gh0strat | 51a45e8849b249b67047968e806ae287d07989060631e3af37cf25499bc14a13

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_4a20152d896cd56f5d912cee998f8162.exe
Size

127KB
MD5

4a20152d896cd56f5d912cee998f8162
SHA1

d9004aeecd5afa4231e68924f6fa71790c29fc42
SHA256

51a45e8849b249b67047968e806ae287d07989060631e3af37cf25499bc14a13
SHA512

f80eca9b601f2321dd3f14c788191fc7f6d4212c1a76e0d5b79f0ad3e5a782613983a4471eaf6f7bdaf83c6953110273b34a897a264373e95b3ae4e9efee0a23
SSDEEP

3072:vgTWBeYD+EvhZ3W77mZWJt5hiGF2NoEC62:Y6eYD+EZZG7CZ6FaC

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2160-7-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2160-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2160-5-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2160-3-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-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\980B7DB7 = "C:\\Windows\\980B7DB7\\svchsot.exe"	JaffaCakes118_4a20152d896cd56f5d912cee998f8162.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Default	JaffaCakes118_4a20152d896cd56f5d912cee998f8162.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\980B7DB7\svchsot.exe	JaffaCakes118_4a20152d896cd56f5d912cee998f8162.exe
File created	C:\Windows\980B7DB7\svchsot.exe	JaffaCakes118_4a20152d896cd56f5d912cee998f8162.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_4a20152d896cd56f5d912cee998f8162.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
4752	net.exe
1644	net1.exe

Runs net.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs

pid	Process
2160	JaffaCakes118_4a20152d896cd56f5d912cee998f8162.exe
2160	JaffaCakes118_4a20152d896cd56f5d912cee998f8162.exe
2160	JaffaCakes118_4a20152d896cd56f5d912cee998f8162.exe
2160	JaffaCakes118_4a20152d896cd56f5d912cee998f8162.exe
2160	JaffaCakes118_4a20152d896cd56f5d912cee998f8162.exe
2160	JaffaCakes118_4a20152d896cd56f5d912cee998f8162.exe
2160	JaffaCakes118_4a20152d896cd56f5d912cee998f8162.exe
2160	JaffaCakes118_4a20152d896cd56f5d912cee998f8162.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2160	JaffaCakes118_4a20152d896cd56f5d912cee998f8162.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2160	JaffaCakes118_4a20152d896cd56f5d912cee998f8162.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2160 wrote to memory of 4752	2160	JaffaCakes118_4a20152d896cd56f5d912cee998f8162.exe	89
PID 2160 wrote to memory of 4752	2160	JaffaCakes118_4a20152d896cd56f5d912cee998f8162.exe	89
PID 2160 wrote to memory of 4752	2160	JaffaCakes118_4a20152d896cd56f5d912cee998f8162.exe	89
PID 4752 wrote to memory of 1644	4752	net.exe	91
PID 4752 wrote to memory of 1644	4752	net.exe	91
PID 4752 wrote to memory of 1644	4752	net.exe	91

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4a20152d896cd56f5d912cee998f8162.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4a20152d896cd56f5d912cee998f8162.exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2160
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
  net start "Task Scheduler"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Service Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4752
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\net1 start "Task Scheduler"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - System Service Discovery
    PID:1644

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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memory/2160-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000441000-memory.dmp

Filesize
260KB

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memory/2160-1-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/2160-7-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/2160-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/2160-5-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/2160-4-0x0000000000620000-0x0000000000621000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2160-3-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/2160-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000441000-memory.dmp

Filesize
260KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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