Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    03/03/2025, 05:31

General

  • Target

    JaffaCakes118_450f676ed6ccd0d01de97923bc917a2a.exe

  • Size

    95KB

  • MD5

    450f676ed6ccd0d01de97923bc917a2a

  • SHA1

    651b6cf038f8a46f80c95413b9695acfa17634d7

  • SHA256

    1c1d4c1d2d2dd7440ee5ada0500d70e1d9573b7c5f3f0497555d656681d58499

  • SHA512

    10dd11e8a54677fc424b230d36b0bca82f82157a5cdd6a99062ffdeae8448cd68daab87523e992bf9a3b41cbef6da3bf328e963f886e30d54393fc7506b8d142

  • SSDEEP

    1536:b+YnODFusSx9qYMhdFHS8qdydo3nTzhYxJA+CwNUtBZVY9v8prC1rmZ44Cqrz:bs9S4jHS8q/3nTzePCwNUh4E9crMgqX

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Gh0st RAT payload 4 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 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs
  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 18 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_450f676ed6ccd0d01de97923bc917a2a.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_450f676ed6ccd0d01de97923bc917a2a.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2896
    • \??\c:\users\admin\appdata\local\hmqrdwsxpu
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_450f676ed6ccd0d01de97923bc917a2a.exe" a -sc:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\jaffacakes118_450f676ed6ccd0d01de97923bc917a2a.exe
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2464
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2668

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • \??\c:\programdata\application data\storm\update\%sessionname%\gkddy.cc3

    Filesize

    23.0MB

    MD5

    ffaf12003bc6cbc4accb0c8ba8d273e8

    SHA1

    375fe850ad63bfbd74e1f4e7546b1ec005c3c8bf

    SHA256

    ff23efccb043374ffd51ae06466859e812345cf585c2dbe6a2975fe5fdd5ade4

    SHA512

    e7ab321f3a41f34598cb43ca4debab47069a38b81fea00ed45a287246af2362448f6f94406dfdd38afa44d030eaaf55424cac7c9b7f62ab2fbf43611a8cf97ed

  • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\hmqrdwsxpu

    Filesize

    24.5MB

    MD5

    2bf633868433879aaf0647169ca4d00f

    SHA1

    5926a5e39814f66b40b0c8d2a2ffd475d232b411

    SHA256

    4e1995ec8c9fb558571c586339c97e0dcd488c82ba7b80d051002a36d1328759

    SHA512

    49de9d7295721fc5f4fcd19bb01a0bc08c5ec779d1e832651c3e662e28682311a1a0e5c4487900baeefa919f32451cab386b021b8e80c8264d8ce35bf8eb250e

  • memory/2464-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044C615-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    305KB

  • memory/2464-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044C615-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    305KB

  • memory/2668-21-0x0000000000150000-0x0000000000151000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2668-23-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/2668-25-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/2896-1-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044C615-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    305KB

  • memory/2896-2-0x0000000000030000-0x0000000000031000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2896-6-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000003FD000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    308KB

  • memory/2896-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044C615-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    305KB