gh0strat | 394ee272912b8cf52e0e156b445056bffe25a46b18f02fe7f99352e78353a9b7

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, 14:49

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_4793754d8407e19590bcaff178bcedbb.exe
Size

110KB
MD5

4793754d8407e19590bcaff178bcedbb
SHA1

07141ff242ddb132b9d1c81f15dc2d94d7e69552
SHA256

394ee272912b8cf52e0e156b445056bffe25a46b18f02fe7f99352e78353a9b7
SHA512

2ce6c501a05598d5aab21b5b7b6f7036c8671fae0215f8579870b199be37163ed5fede3d036dc60e428ac84b90afcae025a28727319416250b69f9fd72eb1321
SSDEEP

3072:iXqu8kHvzJT1wQ6NpvgPC4Wa8CHOi4W9oD5zaQ66zs:iXB8IvMpqCvUOi4WUzaos

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1840-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/files/0x000f000000018683-3.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2196-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2196-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001B000-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\FastUserSwitchingCompatibility\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Local User\\dateuser.dll"	JaffaCakes118_4793754d8407e19590bcaff178bcedbb.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2196	SVCHOST.EXE

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2196	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_4793754d8407e19590bcaff178bcedbb.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	SVCHOST.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4793754d8407e19590bcaff178bcedbb.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4793754d8407e19590bcaff178bcedbb.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1840

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:2196

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\dateuser.dll

Filesize
100KB

MD5
0281264ca77319785bc344107f296c5a

SHA1
600ff353d29ed449ad4730dcc08a843cc4f3a0a2

SHA256
b105bc38c53c917a66fb069d4b56ce0703b48945566825eb0d363d7aab5d6806

SHA512
52360ffaf2ba98ccfafecb8456fbff03e124bc9cc2cf054f04701fce8cc05d1a585c07bc79af719a2c4d276e5a76412de8030383d3791431846fc2768f7cef48

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memory/1840-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/2196-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2196-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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