gh0strat | 5339a373fe2cd633c46888396407dcbcaf6d47c360ef6c9cf4d08e0e06860b35

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_47f1ba016a0d146db56d28294a36b9f6.exe
Size

80KB
MD5

47f1ba016a0d146db56d28294a36b9f6
SHA1

c4743e214afe943272992a123454d8ba8fbc0782
SHA256

5339a373fe2cd633c46888396407dcbcaf6d47c360ef6c9cf4d08e0e06860b35
SHA512

de3fb7e20dfb6680072e8e9f54841c750da2f9762fdcc51ec1554e6597587e28acfa29a0b16bbcd32928a80bd201154c351581eb401316c1b6e36d5795cb1373
SSDEEP

1536:0Fz0LnC0atiq+9Cc73McaTBFb0bJ+oa/xrpnHTlyojsjxNe22JjIHMU:0Fz90hq+Yc7Hf4oa5r5sojsj+oMU

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2076-2-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2076-4-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2076-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2076-9-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-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

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\8613FFF9 = "C:\\Windows\\8613FFF9\\svchsot.exe"	JaffaCakes118_47f1ba016a0d146db56d28294a36b9f6.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\8613FFF9\svchsot.exe	JaffaCakes118_47f1ba016a0d146db56d28294a36b9f6.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\8613FFF9\svchsot.exe	JaffaCakes118_47f1ba016a0d146db56d28294a36b9f6.exe

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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_47f1ba016a0d146db56d28294a36b9f6.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	net.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	net1.exe

System Service Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Adversaries may try to gather information about registered local system services.

discovery

System Service Discovery

T1007

pid	Process
2756	net.exe
2804	net1.exe

Runs net.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2076	JaffaCakes118_47f1ba016a0d146db56d28294a36b9f6.exe
2076	JaffaCakes118_47f1ba016a0d146db56d28294a36b9f6.exe
2076	JaffaCakes118_47f1ba016a0d146db56d28294a36b9f6.exe
2076	JaffaCakes118_47f1ba016a0d146db56d28294a36b9f6.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2076	JaffaCakes118_47f1ba016a0d146db56d28294a36b9f6.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2076	JaffaCakes118_47f1ba016a0d146db56d28294a36b9f6.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2756	2076	JaffaCakes118_47f1ba016a0d146db56d28294a36b9f6.exe	28
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2756	2076	JaffaCakes118_47f1ba016a0d146db56d28294a36b9f6.exe	28
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2756	2076	JaffaCakes118_47f1ba016a0d146db56d28294a36b9f6.exe	28
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 2756	2076	JaffaCakes118_47f1ba016a0d146db56d28294a36b9f6.exe	28
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 2804	2756	net.exe	30
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 2804	2756	net.exe	30
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 2804	2756	net.exe	30
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 2804	2756	net.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_47f1ba016a0d146db56d28294a36b9f6.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_47f1ba016a0d146db56d28294a36b9f6.exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2076
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
  net start "Task Scheduler"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Service Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2756
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\net1 start "Task Scheduler"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - System Service Discovery
    PID:2804

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

System Service Discovery

1

T1007

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

memory/2076-0-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/2076-3-0x0000000000260000-0x0000000000261000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2076-2-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/2076-4-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/2076-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/2076-9-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/2076-10-0x0000000000260000-0x0000000000261000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2076-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000418000-memory.dmp

Filesize
96KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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