8f3828897015e7a38fa40ada4ee1cc667d252215877cab720ca6ea53a72bda233d7fc276dbe9a
SSDEEP

3072:P7G1ROnV9TOLImX69Sj8vg1tFPnG82C5kUJvfHCcgqj86HU:PS1ROfTOLpX6kwKtG/QJvK8G

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2540-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2540-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/files/0x0008000000016d0e-2.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/1632-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001D000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/1632-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001D000-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_49e5d3474dc002c6a13b570c9c9ce963.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1632	SVCHOST.EXE

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1632	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_49e5d3474dc002c6a13b570c9c9ce963.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	SVCHOST.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2540	JaffaCakes118_49e5d3474dc002c6a13b570c9c9ce963.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_49e5d3474dc002c6a13b570c9c9ce963.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_49e5d3474dc002c6a13b570c9c9ce963.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:2540

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:1632

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
106KB

MD5
f10787fb2873a02ea1017e39a7dad355

SHA1
75c7e33398798a9bdcbe1828c97f5a2eba1e55a3

SHA256
20f744d287740d864f88f0cd1044cc93f5a4cf03072a2c666fce1c6166066083

SHA512
310e5b12762a8b85398e9abbd7622862b3cbe310bb90aa7be3832909c588140eea2d799d141441c4abcf770d46193ee2c34d5fb8d672c39f9f6bdfa93d7be634

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memory/1632-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/1632-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/2540-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2540-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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